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823559

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2017 to Question 108399, whether there are any factors legally preventing her from granting up-rated state pensions to all overseas UK pensioners regardless of whether the UK has a reciprocal agreement with their country of residence.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	123025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Regulations restrict for overseas residents the annual increases in certain benefits, including state pensions. This continues the long-standing policy of not up-rating the state pension in payment to people who are overseas residents, except where there is a legal requirement to up-rate for example the European Union Co-ordination Regulations and Reciprocal Agreements that allow for up-rating.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/01/2018 17:04:37 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

823558

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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	Leasehold: Ground Rent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the ministerial statement HCWS384 of 21 December 2017, what steps he plans to take to prevent onerous ground rents in already existing leasehold properties.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	123024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government response to the consultation on ‘ <em>Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market</em>’ set out a range of measures to cut out unfair and abusive practices within the leasehold system. This included introducing legislation to prohibit the development of new build leasehold houses, other than in exceptional circumstances, and restricting ground rents in newly established leases of houses and flats to a peppercorn (zero financial value).</p><p>For existing leaseholders, the Government wants to see developer compensation schemes going further and faster, with support extended to all those with onerous ground rents, including second hand buyers and for customers to be proactively contacted. We will be keeping a close eye on progress and will consider measures that could be pursued to take action if necessary.</p><p>We want to make it easier for existing leaseholders to exercise their right to buy their freehold, or extend their lease, for this to be faster, fairer and cheaper, and to be available as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 23/01/2018 13:21:10 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

823561

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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	Sleeping Rough
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 27 December 2017 to Question 120298, what information his Department holds on the number of people that have died while sleeping rough in each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	123027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>This department does not collect data on deaths of people sleeping rough. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why Government has committed to halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027. We have announced a new Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce, chaired by the Secretary of State, which will drive forward the implementation of a cross-Government strategy to tackle this issue.</p><p>We have allocated over £1 billion through to 2020 to prevent and reduce all forms of homelessness including piloting a Housing First approach for some of the most entrenched rough sleepers.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/01/2018 13:36:29 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

823564

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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: Children and Young People
	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 Education Policy Institute’s report Access and Waiting Times in Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services, what steps he plans to take to reduce the variation in waiting times for mental health treatment across the country.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	123029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The recent Green Paper, ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision’, includes a proposal to trial a four week waiting time for access to specialist National Health Service children and young people’s mental health services. New Mental Health Support Teams, a further announcement in the green paper, will also enable children and young people to access earlier help for emerging problems. Both approaches will be tested using trailblazer areas, operational from 2019, to understand what works.</p><p> </p><p>Two waiting time standards applicable to children and young people’s mental health are already in place; the early intervention in psychosis standard is currently exceeding its target and the children’s eating disorder standard is on track to meet its target by 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/01/2018 11:32:44 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

790326

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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	Rugby: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with the Rugby Football League on women's rugby league.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	901893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with national governing bodies of sport, including the Rugby Football League (RFL), on a range of issues including women's rugby league. I recently wrote to the Chief Executive of RFL to outline the progress made in women’s sport and make clear that I am keen that they continue to improve investment in women's rugby league.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 16/11/2017 15:07:09 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

776328

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Productivity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve regional productivity.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	901381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Increasing the productivity of every region in the UK is very important to the Government. We are committed to building a more balanced economy, by devolving powers and investing in every region.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/10/2017 14:12:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid