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1007758

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date	15/11/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for reassessment of child maintenance following a change in circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	191985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The processing of changes of circumstance remains a key priority for the Child Maintenance Service. The numbers of people working within the Child Maintenance Service is reviewed regularly to ensure we have sufficient resources to answer customer calls and progress cases.</p><p>So far in 2018, we have recruited 835 people into the Child Maintenance Service, with these people joining us between February 2018 and October 2018, and we have plans in place for a further 40 people to join the Child Maintenance Service between November 2018 and January 2019.</p><p>The performance and timeliness of progressing changes to circumstances is under regular review and forms part of our external publication offering. We continue to explore opportunities to introduce improvements and efficiencies within the Child Maintenance Service and we are currently in the process of implementing Real Time Information from HMRC which will ensure that we have access to the latest income information to make efficient changes to assessments.“</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/11/2018 16:33:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1007819

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the article in the Guardian of 13 November 2018 entitled Female prisoners in England left to give birth without midwife, what steps he is taking to ensure midwifery care is provided to perinatal women in custody.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	191915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>All pregnant women in custody have an individual care and management plan that is communicated to all staff and all pregnant women are seen by a mid-wife at least fortnightly or as required. Healthcare in prisons is provided by trained medics and nurses, but we have also made training on dealing with pregnant women available to all prison officers and new guidance will make clear that pregnant women should have access to 24-hour midwifery advice.</p><p> </p><p>We know it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth in prison - because every step is taken to get them to hospital - but those unique cases are invariably down to the unpredictability of labour.</p><p> </p><p>Our new Female Offenders Strategy made clear that we want fewer women serving short sentences in custody and more remaining in the community, making use of women’s centres to address needs such as substance misuse and mental health problems.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/11/2018 13:05:42 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1007833

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2017 on Toxicology, HCWS265, how many C650 applications to vary or set aside a court order in relation to children have been filed in relation to the manipulation of test results by Trimega and Randox Testing Services.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	191958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>191955</strong><strong>: </strong>Greater Manchester Police are undertaking an ongoing, expansive criminal investigation into alleged manipulation of toxicology results now by three individuals who were employed at Trimega, and later Randox Testing Services (RTS) after Trimega’s liquidation in 2014, and this matter is being treated with the utmost seriousness. <strong> </strong> As the police are now treating all results obtained by Trimega between 2010 and 2014 as unreliable, and because Trimega provided toxicology testing for civil and family court cases, it is possible that some civil cases may have been affected by manipulation, though this remains undetermined as the investigation is ongoing.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>191958: </strong>As of 16 November 2018, four C650 applications to vary or set aside a court order in relation to children (drug and/or alcohol toxicology test after 2010) have been filed with HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service. Of these, one was dismissed on application because it did not relate to testing undertaken by Trimega. Of the other three, one was withdrawn and another dismissed by the judge hearing the case. In one instance, a previous order was discharged.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 191955 question first answered 20/11/2018 17:47:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1007880

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
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	Workplace Pensions: EU Law
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 8 November 2018 Question 186293 on Occupational Pensions, when the transposition table that is required by the EU Commission as part of the IORP2 Directive will be published.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	191898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Transposition Table for IORP II is being prepared and will be submitted to the EU Commission by the transposition date of 13 January 2019. There is no requirement in the Directive for publication by either the EU Commission or UK Government.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/11/2018 11:57:30 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1007898

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of delay repay decisions.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	191961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>Train operators are expected to have fair and transparent processes for considering Delay Repay applications as set out in detail in their Passenger’s Charter. The train operators use industry delay data provided by Network Rail, who have an obligation to ensure that this delay data is accurate.</p><p> </p><p>If any passenger is unhappy with the decision taken by the train operator with regards to a Delay Repay claim, then they will shortly be able to take this up with the new Rail Ombudsman.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/11/2018 11:07:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1006854

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Kweku Adoboli
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when an assessment was (a) first and (b) last made of the danger Kweku Adoboli represents to the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	191241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not comment on individual cases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/11/2018 17:55:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1006861

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to assess the effectiveness of the Disability Confident scheme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	191250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>DWP commissioned Ipsos MORI to conduct research with Disability Confident employers to understand the effect that signing up to the Disability Confident scheme has had on their recruitment and retention attitudes and practices with regards to disabled people. We published the results of this research on 13 November 2018</p><p> </p><p>The survey suggests the scheme has had a significant impact on disability employment practices</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/11/2018 15:51:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1006862

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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
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 his tweet at 2pm on 25 September 2018 on the Panorama programme, Kids in Crisis, broadcast on 24 September 2018, what action he has taken to ensure children have the mental health support they need; and if he will meet with Sean Fletcher, the presenter of that programme.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	191394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is making an additional £1.4 billion available for children’s mental health service transformation. Clinical commissioning group spend on children’s mental health has increased by 35% since 2015/16 and we are on target to see an additional 70,000 children annually in specialist NHS health services by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>We published ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper’ in December last year. This set out ambitious proposals to fill the gap in support for children and young people’s mental health. We are:</p><p>- Incentivising and supporting all schools and colleges to identify and train a Designated Senior Lead for Mental Health - funding new training to help leads put in place whole school approaches to mental health;</p><p>- Introducing new Mental Health Support Teams working in or near schools and colleges to provide earlier access to a wider range of support and treatments; and</p><p>- Piloting a new four week waiting time for NHS children and young people’s mental health services so that specialist help is available sooner.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will pilot our proposals through our trailblazer sites, which will be announced soon. I will be meeting with Sean Fletcher, on behalf of the Secretary of State, to discuss children and young people’s mental health.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/11/2018 17:35:43 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1006867

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement of additional funding for social care in 2019-20 in Budget 2018, how his Department calculated the adequacy of that funding in order to meet the immediate needs of local authorities and social care providers; and what the source of that additional funding is.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	191261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises the social care sector faces short term pressures, which is why Autumn Budget 2018 announced an additional £650 million for councils in 2019/20 for social care. This is additional funding sourced from the Exchequer.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 13:36:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1006868

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Eating Disorders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2018 to Question 183515 on Eating Disorders, what his assessment is of the finding of the research conducted by the vice chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Eating Disorders Faculty, published by the Post Graduate Medical Journal in April 2018, that 20 per cent of medical schools do not include any training on eating disorders.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	191395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) set standards for medical education. The GMC are clear that all doctors should have a good understanding of a wide range of mental and physical health conditions, including those related to nutrition and eating disorders. The outcome requirements set by the GMC for all stages of United Kingdom medical education and training require medical students and doctors in training to be able to identify and act where adults and children are vulnerable. These outcomes have recently been revised and include more emphasis on mental health and nutrition.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/11/2018 15:29:20 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger