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1015206

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	British Students Abroad: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions the Prime Minister has had with the President of the Republic of Ireland on the undergraduates from England studying at Irish universities; and whether the current financial arrangements will be made available to (a) them and (b) EU citizens after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	195518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK government is firmly committed to maintaining the Common Travel Area (CTA) and to protecting the rights enjoyed by UK and Irish nationals when in each other’s states.</p><p> </p><p>Article 5 of the Northern Ireland Protocol to the draft Withdrawal Agreement builds on December’s joint report and confirms that the UK and Ireland can continue to make arrangements between themselves concerning the CTA.</p><p> </p><p>This means that rights to enter, reside, work, study and access social security and public services will be preserved on a reciprocal basis for UK and Irish nationals in the other’s state.</p><p> </p><p>Arrangements on access to student finance support for other EU nationals starting a course in England after the transition period ends are under consideration.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/11/2018 16:43:35 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1015351

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) financial and (b) other support the Government makes available to people diagnosed with cancer who have (i) banking and (ii) other financial problems.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	196109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government set up the Money Advice Service (MAS) to provide free-to-use financial guidance for all consumers, whatever their circumstances. Moving forward, the Government has legislated to merge the functions of MAS with those of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) and Pension Wise, to create a Single Financial Guidance Body, which will simplify the existing public financial guidance landscape.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also implemented a regulatory framework for financial services that ensures firms give support to vulnerable consumers, such as people diagnosed with cancer who have banking and other financial problems. The Financial Conduct Authority has a statutory objective to protect consumers and its <em>Principles for Business</em> require firms to pay due regard to the interests of its customers and treat them fairly.</p><p> </p><p>The Government supports ongoing FCA work to make help available to vulnerable customers, such as the publication by banks of a list of additional services they offer customers, including specialist cancer support services.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/12/2018 16:06:57 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1015353

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Dangerous Dogs Act 1991: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people served a sentence of imprisonment for convictions under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	196140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody for offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, in England and Wales from 2015 to 2017 (the latest currently available data), can be obtained from the ‘Experimental Statistics: Principal Offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool’ in the annual criminal justice statistics publication, linked below. Select the below offence codes from the ‘offence code’ drop down box:</p><p> </p><p>821 Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place injuring any person</p><p>822 Owner or person in charge allowing dog to enter a non-public place and injure any person</p><p>11112 Breeding or breeding from a fighting dog</p><p>11113 Selling, exchanging, offering, advertising or exposing for sale a fighting dog</p><p>11114 Giving or offering to give a fighting dog or dangerous dog</p><p>11115 Allowing a fighting dog to be in a public place without a muzzle or a lead</p><p>11116 Abandoning, or allowing to stray, a fighting dog</p><p>11117 Possess or have custody of a fighting dog</p><p>11118 Owner or person in charge allowing dog to be dangerously out of control in a public place, without injury being caused</p><p>11119 Owner or person in charge allowing dog to enter a non- public place causing reasonable apprehension of injury to a person</p><p>11125 Owner / person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control - no injury</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 03/12/2018 16:19:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1015354

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Cybercrime
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 total cost to the public purse of the Cyber Accelerator scheme has been to date; and what criteria his Department is using to determine the scheme's success.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	196206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>For national security reasons we do not specify individual NCSP funding amounts.</p><p> </p><p>Metrics to measure the performance of the programme include the economic impact of participating firms, such as revenue growth; employee growth and investment raised. Participating firms are also surveyed on satisfaction with the programme, and new connections made.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/12/2018 17:11:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1015358

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he has met the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss education funding in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	196208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education meets with my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and other Cabinet ministers regularly to discuss the Department for Education agenda.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/12/2018 17:32:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1015361

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Locums: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Sir Keith Pearson’s review entitled Taking revalidation forward: improving the process of relicensing for doctors, published in January 2017, what steps his Department have taken in response to identified weaknesses in the appraisal and revalidation processes for doctors working as locums; and if he will publish a timeline showing when such steps were (a) initiated and (b) completed.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	196142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Sir Keith Pearson’s review of medical revalidation, Taking Revalidation Forward (TRF), was published in January 2017. Sir Keith reviewed evidence on the impact of revalidation and concluded &quot;that revalidation has already delivered significant benefits&quot;.</p><p> </p><p>The review made recommendations to improve some aspects of revalidation, for the benefit of both doctors and patients. Implementation of the recommendations was overseen by the Revalidation Oversight Group, chaired by the General Medical Council (GMC). The GMC has advised that all recommendations have been implemented, except for those which may require legislative change.</p><p> </p><p>As recommended by TRF, the Department is working with the GMC, NHS England and other stakeholders to consider whether any amendments are needed to the Medical Profession (Responsible Officer) Regulations 2010 and 2013.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/12/2018 11:42:43 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1015362

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Health Professions: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of the General Medical Council's procedures for revalidating medical professionals as a result of the Zholia Alemi case.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	196143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is the independent regulator of doctors across the United Kingdom. The processes for revalidation are a matter for the GMC itself.</p><p> </p><p>The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) oversees the work of the healthcare independent regulatory bodies in the UK, including the GMC. The PSA annually reviews the performance of the GMC and considers whether it has met the 24 Standards of Good regulation, covering the four key functions of governance and standards, education and training, registration and fitness to practise.</p><p> </p><p>As recommended by Taking Revalidation Forward, the Department is working with the GMC, NHS England and other stakeholders to consider whether any amendments are needed to the Medical Profession (Responsible Officer) Regulations 2010 and 2013.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/12/2018 17:03:45 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1015368

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data-gathering methodologies his Department uses to count the number of people arriving in the UK from (a) the EU, (b) the EEA and (c) other countries.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	196214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ196214 holding response.pdf title UKSA response 2 file name PQ196214 Response.pdf title UKSA response question first answered 03/12/2018 16:04:30 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1015371

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Feed the Hungry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding she has allocated to Feed the Hungry and where in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	196081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) has no records that Feed The Hungry UK have received direct central funding by DFID.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 03/12/2018 16:26:10 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1015372

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Charities: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she has plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the eligibility criteria in applications for funding to ensure that (a) small charities and (b) other small organisations are not disadvantaged; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	196082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Small Charities Challenge Fund was launched in 2017 to make DFID funding more accessible to small charities. We are constantly monitoring the effectiveness of the fund’s eligibility criteria and are pleased with progress to date. In the most recent round 88% of shortlisted applicants had not previously received DFID funding.</p><p> </p><p>DFID’s 2017 Supplier Review also introduced measures to make it easier for small businesses to secure funding from the department and we are continuously reviewing these to ensure they are advantageous for organisations bidding for contracts.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/12/2018 16:27:20 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew