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756855

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether hoists are refundable under the Access to Work scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	8356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The support that Access to Work provides is considered on a case-by-case basis, dependent on individual work-related needs caused by disability or health conditions. Support can include specialist equipment, which may potentially include a ‘hoist’ if such an item is deemed to be necessary for the individual’s needs and appropriate within the terms of Access to Work guidance.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 13:54:18 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

756856

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why Access to Work claim forms require certification by an employer or support worker.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	8357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has an obligation to handle public resources to high standards of probity, including standards of accountability and transparency, and this duty requires that there are clear audit trails for transactions involving public funds. In order to meet the necessary standards, we have to ensure that the evidence supporting decisions regarding Access to Work awards is current and relevant.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work can provide support of up to a maximum of £42,100 per year beyond that which is required from employers as reasonable adjustments. The process of deciding and recording an award requires a number of pieces of evidence, including evidence of what reasonable adjustment has been put in place by an employer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 14:53:17 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

756857

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Access to Work Programme: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how self-employed people can meet the Access to Work certification requirement by an employer or support worker.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	8358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The criteria for meeting the Access to Work certification requirement for self-employment are laid out in the Access to Work DWP Staff Guide, which is publicly available on GOV.UK through the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/access-to-work-staff-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/access-to-work-staff-guide</a></p><p>In the current guidance, for Access to Work purposes, a self-employed person is classed as someone who is:</p><ul><li>operating a business either on their own account or in partnership; or working for an employer on a self-employed contractual basis’</li><li>operating a franchised business on a self-employed basis</li><li>running a business that satisfies the past or prospective viability tests (such as achieving a minimum level of turnover each year - this level is currently set at the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) of £5,824 per annum), and</li><li>possessing a Unique Tax Reference Number (UTR)</li></ul><p>Self-employed people can meet the Access to Work certification requirement by providing a UTR; and either of the following:</p><ul><li>accounts for an established businesses; or,</li><li>a business plan of a standard acceptable to a bank or other financial institution.</li></ul> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 14:13:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

756858

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons Access to Work claim handlers make separate payments to customers who have multiple such allowances rather than making a single payment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	8359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>We have interpreted this question to relate to the current process for making payments to customers.</p><p> </p><p>At present, once an award has been agreed, individual costs are reimbursed retrospectively rather than a single lump sum payment being issued in advance.</p><p> </p><p>We recently conducted a voluntary trial of a cash ‘Personal Budget’ model for Access to Work awards, which tested the response of Access to Work users to more direct control of their awards. We are using evidence from this trial to develop a further trial of personal budgets which we intend to launch shortly.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/09/2017 12:00:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

754823

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the safeguarding strategy for unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	6376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>The safeguarding strategy on unaccompanied and refugee children will be published this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/09/2017 12:26:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

720957

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how the requirement for a cultural fit for prospective contractors will be linked to the subject matter of the contract.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	70981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Birmingham, Ladywood to the answer I gave to the hon Member for Ochil and South Perthshire on 7 March 2017, UIN: 66362.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/04/2017 15:43:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

720959

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what basis the requirement for a cultural fit for prospective contractors will be judged.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	70982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member for Birmingham, Ladywood to the answer I gave to the hon Member for Ochil and South Perthshire on 7 March 2017, UIN:66362.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/04/2017 15:46:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

715706

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is any regional variation in the frequency of police cells being used as places of safety for people detained under section 135 of the Mental Health Act 1983.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	69987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>Data on the use of police stations as places of safety for people detained under section 135 of the Mental Health Act 1983 are not currently available.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office began collecting mandatory data on detentions under section 135 of the 1983 Act in April 2016 as part of the Home Office Annual Data Requirement.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office intends to publish these data as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures’ statistical bulletin in Autumn 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Code of Practice for the 1983 Act recommends a planned decision on the individual’s destination, and therefore it should almost never be necessary to use a police station as a place of safety for people removed under section 135.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 19/04/2017 16:42:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

714158

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which EU readmission agreements contain clauses regarding the return of third country nationals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	69161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>All of the European Union Readmission Agreements contain clauses to return third country nationals. The agreements are available at: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/irregular-migration-return-policy/return-readmission_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/irregular-migration-return-policy/return-readmission_en</a></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/03/2017 13:05:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

714165

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has EU readmission agreements.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	69168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK participates in 14 EU Readmission Agreements with: Albania, Russia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Macao, Ukraine, Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Moldova and Georgia.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/03/2017 13:07:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood