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1243435

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Safety
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 Answers of 10 September 2020 to Question 85969 and 14 October 2020 to Question 100312, if she will take steps with knife (a) manufacturers and (b) retailers to change the design of kitchen knives to replace pointed ends with rounded ends.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	103451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>We know that knives are used for legitimate purposes by the vast majority of people. Bladed articles with pointed ends have legitimate uses and are often needed for a wide range of purposes, including as tools for work for instance in farming or fishing and in private such as in the household for use during cooking. While we are always ready to engage with manufacturers and retailers to help ensure public safety, it is important that the government strikes the right balance between allowing access to knives for legitimate reasons, with the need to protect the public from dangerous weapons. We believe the current legislation strikes the right balance. We will, however, continue to do everything we can to ensure that people do not carry dangerous weapons and commit violent crime in the first place.</p><p>This is why we have invested £176.5 million over two years in preventing serious violence in local communities and bolstering police capacity to respond to serios violent crimes when they do occur.</p><p>It is also why we have launched a consultation on new powers for the police to target those who have been convicted of knife related offences. We will also be piloting new Knife Crime Prevention Orders, introduced through the Offensive Weapons Act 2019. These new preventative orders will provide an additional tool for police to steer people away from serious violence.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/10/2020 14:39:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1243445

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
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	Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Questions 95023, 95024, 95025 and 95029, tabled on 24 September 2020, and Question 97479, tabled on 30 September 2020 by the hon. Member for Hammersmith.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	103452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>We take parliamentary scrutiny incredibly seriously and it is fundamentally important that hon. Members are provided with accurate and timely information to enable them to hold the Government to account. We are working rapidly to provide all Members with accurate answers to their questions, as well as supporting the Government’s response to the unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Questions <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-24/95025" target="_blank">95025</a> and <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-09-24/95029" target="_blank">95029</a> of 10 November.</p><p>The hon. Member’s remaining questions will be answered as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/11/2020 12:35:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 55272 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1243448

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
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	Contact Tracing: Consultants
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 consultants are currently employed on the Government's Test and Trace programme; what the total expenditure on these consultants has been to date; which firms are providing those consultants; and how many consultants each such firm has provided at what cost.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	103453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>As of the beginning of November 2020 there were over 2,300 contractors and consultants working for 73 different suppliers for the Test and Trace programme. The total expenditure on these contractors and consultants to date has been approximately £375 million.</p><p>The pay rates of individuals engaged from each supplier is commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 26/01/2021 13:28:02 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 55273 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1243451

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
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	Contact Tracing: Consultants
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 highest daily or hourly rate paid for any individual consultant at each firm providing services to the Government's Test and Trace programme; what the period of engagement is for that consultant at each such firm; how much the Government has paid to engage that consultant at each such firm; and what the duties are of that consultant at each such firm.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	103454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2021 answer text <p>As of the beginning of November 2020 there are over 2,300 consultants and contractors working for 73 different suppliers for the Test and Trace programme. The total expenditure on these consultants to date has been approximately £375 million.</p><p>The pay rates of individual consultants engaged from each supplier is commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 04/01/2021 14:22:38 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 55274 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1243452

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
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	Contact Tracing: Consultants
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 additional consultants he plans to engage to work on the Government's Test and Trace programme; and from which firms he plans to engage those consultants.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	103455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>As part of our strategic workforce planning activities the number of consultants engaged is constantly under review and subject to change.</p><p>Much of the focus of existing consultancy on the programme is to support the ‘build’ of the organisation. This support is only required on a temporary basis, and most often used to provide skills that have not been identified within the Civil Service. For example, consultancies are used to provide support on app development.</p><p>Call off contracts from the Crown Commercial Framework which contain a preselected list of suppliers with standard terms and conditions have been used in the majority of awards.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/12/2020 13:18:52 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 55275 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1243453

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
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	Contact Tracing: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what type of contract he has used to engage consultants to work on the Government's Test and Trace programme; and what tendering process he used to let those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	103456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>Call off contracts from the Crown Commercial Framework (CCF) which contain a preselected list of suppliers with standard terms and conditions have been used in the majority of awards. Payment rates are as per the CCF rate card with discounts attained depending on value and length of role.</p><p>As part of our strategic workforce planning activities the number of consultants engaged is constantly under review and subject to change. Much of the focus of existing consultancy on the programme is to support the ‘build’ of the organisation. This support is only required on a temporary basis and most often used to provide skills that have not been identified within the Civil Service. For example, consultancies are used to provide support on app development.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 09/12/2020 13:27:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 55276 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1242418

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the outcome of the review of the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on the external walls of buildings.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	101994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 100277 on 12 October 2020.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 102154 question first answered 15/10/2020 14:38:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1241255

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Retail Trade
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 10 September 2020 to Question 85969 on Knives, what steps the Government is taking to work with retailers to promote the responsible sales of knives.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	100312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has agreed a set of voluntary commitments with major retailers to promote the responsible sale of knives and to prevent the sale of knives to under-18s, both in stores and online. The agreement commits retailers to having robust measures in place to ensure age verification and both appropriate display and access to knives in stores.</p><p>Retailers also act to ensure customers and staff are reminded that knives are age restricted products and that all staff receive regular training. Since March 2016, 19 major retailed have joined the agreement, with some stopping the sale of single knives in their stores altogether. We are continuing to work with retailers to strengthen the agreement further in relation to the display of knives.</p><p>The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 strengthens the law in relation to the preventing the online sale of knives to under 18s by requiring age verification and stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after they are bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product would not be delivered into the hands of a person under 18.</p><p>We have paused commencement of some of the Act’s provisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing measures that have been in place to avoid placing significant additional burdens on businesses and delivery companies to modify their sales and delivery systems and train staff over this period. We are keeping the position under review and we expect to be able to commence the provisions at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/10/2020 08:50:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1240247

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in prison have been identified (a) provisionally and (b) conclusively by her Department as victims of modern slavery through the National Referral Mechanism.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	98905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>The Single Competent Authority (SCA) operates the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), which is a civil process for the identification and support of victims of modern slavery. The SCA does not hold real-time or reportable data on the number of individuals that have been identified as potential or confirmed victims of modern slavery whilst in prison.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/10/2020 09:29:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1239170

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
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	Joint Biosecurity Centre: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department included key performance indicators in its contracts with (a) Deloitte and (b) Boston Consulting Group for those companies' work in the Joint Biosecurity Centre.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	97479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The Joint Biosecurity Centre does not currently employ any consultant from Deloitte or Boston Consulting Group.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/12/2020 09:52:52 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 52010 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter