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873555

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Air Ambulance Services: Northern Ireland
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 fund the air ambulance in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	134669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The funding of health services in Northern Ireland is a matter for the devolved administration.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 18/04/2018 12:42:51 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

873556

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her policy is on salary equality between male and female staff carrying out the same role.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	134670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Paying men and women unequally for the same work has been unlawful for nearly 50 years. Employees who are concerned that they may not be being paid fairly can seek authoritative and free advice from the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), before deciding whether to bring a claim before an Employment Tribunal. Where an employer is found to have breached equal pay law, an Employment Tribunal can order them to carry out an equal pay audit. Our requirement for all larger employers to publish their gender pay gap will help increase transparency of all the factors underlying the endemic differences in pay between men and women.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/04/2018 10:29:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

873557

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	School Choice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to introduce a right for parents to send their children to the same school.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	134671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>It is for admissions authorities in England to decide whether to give priority to siblings in their admissions arrangements, where the school is oversubscribed, and many schools do choose to do this. The Department expects schools to balance prioritising siblings with ensuring places are also available for other local children who do not have a sibling at the school.</p><p>The Deparment routinely reviews the English school admissions system and seeks regular feedback from stakeholders. Any changes to the School Admissions Code will require a full statutory process, including consultation and parliamentary scrutiny.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/04/2018 13:11:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

873558

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of children who were fostered in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	134672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>At 31 March 2017, there were 53,420 looked after children in England in foster care.</p><p>This information is already in the public domain and further information on the number of looked after children by their placement is published in Table A2 of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/04/2018 07:58:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

873559

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on companies that sell personal data to third parties.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	134673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes both the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. We expect all organisations to abide by the law when processing (including sharing or selling) personal data.</p><p> </p><p>The Data Protection Act 1998 has served us well and placed the UK at the front of global data protection standards. With the new Data Protection Bill, Government are modernising the data protection laws in the UK to make them fit for purpose for our increasingly digital economy and society. It will set new standards for protecting general data, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), giving people more control over use of their data, and provide new rights to move or delete personal data. This new data protection regime will come into force on 25 May 2018.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/04/2018 15:27:44 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

872768

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	Nurses: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nursing places have been allocated for the year 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	134581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>In order to meet the growing need for more registered nurses in the future, in England, the Government has announced a further increase in the number of available funded clinical placements for nurse degrees was announced in August and October. This will result in an increase of over 5,000 nurse training places available each year from 2018/19; an increase of 25% from 20,680 available in 2016/17 to 25,850 in 2018/19.</p><p>Broadening routes into nursing is a priority for the Department in England. That is why we have developed the new nursing associate role and the Nurse Degree Apprenticeship which will open up routes into the registered nursing profession for thousands of people from all backgrounds and allow employers to grow their own workforce.</p><p>Education and training of National Health Service staff in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is a matter for the respective Governments.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 03/04/2018 09:57:36 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

872769

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Film and Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has a policy to attract the television and film industry to work in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	134582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The strength of the UK’s production sector is rooted in international confidence in the film-friendly policies of this government, including funding for the British Film Institute and British Film Commission, as well as the attractive fiscal environment created by the government’s creative sector tax reliefs. Such support, along with the world-class excellence of UK talent, crews and locations, continues to cement the UK’s reputation as a leading global destination for film and TV production. 2017 saw a new record for expenditure on inward investment film and television production with £1.69 billion for film, a 23% increase on the previous year, and £684 million for high-end television production, a 27% increase on 2016.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/04/2018 12:38:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

872771

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) sexual assault and (b) rape were reported in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	134584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>Data on the number of police recorded sexual assault and rape offences in England and Wales are published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The latest data, for the year ending September 2017, can be found in Table A4 of the appendix tables, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/04/2018 12:29:49 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

872772

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Empty Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure there are no derelict houses in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	134585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>Housing is a devolved matter in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p>The Government is committed to reducing the number of long-term empty homes to increase the supply of housing.</p><p>In England, the number of long-term empty homes is down by nearly a third since 2010. At May 2010 over 300,000 homes had been standing empty for longer than 6 months. As of October 2017 the number of long term empty properties had fallen to 205,293.</p><p>Local authorities in England have powers and strong incentives to tackle empty homes, and through the New Homes Bonus they earn the same financial reward for bringing an empty home back into use as building a new one.</p><p>The Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill, which was introduced on 28 March, proposes to strengthen the powers available to local authorities to tackle empty homes in England. Local authorities will be able to charge a 100 per cent council tax premium (currently 50 per cent) to homes that have been empty for at least two years.</p><p>Local authorities in England also have a discretionary power under Section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to deal with derelict land and buildings.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 05/04/2018 15:59:19 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

872773

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	Graffiti: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to support the removal of graffiti tagging to clean up (a) towns and (b) cities in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	134586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>We have recently increased the fixed penalties that local authorities can issue for littering, graffiti and fly-posting. From 1 April 2018, the maximum fixed penalty will nearly double from £80 to £150, and the default penalty will increase from £75 to £100. From April 2019, the minimum fixed penalty will also increase from £50 to £65.</p><p> </p><p>Councils retain the income from these Fixed Penalty Notices, which must be spent on their functions relating to keeping land and highways of litter and refuse (including enforcement), and enforcement against graffiti and fly-posting offences. We are clear that any enforcement action must be proportionate and in the public interest.</p><p> </p><p>Graffiti removal is also typical of the types of projects assigned to offenders taking part in Community Payback schemes. Community Rehabilitation Companies are responsible for assigning offenders who have been sentenced to carry out unpaid work as part of their community sentences to specific work assignments, so it would be for local councils to work with the relevant Community Rehabilitation Company to arrange this.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/04/2018 16:44:34 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson