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932326

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Corrosive Substances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department has collected on the substances used in corrosive substance attacks in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	158656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong>The Home Office does not hold the information requested and does not specifically collect data from police forces on acid and other corrosive attacks as part of its regular data collection. Acid and other corrosive attacks resulting in injury are included in Office for National Statistics published statistics within assault with injury offences and assault with intent to cause serious harm offences, but cannot be disaggregated.</p><p>The table below sets out the substances identified as being used in attacks between November 2016 and April 2017 based on the returns from 39 police forces as part of the National Police Chiefs’ Council commissioned voluntary data collection.</p><p><strong>Indicative figures for 408 acid or corrosive attacks broken down by substance</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Indicative figures for 408 acid or corrosive attacks broken down by substance</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acid</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ammonia</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bleach</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other stated substance</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown liquid</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No information provided</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>408</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other stated substance included a range of diverse substances including boiling water, lighter fluid, petrol, CS and pepper spray and non-ammonia/bleach household cleaning products.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures must be treated with caution, as they are not official statistics. Furthermore, they are only available for cases where the substance was recorded by officers and reflect what the officers involved in the case believed the substance to be, based on the available evidence.</p><p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council lead has undertaken a further data collection exercise with police forces to provide us with updated figures on the extent of corrosive substance attacks and the substances. We expect that the analysis will be completed shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/07/2018 15:37:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

932328

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hydrofluoric Acid
	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 level of harm which can be caused by hydrofluoric acid having zero per cent concentration.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	158657
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>Advice we have received is that hydrofluoric acid is so corrosive that even trace concentrations could cause harm. We think there are no circumstances in which hydrofluoric acid should be sold to a person under 18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/07/2018 14:47:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

932264

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	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: STEM Subjects
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle the gender pay gap in STEM industries.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	158753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>In 2017 we introduced ground breaking regulations requiring large employers from all sectors, including STEM industries, to report gender pay gap information annually.</p><p>This increased level of transparency highlights where women are being held back in the workplace, and is motivating employers to tackle their gender pay gaps.</p><p>Government will be engaging with businesses and educators over the coming months to understand more about the barriers for women in the STEM workforce.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/07/2018 16:44:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

932272

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for The Home Department, whether his Department has plans to introduce minimum unit pricing on alcohol in England.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	158754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Minimum Unit Pricing in England remains under review. The Government is developing a new cross-government alcohol strategy which will set out targeted action to prevent and reduce harmful drinking, support vulnerable people affected by others’ alcohol misuse and improve the pathway into treatment for people with alcohol dependency.</p><p>The new strategy will not include a commitment to introduce MUP at this time but Public Health England will be commissioned to carry out a scientific review into the impact of minimum unit pricing following its introduction in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/07/2018 15:18:20 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

932196

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	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	Conversion Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June to Question 148680 on LGBT people: surveys, whether she has carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Memorandum of Understanding in stopping gay conversion therapy.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	158758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Our National LGBT survey shows that the abhorrent practice of conversion therapy is still alive in our country. The Government is clear that these activities are wrong, and we are not willing to let them continue.</p><p> </p><p>We worked with the main registration and accreditation bodies for psychotherapy and counselling practitioners to develop a Memorandum of Understanding to tackle conversion therapy. This is a voluntary code that is managed and led by the sector.</p><p> </p><p>In our LGBT Action Plan, we committed to further steps to stamp out this bogus treatment. Led by the Government Equalities Office, we will fully consider all legislative and non-legislative options to prohibit promoting, offering or conducting conversion therapy. Our intent is to protect people who are vulnerable to harm or violence, whether that occurs in a medical, commercial or faith-based context.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/07/2018 14:19:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

932315

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
	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 3 November 2017 to Question 111296 on Independent Anti Slavery Commissioner, if he will place in the Library a copy of the inquiry conducted into the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	158742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office received two complaints regarding the professional conduct of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. An independent investigation has been carried out. This has now concluded and the investigator found that there was no case to answer. All parties have been informed and we regard the matter as closed. The report will not be released as this was an internal investigation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/07/2018 15:21:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

932312

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Corrosive Substances: Sales
	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 merits of making it an offence to sell a corrosive product to a person who is under the age of 21.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	158654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The Offensive Weapons Bill includes provisions to prevent the sale of the most damaging corrosives to under 18s, rather than to persons under 21. This is because the age of 18 is common for other age restricted products such as alcohol and the sale of knives. It is also based on recognition that 18 is accepted internationally as the age of a child.</p><p>Placing a statutory age restriction at 21 would set a precedent for other age restricted products and would raise discrimination issues. Corrosive products are not in themselves offensive weapons and they have many legitimate uses in the home and business and there is no evidence that adults should be denied access to these products. Retailers may, however, wish to introduce their own schemes to ask for age verification of those who look under 21 just as they do for alcohol sales.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/07/2018 15:16:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

932307

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Corrosive Substances
	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 place in the Library the recommendations of the scientific advisers at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory which provided the basis for Schedule 1 to the Offensive Weapons Bill.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	158653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>We have been working closely with scientific advisers at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and formerly at the Home Office Centre for Applied Science and Technology on the corrosive products and concentration limits set out in Schedule 1 of the Offensive Weapons Bill. A paper setting out the scientific advice we have received will be made available to Parliament by Committee stage of the Offensive Weapons Bill.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/07/2018 15:15:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

932212

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	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	Sanitary Products
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the provision of free sanitary products in (a) schools, (b) foodbanks and (c) homeless shelters.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	158732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>We have not estimated the full cost of delivering sanitary products to schools. We do want to find out more about the issue, which is why we have placed questions in the department’s 2018 surveys for pupils and senior school leaders.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to almost £2.5bn of additional funding this year alone. Schools have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available, if they identify this as a barrier to attendance.</p><p> </p><p>Many homeless services, including hostels and day centres, will make sanitary products available for free to service users. Food banks represent an impressive response by civil society and faith groups to support vulnerable people. Jobcentre Plus offer a signposting service to those who have expressed an interest in using a food bank.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/07/2018 14:22:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

932211

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	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	Sanitary Products
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will ensure the provision of funding for free sanitary products in (a) schools, (b) food banks and (c) homeless shelters.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	158731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>We support schools in addressing the needs of disadvantaged pupils through the provision of the Pupil Premium, equivalent to almost £2.5bn of additional funding this year alone. Schools have discretion over how they use their funding and can make sanitary products available, if they identify this as a barrier to attendance.</p><p> </p><p>Work gives people the best opportunity to move out of poverty. We’re committed to helping people find work through a wide-range of support targeted to each individual’s personal circumstances. As a safeguard for people needing more support, we have a well-established system of hardship payments, benefit advances and budgeting loans.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/07/2018 14:21:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris