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1148841

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
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 the report entitled Duty of Care?: The impact on midwives of NHS charging for maternity care, published on 9 September 2019, what plans he has to review the functioning of the NHS overseas visitors charging regime as a result of the findings and conclusions of that report; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to continually consider evidence it receives in relation to the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors Regulations) 2015 but has no plans to formally review the functioning of the NHS overseas visitors charging regime.</p><p> </p><p>The Department works closely with NHS England and NHS Improvement to support NHS providers in the delivery of the charging regime; and to ensure that providers understand the guidance and how it should be properly and consistently implemented.</p><p> </p><p>This includes ensuring NHS trusts fully understand that all maternity treatment must be provided to any chargeable woman, regardless of her ability to pay, and that they must not be discouraged from receiving it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/10/2019 11:19:27 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148842

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the (i) Royal College of Physicians, (ii) Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, (iii) Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and (iv) Faculty of Public Health to discuss their call for the NHS overseas visitors charging regime to be suspended; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Neither my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care nor the Ministers in the Department have had meetings with the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists or the Faculty of Public Health specifically about their call for the suspension of the National Health Service overseas visitors charging regime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/10/2019 10:43:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148843

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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 Trusts: Managers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Overseas Visitor Managers are employed by NHS Trusts in (a) England (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Information about the number of Overseas Visitor Managers employed by National Health Service trusts in England is not held by the Department nor by NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>The number of Overseas Visitor Managers employed by NHS trusts in Scotland and Wales is a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/10/2019 11:10:50 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148845

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Civil Society: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 13 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made towards working with the Department for Education to develop proposals to help young people play their part in shaping the future of our society.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to providing meaningful opportunities for young people to play their part in society. This includes creating social action opportunities to build their skills and networks outside of school regardless of their background or circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Civil Society Strategy, Government is committed to ensuring that young people have a say in the future of our society. Already, we have set up three youth voice pilot projects to enable young people to shape national policy, including a Youth Steering Group, Young Inspectors Group and a digital youth engagement project. The Youth Steering Group has been working across government to inform policy, including work with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to conduct a review on environment and climate policy.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2019, government announced that it will be developing a youth offer to set out its vision for young people. Officials have been working closely with Step Up To Serve (SUTS), young people and #iwill campaign and youth sector partners to develop the first stages of this work. DCMS continues to work with all relevant Government Departments across this agenda, in particular the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>On 30th September, the Chancellor announced a £500million Youth Investment Fund to support the creation of new youth centres and opportunities for young people. We will be incorporating lessons learnt from the #iwill campaign and Fund into the development of this new programme and will continue to work closely with SUTS and the wider youth sector. It is a priority that the Youth Investment Fund is designed to enable young people to have as much of a say and a choice in what activities are available to them as possible.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 312 question first answered 22/10/2019 18:12:45 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148846

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Civil Society: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 13 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made towards building on the cross-sector partnership created by the #iwill campaign to identify how the existing offer for young people can be improved.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to providing meaningful opportunities for young people to play their part in society. This includes creating social action opportunities to build their skills and networks outside of school regardless of their background or circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>As announced in the Civil Society Strategy, Government is committed to ensuring that young people have a say in the future of our society. Already, we have set up three youth voice pilot projects to enable young people to shape national policy, including a Youth Steering Group, Young Inspectors Group and a digital youth engagement project. The Youth Steering Group has been working across government to inform policy, including work with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to conduct a review on environment and climate policy.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2019, government announced that it will be developing a youth offer to set out its vision for young people. Officials have been working closely with Step Up To Serve (SUTS), young people and #iwill campaign and youth sector partners to develop the first stages of this work. DCMS continues to work with all relevant Government Departments across this agenda, in particular the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>On 30th September, the Chancellor announced a £500million Youth Investment Fund to support the creation of new youth centres and opportunities for young people. We will be incorporating lessons learnt from the #iwill campaign and Fund into the development of this new programme and will continue to work closely with SUTS and the wider youth sector. It is a priority that the Youth Investment Fund is designed to enable young people to have as much of a say and a choice in what activities are available to them as possible.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan grouped question UIN 311 question first answered 22/10/2019 18:12:45 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148847

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Citizens' Assemblies
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 recent progress her Department has made on the implementation of the Innovation in Democracy Programme.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Innovation in Democracy Programme is supporting three local authorities to trial innovative models of deliberative democracy to involve citizens in local decision-making. The Greater Cambridge Partnership have completed their participatory sessions with local people, with the recommendations being delivered to the council shortly. Test Valley and Dudley authorities will be starting their area democracy forums this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 22/10/2019 18:13:31 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148848

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 13 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress her Department has made towards designing a programme to look at more sustainable spaces in conjunction with the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Space to Connect Fund was launched in June 2019 and is a new £1.6 million fund to help improve community spaces where people can connect and co-operate. This is a partnership between Government and Co-op’s charity, the Co-op Foundation.</p><p>Space to Connect has awarded an initial round of funding of almost £900,000 to 57 community organisations across England. This fund will support organisations to explore ways to use spaces in their community to address local challenges or expand activities in spaces so they become more financially sustainable in the long-term. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 28/10/2019 11:47:35 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148849

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Community Assets: Ownership
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 page 14 of the Government’s Civil Society Strategy, what progress his Department has made towards improving guidance to help communities take ownership of local assets.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>My Department continues to engage with partners on how best to ensure community groups have access to the necessary advice and support to take assets into community ownership. We have funded the development of the online platform “My Community” to provide detailed advice and guidance to voluntary and community groups interested in taking assets into community ownership and encourage the take up of Community Rights. The Department has also supported the work of the online platform “Keep It In The Community” to ensure that more community groups are able to identify local assets of community value.</p><p>In addition, organisations such as Sport England, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Power to Change provide comprehensive and specialist bespoke advice, ensuring community groups have access to the knowledge and networks which encourage the community ownership of assets.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 22/10/2019 16:56:06 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148352

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Governing Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on the (a) ethnicity, (b) class and (c) gender of school governors.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	294734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on the ethnicity, class and gender of school governors and academy trustees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 08/10/2019 14:01:53 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1148355

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Governing Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the (a) Inspiring Governance and (b) Everyone on board programmes in increasing diversity on school governing boards.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	294735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Inspiring Governance is a service run by the charity, Education and Employers, that supports recruitment in school governance by matching those who wish to be governors to school vacancies. The department requires Education and Employers to meet targets to increase diversity on school governing boards. They are on track to register over 16% of people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds this financial year. As at the 2011 census, 15% of the England population identified as being from a BAME background.</p><p>‘Everyone on Board’ is a campaign run jointly between Inspiring Governance and the National Governance Association and is not a government programme. The objective of this campaign is to increase the number of BAME and young people involved in governance.</p><p>Inspiring Governance report that over 19% of people registering and being placed into governance roles are from a BAME background, and people aged under 35 make up over 37% of registrations and over 46% of appointments.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 294736 question first answered 08/10/2019 16:09:56 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft