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873521

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many residents in Service Family Accommodation are paying (a) reduced and (b) no rent as a result of the standard of accommodation in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>There are no Service personnel who reside in Service Family Accommodation at nil cost due to the standard of accommodation. There are a number who pay reduced charges, mainly due to improvement works and these are detailed below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Residents in Properties Subject to Reduced Charges</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1,212</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/04/2018 16:25:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

873522

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government's press release, Sentences for animal cruelty to increase tenfold to five years, published on 30 September 2017, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to increase sentences for animal cruelty in the agriculture industry.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Since the press release in September, the Government published the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill in December 2017 for consultation which closed on 31 January. We are analysing the 9,000 responses and will respond shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/05/2018 15:13:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

873523

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Working Conditions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level businesses terminating employment contracts temporarily during building work in those businesses.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Information on businesses terminating employment contracts temporarily during building work is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/04/2018 09:10:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

873525

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he discussed the cases of UK citizens facing execution in Saudi Arabia during his recent meetings with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>​We are unaware of any British national currently facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia. We are made aware when a British national requires consular assistance only when notified by the authorities or by family members. In his recent meeting with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, the Foreign Secretary raised human rights in Saudi Arabia.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 17/04/2018 15:10:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

873526

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what step her Department is taking support (a) child and (b) young adult migrants on arrival in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>If the migrant is an unaccompanied child they are supported by the local authority under the Children Act 1989 or equivalent legislation in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland</p><p> </p><p>If the migrant is an asylum seeker and over the age of 18, or the dependant of an adult asylum seeker, they are supported by the Home Office if they would otherwise be destitute. The support usually consists of accommodation and a weekly cash allowance to cover their or their family’s essential living needs.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 09:32:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

873528

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2018 to Question 130480 on Housing: Construction, in the event that (a) a local authority does not have enough brownfield land left to meet their objectively assessed need and (b) neighbouring authorities cannot meet their unmet need would a Local Plan that does not meet objectively assessed housing need be passed by a Planning Inspector.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	134643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The draft revised National Planning Policy Framework, published for consultation on 5 March, makes it clear that plans will be found sound by a Planning Inspector only if they provide a strategy which will, as a minimum, meet as much of the identified housing need as possible. To do that they should make effective use of the land they have.</p><p>As well as using brownfield land and working with neighbours, local planning authorities should explore all other options such as under-utilised employment and commercial land and minimum density standards where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/04/2018 14:30:22 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

873530

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 132215, how much his Department spends on each of those categories.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	134645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The net cost of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) estate in 2016-17 was as follows:</p><p>Leasehold: £14,093,944</p><p>Freehold: £7,178,895</p><p>MOTO: £21,362,539</p><p>The figures provided exclude land held by Homes England by tenure type as this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The net cost takes into account income received from letting and sub-letting space.</p><p>Costs for 2017-18 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 27/04/2018 14:18:52 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

873531

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2018 to Question 123531, on Attorney General: Procurement, if he will list (a) the suppliers of and (b) the purpose of the (i) the Government Legal Department's contracts with the eight strategic suppliers (ii) the CPS's six contracts with strategic suppliers, (iii) the Serious Fraud Office's three contracts with strategic suppliers and (iv) Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's contracts with which two strategic suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	134646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2018 to Question 123531, the table below summarises the purpose of the six contracts between the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and government strategic suppliers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose of contract </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>Supply of interim and temporary staff let via a pan government framework.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CGI</p></td><td><p>(1) ICT Applications, Hosting and Management let via a pan government framework. (2) Managed payroll services let via a pan government framework. (3) Oracle finance system managed service let via a pan government framework. (4) Fully managed ICT services including; applications, hosting and management, system integration and management, service desk and end user computing.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>National contract let via the Cabinet Office G-Cloud framework for managed video conferencing services.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, the CPS has no major contracts but multiple agreements with the following government strategic suppliers:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>BT –for land line phones, alarm systems and business broadband lines.</p></li><li><p>Microsoft - for MS office products, server and networking applications and other software products.</p></li><li><p>Oracle - for server and networking applications and other software products.</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Government Legal Department (GLD) and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and government strategic suppliers. It is the policy to engage with suppliers using central government frameworks and call off arrangements.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GLD – purpose of contract</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HMCPSI - purpose of contract</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT plc</p></td><td><p>Provision of phone services for business continuity (disaster recovery).</p></td><td><p>Provision of mobile connectivity services and video conferencing at the York office</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cap Gemini</p></td><td><p>Provision of a supplier invoice receipt and scanning service; provision of a cloud-based invoice approval and electronic document management system; and secure destruction of paper documents.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>Predominately temporary staff, mainly lawyers, and training courses.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fujitsu</p></td><td><p>Provision of e-disclosure services to support legal cases.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Microsoft</p></td><td><p>Software licences and support for Microsoft products, for example, Windows and Office Suites.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mitie</p></td><td><p>Office cleaning services.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oracle</p></td><td><p>Software licences and support.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>Provision of mobile phone and connectivity services.</p></td><td><p>Provision of mobile phone and connectivity services.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and government strategic suppliers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose of contract</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amey</p></td><td><p>Facilities management</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT</p></td><td><p>Network lines</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>IT services</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below summarises the purpose of the contracts between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and government strategic suppliers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose of contract</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT PLC</p></td><td><p>Broadband lines at Southwark Crown Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>IT support contract</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>network services contract</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/05/2018 12:51:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 54416 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

873533

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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: Crofton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether HS2 Ltd has made an assessment of the area that would potentially be affected by debris in the event of a high-speed incident at the point where HS2 will pass through Crofton.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	134647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>The new high-speed railway will be designed to further improve standards of railway safety. The HS2 design includes numerous features that minimise the likelihood of a train accident and reduce its consequences. HS2 is implementing a modern signalling control system called the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) which includes an Automatic Train Protection (ATP) function. Such a system continuously monitors the speed of the train and if the route ahead is clear, braking the train if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the signalling system, HS2 is systematically identifying the causes of all hazards that would cause a risk to the railway or from the railway onto the local population. This is following a process called the Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment. This analysis will ensure that the railway design minimises accidents by isolating the railway from danger and mitigating risks.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 17/04/2018 15:58:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

873534

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time people with Parkinson’s disease to (a) be assessed for deep brain stimulation and (b) receive deep brain stimulation treatment, in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	134648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>Information regarding the average waiting time people with Parkinson’s disease to be assessed for deep brain stimulation is not collected. The following table shows the number of finished admission episodes (FAEs) for patients with a primary diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and a main procedure of deep brain stimulation and the mean elective wait for the procedure in the financial years between 2014-15 and 2016-17.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>FAEs</p></td><td><p>Mean waiting time (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>53.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>69.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>107.47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p>An FAE is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/04/2018 13:49:36 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon