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882152

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date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Justice and Security Act 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to select a person to review the operation of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013; and what the timetable is for that appointment to be announced.
tabling member constituency	Rushcliffe
tabling member printed	Mr Kenneth Clarke
uin	135211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>In accordance with s.13(1) and (2) of the Justice and Security Act 2013 (“the Act”), the review of the operation of sections 6-11 of the Act should cover the period from 25 June 2013 to 24 June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>On 13 November 2017, the previous Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP, wrote to his counterparts at the time in the departments that use the Closed Material Procedure (CMP) under the Act, to draw attention to the 5-year review and to discuss arrangements for the review. Discussions between officials are ongoing and an announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2018 16:54:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	366 label Biography information for Lord Clarke of Nottingham

882158

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged under 18 years of age who were convicted of drug offences outside their local area were also found to be carrying weapons.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	135217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested. Data on prosecutions are the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/04/2018 16:50:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

882173

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has conducted an assessment of the (a) performance and (b) effectiveness of the national modern slavery helpline.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	135287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Modern Slavery Helpline is run by the charity, Unseen and is completely independent of Government. Information about the number and types of calls received by the Modern Slavery Helpline can be found on the Unseen website <a href="http://www.modernslaveryhelpline.org/information/stats" target="_blank">www.modernslaveryhelpline.org/information/stats</a> or by contacting Unseen directly on <a href="https://www.unseenuk.org/contact-us" target="_blank">https://www.unseenuk.org/contact-us</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/04/2018 16:40:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

882190

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Cuadrilla Resources: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Written Ministerial Statement of 25 January 2018 on energy policy, HCWS428, if he will ask the Infrastructure and Projects Authority to assess the financial resilience of Cuadrilla Resources Ltd, including its ability to fund decommissioning costs, as part of the Government's consideration of that company's application for consent to fracture its first horizontal well at Preston New Road, Lancashire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	135261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>As a matter of policy, and as set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 January 2018, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will seek an independent assessment of a company’s financial resilience before Hydraulic Fracture Consent is granted. If or when an application for Hydraulic Fracture Consent is received from Cuadrilla, the Secretary of State will ask for an assessment of the company’s financial resilience.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/04/2018 15:29:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

882194

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many local authorities applied for the modern slavery pilot scheme; and how were successful applicants selected.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>As part of NRM reform, Home Office Ministers committed to testing ‘transition pathways’ with local authorities to identifying best practice in supporting victims to move out of central government-funded support and into local communities.</p><p> </p><p>Nine local authorities applied to be part of this testing process and applications were assessed based on whether their proposals aligned with the aims of the project. For example, whether the proposals related to support for victims at the end of the NRM process, and whether they would provide opportunity to test the role of local authorities and their partners in supporting victims to transition out of NRM care.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/04/2018 16:46:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882197

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation: Lewisham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of children under the age of 18 who are living in the London Borough of Lewisham and have undergone female genital mutilation (a) in the UK and (b) abroad in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	135268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Camberwell and Peckham on 11th April 2018, UIN 111921;</p><p> </p><p>So called 'honour-based' violence, including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage, is a terrible form of abuse, and this Government is clear that we will not allow political or cultural sensitivities to get in the way of tackling it. Work to tackle these crimes is an integral part of our cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy, published last year.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS FGM Enhanced Dataset provides information on the number of women and girls with FGM who are being cared for by the NHS in England and has been published quarterly and annually by NHS Digital since 2014. A detailed breakdown of these statistics by local authority, age at which FGM was carried out and country where FGM was undertaken is available online at <a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/fgm" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/fgm</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The joint Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and Home Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) operates a public helpline to provide advice and support to victims of forced marriage as well as to professionals dealing with cases. Statistics on the number of cases dealt with by the FMU are published annually, including a breakdown by region and age and are available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage#statistics-on-forced-marriage-collected-by-fmu" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage#statistics-on-forced-marriage-collected-by-fmu</a>. The statistics are available for the region of London. However, they cannot be broken down into specific London boroughs for data protection reasons. For example, the number of cases from a specific borough may be low enough to allow a victim to be identified, and the FMU must safeguard those it supports.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 135269 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:49:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

882198

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forced Marriage: Lewisham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of children under the age of 18 who are living in the London Borough of Lewisham who have been subjected to a forced marriage in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	135269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Camberwell and Peckham on 11th April 2018, UIN 111921;</p><p> </p><p>So called 'honour-based' violence, including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage, is a terrible form of abuse, and this Government is clear that we will not allow political or cultural sensitivities to get in the way of tackling it. Work to tackle these crimes is an integral part of our cross-Government Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) strategy, published last year.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS FGM Enhanced Dataset provides information on the number of women and girls with FGM who are being cared for by the NHS in England and has been published quarterly and annually by NHS Digital since 2014. A detailed breakdown of these statistics by local authority, age at which FGM was carried out and country where FGM was undertaken is available online at <a href="http://content.digital.nhs.uk/fgm" target="_blank">http://content.digital.nhs.uk/fgm</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The joint Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and Home Office Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) operates a public helpline to provide advice and support to victims of forced marriage as well as to professionals dealing with cases. Statistics on the number of cases dealt with by the FMU are published annually, including a breakdown by region and age and are available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage#statistics-on-forced-marriage-collected-by-fmu" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage#statistics-on-forced-marriage-collected-by-fmu</a>. The statistics are available for the region of London. However, they cannot be broken down into specific London boroughs for data protection reasons. For example, the number of cases from a specific borough may be low enough to allow a victim to be identified, and the FMU must safeguard those it supports.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 135268 question first answered 23/04/2018 16:49:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

882201

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Foster Care: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of foster care allowances in covering the cost of raising children.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>There has been no recent assessment of the adequacy of National Minimum Allowances for foster parents in covering the cost of raising children.</p><p> </p><p>‘Foster Care in England’, the independent review of the fostering system and the Education Select Committee made a number of recommendations relating to the support foster parents receive, including financial support. We are carefully considering the recommendations made by both reports and the government response will be published in spring this year.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 16:55:29 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882205

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the potential effect of the Welsh Government's proposed investment in the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project on the (a) level of the average strike price and (b) tenure of contract requested by the prospective developer.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	135276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department has had a number of constructive discussions with the Welsh Government in relation to the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/04/2018 16:11:25 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

882207

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Carers: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 April 2018 to Question 134169, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local authorities have sufficient provision and adequate criteria in place to provide sufficient financial support to kinship carers.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	135278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Every local authority is required to have a published policy which presents their approach to providing support to children living with family and friends, regardless of whether or not they have been looked after by a local authority. The policy should be clear, regularly updated and made freely and widely available.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have recently written to a number of local authorities where their policy was not readily available or appeared out of date, to remind them of their statutory duty to have this policy in place and to ensure it is accessible to all their family and friend carers. Local authorities are required to have in place clear eligibility criteria in relation to the provision of support services, including financial support to children living with family and friends.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/04/2018 16:52:21 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson