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1143287

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date	02/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the performance of Action Fraud and publish the results.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	284631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>This Government is determined to crack down on fraudsters and it is vital that victims have the confidence to come forward and know that their case will be dealt with properly.</p><p>The allegations concerning Action Fraud Contact Centre staff behaviour, reported recently in <em>The Times</em> articles, raises serious concerns. The Home Secretary has asked the City of London Police to set out how they intend to respond to these allegations. I will closely monitor the response and the performance of Action Fraud.</p><p>Action Fraud is the national reporting service for fraud and cyber crime. It receives reports from the public via its call centre and its website, however the operational response to fraud, including decision to investigate, remains with individual forces.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 284620 285011 question first answered 05/09/2019 15:48:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1143288

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will undertake an investigation into reports that Action Fraud call handlers are coached to tell callers to that helpline that they are talking to police officers.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	284620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>This Government is determined to crack down on fraudsters and it is vital that victims have the confidence to come forward and know that their case will be dealt with properly.</p><p>The allegations concerning Action Fraud Contact Centre staff behaviour, reported recently in <em>The Times</em> articles, raises serious concerns. The Home Secretary has asked the City of London Police to set out how they intend to respond to these allegations. I will closely monitor the response and the performance of Action Fraud.</p><p>Action Fraud is the national reporting service for fraud and cyber crime. It receives reports from the public via its call centre and its website, however the operational response to fraud, including decision to investigate, remains with individual forces.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 284631 285011 question first answered 05/09/2019 15:48:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1143583

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking in response to reports that Action Fraud is not investigating fraud cases.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	285011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>This Government is determined to crack down on fraudsters and it is vital that victims have the confidence to come forward and know that their case will be dealt with properly.</p><p>The allegations concerning Action Fraud Contact Centre staff behaviour, reported recently in <em>The Times</em> articles, raises serious concerns. The Home Secretary has asked the City of London Police to set out how they intend to respond to these allegations. I will closely monitor the response and the performance of Action Fraud.</p><p>Action Fraud is the national reporting service for fraud and cyber crime. It receives reports from the public via its call centre and its website, however the operational response to fraud, including decision to investigate, remains with individual forces.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 284620 284631 question first answered 05/09/2019 15:48:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1137713

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether he plans to allocate additional funding to youth offending teams.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	911816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>We value the vital work Youth Offending Teams do with children who have offended, and the work they do to prevent offending. The Youth Justice Board’s total funding this year for frontline services including Youth Offending Teams is £72.2m. This is greater than last year’s funding, which was £71.6m.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Of the £72.2m, £70.7m has been allocated to the core grant for Youth Offending Teams and £1.5m to frontline service improvement.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/07/2019 16:01:26 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1127391

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body on levels of pay for the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	910988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has provided the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body with all its evidence to support their recommendations for Pay Round 2019-20 and is awaiting submission of the Pay Review Body’s final report. The Government will then consider the recommendations before agreeing the final 2019 Armed Forces Pay Award, taking into account the need to recruit, retain, and motivate suitably able and qualified personnel, as well as the long term affordability of the Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/05/2019 16:45:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1126847

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the long-term benefit to the economy of early intervention and prevention work provided by local authority children’s services departments.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	254818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The government has funded the Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) since 2013, including almost £2 million in 2018-20, to assess, evaluate and disseminate evidence of what works. The EIF has assessed the benefits of a wide range of specific early intervention programmes and suggested that whilst producing robust estimates is challenging, there is a compelling argument that the costs of intervening early are likely to pay off to society in economic terms. In particular, they highlight that the long-term economic benefits are considerable where early intervention leads to labour market gains, such as improvements in employment and earnings. However, they are clear that it is not a quick fix and is unlikely to reduce pressure on the social care system in the short term.</p><p>The value of early intervention is reflected in statutory guidance ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ (2018), which is clear that providing early help is more effective in promoting children’s welfare than reacting later – playing an important part in supporting children and young people to achieve better outcomes. The guidance is clear that local areas should have a comprehensive range of effective, evidence-based services in place to address assessed needs early. It is right that local authorities are free to decide how to use their children’s social care budget to manage local priorities and deliver the best services for children.</p><p>The government has also committed £920 million to the Troubled Families Programme, an early intervention approach which aims to achieve significant and sustained improvement for families with multiple, high-cost problems.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/05/2019 11:27:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 118999 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1126848

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating additional resources to local authorities to provide high quality support for children and families through the forthcoming Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	254819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have access to over £200bn to deliver services, including children’s services, between 2015 and 2020. Local government Core Spending Power will increase in real terms next year.</p><p>At Budget 2018 the Government announced an additional £410m in 2019-20 for adults and children’s social care, and £84m to support local authorities to expand programmes for children and families.</p><p>Day-to-day departmental budgets for 2020-21 onwards have not yet been set. These are a matter for the Spending Review this year, where the Government will set out our priorities for public spending.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 254749 question first answered 20/05/2019 13:56:27 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1109964

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bristow Group: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2019 to Question 222024, what recent assessment his Department has made of Bristow Group’s financial position.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	241422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The current difficulties are contained within Bristow Group and do not affect the Department for Transport’s contract with Bristow Helicopters Limited.</p><p>The Department will assess Bristow Group’s financial position following the release of its quarterly results to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC). The publication of these results has been delayed and are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 10/04/2019 08:36:34 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1105551

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the membership of the Civil Aviation Authority team who will conduct the post-implementation review of offshore helicopter safety, CAP1145; and when that review is planned to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	237684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is committed to ensuring that North Sea helicopter flying is as safe as possible and the CAA’s comprehensive safety review in 2014 resulted in further improvements to offshore helicopter safety standards. The post implementation review is being led by the CAA’s Safety Assurance team, supported by experts from across the CAA including from its airworthiness, flight operations and policy teams.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA plans to complete the review prior to the 3rd quarter of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/04/2019 16:27:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1105553

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Civil Aviation Authority team will take to engage with trade unions represented on the (a) Offshore Helicopter Safety Leadership and (b) Step Change in Safety groups when conducting its post-implementation review of offshore helicopter safety, CAP1145.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	237685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Offshore Helicopter Safety <del class="ministerial">Liaison</del> <ins class="ministerial">Leadership</ins> Group (OHSLG), which is co-chaired by the Civil Aviation Authority, includes representation from key organisations from across the industry, including helicopter operators, the oil and gas industry, the trade unions and ‘Step Change in Safety’. Trade unions will be able to engage with the review through the OHSLG.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/04/2019 14:24:16 question first ministerially corrected 03/04/2019 12:22:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 111140 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham