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756858

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons Access to Work claim handlers make separate payments to customers who have multiple such allowances rather than making a single payment.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	8359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>We have interpreted this question to relate to the current process for making payments to customers.</p><p> </p><p>At present, once an award has been agreed, individual costs are reimbursed retrospectively rather than a single lump sum payment being issued in advance.</p><p> </p><p>We recently conducted a voluntary trial of a cash ‘Personal Budget’ model for Access to Work awards, which tested the response of Access to Work users to more direct control of their awards. We are using evidence from this trial to develop a further trial of personal budgets which we intend to launch shortly.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 12:00:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

676037

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2017
	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	Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Bangladeshi government on the case of Mr Ahmad Bin Quasem.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	61020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>We continue to stress the importance of respect for human rights and the rule of law to the Government of Bangladesh, both in public and in private. I urged the Bangladeshi High Commissioner to ensure that his government adhered to its human rights obligations when we met on 29 November 2016. As I said in my closing speech to the House of Commons adjournment debate on 8 September 2016, mass arrests, suspicious 'crossfire' deaths, and enforced disappearances at the hands of the police undermine confidence in the judicial system. Investigations must be conducted transparently and impartially, irrespective of either victim of alleged perpetrator.</p><p>Mr Ahmad Bin Quasem is not a British citizen; we are therefore unable to request consular access.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/01/2017 15:33:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

754823

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the safeguarding strategy for unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	6376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The safeguarding strategy on unaccompanied and refugee children will be published this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/09/2017 12:26:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

714165

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has EU readmission agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	69168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK participates in 14 EU Readmission Agreements with: Albania, Russia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Macao, Ukraine, Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Moldova and Georgia.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/03/2017 13:07:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

711002

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate enforced deportation to a third country.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	67970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK has a number of agreements with other countries to facilitate the removal and deportation of those with no right to remain in the UK. The Dublin III Regulation is EU law that enables transfer of asylum seekers to other participating States in Europe who are responsible for examining the claim. The UK participates in 14 EU Readmission Agreements, some of which contain clauses to return third country nationals, meaning individuals who are not a national of that country. Returns to other countries may also be on a case by case basis with the consent of the third country.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/03/2017 14:52:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

692600

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Police Custody
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recorded instances there were of police cells being used as places of safety for people detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	64804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>Police force figures collated and published by the National Police Chiefs’ Council indicate that police cells in England and Wales were used as places of safety under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 a total of 2,100 times in 2015/16 – a 54 per cent reduction on the previous year.</p><p>In addition, in 2015/16 the Home Office requested trial data from police forces in England and Wales on the use of section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983, including more detailed information about the people detained and to what place of safety they were subsequently taken. 15 forces voluntarily submitted data in response to the pilot data collection.</p><p>On the basis of these data, the Home Office published experimental statistics to give an indicative picture of the proportion of instances where a police cell was used as a place of safety following detention under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. These data can be found in Annex B of the statistical publication ‘Police powers and procedures’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/03/2017 16:20:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

710865

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what disciplinary actions may be taken against medical professionals who raise concerns on standards.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	67712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>No disciplinary action should be taken against medical professionals for raising concerns about standards. In doing so, individuals are protected under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/03/2017 16:14:32 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

720959

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what basis the requirement for a cultural fit for prospective contractors will be judged.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	70982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Birmingham, Ladywood to the answer I gave to the hon Member for Ochil and South Perthshire on 7 March 2017, UIN:66362.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/04/2017 15:46:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

720957

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how the requirement for a cultural fit for prospective contractors will be linked to the subject matter of the contract.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	70981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Birmingham, Ladywood to the answer I gave to the hon Member for Ochil and South Perthshire on 7 March 2017, UIN: 66362.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/04/2017 15:43:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

709003

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what reforms to whistleblowing procedures in the NHS have been made since the Freedom to speak up report was published in February 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	66878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>Following the publication of the Freedom to speak up report the Department has introduced a number of changes to help create a culture in the National Health Service where staff feel able to raise concerns and that those concerns are acted on without reprisal.</p><p> </p><p>These changes include the introduction of a National Guardian for whistleblowing based in the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The National Guardian leads and supports a network of individuals within NHS trusts appointed as 'local freedom to speak up guardians'. The National Guardian will offer advice, share good practice, report on national or common themes, and identify any barriers that are preventing the NHS from having a truly safe and open culture.</p><p> </p><p>Local Guardians are being appointed across the NHS to act in a genuinely independent capacity and are the first point of call for individuals who do not feel that their concerns are being dealt with appropriately through the usual systems. They will provide advice and support to staff about raising and handling concerns, and also to the trust’s Chief Executive and Board.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also strengthening protection for whistle-blowers in legislation:</p><p> </p><p>- Putting in place regulations which prohibit discrimination against whistle-blowers (or applicants believed by the prospective employer to have been whistle-blowers) when they apply for jobs with prescribed NHS employers by summer 2017, subject to the parliamentary timetable.</p><p> </p><p>- Imposing a duty on prescribed persons (such as the CQC and the professional regulatory bodies) to report annually on whistleblowing disclosures made to them.</p><p> </p><p>- The Government has extended the definition of ‘worker’ within the whistleblowing statutory framework in the Employment Rights Act 1996 to include student nurses and student midwives, meaning those people are now afforded protection under the Public Interest Disclosure Act; our intention is to extend the definition further to include other healthcare students in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has introduced a statutory duty of candour which applies to organisations that are registered with the CQC. It is designed to foster an open culture throughout the organisation, and providers are accountable to the CQC for meeting the duty of candour. Providers of care are expected to implement the new duty of candour through staff across their organisations - including educating, training and, if needs be, disciplining their staff appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>Also a new Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) will become fully established by April 2017 and will investigate some of the most serious patient safety incidents each year to generate lessons that will make NHS treatment and care safer. HSIB will implement the principle of ‘safe space’; evidence submitted to safety investigations will be given entirely in confidence, such that staff will be able to speak up where things have gone wrong.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/03/2017 14:36:58 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood