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805205

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date	12/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hunting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to Chief Constables and Police Commissioners on the frequency with which police officers should attend meetings of the local hunt?
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	118877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The enforcement of the Hunting Act 2004 is an operational matter for the police. It is for individual Chief Constables to determine how their resources are deployed and it is for locally elected PCCs to hold their forces to account, including on how they tackle the crimes that matter most to residents and businesses in rural and urban areas alike.</p><p>If the police face unexpected or exceptional events, there is an established process by which Police and Crime Commissioners can apply for Special Grant funding to help with these costs.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 118878 question first answered 18/12/2017 12:36:19 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

805206

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hunting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to ensure full cost recovery from local hunts for the attendance of police officers at hunts and what discussions she has held with (a) the Association of Chief Police Officers, (b) Chief Constables and (c) Police and Crime Commissioners.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	118878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The enforcement of the Hunting Act 2004 is an operational matter for the police. It is for individual Chief Constables to determine how their resources are deployed and it is for locally elected PCCs to hold their forces to account, including on how they tackle the crimes that matter most to residents and businesses in rural and urban areas alike.</p><p>If the police face unexpected or exceptional events, there is an established process by which Police and Crime Commissioners can apply for Special Grant funding to help with these costs.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 118877 question first answered 18/12/2017 12:36:19 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

805207

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the introduction of universal credit on (a) full-time and (b) part-time university students who have a child or children as a (i) lone parent and (ii) couple.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Most full time students in higher education do not qualify for benefits or tax credits. Universal Credit is no different, as students, including disabled students and those with health conditions, access fees and living costs to support their higher education courses through various loans and grants funded by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>However, if a person is in receipt of Universal Credit or legacy benefits because of disability or ill health, they are not discouraged from taking up higher education that may help them in the future. If they take up a course and receive a student loan, tuition fees and cost of books are disregarded but maintenance costs are taken into account as student income.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 118880 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:47:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

805208

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the effect of (a) the introduction of universal credit and (b) previous benefit systems on (a) full-time and (b) part-time disabled university students.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	118880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Most full time students in higher education do not qualify for benefits or tax credits. Universal Credit is no different, as students, including disabled students and those with health conditions, access fees and living costs to support their higher education courses through various loans and grants funded by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>However, if a person is in receipt of Universal Credit or legacy benefits because of disability or ill health, they are not discouraged from taking up higher education that may help them in the future. If they take up a course and receive a student loan, tuition fees and cost of books are disregarded but maintenance costs are taken into account as student income.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 118879 question first answered 18/12/2017 17:47:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

805209

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Iran: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2017 to Question to 113671, on what date his Department plans to publish the prisoner pack for Iran on gov.uk.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	118881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>​Our Embassy in Iran made an online copy of the prisoner pack available on their gov.uk website on 14th December.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/12/2017 18:34:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt previous answer version 30553 answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

805210

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Government Chemist: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding from the public purse has been allocated to the Government Chemist in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	118882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government Chemist fulfils statutory and advisory functions, both of which are funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The budget allocated to the Government Chemist programme between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2018 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2007/8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1m</p></td><td><p>£1.1m</p></td><td><p>£1.1m</p></td><td><p>£1.1m</p></td><td><p>£1.1m</p></td><td><p>£1.1m</p></td><td><p>£1.1m</p></td><td><p>£1.1m</p></td><td><p>£1.1m</p></td><td><p>£1.12m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 18/12/2017 15:38:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

805211

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health: Children and Young People
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 improve the mental health of children and young people from a BAME background who identify as LGBT+.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	118883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Access to mental health services is based on clinical need. It is important that the National Health Service accommodates the requirements of vulnerable groups through staff training, awareness raising and reasonable adjustments to services.</p><p> </p><p>To improve the offer to all children, the Government published ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ on 4 December. This sets out an ambitious set of proposals to transform support for children and young people’s mental health, including those who identify as Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender+ (LGBT+).</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/12/2017 16:56:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

805212

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Loneliness
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 reduce levels of chronic loneliness in England.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	118884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Loneliness is complex and its causes are multi-layered. It may have a number of contributory factors that are both physical and emotional.</p><p> </p><p>A number of the Department’s programmes either directly or indirectly address loneliness in helping people to feel part of the community as well as providing one-to-one support.</p><p> </p><p>For example, social prescribing can tackle loneliness and social isolation through providing a way of linking patients with non-medical sources of support within the community. NHS England is encouraging general practitioners to develop social prescribing as one of the 10 high impact actions in the General Practice Forward View, published in April 2016. In August 2017 the Department launched the Health and Wellbeing Fund 2017-18, a grant fund for voluntary and community sector organisations for social prescribing projects. The application window closed on 21 November and successful schemes will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/12/2017 17:10:50 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

805213

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Weather
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much of the winter resilience fund has been allocated to mental health trusts; and how that allocation was decided.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	118885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>£337 million of additional funding to help trusts to increase capacity over winter was announced in the Autumn Budget. Of this, up to £18 million will be for mental health services, such as providing additional liaison mental health staff who can relieve the burden on stretched accident and emergency units by identifying patients in need of specialist treatment and referring them to more appropriate care more quickly.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England have written to National Health Service trusts confirming their allocations. No decision has been made on winter funding for future years.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 118886 118887 question first answered 18/12/2017 13:32:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

805214

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department has offered mental health providers winter resilience funding; and whether he plans to offer such funding to those providers in future years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	118886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>£337 million of additional funding to help trusts to increase capacity over winter was announced in the Autumn Budget. Of this, up to £18 million will be for mental health services, such as providing additional liaison mental health staff who can relieve the burden on stretched accident and emergency units by identifying patients in need of specialist treatment and referring them to more appropriate care more quickly.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England have written to National Health Service trusts confirming their allocations. No decision has been made on winter funding for future years.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 118885 118887 question first answered 18/12/2017 13:32:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth