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760729

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that her policies are informed by independent scientific advice.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>My Chief Scientific Adviser, Prof. John Aston, ensures that departmental policies are informed by the best science and engineering evidence and advice by offering independent advice directly to ministers and officials and working together with the cross Government Chief Scientific Advisers’ network to advise on issues that cut across government.</p><p> </p><p>Independent Scientific Advice is also available from many other sources including independent scientific advisory committees, the Home Office Science Advisory Council, by officials engaging directly with relevant industry and academic experts and by external commissioning of research and analysis.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 09/10/2017 15:54:34 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760692

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many alternative provider medical services contracts were issued in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years; how many of those contracts have been (a) tendered or (b) retendered; and how many tenders did not result in a new provider being appointed.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 105122 question first answered 11/10/2017 10:28:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760694

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) general medical services and (b) personal medical services contracts have been cancelled by the contractor in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 105121 question first answered 11/10/2017 10:28:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760834

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to improve public and private sector organisations' protection against distributed denial of service attacks.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) provides and regularly updates guidance for a wide range of public and private sector organisations, including in the critical national infrastructure. The guidance encourages organisations to understand and design their systems to be resilient to a range of common attacks, including Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.</p><p><br>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is considering the need for the right incentives to be in place to build security into internet-connected products and services. This will help protect devices from being hijacked or misused as part of a DDoS attack. The NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence programme is a mechanism through which it is working with the Internet Service Provider community in order to make DDoS attacks harder systemically.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/10/2017 14:26:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760835

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the mitigation of distributed denial of service attacks is not included in the Government's cyber essentials scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The Cyber Essentials scheme is intended to provide a minimum level of good, basic cyber security for any organisation, of any size, in any sector. It sets out the measures which any organisation can implement itself to protect against the most common Internet threats. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are difficult to protect against in the same way. Including DDoS mitigation within Cyber Essentials would significantly raise the bar assessed by the scheme, adding significant cost to organisations, even if they were unlikely to ever be the subject of such an attack.</p><p> </p><p>Organisations requiring protection from DDoS can consult guidance provided by the National Cyber Security Centre. They can also seek help from third parties offering these services (e.g. Internet Service Providers.)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/10/2017 14:21:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760836

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to protect critical national infrastructure from distributed denial of service attacks.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre provides and regularly updates guidance for a range of public and private sector organisations, including in the critical national infrastructure (CNI). The guidance encourages organisations to understand and design their systems to be resilient to a range of common attacks, including Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence programme is a mechanism through which it is working with the Internet Service Provider community in order to make DDoS attacks harder systemically.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is working closely with CNI operators to ensure they are adequately protected from cyber threats, including DDoS attacks. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is currently consulting on the proposed implementation of the EU Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive. This Directive will place a legal obligation on operators of essential services to ensure they have appropriate security measures in place to deal with cyber threats. DCMS is also considering the need for the right incentives to be in place to build security into internet-connected products and services. This will help protect devices from being hijacked or misused as part of a DDoS attack.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/10/2017 14:24:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760727

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metals: Recycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the enforcement of rules to prevent metal recycling operators from making cash payments for scrap metal.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 introduced a robust regulatory regime for the metal recycling industry, including a ban on cash payments for scrap metal.</p><p>It is the responsibility of the police and local authorities to ensure that those who trade in scrap metal are compliant with the provisions of the Act including in relation to cash payments, and that action is taken against those rogue dealers who flout the law. We have undertaken a review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act and will publish a report with our findings shortly.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 09/10/2017 16:27:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760728

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metals: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to prevent metal thefts from (a) communications and transport networks and (b) heritage sites.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>We recognise the harmful impact that metal thefts can have on victims and wider communities including through interfering with strategic frameworks and heritage sites. The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 has helped to reduce levels of metal thefts since its introduction and we will continue to work with the police and other partners through the National Metal Theft Working Group to monitor the operation and impact of the legislation.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 09/10/2017 16:25:46 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760693

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Care Homes: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of care homes since the publication of the report of the Care Quality Commission, The state of adult social care services 2014 to 2017, on 6 July 2017; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>While this report shows that 79% of inspected adult social care services in England were rated good or outstanding, it is completely unacceptable that standards in some settings are below those rightly expected by care users and their families.</p><p>The Department is working with organisations from across the social care sector to implement Quality Matters – a commitment to improving quality to make a real difference for service users, carers, families and everyone working in the sector.</p><p>The Department will also be consulting on the future of social care. The consultation will set out options to improve the social care system and to put it on a more secure financial footing and address issues related to the quality of care and variation in practice.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 09/10/2017 15:12:07 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

760705

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Genomics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8799, on genetics: screening, in what locations other than Cambridge NHS genome testing will take place.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	105166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>NHS England is currently preparing to procure a network of genomic laboratory hubs to provide comprehensive coverage across the country. The process is currently in the pre-procurement phase and therefore the defined geographies for these hubs have not yet been confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/10/2017 13:00:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah