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1079617

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 5 November 2018 (HL11004), what criteria they use to assess the security requirements of airports.
tabling member printed	Lord Stone of Blackheath
uin	HL14159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>As stated in my written answer on 5 November 2018 (HL11004), it is long standing government policy not to comment in detail on security matters, including what criteria we use to assess security requirements at airports.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government continues to work closely with its Egyptian counterparts, sharing its expertise in establishing effective security arrangements at all Egyptian airports including Sharm el-Sheikh. We hope to be in a position to resume direct flights when the circumstances are right.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/03/2019 14:42:33 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2222 label Biography information for Lord Stone of Blackheath

1079348

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	George Bell
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what authority set down in the statutes of the Commissioners enabled the payment of £29,800 to meet damages and costs relating to the case of Bishop George Bell; and what steps the Commissioners took to scrutinise that settlement before they made over those funds.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	227049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners have a discretion under the Episcopal Endowments and Stipends Measure 1943, assessed on a case by case basis, to pay the costs of a bishop’s office, including costs in connection with legal claims. Requests to the Church Commissioners for assistance with legal costs are subject to scrutiny by the First Church Estates Commissioner and the QC Commissioner, assisted by staff, to ensure that costs are reasonable in the circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 12/03/2019 15:48:27 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1079407

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: 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 staff have been employed by his Department in each month since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	227161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Home Office publish monthly workforce management information on gov.uk - links provided below. This information has been summarised in the table 1 provided.</p><p>2010 to 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-and-salaries-series" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/structure-and-salaries-series</a></p><p>2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2018</a></p><p>2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2019 17:06:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 227161 Table-1.xlsx title Table 1 - PQ 227161
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1079478

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Sugg on 22 November 2018 (HLWS1070), why cycling and walking are not included as crucial parts of rural planning.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL14139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s National Planning Policy Framework, published in February 2019, contains guidance for planning authorities on matters including promoting cycling and walking. The guidance applies equally to rural and urban areas. It states that planning policies should provide for high quality walking and cycling networks, drawing on Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs). The Department for Transport is currently supporting 46 local authorities to develop their LCWIPs. These include both urban and rural local authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/03/2019 14:40:59 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1079488

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Electric Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have had any discussions with Heathrow Airport about the amount they charge customers for use of their electric vehicle charging points; and what assessment they have made of the application of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 to the airport to limit such costs and to ensure that their charging points are maintained in a usable condition.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL14149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>We have regular conversations with Heathrow about how it can improve the sustainability of the airport, including its support for electric vehicles, but have not discussed its chargepoint pricing model.</p><p> </p><p>Pricing is a matter for chargepoint network operators, but we are clear that we do not want to see prohibitive pricing of public chargepoints become a barrier to the uptake of electric vehicles. We want to see a self-sustaining electric vehicle chargepoint network that is affordable, reliable and accessible and will continue to monitor this as the market develops.</p><p> </p><p>The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act provides the Government with powers to require the installation of chargepoints at large fuel retailers and motorway services areas, if needed, and to set chargepoint maintenance and reliability standards. We will consider intervening using these powers if the market fails to deliver improvements.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/03/2019 13:09:46 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1078457

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the cost to the individual of becoming a victim of childhood sexual abuse.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	226672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>There is a range of evidence pointing to the devastating and life-long impacts of child sexual abuse on victims. For example, data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows that 23% of the adults surveyed who experienced sexual assault as a child went on to experience sexual assault as an adult (this compares to 3% of adults who did not report sexual assault as a child but who became victims of the offence as an adult). The same survey indicates that adults with a long-term illness or disability are significantly more likely to have experienced abuse during childhood than those without such a condition</p><p>We know that child sexual abuse can impact on every element of a victim’s life, including physical and mental health, relationships, educational attainment and employment. For that reason, this Government is committed to ensuring that all victims of sexual abuse and exploitation feel they can come forward, knowing that they will get the specialist support they need to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the abuse they have suffered.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2019 16:45:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1078712

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Telephone Systems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the cost to the House of the recent installation of new phone systems in the House of Commons.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	226529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Parliament’s telephone system was installed in 1985 and – like much of the Palace of Westminster’s core infrastructure – is at the end of its supported life; at significant risk of failure; and growing increasingly difficult to support. Replacement parts for the system are no longer made and the organisation has been buying second hand parts for the last ten years. There are no longer providers in the market place that support the corresponding software. If our legacy system were to fail we could not reliably restore the service.</p><p>Given this situation, a project was initiated in 2014 to examine the options to replace our legacy telephone system, whilst also meeting the needs of Parliament’s mobile workforce and the impending estates challenges associated with the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster. That project identified Skype for Business as the most suitable solution to meet these needs.</p><p>The total implementation cost for rolling out the system across Parliament (House of Commons and House of Lords Members and the Administrations) to February 2019 is £3.9 million (revenue) and £1.4 million (capital). It is forecast to spend in total £5.5 million (revenue) and £1.5 million (capital). The total revenue cost per user is £611 and the total capital cost is £166 per user. The cost is shared between the House of Commons and the House of Lords on a 70%:30% ratio.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 12/03/2019 12:05:36 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1078717

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Acids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to support police officers to reduce the number of acid attacks.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	226598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Serious Violence Strategy, the Government is taking a range of action to support the police and others to prevent acid attacks. This is based on the action plan announced in July 2017 which is focused on ensuring effective support to victims and survivors, supporting effective policing, ensuring that the legislation is understood and consistently applied, and restricting access to acids and other harmful corrosive products.</p><p>We are working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council on delivery to ensure that the policing response is effective to prevent attacks from happening in the first place, but also in providing support to victims where they do. The National Police Chiefs’ Council has developed appropriate training for officers, including first responder training, specialist investigative guidance to help police officers understand how to safely recover and handle any evidence at the scene and the evidence required to build a case for prosecution.</p><p>We are also strengthening the powers available to the police through the Offensive Weapons Bill which is currently passing through Parliament. The Bill includes legislative measures on stopping the sale and delivery of corrosive products to under 18s and making it an offence to possess a corrosive substance in a public place.</p><p>Alongside this, the Home Secretary announced on 20 February 2019 that we will be extending stop and search powers for corrosive substances to allow the police to be able to enforce the new possession offence effectively. <br>We are also working with the Government’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory to develop corrosive testing kits for the police to support them in situations where they believe that a suspect is carrying a corrosive substance in public.</p><p>In addition, the Government has commissioned the University of Leicester to examine what motivates offenders to carry and use acid and other corrosive substances in violent attacks. The research findings are expected to be available later this year, and these will help to inform further preventative and enforcement responses.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2019 17:02:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1078729

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to protect children in Romford constituency that are at risk of radicalisation.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	226608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Romford constituency falls within the remit of the London Borough of Havering. The Government made Prevent a statutory duty in July 2015. The Duty requires all local authorities, including Havering, to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.</p><p>A Home Office peer review of Havering’s delivery of the Prevent duty in January 2019 found that Havering had a strong approach to delivering the Prevent programme, which aims to prevent vulnerable individuals being drawn into terrorism. The Borough has a wide training and engagement programme for schools, colleges, childcare providers and children’s services. Those deemed most at risk of radicalisation are supported through Havering’s Channel Panel, with holistic needs addressed through the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/03/2019 16:38:20 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1078744

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangs: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with representatives of social media platforms on the hosting of gang videos that contribute to violent crime.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	226620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office chairs a Social Media Action Group which brings together Government, social media companies, police and community groups to discuss and take action against violence related content online. <br> <br>We are also providing £1.4m to support a new national police capability to tackle gang related activity on social media. The new social media hub will be established within the Metropolitan Police Service, transforming the current capability and will take action against online material, focusing on investigative, disruption and enforcement work against specific gang targets, as well as making referrals to social media companies so illegal and harmful content can be taken down. It will be fully operational this Spring.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2019 17:11:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell