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677936

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date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	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 Communities and Local Government, what the size is of the cap on borrowing to invest in new homes in each core city.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>There was £3.4 billion of borrowing headroom in 2015-16.</p><p>You can find the last published information on borrowing headroom for each local authority in 2014-15 in: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-receipts-in-england-2014-to-2015-final-outturn" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-receipts-in-england-2014-to-2015-final-outturn</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 30/01/2017 16:33:41 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

677939

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	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 Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 51987, whether he plans to review his Department's policy on borrowing caps on local authorities' housing revenue accounts.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>We will shortly be publishing a Housing White Paper, which will set out our thoughts about how we can help local authorities to build more homes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 27/01/2017 15:41:31 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

677941

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 51988, on housing construction; when he plans to provide an Answer to that Question.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>I replied to the hon Member for Bristol West today.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 01/02/2017 16:50:44 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

678093

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance and training her Department recommends that police forces provide for officers on the use of tasers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The deployment of Conductive Energy Devices is an operational matter for Chief Officers. The College of Policing sets standards of practice and guidance, including on the use of the Taser X26, and is the professional body for those working in policing in England and Wales. The following is a link to the relevant part of the College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice: <a href="http://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/armed-policing/conducted-energy-devices-taser/" target="_blank">www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/armed-policing/conducted-energy-devices-taser/</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 27/01/2017 09:48:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

678148

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52038, on staff, what the size of the trade policy team was on 24 June 2016; and how many of those staff have had experience of negotiating trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>On 24 June 2016 the trade policy team numbered 45 civil servants. These individuals were all focused on UK trade policy in the context of providing input to the European Commission’s trade negotiations.</p><p>At this stage our primary focus is on developing our policy positions, international relationships and approach to future trade negotiations. We are recruiting high quality individuals with a range of policy, negotiation and trade-specific skills and experience.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 27/01/2017 14:56:43 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

677505

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
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	Furs
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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) extending the ban on the sale of cat, dog and seal fur to other species and (b) improving guidance on fur labelling for consumer products; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>Some skin and fur products may never be legally imported into the UK for commercial use. These include seal skins and products and cat and dog fur and products.</p><p> </p><p>If the fur is from an endangered species protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), its import and trade will be subject to CITES controls, as will any body part of that species also being imported or traded. These controls are implemented by the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations. The Government has no plans to remove these controls.</p><p> </p><p>Labelling of fur products for consumers is already covered by The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 31/01/2017 13:40:03 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

674302

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dense Deposit Disease: Eculizumab
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2016 to Question 51102, on Dense Deposit Disease: eculizumab, when he plans for the new policy proposition for the use of eculizumab in treating Dense Deposit Disease before a patient has had a kidney transplant to be considered during 2017; and when the Clinical Priorities Advisory Group will report on its consideration of the policy on the treatment of C3 glomerulopathy after kidney transplant.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	60369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The Clinical Priorities Advisory Group (CPAG) considered the policy proposition on the treatment of C3 glomerulopathy after kidney transplant in November 2016 but this was not supported, primarily on the grounds of affordability. It was agreed that this policy would be given further consideration by CPAG in spring 2017.</p><p> </p><p>A policy proposition for pre-transplant patients to receive eculizumab was considered by the NHS England Specialised Commissioning Clinical Panel in December 2016. The Clinical Panel concluded there was insufficient evidence to support development of a policy and, therefore, this topic will not enter the policy work programme at this stage. NHS England will liaise with the National Institute for Health Research to discuss the potential for an international clinical group to develop an international trial.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 25/01/2017 15:53:55 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

673576

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which private companies have used labour from the prison population, and for what roles, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	60167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We want prisons to be places of hard work, rigorous education and high ambition, with incentives for prisoners to learn and for prison staff to prioritise education and work. We work with a significant number of private companies to provide opportunities for offenders to work and learn new skills which can help them find a job on release and support their rehabilitation. This includes supporting work in prison, providing work placements in the community on temporary licence and employment on release.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 24/01/2017 16:48:43 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

654815

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Bristol West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government plans to take to protect state maintained schools in Bristol West from the effect on their budgets of rising (a) staff and (b) other costs and real-terms funding reductions in 2016-17 and in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	56753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of investing in education, and at the Spending Review confirmed a real terms protection for the core schools budget. Throughout this Parliament, the money available for our schools will increase as pupil numbers rise.</p><p> </p><p>As with other public services, we recognise that schools are facing cost pressures from salary increases, the introduction of the National Living Wage, increases to employers’ National Insurance and Teachers’ Pension Scheme contributions and general inflation.</p><p> </p><p>We are introducing a National Funding Formula to give greater certainty on funding and allow schools to plan ahead effectively. This is to ensure that resources are matched fairly and consistently across the country to school and pupil need.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to providing support for schools to improve their levels of efficiency. In January we published a wide range of tools and support available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency</a>, and we will launch a school buying strategy to support schools to save over £1bn a year by 2019-20 on their non-staff spend.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/12/2016 17:44:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

652728

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied and separated children have been (a) identified, (b) assessed and (c) transferred under sub-section 1 of section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	56298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>We are continuing to work closely with partners across Europe to identify unaccompanied asylum seeking children who may be eligible to come to the UK.</p><p>The Government has transferred more than 750 children to the UK in support of the French operation to clear the Calais camp, including children who meet the criteria for section 67 of the Immigration Act.</p><p>The Dubs process has not ended. More eligible children will be transferred from Europe, in line with the terms of the Immigration Act, in the coming months. Following consultation with local authorities on capacity to host unaccompanied children, we will be announcing the specified number in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/12/2016 17:09:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire