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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

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

1007135

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	Zero Hours Contracts: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Youth unemployment down 50% since 2010, published on gov.uk on 16 October 2018, what proportion of recorded employment was under a zero-hours contract.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	191422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) use the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to provide estimates for the number of people employed on zero hours’ contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS figures for people in employment on zero hours’ contracts broken down by age, do not go back to 2010 and are only currently available up to April-June 2018. Therefore no directly comparable figures to the youth unemployment statistics cited are available.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of young people are not employed on zero hours’ contracts. In 2018 (Apr-Jun) there were 261,000 16-24 year olds on a zero hours’ contracts – representing only 6.9% of employed 16-24 year olds.</p><p> </p><p>This is down from 299,000 young people (7.8% of employed young people) in 2017 (Apr-Jun), but a slight increase from the first comparable data available, which shows in 2014 (Apr-Jun) there were 235,000 young people on a zero hours’ contract (or 6.3% of employed young people).</p><p> </p><p>Many people in full-time education are employed on zero hours’ contracts, in part because of the flexibility they provide. 18.5% of all people in 2018 (Apr-Jun) on zero hours’ contracts were in full-time education – compared to 2.3% of people not on a zero hours’ contract.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS data shows that the majority of people on zero hours’ contracts are happy with the hours provided by their zero hours’ contract.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/11/2018 16:24:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 85857 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1007138

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Babcock International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has temporarily transferred any services performed by Babcock Defence Support Group back to his Department.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	191326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>None of the services presently covered by the Babcock Defence Support Group Service Provision and Transformation Contract have been transferred back to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/11/2018 17:27:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1007141

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 and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of publicly-funded CAMHS in-patient services are delivered by private providers; and what the names are of those providers.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	191397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows total child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) expenditure for the last five years split by type of provider. The information relates to Tier 4 specialised mental health beds for children and young people, aged 13-18, commissioned by NHS England. CAMHS Tier 4 includes general inpatient care and specialised eating disorders services. These figures will include very small elements of non-in-patient services as we are unable to detail spend on inpatients only.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>CAMHS Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at Independent Sector (IS) Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at National Health Service Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at IS Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at NHS Providers on CAMHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>252.0</p></td><td><p>122.0</p></td><td><p>130.0</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>279.6</p></td><td><p>120.3</p></td><td><p>159.3</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>319.1</p></td><td><p>136.6</p></td><td><p>182.5</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>341.5</p></td><td><p>156.4</p></td><td><p>185.1</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>355.2</p></td><td><p>156.5</p></td><td><p>198.7</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Spend in Independent Sector providers in 2017/18 totalled £156.5 million.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 191398 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:23:46 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1007142

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 and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on CAMHS in-patient services in each of the last five years; and what proportion of that spend is received by private providers.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	191398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows total child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) expenditure for the last five years split by type of provider. The information relates to Tier 4 specialised mental health beds for children and young people, aged 13-18, commissioned by NHS England. CAMHS Tier 4 includes general inpatient care and specialised eating disorders services. These figures will include very small elements of non-in-patient services as we are unable to detail spend on inpatients only.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>CAMHS Expenditure</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at Independent Sector (IS) Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at National Health Service Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at IS Providers on CAMHS</p></td><td><p>Expenditure at NHS Providers on CAMHS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>252.0</p></td><td><p>122.0</p></td><td><p>130.0</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>279.6</p></td><td><p>120.3</p></td><td><p>159.3</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>319.1</p></td><td><p>136.6</p></td><td><p>182.5</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>341.5</p></td><td><p>156.4</p></td><td><p>185.1</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>355.2</p></td><td><p>156.5</p></td><td><p>198.7</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Spend in Independent Sector providers in 2017/18 totalled £156.5 million.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 191397 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:23:46 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1007143

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	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's suitability criterion for settled status that the applicant must not be subject to a removal decision under the EEA Regulations on the grounds of their non-exercise or misuse of rights under Directive 2004/38/EC, what steps he is taking to ensure that workers with (a) zero-hours and (b) part-time contracts are not refused settled status as a result of their employment status.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	191403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The draft Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union published on 14 November 2018 protects the rights of EU citizens resident in the UK by the end of the planned implementation period on 31 December 2020 and their family members. Article 20 sets out the circumstances in which it may be appropriate to restrict the right of entry or residence to such an EU citizen or their family member.</p><p> </p><p>The draft Withdrawal Agreement does not protect those who are not exercising or are misusing free movement rights, and it means that, while free movement rules continue to operate to the end of the planned implementation period, there will remain scope, consistent with the relevant case law, for a person to be removed from the UK on those grounds. It is logical that this is reflected in the Immigration Rules and published caseworker guidance for the EU Settlement Scheme, as it is in the provisions of and published caseworker guidance for the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 which provide for the operation in the UK of the Free Movement Directive (2004/83/EC). The guidance on the Regulations sets out how misuse of free movement rights is assessed and was reviewed following the Gureckis, Cielecki and Perlinski judgments in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Statement of Intent on the EU Settlement Scheme published on 21 June 2018 made clear that the UK has decided, as a matter of domestic policy, to be more generous than the draft Withdrawal Agreement in certain respects. In particular, those applying under the scheme will not be required to show that they meet all the requirements of current free movement rules, such as any requirement to have held comprehensive sickness insurance or generally to detail the exercise of specific rights under EU law, such as the right to work. This means that an applicant will not be refused status under the scheme because for example they are not economically active, their employment is not full-time or they do not hold comprehensive sickness insurance.</p><p> </p><p>An applicant refused status under the EU Settlement Scheme on eligibility or suitability grounds will be covered by the procedural guarantees provided for in Article 18(3) of the draft Withdrawal Agreement. Subject to Parliamentary approval of the primary legislation required to establish a right of appeal for the scheme, we intend that, consistent with Articles 18(3) and 21 of the draft Withdrawal Agreement, those applying under the scheme from 30 March 2019 will be given a statutory right of appeal if their application is refused.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 191400 191401 191402 191404 191405 question first answered 19/11/2018 18:00:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1007144

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Babcock International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total value of contracts between his Department and Babcock.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	191328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The total value of the contacts the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has with Babcock is £22.37 billion.</p><p>This analysis includes contracts in which Babcock are joint ventures or have a share with other suppliers. The figure provided is the attributable share of that contract value to Babcock.</p><p>Information about the contracts that we place with industry is available on GOV.uk as part of our MOD Trade, Industry and Contracts statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-trade-and-industry-index</p><p>In addition, MOD contracts worth over £10,000 are published on the Government's Contracts Finder website, which is available on GOV.uk at: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/11/2018 17:25:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones