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1011586

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date	21/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many orders have been issued under Section 9 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	194087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>To the end of the calendar year 2017, the latest period for which data is available, no slavery and trafficking reparation orders have been made. This data can be accessed via the link below.</p><p>We are pleased that the current Review of the Modern Slavery Act will be looking at the effectiveness of these powers and we look forward to receiving their findings in the spring.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/11/2018 15:18:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1011554

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: DNA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is his Department's policy to delete from its records evidence obtained as a result of a wrongful requirement for DNA testing to support immigration applications.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	194177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm that the use of DNA evidence in the three cohorts the Home Secretary spoke about in his statement of 25 October to the House did not involve collection or storage of DNA by Home Office staff. Any DNA evidence submitted would have been in the form of reports from approved DNA testing centres, stating whether familial relationships were evidenced. These reports may have been attached to case files.</p><p>A Taskforce has been established so that anyone who feels that their case may have been influenced in any way by an inappropriate demand for DNA testing can get advice and support. Anyone concerned about these reports being held should contact the Taskforce, who will investigate the circumstances of each case and advise on the options, including deletion of the record from case files where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 194178 question first answered 29/11/2018 18:20:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1011555

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: DNA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has directed the destruction of original DNA samples collected in response to an invalid requirement by his Department for DNA evidence to support immigration applications; and what records are held by his Department on where such samples are located.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	194178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm that the use of DNA evidence in the three cohorts the Home Secretary spoke about in his statement of 25 October to the House did not involve collection or storage of DNA by Home Office staff. Any DNA evidence submitted would have been in the form of reports from approved DNA testing centres, stating whether familial relationships were evidenced. These reports may have been attached to case files.</p><p>A Taskforce has been established so that anyone who feels that their case may have been influenced in any way by an inappropriate demand for DNA testing can get advice and support. Anyone concerned about these reports being held should contact the Taskforce, who will investigate the circumstances of each case and advise on the options, including deletion of the record from case files where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 194177 question first answered 29/11/2018 18:20:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1011556

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: DNA
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 his Department’s compliance with data protection regulations and law in relation to DNA samples which were wrongly required to support immigration applications.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	194179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is currently considering the possible data protection implications associated with the incorrect mandating of DNA information.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2019 15:18:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1012165

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	Warships: Shipbuilding
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made in the shipbuilding strategy of the optimum warship loading of UK shipyards to ensure (1) best value for money, (2) enhanced productivity, and (3) innovation.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL11692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSbS) announced that warships would be built in the UK on the basis of a competitive tender between UK shipbuilders. Competition will help to ensure value for money and productivity. Companies can choose where they wish to undertake the work in the UK. The NSbS encouraged UK shipbuilders to make use of the support available to help innovation, including the High Value Manufacturing Catapults, Productivity Council Funding, and the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The NSbS Master Plan provides a 30-year forecast of Royal Naval shipbuilding requirements, providing industry with greater certainty about the Royal Navy's procurement plans so it has the confidence to invest for the long term in its people and its assets. This will allow industry to raise productivity, innovation and improve its competitiveness in the domestic and overseas markets.</p><p> </p><p>The 30 Year Master Plan also allows the alignment of capability development and associated innovation with the plan in order to deliver the Maritime Strategy 2035 vision.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 05/12/2018 16:05:33 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1012166

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	Warships: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many warships are (1) currently being built, (2) on order but for which building has not started, and (3) planned to be ordered in the next year.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL11693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There are currently two warships in build: HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Glasgow. Two warships are on order with build yet to commence: HMS Cardiff and HMS Belfast.</p><p>We plan to award a contract for five Type 31e frigates by December 2019 and a contract for the second batch of five Type 26 frigates in the early 2020s.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 29/11/2018 16:16:41 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1012113

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Electronic Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 14 November (HL11158), how many of the compatible software products listed on GOV.UK provide specifically for the VAT Flat-Rate Scheme; and what assessment they have made of the affordability of such software.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL11640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>A number of providers offer products that support the Flat Rate Scheme (FRS). HMRC is currently collating information about those products so it can make this information available on the software choices page.</p><p> </p><p>Low-cost bridging products which work by importing data from other systems can also be used to send the data to HMRC, providing those systems support FRS</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2018 16:55:37 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1012111

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Visas and Immigration: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Manzoor on 18 October (HL Deb, col 564), when they will publish the equality impact assessment for the introduction of charges by UK Visas and Immigration for those making inquiries from abroad.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL11638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office undertook a Policy Equality Assessment in May 2017 as part of the Home Office procurement for UKVI Contact Centre services and will publish the findings in December 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/12/2018 17:13:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

1012148

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of children with special needs being excluded from school, the implications for their education, and the risk of such children being vulnerable to involvement in anti-social behaviour as a result.
tabling member printed	Lord Ouseley
uin	HL11675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>In 2016-17 there were 3,605 permanent exclusions and 171,580 fixed period exclusions for pupils with special educational needs (SEN). Pupils with identified SEN accounted for 46.7% of all permanent exclusions and 44.9% of fixed period exclusions.</p><p>In March, the government launched an externally led review of exclusions practice, led by Edward Timpson CBE. The review will consider how schools use exclusion and how this affects all pupils, but in particular why some groups of children, such as those with special needs, are more likely to be excluded from school. The government will respond to this review after it is published at the beginning of 2019.</p><p>The attached full terms of reference for the review can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-exclusions-review-terms-of-reference" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-exclusions-review-terms-of-reference</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 05/12/2018 12:51:14 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name A_Review_of_School_Exclusion_Terms_Of_Reference.pdf title A_Review_of_School_Exclusion_Terms_Of_Reference
tabling member	2170 label Biography information for Lord Ouseley

1012151

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Isos Partnership interim research for the Local Government Association which shows that councils face a minimum projected shortfall of £536 million in the support they provide for children with special educational needs and disabilities in England by 2018–19.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL11678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>Nationally, funding for children with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has risen by £1 billion since 2013 to 2014, to just under £6 billion in 2018 to 2019, and will rise to over £6 billion in 2019 to 2020.</p><p>We are aware of local authorities reporting concerns about the costs of supporting children with SEND. We are monitoring local authority spending decisions in this area and are keeping under review the overall amount of funding for this support.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 30/11/2018 14:32:03 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding