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1086654

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	ACAS: Languages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to make (a) the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service and (b) other services more accessible for non-English speaking workers.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	230889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Acas has a contractual relationship with ‘The Big Word’ to provide translation services. This commenced in July 2017 following the end of a contract with a previous provider. Acas are contacted by customers who require a translation service approximately 536 times per month, and the majority of these contacts are customers phoning their employment law Helpline for advice. Acas are supplied by ‘The Big Word’ with translators which cover many languages with Polish being the most popular, though they have used translators who are able to speak less common languages such as Turkmen.</p><p>The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, based in BEIS, provides support direct to agency workers and also offers translation facilities through ‘the Big Word’.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/03/2019 12:02:03 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 107880 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1064368

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Endoscopy
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 14 February to Question 219561 on Endoscopy: Recruitment, how many of the 202 clinical endoscopists have now completed their training and are able to undertake procedures in flexible sigmoidoscopy.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	223842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Trainees in Health Education England’s Clinical Endoscopy programme choose, depending on their trust’s requirements, to train in one endoscopy modality - either flexible sigmoidoscopy or upper gastrointestinal. Of the 202 clinical endoscopists, 66 candidates have already completed their training and are able to undertake flexible sigmoidoscopy with a further 46 currently in training. This will total 112 trained and able to perform flexible sigmoidoscopy. The remaining 90 are trained or training in a different modality and may receive further training by their trust in an additional modality, which may also include flexible sigmoidoscopy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 25/02/2019 17:44:25 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1060815

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	Energy
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that gas and energy (a) interconnectors, (b) import export routes and (c) infrastructure mechanisms will remain fully functional after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	221015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>As set out in our Technical Notice the Government is working closely with Ofgem, interconnectors and wider industry on the steps needed to maintain continued cross-border energy trading. This includes supporting engagement with EU Member State authorities. The Government does not anticipate changes to non-EU import export routes for gas by EU exit and there are no non-EU import export routes for electricity.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/02/2019 17:33:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1058921

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the November 2018 High Court judgement and reinstatement of subsistence rates of £65 a week for possible victims of trafficking in the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), what the current subsistence rates are for people in the NRM who are (a) in outreach support, (b) in safe house accommodation (not catered), (c) in safe house accommodation (catered) and (d) in National Asylum Support Service accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	219560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>In light of the judgment in K and AM, the Home Office immediately reinstated the top up paid to those in the Victim Care Contract who are also receiving support from the asylum support system, so that they receive the same level of financial support they were receiving before the judgement.</p><p> </p><p>This is:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£35 per week for those in outreach support</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>£65 per week for those in non-catered safe house accommodation</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>£35 per week for those in catered safe house accommodation (catering covers all food costs and considers dietary and religious restrictions)</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>A top-up for those in receipt of financial support from the National Asylum Support Service so that they receive a total of £65 per week which means £27.25 for those in receipt of section 95 support £29.61 for those in receipt of Section 4(2) support</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/02/2019 17:17:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1058922

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Endoscopy: Recruitment
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 clinical endoscopists have been recruited to date as part of Health Education England’s target to recruit and train an additional 400 clinical endoscopists.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	219561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>To address the increasing demand for endoscopy services, Health Education England (HEE) has worked with the Joint Advisory Committee on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy to develop a clinical endoscopist training programme.</p><p> </p><p>HEE has been mandated to have 200 clinical endoscopists trained or in training by December 2018 and within the Cancer Workforce Plan committed to train a further 200, and therefore a total of 400 clinical endoscopists by 2021.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 202 clinical endoscopists who have either completed their training or are currently in training. The trajectory to have 200 clinical endoscopists trained or in training by December 2018 has been achieved.</p><p> </p><p>HEE is currently recruiting for the April 2019 cohort and working towards the target of 400 clinical endoscopists trained or in training by the end of 2021.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 14/02/2019 17:43:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1055931

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 5 February 2019 to Question 215231 on Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing, what timings her Department records when measuring time elapsed relating to complaints received from Private Rental Sector Landlords about universal credit full service tenants.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	217662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>All complaints received by the Department from any source are handled in accordance with the complaints process published on Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/02/2019 16:03:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1052175

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was for her Department to provide an outcome to complaints from PRS landlords about universal credit full service tenants in the most recent 12-month for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	215231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not measure timings as described in the question (average time between receiving a complaint and providing an outcome) and to determine this request, we would need to examine each individual case, which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Complaints received from Private Rental Sector Landlords about Universal Credit full service are handled in line with the overall Departmental complaints process published on Gov.uk and aim to be resolved / responded to within 15 working days.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/02/2019 10:50:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1052176

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the last year, what is the average time taken for the Independent Case Examiner to provide an outcome to escalated complaints from PRS landlords about universal credit full service tenants.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	215232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>During 2018, the average time taken by the Independent Case Examiner’s (ICE) Office to conclude investigations into complaints from landlords concerning Universal Credit tenants was 29 weeks, from the point at which the investigation commenced. For reporting purposes the ICE Office do not distinguish between full and live service Universal Credit claimants.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/02/2019 14:34:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1052254

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2019 to Question 211929, what steps his Department is taking to contact people affected who will have received a final stage National Referral Mechanism conclusive grounds decision and whose support will have ended.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	215249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Government is making every effort to pay back everyone affected by the contract changes in March 2018. We recognise that some individuals will have left government funded services and integrated into communities in the UK and overseas and so may be harder for government to contact than others that are still in support services.</p><p>On 24 January 2019, personalised letters were sent out to all those we identified as being affected and eligible for repayments. For those still in support, the letters detailed how much and how they will be paid. For those who have left support, the letters explained how to apply for these payments.</p><p>If an individual believes they are eligible but did not receive a letter, they can complete an application form on gov.uk. There is no closing date for when people can apply for back payments if they think they are eligible. Further information is available on gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-subsistence-rates-back-payment-victims-of-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-subsistence-rates-back-payment-victims-of-modern-slavery</a>).</p><p>We are working with stakeholders to raise awareness of the gov.uk page and the letters that were sent out to those identified.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/02/2019 13:37:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1052256

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Universal Credit: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to reduce the time taken to respond to complaints from PRS landlords with universal credit full service tenants.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	215251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Complaints received from Private Rental Sector Landlords about Universal Credit full service are handled in line with the overall Departmental complaints process, published on Gov.uk and aim for the majority to be resolved / responded to within 15 working days.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 05/02/2019 14:24:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris