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1015137

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	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	Zholia Alemi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what forms of redress are available to (a) patients and (b) family members of patients who were treated or assessed by Zholia Alemi who was employed as an NHS psychiatrist despite without qualifications for the role; and what steps his Department plans to take to contact those patients to provide guidance on those forms of redress.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	195560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Redress for actions of National Health Service bodies may be obtained by making a complaint to the provider or the commissioner of the NHS service. A clinical negligence claim against the NHS may also be made.</p><p> </p><p>Patients or family members who have a concern about contact with Zholia Alemi or the care received by her have been advised to contact the local NHS service where they were treated.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/11/2018 14:06:33 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1015153

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	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	Zholia Alemi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to inform (a) patients and (b) family members of patients who were treated or assessed by Zholia Alemi that she was employed as an NHS psychiatrist without qualifications for the role.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	195569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that it has established an Incident Management Group (IMG) to identify and assess any clinical concerns relating to the practise of Zholia Alemi. The IMG aims to confirm Zholia Alemi’s employment history, to assess clinical decisions made by her and to consider whether individuals need to be contacted in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Patients or family members who have a concern about Zholia Alemi or the care received by her have been advised to contact the local NHS service where they were treated.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/11/2018 14:08:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1011631

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	WhatsApp
	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 he has had with representatives of Facebook on the use of Whatsapp in the spread of hate speech in (a) Myanmar and (b) other countries.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	194095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The British Embassy in Burma maintains regular contact with Facebook's representatives covering Burma. The Government's position on Facebook's activity in Burma is set out in its 23 October response to the Interim Report of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on 'Disinformation and 'Fake News' (HC 1630 17/19).</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 29/11/2018 14:35:13 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1015030

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the number of days lost due to staff absences in his Department as a result of (a) physical ill health, (b) mental ill health, (c) stress and (d) anxiety disorders in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	195493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provides employment services on our behalf, including collection of absence data.</p><p> </p><p>The physical and mental wellbeing of our staff is crucially important to the department and staff have access to all MoJ employee services that help to sustain physical and mental wellbeing, including Occupational Health and a 24-hour employee assistance helpline.</p><p> </p><p>The information below outlines the number of days lost due to staff absences as a result of (a) physical ill health, (b) mental ill health, (c) stress and (d) anxiety disorders. MoJ categorise stress and anxiety disorders as mental ill health. We have therefore extracted the relevant data from (b) and recorded these in (c) and (d) below. Please note that this data is collected by calendar year and therefore data is not yet available for 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of working days lost due to:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) physical ill health</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) mental ill health,</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(c) stress</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(d) anxiety disorders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>27.5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/11/2018 16:05:11 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1013145

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of staff employed in his Department make voluntary pension contributions; and whether his Department supports that practice.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	195028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employment services on our behalf. As of 31 October, 100% of staff on MoJ payroll on assignment to the Department made voluntary pension contributions. MoJ supports voluntary pension contributions through Civil Service Pensions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/11/2018 11:17:13 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1013163

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Nurseries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's offices have childcare facilities onsite.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	195048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There are no on-site childcare facilities provided by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales on its estate. However, the Department recognises that staff need flexible pre-school and out-of-school childcare of a type and in a location most convenient to them.</p><p> </p><p>The Office is not an employer, with all staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The MoJ offers a salary sacrifice scheme for childcare vouchers which enables staff to choose their own childcare provider (subject to meeting eligibility requirements) and have their childcare costs reduced by taking part of their salary in the form of childcare vouchers, which are exempt from tax and National Insurance contributions. We also follow MoJ polices by offering a range of flexible working options to staff, including term-time working, job shares and compressed hours, to allow staff with caring responsibilities to work in the way that best suits them.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/11/2018 11:19:57 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1013128

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many data breaches occurred in his Department in each of the last three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	195027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/11/2018 11:16:10 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1013096

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	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	Universal Credit
	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 effect on claimants of universal credit of the 53 week rent year for many social housing tenants in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	195091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit is paid on a monthly cycle to reflect the fact that the vast majority of people receive their wages monthly. Many social landlords still expect their tenants to pay rent on a weekly basis, a practice based upon a time when both wages and benefits were paid weekly. The effect of this is that, roughly every six years, there will be 53 payment days in a twelve-month period with the result that, over the cycle, the average social sector tenant will receive approximately 35p a week less towards their rent. A key principle of Universal Credit is that it simplifies the benefit system for working age claimants and re-assessing housing costs to reflect the number of rent payments in any particular year would be complicated and lead to confusion.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/11/2018 12:39:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1015128

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	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	USA: Riot Control Weapons
	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 he has had with his counterpart in the US Administration on reports that tear gas has been used by US border officers to repel migrants at the US-Mexico border.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	195553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There have been no specific FCO Ministerial discussions on the use of tear gas at the US border.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/11/2018 15:03:08 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1011445

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft: Safety Measures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 189831 on European Fighter Aircraft: Safety Measures, and with reference to Regulatory Article 1205 para 1b, on what basis the operating duty holder's tolerable and ALARP safety statement for the Typhoon aircraft is made when considering the mid-air collision risk.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Douglas Ross
	uin	194128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The requirements of Regulatory Article (RA) 1205 para 1b are fully met as part of the Operating duty holder's Tolerable and ALARP safety statement consideration of mid-air collision risk.</p><p>The Typhoon Safety Case explicitly states what is Reasonably Practicable and Tolerable in terms of fitment of Collision Warning Systems and the other systems detailed in RA1205 for this platform. The RA states that the 'Collision Warning System' term is intentionally used to allow flexibility in identifying the optimal solution for platforms, including those currently under development.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/11/2018 15:50:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross