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929335

registered interest
date	22/06/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the reduction in the number of CPS staff on the number of criminal charges brought in England and Wales between 2010 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	156623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Whilst the Crown Prosecution Service has seen a reduction of staff, this does not necessarily correlate to the decreasing caseload. During the same period, the volume of police charged cases and referrals for pre-charge decisions has declined. Importantly, the Crown Prosecution Service has maintained its conviction rate of around 84% throughout this time.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/07/2018 13:33:25 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

928659

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from people with disabilities who are holders of parking permits and from other key stakeholders on the ability of people with disabilities to continue to benefit from all associated parking facilities in EU countries after the UK leaves the EU and vice versa.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	156360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport receives occasional enquiries from members of the public and Members of Parliament on this issue. The Government recognises the benefits of mutual recognition of disabled parking cards across the EU for UK citizens, and vice versa. We are considering carefully the future of these arrangements. Until we leave, and during the implementation period, we expect to continue applying the current arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/06/2018 13:38:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

928782

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fort Kinnaird: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Scottish Government receives a share of the sale to a private company of Fort Kinnaird.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	156463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>90B(3) of the Scotland Act 1998 stipulated that assets held in joint venture structures, rather than by The Crown Estate alone, were not included in the transfer to Scottish Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Estate held a 50% interest in the Gibraltar English Limited Partnership, with the remainder held by the Hercules Unit Trust, advised by British Land.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Estate operates independently from Government under the Crown Estate Management Act 1961 and therefore HM Treasury has had no discussions on the sale of Fort Kinnaird with private companies.</p><p> </p><p>Revenue from the sale of The Crown Estate’s interest in Fort Kinnaird will be passed to the UK Consolidated Fund, for the benefit of the UK as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 156464 156465 156466 question first answered 26/06/2018 16:01:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

927732

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	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department was aware of recent concerns raised about cockroaches, rodents and bedbugs and other substandard environmental conditions in privately-run asylum housing properties; and for what reason such properties nonetheless passed all compliance regulations and local authority property standards.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	155943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation, transportation and cash/subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. UKVI discharges their statutory duty via a suite of COMPASS contracts with three providers; G4S, Serco and Clearsprings Ready Homes. UKVI do not accommodate service users in privately run asylum housing properties</p><p>Accommodation providers are required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation that complies with the Decent Homes Standard in addition to standards outlined in relevant national or local housing legislation</p><p>The contract requires Providers to inspect each property every month and UKVI inspects a significant proportion of properties each year to ensure standards are being met. Where asylum accommodation is found to be falling short of the required standards UKVI has procedures in place to hold suppliers to account to quickly resolve the issue.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 155944 question first answered 27/06/2018 13:17:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

927733

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	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to review the compliance regulations and local authority property standards of privately-run asylum housing properties.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	155944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation, transportation and cash/subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. UKVI discharges their statutory duty via a suite of COMPASS contracts with three providers; G4S, Serco and Clearsprings Ready Homes. UKVI do not accommodate service users in privately run asylum housing properties</p><p>Accommodation providers are required to provide safe, habitable, fit for purpose and correctly equipped accommodation that complies with the Decent Homes Standard in addition to standards outlined in relevant national or local housing legislation</p><p>The contract requires Providers to inspect each property every month and UKVI inspects a significant proportion of properties each year to ensure standards are being met. Where asylum accommodation is found to be falling short of the required standards UKVI has procedures in place to hold suppliers to account to quickly resolve the issue.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 155943 question first answered 27/06/2018 13:17:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

927745

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	NHS: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what plans he has to ensure that the number of medical professionals entering the UK to work in the NHS in understaffed positions including interventional radiology is maintained when the UK leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	155671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government values the contribution which migrants makes to the NHS</p><p>We have commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. <br>The Government will want to ensure that decisions on the long-term arrangements are based on evidence. The commission that we have asked the MAC to undertake is very much part of this. The MAC are due to publish their final report by September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/06/2018 13:18:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

927850

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to protect women and men who experience revenge porn.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	155869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting victims of revenge porn, and funds the Revenge Porn Helpline, which has received over 10,000 calls since it opened in February 2015.</p><p>The Government has awarded £80,000 to the Helpline for the 2018/19 financial year, to ensure victims of revenge porn continue to receive the support they need.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/06/2018 13:50:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

927942

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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	Exports: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many FTE staff in his Department have been liaising with (a) UK steel representatives and (b) US importers on applications for product exemptions under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	155791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The US administration has a process for domestic US steel consumers to apply for individual product exclusions from US s232 measures. Ministers have held regular meetings with industry and unions to discuss US s232, including hosting the Steel Council on 18<sup>th</sup> June. The Department hosted a meeting on 5 June between US lawyers and UK steel and aluminium industry representatives to share information on the product exclusion process.</p><p>The Department has been working tirelessly on these issue for many months, working in partnership with colleagues from Department of Trade, Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and the Cabinet Office.</p><p>We remain in regular dialogue with UK industry and will support them through this process where possible. Details of the process are set out on the US Department of Commerce website.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 155792 question first answered 25/06/2018 14:00:03 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

927950

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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	Healthy Start Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether eligibility for the Healthy Start scheme for a family with children under four years of age receiving universal credit and on an earned income of less than £408 a month is linked to eligibility for (a) tax credits or (b) child benefit.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	155723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>Healthy Start eligibility is for pregnant women (at least 10 weeks into pregnancy) and families with a child under four years old, if they are claiming any of the following benefits:</p><p>- Income Support;</p><p>- Income-based Job Seekers Allowance;</p><p>- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance;</p><p>- Child Tax Credit (with an annual family income of £16,190 or less); and</p><p>- Universal Credit (with family take-home pay of less than £408 per month).</p><p> </p><p>All pregnant women aged under 18 are also eligible for Healthy Start, regardless of whether they receive any of the above benefits.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 28/06/2018 14:59:30 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

926904

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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	Birds: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) builders and (b) homeowners receive guidance on legislation relating to (a) nesting birds and (b) the protection of nests during the breeding season.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	155227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>Natural England provides guidance in its publication ‘Wild Birds: Surveys and mitigation for development projects’ to help builders and planners assess the impacts of developments on wild birds.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/06/2018 10:11:44 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy