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850919

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	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	Sudan: Religious Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterpart in the Government of Sudan on the recent demolition of places of worship in North Khartoum.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
	uin	130132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>​We remain concerned at the infringements of religious freedoms, including the demolition of churches, and continue to raise our concerns with the Government of Sudan as part of our regular dialogue on human rights. Promoting freedom of religion or belief as a means of enhancing tolerance and inclusion will remain a key part of our ongoing engagement.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/03/2018 15:58:50 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

851557

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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	Ukraine: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage all parties to abide by the Minsk agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	130320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>​The UK has raised and will continue to raise with Ukraine and Russia the importance of abiding by the Minsk II agreement commitments that they have signed up to. Russia needs to take responsibility for the separatists it continues to arm and support and the UK expects Russia to use its significant influence over these groups to ensure they also abide by the Minsk II Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/03/2018 15:41:15 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

851558

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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	Ukraine: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent enactment of the Donbass Reintegration law by the Ukrainian Parliament on the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	130321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>​The Donbas Reintegration law provides a mechanism for the Ukrainian Government to respond to the sustained military aggression by Russia and the separatists they support in their efforts to undermine Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. All sides need to abide by their Minsk II Agreement commitments and we are concerned by Russian statements attempting to distance themselves from their very clear obligations.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 07/03/2018 15:49:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

846645

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	Democratic Republic of Congo: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what work they are conducting with international partners in response to calls to freeze all international bank accounts and assets held by the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and his entourage, until steps are taken to implement the Saint Sylvestre Agreement, including the release of political prisoners.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL5700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>​The British Government is increasingly concerned about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has repeatedly called on President Kabila to honour both the Constitution and the 31 December agreement. We are appalled by the violence used by the Democratic Republic of Congo forces against peaceful protestors. We have publicly condemned the excessive use of force on both 31 December 2017 and 21 January 2018. Although the British Government does not currently have plans to sanction the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, we will work with regional and international partners to continue to press the DRC authorities to adhere to their electoral commitment, to open up political space, and to allow for peaceful assembly.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/03/2018 16:11:12 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

853255

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of his Department’s cloud-hosting contracts have been awarded to (a) hyperscale cloud providers and (b) UK SMEs; and what the value of those contracts was in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
	tabling member printed	James Gray
	uin	130704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>a) Core Defra currently has two direct contracts with ‘public cloud-hosting’ providers:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Amazon Web Services (AWS) from January 2017</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Microsoft Azure from July 2017 via Defra’s Microsoft Enterprise Licence Agreement</li></ul><p> </p><p>The expenditure is as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>AWS - £35,561.96 (2017/2018)</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Microsoft Azure – Zero spend to date</li></ul><p> </p><p>b) None</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/03/2018 17:02:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

851069

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours people in each Young Offenders Institution spent in (a) work and (b) education on average in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	130254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Youth Custody Service (YCS) holds public YOI education contract data since 2015 when responsibility transferred from the Education Funding Agency (EFA) to the Youth Justice Board (YJB). Operational contract management of these contracts is now undertaken by the YCS.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 : The average number of Classroom-based Learner Hours provided per Young Person per week</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Young Offender Institutions (YOI)</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cookham</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>14.09</p></td><td><p>14.70</p></td><td><p>11.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>13.99</p></td><td><p>10.65</p></td><td><p>11.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Werrington</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>18.43</p></td><td><p>17.14</p></td><td><p>19.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wetherby</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>16.87</p></td><td><p>12.64</p></td><td><p>13.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All HMPPS YOI</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p><strong>15.85</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.78</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13.96</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>(1) For 2015 this information is for the period August to December.</p><p>(2) This information is drawn from operational management information.</p><p> </p><p>Parc is the only privately run YOI and the contractual expectation is that young people spend 25 hours in education, including physical education, per week.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: The number of hours expressed as an average per young person per week of taught education and vocational training delivered in the private YOI, in each calendar year for 2010 to 2017.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Private YOI</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>22.97</p></td><td><p>25.27</p></td><td><p>25.45</p></td><td><p>23.23</p></td><td><p>25.79</p></td><td><p>23.52</p></td><td><p>23.36</p></td><td><p>24.49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Private YOI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22.97</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.27</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.45</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25.79</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.52</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23.36</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24.49</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p>(3) This information is drawn from operational management information.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to reforming youth custody in order to improve outcomes for children and young people, which includes expanding frontline staff capacity in public-sector YOIs by 20% - that’s 123 new recruits - and we will introduce a new youth justice specialist role. We have already started to make progress and currently over 100 frontline staff are enrolled on a new vocational youth justice foundation degree.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 07/03/2018 16:52:46 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

850662

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	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	Diabetes: Medical Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for Abbot-Diabetes monitors; and if his Department will extend the availability of free Abbot-Diabetes monitors.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
	uin	129913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Within its financial constraint, the National Health Service is committed to providing access to new drugs and medical technologies. Ultimately it is for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), who are primarily responsible for commissioning diabetes services, to meet the requirements of their population. In doing so, CCGs need to ensure that the services they provide are fit for purpose, reflect the needs of the local population and are based on the available evidence and take into account national guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>Freestyle Libre, the flash glucose monitoring system manufactured by Abbot was included in Part IX of the England and Wales Drug Tariff from November 2017. People with diabetes insipidus or diabetes mellitus (except where treatment is by diet alone) - which includes type 1 and type 2 diabetes - are eligible for free NHS prescriptions if they hold a valid medical exemption certificate. However, patients will need to discuss the ongoing management of their condition with their healthcare professional and consider what is most suitable for them.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 07/03/2018 16:56:49 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

846694

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Richmond Park: Diesel Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of diesel emissions on the wildlife of Richmond Park.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL5749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>We have not made any specific assessment of the impact of diesel-related emissions on the wildlife of Richmond Park.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 07/03/2018 16:04:31 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

851774

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of equipping more police officers with Taser non-lethal weapons, and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Aldershot
	tabling member printed	Leo Docherty
	uin	130537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to giving the police the necessary tools to do their job and TASER<sup>®</sup>, a form of conducted energy device (CED), provides officers with an important less-lethal, tactical option when facing potentially physically violent situations.</p><p>While its use must be in line with the Home Secretary’s authorisation of the device, the deployment of TASER<sup>® </sup>is an operational matter for Chief Officers. It is for them to determine the number of devices and specially trained officers based on their force assessment of threat and risk.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/03/2018 15:59:41 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty

845425

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Noha al-Balawi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia about the detention without charge of Noha al-Balawi; and whether they will press for her release.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL5625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>We are aware of media reports relating to the detention of Noha al-Balawi. The UK has consistently called for women in Saudi Arabia to be able to participate fully in society and we will continue to engage in dialogue on women's rights with the Saudi Arabian government. We do not shy away from raising human rights concerns with Saudi Arabian officials and will continue to do so using a range of ministerial and diplomatic channels. Our Ambassador in Riyadh last raised human rights cases with Saudi Arabian officials on 18 February.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 07/03/2018 16:33:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton