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789062

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date	14/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many cases of UK citizens abroad including dual nationals his Department has received claims of torture and similar human rights abuses; and in how many of such cases his Department consulted its pro bono medical panel since 2010 for each (a) year and (b) country.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	112980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We take all allegations of torture and mistreatment very seriously, whether they affect a dual or mono national. We regularly review these cases and our strategies. In June 2017, there were 166 ongoing cases where torture and/or mistreatment allegations were raised by mono or dual nationals. We do not distinguish these cases by nationality when considering how to act and therefore do not keep such statistics.</p><p>Where appropriate, the pro bono medical panel members can provide advice to British nationals in detention overseas, via the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office, about their medical condition following an assessment of their medical records. This is not limited to those cases where torture and/or mistreatment has been alleged. We do not keep statistics of the number or type of referrals made.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2017 18:00:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 23752 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

789063

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has consulted its pro bono medical panel about harms and risks to the mental and physical health of Ms Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	112981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of a number of health concerns experienced by Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe. We have raised these previously on a number of occasions, and our Ambassador in Tehran raised them again with the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister on 15 November, following informaton about a new medical condition. We are assured by her family that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is receiving appropriate medical treatment, and therefore have not had any reason to consult our pro bono medical panel.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2017 18:00:38 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 23753 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

789148

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Malaria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what change there has been in rates of malaria in countries receiving UK funding for anti-malarial products since January 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	112857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The World Health Organization tracks rates of malaria and publishes these in its annual World Malaria Report. <a href="http://www.who.int/malaria/publications/world-malaria-report-2016/report/en/" target="_blank">The latest available report</a>, published in 2016, contains data up to 2015 and showed a decline in malaria cases of 21% globally between 2010 and 2015. The 2017 report is expected to be published in late November and will include data for 2016. Reliable data for 2017 will not be available until late 2018.</p><p>The UK provides support to all affected countries to tackle malaria through bilateral programmes, multilateral funding to the Global Fund and the World Health Organization, and support to strengthen health systems in endemic countries.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 20/11/2017 18:00:24 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

789184

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Universal Credit: Warrington North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants in Warrington North constituency have an advance payment agreement.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	113021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Member to the answer given on 8 November 17 to question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=50&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=110869" target="_blank">110869</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:03:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

789307

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to disabled people who claim universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	113068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Universal Credit is simpler and fairer than the legacy system and is designed in a way that better reflects the extra costs disabled people can face and the extra support available for costs of care.</p><p>In designing the system we place the needs of the people at the heart of the claimant journey and we are moving to a model of a dedicated work coach, who facilitates access to an integrated support network which can adapt and be tailored to a person’s health needs. It also, for the first time, helps people with a disability or health condition, who are already in work, to remain there and to progress their position and earnings with confidence and support.</p><p>We engage with claimants through a variety of communication methods and are able to provide flexible support when needed. Claimants may also be referred to a range of specialist support and provision, to help meet any skills needs or help them move into work more quickly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:04:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

789309

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who identify as disabled are currently in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	113070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>To provide the requested information would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>However, as part of the experimental official statistics, information is available on the number of households on Universal Credit which were entitled to additional support following a finding of limited capability for work. Around 12,000 households that received a payment of Universal Credit in June 2017 were entitled to this additional support – 3% of all households in payment. Further information on these statistics can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p>In response to requests for information on Universal Credit we have consulted users on the expansion of Universal Credit statistics. We are currently reviewing the responses and if numbers of disabled people on UC prove to be a high priority for our users we will consider publishing them regularly, subject to sufficient quality assurance.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:01:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

789311

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit advance payment recipients receive their advance payment within (a) the first day, (b) the first two days and (c) the first week of application.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	113056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not currently available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:04:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

789312

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect the introduction of work coaches has had on the number of disabled people in receipt of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	113067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>No such assessment has been undertaken. We continue to evaluate progress as we roll out the full Universal Credit service nationally, in a careful and co-ordinated way, reviewing against key measures, to ensure safe and secure delivery. This includes reviewing the way our work coaches engage with and best support claimants with disabilities and/ or health conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:05:55 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

789315

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Government's definition is of what constitutes a change in circumstance in the transition to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
uin	113055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Member to the response given on 4 May 2016 to PQ <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-04-25/35357" target="_blank">35357</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:02:13 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

789318

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
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	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to collect information on the experiences of disabled people claiming universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	113071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We continue to evaluate the policy as it is delivered. The Universal Credit Evaluation is a comprehensive and multi-dimensional programme of analysis designed to assess the economic, social and behavioural impacts of the Universal Credit experience. Research and analysis is conducted to provide continuous tracking and inform the evaluation and the expansion of Universal Credit, focusing specifically on the effects of Universal Credit on all claimants’ behaviours and outcomes.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/11/2017 18:05:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis