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1548356

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date	05/12/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Crimes against the Person
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of staff who have been victims of (a) sexual harassment and (b) bullying in his Department in its Westminster premises each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	102864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>There is zero tolerance for bullying across the civil service. The MoJ also has policies in place to support staff facing any form of bullying, harassment or victimisation while at work.</p><p>The table below shows the number of grievances raised by MoJ staff where the grievance reason includes &quot;Bullying&quot; or &quot;Harassment - sex&quot;, and the outcome is either &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;, and the member of staff’s office location is either 102 Petty France or Clive House, by year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grievances where the reason includes &quot;Harassment - sex&quot; and the outcome is either &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;</strong> <strong>and the member of staff’s office location is either 102 Petty France or Clive House</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grievances where the reason includes &quot;Bullying&quot; and the outcome is either &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;</strong> <strong>and the member of staff’s office location is either 102 Petty France or Clive House</strong></p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes and caveats:</strong></p><ul><li>Please note: grievance data only accounts for staff grievances raised about other members of staff. <del class="ministerial">Any complaints against Ministers or Special Advisers are registered in a separate system run by the Cabinet Office.</del></li><li>Data suppression is applied where the number of cases is less than 5.</li><li>Grievances can be raised for multiple reasons; cases are selected where the relevant reason is cited.</li><li>Year is based on year the grievance was opened on the case management system.</li><li>Grievances are included where the outcome was &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot;.</li><li>If an appeal on the original case outcome has been made, the appeal outcome is used rather than the original case outcome.</li><li>In a small number of cases multiple outcomes are recorded, these have been included if &quot;Upheld&quot; or &quot;Partially Upheld&quot; is one of the outcomes.</li><li>Data covers employees in Ministry of Justice Head Quarters, His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service, His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, Legal Aid Agency, Office of the Public Guardian and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.</li><li>Cases are selected if the member of staff’s HR database Employee Location field is either 102 Petty France or Clive House.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 12/12/2022 17:48:38 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2022 16:41:19 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer previous answer version 41407 answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1548365

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
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 is required to provide accommodation to asylum seekers who have made an appointment at an asylum intake unit and are waiting for that appointment to take place.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	102988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has a legal obligation to provide support to asylum-seekers who would otherwise be destitute.</p><p>Those wishing to claim asylum are expected to do so on arrival at the port of entry or, if already in the UK, and their circumstances change, as soon as possible at the Asylum Intake Unit (AIU) in Croydon. The AIU operates an appointment process for those who have accommodation, but a walk-in service is available for those who are destitute and need immediate accommodation.</p><p>Destitute asylum seekers can access initial support under section 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 which is offered as initial or contingency accommodation <del class="ministerial">(usually full board)</del> when they make an appointment to attend an asylum screening interview at the AIU and until the appointment time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/12/2022 16:59:52 question first ministerially corrected 13/12/2022 17:28:18 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 41775 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1548435

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Accountancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	102743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Between 1 December 2021 and 31 August 2022, the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser met with a) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in a total of 4 meetings and with b) other Ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions in a total of 7 meetings. This included:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">(i) Between 1 December 2021 – 28 February 2022 – a) 1 meeting, b) 3 meetings</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">(ii) Between 1 March to 31 May 2022 – a) 1 meeting, b) 2 meetings</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">(iii) Between 1 June to 31 August 2022 - a) 2 meetings, b) 2 meetings</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Please see the attachment provided for a comprehensive list for each of the organisations requested covering the data sets requested in the PQ.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Further Information regarding the contracts can be found on gov.uk’s Contract Finder Service located <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">here.</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/12/2022 12:33:37 question first ministerially corrected 09/12/2022 14:30:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name Attachment.xlsx title PQ 102743 previous answer version 40903 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

1548600

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Accountancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.
tabling member constituency	Leyton and Wanstead
tabling member printed	John Cryer
uin	102750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts from 2016 above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>.</p><p><br />Details of Core Defra contracts (which include its agencies) from 2010 to 2016 awarded to Deloitte &amp; Touche, Ernst &amp; Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers can be found in the attached spreadsheet.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 25/01/2023 13:31:27 question first ministerially corrected 25/01/2023 14:25:35 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer attachment 1 file name PQ 102750 Consultancy Contracts (1).xlsx title Consultancy Contracts previous answer version 50016 answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	181 label Biography information for John Cryer

1548643

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Surgical Mesh Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to undertake a retrospective audit of mesh as called for in Baronness Cumberlege's First Do No Harm, The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	103061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>We accepted the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review’s recommendation to undertake a selective retrospective audit of a defined cohort of women who have undergone mesh procedures. NHS Digital has undertaken an audit of all pelvic floor surgery completed <ins class="ministerial">between 2006 and 2011</ins><del class="ministerial">in 2010</del> to generate a historical baseline of outcomes by procedure type and to support further research and analysis. <ins class="ministerial">This audit was conducted using initial procedures and re-operations/ follow up procedures recorded within Hospital Episode Statistics data. While the</ins><del class="ministerial">This audit was conducted using Hospital Episode Statistics data and other data using the identified National Health Service cohort of patients and the longitudinal record to observe outcomes where possible. The</del> audit has been completed and is undergoing peer review<ins class="ministerial">, which may necessitate further enhancements,</ins> prior to publication in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 13/12/2022 11:42:19 question first ministerially corrected 30/12/2022 10:27:19 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 41524 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1547351

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many pensioners have been prosecuted for non-payment of the TV Licence fee in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	101060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2022 answer text <p>The requirement to hold, and pay for, a TV Licence is set out in the Communications Act 2003 and the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice currently publishes the number of prosecutions, convictions and sentencing outcomes for the non-payment of TV licence fees annually as part of their criminal justice statistics quarterly publications, which can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p>Figures for each year since 2005 up to 2022 are available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool, and can be found in the following dataset:</p><ul><li><p>2018-2022: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118314/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118314/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022.xlsx</a></p></li></ul><p>To view the relevant figures in these tables, select ‘191A Television licence evasion’ in the Offence filter. These figures can be refined further by age to identify an age range of 70+, it is impossible to provide the data for 'pensioners' as that is a diverse group that cannot be filtered purely by age.</p><p>The data for individuals aged 70+ are the following:</p><ul><li><p>​2022 - 260 proceeded against &amp; 217 sentenced</p></li><li><p>2021 - 238 proceeded against &amp; 207 sentenced</p></li><li><p><del class="ministerial">2022</del> <ins class="ministerial">2020 </ins>- 329 proceeded against &amp; 288 sentenced</p></li></ul><p>Alternative data does also show no Over 75s have been prosecuted and that none of the prosecutions have resulted in custodial sentences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 07/12/2022 16:17:04 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2022 09:17:36 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez previous answer version 40369 answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1547422

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to give initial asylum decisions to applicants whilst they are housed in contingency hotels or barracks accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	101002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">All asylum claims are considered on a case by case basis and in line with published policy so that individuals who need protection and are granted asylum can start to integrate and rebuild their lives.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We are committed to speeding up the decision making process, so that we can remove those with no right to be here and focus our finite resources on those in geniune need.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">All asylum claims are considered on a case by case basis and in line with published policy so that individuals who need protection and are granted asylum can start to integrate and rebuild their lives in the UK.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To further accelerate decision making we are simplifying and modernising our system. This includes measures like shortening interviews, removing unnecessary interviews, making guidance simpler and more accessible, dealing with cases more swiftly where they can be certified as manifestly unfounded and extra decision makers. </ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 08/12/2022 17:44:06 question first ministerially corrected 30/12/2022 10:28:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 40745 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1547531

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Democratic Republic of Congo: Ceasefires
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, following an escalation in military activity in the past month; and what assessment they have made of the likelihood of a ceasefire.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL3944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>The escalation in fighting in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is having grave humanitarian consequences, has been raised with both the President of DRC and the Foreign Minister of Rwanda; <del class="ministerial">I [</del>the Minister for Africa<del class="ministerial">]</del> also recently spoke to the Rwandan Foreign Minister. We welcome agreement on a ceasefire as agreed at the Luanda summit in Angola on 23 November. It is vital that all parties implement it to secure a real de-escalation on the ground in Eastern DRC. We urge all sides to do everything they can to ensure armed groups respect the terms of the ceasefire and engage with the regional political processes, in order for an enduring political solution to be found.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 09/12/2022 14:37:32 question first ministerially corrected 13/12/2022 11:57:49 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park previous answer version 40981 answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1546865

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Costs
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 22 November 2022 to Question 87792 on Detention Centres: Manston, what her planned timetable is for providing information on the cost to the public purse of operating the Manston immigration facility in each month in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	99773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p><em>In light of the requests from HASC, a costing exercise to encompass the whole of Government cost, <del class="ministerial">including opportunity costs of deploying Home Office staff,</del> for the operation of Manston has been commissioned. This is a complex process and a timetable to deliver this exercise will be provided once essential planning has been completed</em>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/12/2022 17:19:53 question first ministerially corrected 05/12/2022 17:30:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 39718 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1546489

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Infectious Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department took to act on the findings of the report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons into conditions at Manston asylum centre published in July 2022 which indicated that the facilities at Manston for managing people with infectious diseases were poor.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	98826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The HMIP report on the inspection of the short-term holding facilities at Manston between 25 – 28 July 2022 made no specific mention of concerns about facilities at Manston for managing people with infectious diseases.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The report makes clear (paragraph 4.31) that the paramedic team at Manston was well-staffed, available 24 hours a day and that there were effective arrangements with local hospitals for immediate transfer in a medical emergency</del>.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The HMIP report lists 6 Priority Concerns and 8 further Key Concerns which HMIP inspectors felt required addressing at Manston and Western Jetfoil. While one of the Priority Concerns (Priority Concern 3) referenced weaknesses in the governance of health care processes, no specific mention was made in any of the concerns about facilities at Manston for managing people with infectious diseases. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office developed a Service Improvement Plan in response to the 14 Concerns listed in the report, and worked quickly with its medical contractors to ensure that the deficiencies highlighted in Priority Concern 3 were quickly addressed. </ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/12/2022 14:30:37 question first ministerially corrected 03/01/2023 10:39:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 39245 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock