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1090931

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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	Iran: BBC Persian Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made in the last three months to (a) the Iranian Ambassador in London and (b) the Government of Iran on the reported ongoing targeting and harassment of BBC Persian Service journalists and their families.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	233577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>We continue to raise the issue of BBC Persian at all levels with the Iranian Government. Most recently, this was through the UK’s statement at the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran, on 11 March.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/03/2019 14:14:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1088289

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many separate health and safety incident reporting processes are in use by staff working in each prison in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	232067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service has a single dedicated accident and incident reporting system for Health &amp; Safety Matters, known as Sphera. Some information held on other systems, such as assault data on the Incident Reporting System, may also be relevant to health and safety issues.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/03/2019 14:25:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1088291

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of monitoring systems for psychoactive substances in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	232068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Drug testing is an essential element of the HMPPS drug strategy and provides us with robust evidence on the prevalence of drug misuse. Drug testing can be used in support of security measures, to identify and signpost into drug treatment, monitor treatment compliance and act as an incentive to engage in treatment and drug free living.</p><p>HMPPS continues to explore new methodologies to develop our mandatory and voluntary drug testing frameworks enabling us to be responsive to the changing patterns of drug misuse in prisons. This includes the misuse of prescribed medication, and the dynamic market in psychoactive substances.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/03/2019 14:51:44 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1088293

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with trade unions on the effectiveness of monitoring systems for psychoactive substances in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	232069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service consults extensively with its trade unions on a wide range of issues.</p><p>Each prison has its own union management consultation committee and a health and safety committee. At national level there are consultation committees which cover areas including health and safety, HR and security. Meetings are chaired by senior leaders and the agendas are open to both sides.</p><p>HMPPS’s priority remains the prevention and cessation of any drug supply into prisons and consultation on all the related risks is undertaken in the forums I have referred to above.</p><p>Additionally, all Prison Service unions have been represented on the national working group on psychoactive substances – which was set up in late 2016.</p><p>Most recently unions have actively contributed to the revision of related health and safety procedures on the subject, including in 10 prisons where staff are being voluntarily tested for exposure to such substances.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/03/2019 14:38:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1088295

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff working in prisons are (a) directly employed by HM Prison Service, (b) employed by an external contractor to deliver medical services and (c) employed by an external contractor to deliver education services.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	232070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>HM Prison and Probation (HMPPS) workforce statistics (which contains staffing figures in public sector prisons but not in privately managed prisons) are published quarterly. The latest publication can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Prison officer numbers are at their highest in five years, which is vital to ensuring prisons are safe, secure and decent. We have recruited over 3,000 new prison officers across the country in the last 18 months to improve safety and help turn offenders’ lives around. The recruitment drive will continue until we reach required levels across the prison estate, ensuring prisons can fulfil their purpose - protecting the public, reducing reoffending and crucially, rehabilitating offenders.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS does not collate information centrally in relation to contracted staff for Education or information on healthcare staff in prisons.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England and Local Health Boards in Wales are responsible for the commissioning of healthcare services. NHS England’s contractors and the NHS in Wales is responsible for the employment of healthcare staff operating in Prisons, with the exception of primary care staff operating in 6 privately operated prisons. In 2018 the MoJ, HMPPS, Department for Health and Social Care, Public Health England and NHS England published a new National Partnership Agreement for Prison Healthcare in England. This is supported by national and local partnership arrangements to facilitate joint working. Similar arrangements exist in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/03/2019 17:14:48 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1088297

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of his Department’s spending on consultancy fees relating to the introduction of the new Prison Education Framework.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	232071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has allocated a budget across financial years 2017-18 and 2018-19 of up to £300,000 for consultancy fees. This relates to the introduction of the new Prison Education Framework, the prison education Dynamic Purchasing System and prison library delivery. So far, £240,000 has been spent all on legal advice. The total value of the Prison Education Framework is expected to be up to £520 million over four years.</p><p> </p><p>Information on spending by prisons in England on consultancy fees relating to the introduction of the new Prison Education Framework is not held centrally and would have to be obtained from each individual prison. This could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Prison Education Framework does not apply in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 232072 question first answered 21/03/2019 14:42:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1088298

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of spending by each prison in England and Wales on consultancy fees relating to the introduction of the new Prison Education Framework.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	232072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has allocated a budget across financial years 2017-18 and 2018-19 of up to £300,000 for consultancy fees. This relates to the introduction of the new Prison Education Framework, the prison education Dynamic Purchasing System and prison library delivery. So far, £240,000 has been spent all on legal advice. The total value of the Prison Education Framework is expected to be up to £520 million over four years.</p><p> </p><p>Information on spending by prisons in England on consultancy fees relating to the introduction of the new Prison Education Framework is not held centrally and would have to be obtained from each individual prison. This could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Prison Education Framework does not apply in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 232071 question first answered 21/03/2019 14:42:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1088537

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the £100 million fund to tackle knife crime announced in the Spring Statement will be allocated to the Metropolitan Police.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	232073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 13 March that an additional £100 million funding in 19/20 will help in the police’s immediate response to the rise in serious knife crime, enabling priority forces to immediately begin planning to put in place the additional capacity they need. The funding will also be invested in Violence Reduction Units, bringing together a range of agencies including health, education, social services and others, to develop a multi-agency approach in preventing serious violence altogether. It is important that we recognise that greater law enforcement on its own will not reduce serious violence and that we must continue to focus on prevention.</p><p>The majority of the investment will go towards supporting police forces where violent crime is impacting the most, to take immediate action to suppress the violence we are seeing, to make our streets safer. We are engaging with partners including the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and we are developing the criteria by which forces will receive this funding.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/03/2019 17:30:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1084386

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	European Research Council and Marie Curie Fellowships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2019 to Question 225494 on European Research Council and Marie Curie Fellowships, if will he publish the independent advice from Sir Adrian Smith.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	230082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Further details on the advice Sir Adrian Smith will provide will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/03/2019 17:27:24 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1084387

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Drugs: Research
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 the August 2017 Life sciences: industrial strategy report, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the process of translating academic discovery into industry drug development in (a) immunology, (b) genomics and (c) other areas where the UK is world-leading.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	230083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The sector’s Life Science Industrial Strategy, authored by Professor Sir John Bell, made recommendations to government in support of the vision for the UK to be a global hub that makes the UK the home of clinical research and medical innovation. The two Life Sciences Sector Deals are collaborative endeavours across government, academia, charities and industry to deliver on this bold vision.</p><p>The two Deals include significant joint investment from government and the sector to support research and development, both academic and commercial, to ensure the UK remains at the forefront of global drug development.</p><p>The UK has a track record of supporting university spin out companies, with the goal of translating innovative research into commercial successes and ultimately treatments that will benefit patients. Catalyst programmes, including Innovate UK and the Medical Research Council’s Biomedical Catalyst aim to de-risk innovative science and commercialise ideas arising out of academia and industry, helping UK SMEs to develop into competitive and sustainable organisations.</p><p>The Government recently announced further support for genomics as part of my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spring Statement. The announcement featured a £45 million investment for increasing the European Bioinformatics Institute’s computing and storage capacity which underpins much of the UK’s genomics research work, including UK Biobank. This announcement supports the boosting the UK’s genomics sector, which is a key commitment in our second Life Sciences Sector Deal.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/03/2019 15:11:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West