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908452

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	When she last visited a personal independence payment assessment centre.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	905452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The last time I attended a Personal Independence Payment assessment centre was 12th December 2017. I was struck by the professional and helpful attitude displayed by all the staff at the assessment centre.</p><p> </p><p>My Honourable Friend, the member for North West Hampshire (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance, Kit Malthouse MP) visited Vauxhall assessment centre on the 17th April 2018. Like me he found the visit extremely informative.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/05/2018 16:10:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011435

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure confidentiality of medical information handled by contracted employment support allowance and personal independence payment assessors.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	194249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The contracts for the Departments Health Providers who are assessing the needs of claimants for Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment include strict confidentiality clauses for the protection of personal medical information. The highest priority is placed on confidentiality, protecting the information the Health Providers hold about claimants securely. The Health Providers have detailed and strictly enforced policies relating to data protection and records management to ensure that the data they hold is dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the contracts.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/11/2018 16:35:35 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1010702

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure employment support allowance and personal independence payment assessors are (a) informed of and (b) abide by mandates instructing communications via an agreed advocate rather than directly with the client.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	193580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Where Employment Support Allowance or Personal Independence Payment claimants have an approved appointee, this will be flagged in the initial referral to the Assessment Provider. If a face-to-face assessment is deemed necessary, the Assessment Provider will send the invite to the appointee only.</p><p> </p><p>In regards to any other ‘advocate’ ie: not an approved benefit appointee, as long as the claimant has made this request clear when claiming PIP or ESA, either by providing a correspondence address, the advocate’s personal details or on their Questionnaire – the PIP2 or the ESA50, then this will be acted upon.</p><p> </p><p>Department works with providers to ensure guidance is understood and applied in line with policy intent.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/11/2018 14:38:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

573495

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is the Government's policy that anti-terrorism cooperation under the Schengen Agreement should continue after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	44032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Cooperation against terrorism between the UK and European Union Member States has continued following the referendum. We continue to participate in those parts of the Schengen Agreement that relate to law enforcement cooperation, including the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II).</p><p>Officials are exploring options for future cooperation arrangements once the UK has left the European Union. We will do what is necessary to keep people safe, but it would be wrong to set out unilateral positions in advance of negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/09/2016 16:10:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

749438

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on advertising on social media in each month since January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	3410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The total spend since January 2016 by the Department on social media is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-16</p></td><td><p>9,226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-16</p></td><td><p>2,994</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-16</p></td><td><p>56,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>6,888</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>34,431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>18,569</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>32,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>21,376</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>34,071</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>128,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>107,663</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>79,289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>5,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>64,732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>602,083</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To note:</p><ul><li>Spend includes net media costs and related fees; it excludes production and related fees, and VAT</li></ul><p> </p><p>Government advertising supports the Government’s priorities and helps deliver its programmes, from recruiting enough teachers to encouraging citizens to register to vote. The media in which we place government advertising are selected for their ability to most effectively reach our target audience.</p><p> </p><p>Government advertising is purchased by our media buying partner, Carat. Carat has held the contract for UK Government media buying since January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/07/2017 12:05:17 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

750927

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many public engagements for which a media calling notice was issued were attended by a departmental Minister in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	4302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>This information is not collated or retained centrally in the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 17/07/2017 16:02:15 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock