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752136

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Childcare Implementation Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the childcare implementation taskforce has met since its establishment; what were the dates on which it met; and who attended each meeting.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare ITF is chaired by the Education Secretary and was established to drive delivery of a coherent and effective government-wide childcare offer to support parents in work. To protect the integrity of the policy making process, we do not not publish details of when Implementation Taskforces met or what they discussed.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/07/2017 12:40:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752137

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2017 to Question 1097, how much funding was allocated to 16-to-19 education in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	5005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to his previous question number 3689, which was answered on 12 July:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-07/3689/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-07/3689/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p> </p></li></ul> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/07/2017 15:54:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

752150

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Open University: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had any discussions with the Open University on its use of a restricted countries list in its application process.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	5040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State has had no such meetings.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/07/2017 15:21:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

752156

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Nottingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that older people can access high-quality residential care in Nottingham.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	5057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Care Act 2014 placed a duty on local authorities in England to promote a diverse, sustainable, high quality market of care and support providers for people in their local area.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has published statutory guidance to support local authorities in their market shaping duties.</p><p>To improve the quality of adult social care, the Government has introduced a tough system of Care Quality Commission ratings, new qualifications for care workers and new standards to ensure that everyone receives the highest quality support.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/07/2017 10:45:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

752158

registered interest
date	14/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to support local authorities in addressing regional inequalities in social care quality.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	5073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Whilst 79% of inspected care services are good or outstanding there is more to do to address variation. This is why we introduced tougher inspections of care services and provided an additional £2 billion to the sector. The Department is also working with organisations from across the adult social care sector to implement Quality Matters – a commitment to improving quality.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced that we will be consulting on the future of social care. The consultation will set out options to improve the social care system to put it on a more secure financial footing and address issues related to the quality of care and variation in practice.</p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) makes sure adult social care providers meet fundamental standards of quality and safety. The CQC reports that 75% of inspected providers are rated as good for ‘safety’.</p><p>The CQC can take action if it identifies aspects of care which need to improve. The CQC can: issue requirement notices or warning notices to set out what improvements must be made and by when; make changes to a care provider's registration to limit what they may do; place a provider in special measures; and, issue cautions, fines or prosecute cases where people are harmed or placed in danger of harm.</p><p> </p><p>The CQC reports that 76% of inspected providers are rated as outstanding or good for ‘well-led’. The Department is working closely with our delivery partners, Skills for Care, to improve the level of skills of the adult social care workforce which includes supporting the development of leadership at all levels. The Skills for Care Leadership programme equips leaders and managers at all levels to positively embrace service transformation as part of an integrated, whole-system view of person-centred care.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 5058 5059 5060 question first answered 19/07/2017 16:01:50 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

751673

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 3597, whether people enforcing their rights (a) through the UK judicial system and (b) contained within the Withdrawal Agreement will be eligible for legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	4804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The scope of civil legal aid is set out in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), which came into force on 1 April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>In order for a person to be granted civil legal aid, both their income and capital must be within specified limits as set out in the means test. In addition, their case needs to have a reasonable chance of winning (the merits test).</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not currently put any nationality or residence restrictions on accessing civil legal aid. However, under LASPO civil legal aid is generally limited to proceedings taking place in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/07/2017 16:34:38 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

751674

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 6 of her Department's policy paper Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, what provision will be made for EEA trafficked persons to apply for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	4805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), sets out that EU citizens, which includes those who are victims of trafficking, who arrive in the UK before the specified date and have five years’ continuous residence will be able to apply for UK settled status. EU citizens who arrive before the specified date, but do not yet have five years’ continuous residence, will be able to make an application to stay until they have built up the necessary five continuous years’ residence to be able to apply for UK settled status.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/07/2017 17:00:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

751677

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bombings: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take as a result of the admission and apology by Mick Hayes in relation to the Birmingham pub bombing in 1974.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	4973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The murder of 21 people by Irish Republican turmoil in 1974 in the Birmingham pub bombing was a heinous crime perpetrated on innocent people. Comments made by Mick Hayes in relation to the bombings are a matter for the police. The investigation into the bombings is still open and as such it would be inappropriate to comment further.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 18/07/2017 15:11:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

751680

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 1354, on regulation, whether his policy on regulating over the course of the current Parliament includes contact with the Red Tape Initiative launched on 20 April 2017 and chaired by the right hon. Member for West Dorset.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	4818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently considering how best to continue to deliver our commitment to regulate more efficiently and effectively over the course of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/07/2017 15:10:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

751681

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to install defibrillators in all departmental and public buildings.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	4839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>We recognise that better provision of defibrillators, and increasing the number of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, could help save more lives of those who have a cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting. Therefore, we encourage organisations to consider purchasing a defibrillator as part of their first-aid equipment, particularly where there are high concentrations of people.</p><p> </p><p>In order to further support the National Health Service and local communities, the Government has provided £2 million to make public access defibrillators more widely available and to increase the numbers of people trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 19/07/2017 13:32:37 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson