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1156422

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 596 tabled on 15 October 2019 by the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The response to question UIN 596 was answered on the 5th November 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 18:02:40 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1156427

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the immigration status of EU27 nationals resident in the UK will be in the event that the UK leaves the EU if they were given indefinite leave to remain by the UK Government before either (a) the UK joined the EEC or (b) their country of origin joined the EEC/EC/EU.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">EU citizens who already hold indefinite leave to remain, regardless of when this was granted, can continue to rely on this status once the UK has left the European Union. They do not need to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme, but they may do so if they wish as, in line with the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the EU reached on 17 October 2019, indefinite leave to remain granted under the scheme (referred to as ‘settled status’) has some additional benefits. For example, it will not lapse unless the person is absent from the UK and Islands for more than five years rather than for more than two years.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Relevant guidance for EU citizens is available here:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/if-you-have-permanent-residence-or-indefinite-leave-to-remain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/if-you-have-permanent-residence-or-indefinite-leave-to-remain</a>.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">EU citizens who already hold indefinite leave to remain, regardless of when this was granted, can continue to rely on this status once the UK has left the European Union. They do not need to apply for status under the EU Settlement Scheme, but they may do so if they wish as, in line with the draft Withdrawal Agreement with the EU reached on 17 October 2019.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> Relevant guidance for EU citizens is available here:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/if-you-have-permanent-residence-or-indefinite-leave-to-remain" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families/if-you-have-permanent-residence-or-indefinite-leave-to-remain</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2019 17:13:32 question first ministerially corrected 05/11/2019 17:25:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 4506 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1156150

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to continue to allocate money to the Government's Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p><strong><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</em></strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 17:05:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1156426

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) Belgian, (b) Dutch (c) French, (d) German, (e) Italian and (f) Luxembourg nationals who were granted indefinite leave to remain prior to the accession of the UK to the EEC on 1 January 1973.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Statistics of settlement grants in the United Kingdom for non Commonwealth nationals before 1973 are published in table se 06 ‘Grants of settlement to Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals’) available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables#settlement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2019/list-of-tables#settlement</a>.</p><p>A breakdown of specific nationalities within this historical data is not available.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2019 15:53:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1149375

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people hold a UK passport; and what her estimate is of the number and proportion of UK citizens who do not hold a passport.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not hold information on the number of UK citizens without a valid passport. However, I can confirm that there were 51,372,413 valid British passports as of 22 September 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 15:12:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1156122

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many offences of (a) malicious wounding, (b) grievous bodily harm, (c) actual bodily harm and (d) common assault - aggravated were perpetrated against a worker in a retail setting in the West Midlands in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the damaging impact that violence and abuse toward shop workers can have, not only for victims, but also for businesses, and the wider community. This is why in April of this year the Government launched a call for evidence on violence and abuse toward shop staff to help strengthen our understanding of the scale and extent of the issue. The consultation has now closed, and we will publish our response in due course.</p><p>The Commercial Victimisation Survey publishes estimates of assaults and threats against staff in the Wholesale and Retail sector annually going back to 2012. The latest results can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/829399/crime-against-businesses-2018-hosb1719.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/829399/crime-against-businesses-2018-hosb1719.pdf</a></p><p>However, due to the sample size, it is not possible to provide estimates at sub-national level.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2019 14:14:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1156129

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) knives were found in and (b) offences involving knives occurred in or in the vicinity of (a) secondary schools and sixth form colleges and (b) primary schools in the West Midlands in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>Our schools should be safe and disciplined environments for both pupils and teachers and no young person should feel the need to bring a weapon to school.</p><p>That’s why we are taking action across Government to tackle the scourge of knife crime with a focus on early intervention.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of knives recovered the in the vicinity of school or sixth from college premises.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2019 12:48:31 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1156425

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Post Offices: Bank Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to oblige banks and building societies to sign an agreement with the Post Office to enable customers to withdraw money from their bank accounts at their local post office.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	5435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,600 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>On 8th October 2019 the Post Office announced a new Banking Framework agreement with 28 UK banks to ensure that millions of their customers continue to have national, free access to everyday banking services. Signing up to this framework was a commercial decision for each bank to make, as banks and building societies have a commercial right to decide. ​ We are pleased that as of 25 October 2019 all 28 high street banks signed up in full. This will ensure that communities across the UK, in particular the elderly and vulnerable, have access to withdraw cash.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 31/10/2019 09:32:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 2869 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1149376

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK citizens aged over 17 who (a) hold and (b) do not hold a full or provisional UK driving licence.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>There are more than 49 million people in Great Britain aged 17 or over who hold either a full or provisional driving licence. No estimate has been made of the number of people who do not hold a driving licence.</p><p> </p><p>No figures are available for licence holders in Northern Ireland as driver licensing is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 21/10/2019 15:40:15 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1149019

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many assaults against disabled people were recorded in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the area covered by West Midlands Police in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of burglaries recorded by the police in England and Wales and these data are published quarterly. It is not possible to separately identify the number of burglaries that involved a violent assault in the information that we hold centrally. However, data is available on the number of aggravated burglary offences. These includes burglaries in which an offender is in possession of any firearm or imitation firearm, other weapon or explosive at the time of committing the offence.</p><p>Data for West Midlands Police Force Area and for Wolverhampton Community Safety Partnership (CSP) area can be found in open data tables here back to the financial year 2002/03:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>Information on the number of assaults against disabled people recorded by the police is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 254 question first answered 17/10/2019 16:43:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1149018

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Burglary: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many burglaries were recorded as having been committed in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the area covered by West Midlands Police in each year since 2010; and how many of those burglaries involved a violent assault.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of burglaries recorded by the police in England and Wales and these data are published quarterly. It is not possible to separately identify the number of burglaries that involved a violent assault in the information that we hold centrally. However, data is available on the number of aggravated burglary offences. These includes burglaries in which an offender is in possession of any firearm or imitation firearm, other weapon or explosive at the time of committing the offence.</p><p>Data for West Midlands Police Force Area and for Wolverhampton Community Safety Partnership (CSP) area can be found in open data tables here back to the financial year 2002/03:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>Information on the number of assaults against disabled people recorded by the police is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 255 question first answered 17/10/2019 16:43:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1149022

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of offences where disability hate crime was a factor in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions and convictions by detailed offence. There is no specific offence under legislation for crimes involving disability hate crime, rather it is an aggravating factor in offences. This information may be held on court record, however, identifying these cases would require a manual search of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/10/2019 14:28:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1148342

	registered interest
	date	04/10/2019
	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	Breast Cancer: Screening
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending provision of genetic testing to all people diagnosed with breast cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	294698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out the ambition to extend the use of molecular diagnostics and, over the next 10 years, to routinely offer genomic testing to all people with cancer for whom it would be of clinical benefit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 08/10/2019 14:50:57 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1145810

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Empty Property: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of empty homes in (a) the West Midlands region, (b) City of Wolverhampton local authority area and (c) Wolverhampton North East constituency in each year since 2010; and what steps he is taking the reduce the number of empty homes.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	290795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The most recent estimate of the number of long-term empty homes shows that at October 2018 there were 10,084 homes that had been empty for more than six months in the West Midlands Metropolitan County, and 1,401 that had been empty for more than six months in the City of Wolverhampton. Statistics on vacant dwellings in England and in each local authority district, from which regional totals may be calculated, are published in the Department's live table 615 which is available at the link below. This table shows the annual total numbers of empty homes, those vacant for longer than six months and also vacant properties in the local authority, housing association and other public sector tenures. Statistics on vacant dwellings at parliamentary constituency level are not centrally collected</p><p><br> Local authorities are equipped with powers and have strong incentives to tackle empty homes. Since 1 April 2019, via the Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018, local authorities have the discretion to increase the maximum level of premium charged on properties that have been empty for more than two years from 50 per cent to 100 per cent extra council tax. Through the New Homes Bonus, local authorities earn the same financial reward for bringing an empty home back into use as building a new one. In certain circumstances, local authorities can apply for an Empty Dwelling Management Order (EDMO) to temporarily take over the management of a property that has been empty for more than two years in order to bring it back into use. <br> <br> <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants&amp;data=02%7C01%7CKatie.Beere%40communities.gov.uk%7C78e00a08285a4609aa7208d742a2fc00%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637051140084421320&amp;sdata=ZBoptgeh8NUG6fhH4oq8l2K2vpB%2BMmvz6WCLLjeoX%2FQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/10/2019 14:32:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 136262 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1147846

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate she has made of the number of smart meters that have been replaced as a result of customers switching energy suppliers in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	293548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Smart meters continue to record energy consumption accurately when a consumer switches energy supplier, even when the new energy supplier is temporarily unable to operate the meter in smart mode. Smart meters are rarely replaced when a consumer switches energy supplier. Of the total number of smart meters installed in Great Britain as of the end of 2018, less than 0.4% were replaced in the preceding 12 months following a consumer switch.</p><p> </p><p>Smart meters will give households the information to allow them to be more active consumers and more easily act upon poor service or expensive tariffs, and in time make switching suppliers easier and faster.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:41:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1147827

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the call for evidence on bailiff enforcement launched in 2018, entitled Review of the 2014 enforcement agent reforms introduced by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	293547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Secretary of State for Justice’s Written Statement on bailiff reform made on 22 July, we’ve been continuing to engage with stakeholders before finalising our response. We will respond in full to the call for evidence as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/10/2019 16:15:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1147406

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: British National (Overseas)
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing British National (Overseas) passport holders to live and work in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	292899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The UK continues to support the one country, two systems model underpinned by the Sino-British Joint Declaration. The immigration status of BN(O)s is part of this agreement; there is no right to work or live in the UK under the BN(O) passport.</p><p>I refer the Hon Lady to the answers given by my Rt. Hon Friend, the Foreign Secretary, when responding to an urgent question on 26 September 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 07/10/2019 15:47:56 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1147407

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Diplomatic Service: British National (Overseas)
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of detainees abroad who hold a British National (Overseas) passport who have been provided with consular assistance in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	292900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>​Since 2010 the FCO have responded to 139 requests for assistance from British Nationals (Overseas) who were arrested or detained. As of September 2019 the FCO is providing ongoing assistance to 45 British Nationals (Overseas) who remain in detention.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>New Detention Cases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>139</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/10/2019 13:16:49 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1146993

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	NoteMachine: Cash Dispensing
	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 effect on access to cash of NoteMachine's plans to convert approximately 3,000 of its 7,000 free-to-use machines to pay-to-use; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	292223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers in the UK. However, it is not appropriate for the Government to comment on individual contracts relating to ATM charges.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging, and will continue to engage, with the regulators and industry on this important topic. The Government-established Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is closely monitoring developments in ATM provision. The PSR regulates LINK, the scheme which runs the UK’s ATM network, and has used its powers to hold LINK to account over LINK’s commitments to preserve the broad geographic spread of the ATM network.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has put in place specific arrangements to protect free-to-use ATMs more than 1 kilometre away from the next nearest free-to-use ATM and has also enhanced its Financial Inclusion Programme. More recently, LINK has committed to protecting free access to cash on high streets – where there is a cluster of five or more retailers – that don’t have a free-to-use ATM or a Post Office counter within 1 kilometre.</p><p> </p><p>UK Finance has also launched a Community Access to Cash Initiative, offering grants to local communities to improve cash access.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has invested heavily in maintaining a stable network of Post Office branches, with investment of around £2 billion since 2010. Currently, 99% of personal customers and 95% of small business customers can carry out their everyday banking locally at one of the Post Office’s 11,500 branches.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/10/2019 16:24:26 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1145814

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Refuges: Ringfenced Funding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government provides ring-fenced funding to local authorities to spend on supporting women's refuges.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	290797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG does not currently provide ring-fenced funding to local authorities to spend on supporting women's refuges. Through the local government settlement, funding is provided to local authorities which they can spend on local domestic abuse services in line with their local priorities.</p><p>Since 2014 the Department has additionally invested £55.5 million in services to support victims of domestic abuse, including refuges.</p><p>MHCLG has recently consulted on a new statutory duty which would require local authorities to assess the need for and commission support for victims and their children in safe accommodation.</p><p>The consultation closed on 2 August. We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation on support within safe accommodation and will be publishing a full government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 30/09/2019 14:47:46 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1145815

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Refuges: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of women's refuges operating in England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	290798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold centrally the number of women's refuges operating in England in each year since 2010.</p><p>MHCLG has recently consulted on a new statutory duty which would require local authorities to robustly assess the need for and commission support for victims and their children in safe accommodation.</p><p>The consultation closed on 2 August. We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation on support within safe accommodation and will be publishing a full government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 30/09/2019 14:45:46 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1143309

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
	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 replicate European Health Insurance Card reciprocal arrangements after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	284706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government has proposed to all European Union Member States that when we leave, we should maintain the existing healthcare arrangements including the European Healthcare Insurance Card (EHIC) Scheme until 31 December 2020, with the aim of minimising disruption to healthcare provision for United Kingdom nationals and EU citizens. This is subject to negotiations, which are ongoing.</p><p>In the event that we cannot reach an agreement with EU Member States, EHICs may no longer be valid after exit day. It is not possible for the UK Government to guarantee access unilaterally to healthcare abroad, as this depends on decisions by Member States.</p><p>The Government has always advised UK nationals to take out comprehensive travel insurance when going overseas, both to EU and non-EU destinations. This will remain our advice in all circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 18:35:36 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1143738

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	European Reference Networks
	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 ensure that UK participation in European Reference Networks continues after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	285268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom will be leaving the European Union on 31 October whatever the circumstances. We would prefer to leave with a deal and we will work in an energetic and determined way to get that better deal. The details of this partnership, including participation in the European Reference Networks, will be a matter for negotiation with the EU after we leave. We are preparing for that negotiation and will work with a wide range of partners to ensure a successful outcome for UK business and citizens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/09/2019 18:15:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1143735

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Rare Diseases: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on the regulatory processes for new medicines for rare conditions.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	285265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory Agency (MHRA), as with all of Government has been working hard to ensure that the United Kingdom is fully prepared for European Union exit under any circumstance. The potential effect that the UK leaving the EU without a deal will have on the regulatory processes for new medicines for rare conditions is being mitigated with clear guidance and close engagement with industry to ensure plans are relevant and fit for purpose.</p><p>Following a public consultation last year, the MHRA has legislated to ensure a smooth transition to national provisions for human medicines, including those for rare diseases. Indeed, for medicines for rare diseases the UK will offer incentives, some fees will be waived, with others fully or partially refunded, to encourage the development and marketing of such medicines.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/09/2019 17:42:36 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1143736

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the capacity requirements for the Medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	285266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has assessed the capacity that will be required in both a deal and a ‘no deal’ European Union exit scenario. This is based on scrutiny of resource and careful assessment of the Agency’s ability to support the pharmaceutical and medical device industries.</p><p>Any gaps in resource have been identified by the agency, and sufficiently addressed. In the case of a ‘no deal’ scenario, the Agency has developed and is prepared to implement a new IT system that will sufficiently support industry to continue to operate in a smooth transition. The Agency continues to engage industry to ensure any concerns are addressed and that appropriate transparency is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 09/09/2019 17:40:45 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds