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1179725

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	China: Uyghurs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of allegations that equipment sold by Hikvision has been involved in human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in China.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	19884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of reports linking Hikvision to the human rights situation in Xinjiang. We frequently raise our serious concerns about the situation in Xinjiang with the Chinese authorities and at the UN, and will continue to do so. Through our Overseas Business Guidance we encourage any UK business involved in investing in Xinjiang to consider conducting appropriate due diligence to satisfy themselves that their activities do not support, or risk being seen to be supporting, any human rights violations or abuses.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 27/02/2020 17:38:07 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1179726

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to Fire and Rescue Services in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Cumbria, (c) Lancashire, (d) Greater Manchester and (e) London in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	19885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Spending power for West Yorkshire and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Services can be found at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing#history</a></p><p>Fire and Rescue in Cumbria, Manchester and London are part of an overall parent authority which sets the budget for the fire and rescue services in their area from their overall un-ringfenced funding. The spending power for these parent authorities can also be found in the MHCLG tables published in the link above.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/02/2020 16:56:50 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1179727

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	China: Muslims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of use of Hikvision’s high-technology surveillance on the human rights of (a) Uighurs and (b) other Muslim minorities in China.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	19886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of reports linking Hikvision to the human rights situation in Xinjiang. We frequently raise our serious concerns about the situation in Xinjiang with the Chinese authorities and at the UN, and will continue to do so. Through our Overseas Business Guidance we encourage any UK business involved in investing in Xinjiang to consider conducting appropriate due diligence to satisfy themselves that their activities do not support, or risk being seen to be supporting, any human rights violations or abuses.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 27/02/2020 17:40:32 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1179730

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	Medical Equipment: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a fund similar to the Innovative Medicines Fund for innovative medical (a) devices and (b) digital technologies.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	19889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department is highly invested in increasing innovation within the National Health Service, and over the last five years, national bodies including NHS England, NHS Improvement, NHS Digital and the Department have managed a series of high-profile central funding programmes designed to support the digitisation of primary and secondary healthcare services. NHSX has been formed to accelerate the adoption of digital innovation across the NHS and social care.</p><p>In December 2019, we announced the Digital Aspirant Fund to support NHS providers. This fund will provide support to organisations with low levels of digitisation in order to help them reach a national standard.</p><p>We are working towards a health service that supports innovators to develop safe and effective innovations that meet user needs, promotes the testing and iteration of these innovations so they can be used with confidence, and ensures the best innovations are used so that everyone can benefit.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 27/02/2020 17:12:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1179731

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish unredacted versions of the papers of the audit and risk assurance committee of HS2 Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	19717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>It is important that HS2 Ltd has the space to discuss robustly and frankly the HS2 programme. HS2 Ltd publishes the minutes of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (and the minutes of the HS2 Board) to provide transparency around the decision-making process while maintaining necessary levels of confidentiality to allow frank and robust discussion. Representatives from the National Audit Office attend HS2’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee. It is chaired by a Non-Executive Director of the HS2 Board.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 27/02/2020 16:59:32 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1179737

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: GCE A-level
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were entered for A-level music in (a) Sheffield City Council area, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	19894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of pupils who were entered for A-level music in (a) Sheffield City Council area, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each of the last 3 years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Students receiving a grade for A level Music<sup>[1],[<strong>2]</strong></sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Academic year</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield local authority</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber region</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>356</p></td><td><p>5,035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>4,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p>4,709</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The information for previous years is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Includes students who receive grade, which will differ slightly from initial registration in a subject.</p><p> </p><p>[2] Data for 2016/17 and 2017/18 is final; data for 2018/19 is revised, and subject to minor changes.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2020 16:35:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1179738

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Entertainers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether musicians and artistic performers from the EU will be required to obtain a temporary worker Tier 5 creative and sporting visa after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	19895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Currently, visiting artists, entertainers and musicians can perform at events, take part in competitions and auditions, make personal appearances and take part in promotional activities for up to 6 months without the need for formal sponsorship or a work visa. They can also receive payment for appearance at permit free festivals for up to 6 months, or for up to one month for a specific engagement, under the Visitor route.</p><p>Artists wishing to come to the UK for longer-term work will need to do so under the points-based system. There will continue to be special arrangements for creative workers, which in future will encompass both EEA and non-EEA citizens.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 27/02/2020 17:14:11 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1179749

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Towns Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much in cash terms has been spent from the Towns Fund.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	19901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The £3.6 billion Towns Fund will support an initial 100 Towns Deals across England. £1 billion of the Towns Fund will be made available to the Future High Streets Fund. These Funds are part of the government’s plan to level up our regions and create a more united country, one where people throughout the UK can benefit from our shared prosperity.</p><p>In December we paid out £16.4 million in capacity funding to local authorities from the initial 100 towns to support the development of a Town Deal Board and Investment Plan for each of the shortlisted towns in their area.</p><p>We have also to date spent £20.4 million from the Future High Street Fund on capacity funding, resourcing and to support policies that we have announced such as the High Streets Task Force. This includes spending on heritage high streets delivered through the Architectural Heritage Fund and Historic England.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 27/02/2020 17:43:46 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke previous answer version 8923 answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1179751

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	Jobcentres: Food Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department’s policy for Jobcentre staff not to refer individuals to Trussell Trust foodbanks.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	19902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Under long-standing national guidance issued to all Jobcentres, staff can signpost benefit claimants to a local food bank provided all sources of formal support have been considered.</p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/02/2020 16:28:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1179753

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driverless Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to extend the scope of existing legislation on driving prohibitions to include principal occupants in autonomous vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	19841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that self-driving (sometimes referred to as autonomous) vehicles will challenge existing driving legislation, which was not designed with them in mind.</p><p> </p><p>This is why the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles has asked the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission (the Law Commissions) to conduct a three-year review of driving legislation to prepare for the introduction of self-driving vehicles on UK roads, which includes extensive public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering what legislative changes will be required to ensure the safe deployment of self-driving vehicles, informed by the Law Commissions’ project, which is due to complete in 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/02/2020 17:10:53 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord