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1181327

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	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	World Obesity Day
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if it is his Department's policy to support the aims of World Obesity Day 2020.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	21988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department supports the aims of world obesity day and is delivering a world-leading childhood obesity plan to reduce the prevalence of children who are obese. This has been recognised in Unicef’s ‘State of the World's Children’ report, published in October 2019, as ‘paving the way to ensure that all children grow up in a healthy food environment’. The Unicef report is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf" target="_blank">www.unicef.org/media/61356/file/SOWC-2019.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We have launched a review into weight management services to understand how we can empower people living with obesity to achieve and maintain a healthier weight and we are working with NHS England to develop approaches to improve the quality of brief advice given by health and care professionals on weight management in general practice.</p><p> </p><p>Through the three chapters of ‘Childhood obesity: a plan for action’ we are bringing forward a wide range of measures to reduce the prevalence of children who are obese. We have seen important successes including the average sugar content of drinks subject to the soft drinks industry levy decreasing by 28.8% between 2015 and 2018, and significant investment being made in schools to promote physical activity and healthy eating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 21989 21990 question first answered 05/03/2020 16:49:11 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 10096 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1225831

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wellingborough Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the BBC report of 9 July 2020 entitled G4S selected to run Wellingborough mega prison, whether minimum staffing levels at the new prison will be contractually mandated; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	75304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough has not yet concluded as we are still in the standstill period. We intend to announce the outcome in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The operator contracts between the Department and all private prison providers require the Contractor to be responsible for all staffing matters, including ensuring staff have the training and experience necessary for safe and decent prisons. This is monitored to ensure the standards are maintained across the lifetime of the contract. Mandating minimum staffing levels for private prison operators would restrict their ability to introduce and foster innovation, and their flexibility to adjust their staffing levels across the lifetime of the contract according to the needs and demands created by any changes to the prison population or in risk. It could also deter them from engaging with expertise and professional support in the local and wider community and hinder their ability to respond quickly to new challenges and opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Prison Operator Competition, subject matter experts scrutinise and validate proposed staffing levels within operators’ bids to ensure delivery of operations to a decent, safe, secure and rehabilitative standard. The competition for the operation of the new prison at Wellingborough was not about the difference or preference between the public and private sector. We have been clear through this competition we expected bidders to provide high quality, value for money bids that deliver effective regimes to meet the specific needs of prisoners. Our priority is to help prisoners turn their lives around to prevent reoffending and future victims.</p><p> </p><p>We hold both public and private sector prisons to account for the outcomes they deliver. PSI 2017/07 only applies to public sector prisons, however, private prisons will have their own similar systems in place to ensure they provide the required services and use the levels of staff determined as required and appropriate. These are robustly scrutinised for the lifetime of the contract to ensure that the required standards are met.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, construction at the new prison at Wellingborough and early works at Glen Parva has continued safely, with workers following PHE guidance and the Construction Leadership Council’s Site Operating Procedures. We expect the new prison at Wellingborough will open late 2021.</p><p> </p><p>While no decisions have been made on who will operate the recently announced four new prisons, we maintain this government’s commitment to a mixed market in custodial services. It is our ambition that at least one of these new prisons will be operated by the public sector. In this scenario, HMPPS would not be required to go through a bidding process. In the event that any of the new prisons were competed these would be done through the Prison Operator Services Framework via a mini competition. In this case, HMPPS would not take part in the mini competition but would instead provide a public sector benchmark against which operators’ bids can be assessed. If bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds, HMPPS would take on the operator role.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 75305 75306 75307 75308 question first answered 21/07/2020 15:22:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1144469

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Iraq
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to improve the visa application system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	286229
	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><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 09/09/2019 16:23:34 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1185401

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2020
	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	USA: Diplomatic Immunity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many US citizens have diplomatic immunity in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	29930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2020 answer text <p>US citizens who are members of the Embassy of the United States of America are notified to the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office, in line with Article 10 of the VCDR 1961.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 03/04/2020 17:06:51 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton previous answer version 13642 answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1185402

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2020
	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	USA: Diplomatic Immunity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens have diplomatic immunity in the US.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	29931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2020 answer text <p><em>UK citizens who are members of the Embassy and Consulates of the United Kingdom are notified to the Office of Foreign Missions at the US Department of State.</em></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 07/04/2020 16:28:20 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 13636 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1171659

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for the (a) long-term revenue and (b) long-term capital funding for the Tyne and Wear Metro.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	4734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to the future of the Tyne and Wear Metro system. We have invested nearly £600m towards renewals and running costs and I am currently considering future long term investment commitments to support this vital transport system to the region. Furthermore, in the 2017 Autumn Budget, the Chancellor announced a £337m direct grant to deliver a new fleet of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/01/2020 14:08:43 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1175082

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Strategic Defence and Security Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2020 to Question 6112, whether his Department is consulting with trade unions representing staff of his Department on the Government's Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	10756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Integrated Defence, Security and Foreign Policy review, announced by the Prime Minister in December, promises to be the deepest review of Britain's security, defence and foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. As such, we intend to consult with all necessary stakeholders throughout the process, including with Trade Unions where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/02/2020 17:21:50 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1171232

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	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	Sports: Television
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department is taking to increase sports coverage on free-to-air television.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	900217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The listed events regime strikes a balance between retaining free-to-air sporting events for the public while allowing rights holders to negotiate agreements in the best interests of their sport.</p><p>To give equal recognition to disabled and women’s sports, the government is currently consulting on the addition of the Paralympics and certain women’s events to the listed events regime. However, the government does not have any plans to carry out a full review of the list.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 16/01/2020 17:33:06 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1202838

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to extend the three month suspension of face-to-face benefit assessments.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	58708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 9 June 2020 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-06-01/52251/" target="_blank">UIN 52251</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/06/2020 13:58:50 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1181297

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on the national disability strategy of the recommendations in Muscular Dystrophy UK’s report on disability benefits, entitled Below standard.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	21987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department places a strong emphasis on engaging with stakeholders to inform health and disability policy to ensure we are addressing the right problems in the welfare system. Muscular Dystrophy UK’s report entitled ‘Below standard: MDUK’s assessment of the benefits system’ offers insights into the challenges faced by people living with muscle-wasting conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Government will reflect carefully on these findings as part of the National Disability Strategy, which will be published by the end of the year, and in the DWP Green Paper on health and disability benefits and support.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/03/2020 13:02:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon