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931184

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Health Insurance: Insurance Premium Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has he made on the effect of insurance premium tax on the take-up of mutual health cash plans.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	157017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The government regularly keeps all taxes under review. This includes Insurance Premium Tax.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/07/2018 15:45:40 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

931185

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Health Services: Costs
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 he has made the effect of people adopting mutual health cash plans on cost pressures in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	157018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 03/07/2018 11:27:37 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

927906

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Harrow West dated 12 June 2018, reference number GT31190.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	155648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Hon. Members letter of 12 June will be responded to within the Cabinet Office service standard of 20 working days.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 11:44:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

926949

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Knives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will encourage Ofsted to recommend that schools to accept knife arches and other anti-knife crime measures on their premises to help dissuade children from carrying weapons for self-defence or other purposes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	155169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>No one should ever feel the need to take weapons into schools. It is unacceptable and doing so is a criminal offence. Schools have a statutory power to search for and confiscate prohibited items such as knives and weapons.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has produced advice for schools which makes it clear that school staff can search pupils or their possessions, without consent where there are reasonable grounds to do so. This guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/searching-screening-and-confiscation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/searching-screening-and-confiscation</a>. If a pupil refuses to be searched, then the school may bar them from its premises.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working with the Home Office and other stakeholders, including the Police, Ofsted and the Health and Safety Executive, on updating its school security advice. This will reference knife crime and encourage schools to develop policies and cultures to help address the issue of carrying knives.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/06/2018 16:16:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

918552

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
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	Nicaragua: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had and with whom to seek to (a) prevent human rights abuses taking place in Nicaragua and (b) promote the right to peaceful protest in that country.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	150549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom remains deeply concerned about the situation in Nicaragua. Our Embassy in Costa Rica, which is accredited to Nicaragua, has been following developments closely. The UK was part of EU messages of condemnation and the British Ambassador to Nicaragua released a statement on 5 June calling for an end to the violence. He urged the authorities to protect human rights and thoroughly investigate all human rights abuses.</p><p>The Head of Latin America Department met the Nicaraguan Presidential Advisor on International Relations and Policy on 29 May and 5 June to deliver the same messages.</p><p>For stability to return, the inclusive national dialogue promised by the authorities should resume under peaceful conditions, with full respect for freedom of expression. We have been clear on both points with the Nicaraguan Government.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/06/2018 08:06:22 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

909419

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: South Asia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2017 to Question 106813 on Visas: South Asia, how many and what proportion of applications for visitor visas have been granted in (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Sri Lanka and (d) Nepal in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	146698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The information on Visitor visas relates to grants worldwide by nationality, and is published quarterly as part of Home Office’s publication scheme, in the ‘Immigration Statistics’, Visas data tables, Volume 3, latest edition available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/05/2018 13:49:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

909420

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of visitor visas granted in India since 2012 in which were compassionate grounds were taken into consideration.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	146699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.</p><p>The information requested is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost by examination of thousands of cases.</p><p>However, published information on Visitor visas relating to grants worldwide by nationality, is published quarterly as part of Home Office’s publication scheme, in the ‘Immigration Statistics’, Visas data tables, Volume 3. The latest edition is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/05/2018 13:47:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

903728

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	How many schools will not receive a cash terms increase in their budget per pupil in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	905261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department are spending record sums on school funding, rising from £41 billion to £42.4 billion this year and £43.5 billion next year.</p><p> </p><p>The national funding formula (NFF) gives every local authority more money for every pupil in every school in 2018-19 and 2019-20. To help in transition to the NFF, local authorities have flexibility on how this funding is distributed in their local area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 905267 question first answered 14/05/2018 16:48:26 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

904073

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to help taxi drivers who have been affected by the bankruptcy of Alpha Insurance to seek (a) reimbursement and (b) alternative insurance providers.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	143627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The taxi and private hire vehicle drivers affected are likely to be protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) and, as Alpha Insurance was based in Denmark, some may also be protected under the Danish insurance guarantee scheme. The FSCS are working with the Danish parties to put in place the appropriate arrangements for claims to be handled.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that a number of brokers are working with affected policyholders to arrange alternative cover. All drivers must make sure that they have appropriate insurance in place before driving their vehicle.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 22/05/2018 15:41:59 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

892244

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the Youth Justice Board to confirm the grant allocations for youth offending services for 2018-19;and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	138347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the important role that local authorities provide to support young people in their journey through the youth justice system.</p><p>We will very shortly be in a position to notify the Youth Justice Board of its overall allocation for 2018/19, who will then grant funds to each Local Authority for the delivery of local youth offending services.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 04/05/2018 13:39:47 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas