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1145076

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to decrease victim attrition rates in criminal cases of sexual assault and rape.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	287547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling the unacceptably high victim attrition rates in sexual violence cases. We know that access to counselling and therapeutic support when and where victims most need it increases victim engagement. That is why in March this year we increased funding available to these essential services by 10% - up to £8m per year and totalling £24m over the next three years. This funding ensures that, for the first time, that there are government-funded services in all 42 of the country’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) areas and by extending it from one to three years, it provides greater security and sustainability for the sector to deliver their essential services. This is in addition to the £68m we allocate to PCC’s to locally deliver support services for victims of crime, including for victims of sexual violence, as they are best placed to respond to local needs.</p><p> </p><p>Moreover, in the cross-government Victims Strategy, which we published on 10 September 2018, we made a commitment to improve support for all victims of crime, including by increasing the number of Registered Intermediaries, communication experts helping vulnerable victims and witnesses give their best evidence at police interview and at court.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recognises the importance of understanding the decline in the number of rape and serious sexual offences reaching court and being charged. It is vital we grasp this issue, which is the Criminal Justice Board (CJB) has committed to a cross-government end-to-end review of response to serious sexual violence and adult rape. We have established a Sub-Group of the CJB to oversee this review and a stakeholder group made up of victim organisations to ensure the inclusion of the victim experience.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2019 16:35:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1145081

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support survivors of (a) rape, (b) attempted rape and (c) sexual assault through the process of trial.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	287550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Serious sexual violence and rape are horrendous crimes. It is essential that victims and survivors of these crimes have access to support when and where they need it most.</p><p>In accordance with the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (Victims’ Code), a person is entitled to support if they have suffered harm, including physical, mental or emotional harm or economic loss, which was directly caused by a criminal offence. They are entitled to access victim support services at any time, whether they have reported a crime or not.</p><p>In March this year the Government increased funding available to these essential services by 10% - up to £8m per year and totalling £24m over the next three years to specialist sexual violence and abuse support services across England and Wales. This enables these services to provide advice, support and counselling to victims of these appalling crimes to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime. Part of this funding will go towards Independent Sexual Violence Adviser’s to provide impartial advocacy for victims of sexual violence and abuse who have reported to the police or are considering reporting to the police. This funding ensures that, for the first time, that there are government-funded services in all 42 of the country’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) areas. This is in addition to the £68m we allocate to PCCs to locally deliver support services for victims of crime, including for victims of sexual violence.</p><p>Moreover, in the cross-government Victim’s Strategy, which we published on 10 September 2018, we made a commitment to improve support for victims of crime, including by increasing the number of registered Intermediaries, communication experts helping vulnerable victims and witnesses give their best evidence at police interview and at court.</p><p>The Government also recognises the importance of understanding the decline in the number of rape and serious sexual offences reaching court and being charged. It is vital that we grasp this issue, which is the Criminal Justice Board (CJB) has committed to a cross-government end-to-end review of the Criminal Justice System’s response to serious sexual violence and adult rape. We have established a sub-group of the CJB to oversee this review and continue to engage regularly with specialist stakeholders and victim organisations to ensure that the victim experience is central to our work.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/09/2019 16:36:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1173390

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	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	Hospitals: Harlow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the development of the proposed new hospital in Harlow.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	8240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>In September 2019 the Government announced the Health Infrastructure Plan - a new, strategic approach to improving our hospitals and health infrastructure, and rolling programme of investment, to ensure that our health infrastructure is fit-for-purpose for decades to come.</p><p>The Princess Alexandra Hospitals NHS Trust’s major scheme is one of the six projects that will form the first £2.7 billion phase of the major hospital rebuilds. This money has been committed by the Government and gives the green light for a phased redevelopment of its estate.</p><p>The Trust are currently working with local clinical commissioning groups to finalise the Pre-Consultation Business Case, before progressing to consultation. After that, the Trust will work towards submission of the Outline Business Case, which will then go through a single Departmental/National Health Service process as part of the streamlined approvals that the Government is implementing.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 8242 question first answered 04/02/2020 11:33:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1173483

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	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	Hospitals: Harlow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on plans for the development of a new hospital in Harlow; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	8242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>In September 2019 the Government announced the Health Infrastructure Plan - a new, strategic approach to improving our hospitals and health infrastructure, and rolling programme of investment, to ensure that our health infrastructure is fit-for-purpose for decades to come.</p><p>The Princess Alexandra Hospitals NHS Trust’s major scheme is one of the six projects that will form the first £2.7 billion phase of the major hospital rebuilds. This money has been committed by the Government and gives the green light for a phased redevelopment of its estate.</p><p>The Trust are currently working with local clinical commissioning groups to finalise the Pre-Consultation Business Case, before progressing to consultation. After that, the Trust will work towards submission of the Outline Business Case, which will then go through a single Departmental/National Health Service process as part of the streamlined approvals that the Government is implementing.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 8240 question first answered 04/02/2020 11:33:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1180116

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	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	Department of Health and Social Care: Civil Society
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the total amount of funding from the public purse given by his Department to (a) civil society and (b) campaigning bodies in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	19834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Under transparency reporting requirements central government bodies publish all items of expenditure over £25,000 to improve the transparency of how public funds are used.</p><p>The link below gives access to the Department’s published ‘transparency data’ for each of the last five years:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/0351cb08-2fcc-43df-914a-c1822d82b766/spend-over-25-000-in-the-department-of-health" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/0351cb08-2fcc-43df-914a-c1822d82b766/spend-over-25-000-in-the-department-of-health</a></p><p>The data contains expenditure transactions with both internal and external organisations and confirms the date the transaction took place, the supplier (i.e. who the Department gave the money to), the value, and the expense type and purchase order line description which together indicate the purpose of the spend.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/02/2020 14:44:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1182226

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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	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, whether plans for the introduction of free parking at hospitals in England for certain patient groups will include all hospital visits for people aged 25 and under with cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	24315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to offer free hospital car parking to disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts.</p><p>The Department is developing its proposals for implementing these commitments working closely with the National Health Service. This includes work to ensure that NHS organisations are supported to implement the required changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24316 24317 24318 24319 24320 question first answered 10/03/2020 15:02:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1182227

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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	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, whether the introduction of free parking at hospitals in England for certain patient groups will include hospital appointments for people with long term side effects of having had cancer as a child or young person and who may never be discharged.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	24316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to offer free hospital car parking to disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts.</p><p>The Department is developing its proposals for implementing these commitments working closely with the National Health Service. This includes work to ensure that NHS organisations are supported to implement the required changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24315 24317 24318 24319 24320 question first answered 10/03/2020 15:02:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1182229

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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	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, what steps the Government will take to ensure compliance with guidance on free parking at hospitals in England for certain patient groups.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	24317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to offer free hospital car parking to disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts.</p><p>The Department is developing its proposals for implementing these commitments working closely with the National Health Service. This includes work to ensure that NHS organisations are supported to implement the required changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24315 24316 24318 24319 24320 question first answered 10/03/2020 15:02:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1182230

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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	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, what support hospitals will receive in ensuring that hospital car parking is free for identified groups.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	24318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to offer free hospital car parking to disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts.</p><p>The Department is developing its proposals for implementing these commitments working closely with the National Health Service. This includes work to ensure that NHS organisations are supported to implement the required changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24315 24316 24317 24319 24320 question first answered 10/03/2020 15:02:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1182232

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	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	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, with reference to the announcement on 27 December 2019 on the introduction of free parking at hospitals in England for certain patient groups, what the definition of long-term conditions will be; and whether that definition will include serious and life-threatening conditions for which the outcome is highly uncertain.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	24319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government plans to offer free hospital car parking to disabled people, frequent outpatient attenders, parents of sick children staying overnight and staff working night shifts.</p><p>The Department is developing its proposals for implementing these commitments working closely with the National Health Service. This includes work to ensure that NHS organisations are supported to implement the required changes effectively.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24315 24316 24317 24318 24320 question first answered 10/03/2020 15:02:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon