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1082384

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to process DBS checks for potential care workers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	228779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Sector level information is not collected on a mandatory basis by the DBS as part of its checks, therefore it is not possible to provide or assess this information.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/03/2019 16:24:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1077516

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
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	Employment: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to introduce a central employment forum for people on the Autistic Spectrum, to match skill sets and employer needs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	226195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>We have no plans to introduce a central employment forum for people on the Autistic Spectrum. However, Disability Confident employers who use the Find a Job service to advertise jobs can now add a searchable Disability Confident tag to their vacancies. This allows disabled people to find Disability Confident employers who are offering jobs that match their skills. Over 10,500 employers have signed up to Disability Confident, and their number continues to grow.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, improving employment opportunities for people with learning difficulties, including those on the Autism Spectrum, disability is a Government priority. We take a life course approach, working with other Departments to tackle barriers to employment that start early in life.</p><p> </p><p>For example:</p><ul><li>DWP is exploring ways to improve our support to this group through a Local Supported Employment proof of concept, which is being tested in nine local authorities.</li><li>The new Intensive Personalised Employment Support programme, which is rolling out this year, will provide highly personalised packages of employment support for people who are at least a year away from moving into work, including those with the Autism Spectrum Disorder.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We are also running a number of local initiatives in jobcentres, such as:</p><ul><li>Calm and Quiet sessions in North London, where autistic people and their family members or carers have an opportunity to discuss with trained staff opportunities to move into or towards employment.</li><li>In Northumberland, Tyne &amp; Wear, we have contracted with two local organisations to provide 40 places each to support autistic people in developing employment skills, giving careers advice based on local demographics and the individual's employment expectations.</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 04/03/2019 16:20:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1077735

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government will meet the costs of changes associated with employer contributions to the Teachers' Pensions Schemes for maintained nursery schools.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	226196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s public consultation to gather evidence on the impact of increased contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) for all TPS employers, which included the initial proposal to fund Maintained Nursery Schools for 2019/20, closed on 12 February 2019. Final funding decisions will be made in due course, once consultation evidence has been reviewed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/03/2019 13:20:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1064118

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
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	Care Workers: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national registration and accreditation system for care workers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	223529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce a national registration and accreditation system for care workers in England at this time.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to a proportionate system of safeguards for the professionals who work in the health and care system. Statutory professional regulation should only be used in cases where the risks to the public cannot be mitigated in other ways.</p><p> </p><p>Care workers in England are subject to employer checks and controls including a Disclosure and Barring Service check. And, since 2015, healthcare assistants and care support workers have been expected to achieve the care certificate before working unsupervised. This contains 15 standards setting out a common set of skills, knowledge and behaviours that are needed in order to provide safe, high quality and compassionate care.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/02/2019 16:57:41 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1060577

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many citizens have registered a voice recognition password to access HMRC services; and what legal provisions apply to the collation of that voice recognition data by HMRC.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	221004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>7,227,106 customers have registered a voice recognition password to access HMRC services.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC currently relies on the legal basis of consent to collect and process voice data from individuals under Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. The legal basis for most processing of personal data in HMRC is Article 6(1)(e) and section 8 DPA 2018, namely “public task”. However, HMRC does not rely on the “public task” legal basis for Voice ID at present as HMRC allows the customer to decide whether they want to use Voice ID for convenience and it is only one of 3 methods HMRC uses to verify the identity of customers on the phone.</p><p> </p><p>As biometric data is special category data, one of the additional conditions in Article 9 of GDPR also needs to be met in order for HMRC to process this data. Given consent is the legal basis for processing, HMRC relies on the Article 9 (2)(a) condition of explicit consent for the processing. HMRC allows the customer to choose to opt in to use the service for convenience and verification by other means remains possible.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC obtains explicit consent from customers and clearly informs them about how they can withdraw their consent.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/02/2019 17:17:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1059981

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to create a national bus strategy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	220317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department welcomes the recent Transport Select Committee inquiry into “The Health of the Bus Market”, which has demonstrated that there is considerable interest in a national bus strategy. The Department awaits the Committee’s report and will use its recommendations to inform a decision on the scope and timing of such a strategy.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/02/2019 17:32:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1059982

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	NHS: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how patient organisations will be involved in the scoping for a review of NICE technology appraisal methods included in the 2019 voluntary scheme for branded medicines pricing and access.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	220318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is in the process of planning how to conduct its scoping of the review of the methods for technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies evaluations. Scoping will involve patient organisations and other relevant stakeholders, including industry. The project of scoping and review of the technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies methods and processes is timetabled in the 2019/20 business year. Additional detail and more information will be made available on the NICE website in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/02/2019 17:20:24 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1059060

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status of EU Member State driving licences will be in the event of the UK leaving the EU (a) without a deal and (b) with the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration as currently drafted.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	219534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>In all EU exit scenarios, the UK will continue to recognise EU driving licences for both visitors and residents as we do currently. We have published this information on gov.uk. This was confirmed in an SI which was passed in October 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 14/02/2019 13:16:03 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1059062

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether in assessing universal credit payments the Department deducts payments in lieu of holiday as part of temporary work.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	219535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit seeks to take earnings into account in a way that is fair and transparent. The amount of Universal Credit paid reflects, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household each monthly assessment period, including any earnings reported by the employer during that assessment period.</p><p>This includes earnings from employment that has ended which encompasses pay in lieu of notice and any accrued holiday pay, regardless of when they were paid or which month they relate to.</p><p>This is in line with the principle that Universal Credit is designed to reflect the cash flow available to a household.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/02/2019 17:38:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1059063

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Tidal Power and Wave Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the economic benefits of the UK's wave and tidal stream energy sectors.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	219536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>Wave and tidal energy are still at a pre-commercial stage of development. A report published by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult in February 2018[1] estimated that if cost competitive, wave energy had the potential to add a net positive contribution to the UK economy but the sector lagged around ten years behind the tidal sector.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://ore.catapult.org.uk/?attachment_id=6260" target="_blank">https://ore.catapult.org.uk/?attachment_id=6260</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/02/2019 14:36:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones