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1059788

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date	12/02/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Candidates: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2019 to Question 217059, on Candidates: Disability, what plans her Department has in place for expanding the EnAble Fund to support deaf and disabled candidates in the event of (a) a General Election called before March 2020 or (b) the exhaustion of the Fund.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	220173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The EnAble Fund for Elected Office is an interim fund and is therefore time bound with limited funding. It is primarily for the forthcoming English local elections in May.</p><p>The Government is clear that political parties are responsible for supporting their disabled candidates (as defined by the Equality Act 2010). We are undertaking a programme of work to help parties to put long-term sustainable solutions in place.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/02/2019 16:59:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1058714

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Blood Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what updated guidance his Department has issued to personal independence payment (PIP) assessment providers to ensure that those assessors understand the impact and effect of contaminated blood on claimants, and what monitoring his Department has undertaken of the outcomes of PIP assessments since the review of haemarthropathy cases to ensure the effectiveness of that guidance.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	219379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to supporting disabled people and people with health conditions to live independently and we recognise the contribution that PIP can make to this. During meetings with the DWP Working Group with individuals affected by contaminated blood, concerns were raised about people affected by contaminated blood scoring nil or low points for PIP, and members were invited to share any such cases for review. After reviewing all of the cases received, a problem with how the functional needs of claimants with haemarthropathy had been assessed for PIP was identified.</p><p> </p><p>On the 25th June 2018 the Department began an administrative exercise to review cases of claimants with contaminated blood where they have haemophilia or haemarthropathy from other causes, to ensure claimants receive the correct award. To date 370 cases have been reviewed. All claimants have now been notified, completing the original exercise.</p><p> </p><p>In conjunction with this administrative exercise the Department along with PIP assessment providers have developed new guidance on haemophilia and haemarthropathy to ensure health professionals appropriately assess such cases. This guidance was fully implemented on 15th February 2019 and the Department will now be reviewing a second batch of recent cases, assessed between the end of the original exercise and the implementation of the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Assessment Providers and stakeholders are working together to develop reports for haemophilia and contaminated blood. These reports are completed by groups which represent individuals with specific health conditions and impairments. They are intended to provide insight regarding the daily life and everyday challenges which individuals with these conditions may face to further support health professionals in future assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to supporting individuals effected by contaminated blood and continues to work closely with the DWP Working Group to ensure we fully support our claimants and make improvements where possible.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/02/2019 17:06:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1058869

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he made of the effect on people's access to religiously neutral schools of his policy of funding a new round of religiously selective and voluntary aided schools; and whether prior to forming that policy he estimated the number of (a) people living in areas where the only reasonably accessible state school is faith-based and (b) children who put a faith school as their first choice who are prohibited entry to that school on the basis of faith.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	219380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The voluntary aided (VA) scheme will provide additional good school places where they are needed and where there is demand for a particular type of provision. VA schools may be designated with a religious character or not. The scheme is open to providers of all faiths and none.</p><p>In deciding which projects to fund, we will take into account the levels of need and parental demand. We will also look at how the school, once open, will be welcoming and address the needs of pupils from all faiths and none, and from different backgrounds and communities.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have responsibility for deciding whether or not to approve proposals to establish VA schools, and will make such decisions in light of their statutory duty to ensure sufficient schools for their areas.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/02/2019 17:39:48 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1057032

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Blood Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claims where (a) the main disabling feature is haemophilia and (b) the claimant has been affected by contaminated blood received nil points or low points in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	218780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>With regards to (a), the Department publishes data on clearances (whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn), which can be broken down by month and by Main Disabling Condition (which includes Haemophilia A and Haemophilia B) in the PIP Clearances table at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p>Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore is here:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data on clearances is available from the date PIP was introduced in April 2013 to October 2018 and only those who attend an assessment will have a Main Disabling Condition recorded for them. Please note, contaminated blood is not a disabling condition on <br>Stat-Xplore but can be the cause of other disabling conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested on point scores (b) is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/02/2019 16:08:53 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1057052

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page four of the Seventh Special Report of Session 2017-19 of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, published on 23 April 2018, on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report, HC 984, how and when he plans to take forward the measures contained in the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	218781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to introducing legislative requirements relating to animal sentience and to increasing the maximum penalties for animal cruelty. The Government will ensure that any necessary changes required to UK law are made in a rigorous and comprehensive way to ensure animal sentience is recognised after we leave the EU. The Government intends to bring forward legislation as soon as Parliamentary time permits. In the meantime, Defra is continuing to engage closely with stakeholders to further refine the Government's proposals on animal sentience.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/02/2019 15:49:53 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1056715

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding from the further education review restructuring facility has been allocated to (a) sixth form colleges and (b) FE colleges in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	218247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>From 1 April 2016 to 31 January 2019, the total allocation of restructuring facility funding in England is approximately £470 million. The total spend so far is approximately £290 million.</p><p>Of the total allocation of £470 million, up to £435 million has been allocated for general further education colleges (including partnerships with universities), up to £25 million has been allocated for mergers between general further education colleges and sixth form colleges and up to £10 million for conversion of sixth form colleges to academy status.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2019 09:22:55 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1056722

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Facebook: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the decision by Germany to block Facebook from merging data collected from its social platforms and third-party websites without voluntary user consent; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	218248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on the specific decision by Germany to block Facebook from merging data collected from its social platforms and third-party websites without voluntary user consent.</p><p>It is essential that people are confident their personal data will be protected and used in an appropriate way. The Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR is in place to ensure that companies who collect and use data do so appropriately with an appropriate legal basis.</p><p>In August 2016, the Information Commissioner investigated whether WhatsApp could legally share users’ data with Facebook. WhatsApp signed a public commitment not to share personal data with Facebook until the data protection concerns raised by the ICO were addressed. This agreement is available on the ICO's website.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/02/2019 12:02:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1055929

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer on 5 February 2019 to Question 213317 on NHS: Drugs, what process NICE plans to follow when scoping its review of its technology appraisal methods in the 2019-20 business year.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	217532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is in the process of planning how to conduct its scoping of the review of the methods for technology appraisal. Scoping will involve industry and other relevant stakeholders, including patient organisations, however, these details are still being planned. More information will be made available on the NICE website in due course.<strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 217533 question first answered 14/02/2019 17:29:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1055930

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer on 5 February 2019 to Question 213317 on NHS: Drugs, how NICE plans to engage with patient organisations as part of its scoping process for its review of its technology appraisal methods in the 2019-20 business year.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	217533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is in the process of planning how to conduct its scoping of the review of the methods for technology appraisal. Scoping will involve industry and other relevant stakeholders, including patient organisations, however, these details are still being planned. More information will be made available on the NICE website in due course.<strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 217532 question first answered 14/02/2019 17:29:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1055947

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Pesticides
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2019 to Question 211705 on Pesticides, if he will publish the (a) conclusions of the Government’s review of the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides and (b) stakeholder submissions that contributed to that review.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	217534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>In line with EU Directive 2009/128, we have in place a National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (NAP) that we must review every five years. The Government has reviewed the existing NAP and concluded that it is remains fit for purpose. Looking forward, the Government proposes to undertake a broader review of pesticides policy and will work closely with all interested parties as we develop our evidence base and policy thinking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/02/2019 15:47:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas