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1011435

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure confidentiality of medical information handled by contracted employment support allowance and personal independence payment assessors.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	194249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The contracts for the Departments Health Providers who are assessing the needs of claimants for Employment and Support Allowance and Personal Independence Payment include strict confidentiality clauses for the protection of personal medical information. The highest priority is placed on confidentiality, protecting the information the Health Providers hold about claimants securely. The Health Providers have detailed and strictly enforced policies relating to data protection and records management to ensure that the data they hold is dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the contracts.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/11/2018 16:35:35 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011669

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events have occured on vessels other than submarines at Faslane in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	194233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194234 194235 194236 194237 194238 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011671

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events have occured at Faslane in a location other than on board a vessel in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	194234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194235 194236 194237 194238 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011672

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many leaks of radioactive coolant there have been from vessels other than submarines at Faslane in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	194235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194234 194236 194237 194238 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011673

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Clyde Naval Base: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many leaks of radioactive coolant there have been at Faslane in locations other than on board a vessel in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	194236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194234 194235 194237 194238 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011675

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Powered Vessels: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear safety events there have been on board vessels at sea in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	194237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194234 194235 194236 194238 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1011676

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Powered Vessels: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many leaks of radioactive coolant there have been on vessels at sea in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	194238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The historical nature and scope of the information requested is such that it will take time to collate. Once this process is completed I will write to the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 194233 194234 194235 194236 194237 194239 194783 194788 question first answered 29/11/2018 15:55:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1010702

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure employment support allowance and personal independence payment assessors are (a) informed of and (b) abide by mandates instructing communications via an agreed advocate rather than directly with the client.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	193580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Where Employment Support Allowance or Personal Independence Payment claimants have an approved appointee, this will be flagged in the initial referral to the Assessment Provider. If a face-to-face assessment is deemed necessary, the Assessment Provider will send the invite to the appointee only.</p><p> </p><p>In regards to any other ‘advocate’ ie: not an approved benefit appointee, as long as the claimant has made this request clear when claiming PIP or ESA, either by providing a correspondence address, the advocate’s personal details or on their Questionnaire – the PIP2 or the ESA50, then this will be acted upon.</p><p> </p><p>Department works with providers to ensure guidance is understood and applied in line with policy intent.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 27/11/2018 14:38:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

993767

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Performing Arts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visitor visas have been refused to international performers sponsored to attend a UK festival in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	182884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK continues to welcome artists, entertainers and musicians coming to the UK to perform and take part in festivals and events. The Home Office is working with the creative sector to better understand their needs, clarify visa requirements and ensure processes are as smooth as possible.</p><p>Information relating to visitor visas is released quarterly as part of the Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, which are available here - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#visas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-june-2018/list-of-tables#visas</a>. Standard visitors can undertake all the permitted activities as set out in the Immigration Rues. Data is not available to identify those visitors performing at festivals. To acquire data with that level of detail would require a manual examination of all records.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 31/10/2018 16:58:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

993768

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) equity of the UK visit visa application process; and what plans he has to review that application process.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	182885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The visa system is kept under continuous review. UK Visas and Immigration is delivering a programme of ongoing improvements to the visa customer journey. Changes are being made to the visit visa application process to facilitate increasing demand, and to ensure customers receive a more flexible and efficient service.</p><p>These include; a new online application service, with streamlined and intuitive forms, self-service channels for providing supporting evidence and biometrics, and expanding access to our premium and priority service options.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 31/10/2018 17:13:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock