Scotland Office<p>Strengthening and Sustaining the Union is a key priority for the UK Government. This is why we have asked Lord Dunlop to carry out a review to ensure that we are working in the most effective way possible to realise fully all the benefits of being a United Kingdom.</p>Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleDavid Mundell2019-07-24912072false2019-07-24T14:37:34.3Z2ScotlandScotland2019-07-24United Kingdom1House of CommonsWhat steps he is taking to strengthen the Union.falseNorth West NorfolkSir Henry Bellingham912066Scotland Office<p>I have regular discussions with my Rt honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Pension Credit GB caseload stands at around 1.6 million, the number of Pension Credit claims in Scotland stands at around 150,000 - an almost 10% reduction in the number of claims since May 2017.</p>Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleDavid Mundell2019-07-24false2019-07-24T14:33:23.2Z2ScotlandScotland2019-07-24Pension Credit: Scotland1House of CommonsWhat recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on trends in the level of claims for pension credit in Scotland.falseCoatbridge, Chryston and BellshillHugh Gaffney912067Scotland Office<p>Strengthening and Sustaining the Union is a key priority for the UK Government. This is why we have asked Lord Dunlop to carry out a review to ensure that we are working in the most effective way possible to realise fully all the benefits of being a United Kingdom.</p>Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and TweeddaleDavid Mundell2019-07-24912066false2019-07-24T14:37:34.347Z2ScotlandScotland2019-07-24United Kingdom1House of CommonsWhat steps he is taking to strengthen the Union.falseShrewsbury and AtchamDaniel Kawczynski912072Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport<p>DCMS regularly engages with social media companies and the Scottish Government on a range of issues relating to online harms, including as part of the recent consultation on the Online Harms White Paper. The consultation closed on 1 July and the Government intends to publish its response before the end of the year.</p>Boston and SkegnessMatt Warman2019-09-05false2019-09-05T10:27:07.39Z10Digital, Culture, Media and SportDigital, Culture, Media and Sport2019-07-24Social Media: Scotland1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Scottish Government counterpart and (b) social media companies on tackling online (i) abuse and (ii) extremist content in Scotland.falseWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineAndrew Bowie281487Ministry of Defence<p>There are three Medical Deployability Standard (MDS) categories for the Armed Forces. Medically Fully Deployable (MFD) personnel are those medically fit for duty with no employment limitations. Medically Limited Deployable (MLD) personnel are medically fit for duty with minor employment limitations. MLD personnel may have a medical condition or functional limitation that prevents the meeting of all Medically Fully Deployable (MFD) requirements. Medically Not Deployable (MND) personnel are medically fit for duty with major employment limitations. MND personnel are not fit to deploy on operations but may be deployable on UK-based exercises.</p><p>For the numbers of UK Regular Armed Forces and UK Future Reserves 2020 personnel in each MDS category in each year up to 2017, I refer the hon. Member to the answer the previous Minister for Defence People and Veterans (Tobias Ellwood), gave him on 8 November 2017, to Question 110876.</p><p>The attached table provides the number and percentage of UK Regular Armed Forces in each MDS category, by Service as at 1 April 2018 and 1 April 2019. These figures include full-time trained and serving personnel against requirement. This was the deployable population.</p>Plymouth, Moor ViewJohnny MercerHansard Extract 8 November 2017, UIN 110876.docxArmed ForcesUK Regular Armed Forces.docxArmed Forces2019-09-03false2019-09-03T13:38:14.357Z11DefenceDefence2019-07-24Armed Forces1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) regular (i) soldiers, (ii) sailors and (iii) airmen and (b) reserve (A) soldiers, (B) sailors and (C) airmen by medical category there were in each year since 2010.falseWest Aberdeenshire and KincardineAndrew Bowie281768Department of Health and Social Care<p>The Department does not collect specific data around the sexual assault of National Health Service staff by patients or associated compensation payments, as this issue is expected to be dealt with locally, in line with the NHS complaints procedure. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-nhs-constitution-for-england/how-do-i-give-feedback-or-make-a-complaint-about-an-nhs-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-nhs-constitution-for-england/how-do-i-give-feedback-or-make-a-complaint-about-an-nhs-service</a></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to supporting NHS trusts to protect their staff from sexual harassment. The Social Partnership Forum has led a call to action for NHS organisations to eliminate all forms of bullying and harassment as part of creating a healthy, inclusive and compassionate workplace culture. Eradicating sexual harassment will be one of its top priorities in 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>KingswoodChris Skidmore2019-09-04false2019-09-04T16:14:06.413Z17Health and Social CareHealth and Social Care2019-07-24NHS: Sexual Offences1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many compensation payments have been received by NHS staff as a result of sexual assaults committed against them by patients in the each of the last three years for which information is available.falseHendonDr Matthew Offord281722Department of Health and Social Care<p>For the financial year 2019/20, Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group has been allocated approximately £54,000 to deliver the General Practice Resilience Programme. The programme is expected to have commenced by mid-September.</p><p> </p>Bury St EdmundsJo Churchill2019-09-04false2019-09-04T16:12:16.387Z17Health and Social CareHealth and Social Care2019-07-24General Practitioners: Barnet1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money the General Practice Resilience Programme will provide in the Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group area in the next 12 months.falseHendonDr Matthew Offord281723Foreign and Commonwealth Office<p>We are firmly committed to protecting all children affected by armed conflict, including ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers.</p><p>The UK is an active member of the UN Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), which leads the international response to the issue of child soldiers and child protection. This includes pressing those parties to conflicts listed in the UN Secretary-General's annual report on CAAC, including Yemen, to enter into concrete action plans with the UN to verify and release child soldiers.</p>South West WiltshireDr Andrew Murrison2019-09-03false2019-09-03T10:46:13.317Z16Foreign and Commonwealth OfficeForeign and Commonwealth Office2019-07-24Yemen: Armed Conflict1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including people and organisations in breach of international law in Yemen in the UN Secretary General's 2020 report on Children and Armed Conflict.falseHendonDr Matthew Offord281724Department of Health and Social Care<p>The Government will set out a plan to fix the care system and give every older person the dignity and security they deserve.</p><p>We will set out our proposals in due course.</p>GosportCaroline Dinenage2019-09-09false2019-09-09T16:49:38.74Z17Health and Social CareHealth and Social Care2019-07-24Social Services: Finance1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 259385, when he plans to publish the green paper on funding social care.falseHendonDr Matthew Offord281725Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport<p>The wrecks in question – the SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm, SMS Konig, SMS Markgraf and SMS Karlsruhe – lie within Scapa Flow, Orkney. They are protected as scheduled monuments under the terms of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. Designation of scheduled monuments is a devolved matter for the Scottish Government and it has given responsibility for this to Historic Environment Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Many scheduled monuments are owned privately and their ownership can change. This does not change their protected status. The proposed sale of the wrecks by their current owner does not change the fact that they are scheduled monuments. Permission to undertake works to the Scapa Flow wrecks will continue to require the prior written consent of Historic Environment Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Historic Environment Scotland and the Scottish Government is considering changing the designation of the wrecks from scheduled monuments to a Historic Marine Protected Area, a designation which was introduced in Scotland by the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010. A public consultation about this proposal has recently taken place and the results will be published soon. Decisions about designating Historic Marine Protected Areas are taken by Scottish Ministers.</p><p> </p>Taunton DeaneRebecca Pow2019-09-05false2019-09-05T15:13:20.877Z10Digital, Culture, Media and SportDigital, Culture, Media and Sport2019-07-24Monuments: Scapa Flow1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has made on the proposed sale of dedicated monuments at Scapa Flow.falseHendonDr Matthew Offord2817261001336