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1141003

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the planned expansion of Heathrow does not contribute to an increase in air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	280434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>In regards to air quality, following designation of the Airports National Policy Statement, it is now down to an applicant for development consent to undertake a detailed assessment of the air quality impacts of its scheme, including during construction, and put forward an appropriate package of mitigations that address air quality impacts and demonstrate compliance.</p><p> </p><p>In order to grant development consent, I would need to be satisfied that, with mitigation, the scheme would be compliant with legal obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, my Department will also be working to speed up the research, development and adoption of low and zero carbon aviation technology.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 30/07/2019 16:55:24 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1141006

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape Crisis Centres: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the real-terms changes in the level of funding for rape crisis centres were between 2010 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	280436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>Rape support centres receive funding from multiple sources, including government funding and charitable trusts.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice allocated the following funding to support rape support services across England and Wales:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>*Not possible to disaggregate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£3.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£3.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£3.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£4.4m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£4.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£7.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£7.2m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£7.2m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* The Ministry of Justice provided total funding of £2.1m in 2010-11 for sexual violence and domestic violence support services.</p><p><br>In March this year we increased the central funding available to these services by 10% - up to £8m per year and made a commitment of £24m over three years.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice also allocates around £68 million a year to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to locally commission or provide support services for victims of crime, including victims of sexual violence. £4.7m of this is ringfenced for spend on victims of child sexual abuse. In 2017/18, PCCs reported spending £15.9m on supporting victims of sexual violence. £8.4m of this was from the MoJ grant and £7.5m from other funding sources.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2019 15:21:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1141029

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether funding will be made available for policing in addition to that announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 2019 Spring Statement.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	280451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>We are keeping our families, communities and country safe by making sure the police have the resources they need to carry out their vital work. We protected police funding in real terms at the Spending Review 2015. Recognising that the police are responding to a shift in demand, in 2019/20 we have: increased the Government’s core grant to police forces by £161m; and, allowed Police and Crime Commissioners to increase their council tax precept referendum principle to £24, which if used in full would raise £509m.</p><p> </p><p>The upcoming Spending Review will allow the government to consider its priorities across all spending.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/07/2019 10:31:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1141034

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Homelessness Reduction Act 2017
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an impact assessment of the effectiveness of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	280455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>We have committed to reviewing the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act, including the resourcing of it and how it is working in practice for a wide group of people, by March 2020. We have published a call for evidence and are inviting all with an interest to respond by October 15 2019, and have commissioned ICF to undertake an independent review of how the Act has been implemented by different areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/07/2019 16:20:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1141035

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Temporary Accommodation: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people living in temporary accommodation; and what steps he is taking to improve the living conditions of those people.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	280456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The total number of households living in temporary accommodation, provided by local authorities under their statutory homelessness duties is 83,700 as at the 31 December 2018.</p><p>Homelessness is a big priority for the government. In the rough sleeping strategy, the previous Secretary of State indicated the Government is committed to taking steps to tackle wider homelessness issues, including the numbers of families in Temporary Accommodation (TA) and poor-quality accommodation.</p><p>The Government has targeted funding streams focused on reducing the number of households in TA as part of our £1.2 billion spending programme. Earlier this year, we announced £19.5 million for 54 projects through the Private Rented Sector Access Fund that will enable thousands of households to be supported away from TA and into long term Private Rented accommodation.</p><p>We have also committed £37.8 million of funding to launch the London Collaboration Project (Capital Letters) - a project which works with London boroughs to improve the supply of homes, reduce the cost to local authorities of procuring these homes and achieve better outcomes for homeless families through a centralised procurement process.</p><p>We are working with other government departments to assess what more can be done to address the number of people in TA. This work is being overseen by the Ministerial Taskforce on homelessness and rough sleeping. This may result in joint Spending Review bids to address the issues of homelessness as well as its causes and consequences. We will consider the potential to publish a wider cross government action plan on homelessness in the future, which will build on the work we already have in train, ensure progress is made on wider issues relating to all forms of homelessness and homelessness prevention’</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/07/2019 16:27:33 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1125399

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
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	Heart Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many emergency hospital admissions there were of people with coronary heart disease in affected areas in England during the pollution episode in April 2019; and what comparative assessment he has made of the figures for that period with the (a) expected average and (b) average over the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	252073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>According to the Daily Air Quality Index, there were ‘moderate’ to ‘very high’ levels of air pollution in some areas of the United Kingdom between 7 and 8 April 2019 and between 15 and 25 April 2019. The figures for emergency hospital admissions relating to coronary heart disease in this period are not available in the requested format and a comparative assessment has not been made.</p><p>In January 2019, the Government launched the Clean Air Strategy, which sets out plans for dealing with all sources of air pollution to save lives, protect nature and boost the economy.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 17/05/2019 12:32:56 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1123999

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
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	Algeria: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) representations he has received and (b) meetings he has had on the transition of power in Algeria.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	249348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>We are following events in Algeria closely, following (former) President Bouteflika's resignation, the appointment of an interim Head of State and the announcement of presidential election scheduled for 4 July.</p><p>We have discussed these developments with Algerian officials and civil society representatives at a variety of levels. We commend the peaceful and dignified nature of the demonstrations. The forthcoming transition period is a matter for the Algerian people.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/05/2019 13:34:20 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1122084

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of (a) funding and (b) school staffing for children with (i) special educational needs and disability and (ii) autism.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	245925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>In December 2018 my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced an increase of £250 million in the level of funding up to 2020, for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This brings the total level of high needs funding to £6.3 billion in this financial year 2019-20. The level of high needs funding in future years will depend on the next Spending Review. Decisions taken locally determine how much of this funding is spent on children with autism and other types of special educational needs (SEN). Information from local authorities or schools on how much of their funding is spent on children with autism is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that all teachers should be teachers of children with SEN. We have provided £3.4 million funding over 2018-2020, for the SEND schools’ workforce contract, which will be delivered by the Whole School SEND consortium, led by National Association of Special Educational Needs. The SEND schools’ workforce contract’s aim is to embed SEND into school improvement in order to equip the workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND, including children and young people with autism.</p><p>We recognise that some schools, including special schools, are facing challenges in recruiting and retaining teachers. That is why in January 2019 we launched the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Strategy.</p><p>Designed collaboratively with the sector, the centrepiece of the strategy is the Early Career Framework, which will underpin a fully-funded, 2 year package of structured support for all early career teachers. The strategy can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-recruitment-and-retention-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-recruitment-and-retention-strategy</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/04/2019 15:51:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1122085

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the document entitled, Bus Services Act 2017:Bus Open Data Consultation Response, whether his Department has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require audio-visual equipment be installed on local bus services.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	245926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of clear, accessible information in helping bus passengers to make informed journey decisions and to travel with confidence, and in Summer 2018 consulted publicly on plans to improve the availability of open data and to ensure that accessible information is provided onboard local bus services across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the accessible information consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/04/2019 15:14:32 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1105597

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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	Dental Services: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the five per cent increase in patient charges for NHS dental treatment on the affordability of that treatment for patients.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	237747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department has undertaken equality analysis and impact assessment setting out the potential impacts on patients, which can be accessed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/522/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/522/made</a></p><p> </p><p>There have been no changes to exemption arrangements. Those who qualify for free dental treatment will remain entirely exempt from charges, which includes those under the age of 18, those under the age of 19 and in full-time education, pregnant women and or those that have had a baby in the previous 12 months, and those on qualifying benefits will not be impacted by these changes.</p><p> </p><p>For those adults who do not qualify for exemption from dental charges, but who are on low incomes, are eligible to receive, full or partial help for health costs through the NHS Low Income Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/04/2019 12:36:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan