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1125418

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum decision makers are employed in asylum operations offices in (a) Bootle, (b) Croydon, (c) Leeds, (d) Liverpool, (e) Newcastle and (f) Solihull.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	252085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>As of week ending 10 May 2019, the number of asylum decision makers that are currently employed in asylum operations offices in (a) Bootle, (b) Croydon, (c) Leeds, (d) Liverpool, (e) Newcastle and (f) Solihull are:</p><p>Bootle 113.76 FTE<br> Croydon 69.40 FTE<br>Leeds 54.37 FTE<br>Liverpool 57.66 FTE<br>Newcastle 32.64 FTE<br>Solihull 34.16 FTE<br>Total 362.00 FTE</p><p>Additionally, the Home Office currently employs 171.40 FTE decision makers in other locations; a total of 533.40 FTE. Of the 533.40 FTE are employed, 532.40 FTE are on permanent contracts and 1.00 FTE is employed on a Fixed Term Appointment (FTA) contract. The Home Office is currently recruiting and working towards 632.00 FTE asylum decision makers.</p><p>The Home Office is unable to report how many asylum decision makers have had their six-month probation contracts as advertised extended in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019, as to obtain this information would require a manual trawl and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 252086 252087 252088 question first answered 13/05/2019 15:53:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1107837

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Autism: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people with autism have died by suicide in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	238634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/04/2019 14:17:06 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ238634 (1) (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1123715

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometrics: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate the use of facial recognition technology, including at airports.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	248656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The government committed in the Home Office Biometrics Strategy 2018 to develop options to simplify and extend governance and oversight of biometrics across the Home Office sector. This includes law enforcement, border and immigration control use of biometrics.</p><p><br>We are currently considering options for review. The review will also look at other measures that can be taken to improve governance and use of biometrics in advance of possible legislation.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/05/2019 15:43:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1123716

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Surveillance: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what date the updated guidelines for the Surveillance Camera Code of Conduct will be published.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	248657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government committed in the Home Office Biometrics Strategy 2018 to review the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice and it will be updated in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/09/2019 13:49:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1123717

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when facial recognition technology for security checks for all passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport will be fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	248658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not require London Heathrow Airport to use facial recognition technology for security checks. London Heathrow Airport has taken a commercial decision to use biometrics in the hope that this will assist to streamline the passenger journey through the airport. All security checks will remain unchanged. The Department regularly discusses and reviews airport security with all regulated UK airports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/05/2019 14:17:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1123718

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date facial recognition technology for security checks will be rolled out to airports that serve less than five million passengers per year.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	248659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not require airports to use facial recognition technology for security checks.</p><p>Some airports are planning to introduce biometric technology which they hope will assist the passenger journey through their airports. This use of biometrics will not change the required security checks. The Department regularly discusses and reviews airport security with all regulated UK airports.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/05/2019 13:22:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1123267

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Care Homes: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many residential and nursing homes have closed permanently (a) nationally and (b) in the North West region since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	247683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of care home closures since 2016. However, data from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is available on the change in the number of care homes in England, which reflects both openings and closures over time.</p><p>Due to the devolved nature of social care, figures are only available for England and the North West. These are taken from averaging across quarterly CQC data.</p><p>The CQC’s data shows that there were 16,839 care homes in England in January 2016 compared to 15,738 in April 2019, giving a net reduction of 901 homes, a 6.5% reduction.</p><p>However, the total number of beds in England has remained relatively stable since 2016 because the average size of a care home has increased over that period. There were 461,793 beds in January 2016 compared to 456,333 beds in April 2019, a 1.2% reduction.</p><p>The CQC’s data shows that there were 2,039 care homes in the North West in January 2016 compared to 1,914 in April 2019, giving a net reduction of 105 homes, a 6% reduction.</p><p>However, the total number of beds in the North West has remained relatively stable since 2016 because the average size of a care home has increased over that period. There were 63,005 beds in January 2016 compared to 61,704 beds in April 2019, a 2.06% reduction.</p><p>Nationally, England has seen a decrease of 1.5% in the number of residential and nursing beds from January 2015 to April 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average Number of Residential and Nursing Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>463,792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>460,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>459,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>459,001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>456,924</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In the North West, there has been a decrease of 2% in the number of residential and nursing beds from January 2015 to April 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average Number of Residential and Nursing Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>63,282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>62,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>62,657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>62,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>61,920</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 247684 question first answered 30/04/2019 13:59:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1123270

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Care Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many residential and nursing home beds were available in each of the last five years in the (a) UK and (b) North West.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	247684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of care home closures since 2016. However, data from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is available on the change in the number of care homes in England, which reflects both openings and closures over time.</p><p>Due to the devolved nature of social care, figures are only available for England and the North West. These are taken from averaging across quarterly CQC data.</p><p>The CQC’s data shows that there were 16,839 care homes in England in January 2016 compared to 15,738 in April 2019, giving a net reduction of 901 homes, a 6.5% reduction.</p><p>However, the total number of beds in England has remained relatively stable since 2016 because the average size of a care home has increased over that period. There were 461,793 beds in January 2016 compared to 456,333 beds in April 2019, a 1.2% reduction.</p><p>The CQC’s data shows that there were 2,039 care homes in the North West in January 2016 compared to 1,914 in April 2019, giving a net reduction of 105 homes, a 6% reduction.</p><p>However, the total number of beds in the North West has remained relatively stable since 2016 because the average size of a care home has increased over that period. There were 63,005 beds in January 2016 compared to 61,704 beds in April 2019, a 2.06% reduction.</p><p>Nationally, England has seen a decrease of 1.5% in the number of residential and nursing beds from January 2015 to April 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average Number of Residential and Nursing Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>463,792</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>460,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>459,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>459,001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>456,924</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In the North West, there has been a decrease of 2% in the number of residential and nursing beds from January 2015 to April 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average Number of Residential and Nursing Beds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>63,282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>62,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>62,657</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>62,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>61,920</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 247683 question first answered 30/04/2019 13:59:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1123272

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authorities have a suicide prevention (a) group and (b) strategy.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	247685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health set a target for every local area to develop a multi-agency suicide prevention plan that demonstrates how they will implement interventions targeting high-risk locations and supporting high-risk groups within their population. As of March 2019 all local authorities have confirmed with Public Health England that they have a plan in place that has been agreed with their local partners.</p><p>The Department is working with the Association of Directors of Public Health and local government sector to assess the effectiveness of local suicide prevention plans, and a report will be published in spring with findings and themes, including areas for improvement and areas of best practice which can be shared across local authorities. This process will also inform a Sector-Led Improvement programme which will enable local areas to learn from each other and to further develop their plans.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/04/2019 15:33:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1123273

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Psychiatric Hospitals: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many specialist inpatient services for older adult mental health patients have closed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	247686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 30/04/2019 15:43:44 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger