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1177188

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on reducing benefit tourism.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	900694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear that benefits should only be provided for the lawful residents of the UK, including migrants who are settled here.</p><p>The Government has taken steps to prevent illegal access to benefits, with those migrants who abuse the UK’s hospitality facing having to repay any benefits obtained. The will also be liable to be refused immigration leave, or having it curtailed, prosecution and removal from the UK.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/02/2020 17:17:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1176707

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Cancer: Health Services
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 is taking to ensure the NHS has adequate (a) staff and (b) skills to support new and innovative models of delivery for cancer services.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	13539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) published its first ever Cancer Workforce Plan in December 2017, which commits to the expansion of capacity and skills. The upcoming NHS People Plan will set out further actions to secure the National Health Service staff and cancer workforce we need for the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/02/2020 13:00:22 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1176708

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Farmers: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on supporting farmers to (a) maintain existing and (b) develop new routes to market after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	13540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>Food and drink exports are a success story. Exports have increased by 24% in real terms since 2010. The Government is determined to help maintain existing and develop new export opportunities. This includes through ongoing market access and via showcasing and promoting our excellent food and drink even more in the years to come.</p><p> </p><p>Exports are an important driver of growth in the food and drink sector, allowing it to become more resilient, competitive and profitable. The UK’s growing reputation for high quality food and drink, with high standards of food safety, animal welfare and sustainability, is an excellent platform to increase overseas demand for our products further. Defra’s ‘Food is GREAT’ campaign is raising the profile and reputation of British food and drink overseas by building global demand and increasing positive perceptions of the UK’s food and drink products, as demonstrated by recent campaign activity in Japan to promote beef and lamb exports from the UK, following opening up of market access last year.</p><p> </p><p>Defra, in collaboration with the Department for International Trade and representatives of the food and drink sector, is developing a replacement for the existing International Action Plan for Food and Drink, which will set out the future export ambitions for the sector. This includes reviewing the support we offer in market, building on the success of Defra’s first agriculture counsellor in Beijing.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Government’s election manifesto, we have ambitious goals for British trade. As of 31 January 2020, when the UK left the EU, we had successfully concluded and signed trade continuity agreements with 48 countries. This accounts for £110 billion of UK trade in 2018. We will be continuing our programme to replicate existing EU trade agreements with trading partners to ensure continuity for UK businesses following the transition period. An up-to-date list of trade continuity agreements, signed and in discussion, is available on the GOV.UK website at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade-agreements-with-non-eu-countries" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/uk-trade-agreements-with-non-eu-countries</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to have 80 per cent of UK trade with countries covered by free trade agreements within the next three years, starting with the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. This will further present new routes to market for British farmers. We are also working hard to secure a free trade agreement with the EU that will provide tariff-free access to the EU market for UK goods, and facilitative customs arrangements that will ensure smooth trade.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/02/2020 14:31:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1176710

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Brexit: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have held with representatives of Border Communities against Brexit.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	13541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>Neither my officials nor I have met representatives of Border Communities Against Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/02/2020 09:45:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1176711

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much funding will be allocated to the Troubles-related incident Victims Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	13542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>In 2014, the NI parties agreed further work would be undertaken to seek an acceptable way forward on the proposal for a pension for severely injured victims in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Executive Formation Act required the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to lay regulations for a Victims Payment Scheme, which he did on Friday 31 January. The Northern Ireland Civil Service is continuing to work to explore the full costs of the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/02/2020 09:47:28 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1176712

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Childbirth
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 he has made on the Rapid Resolution and Redress Scheme to the number of cases of new birth injuries and deaths.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	13543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>From March 2017, the Department ran a public consultation into the potential parameters of a ‘Rapid Resolution and Redress’ (RRR) scheme for severe avoidable birth injuries. The three main objectives of which were to reduce the number of severe avoidable birth injuries by promoting a ‘no-blame’ learning culture; to ensure a better experience for children who have been injured, their families and affected clinicians; and to address the high and increasing cost of such cases on the National Health Service budget when fully litigated.</p><p>Following consultation, we decided not to introduce the RRR scheme but instead to pursue the above objectives as part of broader, cross-system work to improve the safety culture in maternity services and to provide rapid information and care to families who have experienced an avoidable fatality or injury of their baby during birth. The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch is now investigating all cases in which a term baby was considered to be alive and healthy at the onset of labour, but the birth outcome was severe brain damage, stillbirth, or neonatal death, as well as maternal deaths, to identify common themes and influence systemic change. NHS Resolution’s Early Notification scheme is providing a more rapid, caring response to families in cases of severe harm, supporting a learning culture, and providing support for staff involved in traumatic births.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 11/02/2020 14:18:20 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1176716

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people were recruited by her Department in the last 12 months; what proportion of those appointments were made outside of London; and where outside of London those appointments were made.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	13478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department has recruited 938 people in the last 12 months (Feb 19 – Jan 20).</p><p>8.4% of these appointments have been made outside of London, in areas such as Aberdeen, Billingham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Ipswich, Manchester, Nottingham, Plymouth and, Swindon.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/02/2020 16:17:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1176717

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of people recruited by her Department’s Partner Organisations were appointed to positions outside of London in the last 12 months; and what the locations were of those appointments.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	13479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>As of July 2019, the Department’s 40 Partner Organisations employed approximately 30,950 full time staff, of which 84% were based outside London.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/02/2020 16:18:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1176718

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people were recruited by her Department in the last 12 months, by (a) gender and (b) ethnicity at each grade level.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	13480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The tables below show the gender and ethnicity splits of new employees at my Department over the last 12 months (Feb 19 – Jan 20). As per departmental policy, numbers below 5 have been redacted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G7</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS 1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS 2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS 3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>477</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>461</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>938</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BAME</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>White</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefer not to say</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not Declared</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>=</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>=</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>=</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G7</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>=</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS 1</p></td><td><p>=</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>=</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS 2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>=</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>=</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS 3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>=</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>=</p></td><td><p>=</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>938</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/02/2020 16:18:53 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1176719

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
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 proportion of her Department’s policy roles are based outside of London.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	13481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> January 2020, 8% of policy roles in the Department were based outside London.</p><p> </p><p>The current distribution of our workforce reflects legacy decisions about office locations and role placements. We are committed to working with the Places for Growth Programme, Beyond Whitehall, and other related initiatives, as part of the Government Estates Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 13/02/2020 16:19:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves