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791067

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes have been made in the criteria for assessment of the mobility component of personal independence payment for those with mental health benefits.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	113561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>DWP has made no changes to its policy for assessment of the mobility component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for those experiencing mental health issues. In 2016, a legal judgment altered the way PIP Mobility Activity 1 was interpreted. As a result, the 2017 amending regulations were introduced in order to clarify the criteria and restore the original aim of the policy. In November 2017 the PIP Assessment Guide (the guide used by the Assessment Provider’s Health Professionals), was also updated to clarify this policy following a recommendation by the Social Security Advisory Committee.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2017 11:27:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

791068

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what proportion of personal independence payment appeals his Department is represented.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	113562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is in the process of recruiting, training and deploying approximately 150 Presenting Officers at Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment Support Allowance Tribunals in order to present the Secretary of State’s case and support the First tier Tribunal in arriving at the right decision.</p><p> </p><p>According to internal data, from April 2017 to date, the PIP Presenting Officers have attended approximately 23 per cent of PIP appeals at the First tier Tribunal. The aim is for the PIP Presenting Officers to attend approximately 50 per cent of all PIP Tribunal hearings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2017 16:49:43 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

791072

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on ensuring its representation at personal independence payment appeals in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	113648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 24/11/2017 14:28:46 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

791074

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on representation at personal independent payment appeals in the last six years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	113564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2017 16:51:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

791075

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at what proportion of personal independence payment appeals his Department is represented by barristers.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	113563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>It is not common practice for the Department to be represented by barristers at the First-tier Tribunal. The Secretary of State’s representative would normally be a Presenting Officer. A number of the current Presenting Officer team may hold qualifications or work experience in the legal profession; however, this is not a requirement for the job role.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/11/2017 15:57:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

789147

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Ministers from other Departments on the value to the UK economy of mid-level skills or those skills at Standard Occupational Classification levels 2 and 3; and what plans her Department has to ensure that any future changes to immigration policy allow businesses to continue to access those mid-level skills necessary for growth and employment in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	112965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>We are considering a range of options for our future immigration arrangements and are clear that we must manage the process properly so that the system serves the national interest.</p><p> </p><p>On 27 July 2017, we commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the European Union and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. As part of this, the MAC has been asked to consider a number of factors including skill level.</p><p>They are due to report on their findings in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Full details about the MAC commission can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 112963 112964 question first answered 17/11/2017 09:21:55 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

789215

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the value to the UK economy of mid-level skills or those at Standard Occupational Classification levels 2 and 3; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	112963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>We are considering a range of options for our future immigration arrangements and are clear that we must manage the process properly so that the system serves the national interest.</p><p> </p><p>On 27 July 2017, we commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the European Union and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. As part of this, the MAC has been asked to consider a number of factors including skill level.</p><p>They are due to report on their findings in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Full details about the MAC commission can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 112964 112965 question first answered 17/11/2017 09:21:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

789216

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what external engagement her Department is engaged in to improve its understanding of the importance to the UK economy of access to mid-skilled labour or labour rated at Standard Occupational Classification skill levels 2 and 3; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	112964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>We are considering a range of options for our future immigration arrangements and are clear that we must manage the process properly so that the system serves the national interest.</p><p> </p><p>On 27 July 2017, we commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the European Union and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. As part of this, the MAC has been asked to consider a number of factors including skill level.</p><p>They are due to report on their findings in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Full details about the MAC commission can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/migration-advisory-committee</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 112963 112965 question first answered 17/11/2017 09:21:55 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

788509

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Pakistan: Blasphemy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received on the case of three Ahmadi Muslims who were sentenced to death in early November 2017 by a court in Pakistan for allegedly breaking that country's blasphemy laws; and whether his Department has made representations to the Government of Pakistan on behalf of those three people.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	112663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains firmly opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances. We have repeatedly called upon the Government of Pakistan to end capital punishment and, at a minimum, commit to renewing the previously imposed moratorium. We regularly raise our concerns about freedom of religion or belief and the misuse of the blasphemy laws with the Pakistani Government at a senior level. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), raised religious tolerance and misuse of the blasphemy laws during his visit to Pakistan in November 2016. During my visit to Pakistan earlier this month I raised the death penalty and the treatment of religious minorities, including discrimination and violence against the Ahmadiyya community with Pakistan’s Ministry of Human Rights.</p><p>During the Universal Periodic Review of Pakistan on 13 November in Geneva we expressed our concerns about human rights and limits on freedoms of expression and religion or belief, particularly for the Ahmadiyya Muslim and Christian communities. We called for a clear timeline for the review of legislation carrying the death penalty with the aim of limiting the scope of crimes to which it applies.</p><p>The Government will continue to urge Pakistan to honour in practice its human rights obligations, including those related to the death penalty and freedom of expression and religion.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 21/11/2017 17:28:25 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

788552

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surrogacy: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans the Government has to lay before Parliament an urgent remedial order to allow single parents to apply for a parental order following surrogacy.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	112662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made a commitment to bring forward a remedial order to allow a single person to apply for a parental order following a surrogacy arrangement and this will be delivered.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to lay a non-urgent order in the House shortly, for scrutiny by the Joint Committee for Human Rights and Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/11/2017 12:23:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh