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862133

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	what proportion of her Department's staff are (a) female and (b) male.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	132552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>As of 28 February 2018, DFID have 55.4% female and 44.6% male employees.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 19/03/2018 16:33:13 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

859910

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	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	Social Services: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in local authority funding for children's services.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	904289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the local government finance settlement. Over the Spending Review period, councils will receive more than £200 billion for local services.</p><p>In February, I announced that annual local government funding will rise in real terms to £45.6 billion by 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 12/03/2018 17:51:19 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

822841

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of a minimum unit price for alcohol in England on rates of alcohol-related crime.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	122524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>We have noted the ruling of the UK Supreme Court in favour of the Scottish Government. Minimum unit pricing will continue to remain under review pending the impact of its implementation in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/01/2018 16:53:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

862186

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes in the level of police funding on the ability of police forces to maintain financial reserves.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	132605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>I announced the police funding settlement for 2018-19 which will see an additional £450m invested in the policing system, around £270m direct to PCCs. This strong and comprehensive settlement combined with the current levels of reserves will enable the vast majority of PCCs to protect or improve frontline policing.</p><p>As at March 2017, PCCs held over £1.6bn of public money in usable resource reserves, significantly more than in 2010-11. Reserves are an important tool for police leaders, but this is taxpayers’ money and we need real transparency about how it is being used. That is why in January the Government published information on police reserves and provided guidance to PCCs making clear that they must be more open with taxpayers about their plans to use them.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/03/2018 13:13:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

828833

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the effect of welfare sanctions on people's mental health and well-being.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	124458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I provided to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=123884" target="_blank">123884</a> on 26 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/01/2018 14:47:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

882352

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	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	Employment: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress the Government has made on reducing the extent of employer discrimination against people with (a) criminal records and (b) mental health problems.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	135373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government has taken action to reduce the extent of employer discrimination against people with (a) criminal records and (b) mental health problems in the following ways:</p><p>My department leads the cross-Government campaign ‘Disability Confident’ which supports businesses to employ disabled people and the ‘See Potential’ campaign which actively encourages employers to recruit individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, including ex-offenders.</p><p> </p><p>See Potential champions employers which recognise individuals’ talents from different backgrounds and offers advice on adopting more inclusive recruitment practices. More than 150 organisations support the campaign. The Disability Confident scheme has over 6,000 employers signed up and works collaboratively with prominent business leaders to spread and share best practise.</p><p> </p><p>Government also continues to support ‘Ban the Box’, an initiative run by Business in the Community (BITC). This initiative gives people with criminal convictions the opportunity to demonstrate relevant skills ahead of formally disclosing any conviction(s). So far 87 employers (including the Civil Service), covering more than 720,000 roles, have committed to adopting the Ban the Box scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore <em>Thriving at Work: the Stevenson/Farmer Review of Mental Health and Employers</em>, published in October 2017, set out the business case for employers to support their staff’s mental health. The Government supports the review’s recommendations and encourages all employers to implement the core mental health standards set out in the Review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:38:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

828831

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	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 potential link between the sanctions regime and the mental health and wellbeing of individuals; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	124456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the potential link between the sanctions regime and the mental health and wellbeing of individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Sanctions are only ever used as a last resort, and when considering whether a sanction is appropriate, a Decision Maker will take all the claimant’s individual circumstances, including any health conditions or disabilities and any evidence of good cause, into account before deciding whether a sanction is warranted.</p><p> </p><p>We engage at a personal and individual level with all of our claimants and are committed to tailoring the support that we give and any conditionality requirements to the specific circumstances of the individual.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/01/2018 14:47:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

837419

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with inflammatory bowel disease applied for mandatory reconsideration of their claim for personal independence payments in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	126538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) mandatory reconsideration (MR) registrations for people with a primary disabling condition of inflammatory bowel disease, by financial year of MR registration.</p><p> </p><p>Data is based on primary disabling condition as recorded on the PIP computer system. Claimants may often have multiple disabling conditions upon which the decision is based but only the primary condition is shown in these statistics. Therefore, there may be other claimants who have been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease who are not captured in the data.</p><p> </p><p><em>Number of PIP MR registrations for people with a primary disabling condition of inflammatory bowel disease, by financial year of MR registration.</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year of MR registration</p></td><td><p>Number of MR registrations for people with a primary disabling condition of inflammatory bowel disease</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/ 15</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/ 16</p></td><td><p>1,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/ 17</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18 (April 17 to Oct 17)</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>5,390</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>Latest available data to October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 09/02/2018 14:43:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

837418

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) received employment and support allowance for Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis in each year between 2010 and 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	126537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 29 January 2018 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-01-22/123975/" target="_blank">123975</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/02/2018 14:12:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

825503

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Prosperity Fund: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to paragraph 4.11 of UK aid: tackling global challenges in the national interest, published in November 2015, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the transparency standards of the Prosperity Fund are ranked as good or very good in the international Aid Transparency Index.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	123642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Prosperity Fund, which is led and managed by the National Security Secretariat in Cabinet Office, is committed to meeting the government target of ‘good’ on the International Aid Transparency Index by 2020. The Fund is working closely with DFID policy and Transparency teams, benefiting from their experience and expertise and the International Aid Transparency Initiative to ensure it meets standards for transparency.</p><p>The Fund has already begun working towards this target, publishing its first Annual Review in 2017, alongside a data release on spend for 2016/17. It will continue to increase the amount of information published on spend and programmes as it becomes available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/01/2018 17:39:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill