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1020242

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were certified to conduct control & restraint procedures at each of the contracted-out prisons in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	199450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my response to 198897.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/12/2018 14:41:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020243

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Custody: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deaths in custody were labelled as non-natural deaths in (a) each year since 2010 and (b) each month since January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	199451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Figures showing the number of deaths from various causes, broken down by month and year, can be found in the Deaths Data Tool at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/safety-in-custody-quarterly-update-to-june-2018</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service uses the following classifications for cause of death:</p><ul><li>natural causes;</li><li>self-inflicted;</li><li>homicide;</li><li>other / non-natural; and</li><li>awaiting further information (where the cause of death is not yet known - as more information becomes available these cases will be reclassified as having been from one of the other causes).</li></ul><p>All those deaths that are not in the first and last categories are considered to be non-natural deaths.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the HMPPS system for classifying deaths is used for administrative and statistical purposes, and that it is a coroner’s statutory duty to determine the cause of death in each case through the inquest process.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously its responsibility to keep prisoners safe, and we are committed to reducing the incidence of non-natural deaths across the estate. This is why we have established a prison safety programme through which we are taking forward a comprehensive set of actions to improve safety in custody.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/12/2018 14:43:34 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020246

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional prison officers have been recruited since October 2016; and how many of those officers have served for (a) six months, (b) 12 months and (c) 18 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	199454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Between 01 October 2016 and 30 September 2018, there were 9,184 band 3-5 officers recruited in HMPPS. Table 1 below shows the breakdown of length of service of these officers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 - Number of band 3-5 prison officers<sup>1</sup> recruited from 01 October 2016 to 30 September 2018, by length of service<sup>2</sup></strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount of band 3-5 officers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 6 months</p></td><td><p>3,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 to 12 months</p></td><td><p>2,879</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 to 18 months</p></td><td><p>1,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than 18 months</p></td><td><p>1,326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 9,184 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><sup>1</sup> Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="3"><p><sup>2</sup> Length of service is calculated from the hire date to either the date they left, or to 30th September 2018 if they are still in post. If an individual left and re-joined within the period, they are only counted once and a total length of service across the period has been calculated for the individual. These figures, therefore, do not reflect continuous service.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/12/2018 14:46:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020247

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education and Skills Funding Agency: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many related-party transactions over £20,000 there were in the 2017-18 financial year where records are available; what resource the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) plans to allocate to sign off related-party transactions over that amount in the 2018-19 financial year; and what deadline the ESFA plans to set to sign off individual transactions.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	199411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>To increase transparency and accountability, from April 2019 academy trusts will be required to declare all Related Party Transactions (RPTs) and to seek the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s (ESFA’s) approval for any worth over £20,000.</p><p> </p><p>Individual trusts’ accounts for 2017-18 are not due to be submitted to the Department until early 2019 and, therefore, the information on numbers of RPTs worth over £20,000 for 2017-18 will not be published. The new process from April 2019 will allow the Department to report on sector-wide RPT use, including volumes of RPTs worth over £20,000.</p><p> </p><p>A dedicated team has been established to administer the new process. This team will be responsible for a range of duties in terms of ensuring compliance with the approval process and ensuring approvals are dealt with, within an appropriate time scale. Guidance to support and underpin the new process will be published on GOV.UK, in advance of April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/12/2018 14:11:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1020251

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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 Illness: Community Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) assertive outreach teams, (b) early intervention in psychosis teams and (c) crisis resolution and home treatment teams in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	199377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of assertive outreach teams is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>In order to understand the quality of Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services, EIP teams undertake an audited self-assessment on an annual basis. In 2016/17 and 2017/18, 158 EIP teams took part in this audit. Information on the number of EIP teams prior to 2016/17 is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>According to surveys commissioned by Health Education England and NHS England, the number of Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment teams (CRHTTs) has risen from 185 in 2016-17 to 231 in 2017-18. The number of staff working in these teams has risen by more than 1,100 over the same time period. Information on the number of CRHTTs in operation before 2016 is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England commissioned a one-off stocktake of adult and older adult community mental health services in 2017/18. This suggested a total caseload across various community mental health services of just under 700,000 people as at 31 March 2017. This information is not available for previous years.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 199378 question first answered 10/12/2018 14:10:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1020252

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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 Illness: Community Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds the caseload of community mental health teams in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	199378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of assertive outreach teams is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>In order to understand the quality of Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services, EIP teams undertake an audited self-assessment on an annual basis. In 2016/17 and 2017/18, 158 EIP teams took part in this audit. Information on the number of EIP teams prior to 2016/17 is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>According to surveys commissioned by Health Education England and NHS England, the number of Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment teams (CRHTTs) has risen from 185 in 2016-17 to 231 in 2017-18. The number of staff working in these teams has risen by more than 1,100 over the same time period. Information on the number of CRHTTs in operation before 2016 is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England commissioned a one-off stocktake of adult and older adult community mental health services in 2017/18. This suggested a total caseload across various community mental health services of just under 700,000 people as at 31 March 2017. This information is not available for previous years.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 199377 question first answered 10/12/2018 14:10:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1020260

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the number of local authorities utilising a protective domain name system.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	199481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>There are several commercial Protective DNS services available alongside the one provided by the NCSC. We do not hold the figure on how many Departments use these commercial providers and can only provide information for those using the NCSC offer. 143 UK local authorities are actively using NCSC’s Protective DNS service with a further 91 going through the onboarding process. GSG and NCSC are actively working with local authorities to adopt the use of the Protective DNS service.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/12/2018 14:18:36 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1020306

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	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 recent assessment she has made of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on the level of claimants’ rent arrears in the (a) private rented and (b) social rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the reply to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=181577" target="_blank">181577</a> on 29 October.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/12/2018 11:48:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1020376

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union White Paper, published on 12 July 2018, what progress has been made since that white paper was published; and what steps his Department is taking to secure bilateral agreements with (a) France, (b) Belgium and (c) the Netherlands for continued transport of goods and passengers through the Channel Tunnel after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	199389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has agreed in principle the terms of the UK’s smooth and orderly exit from the EU, as set out in the Withdrawal Agreement. The UK has also agreed with the EU the broad terms of our future relationship as set out in the outline Political Declaration.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a commitment to agree bilateral arrangements with Member States to ensure the continued smooth functioning and operation of services through the Channel Tunnel.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging with a range of European counterparts, including relevant Member States, in relation to the continued operation of cross-border rail services, following preparations for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. These discussions are ongoing and include consideration of arrangements needed both following the implementation period, as well as preparations for the unlikely event of no deal.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting the continued success of the Channel Tunnel, including rail freight services that run through it, and we want to see these grow in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The arrangements we are seeking to negotiate bilaterally are intended to ensure that both current operators of passenger and freight services, and any prospective operators seeking to run new services in future, can do so as seamlessly as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 10/12/2018 14:26:21 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1020377

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Section 1.7.4 Rail in The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union White Paper, published on 12 July 2018, how his Department defines the unique characteristics of the UK rail network.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	199390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The uniqueness of the UK rail industry is characterised by its long history of market liberalisation and competition, with more private operators than any other EU country and with parts of our network running to almost full capacity. The UK uses a different gauge and also differs from many of our European neighbours in that our network is largely domestic with only two cross-border services.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 10/12/2018 14:53:43 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell