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989507

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Social Metrics Commission’s new measure of poverty, if will she undertake an assessment of the effect of all government policies on poverty in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	180733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>We welcome the work that the Social Metrics Commission has done. Measuring poverty is complex, and this report offers further insight into that complexity and the additional measures that can be taken into consideration. From discussions with SMC they acknowledge that further work needs to be done (particularly around data availability and quality). We will carefully consider their recommendations and the detail behind the methodology they have employed when this has been made available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 180731 180732 question first answered 22/10/2018 16:41:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

991130

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Treasury: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future funding of his Department.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	907169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Chancellor.</p><p>This Government is committed to spending at least 2% of GDP on defence and the Ministry of Defence’s budget will rise at least 0.5% above inflation every year of this Parliament, taking it to almost £40 billion by 2021.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 22/10/2018 15:45:44 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

990247

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Integrated Care Systems have worked with the independent adult social care sector to prepare for the provision of services during winter 2018-19; and how much capacity has been identified in the adult social care sector.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	181216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) include local councils, who have statutory responsibility to commission social care for the populations they serve. The Department and NHS England would expect all of them to be regularly talking to and working with social care providers, given their remit to join up health and social care services. ICSs must identify adult social care capacity within their area, in order to meet the social care needs of the population they serve.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/10/2018 16:23:25 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

990248

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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	Mental Illness: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2017 HSE Work-related stress, depression or anxiety statistics in Great Britain, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on its findings that mental health and stress account for 49 per cent of all days taken off work; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	181165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State often speaks with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive as an agency of the Department for Work and Pensions sets standards and provides resources and guidance for employers to take positive actions that promote good mental health for all employees whatever the nature of their contract.</p><p> </p><p>In the Industrial Strategy, the Government set out the five principles that we believe underpin the quality of work. These principles are: overall worker satisfaction; good pay; participation and progression; wellbeing, safety and security; and voice and autonomy.</p><p> </p><p>Further, the Government also recognises the importance of mental health which is why the Prime Minister commissioned the Lord Dennis Stevenson and Paul Farmer, the Chief Executive of Mind, to conduct an independent review, Thriving at Work into how employers can better support all employees, including those with mental ill health or wellbeing, to remain in and thrive at work. It presented a compelling business case for employers to take action to improve the wellbeing of their employees providing recommendations for all employers to adopt six core standards that lay the basic foundations for an approach to workplace mental health.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/10/2018 16:15:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

990249

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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	University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on additional funding for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust as a result of that Trust being classified as requiring improvement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	181166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Trusts are not awarded funding as a result of Care Quality Commission reports or ratings. In the case of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, we are not aware of any specific quality improvement funding requests. NHS Improvement would normally manage any quality improvement funding required for challenged trusts from within its own budget.</p><p> </p><p>If trusts need to apply for extra capital, the main source in the National Health Service is from internally generated sources of cash, which for trusts has to be within their Capital Resource Limit total issued by NHS Improvement. NHS Providers can also apply to the Department for a range of financing, generally loans and public dividend capital.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 23/10/2018 16:30:17 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

990250

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UNRWA: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency for its operations in (a) Palestine and (b) neighbouring countries from (a) the UK, (b) the US and (c) other countries.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	181167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK has consistently been one of the top five donors to UNRWA. We have increased our total funding to £57.5 million so far this year. We have also lobbied other donors to do likewise and are pleased that this effort has been successful; following a Ministerial meeting in New York, UNRWA’s deficit has been reduced to $64 million. However, if further funding is not secured, we assess that this could impact the delivery of essential services across UNRWA’s fields of operation; in Jordan, Lebanon, Gaza, Syria and the West Bank. DFID will continue to work with UNRWA and other donors to help ensure essential services are maintained across the region.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/10/2018 14:10:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

990255

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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	East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the effect on patient care of the failure of the Lorenzo software system at East and North Herts Hospital NHS Trust.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	181220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>This incident is still under investigation and the East and North Hertfordshire Hospital NHS Trust is working closely with the East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group to assess the effect on patient care of the failure of the Lorenzo software system in terms of harm to patients.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/10/2018 16:22:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

990256

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department’s policy is on how decisions are confirmed by the Department and external agencies on pension credit entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	181288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>DWP does not provide notifications of Pension Credit entitlement, or non-entitlement, by telephone as all decisions are provided to customers by letter. In the instances when a Pension Credit application is unsuccessful, the decision letter explains how the customer can request a mandatory reconsideration from the Department if they disagree with the decision.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions about Pension Credit entitlement are made by decision makers of the Department for Work and Pensions acting on behalf of the Secretary of State and not by external agencies. Decisions about Pension Credit entitlement are notified in writing and claimants are given written notice of their rights of appeal.</p><p> </p><p>The information is not available in the instances when a Pension Credit application is unsuccessful, the decision letter explains how the customer can request a mandatory reconsideration if they disagree with the decision.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 181289 181290 question first answered 23/10/2018 17:06:26 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

990257

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were notified of their non-entitlement to pension credit in writing; and how many of those people were informed of their entitlement to mandatory reconsideration in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	181289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>DWP does not provide notifications of Pension Credit entitlement, or non-entitlement, by telephone as all decisions are provided to customers by letter. In the instances when a Pension Credit application is unsuccessful, the decision letter explains how the customer can request a mandatory reconsideration from the Department if they disagree with the decision.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions about Pension Credit entitlement are made by decision makers of the Department for Work and Pensions acting on behalf of the Secretary of State and not by external agencies. Decisions about Pension Credit entitlement are notified in writing and claimants are given written notice of their rights of appeal.</p><p> </p><p>The information is not available in the instances when a Pension Credit application is unsuccessful, the decision letter explains how the customer can request a mandatory reconsideration if they disagree with the decision.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 181288 181290 question first answered 23/10/2018 17:06:26 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

990258

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of confirmations of pension credit non-entitlement that were given over the phone in the last 12 months; and of those confirmations how many were given the option of mandatory reconsideration.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	181290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>DWP does not provide notifications of Pension Credit entitlement, or non-entitlement, by telephone as all decisions are provided to customers by letter. In the instances when a Pension Credit application is unsuccessful, the decision letter explains how the customer can request a mandatory reconsideration from the Department if they disagree with the decision.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions about Pension Credit entitlement are made by decision makers of the Department for Work and Pensions acting on behalf of the Secretary of State and not by external agencies. Decisions about Pension Credit entitlement are notified in writing and claimants are given written notice of their rights of appeal.</p><p> </p><p>The information is not available in the instances when a Pension Credit application is unsuccessful, the decision letter explains how the customer can request a mandatory reconsideration if they disagree with the decision.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 181288 181289 question first answered 23/10/2018 17:06:26 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake