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1017308

registered interest
date	29/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: International Cooperation
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 potential effect on international co-operation on policing and justice of the UK leaving the EU .
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	197432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The government has published its assessment of the Future Security Part-nership (FSP) between the UK and the EU - ‘EU exit: an assessment of the security partnership’. It compares cooperation envisaged under the future UK-EU security partnership, as set out in the Political Declaration, with a no deal scenario.</p><p>This publication can be found on Gov.uk</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759760/28_November_EU_Exit_-_Assessment_of_the_security_partnership__2_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759760/28_November_EU_Exit_-_Assessment_of_the_security_partnership__2_.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/12/2018 11:33:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1027211

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) live births and (b) stillbirths in each part of the United Kingdom in each year since 2000.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 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 19/12/2018 17:12:34 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ202722 - Response.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1027212

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to tackle low pay for women.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Everyone in the UK should have the opportunity to progress and fulfil their potential in employment, to benefit both the individual and the wider economy. Despite accounting for just under half of all employees in the UK, women are more likely to be in low paid work than men.</p><p>The Government has an aspiration to end low pay, and next year it will set out the Low Pay Commission’s remit from 2020 onwards.</p><p>The National Living Wage (NLW) benefits a higher proportion of women than men. In April 2019, the NLW will increase by 4.9% to £8.21. This is an increase to a full-time minimum wage worker’s annual earnings of over £690, making progress on the government’s objective for the NLW to reach 60% of median earnings by 2020.</p><p>We will be publishing a strategy in the Spring on gender equality and economic empowerment that will include consideration of how we can best support low paid women.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/12/2018 16:03:50 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1025295

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding per council the Government has provided for the retrofitting of sprinklers in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will list the councils that have received such funding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	202321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>In May, the Prime Minister announced that the Government would fully fund the removal and replacement of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding systems on social residential buildings 18 metres and over owned by councils and housing associations. MHCLG is allocating £248 million to replace cladding on 135 buildings.</p><p>We will also provide financial flexibilities for local authorities who need to undertake other essential fire safety work, including retrofitting sprinklers where these are considered to be essential, but the Government is not providing funding for this work. Forty-four local authorities have contacted the department to discuss their options for funding fire safety work, including sprinklers, for buildings they own. To date none have opted to take advantage of the flexibilities available.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 202320 question first answered 19/12/2018 15:45:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1025304

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the level of research and development expenditure in the UK and EU member states.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	202309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department regularly assesses comparative levels of R&amp;D expenditure in the UK and EU member states.</p><p> </p><p>The latest ONS data estimates that overall gross R&amp;D expenditure in the UK was £33.1bn in 2016, which was 1.7% of GDP in that year. 2017 data is due to be released in March 2019. The latest OECD international comparison of R&amp;D expenditure ranked the UK 10th among EU nations in 2016. More details can be found here <a href="http://oe.cd/msti" target="_blank">http://oe.cd/msti</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/12/2018 10:58:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1025305

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 December 2018 on the review of amendments made to the NHS Overseas Visitor Charging Regulations in 2017, HLWS1142, if he will publish the full text of that review.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	202322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to produce and publish a formal review document or the evidence collected as part of it. In undertaking the review, the Department called for evidence from interested stakeholders which included several confidential individual case studies from organisations who have not permitted the Department to share these within the public domain. A summary of the findings will be shared with contributors to the review and we will continue to keep the impact of the regulations under close review, working closely with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>National guidance is clear that National Health Service maternity treatment should always be considered as immediately necessary and provided to all patients regardless of whether or not they are entitled to receive it free of charge or there are doubts about whether they could pay if subsequently found to be chargeable under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 202323 202325 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:30:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1025306

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 December 2018 on the review of amendments made to the NHS Overseas Visitor Charging Regulations in 2017, HLWS1142, if he will publish the evidence collected for that review.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	202323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to produce and publish a formal review document or the evidence collected as part of it. In undertaking the review, the Department called for evidence from interested stakeholders which included several confidential individual case studies from organisations who have not permitted the Department to share these within the public domain. A summary of the findings will be shared with contributors to the review and we will continue to keep the impact of the regulations under close review, working closely with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>National guidance is clear that National Health Service maternity treatment should always be considered as immediately necessary and provided to all patients regardless of whether or not they are entitled to receive it free of charge or there are doubts about whether they could pay if subsequently found to be chargeable under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 202322 202325 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:30:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1025308

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Maternity Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 December 2018 on the review of amendments made to the NHS Overseas Visitor Charging Regulations in 2017, HLWS1142, what information his Department holds on the effect of NHS charging on access to maternity services by vulnerable pregnant migrant women.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	202325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to produce and publish a formal review document or the evidence collected as part of it. In undertaking the review, the Department called for evidence from interested stakeholders which included several confidential individual case studies from organisations who have not permitted the Department to share these within the public domain. A summary of the findings will be shared with contributors to the review and we will continue to keep the impact of the regulations under close review, working closely with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>National guidance is clear that National Health Service maternity treatment should always be considered as immediately necessary and provided to all patients regardless of whether or not they are entitled to receive it free of charge or there are doubts about whether they could pay if subsequently found to be chargeable under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 202322 202323 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:30:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1025311

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	General Practitioners
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 full-time equivalent fully qualified GPs have been working in the NHS in England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	202303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The data requested are available in the following table, which sets out the number of full-time equivalent general practitioner (GP) partners, salaried GPs and GP retainers. GP registrars are excluded as they are not fully qualified GPs. Locums have been excluded as these figures are not comparable between 2015 and 2018. No reliable data for full-time equivalent GPs are available prior to September 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Fully-qualified, full-time equivalent GPs (including GP partners, salaried GPs and GP retainers)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>29,296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>28,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>27,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>27,558</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>All data is as at 30 September.</li><li>Each period, figures contain estimates for practices that did not provide fully valid GP records. September 2015 – 15.5%, September 2016 – 13.7%, September 2017 - 5.4% and June 2018 - 5.0%</li><li>Full time equivalent refers to the proportion of full time contracted hours that the post holder is contracted to work. 1 would indicate they work a full set of hours, 0.5 that they worked half time.</li><li>Figures shown do not include GPs working in prisons, army bases, educational establishments, specialist care centres including drug rehabilitation centres and walk-in centres</li></ol> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/12/2018 14:14:03 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1025312

registered interest
date	14/12/2018
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	Addictions: Rehabilitation
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 in-patient addiction treatment facilities the NHS has commissioned in England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	202304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 202305 question first answered 20/12/2018 17:35:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter