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1146521

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud: Victims
	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 to support fraud victims whose cases do not meet Action Fraud's criteria for investigation.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	291223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>291218: All reports submitted to Action Fraud are subject to risk assessments, which take into account the following:</p><ul><li>Vulnerability of the victim(s)</li><li>Priority crime types i.e. those assessed as the highest harm across multiple categories</li><li>Financial harm of individual or linked cases</li><li>Lines of inquiry for investigations on suspect information or identifiers, i.e. account information, email addresses, telephone numbers, websites</li><li>Crime or not under Home Office Counting Rules</li><li>Other risk indicators through an assessment of key words which vary over time</li><li>Links with other reports of similar offences</li></ul><p><strong>291223:</strong> Action Fraud is working in conjunction with Victim Support in London to identify vulnerable victims and provide them with additional advice and support to stop them becoming repeat victims.</p><ul><li>All forces receive details of victims in their area each week, which enables them to deliver victim support and provide advice and guidance on crime prevention</li><li>Particularly high risk reports with victim care needs are prioritised and sent to forces for further action</li><li>The National Economic Crime Victim Care Unit (NECVCU) pilot delivers victim care for victims whose cases have not been referred to a local police force for investigation, covering specific force areas: City of London Police, Metropolitan Police, Nottinghamshire, West Midlands, Kent and Greater Manchester.</li><li>NFIB Protect Alerts are issued to the public and local neighbourhood policing teams based on reporting trends and intelligence</li><li>NFIB disrupts websites, emails and telephone numbers reportedly engaged in fraud to prevent further offending</li></ul><p>NFIB’s Project Recall alerts banks when reports of recent fraudulent transactions are made, which often results in payments being stopped or returned to the victim.</p><p>Action Fraud is the national reporting point for fraud and cyber crime. Since April 2013, it has taken reports of these crimes on behalf of all police forces in England and Wales. Once Action Fraud has received a crime report, that information is considered by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). Where there is enough evidence available and a viable lead, actionable intelligence packages are created and sent to the appropriate police force to consider whether enforcement activity should take place. Neither Action Fraud nor the NFIB are investigatory agencies. It is still for local forces to consider enforcement activity. Both Action Fraud and the NFIB are run by the City of London Police, which is the national lead force for fraud.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 291218 question first answered 07/10/2019 17:03:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1146516

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	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 criteria must reports submitted to Action Fraud meet in order to be investigated.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	291218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>291218: All reports submitted to Action Fraud are subject to risk assessments, which take into account the following:</p><ul><li>Vulnerability of the victim(s)</li><li>Priority crime types i.e. those assessed as the highest harm across multiple categories</li><li>Financial harm of individual or linked cases</li><li>Lines of inquiry for investigations on suspect information or identifiers, i.e. account information, email addresses, telephone numbers, websites</li><li>Crime or not under Home Office Counting Rules</li><li>Other risk indicators through an assessment of key words which vary over time</li><li>Links with other reports of similar offences</li></ul><p><strong>291223:</strong> Action Fraud is working in conjunction with Victim Support in London to identify vulnerable victims and provide them with additional advice and support to stop them becoming repeat victims.</p><ul><li>All forces receive details of victims in their area each week, which enables them to deliver victim support and provide advice and guidance on crime prevention</li><li>Particularly high risk reports with victim care needs are prioritised and sent to forces for further action</li><li>The National Economic Crime Victim Care Unit (NECVCU) pilot delivers victim care for victims whose cases have not been referred to a local police force for investigation, covering specific force areas: City of London Police, Metropolitan Police, Nottinghamshire, West Midlands, Kent and Greater Manchester.</li><li>NFIB Protect Alerts are issued to the public and local neighbourhood policing teams based on reporting trends and intelligence</li><li>NFIB disrupts websites, emails and telephone numbers reportedly engaged in fraud to prevent further offending</li></ul><p>NFIB’s Project Recall alerts banks when reports of recent fraudulent transactions are made, which often results in payments being stopped or returned to the victim.</p><p>Action Fraud is the national reporting point for fraud and cyber crime. Since April 2013, it has taken reports of these crimes on behalf of all police forces in England and Wales. Once Action Fraud has received a crime report, that information is considered by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). Where there is enough evidence available and a viable lead, actionable intelligence packages are created and sent to the appropriate police force to consider whether enforcement activity should take place. Neither Action Fraud nor the NFIB are investigatory agencies. It is still for local forces to consider enforcement activity. Both Action Fraud and the NFIB are run by the City of London Police, which is the national lead force for fraud.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 291223 question first answered 07/10/2019 17:03:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1145128

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	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	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS hospital sites in England are compliant with his Department's guidance entitled, NHS patient, visitor and staff car parking principles.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	287451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The level and appropriateness of car parking charges at National Health Service sites is the responsibility of the local NHS trust. The Department have published the NHS Car Parking Principles which clearly state that concessions should be offered to groups who most need help, such as disabled people including those with blue badges and temporary disabilities.</p><p>Information is not collected on car parking costs, concessionary parking arrangements for blue badge holders or the number of private provider companies that operate NHS hospital car parks in England.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 287445 question first answered 09/09/2019 19:12:25 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1145125

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	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	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS hospital car parks in England are operated by private parking companies.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	287445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The level and appropriateness of car parking charges at National Health Service sites is the responsibility of the local NHS trust. The Department have published the NHS Car Parking Principles which clearly state that concessions should be offered to groups who most need help, such as disabled people including those with blue badges and temporary disabilities.</p><p>Information is not collected on car parking costs, concessionary parking arrangements for blue badge holders or the number of private provider companies that operate NHS hospital car parks in England.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 287451 question first answered 09/09/2019 19:12:25 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1145118

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	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	Workplace Pensions: Twickenham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Twickenham constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	287442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 09/09/2019 16:37:00 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1136947

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	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	Mental Health Services: Mothers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of GPs in identifying and treating perinatal mental health problems in mothers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	273309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Laura Smith MP) on 2 July to Questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-24/268577/" target="_blank">268577</a> and <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-24/268578/" target="_blank">268578</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 273308 question first answered 09/07/2019 13:38:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1136946

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	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	Mental Health Services: Mothers
	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 his Department has made of the effectiveness of maternal postnatal checks in identifying maternal mental health problems.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	273308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave to the hon. Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Laura Smith MP) on 2 July to Questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-24/268577/" target="_blank">268577</a> and <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-24/268578/" target="_blank">268578</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 273309 question first answered 09/07/2019 13:38:29 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1136912

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	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	Jobcentre Plus: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) financial implications and (b) net effect on jobs of the closure of benefit processing centres in London.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	273307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government Estate Strategy sets out an ambition to rebalance the economy, creating regional growth and locating jobs outside of London. This, along with the considerable increases in rental costs in London, and the commercial challenges in retaining property of any size, means that the Department’s strategy is to gradually migrate processing work out of London. While there will be no impact to public facing Jobcentre services, it does mean that a number of central London processing sites will close by 2023.</p><p> </p><p>As we look to close these offices, we will redistribute the work to other processing hubs across the UK and, wherever possible, seek to redeploy London based staff to other areas of DWP or other Government Departments. We will not be in a position to assess the net impact on jobs until this activity has completed.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, despite these closures, the Department will continue to be a significant employer in London.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/07/2019 13:33:16 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1135304

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	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	Locums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled, Fair to Refer, published by the General Medical Council in June 2019, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of support locums.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	270238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>Doctors who work within health organisations for short-term placements (or locums) may face specific challenges due to the short term, flexible nature of their work. In October 2018, NHS England set out how National Health Service doctors can be best supported to enhance their work experience and provide safe provision of healthcare as a valuable part of the workforce in the publication ‘Supporting organisations engaging with locums and doctors in short-term placements: A practical guide for healthcare providers, locum agencies and revalidation management services.’</p><p> </p><p>NHS England Responsible Officers (Regional Medical Directors) are currently carrying out a review of locum agency governance arrangements alongside establishing established a six-month programme of learning sets for Responsible Officers and locum agency managers to share governance learning and good practice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 05/07/2019 11:53:58 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1135303

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	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	Doctors: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled, Fair to Refer, published by the General Medical Council in June 2019, what steps his Department is taking ensure the NHS is an inclusive environment for new doctors.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	270237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of each National Health Service organisation as individual employers, to ensure all workforce policies and procedures comply with the Equality Act 2010. This includes policies and procedures that help to promote inclusivity and prevent all forms of unlawful discrimination.</p><p>A substantial programme of work is being taken forward to improve the working lives of doctors in training through the working group ‘Enhancing the Working Lives of Doctors in Training’ led by Health Education England and the British Medical Association. This includes a range of work programmes based on extensive consultation with doctors including improving the induction processes and the training environment for new doctors.</p><p>For trained doctors who are new to the NHS and who take up Specialty and Associate Specialists (SAS) doctor positions, the SAS doctor development guide aims to make sure that this important group of doctors are helped to remain fit to practice and develop in their careers. In addition, the SAS Charter sets out the support available to SAS doctors and what they can expect from their employers to help provide an optimum working environment for this group of doctors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 05/07/2019 11:45:16 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable