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795670

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Home Care Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will earmark funding to support the recruitment and retention of carers who provide personal homecare visits.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	116024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>In 2017/18 the Department has provided Skills for Care with funding of £22.3 million to deliver the Department’s adult social care workforce priorities including the recruitment and retention of domicilliary care workers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/12/2017 13:10:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

795794

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to encourage primary school students to participate in after-school sports clubs.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	116136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Through the primary PE and sport premium, the government has invested over £600 million of ring-fenced funding to primary schools to improve PE and sport since 2013. The government has doubled the premium to £320 million a year from September 2017 using revenue from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy.</p><p>Schools must use the funding to make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport they offer. The premium must be used to develop or add to the PE and sport activities that a school already offers and make improvements now that will benefit pupils joining the school in future years, including after school clubs.</p><p>An independent evaluation report into the premium was published in December 2015. It found that 77% of schools surveyed introduced new sports in both curricular PE (74%) and extra-curricular sport (77%) since the premium was introduced.</p><p>Through its new Families Fund, Sport England will be investing up to £40 million into projects which offer new opportunities for families with children to get active and play sport together. Sport England is currently working with applicants who are developing proposals for the first tranche of investment (£10 million) from the Families Fund.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/12/2017 12:53:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

795804

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Betting: Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with which companies in the betting industry (a) she and (b) Ministers from her Department have met in the last three months, and what the purpose of each meeting was.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	116144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with the Betting industry on a range of issues. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 06/12/2017 14:02:32 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

795809

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the general access times to rape crisis centres in (a) Wandsworth, (b) South London, (c) London and (d) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	116149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that victims get the support they need to cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime.</p><p> </p><p>Rape support centres are funded from a number of different sources, including the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 the MoJ directly allocated around £7.2m as a contribution to 97 Rape Support Centres across England and Wales to provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of sexual violence, including victims of child sexual abuse. An additional 4.1% uplift was also allocated to all rape support centres in recognition of the increasing demand for support.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 the MoJ also allocated around £68m to Police and Crime Commissioners to locally commission emotional and practical support services for victims of crime, including services for victims of sexual violence.</p><p> </p><p>In London, 5 centres are part-funded nationally by the MoJ, including 1 centre in South London and Wandsworth.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 05/12/2017 15:33:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

795523

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding reaches sporting organisations at a grassroots level.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	115944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Government's Sporting Future strategy, published in December 2015, set out that in future, all funding for grassroots sport should deliver five key outcomes; physical wellbeing, mental wellbeing, social and community development, individual development and economic development.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England are government's arms length body with responsibility for grassroots sport. Sport England invest lottery and exchequer funding on behalf of government to get more people from every background involved in sport and physical activity.</p><p> </p><p>Sport England launched its own strategy, Towards an Active Nation in 2016. Since then it has awarded £532 million across a wide range of projects and organisations, many receiving investment for the first time. A list of Sport England’s investment programmes, with descriptions and key dates, can be found on its website at: www.sportengland.org/funding/funding-key-dates/</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 05/12/2017 14:41:59 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

794014

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Impact Assessments: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, for what reasons his Department has not commissioned an impact assessment for the sports sector.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	115102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union, working with officials across government, continues to undertake a wide range of analysis to support progress in the negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>However, as I said in my opening remarks to the House on 1 November and reiterated in my statement on 28 November, the Government has not produced a series of sectoral impact assessments. The sectoral analysis which has been conducted is a wide mix of analysis contained in a range of documents developed at different times since the referendum, covering a variety of sectors from across the UK economy. While there is no specific Sports report, the Sports sector will be directly and indirectly affected by issues raised in other reports such as broadcasting and professional business services.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the importance of Sport we have been working closely with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport to engage with a range of sporting organisations at both ministerial and official level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 30/11/2017 17:15:25 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

794017

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Sportsgrounds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport what the Government's policy is on safe standing at sporting events; and whether the Government plans to amend its policy on safe standing?
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	115105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that all-seater stadiums are the best means to ensure the safety and security of spectators at football grounds in England and Wales. All-seater stadiums have helped improve crowd management, crowd behaviour and policing. They provide better and more comfortable facilities to enjoy football matches, which has helped encourage inclusivity and diversity amongst those attending.</p><p> </p><p>While we are committed to monitoring the developments at Celtic and Shrewsbury Town FC, Government is not, at present, persuaded by the case put forward to re-introduce standing accommodation in grounds covered by the all-seater requirement.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 29/11/2017 11:56:32 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

794018

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Public Participation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on establishing the Inter-Ministerial Group referred to in Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation, published in December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	115106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>We have established an Inter-Ministerial Group on Healthy Living which will meet shortly and brings together a range of departments to consider how sport and physical activity could be made more widely accessible, so that they benefit everyone.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 29/11/2017 11:59:58 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

794019

registered interest
date	22/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to (a) facilitate whistleblowing in the NHS, and (b) ensure that whistleblowers are are not prevented from future employment in (i) the NHS, and (ii) other health-related careers?
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	115107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Following the Freedom to Speak Up independent policy review report published in February 2015, the Department has taken a number of steps to help create a culture in the National Health Service where staff feel able to raise concerns and where those concerns are acted on without reprisal:</p><p> </p><p>- The Department expects all NHS organisations to have in place speaking up policies. These policies should be complied with and communicated to all employees;</p><p> </p><p>- In April 2016, the National Guardian’s Office was established, based in the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Dr Henrietta Hughes was appointed as National Guardian in October 2016. The National Guardian’s role is to support whistle-blowers in the NHS and improve reporting culture. The National Guardian advises and supports a network of individuals who act independently within NHS trusts. These ‘Freedom to Speak Up Guardians’ are responsible for developing a culture of openness in NHS trusts and NHS foundations trusts in England. Local Guardians have been appointed across all NHS trusts, foundation trusts and NHS providers in primary care and the independent sector are also appointing guardians. The size of the guardian network is over 500 individuals and is still growing;</p><p> </p><p>- The Department funds a freephone helpline for the health and social care sector offering free, impartial and confidential guidance to staff who wish to raise concerns but are not sure how or what protections they have when they do;</p><p> </p><p>- In addition to these actions, in 2017 the Government introduced legislation to impose a duty on prescribed persons (such as the CQC and the professional regulatory bodies) to report annually on whistleblowing disclosures made to them;</p><p> </p><p>- The Government has also extended the definition of ‘worker’ within the whistleblowing statutory framework in the Employment Rights Act 1996 to include student nurses and student midwives, meaning those people are now afforded protection under the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998. The intention is to extend the definition further to include other healthcare students when Parliamentary time allows; and</p><p> </p><p>- The Department is looking to strengthen protection for whistle-blowers further in legislation by putting further in place regulations which prohibit discrimination against whistle-blowers (or applicants believed by the prospective employer to have been whistle-blowers) when they apply for jobs with prescribed NHS employers. This will support NHS employers in being an exemplar to others in fostering a culture of openness and a willingness to report problems with care. The Department is analysing responses to the public consultation on the draft regulations.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 30/11/2017 12:34:48 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

778136

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	UK Anti-doping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with UK Anti-Doping on the adequacy of its resources.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	109831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>Resourcing is part of regular discussions with all of our Arm’s Length Bodies.</p><p>In March 2017 I announced a Tailored Review of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD). The Review is considering UKAD’s efficiency, effectiveness and governance; and how it is preparing for the future. The Tailored Review will be published before the end of 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sporting Future, the government’s sport strategy, made a commitment to ensure that UKAD continues to be funded at the levels needed for it to further enhance its strong reputation and to protect its funding in real terms throughout the current Spending Review period. This is reflected in its Spending Review settlement.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government remains fully committed to combating doping in sport and protecting the integrity of sport.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch grouped question UIN 109723 question first answered 03/11/2017 13:03:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan