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1174828

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date	30/01/2020
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	Government Departments: Iron and Steel
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 quantity of (a) hot-rolled steel, (b) steel pipe and tubes and (c) total steel and steel products was procured from UK steel manufacturers by government departments in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	10346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting the UK steel industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Department collates information from across Government where large amounts of steel are procured, including information about steel spend and origin, where known. This information is published annually at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fsteel-public-procurement&amp;data=02%7C01%7CAlice.Phillimore%40beis.gov.uk%7C49621df1bb6f427276cc08d7a8b1bc7f%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637163353625971330&amp;sdata=f1RNltMslSUEVo6CNGI%2BAsSOC2N%2FezOVbmyn%2FZumpTA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/steel-public-procurement</a></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/02/2020 16:47:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1174831

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Adoption Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allocate long-term funding to the Adoption Support Fund beyond 2021.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	10404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Improving adoption is a key priority for the government. I wrote to Directors of Children’s Services on 16 January stating that we wanted to see a renewed focus on adoption and permanence by all local authorities. In particular, we wanted to ensure that adoptive families receive ongoing support from the moment that the child is placed with them and throughout their childhood.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have an ongoing legal duty to provide support services that meet the needs of local adopted families. My letter asked them to identify where they were doing well, but also at areas where they think they could improve.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, we announced that the Adoption Support Fund would continue with increased funding until 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education’s spending after 2021 is subject to a future funding settlement with HM Treasury. We will consider the name, scope, eligibility and delivery requirements of the Adoption Support Fund as part of that.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking action to increase awareness of the Adoption Support Fund amongst eligible special guardianship families. An information leaflet is being developed in partnership with Family Rights Group, Adoption UK and Home for Good. The leaflet will be promoted by relevant charities and will be made available to all local authorities so they can make the information available to the families who they are working with.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 10403 10405 10406 question first answered 04/02/2020 17:58:17 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1174836

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres face closure; and where those test centres are located.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	10357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) puts its customers at the heart of the services it provides. The agency keeps its operational estate under continuous review to ensure it delivers the highest level of service most efficiently. If the DVSA needs to review the size of its operational estate, it will first seek ministerial agreement to do so. It will then ensure it informs staff and stakeholders, and keeps them informed while working through any change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 04/02/2020 11:00:47 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1174839

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the National Quality Improvement Taskforce for children and young people’s mental health inpatient services' has to include the transition to adult services in its remit; and what steps the Taskforce will take to ensure service improvements are carried over to adult services.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	10342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The taskforce has been set up to ensure inpatient services deliver timely, safe and high quality care for children and young people, including a focus on well-planned discharge to home or other appropriate services.</p><p><br> Transition from inpatient child and young people’s services to adult services will be considered as part of this work with the aim of ensuring decisions are based on the individual needs and circumstances of the young person. This should ensure appropriate preparation for transition of the children and young people and cross-organisational preparation for appropriate receipt into adult services.</p><p><br> <br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 04/02/2020 16:46:28 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1174846

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase conviction rates for coercive control.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	10471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s domestic abuse consultation in 2018 asked whether further action should be taken to strengthen the coercive control offence introduced in 2015. In the response to that consultation the Government agreed to update the statutory guidance and Crown Prosecution Service legal guidance on the offence.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office will also work with other departments to improve understanding of the offence throughout the justice system, and seek to dispel stereotypes by promoting the updated statutory guidance for the offence through the courts and justice system. This will help to increase the number of cases that are brought, charged and convicted under this offence.</p><p> </p><p>We have been reviewing the effectiveness of the existing coercive control legislation, both in terms of understanding and awareness, but also how adequately the legislation protects victims of this type of abuse. The findings of the review will be announced later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018/19, the conviction rate across all domestic abuse-related offences was 76.5% - the highest rate ever recorded.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/02/2020 13:41:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1174855

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has paid to credit unions to distribute to benefits claimants in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and Humber and (d) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	10436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Whilst some claimants choose to have benefit payments paid into Credit Union accounts, the Department does not have a contract with Credit Unions to distribute this money. DWP does not, therefore, make any payments Credit Unions to distribute money to benefit claimants.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/02/2020 17:12:41 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1174878

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of his officials were involved in the (a) design and (b) promotion of the View national funding formula for schools web page on his Department’s website.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	10463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>5.5 full time equivalent digital staff were involved in the design of the 'View national funding formula for schools webpage', with support from a policy official.</p><p>No specific resource or cost was dedicated to the promotion of the new National Funding Formula website, which formed part of wider communications work that the Department carries out on an ongoing basis.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/02/2020 16:47:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1174898

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on the development of the Shared Prosperity Fund; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	10450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Now we have left the European Union, we will create the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which will bind together the whole of the United Kingdom, tackling inequality and deprivation in each of our four nations.</p><p>The Government has been clear that final decisions about the design of the Fund must take place after a cross-government Spending Review. In the meantime, stakeholder views from across the UK have helped inform progress on policy design.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 04/02/2020 16:27:36 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1174899

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions has he had with his counterpart in the Israeli Government on allegations of torture committed by Israeli government interrogators against journalism student Mays Abu Ghosh.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
uin	10456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>We have not made representations to the Government of Israel about the case of Mays Abu Gosh. We have concerns about mistreatment of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, and about Israel’s respect of its obligations as an occupying power, under applicable international law. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have raised the treatment of Palestinians in Israeli prisons with the Israeli authorities.We emphasise the importance of treating prisoners and detainees humanely and in accordance with international law.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/02/2020 17:51:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1174901

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	Israel: Human Rights
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 discussions has he had with his counterpart in the Israeli Government on allegations of human rights abuses committed by Israeli military forces.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
uin	10457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>We have repeatedly made clear to Israel our longstanding concerns about the manner in which the Israel Defense Forces police non-violent protests and the border areas, including the use of live ammunition and excessive force. We call on Israel to adhere to the principles of necessity and proportionality when defending its legitimate security interest and to investigate allegations of use of excessive force. We have also stressed the importance of the Israeli security forces providing appropriate protection to the Palestinian civilian population. We will continue to do so.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 04/02/2020 17:52:20 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan