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853246

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the inspection regime is for Compass contracts; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	130695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Asylum accommodation is subject to a rigorous inspection regime to ensure that it meets the requirements of the contract and the needs of service users. Providers are required to inspect each property when a service user moves in and out of a property, then again every month. The Home Office also inspects a significant proportion of accommodation each year and prioritises its inspections on an intelligence led basis to target accommodation where there have been issues.</p><p>The Home Office conducts some of its inspection jointly with the accommodation provider to ensure better access to the properties, agree what the defects are and allowing rectification work to start immediately. The Statement of Requirements for the Contracts, which is in the public domain, sets out the standards that are expected of asylum accommodation, including examples of defects and clear timelines on the timescales within which any defects must be remedied.</p><p>Home Office inspections have found that accommodation generally meets the required standards and where defects are identified they are resolved within the timescales set out in the contract. Where Providers have failed to meet these contractual service standards sanctions have been imposed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2018 19:47:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

853247

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps the CPS has taken as a result of the BBC Panorama programme, Undercover: Britain's Immigration Secrets of 4 September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	130696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Sussex Police have sought early investigative advice from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), South East Area, in respect of possible criminal offences. The CPS has received some documentation and had a meeting with the officer in charge of the investigation in February 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The police investigation is still ongoing and CPS will only be in a position to provide advice regarding charging or otherwise once all the papers are received.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/03/2018 16:06:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

851568

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Graduates
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 effect of ending the Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) visa on the ability of businesses to recruit people with the necessary skills.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	130331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Tier 1 (Post Study Work) route was closed in April 2012.</p><p>A published assessment of Tier 1 migrants in October 2010 found that three in five users of this visa were in unskilled work and we also saw a large number of fraudulent applications. This undermined our work routes and damaged the reputation of our education system. We have no current plans to re-introduce a post study work route that does not lead to skilled work.</p><p>We already have a comprehensive offer for graduates seeking to undertake skilled work in the UK after their studies.</p><p>Students studying courses lasting 12 months or more are given 4 months leave at the end of their course to look for a job and those with an offer of a graduate-level job, paying an appropriate salary, may take up sponsored employment through Tier 2. Many of the requirements for a Tier 2 skilled work visa are relaxed or waived for those applying to switch from the Tier 4 student route within the UK. This includes exempting switching students from the Tier 2 cap of 20,700 and allowing employers who wish to recruit them to not carry out the Resident Labour Market Test.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/03/2018 19:44:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

845514

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
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 (a) contributed to any Cabinet Office-led commercial capability reviews to enhance her Department’s commercial expertise and contract management practices and (b) produced a capability blueprint as requested by the Cabinet Office relating to commercial expertise and contract management of outsourced public contracts since 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	128486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office did contribute to the Cabinet Office led commercial capability review and has completed all resulting recommendations. The department also produced the annual commercial capability blueprint which commenced in 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2018 11:31:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

843583

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2018 to Question 121912, if she will publish the template grant agreement that is to be the basis for the agreements for the local authority asylum support liaison officers between the Government and successful applicant local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	127924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the transition from government-supported accommodation into mainstream services is as smooth as possible for all those granted refugee status.</p><p>My Department will be awarding £1.75 million from the Controlling Migration Fund in 2018/19 to successful English local authorities who applied to trial new ways of supporting new refugees into housing, employment and English language learning.</p><p>We have no current plans to publish the template grant agreement letter, although individual local authorities may choose to do so once they have been notified of the outcome of their application.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/02/2018 16:59:27 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

843584

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123998 on asylum: housing, how many proposals for additionally funded service provision have been received; what the total financial value of those proposals is; whether those proposals and funds were used for any purposes deemed appropriate by the provider; and whether they adhered to the stipulations outlined in the Written Statement of 8 December 2016, HCWS335 on asylum accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	127925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Asylum Accommodation Providers have submitted proposals under the terms of the contract for additionally funded service provision in each of the 6 contract regions. The Home Office has assessed proposals and provided additional funding in 5 of the contract regions. The level of funding is commercially sensitive; however, as part of the Governments transparency agenda the Home Office publishes spend data with all providers on the GOV.UK website where the spend is over £25,000.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asylum-transparency-data-november-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/02/2018 17:13:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

843585

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Compass
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123997 on Home Office: Compass, if she will publish information or a summary report of the analysis to identify trends, good practises and areas for improvement.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	127926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home office monitors and assesses services to identify good practice and areas of improvement; and discusses this with its providers at the regular contract management meetings.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/02/2018 17:18:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

843586

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the information provided in the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 123995 on Compass was not provided in the same detail as the information provided in the Answer of 2 March 2016 to Question 28212.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	127927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office follows the Governments transparency agenda and publishes all spend with suppliers on the GOV.UK website where it exceeds £25,000 in a month. The deductions of Service Credits are considered to be commercially confidential and as such the Home Office does not publish this information and that is why the approach between 2016 and 2018 has changed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/02/2018 17:14:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

843587

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to require companies delivering public services through outsourced public contracts to pay all staff delivering such services (a) the national living wage irrespective of age or (b) the real living wage for 2018 as formulated by the Living Wage Foundation, of £8.75 UK rate and £10.20 London rate.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	127928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Home Office requires all of its suppliers to comply with the legal minimum standards of pay as set out in the Government’s National Living Wage legislation.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/02/2018 11:33:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

843588

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to require open book accounting clauses in respect of outsourced contracts; if she will publish any such clauses in contracts held by her Department; and how many of her Department's outsourced contracts contained such clauses in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18 by (i) Home Office policy area and (ii) contract value.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	127929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office follows the Cabinet Office and Crown Commercial Service procurement policy that assists in enabling open book contract management to be used in a fair way depending on the risk level and complexity of the contract. This ensures it is used on those contracts where the additional cost is justified by the level of benefits and risk. Standard clauses are published as part of the government’s Model Services Contract. Details may be found on the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0516-open-book-contact-management" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/procurement-policy-note-0516-open-book-contact-management</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/model-services-contract" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/model-services-contract</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of clauses within individual contracts are published via Contracts Finder <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/02/2018 14:57:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald