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930956

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date	25/06/2018
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	Gaming Machines
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring tracked play on gambling machines to reduce the level of problem gambling.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	157236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the consultation on proposed changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures on 17 May 2018. The response can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-proposals-for-changes-to-gaming-machines-and-social-responsibility-measures</p><p> </p><p>As part of the consultation, the Government has assessed the findings referenced in the Gambling Commission’s response to the consultation (which can be viewed at the link above) for tracked play as a harm reduction tool, in conjunction with other options. The Government has asked the Gambling Commission to work with industry to improve player control measures, including exploring in more detail the costs and benefits of tracked play, not just on B2 gaming machines, but also on B1 and B3 machines in other premises.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/07/2018 09:38:53 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

930958

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment on the implications for his Department's polices of the report A Hostile Environment, published by Refugee Rights Europe in Feburary 2018.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	157240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office and its accommodation providers are committed to protecting the rights of asylum seekers and providing them with safe, secure and suitable accommodation whilst asylum claims are considered. We have a range of policies and procedures to ensure that this is the case and we will continue to thoroughly inspect, investigate and resolve any allegation that standards of accommodation and service are not being delivered in accordance with the contract, when specific information is received.</p><p>We remain in regular discussion with Providers, service users, non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders about ways to improve the services provided and we will be making a number of improvements to the design of the future contracted services as a direct result of such feedback. The Refugee Rights Europe report was not formally shared with the Home Office but we have retrospectively considered the recommendations made and will ensure that they continue to be taken into consideration as part of our ongoing engagement and improvement plans.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/08/2018 13:52:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

930959

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the safety and security of asylum seekers in asylum accommodation; and whether the Government plans to review contracts where contractors have been found not to have fulfilled health and safety obligations.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	157241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office and it’s accommodation providers take the welfare of service users seriously. Safeguards and checks are in place to ensure that the wellbeing of service users is considered and that the accommodation provided is safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped and it is also required to comply with the Decent Homes Standard in addition to standards outlined in relevant national or local housing legislation. Where providers are found not to meet these standards, appropriate action is taken to hold providers to account and resolve concerns.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/07/2018 09:35:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

930960

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of (a) information and (b) advice provided by (i) his Department and (ii) housing providers to asylum-seekers in asylum accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	157242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office works closely with its accommodation providers to ensure that there is a consistent standard of information being provided that meets the needs of those we accommodate. The Home Office provides separate grant-funding to Migrant Help for the provision of independent advice to asylum seekers.</p><p>We remain in regular discussion with the Providers, stakeholders and service users about ways to improve the services provided.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/07/2018 09:31:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

930961

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	BBC: Fairtrade Initiative
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 he has received representations on the consistency of the website www.bbcproductionmusic.com with the obligations of the BBC in relation to fair trade; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	157184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for the BBC. The government has not received representations on this issue.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/07/2018 15:41:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

930964

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	European Reference Networks
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 he has taken to promote continued UK co-operation and collaboration with (a) EUROCAN and (b) other European Reference Networks.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	157078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has noted the importance of continued collaboration with European partners in the 2017 policy paper ‘Collaboration on Science and Innovation: A Future Partnership Paper’. The paper expressly cited European Reference Networks (ERNs) as an example of collaboration that the United Kingdom and European Union should discuss in the negotiations, given the mutual benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases in 2013, which set out a vision to 2020 covering five areas including patient empowerment, identification and prevention of rare diseases, diagnosis and early intervention, coordination of care and the role of research. ERNs are a key way to deliver the five themes of the UK Strategy for Rare Diseases Strategy. The UK participates in 23 of 24 ERNs across a total of 113 separate Healthcare Providers in England and the devolved nations, including in ERN-EURACAN.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/07/2018 15:04:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

930967

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2018 to Question 151231, for what reasons his Department does not collect data centrally on the number of reports made to the police under the FGM Mandatory Reporting Duty.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	157203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. The Government is clear that we will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong suffering to women and girls.</p><p>To improve understanding of the prevalence of so-called ‘Honour Based Violence’ including FGM, we amended the police Annual Data Requirement (ADR) to allow police forces the opportunity from April 2018 to record on a voluntary basis where a crime has been committed in the context of preserving the honour of a family or community.</p><p>This new voluntary ADR collection will capture police recorded offences of FGM which were initially reported to the police under the FGM Mandatory Reporting Duty. Subject to data quality checks, we expect the first dataset under this new voluntary ADR collection to be published in late 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 03/07/2018 15:24:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

930968

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Plastic Surgery: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of negligent cosmetic procedure cases that were brought to court in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	157064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/07/2018 15:31:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

930969

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Plastic Surgery: Bankruptcy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the number of cosmetic surgery practitioners who continue to practice who have previously declared bankruptcy.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	157065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 03/07/2018 14:13:28 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

930970

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Plastic Surgery: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds information on the number of fly in, fly out cosmetic surgeons practising in the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	157066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of medical doctors in the United Kingdom. All medical doctors, including those undertaking cosmetic surgery, must register with the GMC and meet set professional standards to work in the UK and be fit for practise.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 03/07/2018 11:22:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones