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1107740

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date	29/03/2019
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 support people with acoustic neuroma during the benefits assessment process.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	238665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>All Healthcare Professionals carrying out assessments are medically qualified and highly-trained practitioners in their own field and must have at least two years' experience following registration. They are subject to a rigorous recruitment process followed by a comprehensive training programme in disability assessment. The assessment is not a medical assessment requiring the Healthcare Professional to diagnose a condition and recommend treatment options. The focus is on ensuring Healthcare Professionals are experts in disability analysis, drawing on evidence supplied by the claimant and their GP or specialist clinical team, with knowledge of the likely functional effects of a wide range of health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>While preparing to undertake an assessment, Healthcare Professionals can access a wide range of clinical resources to research any conditions presented. This includes evidence based protocols, e-learning modules or case studies as well as keeping knowledge up to date through Continuous Professional Development.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/04/2019 16:23:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1107741

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on driver only operation trains of the advice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission that such trains would offer less protection for disabled people and potentially be in breach of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	238645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not been in receipt of advice from the EHRC regarding Driver Only Operation and whether or not it could offer less protection for disabled people.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises how important it is that those who need assistance to travel receive that assistance. As a condition of their licence, all train operators are required to have a Disabled People’s Protection Policy in place which includes a requirement to participate in the Passenger Assist system for disabled passengers to book staff assistance when they require it. This Policy must be approved by the independent regulator, the Office for Rail and Road.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 03/04/2019 16:17:09 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1107742

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	Research: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will guarantee that UK Research and Innovation will sign the terms of grants of researchers who have submitted successful bids for European Research Council advanced grants in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal before the advanced grant process has been completed.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	238616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government underwrite guarantee will cover funding for all successful UK bids to Horizon 2020 that are submitted before exit, even if they are notified of success after exit. This includes the 47 successful UK bids to the ERC Advanced Grant 2018 call which form part of the €540m funding recently announced by the European Commission for cutting edge research.</p><p> </p><p>The UKRI portal was announced in the Horizon 2020 Technical Notice and is part of our plans to underwrite funding for UK Horizon 2020 beneficiaries in the event of ‘no deal’. In this scenario, UK beneficiaries who have registered on the UKRI portal will receive detailed information about how the guarantee will be delivered and the next steps that they need to take.</p><p> </p><p>If the underwrite does need to come into effect, our delivery partner, UKRI, is ready to deliver and has planned to make the process as simple and effective as possible for UK beneficiaries.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/04/2019 15:08:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1107743

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	Research: EU Grants and Loans
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of funding for research projects with EU funding in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	238649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for North Herefordshire on 26 March 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-18/233471/" target="_blank">233471</a> on the funding of research projects with EU funding.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/04/2019 15:10:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1107744

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	Immunology: Training
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 steps his Department is taking to increase skills in the workforce in relation to immunology.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	238650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The second Life Sciences Sector Deal published in December 2018, sets out a package of skills commitments between government and sector partners to help deliver the priority skills needs for life sciences broadly and to make the most of future opportunities. These commitments include: a Life Sciences Skills Strategy 2030; exploring the potential for a pilot to better encourage life sciences SMEs to take on apprentices; and a pilot programme for clinical academic research partnerships supported by £10m funding from the Medical Research Council.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/04/2019 15:11:06 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1107746

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 25 March 2019, Official Report, column 6, what steps the EU Commission has taken with regard to applying article 346 to the procurement of support ships by other member states.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	238591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The European Commission's evaluation report on the Defence Procurement Directive in 2016 can be found at:</p><p>https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52016DC0762&amp;from=en</p><p>The accompanying Commission Staff Working Document can be found at:</p><p>https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52016SC0407&amp;from=EN</p><p>The report found that some Member States may be interpreting exemptions such as Article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union too broadly, resulting in an uneven application of the Directive. The report concluded that the Commission needed to take action to start infringement procedures where serious breaches of European Union law are identified. Consequently, the Commission sent infringement notices to a number of Member States in 2018 for not correctly applying the Directive. I am unable to comment further on these ongoing cases.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/04/2019 14:06:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1107747

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department last revised the modal shift data for High Speed Two; and if he will publish those findings.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	238579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd regularly review assumptions for the purpose of economic modelling.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of passengers predicted to switch from car and air to HS2, was last published by HS2 Ltd in 2013. This information is provided from page 82 of the document linked here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/365065/S_A_1_Economic_case_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/365065/S_A_1_Economic_case_0.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The analysis will be updated to support future revisions to the Economic Case as part of planned updates to the HS2 Business Case. The proportion of HS2 demand predicted to have switched from air and car has not materially changed since the 2013 publication.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 03/04/2019 09:43:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1107750

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many times the multi-agency group that was established to undertake soil surveying at Grenfell Tower has met since November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	238617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>A Multi-Agency Partnership has been established to provide the relevant expertise to design and oversee delivery of the additional environmental checks in the vicinity of Grenfell Tower, assess risks to public health, and advise health partners on any additional health monitoring and treatment options for residents, should these be required.</p><p>The Multi-Agency Partnership has met on five occasions since November 2018, with correspondence between meetings.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/04/2019 14:41:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1107751

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 29 November 2018, HCWS1126, Grenfell Update, if he will publish the relevant expertise of the independent environmental specialists appointed by the multi-agency soil surveying group.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	238618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The independent specialist appointed by the Multi-Agency Partnership to undertake Stage 1 of the contaminated land investigation were identified from a list of eleven companies on the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) Framework for Environmental &amp; Sustainability Consultancy Services (Framework 664, Lot 8b).</p><p>There are 11 providers on this framework, 5 of which have expertise and experience in investigating contaminated land under the Part 2A regime of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.</p><p>AECOM is one of the world’s largest remediation company with approximately 3000 professional contaminated land scientists and engineers. They are also the largest contaminated land consultancy in United Kingdom. The UK team has led on over 50 Part 2A investigations across the country. Their experience includes site investigation and environmental monitoring projects for both the private and public sectors – including assessing risks to human health in the context of the Part 2A regime.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/04/2019 14:41:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1107752

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 29 November 2018, HCWS1126, Grenfell Update, what progress has been made on work to engage the community on the design and implementation of the soil testing process by the multi-agency soil surveying group.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	238619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to engage the local community with the contaminated land investigation process from start to finish. We want to understand their concerns and local intelligence so that they are able to influence the design and implementation of the investigation.</p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has been holding weekly drop in sessions since December 2018, and has engaged over 70 community groups and individuals within the community at meetings and events. We have recently launched a site on the Nextdoor app to keep the community up to date with progress.</p><p>Representatives from eleven community groups were invited to meet the independent specialists on 27 February before their appointment was confirmed.  Community consultation workshops will take place in late April to help inform the scope and priorities for Stage 1 of the investigation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/04/2019 14:40:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne