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1140954

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date	23/07/2019
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Registration Officers: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will make an assessment of the ability of the Electoral Commission to monitor the performance of electoral registration officers in dealing with electors who (a) have low reading and writing skills, (b) are visually impaired and (c) have learning difficulties.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	280147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission sets standards for and monitors the performance of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs). These standards have the objective of ensuring that all eligible people are able to participate in the electoral process.</p><p>The Commission provides guidance to EROs to support them in delivering their functions and meeting the performance standards. In developing this guidance to improve the accessibility of electoral registration services, the Commission works with a variety of disability organisations – including groups representing electors with sight loss and learning difficulties – to ensure its work reflects good practice.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 05/08/2019 10:32:59 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1140790

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Asthma: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths caused by asthma in (a) adults and (b) children exposed to high levels of air pollution during April 2019; and what comparative assessment he has made of the number of those deaths and the average number of deaths for asthma among those groups in April in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	280363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Tooting to the answer I gave on 17 May 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-05-08/252069/" target="_blank">252069</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 05/08/2019 11:13:55 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1140801

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Females: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that women have access to full-time jobs.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	280366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2019 answer text <p>Female employment rates are at a record high, however women are still over three times as likely as men to work part-time.</p><p> </p><p>On the 3rd July 2019, we launched<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gender-equality-at-every-stage-a-roadmap-for-change" target="_blank"> ‘Gender Equality at every stage: a Roadmap for Change</a>’ setting out government action to address this and other persistent gendered barriers at every life stage. Actions include: supporting employers to promote gender-balanced progression in the workplace; continuing to develop the evidence base on what works through our Workplace &amp; Gender Equality Programme; and working with local partners to help those who have taken time out for caring identify opportunities to return to work.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/09/2019 16:38:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1140820

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Remedies Authority: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff worked for the Trade Remedies Authority as of July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	280256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <ul><li>The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) will be a non-departmental independent public body and will be established with the passing of the Trade Bill. Before that happens, and to provide certainty to UK businesses that they will not be exposed to injury from unfair trade practices, the Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate has been temporarily established within DIT to make assessments and recommendations in a respect of a trade remedy measure.</li><li>There are currently (23<sup>rd</sup> July 2019) 104 staff working for Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate and these will transfer to the TRA once it has been established.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 01/08/2019 11:43:40 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1140867

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the penalties incurred for (a) possession and (b) supply and production of synthetic cannabinoids.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	280381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled as Class B drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. There is a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both for possession of a Class B drug and 14 years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both, for the supply and production of a Class B drug.</p><p>There was a total of 281 convictions for the principal offence of possession of synthetic cannabinoids in 2018, up from 71 convictions in 2017 and no convictions in 2016. For the principal offences of either supply, possession with intent to supply or production of synthetic cannabinoids there were 18 convictions in 2018, up from 4 convictions in 2017 and 4 convictions in 2016.</p><p>The Government has commissioned the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to provide an updated harms assessment on their previous reports on synthetic cannabinoids. The commission also seeks recommendations on whether the current classification under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 of synthetic cannabinoids is appropriate. The advice is due in summer 2020. The full commission has been published online on the gov.uk website. <br>The Government will await the ACMD’s further advice and recommendations</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/07/2019 16:00:51 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1140868

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Prisoners: Synthetic Cannabinoids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what programmes there are in prisons to provide support for prisoners with synthetic cannabis drug dependency.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	280382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>In prison, patients presenting with problematic psychoactive substance use are assessed in the same way as other drug users and offered an appropriate range of psychosocial interventions.</p><p>In April 2018, NHS England and NHS Improvement published its updated service specification on ‘Integrated Substance Misuse Treatment Service in Prisons in England’. This is fully aligned to ‘Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management’, which sets out how clinicians should treat people with drug misuse and drug dependence problems.</p><p>The service specification describes a fully recovery orientated, integrated prison substance misuse treatment service, which covers traditional drugs of abuse, psychoactive substances (including synthetic cannabis), illicit abuse of prescribed and over the counter drugs and alcohol.</p><p>This improved substance misuse service offer is now being commissioned across all prisons and secures integration with mental health services so that growing numbers of people in prisons can access services to support their recovery and wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/07/2019 16:15:47 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1140880

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Rural Community Energy Fund: Elmet and Rothwell
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 community centres and memorial halls in Elmet and Rothwell constituency are eligible to apply to the rural community energy fund; and what the application process is.
tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
uin	280271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Rural Community Energy Fund is being run by five regional Local Energy Hubs, established as part of the BEIS Local Energy Programme. Elmet and Rothwell is covered by the North East Yorkshire and Humber Energy Hub.</p><p> </p><p>The fund is open to all communities defined as rural, this is any community with less than 10,000 residents. The Local Energy Hub can help to determine the eligibility of communities in Elmet and Rothwell. The fund accepts applications from the following legal entities which represent rural communities:</p><ul><li>Community Interest Company (CIC)</li><li>Co-operative</li><li>Community Benefit Society (Bencom)</li><li>Registered Social Landlord</li><li>Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)</li><li>Development Trust</li><li>Registered society (pre 2014 IPS)</li><li>Parish council</li><li>Faith Group</li></ul><p> </p><p>Please find out more about how to apply and how to contact the Local Energy Hubs <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rural-community-energy-fund" target="_blank">here</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/07/2019 14:25:23 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

1140885

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shared Spaces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) the Royal National Institute of Blind People and (b) other NGOs on shared space schemes since his Department's announcement in July 2018 of a halt in the development of those schemes.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	280186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>Ministers meet regularly with groups representing disabled people, including those representing blind and partially sighted people, to discuss a wide range of inclusive and accessible transport issues. Officials in my Department also work closely with a wide range of stakeholders on many issues including shared space schemes, the opportunities they offer and the challenges they pose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/08/2019 14:39:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 131261 answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis answering member 4116
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1140889

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the prospects for a peace deal in Afghanistan.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	280275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/08/2019 answer text <p>​Despite continuing challenges, there is the real prospect of a credible peace process for Afghanistan. Concerted Afghan and international efforts continue, with positive signs including US-Taliban talks; the recent intra-Afghan dialogue co-convened by Germany and Qatar; and the consultative Loya Jirga in Kabul. Intra-Afghan negotiations are now needed to find a sustainable settlement which will assure the country's future peace and stability. It is crucial that the democratically elected National Unity Government plays a central role, and that peace efforts are inclusive, including women and minorities. The people of Afghanistan deserve peace after decades of conflict and insecurity. We strongly believe that a political settlement is the only way to achieve lasting peace and stability.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/08/2019 13:51:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

1140920

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	HIV Infection
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 (a) outpatient and (b) inpatient appointments were (i) emergency and (ii) elective with a (A) primary and (B) secondary diagnosis of HIV in (1) England and (2) each clinical commissioning group area in each of the last 12 months; and what the average waiting time was for each such appointment.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	280283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The available information for England from NHS Digital is attached. Data at clinical commissioning group level is suppressed and therefore not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 26/07/2019 11:40:45 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy attachment 1 file name Copy of 10692_280283_V2.1 formatted.xlsx title 10692_280283_V2.1 formatted previous answer version 131373 answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth