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834386

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Uniforms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has assessed the potential merits of donating used service personnel clothing to homelessness charities.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	126005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) gifting policy does not normally permit the donation of surplus assets.</p><p>The MOD receives many requests from individuals, charitable and other worthy organisations for the donation of surplus assets, but must ensure an even-handed approach is taken. It would be unfair to support one individual or organisation while refusing requests from others. Gifting to charities, voluntary groups, individuals or companies is therefore only considered by exception.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/02/2018 16:31:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

834387

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Office for Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 123365 on Office for Students, whether the selection criteria for the Office for Student’s student panel included a specific requirement in to appoint a disabled student.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	126006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Decisions regarding the appointments to the Student Panel are the responsibility of the Office for Students.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/02/2018 17:57:09 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

831120

registered interest
date	26/01/2018
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	Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.25 of PFI and PF2, published by the NAO on 18 January 2018, HC 718, what plans his Department has to start recording data on the cost effectiveness of PFI deals.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	125128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>My Department supports Public Finance Initiatives (PFI) Housing and Joint Service Centre projects contracted directly by local authorities. The majority of PFI projects date back to 1999-2010 and no PFIs have been set up since 2014. They were subject to extensive value for money assessments before authorities entered into them and, in 2011, the Department ran a savings exercise on projects still within their procurement stage which identified over £531 million of savings over the lifetime of remaining projects.</p><p>All PFI projects are now operational and authorities are expected to continue to seek to improve the value for money of their projects wherever possible. The Department offers advice and support directly to individual local authorities and holds network events to share best practice between local authorities on making savings on its supported Housing and Joint Service Centre PFI projects.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 05/02/2018 14:14:58 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828599

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to review the operation of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>A post-legislative scrutiny review of the Equality Act 2010 took place in 2015 and is here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441838/Memo_to_Women_Equalities.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441838/Memo_to_Women_Equalities.pdf</a><br>The way that the Act operates is kept under review to ensure that it operates as intended.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 31/01/2018 10:18:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828839

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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	Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timescale is for his Department receiving a response from the Independent Review Panel on the referred plans from Calderdale Huddersfield Foundation Trust.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has written to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel requesting they undertake an initial assessment and report their findings by 26 February. We will then make an announcement about next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 124483 question first answered 29/01/2018 12:29:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828217

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of changing the work capability assessment to take into account degenerative illnesses.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to assessing people with health conditions and disabilities fairly and accurately, helping people to access the right support. We recognise the importance of getting reform in this area right. We therefore intend to focus on testing new approaches to build our evidence base for future reform. In the Improving Lives: The Future of health, Work and Disability command paper we committed to work with external stakeholders to inform future changes to the Work Capability Assessment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 25/01/2018 10:23:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828227

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Tourism: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of his Department's budget was spent on increasing the number of visitors to Yorkshire in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, which they do through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. One of the current projects in the £40m Discover England Fund supports attracting visitors to the Yorkshire area: the adrenaline-fuelled city breaks scheme, led by Marketing Sheffield received £500, 000.</p><p> </p><p>VisitBritain ran a £500,000 marketing campaign to support the Tour de Yorkshire in 2016/17.</p><p> </p><p>Yorkshire will also host the Road World Cycling Championships in 2019 which DCMS is supporting with funding for event delivery, through UKSport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 30/01/2018 14:43:44 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828228

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Arts: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 financial support her Department provides to support the creative industries in (a) Kirklees and (b) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Government recognises the role played by creative businesses, including media, right across the UK in local economic growth. Government supports this growth via tax credits, regional development programmes, relocation of Arms Length Bodies associated with the sector, rebasing of public sector broadcasters and putting ‘place’ at the heart of the Industrial Strategy. The department does not collect data on creative industries investment on a region-by-region basis.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS funds Arms Length Bodies that have regional objective and invest in arts and culture, which develop future skills and talent for the Creative Industries. According to Arts Council England and British Film Institute data, Kirklees has received grant-in-aid and lottery support of almost £17m, since 2012. Yorkshire and the Humber received over £396m in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>Employment in Yorkshire and the Humber’s film and TV industries increased by 40 per cent in 2016, outstripping every other UK region. A driver of this growth is Screen Yorkshire’s ‘Yorkshire Content Fund’, a public-private investment fund for the TV, film, video games and digital sectors, The fund is open to producers either based in Yorkshire or wishing to film or establish a base in the region. Screen Yorkshire has worked extensively with the British Film Institute and received regional support for its Screen Hub, which is also supported by 14 local partners, including 8 local authorities and 6 universities.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/01/2018 16:28:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828229

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in (a) West Yorkshire and (b) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis.</p><p>The latest available data, which cover the situation as at 30 September 2017, are published in the ‘Police workforce’ statistical bulletin, available here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-september-2017</a></p><p>Data for previous years, and as at 31 March, can be found in Table H3 of the annual bulletin, available here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/01/2018 16:25:44 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

828230

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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	Jobcentres: Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentre staff hold a level 2 British Sign Language qualification.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	124190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on the total number of Jobcentre staff who, in a professional or personal capacity, hold a level 2 British Sign Language qualification is not held and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Claimants who require an interpreter are able to access this support via the contracted provision available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 29/01/2018 15:47:46 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker