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1149281

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	China: Uyghurs
	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 adequacy of the (a) governance of and (b) humanitarian situation in (i) Uighur and (ii) Xinjiang province, China.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>​We have serious concerns about the human rights and humanitarian situation in Xinjiang, where there are credible reports of over a million Uyghurs and other minorities being detained in so called &quot;re-education camps.&quot; British diplomats in China visit Xinjiang regularly, most recently in May, in order to see the situation at first-hand. Their observations have supported much of the recent open source reporting, including reports of widespread surveillance measures, restrictions targeted at specific ethnic groups, and restrictions on the ability to freely practice religion.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 21/10/2019 15:18:58 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1149342

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	Syria: Kurds
	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 he is taking to ensure that Kurdish people in (a) Syria and (b) surrounding regions do not come to harm following the US troop withdrawal from that area.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>​We have repeatedly called on Turkey to exercise maximum restraint and bring an end to their military operation in north east Syria. We expect all parties to respect their obligations towards civilians and under International Humanitarian Law. The Prime Minister made this clear to President Erdogan on 11 October.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 696 question first answered 21/10/2019 13:18:16 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1149344

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	Syria: Kurds
	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 he is taking to ensure that Kurdish people do not come to harm following the implementation of what Turkish officials are calling the safe zone.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>​We have repeatedly called on Turkey to exercise maximum restraint and bring an end to their military operation in north east Syria. We expect all parties to respect their obligations towards civilians and under International Humanitarian Law. The Prime Minister made this clear to President Erdogan on 11 October.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 695 question first answered 21/10/2019 13:18:16 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1149207

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	Syria: Turkey
	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 Turkey's compliance with international law in relation to that country's recent actions in Kurdish occupied northern Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>​We are seriously concerned about reports of violations of International Humanitarian Law during the military offensive by Turkish forces and their Syrian allies. We have raised these concerns with the Government of Turkey and reiterated the importance of all sides abiding by their obligations under international law.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 21/10/2019 13:13:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1150166

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Uganda: 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 diplomatic steps the Government is taking to improve human rights in Uganda.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
	tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
	uin	852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>​The UK firmly believes that human rights are universal and should apply equally to all people. We promote universal human rights as part of our Commonwealth engagement. Where we have specific concerns, we raise them directly as part of our ongoing dialogue with the Ugandan Government. Our High Commission, alongside other missions in Kampala, has released statements calling on the Ugandan Government to guarantee freedoms enshrined in the Ugandan Constitution. In Uganda, UK Aid funds human rights training for police and the prisons service. We will continue to support civil society groups in Uganda working to improve protection of minority rights.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/10/2019 15:13:54 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1149475

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Gardens
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on the number of schools with gardens.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>​The Department does not hold information on the number of schools with gardens. Responsible bodies such as local authorities, academy trusts and diocesan bodies are best placed to answer questions on the numbers of their schools with gardens.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 21/10/2019 16:32:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1150056

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Syria: British Nationals Abroad
	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 his officials have had with representatives of regional authorities in north east Syria on the (a) evacuation and (b) repatriation of British children.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>​Officials have discussed the evacuation and repatriation of British orphans and unaccompanied minors with representatives of the civilian de facto authorities in north east Syria on several occasions, most recently on 18 October.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 21/10/2019 16:38:48 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1149370

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter to the Prime Minister of 12 September 2019 from the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield and other hon. Members and Peers on Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement that he intends to annex the Jordan Valley to Israel.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>​I have responded to the Hon Member's letter.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 21/10/2019 13:10:21 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

1150219

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2019
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of women on low incomes born in the 1950s who have had their state pension age changed in (a) Blackpool, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were affected by State Pension age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995. The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, and included transitional arrangements limiting State Pension age delays, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953. It also brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions only holds estimates at a Great Britain level.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics publishes data bi-annually on population numbers and projections. This is not segmented into income categories. They do offer data segmented into local area groups and region. The next release of population data will be available on the 21/10/2019 at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/nationalpopulationprojections2018based" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/nationalpopulationprojections2018based</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/10/2019 13:37:37 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1150177

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Affordable Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 9 September 2019 to Question 282187, if he will publish the resource DEL budgets of each work area under the Strategic Objective SO1, Programme Area Building Affordable Homes.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>With reference to the detailed response to your question on 9 September, we provided details of work areas which sit under each Strategic Objective. It was noted that the Department had not provided further details of budget expenditure for each work area as budgets and structure change during the year.</p><p>The level of budgeted expenditure detail provided in the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum is published in line with guidance issued by the Scrutiny Unit.</p><p>Updated budgets for each Programme will be provided at the Supplementary Estimate later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/10/2019 15:49:45 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey