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1134801

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date	26/06/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	International Planned Parenthood Federation: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of his Department’s response to the allegations of sexual misconduct within the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	269626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK government take issues of fraud and sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment extremely seriously. As set out in DFID funding agreements with all partners, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has a clear obligation to report incidents to us.</p><p>Over the past year, IPPF’s Director General and IPPF’s Safeguarding Unit have taken significant steps to strengthen their internal systems and to shift culture at the organisation so that people feel safer and more able to report wrongdoing. Action taken by IPPF includes a Safeguarding Taskforce to review and improve overall processes; IPPF’s first employee engagement survey; a set of best-practice safeguarding policies and procedures, including an Independent Complaints Panel; an IPPF SafeReport, which provides a safe space for anyone – including staff, clients, volunteers or member of the public – to raise concerns.</p><p>We continue to regularly review IPPF against our high standards for safeguarding, whistleblowing, risk, governance and code of conduct, and we conduct regular assessments of their safeguarding procedures. In addition to recent safeguarding reforms, IPPF is currently conducting a review of its governance system and structures, which IPPF anticipate will take around six months. During this time DFID will monitor IPPF’s governance reforms closely and regularly.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 271337 question first answered 04/07/2019 16:06:38 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

1134805

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if her Department will review the right to preserved pensions for members of the armed forces who retired before the introduction of the armed forces pension scheme 1975.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	269737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Before April 1975, there was no legal requirement for a pension scheme to preserve pension rights for those who left service before reaching the normal retirement age.</p><p>The issue of pre-1975 pensions does not just affect the Armed Forces but is common to all other public service schemes in existence prior to the Social Security Act 1973.</p><p>It has been the policy of successive Governments not to make retrospective changes to pension schemes.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 03/07/2019 14:36:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1134807

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Autonomous Weapons: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training her Department provides on the operation of weapons systems.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	269703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence provides both individual and collective training on the operation of weapons systems.</p><p>There is a requirement to train all Recruits and Officer Cadets to operate a personal weapon system in Phase 1 (Basic) training. After that, the training requirement depends on the Training Needs Analysis. Those trainees who will be required to operate other weapons systems as part of their role will be trained during Phase 2 (Trade) training. This individual training meets the tasks that the weapons system operator will be required to perform, to the required standards and under the required conditions. Once the Serviceperson is trained, he or she will return to a Defence Training Establishment for further specialist operator training as required.</p><p>Some weapons systems require team, or collective training. This is provided either in the workplace, for example on exercise or during unit training time, or back in a Defence Training Establishment in a simulator, where a team can learn together. Once the team have learned how to operate the weapons system to the required standard, they will take part in wider collective training activity that requires the weapons system as part of the evolution.</p><p>Training for the operation of weapons systems, whether it be for an individual or for a team, is reviewed regularly to ensure it is relevant, effective, efficient, and safe.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/07/2019 15:18:39 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1134808

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation on Off-payroll working rules from April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	269595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text The Government consulted on the detailed operation of the off-payroll reform earlier this year, and met over 100 affected businesses and their representatives. The Government is considering the responses to that consultation; these will be taken into account in the design of the draft Finance Bill legislation, to be published on 11 July. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/07/2019 09:53:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1134810

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Employment: Pregnancy
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 the Government is taking to ensure that employers meet their legal obligations to pregnant employees.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	269738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has taken a number of steps to increase employers’ awareness of their legal obligations to pregnant employees. This has included working with ACAS to develop comprehensive advice and guidance and updating the content on the GOV.UK website. The Government’s recent consultation on pregnancy and maternity discrimination also asked how effective the current approach is in helping employees and employers to understand their rights and obligations. We will be publishing the Government response in due course.</p><p>The Equality Advisory and Support Service advises and assists individuals on issues relating to equality and human rights, across England, Scotland and Wales. Where an employer fails to meet its obligations, a pregnant employee can seek redress through an employment tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 269739 question first answered 02/07/2019 14:09:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1134811

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Employment: Pregnancy
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 action will be taken against employers who do not meet their legal obligations to pregnant employees.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	269739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has taken a number of steps to increase employers’ awareness of their legal obligations to pregnant employees. This has included working with ACAS to develop comprehensive advice and guidance and updating the content on the GOV.UK website. The Government’s recent consultation on pregnancy and maternity discrimination also asked how effective the current approach is in helping employees and employers to understand their rights and obligations. We will be publishing the Government response in due course.</p><p>The Equality Advisory and Support Service advises and assists individuals on issues relating to equality and human rights, across England, Scotland and Wales. Where an employer fails to meet its obligations, a pregnant employee can seek redress through an employment tribunal.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 269738 question first answered 02/07/2019 14:09:42 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1134817

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many ships and submarines of each type are in service in each branch of the armed forces; and where each ship and submarine is based.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	269749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table lists how many ships and submarines of each type are in service in the Royal Navy and where each ship and submarine is based as at 1 June 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Naval Vessels in Service as at 1 June 2019</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Vessel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Based</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aircraft Carrier</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 45 Destroyer</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 23 Frigate</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hunt Class Mine Counter Measure Vessel</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore Patrol Vessel – River Class</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inshore Patrol Boat</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore Patrol Vessel - Helicopters</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Landing Platform Dock</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Type 23 Frigate</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ocean Survey Vessel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Survey Vessel Hydrographic/Oceanographic</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inshore Survey Vessel</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ice Patrol Ship</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>HMNB Devonport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Nuclear Trafalgar Class</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandown Class Mine Counter Measure Vessel</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Nuclear Astute</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>HMNB Clyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>Gibraltar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet Tanker</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet Replenishment Ship</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Landing Ship Dock</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Primary Casualty Receiving Ship/Aviation Training Ship</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Not base ported</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>85</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/07/2019 14:35:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1134820

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Internet: Regulation
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 plans he has to regulate online activity to bring it into line with activity that would be considered to be illegal if it were conducted offline.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	269750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Our view is that behaviour which is illegal or unacceptable offline should be treated the same online. The Online Harms White Paper sets out our plans for world-leading legislation to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online, through establishing a statutory duty of care that will be enforced by an independent regulator. Companies will be held to account for tackling a comprehensive set of online harms, both those which are illegal and also behaviours that may not be illegal but are nonetheless highly damaging to individuals and society.</p><p> </p><p>We are also ensuring that the criminal law is fit for purpose to deal with online harms. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport and the Ministry of Justice have now engaged the Law Commission on a second phase of their review of abusive and offensive online communications. The Law Commission will review existing communications offences and make recommendations about options for reform. This will include considering whether co-ordinated harassment by groups of people online could be more effectively dealt with by the criminal law. The Law Commission will also look at criminal law around non-consensual taking and sharing of intimate images, considering existing offences and identifying whether there are any gaps in the protection already offered to victims. The Law Commission will make recommendations to ensure that criminal law provides consistent and effective protection against such behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 04/07/2019 09:28:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1134821

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Sudan: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterparts in (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) the United Arab Emirates on ceasing funding the current regime in the Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	269617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Sudan is facing a profound economic crisis alongside its political upheaval. That economic crisis is having a variety of consequences, including humanitarian. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are among those who have provided economic assistance. We are engaged with them – at ministerial and official level – as we are with other partners, on how the international community can best support economic reform and political progress in Sudan.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/07/2019 15:29:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1134823

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the final NHS people plan will be published.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	269718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2019 answer text <p>The interim People Plan was published on 3 June 2019. It sets out the actions the National Health Service will take now and over the long term to meet the challenges of supply, reform, culture and leadership.</p><p>A final People Plan will be published soon after the conclusion of the 2019 as intended Spending Review.</p><p>This final Plan will then be kept under regular review and updated on an annual basis, as part of the NHS taking a more open and collaborative approach to people issues.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 05/07/2019 09:32:54 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin