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941993

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Firearms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether his Department plans to support the arming of rural police officers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	906468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>It is for chief officers to determine the number of armed officers in their areas, based on a thorough assessment of threat and risk. The policy in this country has long been that the police should not generally be armed. This is vital in promoting good relations with the public and the community they serve.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/07/2018 15:54:48 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

941994

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services and Police: Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to encourage greater collaboration between the police and fire services.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	906469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with police and fire services to implement provisions in the Policing and Crime Act 2017 that enable collaboration to go further and faster, including the new statutory duty to collaborate and enabling PCCs to take on fire and rescue governance, where a local case exists.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/07/2018 15:52:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

941995

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that illegal migrants cannot profit from working in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	906470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In the Immigration Act 2016, we made illegal working a criminal offence so that wages can be seized as proceeds of crime and introduced tougher sanctions on rogue employers. We have also recently introduced additional safeguards to protect legal migrants seeking employment who do not have the necessary documentation to establish their lawful immigration status.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/07/2018 15:50:38 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

941996

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that illegal migrants cannot profit from working in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
tabling member printed	James Morris
uin	906471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In the Immigration Act 2016, we made illegal working a criminal offence so that wages can be seized as proceeds of crime and introduced tougher sanctions on rogue employers. We have also recently introduced additional safeguards to protect legal migrants seeking employment who do not have the necessary documentation to establish their lawful immigration status.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/07/2018 15:51:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3992 label Biography information for James Morris

941997

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that the UK's security services have the resources required to counter terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	906473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, the Government committed to spending more than £2 billion per year on counter-terrorism and investing 30% more over the Spending Review period, including £1.4 billion investment in new capabilities for the security and intelligence agencies.</p><p>In light of the changing threat picture set out in our strengthened and updated CONTEST strategy, we have also allocated an additional £50m funding to Counter-Terrorism Policing this year.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 16/07/2018 15:47:32 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

941998

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reduce shop theft.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	906474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>I chair the National Retail Crime Steering Group with the British Retail Consortium. This brings retailers and the police together to ensure an effective response to crimes affecting retailers and includes work to reduce shop thefts.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/07/2018 15:45:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

942017

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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: Children
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 16 July (HL9124), whether they will now provide an estimate of the number of working families with two children or more currently using foodbanks following reductions in benefit entitlement or delays in benefit payments.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not record the number of people using foodbanks or other types of food aid. [Some food aid providers, such as the Trussell Trust, produce statistics on the number of food parcels distributed.]</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 23/07/2018 16:16:51 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

942018

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the impact of the changes to free school meals entitlement following the Free School Lunches and Milk, and School and Early Years Finance (Amendments Relating to Universal Credit) (England) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/148) coming into force.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The department is working closely with local authorities and schools to support them in implementing the changes to free school meal eligibility that were introduced in April. This has included the provision of guidance, webinar sessions, regular communications and responding to queries received via the department’s Eligibility Checking Service. The latest government statistics on free school meal rates are based on data collected before this change was introduced (January 2018 census). The next publication will be in June 2019 (based on the January 2019 census). The government is committed to reviewing the threshold level at the end of the Universal Credit rollout period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 25/07/2018 13:06:29 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

942019

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have carried out any research into the number of potential beneficiaries of a relaxation of the current restrictions on the use of medicinal cannabis.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not commissioned research into the number of patients that might benefit from use of cannabis-based medicinal products.</p><p>The Government values the strong collaborative partnerships that we have across the European Union in the areas of science, research and innovation, and as part of exit negotiations is working to ensure that we have the best possible environment in which to support clinical trials and new medicines after we leave the EU. The Government will continue to monitor and share the emerging evidence on the therapeutic use of cannabis-based medicinal products.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9534 question first answered 25/07/2018 11:46:44 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

942020

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that research into the use of medicinal cannabis as a potential treatment will be shared following the UK exiting the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL9534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not commissioned research into the number of patients that might benefit from use of cannabis-based medicinal products.</p><p>The Government values the strong collaborative partnerships that we have across the European Union in the areas of science, research and innovation, and as part of exit negotiations is working to ensure that we have the best possible environment in which to support clinical trials and new medicines after we leave the EU. The Government will continue to monitor and share the emerging evidence on the therapeutic use of cannabis-based medicinal products.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9533 question first answered 25/07/2018 11:46:44 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton