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818966

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much public money has been spent on tribunals relating to Personal Independence Payments in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>As per the answer to PQs 107049 and 109256, the information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/01/2018 15:32:09 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818972

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for the rise in the number of asylum applications in the last 12 momths that have failed to receive a decision within six months.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has, for 39 months, met its Service Standard to make decisions on 98% of straight forward asylum claims within six months.</p><p>Notwithstanding this, we are aware that the number of older cases awaiting decision is increasing. As noted by the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration in his recent report on Asylum Intake and Casework, this is partly caused by issues relating to staff retention. We recruit high quality and highly skilled people to be asylum caseworkers and they are able to progress their careers quite quickly. However, plans are in place to address this and to reduce the number of older cases awaiting a decision.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/01/2018 17:35:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818973

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will examine the reasons for the number of asylum applications which are overturned on appeal; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration reviews all asylum appeals allowed by the Tribunal and is committed to using this information to continue to improve performance.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/01/2018 13:23:53 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818979

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Universal Credit: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on young autistic adults in further education of the implementation of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department continues to evaluate Universal Credit as it is delivered.</p><p> </p><p>The Universal Credit Evaluation is a comprehensive and multi-dimensional programme of analysis designed to assess the economic, social and behavioural impacts of the Universal Credit experience. Research and analysis is conducted to provide continuous tracking and inform the evaluation and expansion of Universal Credit, focusing specifically on the effects of Universal Credit on all claimants’ behaviours and outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/01/2018 17:32:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818980

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Musicians: Free Movement of 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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 118830, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the Single European Market on the ability of UK touring musicians to tour the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with the music industry to better understand the potential impacts for UK touring musicians after the UK leaves the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also working closely with the Home Office, HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Exiting the European Union to ensure that they are informed of our understanding of these issues.</p><p> </p><p>We want to continue to build on the success of the live music scene by helping artists do business across the world.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 121658 question first answered 17/01/2018 16:38:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818981

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Musicians: Free Movement of 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, pursuant to the answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 118830, on Musicians: Free Movement of People, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of leaving the Customs Union on the ability of UK touring musicians to tour the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with the music industry to better understand the potential impacts for UK touring musicians after the UK leaves the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The department is also working closely with the Home Office, HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Exiting the European Union to ensure that they are informed of our understanding of these issues.</p><p> </p><p>We want to continue to build on the success of the live music scene by helping artists do business across the world.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 121657 question first answered 17/01/2018 16:38:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818982

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the likely effects of introducing warnings on alcoholic products at the point of sale on a link between alcohol and cancer and other health matters.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England’s evidence review on the public health burden of alcohol found that alcohol health warning labels on alcoholic products can raise awareness of the messages they contain. However, the evidence review did not identify any studies which considered the specific impact of warnings at the point of sale on the link between alcohol and cancer and other health harms. The review is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-health-burden-of-alcohol-evidence-review" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-public-health-burden-of-alcohol-evidence-review</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 17/01/2018 14:28:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818990

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
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	Clinical Trials
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 consider the merits of introducing a national audit system for clinical trials; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong>All clinical trials of investigational medicinal products in the European Union are registered and information on the trial and a summary of results is made public in the EU clinical trials register, except for adult phase 1 trials which are considered commercially confidential.</p><p> </p><p>Good clinical practice (GCP) is a set of internationally-recognised ethical and scientific quality requirements that must be followed when designing, conducting, recording and reporting clinical trials that involve people. To ensure compliance with GCP, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency carries out inspections in the United Kingdom of organisations that are involved in clinical trials.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) which is the country’s largest public funder of health research and trials, has implemented a number of initiatives on publication of research results. The NIHR is the world’s first health research funder to publish comprehensive accounts of its commissioned research within its own publicly and permanently available journal series. The NIHR Journals Library comprises a suite of five open access peer-reviewed journals reporting results from a range of health research areas. The reports provide a full account of the research project, including methods and a full description of the results, and complement shorter articles submitted for publication in other peer-review journals, which the NIHR actively encourages researchers to do as part of their dissemination strategy. In addition – contracts for NIHR funding include requirements on publication of the results from NIHR funded and supported research.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 17/01/2018 14:41:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818700

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Electronic Surveillance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces own an international mobile subscriber identity catcher.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 makes it an offence for a person to interfere with wireless telegraphy or to use wireless telegraphy with the intent to obtain information as to the contents, sender or addressee of a message of which neither he nor a person on whose behalf he is acting is an intended recipient, without lawful authority.</p><p>Investigative activity by public authorities involving interference with property or wireless telegraphy is regulated by the Police Act 1997 and the Intelligence Services Act 1994, which set out the high level of authorisation required before law enforcement or the security and intelligence agencies can undertake such activity. The covert surveillance and property interference code of practice provides guidance on the use of these powers.</p><p>In addition, the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 will regulate the interference with equipment for the purpose of obtaining communications, equipment data or any other information. These provisions will come into force later this year, and further guidance will be provided in a statutory code of practice.</p><p>The use of all covert investigatory powers is overseen by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner.</p><p>Ownership and operation of such devices by police forces and other public authorities is an operational matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/01/2018 16:34:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818701

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Electronic Surveillance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces operate an International Mobile Subscriber Identifier Catcher.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 makes it an offence for a person to interfere with wireless telegraphy or to use wireless telegraphy with the intent to obtain information as to the contents, sender or addressee of a message of which neither he nor a person on whose behalf he is acting is an intended recipient, without lawful authority.</p><p>Investigative activity by public authorities involving interference with property or wireless telegraphy is regulated by the Police Act 1997 and the Intelligence Services Act 1994, which set out the high level of authorisation required before law enforcement or the security and intelligence agencies can undertake such activity. The covert surveillance and property interference code of practice provides guidance on the use of these powers.</p><p>In addition, the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 will regulate the interference with equipment for the purpose of obtaining communications, equipment data or any other information. These provisions will come into force later this year, and further guidance will be provided in a statutory code of practice.</p><p>The use of all covert investigatory powers is overseen by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner.</p><p>Ownership and operation of such devices by police forces and other public authorities is an operational matter for them.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 121466 question first answered 11/01/2018 16:35:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire