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857722

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been refused under section 322 (5) of her Departments Immigration Rules for minor tax errors.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	131623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The specific information that has been requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.</p><p>Information on the number of applications and decisions (i.e. grants, refusals, withdrawn and lapsed cases) is published quarterly in the Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, Visas volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/03/2018 18:02:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

857723

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
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 stop intermediaries using freephone numbers offered by her Department to generate income from claimants.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	131624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has engaged with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to agree how to maximise the powers that Ofcom and the Phone-paid Services Authority discharge in relation to regulating paid for telephony services.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/03/2018 14:14:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

857724

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the removal of feed-in tariffs for solar energy on the viability of the solar energy industry.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	131625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>A consultation on the Feed-in Tariffs scheme will be published in due course. An impact assessment to accompany this is being prepared.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 131626 question first answered 22/03/2018 11:27:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

857725

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of removing feed-in tariffs for solar energy on the ability of local authorities to invest in solar energy.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	131626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>A consultation on the Feed-in Tariffs scheme will be published in due course. An impact assessment to accompany this is being prepared.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 131625 question first answered 22/03/2018 11:27:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

857726

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has plans to support community-based energy projects which advise residents on fuel poverty.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	131627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing £1.3m funding for the Big Energy Saving Network programme and Big Energy Saving Week campaign this winter. The Big Energy Saving Network funds third sector organisations and community groups, to support vulnerable consumers so they can switch and save. With around £4m funding from Government the Network has reached over vulnerable 450,000 consumers in the last four years and we aim to reach a further 100,000 this winter.</p><p> </p><p>The Industry Initiative element of Governments’ Warm Home Discount scheme provides services funded by energy suppliers. £19.4m was spent in 2016/17 on activities to support consumers, which provided help to reduce and manage energy debts, helping consumers find additional benefits and sources of income to pay for their energy.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the value of local expertise in tackling fuel poverty Government also commissioned Cornwall Council to produce two toolkits. The toolkits share best practice in establishing support to tackle fuel poverty and in making ‘cold home referrals’ with the health sector. The toolkits have recently been published on the Citizens Advice website.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Energy Company Obligation, which requires the installation of energy efficiency measures in homes, includes an element which obligated suppliers can deliver in partnership with local authorities and other local organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/03/2018 15:37:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

856090

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health services in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	131256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Health services in prisons are commissioned by NHS England who are responsible for making assessments of the current provision of mental health assessments and treatment in the prison systems in England. In Wales health is devolved to the Welsh Government where separate arrangements are made for assessment.</p><p> </p><p>We take mental health provision very seriously and are committed to working closely with health partners in England and Wales to ensure that offenders are able to access the treatment and support required for their mental health needs.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the importance of the prison environment on enabling better health outcomes. We are ensuring that each prisoner has a dedicated prison officer to support them and are implementing reforms to give all prisoners a key worker. This will help ensure that prisoners are better supported to attend scheduled health and mental health appointments and assessments to support their recovery. This will also ensure that a dedicated officer will be able to build a relationship with them and be in a better position to respond to changes in their behaviour or their mental well-being.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/03/2018 13:50:52 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

846163

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Paternity Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has any plans to extend paid paternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not currently have any plans to extend the period of paid Paternity Leave.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the evaluation of Shared Parental Leave and Pay we are collecting information on the take up of paternity benefits, including survey data on the take up of paternity leave and pay, which will inform the development of policy in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/03/2018 11:21:18 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

846170

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Parental Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2017 to Question 68339, on Parental Leave: Males, what the timetable is for his Department to publish the results of its review of Shared Parental Leave and Pay in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>We have started to evaluate the Shared Parental Leave and Pay schemes and will gather and analyse information from a variety of sources.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to the progress of data collection, we anticipate publishing findings in Spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/03/2018 11:23:20 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

843552

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the waiting time for mental health assessment and therapy in (a) Lewisham borough, (b) London and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	127893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing waiting times for mental health therapies across England.</p><p> </p><p>Performance against Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) waiting time standards continues to improve and we are consistently exceeding the targets. According to the 2016-17 IAPT annual report, 98.2% of those people completing treatment waited less than 18 weeks for their treatment to start in England against a target of 95% and 87.5% of people completing treatment waited less than six weeks against a target of 75%.</p><p> </p><p>Updates on clinical commissioning group (CCG) performance against these targets, including for London and Lewisham, are published on the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health Dashboard at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/</a></p><p> </p><p>Lewisham Clinical Commissioning Group has taken action in response to an increase in IAPT waiting times and expects to see an improvement in performance towards the end of Quarter 4 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/02/2018 13:01:53 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

843779

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Sri Lanka: 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, what recent assessment he has made of the human rights record of the Government of Sri Lanka.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	128217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK is committed to the full implementation of UN Human Rights Council Resolution 34/1, under which Sri Lanka committed to implement a range of measures to provide for human rights, truth-seeking, reconciliation, and devolution of political powers following the end of its civil war. I encouraged Foreign Minister Marapana to continue to make progress on these commitments when I met him in Colombo, in October 2017. Our High Commission in Sri Lanka regularly travel to the North and East (as did I to Jaffna during that visit) and meet with local groups, and where we have specific human rights concerns we raise these with the Sri Lankan government.</p><p>This year the UK will continue to encourage progress on human rights issues, including modern slavery, gender inequality, and reform of discriminatory laws.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 27/02/2018 15:54:18 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft