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1137503

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	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	LGBT+ People: Religion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken to promote LGBTQ+ rights in the religious community.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	274440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government will always protect people’s legitimate right to free speech, to be themselves and to practise their religion within the law.</p><p> </p><p>These values are fundamental but we will not shy away from challenging cultures and practices that are harmful to individuals or hold them back from making the most of the opportunities of living in modern Britain.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2018, we launched the LGBT Action Plan, setting out comprehensive commitments on LGBT equality. These actions aim to help all LGBT people, of all backgrounds and faiths, reach their full potential.</p><p> </p><p>From our commitment to end conversion therapy to using behavioural insights to tackle deep-seated prejudices, this government is committed to building a society that works for everyone, regardless of faith, sexual orientation or gender identity.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/07/2019 09:25:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1137125

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the 2 July 2019 Free Movement news item entitled Government to drop 45-day time limit on support for trafficking victims, what the timeframe is for implementing his Department's aim for a new needs-based system which is both consistent with legal obligations and sustainable in the longer-term.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	273830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to stamping out modern slavery and providing victims with the support they need to rebuild their lives.</p><p>We are always working to improve our understanding of the complex needs of victims of modern slavery and to improve the support available.</p><p>In October 2017, Government announced an ambitious package of reforms to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) – our system for identifying and supporting victims of modern slavery. We have already made significant progress in delivering this complex reform programme.</p><p>We will now make further improvements to this offer – including embedding a needs-based approach to support – to better tailor support services to the needs of victims. The specific details and timeline associated with this work is being developed.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 273829 question first answered 24/07/2019 15:42:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1137124

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the 2 July 2019 Free Movement news item entitled Government to drop 45-day time limit on support for trafficking victims, whether he plans to bring forward proposals on providing subsistence for people in the National Referral Mechanism who are (a) in outreach support, (b) in non-catered safe house accommodation, (c) in catered safe house accommodation and (d) in National Asylum Support Service accommodation for as long as their individual needs require.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	273829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to stamping out modern slavery and providing victims with the support they need to rebuild their lives.</p><p>We are always working to improve our understanding of the complex needs of victims of modern slavery and to improve the support available.</p><p>In October 2017, Government announced an ambitious package of reforms to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) – our system for identifying and supporting victims of modern slavery. We have already made significant progress in delivering this complex reform programme.</p><p>We will now make further improvements to this offer – including embedding a needs-based approach to support – to better tailor support services to the needs of victims. The specific details and timeline associated with this work is being developed.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 273830 question first answered 24/07/2019 15:42:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1137185

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of days of detached duty worked was in each prison where performance was found to be of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 in (a) the last six months of 2017 and (b) the last six months of 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>National Detached Duty is one of the sensible and proportionate measures we take to ensure we run safe and decent regimes in prisons and respond appropriately to any operational issues that arise. The deployment of staff between prisons on National Detached Duty is a regular and normal part of prison resourcing; the number of Prison Officers deployed on National Detached Duty varies from one week to the next in order to reflect operational circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table shows the number of staff deployed through National Detached Duty to the prisons rated as being of serious concern in the Annual Prison Performance Ratings 2017-18 for the last six months of 2017 and 2018. Figures are not included for HMP Peterborough as privately managed prisons are not supported with National Detached Duty. It should be noted that the figures represent the number of staff in place during the week commencing the date shown, it is not known how many days per week that staff would have been deployed. It is only possible to obtain data for days worked at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/07/2019 17:00:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name PQ 273819 DD in sites of serious concern (6mths 20176 months 2018).xlsx title PQ 273819 DD in sites of serious concern
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137181

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of one-year contracts on the (a) quality and (b) oversight of education in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>It remains our intention to undertake a full future assessment of the impact of our prison education reforms in due course. This will include the particular impact of the Prison Education Framework and prison education Dynamic Purchasing System.</p><p> </p><p>The Education and Employment Strategy, published in May 2018, set out ambitious plans to give prison governors power and control over the education arrangements in their establishments. The Prison Education Framework and prison education Dynamic Purchasing System are key elements of that reform, enabling a governor to determine what their curriculum is, how it is delivered and who delivers it.</p><p> </p><p>These arrangements will ensure a tailored and consistent approach to delivery as well as attracting and enabling smaller local suppliers and third sector organisation to participate in delivering a varied and responsive mix of provision to prisoners.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/07/2019 16:49:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137189

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Bradford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the court utilisation rate at Bradford Crown Court in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	273759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Court utilisation rates at Bradford Crown Court from April 2015 onwards are detailed in the tables below. Utilisation data prior to April 2015 is incomplete.</p><p> </p><p>Bradford Crown Court (figures relate to a subset of the Bradford Combined Court courtrooms that are primarily designed for Crown use.)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Available hours (Crown)</p></td><td><p>Total utilisation hours (Crown only)</p></td><td><p>Crown utilisation rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April – Dec 2015</p></td><td><p>7,210</p></td><td><p>4,618</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>9,415</p></td><td><p>6,342</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>9,155</p></td><td><p>5,604</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>8,755</p></td><td><p>5,175</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Bradford Combined Court (All jurisdictions)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Available hours (all jurisdictions)</p></td><td><p>Total utilisation hours (all jurisdictions)</p></td><td><p>Utilisation rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April – Dec 2015</p></td><td><p>15,120</p></td><td><p>8,133</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>17,640</p></td><td><p>11,461</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>20,080</p></td><td><p>14,011</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>20,160</p></td><td><p>13,676</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The utilisation quoted is for all jurisdictions (work type) sharing this Crown Court building, and not just for Crown work. Availability is calculated as 2.5 hours per session per working day, and there are generally 2 sessions per working day, giving a notional 5-hour sitting day. Bradford Crown Court data relates to a subset of the Bradford Combined Court courtrooms that are primarily designed for Crown use. Available hours represents the hours notionally available, irrespective of whether subsequently utilised for crime, civil, family or tribunal hearings. The availability figure ignores all short-term unavailability as a result, for example, of being out of use due to local/temporary building work, or use by other organisations. Utilisation is only recorded for hearings in HMCTS-controlled or owned court/hearing rooms where parties were physically present.</p><p> </p><p>The utilisation rate is calculated as the total hours used divided by the number of notionally available hours. The data was produced from the HMCTS Performance Database on 8 July 2019. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and is the best data available</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/07/2019 16:38:01 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1137120

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguards his Department have put in place to ensure that claimants using the Litigant in Person portal are (a) informed of and (b) able to enforce their legal rights.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Government is working closely with a broad group of expert stakeholders to develop a new accessible IT Service. This will support and enable both represented and unrepresented claimants to progress Road Traffic Accident related personal injury claims under the new small claims track limit of £5,000. The Government’s key design principle in approaching the development of the new IT service is that that the claimant and access to justice must be at the heart of the process and the new service must be as simple and efficient as possible for unrepresented claimants to make, progress and settle their claims online without the need to go to court. In addition, unrepresented claimants will also have access to a bespoke alternative dispute resolution scheme, which will enable them to gain, at no cost to themselves, an independent view on the liability decision made by the defendant insurer. The service will also provide claimants with guidance, so that claimants can understand and navigate the IT Service without unnecessary delay.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Claimants however, will not be precluded from having legal representation at any point of the process, but will be liable to pay for a lawyer.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/07/2019 16:35:42 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137152

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	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	Magnetic Resonance Imagers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2019 to Question 270294, how many MRI machines there are in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	273744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not currently held.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/07/2019 16:29:22 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1137199

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the criteria was for the selection of people to join the review on how the family courts protect children and parents in cases of domestic abuse and other serious offences announced on 21 May 2019; whether one of the criterion was equality of gender representation; for what reason that selection did not include representatives of fathers or men; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	273769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The members of the panel established to gather evidence on the protections provided by the family courts in cases involving domestic abuse and other serious offences were appointed for their expertise on the issue. The panel includes the pre-eminent academics; senior judiciary; Women’s Aid to represent victims; the Chief Social Worker and the Association of Children’s Lawyers to represent practitioners. The panel will launch a public call for evidence open to all individuals and organisations, and is considering other mechanisms for gathering the full range of views on the issues.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/07/2019 16:28:47 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1137153

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	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	Radiology: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July to Question 270295, how many radiologists (a) work for the NHS and (b) will be recruited in the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	273745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>As at March 2019, the latest available data, there were over 4,300 clinical radiologists employed by National Health Service trusts and CCGs - this is 1,100 more since 2010.</p><p>The interim NHS People Plan, published on 3 June 2019, puts the workforce at the heart of the NHS and will ensure we have the staff needed to deliver high quality care. A final People Plan will be published soon after the conclusion of the 2019 Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>The Cancer Workforce Plan for England, published in December 2017 by Health Education England (HEE), set out plans to expand capacity and skills in the cancer workforce, including targeting additional training support for seven priority professions such as clinical radiology, histopathology, oncology and diagnostic and therapeutic radiography. Since 2017 there has been an increase of 343 full time equivalent staff within clinical radiology.</p><p> </p><p>HEE will now work with NHS England and NHS Improvement to understand the longer-term workforce implications of further development of cancer services. This work will inform the final People Plan.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/07/2019 16:28:20 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth