daily report tuesday, 8 may 2018 contents

Daily Report Tuesday, 8 May 2018

This report shows written answers and statements provided on 8 May 2018 and the

information is correct at the time of publication (06:34 P.M., 08 May 2018). For the latest

information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements,

please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/

CONTENTS

ANSWERS 6

BUSINESS, ENERGY AND

INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 6

ASDA: J Sainsbury 6

Chemicals: EU law 6

Electricity: Republic of Ireland 7

Energy: Conservation 7

Farmers: Bankruptcy 8

Housing: Heating 8

Licensed Premises: Energy 9

Modern Working Practices

Review 9

CABINET OFFICE 9

Intelligence Services:

Detainees 9

Life Expectancy 10

Public Sector: Recruitment 10

DEFENCE 11

Air Training Corps: Stoke

Newington 11

Defence Fire and Rescue

Service 11

Defence Fire Risk

Management Organisation:

Staff 11

Military Aircraft: Safety 14

Ministry of Defence Police 15

Ministry of Defence: Cleaning

Services 15

Navy: Military Exercises 15

Submarines 16

DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND

SPORT 16

Information Commissioner:

Staff 16

Radio Frequencies 18

Wembley Stadium 18

World War I: Anniversaries 19

Youth Services 20

EDUCATION 20

Apprentices: Taxation 20

Disabled Students' Allowances 21

First Aid: Training 21

Free School Meals 21

Schools: Finance 22

Schools: Greater London 22

Special Educational Needs 23

Teachers: Training 23

ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND

RURAL AFFAIRS 24

Agriculture: Scotland 24

Agriculture: Subsidies 24

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Agriculture: Unmanned Air

Vehicles 25

Air Pollution 25

Animal Welfare 26

Animal Welfare: Sentencing 26

Assistance Dogs 26

Clean Air Zones: West

Midlands 26

Department for Environment,

Food and Rural Affairs: Official

Cars 27

Department for Environment,

Food and Rural Affairs:

Seafood 27

Dogs: Canine Distemper 27

Dogs: Smuggling 27

Environment Protection 28

Fisheries: Subsidies 28

Flowers: Subsidies 29

Food Supply 29

Incinerators: Dudley 30

Incinerators: Runcorn 30

Milk: Prices 30

National Parks Authorities 31

Pigs: Exports 32

Pigs: Imports 33

FOREIGN AND

COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 34

Bahrain: Capital Punishment 34

Bahrain: Political Prisoners 35

Bahrain: Technical Assistance 35

Department for International

Development and Foreign and

Commonwealth Office:

Departmental Coordination 35

Hajer Mansoor Hassan 36

Nicaragua: Politics and

Government 36

North Africa: Refugees 37

Paraguay: Elections 37

Rajab Nabeel 38

Turkey: Christianity 38

Turkey: Elections 38

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE 39

Alzheimer's Disease 39

Dental Services 40

Donors: Transplant Surgery 40

Drugs and Vaccination 41

E. coli 42

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome 43

Food Standards Agency 43

Fractures: Older People 44

General Practitioners 44

Health Services: Children 45

Health Services: Learning

Disability 45

Health: Children 46

Healthy Start Scheme 46

Healthy Start Scheme and

School Milk 47

Hospitals: Food 48

Local Government: Health

Services 48

Mental Health 49

Mental Health Services:

Children and Young People 49

NHS England and NHS

Improvement 49

Nurses 50

Obesity 50

Plastic Surgery 51

Postnatal Depression 52

Respiratory System: Surgery 53

Royal Liverpool Hospital 54

School Milk 54

Scurvy 54

Smoking 55

Social Services: Minimum

Wage 56

Stress: Employment 56

Suicide 57

Surgery 57

Surgery: Waiting Lists 57

Sustainability and

Transformation Partnerships 57

Trauma 58

HOME OFFICE 58

Asylum: Finance 58

Crime Prevention: Gangs 59

Crimes of Violence 60

Female Genital Mutilation 60

Hate Crime: Internet 61

Human Trafficking 61

Immigrants: Caribbean 62

Immigrants: Commonwealth 62

Immigration: Caribbean 62

Immigration: EU Nationals 63

Knives: Crime 63

Passports: Fraud 64

Registration of Births, Deaths,

Marriages and Civil

Partnerships 64

Shops: Crimes of Violence 64

Slavery 65

UK Border Force: Northern

Ireland 65

Undocumented Migrants 65

Undocumented Workers:

Fines 65

Visas: Health Professions 66

HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND

LOCAL GOVERNMENT 66

Building Regulations and Fire

Safety Independent Review 66

Community Infrastructure Levy 66

Construction: Trading

Standards 67

High Rise Flats: Vauxhall 67

Housing 68

Housing Revenue Accounts 68

Housing: Construction 68

Local Government Finance 69

Ministry of Housing,

Communities and Local

Government: Procurement 69

Police: Finance 70

Public Lavatories: Non-

domestic Rates 70

Public Lavatories: Railway

Stations 70

Right to Buy Scheme: Housing

Associations 71

INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT 71

Developing Countries:

Orphans 71

Gaza: Borders 71

Israel: Palestinians 72

Palestinians: International

Assistance 72

Palestinians: Trade 72

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 73

Department for International

Trade: ICT 73

JUSTICE 73

Family Proceedings: Legal

Representation 73

Immigration: Appeals 74

Legal Aid Scheme:

Immigration 74

Prison Officers: Crimes of

Violence 81

Prison Officers: Length of

Service 82

Prison Officers: Redundancy

Pay 83

Prison Officers: Re-

employment 83

Road Traffic Offences:

Reviews 84

NORTHERN IRELAND 85

Northern Ireland Government 85

Security: Northern Ireland 85

PRIME MINISTER 85

Hitachi 85

National Security 86

Undocumented Migrants:

Deportation 86

SCOTLAND 86

Scotland Office: Mobile

Phones 86

TRANSPORT 87

Arriva Trains Wales 87

Bus Services: Concessions 87

Cycleways: Coastal Areas 87

Cycling: Rural Areas 88

Cycling: Safety 88

High Speed Two: National

Trust 89

Rail Delivery Group 89

Railways: Concessions 89

Railways: Fares 89

Railways: Franchises 90

Railways: Suicide 90

Roads: Capital Investment 90

Roads: Safety 91

Rolling Stock: Leasing 91

Train Operating Companies:

Compensation 91

Train Operating Companies:

Merseyside 92

TREASURY 93

Child Tax Credit: Motherwell

and Wishaw 93

Children: Day Care 93


Mortgages: Interest Rates 93

Multinational Companies: Tax

Avoidance 94

Oil: Taxation 94

Red Diesel: Excise Duties 95

Taxation: Credit Cards 95

Taxation: Domicil 96

Taxation: Environment

Protection 96

WALES 96

Electricity Interconnectors:

Wales 96

WORK AND PENSIONS 97

Agriculture: Waste Disposal 97

Children: Terminal Illnesses 97

Department for Work and

Pensions: Living Wage 98

Department for Work and

Pensions: Procurement 99

Disability Living Allowance:

Children 99

Disability: Equal Pay 101


Maternity Pay: Special

Guardianship Orders 102

Pension Funds: Ethics 102

Poverty: Children 103

Poverty: Sanitary Protection 103

Sick Leave: Stress 103

Social Security Benefits 104

Support for Mortgage Interest 104

Universal Credit 104

Universal Credit: Scotland 105

Universal Credit: Stoke on

Trent 106

Universal Credit: Young

People 106

Welfare State: Reform 107

WRITTEN STATEMENTS 108

DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND

SPORT 108

Data Protection Bill [HL]

(English votes for English

laws) 108

TREASURY 108

ECOFIN: 27-28 April 2018 108

Notes:

Questions marked thus [R] indicate that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions with identification numbers of 900000 or greater indicate that the question was originally tabled as an

oral question and has since been unstarred.

ANSWERS

BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

ASDA: J Sainsbury

Mike Amesbury: [140220]

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate

he has made of the potential job losses arising from the proposed merger of ASDA and

Sainsbury's in the (a) stores, (b) head offices and (c) distribution centres of both

supermarkets; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of that merger

on the level of growth in the (i) North West and (ii) UK economy.

Andrew Griffiths:

Sainsbury’s and Asda have stated that they have not planned any store closures and

or instore job losses as a result of the proposed merger. They have also said that

they intend to continue operating both brands.

Mergers are independent of Ministerial control. Under the Enterprise Act 2002, which

governs mergers in the UK, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has a role only

in cases where a merger gives rise to concerns over security, media plurality and

financial stability. Should the proposed merger raise competition concerns, the

Competition and Markets Authority, independent of Government has the power to

investigate. We currently await their views on the merger.

Mike Amesbury: [140221]

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he

is taking to encourage ASDA and Sainsbury's to engage directly and meaningfully with

trade unions following the announcement of the potential merger of those businesses.

Andrew Griffiths:

Sainsbury’s and Asda are private companies and the Government has no role in their

strategic decisions. When the proposed merger was announced, I spoke with

USDAW, GMB and Unite unions to understand their positions. Along with my rt. hon.

Friend the Secretary of State, I also spoke with the CEOs of Sainsbury’s and Asda

and reiterated the importance of them engaging not only with the USDAW, GMB and

Unite unions, but also with other unions with an interest such as the National Farmers

Union.

Chemicals: EU law

Gavin Robinson: [140133]

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what

assessment he has made of the potential effect on the defence sector of the UK leaving

the REACH chemical framework after the UK leaves the EU.

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Richard Harrington:

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy recognises the

importance of the continued availability of specialist chemicals from the EU to the

Defence Sector after we have left the European Union. BEIS is working closely with

the chemical industry to understand the impacts resulting from UK’s exit from the EU.

We want to minimise the regulatory and market access barriers for UK businesses,

including for those in the chemicals sector. We want to ensure that UK companies

including our Defence Sector have the maximum freedom to trade with and operate

within European markets – and to let European businesses do the same in the UK.

Electricity: Republic of Ireland

Hywel Williams: [139405]

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate

he has made of the potential tariffs that will fall on the UK when importing electricity from

the Republic of Ireland in the event that the UK leaves the Single Market and Customs

Union.

Claire Perry:

The Government’s priority is to maintain affordable, clean, and secure energy

supplies for businesses and households. We share the EU’s ambition to make energy

trading easier and more efficient by opening up national markets, and increasing the

level of interconnection between them, including between all parts of the UK and

Ireland.

My rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said that we want to protect the single

electricity market across Ireland and Northern Ireland; and we also want to continue

arrangements that allow efficient trade of electricity to take place between the Ireland-

Northern Ireland single electricity market and Great Britain. Outcomes relating to the

EU Single Market and Customs Union, however, are matters for negotiations, and we

are unable to comment on this until negotiations conclude.

Energy: Conservation

Anna McMorrin: [140207]

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his

Department has a target for improving energy efficiency in buildings beyond 2022; and if

he will make a statement.

Claire Perry:

The Government has a number of targets and ambitions for improving energy

efficiency in buildings as set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, published in October

2017. For example, these include:

A statutory target to raise as many English fuel poor homes as is reasonably

practicable to energy efficiency Band C by 2030, with milestones of Band E by

2020 and Band D by 2025. The Devolved Administrations in Scotland and Wales

have separate legal fuel poverty targets.



An aspiration that as many homes as possible, across the whole housing stock are

improved to Energy Performance Certificate Band C by 2035, where practical,

cost-effective and affordable.

An ambition to enable business and industry to improve energy efficiency by at

least 20 per cent by 2030. This will require improvements to energy efficiency in

buildings as well as industrial processes.

Farmers: Bankruptcy

Mr Jim Cunningham: [139944]

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his

Department has made an estimate of the number of British farms at risk of bankruptcy in

each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

Andrew Griffiths:

The Department does not hold this information.


To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many

farms have declared bankruptcy in each of the last five years.

Andrew Griffiths:

The Insolvency Service produces quarterly statistics on the number of new

insolvencies for companies and individuals in England and Wales, including

breakdowns by industry. The most recent statistics, covering the period January to

March 2018, which include a comparison with previous periods, were published on

Friday 27 April 2018 on gov.uk.

Housing: Heating

John Healey: [137009]


assessment he has made of the long-term potential for hydrogen to lower the emissions

required for the heating of residential properties.

Claire Perry:

The Department is currently undertaking work to strengthen and assess the evidence

on the range of potential approaches to decarbonising heat, including on the use of

hydrogen. There are a number of technologies with the potential to make a major

contribution to decarbonisation. As well as hydrogen, these include, heat pumps,

hybrid gas and electric heating systems and district heating networks. I plan to

publish a report on the Department’s review of the evidence later this year.

The Department has also commissioned the Hy4Heat project which aims to provide

essential technical evidence on the use of hydrogen for heat in buildings. This will

include developing and testing hydrogen boilers. The project has a total budget of

£25m and will run until 2021.




Licensed Premises: Energy

Giles Watling: [140222]


assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed EU ecodesign and

energy labelling regulations on the sustainability of UK entertainment venues.

Claire Perry:

The Department does not carry out cost benefit analysis of early drafts of EU

Ecodesign Regulations. Once we see the final version of this regulation before the

Regulatory Committee vote in Brussels, where the UK and other Member States will

vote on the regulation, we will carry out a cost benefit analysis for the UK but not

specific sectors. The Ecodesign proposal for lighting that I assume you are referring

to will be voted on in October/November 2018 and we would expect to see a final

version one month prior to that.

Modern Working Practices Review

Paul Blomfield: [140064]

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to

the Answer of 26 March 2018 to Question 133760 on Modern Working Practices Review,

when he plans to publish copies of the written evidence submitted to that review on the

Gov.uk website.

Andrew Griffiths:

The written evidence submitted to the review was published on the Gov.uk website

on Friday 4th May 2018

CABINET OFFICE

Intelligence Services: Detainees

Alex Sobel: [138561]

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any changes will be made to the

process for (a) review and (b) oversight of the Consolidated Guidance.

Mr David Lidington:

I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the Prime Minister’s Written Ministerial

Statement of 15 September 2016 (HCWS157). This work has been taken forward,

with input from the Intelligence Services Commissioner and his successor, and we

have sought the views of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC)

in the context of their Detainee Inquiry. The Government intends to wait until the

ISC’s report is published later this year before deciding on next steps.

I also refer the Honourable Gentleman to the Prime Minister’s Written Ministerial

Statement of 1 March 2018 (HCWS502)




Alex Sobel: [138562]

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to hold a public

consultation on potential changes to the Consolidated Guidance.

Mr David Lidington:

I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the Prime Minister’s Written Ministerial

Statement of 15 September 2016 (HCWS157). This work has been taken forward,

with input from the Intelligence Services Commissioner and his successor, and we

have sought the views of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC)

in the context of their Detainee Inquiry. The Government intends to wait until the

ISC’s report is published later this year before deciding on next steps.

Life Expectancy

Chris Ruane: [139974]

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of local

authority areas saw a decline in life expectancy for (a) males at birth, (b) females at birth,

(c) males at 65 years and older and (d) females at 65 years and older in the reporting

period 2001-03 to 2004-06.

Chloe Smith:

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority.

I have asked the Authority to reply.

Attachments:

1. UKSA Response [PQ_139974.pdf]

Public Sector: Recruitment

Andrew Selous: [138406]

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government has made on

the roll-out the ban the box initiative throughout the public sector.

Oliver Dowden:

The Civil Service chose to adopt the Ban the Box initiative in February 2016. The

Cabinet Office does not hold information on the number of public sector organisations

that have adopted the Ban the Box policy.

I also refer the honourable member to the response given by Dr Phillip Lee on behalf

of the Ministry of Justice on the 13th November 2017 (Ref: 111417).




DEFENCE

Air Training Corps: Stoke Newington

David Simpson: [140694]

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that the 296

Stoke Newington Air Training Corps will be relocated following the closure of the site on

the Albion Road.

Mr Tobias Ellwood:

I am pleased to be able to confirm that 296 (Stoke Newington) Squadron Air Training

Corps will continue to operate from its existing premises, with a review period of 12

months.

Defence Fire and Rescue Service

Nia Griffith: [140026]

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Defence Fire and Rescue Project

(DFRP) began; and how many staff are part of the DFRP Project team.

Mr Tobias Ellwood:

The initial Gate Business Case approving the formation of the existing Defence Fire

and Rescue Project team was approved in September 2013. The Project is led by a

Director level (SCS Payband 2) Senior Responsible Owner and the project team

consists of 14 people. The project has also drawn on advice and relevant subject

matter experts from across Defence and the Armed Forces, including the Defence

Fire and Rescue Management Organisation.

Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation: Staff


To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civil service staff

the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation employs at which locations.

Mr Tobias Ellwood:

The Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation employs 575 military firefighters

and 778 Civil Service firefighters and support staff. These are broken down by

location below:

MILITARY FIREFIGHTERS

Location Strength

Army HQ Andover 5

Brunei Garrison 7

Manston 20

Mount Pleasant Airfield 32




MILITARY FIREFIGHTERS

HQ Joint Forces Command 1

Portsmouth (HQ & training) 17

RAF Akrotiri 52

RAF Benson 31

RAF Brize-Norton 80

RAF Coningsby 35

RAF Halton 1

RAF High Wycombe 2

RAF Honnington 4

RAF Marham 39

RAF Northolt 34

RAF Odiham 38

RAF Lossiemouth 31

RAF Waddington 58

RAF Wittering 4

RNAS Culdrose 36

RNAS Yeovilton 42

RNAS Culdrose & Yeovilton 6

Total 575

CIVIL SERVANT FIREFIGHTERS & SUPPORT STAFF

Location Strength

Aldergrove Flying Station 25

DFTDC Manston 38

Defence Munitions Longtown 24

HMNB Clyde 61

Leuchars Station 28

CIVIL SERVANT FIREFIGHTERS & SUPPORT STAFF

Middle Wallop Airfield 39

MOD Biecester 27

MOD Corsham 33

MOD Credenhill 22

MOD Donnington 30

MOD Kineton 23

RAF Alconbury 35

RAF Boulmer 22

RAF Croughton 16

RAF Cosford 13

RAF Fairford 19

RAF Fylingdales 22

RAF Lakenheath 19

RAF Leeming 29

RAF Linton-on-Ouse 26

RAF Lossiemouth 29

RAF Menwith Hill 37

RAF Mildenhall 18

RAF Shawbury 28

RAF Spadeadam 10

Wattisham Airfield 28

HQ & Safety cells 77

Total 778


To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited into

civilian posts in the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation in each of the last five

years.


Mr Tobias Ellwood:

The number of personnel recruited into civilian posts in the Defence Fire Risk

Management Organisation in the last five years is given below:

YEAR TOTAL

2017-18 47

2016-17 34

2015-16 20

2014-15 0

2013-14 9


To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Defence Fire Risk

Management Organisation staff have been deployed in support of local authority fire

services in each of the last five years.

Mr Tobias Ellwood:

Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation personnel and assets deployed to

support local authority fire services within the UK on the following number of

occasions in the last five years:

YEAR TOTAL

2017 27

2016 30

2015 24

2014 36

2013 43

Any future contract will retain similar provision to support local authority fire services.

Military Aircraft: Safety

Adam Holloway: [140005]

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many safety occurrence reports have

been raised on the Boeing E-3 Sentry from January 1991 to date.

Guto Bebb:

There have been 1,632 air safety occurrence reports recorded for the E-3D Sentry

fleet from January 1991 to date.



Ministry of Defence Police

Mr Kevan Jones: [138400]

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the savings that

need to be accrued by his Department's (a) Head Office and (b) Corporate Services in

relation to the work of the Ministry of Defence Police.

Mr Tobias Ellwood:

[Holding answer 1 May 2018]: There are no savings that need to be accrued by the

Head Office and Corporate Services Top Level Budget in relation to the Ministry of

Defence Police.

Ministry of Defence: Cleaning Services

Catherine West: [140176]

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contribution of the

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence of 23 April 2018, Official Report,

columns 596-7, on Departmental Staff: Wages and Conditions, what the rates of pay are

for cleaners in his Department.

Mr Tobias Ellwood:

All of the Department's cleaners are paid, at a minimum, the national living wage in

accordance with statutory rights.

Cleaning within the Ministry of Defence is undertaken through estate maintenance

contracts and therefore information on the rates of pay for cleaners is held by a

number of third parties and not by the Department.

Navy: Military Exercises

Mr Kevan Jones: [139997]

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which named military exercises were

conducted by Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels from January 2017 to date.

Mark Lancaster:

From available records the named Military Exercises conducted by Royal Navy and

Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships from January 2017 to 4 May 2018 was as follows:

Exercise Cougar Voyage Exercise Artemis Trident

Exercise Sea Khanjar Exercise Baltops

Exercise Azraq Serpent Exercise Trade Winds 17

Exercise Unified Trident Exercise Dynamic Mongoose

Exercise Dynamic Guard Exercise Breeze

Exercise Aman Exercise Grampus

Exercise Khunjar Hadd 17 Exercise Saxon Warrior

Exercise East Dolphin Exercise Joint Warrior 172




Exercise Joint Warrior 171 Exercise Brilliant Mariner

Exercise Alligator Dagger Exercise Dogu Akdeniz

Exercise Formidable Shield Exercise Intrepid Stentinel

Exercise Samurai Blade Exercise Niriis

Exercise Konkan Exercise Nusret

Exercise Azraq Serpent 18 Exercise Sea Explorer

Exercise Khanjar Hadd 18 Exercise Ariadne

Exercise Dynamic Manta Exercise Ssang Yong

Exercise Joint Warrior 181

It is UK policy that we do not comment on matters relating to submarine activity or

operations as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness

or security of the Armed Forces.

Notes: Some passing exercises undertaken with other nations are not named.

Submarines


To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many submarines are awaiting recycling

at (a) Rosyth and (b) Devonport.


To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the annual cost

to the public purse of storing each submarine awaiting recycling at (a) Rosyth and (b)

Devonport.

Guto Bebb:

There are currently seven submarines awaiting recycling at Rosyth, with a further 13

at Devonport. The annual cost varies depending on the level of maintenance

required.

DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Information Commissioner: Staff


To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many FTE

employees have worked for the Information Commissioner's office in each year since that

office was founded.

Margot James:

The requested information can be found in the table below:




YEAR (FIGURE QUOTED ON 31ST

MARCH) HEADCOUNT FTE

2002 170 154.7

2003 183 169.1

2004 204 188.51

2005 211 196.51

2006 265 242.32

2007 256 235.71

2008 275 256.01

2009 321 302.04

2010 337 313.82

2011 353 328.49

2012 350 324.61

2013 388 359.6

2014 386 354.0

2015 392 363.5

2016 442 408.6

2017 472 439.4

2018 540 504.8

Prior to 2002, FTE employee data is not readily available. The figures in the table

below are the most accurate the ICO have on record but may not be completely

accurate as employments records pre 2002 are not complete.


MARCH) HEADCOUNT NOTES

1984/1985 50 This is an estimate of the

staffing number they expected

to achieve as recruitment for

most roles was on going.

1986 83 including temporary/casual


MARCH) HEADCOUNT NOTES













1999 115.5 including temporary/casual



Radio Frequencies

Kevin Brennan: [139989]

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to

publish the funding scheme for users of Programme Making and Special Events

equipment displaced by the 700 MHz clearance.

Margot James:

We expect Ofcom to publish a Statement announcing details of the Help Scheme for

PMSE users affected by the 700MHz clearance programme in due course. This

follows on from Ofcom's consultation on the Help Scheme.

Wembley Stadium

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan: [140179]

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department

was first made aware of an offer to buy Wembley football stadium.



Dr Rosena Allin-Khan: [140180]

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had

discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer or other HM Treasury Ministers on the

sale of Wembley Football Stadium; and if he will make a statement.

Tracey Crouch:

The Secretary of State and I were first made aware about the potential sale of

Wembley stadium when The FA Chair and Chief Executive came to see us on the 17

April 2018.

It will be for my Department to lead on behalf of Government on further discussions

with the FA on any potential sale of the stadium over the course of this month.

Together with Sport England and the Greater London Authority we will be seeking

reassurances that both the interests of the national team and the grassroots are

protected and would benefit from any potential deal.

World War I: Anniversaries

Ian Murray: [140048]

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what monies have

been allocated from the public purse to commemorate the role of women in World War 1

at centenary events.

Michael Ellis:

We have committed more than £10 million in LIBOR funds to support the National

Commemorative events delivered by my Department, which mark the key milestones

of the First World War Centenary. These have commemorated the Gallipoli

Campaign, the battles of Jutland, the Somme and Passchendaele, and a variety of

events to be delivered in 2018. All of the events have included female voices, and

have reflected the roles played by women and the impact of the war on women.

The Government’s wider programme is designed to support communities and

organisations in telling stories of greatest relevance to them through commemorative

events, exhibitions and other projects. Projects across the country supported by

Government funding and other sources of public funding have commemorated the

role of women in the First World War.

The Imperial War Museums’ Centenary Partnership has delivered

‘WomensWork100’, which is specifically focusing on the role of women during the

First World War, holding events at the IWM in Lambeth and around the country. 14-

18 NOW, the Government’s Cultural delivery partner, has also commemorated the

role played by women.

There is also an extensive programme of events taking place in 2018 to

commemorate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918.



Youth Services

Vernon Coaker: [139953]

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to

make the provision of youth services a statutory duty for local authorities.

Tracey Crouch:

Government places a statutory duty on local authorities through 507B of the

Education Act 1996, as amended by the Education and Inspections Act 2006

(positive leisure-time activities for young people) to secure, so far as reasonably

practical, sufficient positive activities for young people. Government believes that

local authorities are best placed to secure services that meet the needs of young

people within the budget that is available to them.

EDUCATION

Apprentices: Taxation

Catherine McKinnell: [140091]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the implications are for his policies on

the apprenticeship levy of the recommendations in the April 2018 EEF report, A levy price

to pay? The apprenticeship levy one year on; and if he will make a statement.

Anne Milton:

The apprenticeship levy is an important part of our reforms - it means there is long-

term investment in apprenticeship training so that employers get the skills they need.

Nearly 60 per cent of people starting on the new apprenticeship standards are levy

supported, showing that levy payers are working well with the new system.

I recently met with EEF as part of a roundtable meeting to discuss how

apprenticeships are working in the engineering and manufacturing sectors. We will

continue to work closely with employers to support them to take advantage of the

levy, and wider funding and quality reforms, to invest in the long-term skills needs of

their business.

We have recently seen an increase in the number of people starting on higher level

apprenticeships, such as engineering and law, and on our new quality apprenticeship

standards. These new apprenticeships are designed by employers themselves to

meet their needs, and are within a wide range of industries. Higher quality training

leads to increased productivity; so it is positive news that over 250 of the new

standards have already been approved.

Our reforms to the apprenticeship system are about increasing the number of quality

apprenticeships in this country and creating the long-term investment in skills training

that British businesses need to grow.



Disabled Students' Allowances

Mrs Louise Ellman: [139972]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to change its

policy on the threshold for self-contribution of disabled students in receipt of Disabled

Students' Allowance; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Sam Gyimah:

The requirement that students in receipt of Disabled Students’ Allowance make a

£200 contribution towards the costs of computer hardware was introduced in 2015.

The government has no current plans to review the size of that contribution.

First Aid: Training

Tracy Brabin: [140184]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to

support first aid training being undertaken by (a) early years settings and (b)

childminders.

Nadhim Zahawi:

In 2016, following consultation, the department introduced a requirement in the Early

Years Foundation Stage statutory framework (EYFS) for newly qualified level 2 and

level 3 early years staff to also hold a current Paediatric First Aid (PFA) or emergency

PFA certificate.

Childminders, and any assistant who might be in sole charge of the children for any

period of time, must also hold a full current PFA certificate:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework-

-2.

In the same year we launched the voluntary Millie’s Mark quality scheme with the

National Day Nurseries Association to recognise those settings that go over and

above the statutory requirement of the EYFS by ensuring that all staff on site have

PFA training:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-gold-standard-in-paediatric-first-aid-

launched.

Free School Meals


To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities are permitted to

refuse access to free school meals based on the age of a child.

Nadhim Zahawi:

All children in reception, year 1 and year 2 in England's state-funded schools,

including academies and free schools, are entitled to free school meals. Eligibility is

based on the child’s year group rather than their age.



https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-foundation-stage-framework--2



https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-gold-standard-in-paediatric-first-aid-launched




For benefits-based free school meals, Section 512 of the Education Act 1996, as

amended, places a duty on maintained schools, academies and free schools to

provide free school meals to pupils of all ages that meet the criteria.

Schools: Finance

Angela Rayner: [138994]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of

schools in England due to lose the maximum amount of 1.5 per cent of their funding per

pupil in line with the Minimum Funding Guarantee in 2018-19.

Nick Gibb:

Information regarding individual school and academy allocations for the financial year

2018/19 will be published in the autumn in line releases in previous years. This will

detail schools’ final budgets for the 2018/19 financial year, including how many

schools are being protected by the Minimum Funding Guarantee under their local

authorities’ (LAs) local funding formula.

The national funding formula is giving every LA more money for every pupil in

2018/19. Every school is attracting at least 0.5% per pupil more through the formula,

compared to 2017/18. LAs have the flexibility to determine how this funding is

distributed across schools in their local area, and this is right as the Department

transitions towards the national funding formula. LAs can mirror the protections in the

national funding formula, if they so choose, by setting the Minimum Funding

Guarantee in their local formula up to +0.5%.

Schools: Greater London

Joan Ryan: [139930]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of

(a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) the Enfield North constituency (ii) the London

Borough of Enfield and (iii) London that will receive a reduction in (A) cash and (B) per

pupil funding in each of the next five years.

Nick Gibb:

In 2018/19, all schools in Enfield North attracted more cash funding through the

national funding formula, compared to their 2017/18 baselines.

All schools, with the exception of new and growing schools, attracted more per pupil

funding. New and growing schools typically see their per pupil funding decrease as

they grow in size, while receiving significant increases in their total budgets. One new

and growing all-through school in Enfield, and 23 new and growing schools in London

(18 primaries, 3 secondaries and 2 all-through) attract less funding per pupil in 2018-

19 than they did in 2017-18.

Final decisions on individual schools’ budgets are taken by the local authority, based

on the local funding formula.



In 2019/20, no school will attract reduced cash funding per pupil through the national

funding formula. Given that funding follows the pupil, individual schools may attract

less funding in total if the number of pupils on roll decreases. The Department will

publish notional funding formula allocations for 2019/20 later this year after updating

calculations using the latest autumn census data.

Funding after 2019/20 will depend on the outcomes of the next Spending Review.

Special Educational Needs

Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck: [140131]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special educational needs and

disability students are there in (a) further and (b) higher education; and what proportion of

those students have an Education, Health and Care Plan.

Anne Milton:

The number of learners in further education that have declared themselves as being

a learner with learning difficulties or disabilities (LLDD) in the 2016/17 academic year

is 563,100. Of these, 35,200 had an education, health and care plan (EHCP). An

additional 2,900 learners had an EHCP but did not self-declare themselves as being

a learner with LLDD. The Individualised Learner Record does not hold information on

statements of special educational need and disability, this is only collected for school

pupils via the school census.

The Higher Education Statistics Agency publishes data on enrolments in higher

education at UK higher education institutions, including enrolments by disability. The

latest data on numbers of students with disabilities, for the 2016/17 academic year,

was published in January 2018 and is available at: https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-

analysis/students/table-15.

Students on higher education courses do not hold EHCPs. In order to cease an

EHCP a local authority must consider whether the educational or training outcomes

specified in the plan have been achieved. Studying at degree level would be

considered a positive outcome from an EHCP, and as such that plan would cease.

Teachers: Training

Stephen Timms: [139925]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Early Years Workforce

Strategy published in March 2017, if he will make it his policy to implement a programme

to increase the graduate early years workforce in disadvantaged areas.

Nadhim Zahawi:

The government is considering the feasibility of a range of approaches to supporting

graduates in the early years workforce. This work is still underway.


https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-15




ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

Agriculture: Scotland

Andrew Bowie: [140190]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he next

plans to meet with the Scottish Government to discuss the status of the (a) Less

Favoured Area Support and (b) Areas of Natural Constraint schemes during the

implementation period after the UK leaves the EU.

George Eustice:

The Secretary of State regularly discusses agriculture policy with colleagues in the

Scottish Government, with the next meeting scheduled for 14 May. Agriculture is

devolved, and it is the Government’s intention that each administration has the

freedom to design policies that support the individual characteristics of their

agricultural industries and unique landscapes. Common frameworks will only be

established where needed to maintain the functioning of the UK internal market and

to meet our trade and international obligations.

Agriculture: Subsidies


To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his

Department’s policy is on providing economic support to agriculture in marginal areas

after the UK leaves the EU.

George Eustice:

The Government understands the importance of providing stability to farmers as we

leave the European Union and has pledged to continue to commit the same cash

total in funds for farm support for the duration of this Parliament, providing much

needed certainty to farmers and landowners.

In our consultation document ‘Health and Harmony’, we have provided a clear

direction for future farm support in England based on public money for public goods –

principally, environmental enhancement. We sought views on how future land

management schemes can reflect the reality of life for farmers and food producers.

As part of this, we invited ideas on what areas could constitute public goods and be

supported under the new system, including rural resilience.

Farmers need stability, certainty and a smooth transition to a new system, so we will

not switch off Direct Payments overnight, and are consulting on an agricultural

transition period to provide time for farmers to adjust. We have also confirmed we will

pay the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme on the same basis as we do now. This,

together with our proposed ‘agricultural transition’ period away from the current

system of Direct Payments in England, will provide time for farmers to adjust.

Some sectors may find it more difficult than others to adapt to the phasing out of

Direct Payments, for example, those located in the most remote, wild and beautiful

parts of England. The uplands have the potential to benefit from new environmental



land management schemes, given the nature of their landscapes and the many

public goods that they deliver, such as biodiversity, flood risk mitigation and carbon

sequestration. We will explore possible options on how we can best support such

areas.

Agriculture: Unmanned Air Vehicles

Jim Shannon: [139487]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions

his Department has had with (a) the National Farmers' Union and (b) other stakeholders

on the use of drones for crop (i) control and (ii) spraying.

George Eustice:

The Government sees technological innovation as being key to increasing

productivity and sustainability in agriculture. As part of the ‘Health and harmony: the

future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit’ consultation, we are

engaging with representatives from across sectors and the public to explore support

for innovation and R&D.

The use of drones may have the potential to assist precision use of pesticides and

benefit both crop production and the environment. We do, however, need to ensure

the safe use of pesticides and therefore need to understand any risks to human

health and the environment that may result from this novel form of application.

The Health and Safety Executive is the regulator for pesticides. They have had

discussions with a number of stakeholders interested in using drones to apply

pesticides. They have advised the National Farmers’ Union of the work being

undertaken to develop an approach to authorising and permitting the application of

pesticides by drones.

Air Pollution

Dr David Drew: [139358]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will

publish the (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 versions of the National Atmospheric Emissions

Inventory.

Dr Thérèse Coffey:

As usual, the 2016 air pollutant emissions corresponding to the UK National

Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) will be published in summer 2018. Likewise

the 2017 air pollutant emissions data (2017 NAEI) will be published in summer 2019,

all as part of our normal annual inventory update of the NAEI website.

Similarly, the 2016 greenhouse gas emissions corresponding to the UK NAEI will be

published in summer 2018. Likewise the 2017 greenhouse gas emissions data (2017

NAEI) will be published in summer 2019.



Animal Welfare

Jo Platt: [139607]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he

has made of the number of animal rescue homes in England.

George Eustice:

We do not have any recent estimates of the number of animal rescue homes in

England.

Animal Welfare: Sentencing

Tom Brake: [139924]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable

is for his Department to introduce legislative proposals to raise the maximum sentence for

animal cruelty to five years; and whether his Department plans to do this by means of

primary legislation.

George Eustice:

The Government proposes to introduce legislation to increase the maximum penalty

for animal cruelty offences as soon as Parliamentary time permits.

Assistance Dogs

Richard Burden: [139373]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent

representations he has received from Police and Crime Commissioners on the potential

merits of bringing forward legislative proposals for an offence of attacking service

animals.

George Eustice:

We have not received representations directly from Police and Crime Commissioners

for bringing forward legislative proposals for an offence of attacking service animals.

Clean Air Zones: West Midlands

Mr Roger Godsiff: [139379]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his

Department has conducted an economic impact study on the effect of clean air zones on

businesses in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands.


The Government assessed the impacts of charging in clean air zones on businesses

nationally in the 2016 impact assessment. This did not look at the impacts on

Birmingham or the West Midlands in isolation.

The UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide concentrations is clear that local

authorities must conduct feasibility studies with robust economic impact





assessments, following the HMT Green Book approach. The feasibility studies being

produced by local authorities will look at these impacts at a local level.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Official Cars

Philip Davies: [141008]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the job titles

are of civil servants in his Department who have been provided with (a) an official car and

(b) a driver.

George Eustice:

No civil servants in Defra have been provided with an official car or a driver.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Seafood

Melanie Onn: [140157]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which

Government departments he has had discussions with on the Seafood 2040 Strategy.

George Eustice:

In the coming months Defra will be discussing the Seafood 2040 recommendations

with a range of Government bodies including Public Health England, the Environment

Agency, the Sea Fish Industry Authority, the Marine Management Organisation, the

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science and the Food Standards

Agency.

Dogs: Canine Distemper



has made of the number of dogs with canine distemper; and what steps his Department

is taking to reduce incidences of that disease.

George Eustice:

There is an effective vaccine available for canine distemper which is administered by

private vets as part of the standard vaccination programme undertaken by

responsible dog owners. As there is an effective vaccine, and as the disease is not

notifiable or reportable in the UK, the Government does not collect surveillance data.

Dogs: Smuggling

Alex Norris: [139043]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to

his Department's summary of responses to its Consultation on the Review of the Non

Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011, what steps he is taking to bring

forward legislative proposals to reduce the number of dogs being brought illegally into the

UK for sale after the UK leaves the EU.





George Eustice:

The Post Implementation Review (PIR) will evaluate the effectiveness of the Non-

Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011. A public consultation was

conducted and responses published in June 2017. We are seeking to publish the PIR

report before summer recess.

Whilst we remain a member of the EU, we continue to be signed up to the

requirements of the Pet Travel Scheme. At present the Government is negotiating our

departure from the EU and Defra is looking at future arrangements, including those

for the Pet Travel Scheme.

Environment Protection

Stephen Crabb: [139424]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the

Government plans to ensure that the four countries of the UK have a coherent approach

to cross border environmental issues after the UK leaves the EU.


Across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland we have a shared interest in

protecting our environment and delivering a Green Brexit.

The Government wants to make sure decisions that should be taken in devolved

areas are taken in devolved areas. But in some areas there will need to be a UK

approach in respect of powers returning from the EU. The Joint Ministerial Committee

(EU Negotiations) has agreed a set of common principles that will apply to common

frameworks in areas where EU law currently intersects with devolved competence.

These are outlined in the Joint Ministerial Communique: 16 October 2017

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-ministerial-committee-communique-

16-october-2017.

Ministers and officials are in regular discussion with counterparts in the Devolved

Administrations on environmental policy matters. This includes considering the need

for common frameworks and ensuring appropriate operational arrangements are in

place after the UK leaves the EU.

Fisheries: Subsidies

Paul Girvan: [140866]


has made of the total amount allocated to UK aquaculture through the European

Fisheries Fund for the period 2007 to 2013.

George Eustice:

The total amount allocated to UK aquaculture through the European Fisheries Fund

(EFF) for the period 2007 to 2013 was £6,332,265. EFF funding was co-financed with

£4,026,108 of national funding (UK Exchequer) along with private investment of

£17,644,734, resulting in total investment in the aquaculture sector of £28,003,107.


https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-ministerial-committee-communique-16-october-2017




Flowers: Subsidies


To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his

Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing subsidies to UK

flower producers after the UK leaves the EU.

George Eustice:

The Government has not explicitly made an assessment of the potential merits of

providing subsidies to UK flower producers after the UK leaves the EU.

We have made clear that we propose to phase out the concept of farm subsidies and

replace them with a new system that rewards and encourages the delivery of public

goods, principally environmental goods. The Government is currently consulting on a

new domestic agriculture policy, including a new environmental land management

system, to be introduced in the next Parliament.

Food Supply

Steve McCabe: [139362]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the

Answer of 15 March to Question 132028 on Food Supply, whether his Department has

made contingency plans in the event that the required flow of food goods from the EU is

not achieved.

George Eustice:

The Government is pursuing a unique and ambitious economic partnership that

provides the greatest possible tariff free and frictionless trade with the EU.

The UK’s favourable food security is built on access to a diverse range of sources of

supply, including domestic production. This will continue to be the case after leaving

the EU, even if the source of some UK food supply changes. Food supply is highly

resilient with flexibility throughout the supply chain, and industry can respond quickly

to ensure ongoing supply.

Defra has longstanding mechanisms in place to work with the food industry. Our

industry sector working group can jointly implement contingency plans if required.

This comprises food chain Trade Associations and relevant Government

Departments including Devolved Administrations and agencies.

Defra is working closely with other Government departments, including the cross-

Government Border Delivery Group (BDG), which provides oversight and assurance

of departmental plans for managing the border-related impacts of leaving the EU both

for Day 1 and beyond. Planning work aims to ensure three key objectives for the

border are delivered: maintaining security; facilitating the flow of goods and people;

revenue protection. In addition, we are working to ensure that the necessary systems

and processes are in place so that trade continues to flow smoothly after we leave.



Incinerators: Dudley


To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what amendments

were made to the periodic emission limit values for particulate matter made in the

variation number CP3136XQ to the permit given to MES Environmental for its Dudley

incineration plant.


Amendments were made to change the emission limit value (ELV) for particulate

matter which is measured on a periodic (twice yearly) basis to the same value as that

of the half hourly ELV for particulate matter which is measured on a continuous basis.

This was in line with the Waste Incineration Directive which was in force at the time

and remains in line with the current requirements of the Industrial Emissions

Directive.

Incinerators: Runcorn


To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the

Answer of 19 April 2018 to Question 135379, on Incinerators, for what reason the

decision document sent to Runcorn EfW facility when granting permit No EPR/EP3731XL

states on page 32 that current monitoring techniques will capture fine particles (PM2.5)

and the resulting permit condition requires a full analysis of particulate size.


The decision document states:

“Whilst the [Environment] Agency is confident that current monitoring techniques will

capture the fine particle fraction (PM2.5) for inclusion in a measurement of total

particulate matter, a permit condition has been included that will require a full analysis

of particle size distribution in the flue gas, and hence determine the ratio of fine to

coarse particles.”

The reason for this statement is that total particulate matter (TPM) includes PM2.5 as

well as particulates of other sizes and therefore by monitoring TPM emissions,

emissions of PM2.5 will also be captured.

Milk: Prices



has made of the average farm gate milk price in (a) February 2018, (b) February 2017,

(c) February 2016, (d) February 2015, (e) February 2014, (f) February 2013, (g) February

2012 and (h) February 2011.

George Eustice:

Farmgate milk prices for the month of February for each of the years 2018, 2017,

2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 are set out below:




MONTH PRICE (PENCE PER LITRE)

Feb-18 29.40

Feb-17 27.47

Feb-16 23.01

Feb-15 26.06

Feb-14 33.96

Feb-13 30.07

Feb-12 28.93

Feb-11 26.08

.

Farmgate milk prices are published on a monthly basis at

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-milk-prices-and-composition-of-

milk/united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-data-for-

december-2017, with data going back to 1970.

National Parks Authorities

John Grogan: [139386]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many

members of each of the boards of National Park authorities live in (a) London, (b) Tyne

and Wear, (c) Merseyside, (d) West Yorkshire, (e) South Yorkshire, (f) West Midlands

and (g) Greater Manchester.


The number of members of England’s national park authorities whose main address

is given as being in (a) London, (b) Tyne and Wear, (c) Merseyside, (d) West

Yorkshire, (e) South Yorkshire, (f) West Midlands and (g) Greater Manchester is as

follows:

LONDON 0

Tyne and Wear 0

Merseyside 0

West Yorkshire 1

South Yorkshire 3

Greater Manchester 1

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk/united-kingdom-milk-prices-and-composition-of-milk-statistics-notice-data-for-december-2017





This data has been provided by national park authorities.

Pigs: Exports


To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live

pigs were exported by each country of export destination in each year between 2012 and

2017.

George Eustice:

The number of live pigs exported from the UK between the years 2012 and 2017 and

their export destination countries are as follows:

COUNTRY OF

DESTINATION 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Austria 0 0 0 0 8 0

Barbados* 0 8

Belgium 319 9 52 949 1213 1204

Bulgaria 0 40 255 3 142 26

Croatia** 0 53 0 0 0

Cyprus 0 0 0 40 16 0

Czech Republic 3 0 10 1 19 0

Denmark 0 64 23 5 0 0

Finland 2 0 0 0 0 0

France 52 244 97 55 62 4

FYR Macedonia* 0 44

Germany 150 57 20 0 50 41

Ghana* 0 8

Greece 0 37 0 0 0 57

Hungary 15 120 32 11 12 0

Italy 5 0 1171 15 19 968

Japan* 23 0

Lithuania 56 255 27 39 34 0


COUNTRY OF

DESTINATION 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Malta 529 0 123 0 121 0

Nigeria* 54 0

Poland 0 39 0 16 0 22

Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 2

Romania 50 0 968 0 0 0

Spain 653 1481 513 197 3 0

Sweden 0 0 0 2 0 13

Switzerland 0 2 0 0 0 8

The Netherlands 14 18 42 40 0 18

United States* 12 19

* APHA’s data retention period for non-EU countries Export Health Certification

is two years.

**Croatia became a member of the EU on 1 July 2013. No data is available for

exports to Croatia in 2012 and from the 1 January to 30 June 2013 as this

information is outside APHA’s data retention period.

This excludes data for Republic of Ireland.

The statistics provided for EU Member States show the number of live pigs exported

from the United Kingdom in the years 2012 – 2017. TRACES (Trade Control and

Expert System) is a European Commission system employed by EU member states

to facilitate and record animal/animal product movements into and throughout the EU.

This information was provided to APHA by the EU Commission’s DG Sante TRACES

Helpdesk due to the unavailability of the TRACES reporting functions.

The statistics provided for non-EU countries, denoted by an asterisk, show the

number of live pigs exported from Great Britain to non-EU countries. This information

has been collated from APHA’s data records. APHA’s data retention period for Export

Health Certification is two years, so the information displayed above is for the years

2016 and 2017 only.

Pigs: Imports


To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many live

pigs were imported by country of import origin in each year between 2012 and 2017.


George Eustice:

The number of live pigs imported into the UK between the years 2012 and 2017 and

their countries of origin are as follows:*

COUNTRY OF

ORIGIN 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Belgium 88 13 38 39 12 3

Canada 177 247 1 357 30 1837

Czech

Republic

0 0 0 0 0 20

Denmark 499 1630 2244 1948 1442 1453

France 269 2 0 24 0 2

Germany 10 0 978 751 101 1

Norway 0 0 0 16 0 46

Sweden 190 382 333 172 0 0

The

Netherlands

13 4 29 67 133 75

United

States of

America

0 167 120 303 151 159

*This excludes data for Republic of Ireland

TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System) is a European Commission system

employed by EU member states to facilitate and record animal/animal product

movements into and throughout the EU.

The information that we have provided is a true reflection of the information that we

have access to, and was correct at the time the information was obtained from

TRACES. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of this data, as we can only rely on the

information that has been input into TRACES by a third party.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

Bahrain: Capital Punishment


To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what

representations he has made to the Government of Bahrain on the recent decision of the


Bahrain’s Military Court of Cassation to uphold the death sentences of four people of

whom three are civilians.

Alistair Burt:

The UK is firmly opposed to the death penalty. It is the Government's longstanding

position to oppose capital sentences in all circumstances and countries. We continue

to make this clear to the Government of Bahrain. The UK welcomes the decision on

26 April of His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa to commute these death

sentences.

Bahrain: Political Prisoners

Mr Roger Godsiff: [139941]

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK

Embassy in Manama, Bahrain, plans to send a representative to attend the next legal

hearing involving Najah Ahmed Yousif.

Alistair Burt:

Officials from the British Embassy in Bahrain were present at the court hearing for

Najah Ahmed Yousif. We will continue to monitor this case closely.

Bahrain: Technical Assistance


To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which UK bodies

are tasked with implementing the technical assistance programme in Bahrain funded by

the Integrated Activity Fund, and which Bahraini bodies are the beneficiaries of that

funding.

Alistair Burt:

The Government works with a number of implementation partners and beneficiaries

to support Bahraini-led reform. These programmes aim to support progress on

building effective and accountable institutions, strengthening the rule of law, and

justice reform. All of our work is in line with international standards and aims to share

the UK's expertise and experience. Any training provided by or on behalf of the

British Government fully complies with our domestic and international human rights

obligations.

Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office:

Departmental Coordination

Sir Nicholas Soames: [138938]

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, in how many

overseas posts do officials in his Department share offices with officials from the

Department for International Development.




Alistair Burt:

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International

Development (DFID) share buildings in 48 locations in 44 countries. This includes

places where DFID have a separate building but are on our compound.

The FCO runs the overseas estates platform for all of Government, including DFID.

The DFID residential estate overseas has been consolidated with the FCO's. Work is

now starting to consolidate further FCO and DFID offices in countries where it makes

sense to do so.

Hajer Mansoor Hassan


To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to

make representations to the Government of Bahrain on Hajar Mansoor Hassan’s denial

of medication by prison authorities in Isa Town Prison.

Alistair Burt:

We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the

appropriate oversight body. We urge these oversight bodies to carry out swift and

thorough investigations into any such claims. We understand that the National

Institution for Human Rights is aware of this case and is monitoring the situation, and

that the Ombudsman of the Ministry of the Interior is also investigating the claims.

Nicaragua: Politics and Government

Emily Thornberry: [140020]

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent

representations he has made to his counterpart in Nicaragua on the treatment of

protesters by police and security forces in that country.

Boris Johnson:

The Government is concerned by the Nicaraguan Government's response to recent

protests in the country and reported human rights abuses, notably reports that 63

people have been killed, including a journalist reporting live on the protests. The

alleged excessive use of force by security services and disregard for freedom of

expression shown by imposing media restrictions are unacceptable.

The UK joined an EU message of condemnation and called for restraint immediately

following the violent protests. We continue to follow developments closely. The

Government's calls for peaceful dialogue and the release of detainees are welcome.

We urge the Nicaraguan Government to ensure a thorough investigation of all reports

of human rights abuses.



representations he has made to his counterpart in Nicaragua on adopting wider political




reforms as a result of the recent abandonment of proposed reforms to social security by

the Government of that country.

Boris Johnson:

The Nicaraguan Government has made some positive steps toward wider political

reforms. The Nicaraguan Government's commitment to allow an Organisation of

American States (OAS) mission to observe the next presidential election in 2021 and

a wider programme of visits to strengthen democracy are welcome. However, the

recent protests show this is not enough. An OAS report highlighted the need for

comprehensive electoral reform and a stronger judicial and administrative framework

that gives more confidence and security to political parties and citizens.

The UK supports these recommendations and continued engagement between the

Nicaraguan Government and the OAS to adopt further political reforms.

North Africa: Refugees

Mr Gregory Campbell: [139992]

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he

has made of the number of people who have made an illegal sea crossing between North

Africa and Europe in the last six months.

Sir Alan Duncan:

According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 27,807

people crossed the Mediterranean by sea from North Africa into Italy and Spain from

November 2017 to April 2018.

Paraguay: Elections


To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment

he has made of whether the general election held in Paraguay on 22 April 2018 was

conducted in a free, fair and transparent manner.

Boris Johnson:

The EU Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) in Paraguay has issued a

preliminary statement that the general election held on 22 April 2018 was "well-

administered" but held in a "context of institutional weakness". Our diplomats in

Paraguay took part in the observation mission and we agree with that initial

assessment. We look forward to the publication of the EU EOM final report in June.



he has made of the progress of the Paraguayan authorities toward full implementation of

the 30 recommendations set out in the final report of he EU Election Observation Mission

in Paraguay following the general election held in that country on 21 April 2013.




Boris Johnson:

An EU Election Follow-Up Mission was deployed to Paraguay in April 2015 to assess

the progress made in the implementation of the 2013 EU Election Observation

Mission (EU EOM). At that time it considered that there had been "significant

progress" in the implementation of the EU EOM recommendations since the 2013

general elections. However, as the Preliminary Statement for the EU EOM after the

April 2018 election points out, full implementation of all recommendations has not yet

been achieved, including those aimed at strengthening the independence and

transparency of public institutions, the control of political party financing, as well as at

increasing the participation and representation of women in public life.

Rajab Nabeel



representations his Department has made to the Government of Bahrain on recent

punitive measures against Nabeel Rajab in Jau Prison.

Alistair Burt:

We have raised the case of Nabeel Rajab at senior levels with the Government of

Bahrain. My statement of 21 February made clear my concerns at the five-year

sentence handed to Mr Rajab in addition to the two-year sentence he received in

2017. I understand that Mr Rajab has a right of appeal in this case and we will

continue to monitor proceedings closely.

We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the

relevant human rights oversight bodies. We continue to encourage the Government

of Bahrain to deliver on its international and domestic human rights commitments.

Turkey: Christianity


To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent

discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Turkish Government on the treatment

of Christians in that country.

Sir Alan Duncan:

British ministers have regular discussions with their Turkish counterparts on a range

of human rights issues, including freedom of religion and belief. We take the situation

of minority groups in Turkey very seriously and urge the Turkish Government to

safeguard their rights.

Turkey: Elections



he has made of the potential implications of the Turkish Government's decision to hold

parliamentary and presidential elections under a state of emergency for the prospects of




such elections being held in a free, fair and transparent manner; and what recent

representations he has made to his counterpart in Turkey on that issue.

Boris Johnson:

We have frequently raised with the Turkish Government our desire to see the State of

Emergency lifted as soon as possible. We are aware of the concerns expressed by

the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly and others about holding elections

under a State of Emergency. We will continue to urge the Turkish Government to

conduct elections in a manner that respects the rule of law and protects fundamental

freedoms in line with its international commitments.

HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE

Alzheimer's Disease

Jonathan Ashworth: [138987]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people had

Alzheimer's disease in the last year for which figures are available; and what the cost of

their medication was in that year.

Caroline Dinenage:

The Department does not hold figures on the number of people with Alzheimer’s

disease. However, it is estimated that approximately 850,000 people in the United

Kingdom have the condition.

Drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease are classified under section 4.11 of

the British National Formulary (BNF), Drugs for Dementia. These drugs are

Donepezil, Galantamine, Rivastigmine and Memantine. NHS Prescription Services,

who provide data on dispensing of National Health Service prescriptions, add the

unlicensed drug Idebenone. These drugs are all included in the following table, which

gives details of these drugs where they have been dispensed in the community in

England in 2017.

Since drugs can be prescribed to treat more than one condition, it is not possible to

separate the different conditions for which a drug may have been prescribed.

Rivastigmine is also licensed for dementia associated with Parkinson’s disease.

Idebenone has been used for stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and other indications.

BNF SECTION CODEBNF SECTION NAMENET INGREDIENT COST (NIC)*4.11DRUGS FOR

DEMENTIA£28,187,845

Source: Prescription Cost Analysis

Note:

*This is the basic cost of a drug as used in primary care. This is the cost at list price

excluding VAT, i.e. the price listed in the national Drug Tariff or in standard price lists

and is not necessarily the price the NHS paid. It does not take into account any


contract prices or discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charge income, so

the amount the NHS paid will be different. NIC is used in Prescription Services

reports and other analyses, as it standardises cost throughout prescribing nationally,

and allows comparisons of data from different sources. The figures are in pounds.

Dental Services

Craig Mackinlay: [140177]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make it

mandatory for NHS dentist practices to notify all stakeholders of a planned closure one

year in advance.

Steve Brine:

NHS England has no plans to make it mandatory for National Health Service dental

practices to notify all stakeholders of a planned closure one year in advance.

The General Dental Services Regulations and Personal Dental Services Agreement

Regulations state that, either commissioners or NHS providers may terminate the

contract by providing a minimum three months’ notice.

Donors: Transplant Surgery


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) heart, (b) lung,

(c) liver, (d) kidney and (e) cornea transplant donations there have been in each of the

last five years.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

Information on the number of transplant donations per year in the United Kingdom is

available in the following table.

ORGAN(S)

TRANSPLANTED 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Kidney

(deceased)

1,954 1,917 1,932 2,142 2,255

Kidney (live) 1,082 1,070 1,024 995 985

Kidney/pancreas 190 171 175 147 176

Heart 186 177 187 205 180

Lung(s) 203 187 195 165 187

Heart/lung 6 4 5 2 8



ORGAN(S)

TRANSPLANTED 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Liver (deceased) 825 861 817 887 936

Liver (live) 21 24 25 19 23

Cornea* 6,602 6,076 5,959 5,719 5,816

Source: NHS Blood and Transplant and *Human Tissue Authority.

Drugs and Vaccination


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his

Department’s consultation entitled Cost effectiveness methodology for vaccination

programmes, published in February 2018, how many medicines and vaccines were

approved for funding in England in each of the last five years with a cost per QALY of

greater than £15,000; what the names of those medicines and vaccines were; and how

many patients have received those medicines and vaccines.

Steve Brine:

In relation to vaccines approved for funding in each of the last five years, a cost per

quality-adjusted life year threshold of £20,000 has been used not £15,000.

An assessment has been produced of the impact on the price that we would be

willing to pay for existing vaccine programmes were we to adopt recommendations in

the Cost Effectiveness Methodology for Immunisation Programmes and Procurement

report that is currently out for consultation. One of these recommendations is to

change the threshold from £20,000 to £15,000. This assessment is based on

commercially confidential information, therefore the requested information cannot be

provided.

The information requested in relation to medicines could only be obtained at

disproportionate cost.


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made

of the effect on (a) patients and (b) public health of reducing the cost per QALY threshold

in England to £15,000 for medicines and vaccines; and if he will make a statement.

Steve Brine:

For vaccines, the Department is currently consulting on the Cost Effectiveness

Methodology for Immunisation Programmes and Procurement (CEMIPP) report which

was produced by the independent CEMIPP group. This is available at the following

link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cost-effectiveness-methodology-for-

vaccination-programmes



https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cost-effectiveness-methodology-for-vaccination-programmes



The CEMIPP group was set up to look at the methodology for determining the cost-

effectiveness of new and existing immunisation programmes and to make

recommendations on if and how methodology could be improved. This report

included a recommendation that the cost per quality-adjusted life year threshold for

vaccines should change from £20,000 to £15,000.

An assessment of what impact this, and a number of other recommendations in the

CEMIPP report, might have on the cost effectiveness of existing vaccination

programmes has been produced. This is based on commercially confidential

information.

In addition, the Department has considered the impact of changing the National

Institute for Health and Care Excellence thresholds for medicines on patients. This is

also based on commercially sensitive information.

E. coli


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been

diagnosed with E. coli in each of the last five years.

Steve Brine:

ublic Health England collects data for England on Escherichia coli (E.coli)

bacteraemia and data for England and Wales on Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia

coli (STEC) gastrointestinal infections and these are reported using different time

periods.

The number of cases of E.coli in England in each of the last five financial years are

available to view in the following table.

E. coli bacteraemia counts by financial year, England: 2012/13 to 2016/17

FINANCIAL YEAR E . COLI BACTERAEMIA CASES

2012/13 32,309

2013/14 34,286

2014/15 35,799

2015/16 38,251

2016/17 40,580

Source: Annual Epidemiological Commentary: Mandatory MRSA, MSSA and E. coli

bacteraemia and C. difficile infection data 2016/17.

The number of laboratory confirmed cases of STEC O157 and non O157 STEC in

England and Wales from 2012-2016 are available to view in the following table.


Laboratory confirmed cases of Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) O157 and non

O157 STEC in England and Wales, 2012 – 2016.

YEAR STEC O157 CASES NON-O157 STEC CASES

2012 837 22

2013 787 47

2014 883 169

2015 665 211

2016 719 295

Source: Zoonoses overview report UK 2016.

Foetal Alcohol Syndrome

Thelma Walker: [139045]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is

taking to support people diagnosed with foetal alcohol syndrome.

Steve Brine:

The Government recognises that Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol

Spectrum Disorders (FASD) can have a significant impact on the early years

development of children, their behaviours and their life chances. Early intervention

services can help reduce some of the effects of FASD and prevent some of the

secondary disabilities that result. Responsibility for commissioning these services lies

with clinical commissioning groups.

The United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines provide the

public with the most up to date scientific information to help people make informed

decisions about their own drinking. The guideline for women who are pregnant or

think they could become pregnant, is that the safest approach is not to drink alcohol

at all, to reduce risks to the baby to a minimum.

Food Standards Agency

Mary Creagh: [140041]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Written

Ministerial Statement by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 13 March 2018, 35WS, if

he will list the projects supported by the £14m allocated to the Food Standards Agency;

and if he will publish the total estimated cost of those projects.

Steve Brine:

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has several workstreams relating to the

consequences of leaving the European Union which are supported by £14 million of

HM Treasury funding. These cover the regulatory regime for food and feed safety,

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664448/UK_Zoonoses_report_2016.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664448/UK_Zoonoses_report_2016.pdf



and include food crime and incidents handling, import controls for food products and

food safety risk assessment and risk management functions. The FSA has developed

delivery plans for a range of negotiated and contingency outcomes and is working

with other Government departments and the devolved administrations where there

are issues of joint policy responsibility. Due to the sensitivity of these plans to the

ongoing negotiations it would not be appropriate to publish a full list with total costs at

this stage.

Fractures: Older People


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged 65 and

over suffered a hip fracture as a result of a fall in each year since 2009-10.

Stephen Barclay:

A count of finished admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of a fracture

of the neck of the femur caused by a fall is shown in the table below. This is for

patients aged 65 and over from the financial years 2009/10 through to 2016/17. This

is a count of admissions, not patients, as the same patient may have been admitted

on more than one occasion within the time period:

YEAR FAE

2009/10 36,006

2010/11 35,734

2011/12 35,826

2012/13 35,669

2013/14 37,310

2014/15 36,993

2015/16 35,806

2016/17 35,891

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital.

General Practitioners

Sir Edward Leigh: [905168]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is

taking to increase the number of GPs.

Steve Brine:

The National Health Service needs at least 5,000 more general practitioners and is

working hard to recruit them. New medical schools have been set up in Sunderland,



Lancashire,Chelmsford, Lincoln and Canterbury. We have also increased the

numbers entering general practice training to 3,250 places each year and Health

Education England reported the highest ever number of doctors entering general

practice training in 2017.

Health Services: Children


What steps the Government is taking to improve child health outcomes.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

The Government wants children and young people to get the best start in life, and

recognises the lasting impact this has on their health outcomes. We take a `life

course’ approach which includes early years support so that children are ready to

learn. We have ambitious plans to reduce infant mortality and childhood obesity,

improve children and young people’s mental health, and deliver a world-leading

immunisation programme.

Health Services: Learning Disability


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to

ensure that different health care providers communicate with each other to ensure the

delivery of care to patients with learning difficulties.

Caroline Dinenage:

Under the Accessible Information Standard, all relevant organisations must ensure

that information about individuals’ information and communication support needs is

shared through existing data sharing processes where the consent of the individual to

do so has been obtained. Such information should be included as part of referrals

within and between organisations, including but not limited to referrals from primary

into secondary care, transfers and handovers between wards or units, and discharge

from an inpatient setting into the community.

The scope of the Standard extends to individuals who have information and/or

communication support needs which are related to, or caused by, a disability,

impairment or sensory loss, including those with a learning disability. Individuals who

may have difficulty in reading or understanding information for other reasons such as

a learning difficulty, as distinct from a learning disability, are excluded from the

Standard’s scope.

In the revised Standard specification, which was issued in August 2017,

organisations are now recommended, but not required, to include individuals with a

learning difficulty within the scope of their activities as part of the Standard.



Health: Children


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment

of the effect of socioeconomic inequalities on children's health outcomes throughout their

lifetimes.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

Inequalities experienced in childhood can lead to continuing problems across the life

course. We want children to have the best start in life. Health visitors, as leaders of

the Healthy Child Programme for 0-5 year olds, provide evidence-based public health

interventions at community, family and individual levels.

Local commissioners are critical in providing quality services that address public

health priorities associated with deprivation. These include services to tackle smoking

in pregnancy, reduce childhood obesity, improve oral health and enhance early

language skills.

Public Health England is working closely with the Department for Education to help

parents improve their children’s early language and literacy skills before they start

school. This aims to close the `word gap’ between disadvantaged children and their

peers. An £8.5 million programme has opened for local authorities to fund projects

aimed at disadvantaged children.

We are making an additional £1.4 billion available to transform children and young

people’s mental health services from 2015/16 to 2019/20. This will mean that by

2020/21, 70,000 additional children and young people each year will be accessing

National Health Service specialist mental health services. We are clear that there is

still more to be done, hence why we have recently published a joint health and

education Green Paper, one of the key proposals for which is to create new mental

health support teams to deliver interventions for mild to moderate mental health

needs for children and young people, in or close to schools and colleges.

Healthy Start Scheme

Frank Field: [139970]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23

April 2018 to Question 135676 on Healthy Start Scheme, how many families were in

receipt of Healthy Start vouchers in those local authority areas.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

The number of families in receipt of Healthy Start vouchers in the local authority

areas with the lowest and highest Heathy Start uptake rates can be seen in the

following table



LOCAL AUTHORITY

NUMBER OF

HOUSEHOLDS LOCAL AUTHORITY

NUMBER OF

HOUSEHOLDS

Lowest take up Highest take up

Devon 1,584 Hartlepool 572

Hampshire 2,728 Newcastle upon Tyne 1,442

Hertfordshire 2,731 Halton 448

Surrey 1,887 Bath and North East

Somerset

263

Bracknell Forest 201 Redcar and Cleveland 1,045

Redbridge 761 Northumberland 1,279

Rutland 33 Gateshead 1,043

Buckinghamshire 1,032 Stockton-on-Tees 1,223

Wokingham 182 Swindon 620

Windsor and

Maidenhead

193 Nottingham 2,867

Note: Validated but unpublished information on Healthy Start vouchers from an

approved statistical collection.



April 2018 to Question 138038 on Healthy Start Sceme, what assessment he has made

of the reasons for the decline in the number of (a) women and (b) children eligible to

apply for Healthy Start vouchers.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

Eligibility for Healthy Start vouchers is determined by the receipt of qualifying

benefits. All pregnant women aged under 18 are also eligible to receive Healthy Start

vouchers. The number of households eligible for Healthy Start vouchers is closely

linked to the level of unemployment. As unemployment levels change, the number of

women and children eligible to receive Healthy Start vouchers also changes.

Healthy Start Scheme and School Milk



April 2018 to Question 138039 on Healthy Start Scheme: Food, how much funding his



Department allocated to (a) the Health Start scheme and (b) the Nursery Milk Scheme in

each year since 2012-13.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

Healthy Start and Nursery Milk schemes are demand led statutory schemes. This

means that the Department must meet expenditure arising from legitimate claims

made in line with the legislation. Funding is allocated to the schemes to meet the

actual demand. The funding allocated to the schemes is accounted for through a

single cost centre with total costs shown below. A split by individual scheme is not

available in the format requested.

TOTAL

2012 - 13 £141,366,339

2013 - 14 £137,790,212

2014 - 15 £128,904,379

2015 - 16 £124,890,649

2016 - 17 £112,556,870

Hospitals: Food


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his

Department allocates to hospitals for providing food for patients with special dietary

requirements.

Stephen Barclay:

Providers are not funded directly by the Department. The majority of the

Department’s funding is allocated to NHS England, primarily for the commissioning of

healthcare services from a range of primary and secondary care providers. National

Health Service providers (NHS trusts and foundation trusts) fund their spending via

income received from NHS commissioners in return for the provision of healthcare

services to their local population. It is for commissioners to ensure that providers’

services meet the standards, including for providing food for patients with special

dietary requirements, set out by the Care Quality Commission.

Local Government: Health Services


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure

that local authorities that commission public health services appoint resident

representatives to their commissioning (a) board and (b) working groups to help

determine the appropriateness of local initiatives.



Steve Brine:

Upper tier and unitary local authorities (LAs) in England have a duty to take the steps

they believe are appropriate to improve the health of their local populations. LAs are

directly accountable to their electorates for the way in which they discharge their duty

and generally should decide for themselves how best to involve local residents in

informing public health commissioning decisions.

However, LAs with health improvement duties must establish Health and Wellbeing

Boards that bring together representatives from the local National Health Service,

public health, social care and beyond to agree joint strategic needs assessments for

the area. Each of these LAs also has a corresponding Local Healthwatch,

organisations that aim to give citizens a strong voice in influencing and challenging

how health and social care services are provided within their locality. All Health and

Wellbeing Boards must include a Local Healthwatch member.

Mental Health

Luciana Berger: [140060]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has

to mark Mental Health Awareness week.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

The Government supports the promotion of mental health awareness, including co-

funding the Time to Change campaign since 2007, which has done so much to

reduce stigma and improve attitudes towards people who need support with their

mental health. The Government welcomes and will actively support Mental Health

Awareness week again this year.

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

Helen Whately: [905177]

What steps he is taking to increase the provision of mental health services for children

and young people.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

We are making an additional £1.4 billion available in order to transform services and

ensure access to specialist mental health services for 70,000 additional children and

young people by 2020/21 each year. Our recent joint health and education Green

Paper will revolutionise provision of services in schools, bolster links between schools

and the National Health Service and pilot a four week waiting time.

NHS England and NHS Improvement


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to

amalgamate NHS Improvement and NHS England.




Stephen Barclay:

As set out under the 2012 Act, NHS England and NHS Improvement have different

statutory functions and accountabilities in relation to monitoring and supporting of

trusts and clinical commissioning groups. Within this legal framework, they have

already taken some steps to ensure their regulatory functions are as streamlined as

possible. This includes appointment of shared, associate non-executive directors to

chair a joint finance group, as a key way to ensure overall financial balance across

the National Health Service. NHS England and NHS Improvement recently

announced the intention to go further from September, when there will be increased

integration and alignment of national programmes and activities, as well as a move to

seven integrated regional teams.

These changes will enable NHS England and NHS Improvement to work even more

effectively to support increasingly integrated local health systems and make best use

of collective resources. The Government welcomes these steps to deliver more

joined-up leadership of the NHS, within the legislative framework set by Parliament.

Nurses


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses were

employed in each NHS region in each year since 2010.

Stephen Barclay:

NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics

as at the last day of each month and the attachment contains the number of nurses

and health visitors in each Health Education region as at September in each specified

year and January 2018.

Attachments:

1. PQ138985 attached document [PQ138985 Nurses as at 30 September each specified

year and latest data (full time equivalents).xlsx]

Obesity


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many adults were

recorded as obese in (a) England, (b) London, (c) each primary care trust in London and

(d) each London borough in each year since 2010.

Steve Brine:

Data on adults who are obese are published by obesity prevalence rather than the

number of adults who are obese.

Health Survey for England records adult obesity prevalence figures for England and

the London region on an annual basis. Data from 2010 to 2016 are available to view

here:



https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-survey-for-

england

The Public Health Outcomes Framework provides estimates of obesity prevalence in

adults aged 18 and over at local authority level, including London boroughs for

2015/16 to 2016/17 which is available to view here:

https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework/supporting-

information/further-info

Data from before 2015/16 are based on a different method of calculating this

indicator, therefore are not comparable to the more recent years.


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is

taking to reduce levels of obesity.

Steve Brine:

We are delivering the most ambitious childhood obesity plan in the world. Key

measures include the soft drinks industry levy, helping children to exercise more,

funding more research and cutting sugar and calories in food. We are already seeing

results with many in the food and drinks industry reducing levels of sugar in their

products. This will impact on tackling obesity across all age groups.

All reports and data published on progress in delivering our plan will be open to

scrutiny. We will use this to determine whether sufficient progress has been made

and whether alternative levers need to be considered.

Plastic Surgery


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the three most common

cosmetic surgery operations were in each of the last five years.

Stephen Barclay:

The following table sets out the three most common surgical procedures carried out

in the National Health Service in England between 2012-13 and 2016-17 which have

a significant reconstructive or plastic element. They are generally carried out

following surgery or to treat some other type of clinical condition. The Department

does not have information on the numbers of procedures undertaken in the

independent sector that are not commissioned by the NHS.

ACTIVITY IN ENGLISH NHS HOSPITALS AND ENGLISH NHS-

COMMISSIONED ACTIVITY IN THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR

Procedure 2012-

13

2013-

14

2014-

15

2015-

16

2016-

17

Breast Augmentation 11,480 11,782 12,101 11,976 11,924

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-survey-for-england



https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/public-health-outcomes-framework/supporting-information/further-info





ACTIVITY IN ENGLISH NHS HOSPITALS AND ENGLISH NHS-

COMMISSIONED ACTIVITY IN THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR

Blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) 4,875 5,188 5,780 5,285 4,951

Plastic operations on the external ear 4,601 4,505 4,376 4,351 4,549

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics

Note:

Numbers refer to finished consultant episodes. A finished consultant episode is a

continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one

healthcare provider.

Postnatal Depression



of the effectiveness of GPs in identifying and treating perinatal mental health problems in

mothers.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

This Government is committed to improving perinatal mental health services for

women during pregnancy and in the first postnatal year, so that women are able to

access the right care at the right time and close to home. The importance of this is

reflected in both NHS England’s ‘Better Births’ and the ‘Five Year Forward View for

Mental Health'.

General practitioners and primary care teams have a role in supporting the

identification of perinatal mental illness and treatment, and are part of an integrated

pathway of services. This includes monitoring early onset conditions, providing pre-

conception counselling and referring women to specialist mental health services,

including the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme and specialist

perinatal community teams, if necessary.

The Department is investing £365 million to 2020/21 in perinatal mental health

services, and NHS England is leading a transformation programme with the

development of specialist perinatal mental health community services across England

with their investment of £63 million between 2016/17 and 2018/19. Local teams work

in close partnership with wider system partners including primary care to provide care

and treatment to women with perinatal mental illness.

NHS England has also invested in multidisciplinary perinatal mental health clinical

networks which include general practitioners, across the country to drive forward

change, focusing on collaborative working to develop local, integrated pathways and

support early identification of those at risk of mental illness in the perinatal period, to

enable better outcomes for women in all communities.


Respiratory System: Surgery


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many operations to treat

respiratory disease the NHS has undertaken in each of the last 10 years.

Stephen Barclay:

The information is not available in the format requested.

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) provide a count of the number of finished

admission episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis classified as diseases of the

respiratory system where a main procedure was performed. This information for the

period 2007-08 to 2016-17 is shown in the following table. This is a count of

admissions, not patients, as the same patient may have been admitted on more than

one occasion within the time period.

Count of FAEs 1 with a primary diagnosis classified as diseases of the respiratory

system, where a main procedure was performed, 2007-08 to 2016-17 2 .

YEAR FAES

2007-08 219,710

2008-09 236,226

2009-10 240,463

2010-11 249,549

2011-12 255,563

2012-13 273,020

2013-14 287,447

2014-15 305,748

2015-16 313,937

2016-17 327,506

Source:

HES, NHS Digital, Activity in English NHS Hospitals and English NHS commissioned

activity in the independent sector

Notes:

1 A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one

healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the

admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a

person may have more than one admission within the period.


2 It should be noted that, changes over time may be due to changes in coding

practises and improvements over time.

Royal Liverpool Hospital

Mrs Louise Ellman: [139973]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department last

discussed with HM Treasury the appointment of a new contractor to complete the new

Royal Liverpool University Hospital; and if he will he make a statement.

Stephen Barclay:

The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract between the Royal Liverpool and

Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust and the PFI Project Company is still in

place, which means that the Company is still contractually obliged to manage the

project and find a construction firm or subcontractor who can continue the building

work. The PFI Project Company is continuing its discussions with their lenders and

with other service and construction companies to assess how best to continue

delivering the contract. Officials from across Government are continuing to work very

actively with all the parties to ensure there are plans in place to keep the delay as

short as possible.

School Milk


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children (a) were

eligible to receive free milk under the Free Nursery Milk scheme and (b) received free

milk under the Free Nursery Milk scheme in each year since 2010.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

The information is not available in the format requested. The Department does not

collect information about the number of children under the age of five who attend

childcare settings and who may therefore be eligible for the Nursery Milk Scheme.

The Department also does not collect information about the number of children who

receive milk under the Nursery Milk Scheme. Reimbursement is made for

approximately 235 million portions, or 78.3 million pints of milk per year, and

approximately 47,000 settings are registered with the Nursery Milk Reimbursement

Unit.

Scurvy


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of scurvy

there were in each year since 2010.

Steve Brine:

The data on the number of individual patients with scurvy are not collected as the

same person may attend a National Health Service hospital on more than one




occasion. Data on the number of finished admissions episodes (FAEs) with a primary

diagnosis of scurvy, for the financial years between 2010-11 and 2016-17 are

available in the following table:

FINANCIAL YEAR FAES

2010-11 Less than 10


2012-13 18

2013-14 17

2014-15 17

2015-16 12


Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital.

Note:

A FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one

healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the

admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a

person may have more than one admission within the period.

The primary diagnosis recorded in the HES data set provides the main reason why

the patient was admitted to hospital.

HES uses the World Health Organization’s ICD-10 (International Classification of

Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision) to record diagnosis

information. In this case, code ‘E54. X - Ascorbic acid deficiency’ has been used.

Smoking


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have died as

a result of smoking related conditions in each of the last three years.

Steve Brine:

The estimated number of deaths for adults aged 35 and over attributable to smoking,

over the years 2013-15 are presented in the following table:


YEAR DEATHS

2013 78,200

2014 77,800

2015 79,100

Source: NHS Digital – Statistics on Smoking, England, 2017

Social Services: Minimum Wage


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his

Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a sleep-in care workers fund

to pay the historical back pay directly to care workers.



of the effect on providers of local authority-commissioned care for people with learning

disabilities of historical back-pay liability.


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to

ensure that small local social care providers who are unable to fund historic back-pay

liabilities for sleep-in shifts will not be forced into closure.

Caroline Dinenage:

The Government recognises the pressures that sleep-in liabilities are placing on

social care providers of all sizes, and is exploring options to minimise any impact on

the sector. Any intervention to support the sector would need to be proportionate and

necessary.

In the interim, the Government will continue to work closely with stakeholders to

ensure that we have a clear understanding of any impact the sector may face.

Stress: Employment


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department

has made of the cost to the NHS of treating people with work-related stress in each of the

last three years.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

This information is not collected centrally.





Suicide

Mary Glindon: [140092]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has held

discussions with the British Compressed Gases Association on the availability of helium

gas used in suicides: and if he will make a statement.

Jackie Doyle-Price:

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health has not met recently with the

British Compressed Gases Association about the use of helium gas in suicides.

However, Departmental officials have been in contact with the British Compressed

Gases Association and other stakeholders about this issue for a number of years.

Surgery



April 2018 to Question 137067, whether his Department holds data on the reasons NHS

operations were cancelled in England.

Stephen Barclay:

This data is not collected centrally. It was a matter for local National Health Service

trusts to make decisions on whether to postpone operations over the winter period.

Surgery: Waiting Lists

Gareth Snell: [139574]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the estimated he has

made of the value (a) in total and (b) by clinical commissioning group of all cancelled

operations during last winter.

Stephen Barclay:

No estimate surrounding the value of cancelled operations during last winter has

been made.

Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships



of the rate of progress on the establishment of Sustainability and Transformation

Partnerships in England.

Stephen Barclay:

All sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) have governance plans and

established leadership in place.

It is important that local people, organisations, and systems themselves, can see how

their local footprint is performing comparatively in delivering transformation and





improving patient care. That is why we have published an STP Dashboard that

makes this assessment.

The STP Dashboard assesses performance and is on track to be refreshed by July

2018. The 2017 dashboard can be found in the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/sustainability-and-transformation-

partnerships-progress-dashboard-baseline-view/

The next steps for those STPs that are ready to go further is integrated care systems

(ICS). ICSs see commissioners and National Health Service providers, working

closely with general practitioner networks, local councils and others, voluntarily agree

to take shared responsibility for how they use collective resources for the benefit of

their local communities.

To enable this, NHS England and NHS Improvement will offer them far more control

and freedom over the total operations of the health system in their area.

Trauma


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many trauma cases were

recorded in NHS A&E departments in each of the last 10 years.


To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many trauma cases were

recorded across all NHS hospitals in each of the last 10 years.

Stephen Barclay:

The requested data is not centrally held.

HOME OFFICE

Asylum: Finance

Afzal Khan: [137663]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8

February to Question 126582 on asylum: finance, what criteria her Department uses to

assess its business needs; and to which actions her Department will allocate funding in

2018.

Caroline Nokes:

Management of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) in the UK is

vested in the European Funding Team acting as the AMIF Responsible Authority

(UKRA).

The UKRA manages the funds to try and meet the objectives set out in the published

AMIF National Programme, set out in Section 5 of the programme on ‘Common

Indicators’. This is what the UK set out to achieve with AMIF funding over the course

of the programme. The UKRA will review progress against these objectives when

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/sustainability-and-transformation-partnerships-progress-dashboard-baseline-view/






deciding where to focus funding, whilst still looking at funding across the programme

objectives.

AMIF has 3 Specific Objectives that the UK takes part in, Asylum, Integration and

Returns. In the initial National Programme the UK agreed to fund these objectives at

20% of the allocation for each of Asylum and Integration, with 54% allocated to

Returns activities. There was a slight re-prioritisation of funds from Returns to

Integration as a result of a mid-term review with the European Commission, based on

the larger number of refugees in the UK since the Programme was drawn up in 2013.

For the purpose of clarity it may be useful to set out the definition of AMIF funding

years, in that it operates from 16/10/n – 15/10/n+1, therefore the 2018 AMIF year will

be 16/10/17 – 15/10/18.

Currently in the UK there are 14 AMIF funded projects, 6 under the Asylum objective,

2 under Integration and 6 under Returns. All these projects are operated by the Home

Office. A complete list of funded projects is published on www.gov.uk, for projects up

to each July.

The UKRA currently has an ‘open call for proposals’ asking for applications for

funding for projects to deal with refugee integration. The value of this call for

proposals is £40m. The closing date for applications is 09/05/18, with an expectation

that successful applications will be starting from 01/08/18.

For further information the UK Responsible Authority can be contacted at:

[email protected]

Crime Prevention: Gangs

Louise Haigh: [139542]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department plans

to allocate to the Ending Gang Violence and Exploitation fund in (a) 2018-19 and (b)

2019-20.

Victoria Atkins:

We will continue to support local voluntary sector and community schemes through

new rounds of the Ending Gang Violence and Exploitation (EGVE) Fund. We plan to

allocate up to £300,000 in 2018-19 and in 2019-20. The EGVE Fund will be launched

in the summer and further details will be available in due course.

We are continuing to provide funding for Young People’s Advocates in London,

Manchester and Birmingham to work directly with gang-affected women and girls. We

are also providing funding to Redthread to support the expansion of their youth

violence intervention scheme in hospital emergency departments.

We will also be providing £1million for the Community Fund in both 2018/19 and

2019/20 to help communities tackle knife crime and £11million over the next two

years through a new Early Intervention Youth Fund.

http://www.gov.uk/

http://www.gov.uk/

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mailto:[email protected]


Crimes of Violence


To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's definition

of serious violent crime is; and which offence types his Department includes in that

definition.

Victoria Atkins:

However, the scope of the Serious Violence Strategy is concerned with specific types

of crime such as homicide, knife crime, and gun crime and areas of criminality where

serious violence or its threat is inherent, such as in gangs and county lines drug

dealing. It also includes emerging crime threats faced in some areas of the country

such as the use of corrosive substances as a weapon.

Serious violence also extends to other forms of serious assault. We know that a

significant proportion of violence is linked to either domestic abuse or alcohol, but

these two important elements are not driving the increases we are seeing in violent

crime. The strategy also does not address specifically sexual abuse, modern slavery

or violence against women and girls. They may all involve forms of serious violence

but there are already specific strategies addressing those important issues, and so

they are not included within the scope of the Serious Violence Strategy.

Female Genital Mutilation

Kerry McCarthy: [139422]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans

to produce (a) statistics and (b) updated estimates on the prevalence of female genital

mutilation (i) nationwide and (ii) by city or region.

Victoria Atkins:

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse. The Government is

clear that we will not tolerate a practice that can cause extreme and lifelong suffering

to women and girls.

In 2015 a City University and Equality Now study, which was part funded by the

Home Office, estimated that 137,000 women and girls who had migrated to England

and Wales were living with the consequences of FGM, and approximately 60,000

girls aged 0-14 were born in England and Wales to mothers who had undergone

FGM. This study also provides a regional breakdown of FGM prevalence by local

authority area.

Additionally, the FGM enhanced dataset is published quarterly and annually by NHS

Digital. The most recent set of annual statistics were published in July 2017 and

quarterly statistics were published in March 2018. A detailed breakdown of these

statistics by local authority, age at which FGM was carried out and country where

FGM was undertaken is available online at https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-

information/publications/statistical/female-genital-mutilation. These statistics



https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/female-genital-mutilation



demonstrate that a very high majority of cases are identified in adult women who

were born in Africa or Asia who also underwent the practice in their country of birth.

To improve understanding of the prevalence of so-called ‘Honour Based Violence’

including FGM we have amended the police Annual Data Requirement for 2018/19 to

formally record for the first time where a crime has been committed in the context of

preserving the honour of a family or community.

Hate Crime: Internet


To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his

Department's announcement of the new national online hate crime hub, published on 8

October 2017, how many FTE officers are employed at the hub; how many (a) crimes

and (b) perpetrators of crimes the hub has identified;and how many referrals have been

made to social media platforms as a result of the work of the hub since its inception.

Victoria Atkins:

The new online hate crime hub went live in January. It is in the initial phase of

operations, with 3 out of 4 specialist full-time staff now in post and undertaking

training and developing key processes, which include the provision of monitoring data

in due course. The dedicated staff are supported by management supervision from

Greater Manchester Police and the National Police Chiefs’ Council.

Human Trafficking


To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the eligibility criteria for

local authority anti-trafficking pilots relating to the trafficking of people have been

determined.


To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of

the number of victims of people trafficking who will be eligible for support under local

authority anti-trafficking pilots.

Victoria Atkins:

The Government wants to ensure that when adult victims of modern slavery leave

National Referral Mechanism (NRM) support, they are able to begin re-building their

lives as early as possible. Victims leaving the NRM can either be supported to return

to their country of origin, apply for asylum, or move into a local community.

As part of NRM reform, Home Office Ministers committed to working with local

authorities to test ‘transition pathways’ for victims who move out of NRM support and

into local communities, with a view to identifying best practice.

Over the next year, we will be working with six local authorities on this project which

will contribute to a more robust evidence base including the number of victims who

move into local communities after NRM support and what support they require.




Immigrants: Caribbean

Kate Green: [R] [138436]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings she has held with

black majority church leaders to discuss her Department's arrangements for the Windrush

generation.

Caroline Nokes:

We have identified influential faith leaders in key cities throughout the UK and

Caribbean community groups who will cascade our messages to the Windrush

generation. We will identify 10-15 outreach community ambassadors who will carry

out this activity This will include churches, community events and local businesses, in

around 400 African Caribbean touch points in five key cities including: London,

Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham and Bristol.

Immigrants: Commonwealth

Jo Stevens: [136029]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the

Government made prior to the introduction of the hostile environment immigration policy

of that policy's potential effect on Commonwealth migrants who have been long-term

residents of the UK.

Caroline Nokes:

The Compliant Environment is not a new concept; successive Governments have

brought forward policies to protect the UK taxpayer from the misuse of public services

and benefits and to tackle illegal migration.

Compliant Environment measures were never intended to impact on people with

lawful immigration status in the UK, such as the Windrush generation.

We are fully committed to helping those affected to evidence their status in the UK

and are making that process as straightforward as possible. A taskforce and helpline

has been set up in the Home Office to help those concerned to prove their residence.

The taskforce is taking a proactive approach so individuals can easily establish their

rights.

We have also put in place additional protection for landlords, employers and others

conducting checks in order to ensure we are not denying work, housing, benefits and

services to Commonwealth migrants who have been long-term residents of the UK.

Immigration: Caribbean

Jon Trickett: [137915]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which company her Department

has contracted to manage (a) part or (b) the whole of the Windrush generation helpline.

Caroline Nokes:

No third party has been contracted to manage all, or part, of the helpline.




To ensure people had access to the support they needed without delay, between 17

and 20 April ‘Windrush’ related call handling was supported by Sitel. The dedicated

Windrush helpline went live on 20 April and is managed and staffed internally from

within the Department.

Immigration: EU Nationals

Sir Vince Cable: [138352]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of

the total number of additional staff her Department will need in order to process EU

citizens’ immigration and residence status and permanent residency applications ahead

of the UK leaving the EU.

Caroline Nokes:

Recruitment is underway to bring existing UKVI European Casework staffing levels to

circa 1,500 ahead of the EU Exit Settlement Scheme launch at the end of this year.

Operational units across the Home Office actively monitor workflows to ensure

sufficient resources are in place to meet demand and will continue to do so

throughout negotiations and as the UK leaves the EU. Any resultant changes to

resource requirements will be factored into strategic planning.

Knives: Crime


To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to

prevent knife crime in the North East of England.

Victoria Atkins:

On 9 April 2018, the Government published the Serious Violence Strategy that set

out action being taken to address serious violence and in particular the recent

increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide. This also includes the national

knife crime media campaign, #knifefree, to raise awareness of the consequences of

knife crime among young people and to encourage them to take up positive activities.

We will continue to encourage police forces in England and Wales to undertake a

series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation

Sceptre. In February this year, the police forces in Northumbria, Cleveland and

Durham all participated in Operation Sceptre, which includes targeted stop and

searches, weapon sweeps, test purchases of knives from identified retailers, the use

of surrender bins and educational activities. We also announced up to £1million for a

new round of the anti-knife crime Community Fund which will invite bids for funding

later this Spring from community groups to tackle knife crime in their area.



Passports: Fraud


To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information he holds on the

number of (a) Ukrainian and (b) Russian nationals who are in the UK having entered on a

false EU passport or identity document.

Caroline Nokes:

The information requested is not held in a reportable format.

Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

Grahame Morris: [140055]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30

April 2018 to Question 138022, what the timetable is for the introduction of additional

qualified informants to be progressed alongside wider Death Certification Reforms

contained within the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

Caroline Nokes:

The time table will be agreed with the Department for Health and Social Care who are

responsible for Death Certification Reforms. An announcement will be made by the

Government in due course.

Shops: Crimes of Violence

Mr Laurence Robertson: [139940]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance hisDepartment

has issued to businesses on violence within the retail work place; and if he will make a

statement.

Victoria Atkins:

Violence is unacceptable wherever it takes place, and violence or abuse against retail

staff should not be tolerated. We encourage all victims, including shop workers, to

report these crimes to the police whenever they occur so that they can be recorded

and investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice.

Through the National Retail Crime Steering Group, we are working with our partners

across government, the police and in the retail sector to explore what more can be

done to prevent and tackle violence and abuse against retail staff. This includes

sharing best practice and exploring whether there is more to be done to ensure

consistency in training and in the reporting and response to these crimes, and

whether there are additional steps that retailers can take to help reduce the risk of

violence.




Slavery


To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many modern slavery

operations Immigration Enforcement Crime teams partnered in each of the last three

years.

Caroline Nokes:

We do not hold the data requested.

UK Border Force: Northern Ireland


To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons people making

Border Force applications in Northern Ireland cannot supplement their qualifying

experience with military or police service in the same way as their counterparts in Great

Britain can.

Caroline Nokes:

Border Force values the experience of people who have worked in the military and

law enforcement. Current and former members are free to apply for all our

recruitment campaigns.

The requirement was removed by Border Force for this campaign following concerns

raised by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland on using military and law

enforcement as a specific criterion.

This was in the interest of ensuring we have a representative profile of candidates in

Northern Ireland.

Undocumented Migrants

Angus Brendan MacNeil: [139423]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which private companies are

involved in the (a) detention and (b) deportation of people (i) deemed to be and (ii) under

suspicion of being in the UK illegally.

Caroline Nokes:

Escorting deportation: Mitie Care and Custody

Detention: G4S (Brook House and Tinsley House Gatwick IRC’s), Mitie Care and

Custody (Heathrow IRC and Campsfield House IRC), Geo (Dungavel IRC, Scotland),

Serco (Yarlswood IRC).

Undocumented Workers: Fines


To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 26

April 2018 to Question 137049, on Undocumented Workers: Fines, how many of those





initial decision illegal working civil penalties have been (a) reduced, (b) cancelled, (c)

increased and (d) reissued.

Caroline Nokes:

The information is not readily available/held centrally and could only be obtained at

disproportionate cost.

Visas: Health Professions

Preet Kaur Gill: [140194]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for tier 2

visas from (a) doctors and (b) nurses have been turned down over the last 12 months.

Caroline Nokes:

The information requested on Tier 2 applications by doctors and nurses turned down

over the last 12 months is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.

Information on the total number of Tier 2 entry clearance visa outcomes can be found

in Visas volume 1 table vi_01_q here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-

december-2017/list-of-tables#visas

HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Building Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review


To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the

timetable is for the final publication of the report of the Hackitt Review.

Mrs Heather Wheeler:

Dame Judith Hackitt's review into Building Regulations and Fire Safety final report is

expected to be published in late Spring 2018.

Community Infrastructure Levy

Neil O'Brien: [140223]


value was of Section 106 and Community Infrastructure Levy planning obligations agreed

to in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of that value was attributed to (a)

direct payments, (b) affordable housing and (c) other types of contributions.

Neil O'Brien: [140225]


value was of Community Infrastructure Levy planning obligations agreed to in each year

since 2010-11.


https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#visas






Dominic Raab:

The Government does not hold data for every year since 2010-11. In March this year

we published a study on “The Incidence, Value and Delivery of Planning Obligations

and Community Infrastructure Levy in England 2016-17”. This found that last year

Section 106 planning obligations with an estimated value of £5.1 billion had been

agreed, including an estimated £4 billion in affordable housing contributions, and that

the value of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) levied by local authorities was £0.9

billion.

Of the £4 billion agreed through Section 106 affordable housing contributions, it is

estimated that £75 million was agreed to be delivered through commuted sums

towards off-site provision, and the remainder through on-site provision. For other

Section 106 planning obligations excluding land contribution, it is estimated that

obligations to the value of £613.1 million were agreed in direct contributions, and

£72.1 million in payment in-kind contributions.

Local authorities received £286 million in CIL revenue during 2016/17, £135 million

was received in 2015/16, £49 million in 2014/15, £10 million in in 2013/14, £1 million

in 2012/13 and £15,000 in 2011/12. There were no CIL charging authorities in

2010/11. In addition, The Mayor of London’s CIL, which is charged to help fund

Crossrail, raised £137 million in 2016/17, £119 million in 2015/16, £73 million in

2014/15, £47 million in 2013/14 and £6 million in 2012/13.

Construction: Trading Standards

Ronnie Cowan: [139005]

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what

steps his Department is taking to ensure that trading standards officers enforce the

Construction Products Regulations.

Dominic Raab:

As part of the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, Dame

Judith Hackitt is considering the role of products used in construction, and the

potential impact on building safety. The review has a particular focus on the

construction products used in multi-occupancy, high-rise residential buildings. An

interim report was published in 18 December 2017, and a final report will be

published in Spring 2018. We will consider any recommendations made by the

Review in this area and how they interact with the requirements of the Construction

Product Regulations.

High Rise Flats: Vauxhall

Kate Hoey: [139934]

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will

take steps to ensure that (a) leaseholders at Malt House and Palm House in Vauxhall

constituency and (b) other leaseholders do not have to pay for recladding of their blocks

built by Bellway Homes.




We have made clear that building owners should do all they can to protect

leaseholders from costs relating to interim measures and cladding remediation –

either funding it themselves or looking at ways to recoup the costs such as insurance

claims, warranties or legal action.

It is important that leaseholders are able to access specialist advice to understand

their rights. The Government announced on 4 December that the Department is

providing additional funding to the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE), who provide

free, initial and tailored advice to those affected, including a dedicated advice line and

outreach to ensure they are aware of their rights and are supported to understand the

terms of their leases.

The Department is keeping the situation for leaseholders under review.

Housing


To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant

to the Answer of 27 April to Question 137017 on Housing, if it remains his policy that the

Homes and Communities Agency publish quarterly updates for the 2015 to 2018

Affordable Homes Programme.


The Affordable Homes Programme 2015 - 2018 is closed for bidding and has been

replaced by The Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21. The

publication of allocations data is a matter for Homes England. The first set of

allocations from the 2016-2021 Programme can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-homes-programme-2016-to-

2021-successful-bidders.

Housing Revenue Accounts



restrictions he places on the type of housing that is included in local authorities' housing

revenue accounts.


The type of housing that is included in local authorities' housing revenue accounts is

prescribed by the terms of Section 74 of the Local Government and Housing Act

1989.

Housing: Construction



target he has set for the number of starter homes to be built in the 2017 Parliament.






estimate his Department has made of the number of new starter homes which will be built

in each of the next five years.

Dominic Raab:

We are supporting people's aspirations to buy through a range of initiatives including

Help to Buy, Right to Buy, greater funding for Shared Ownership and Rent to Buy,

and our plans for starter homes. Since Spring 2010 Government-backed schemes

have helped over 460,000 households to buy a home and the number of first-time

buyers is at a nine-year annual high. At Autumn Budget, the Government announced

a stamp duty exemption for most first-time buyers.

The definition of a starter home is currently being finalised as part of the revised draft

National Planning Policy Framework which we are consulting on. The consultation

ends on 10 May and can be found at

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-revised-national-planning-policy-

framework

Following this, we expect to make an announcement on the next steps for starter

homes.

Local Government Finance


To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with

reference to the oral evidence given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Treasury

Committee on 25 April 2018, on the work of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will

break down the £23 billion in reserves held by local authorities and identify the proportion

of those reserves that are unearmarked or not ring-fenced.

Rishi Sunak:

Of the £23.1 billion in revenue reserves held by English local authorities as of 31

March 2017, non-ringfenced reserves make up £21.0 billion and have increased by

47 per cent since 31 March 2011.

Of this, unallocated reserves amount to around £4.2 billion. It is for individual local

authorities to decide on the level of unearmaked reserves that they should hold,

based on their known financial commitments and risk appetite.

Reserves data is published in Table 7 as part of MHCLG’s Local Authority Revenue

Expenditure and Financing:2016-17 Final Outturn, England data publication.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Procurement

Alex Cunningham: [140074]

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his

Department will take steps to encourage local authorities to adopt an outcomes-based


https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-revised-national-planning-policy-framework





approach to procurement to help (a) tackle societal challenges and (b) (i) small

businesses and (ii) start-ups to win more contracts.

Rishi Sunak:

Local authorities are independent contracting authorities and are therefore

responsible for their own procurement decisions. In doing this, they must of course,

comply with the legislative framework. This includes considering social value under

the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012. This requires public authorities, including

local authorities, to have regard to economic, social and environmental well-being in

connection to public services contracts. Local authorities extend this this all contracts

through the National Procurement Strategy.

Police: Finance


To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the will

bring forward legislative proposals to enable Police and Crime Commissioners to vary the

Police precept to introduce greater increases for people living in higher- banded

properties.

Rishi Sunak:

In England, homes are allocated one of eight property bands. Each band is a fixed

proportion of the band D amount charged by each council tax-setting authority,

including police and crime commissioners. The Government has no plans to change

these arrangements.

Public Lavatories: Non-domestic Rates

Craig Mackinlay: [140178]


plans his Department has to exempt public conveniences owned or managed by (a)

parish and (b) town councils from national non-domestic rates.

Rishi Sunak:

The Government recognises the importance of public toilets as a valuable community

amenity and encourages local authorities to keep them open to the public. We are

keeping under review the need for any further action to support local authorities,

including parish and town councils, in doing so.

Public Lavatories: Railway Stations

Nic Dakin: [139470]


discussions his Department has had with the Department for Transport on increasing the

number of changing places toilet facilities at National Rail stations.




Dominic Raab:

Officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have

discussed with the Department for Transport the provision of Changing Places toilets.

Both Departments have met to talk to representatives of the Changing Places

consortium to review current and forecast provision in National Rail stations.

Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations

Stephen McPartland: [140070]


timetable is for the roll out of Right to Buy to all Housing Association tenants.


The Government is committed to ensuring housing association tenants have the

opportunity to own their homes, and the Midlands pilot announced at Autumn Budget

2017 is a clear demonstration of that. The pilot will launch in the Summer, and will

give thousands more housing association tenants the opportunity to enjoy the

benefits of home ownership.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Developing Countries: Orphans

Mr Barry Sheerman: [139390]

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the oral

contribution of the Minister of State of 18 April 2018, Official Report, column 305, if she

will publish her Department's policy on orphanages.

Harriett Baldwin:

DFID does not have a written policy on support to orphanages but DFID’s general

policy is not to fund orphanages. DFID’s primary focus is to tackle the underlying

drivers of institutionalisation through poverty reduction programmes and through our

strong focus on education, nutrition, health, economic development and social

protection programming.

Gaza: Borders


To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has

made of the potential humanitarian effect of expanding the capacity of the Kerem Shalom

goods crossing between Gaza and Israel.

Alistair Burt:

Humanitarian agencies currently have to devote considerable time, resource, and

effort to coordinating the passage of humanitarian goods and personnel through

crossings between Israel and Gaza. Kerem Shalom is the only crossing for goods to

enter and exit Gaza via Israel. In 2017 an average of 218 trucks a month were




leaving Gaza into Israel, compared to a monthly average of 961 trucks between

January and July in 2007. This severely constrains the economic development of

Gaza, which contributes to the dire humanitarian situation. By operating Kerem

Shalom at capacity, humanitarian and essential goods would be able to reach the

intended beneficiaries in a more timely and cost-effective manner. This would

expedite the delivery of humanitarian relief to those in need, helping to save lives and

reduce suffering. The UK regularly raises the need to ease trade, movement and

access restrictions with the Government of Israel, in line with their legitimate security

concerns, and urges Egypt reopen the Rafah crossing.

Israel: Palestinians


To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of

26 April to Question 137118, on Israel: Palestinians, whether any of the organisations she

held direct conversations with were (a) Palestinian or (b) groups operating in (i) the West

Bank or (ii) Gaza.

Alistair Burt:

Officials engaged directly and indirectly with a wide range of NGOs that work with

both Palestinian and Israeli society including organisations that are run by

Palestinians and operate in the West Bank. The programme does not currently work

in Gaza.

Palestinians: International Assistance


To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department

plans to fund the 2018 Occupied Palestinian Territory Humanitarian Fund administered

by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Alistair Burt:

We remain concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Our current

humanitarian support includes £1.9 million via the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF),

which is supporting up to 1 million Gazans by providing clean water and rehabilitating

sanitation facilities to stop the spread of disease. We continue to monitor the

humanitarian situation in Gaza closely, including through contact with relevant UN

agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other humanitarian

donors, and we continue to ensure that our programmes can be responsive to spikes

in need.

Palestinians: Trade


To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has

made of the potential humanitarian effect of ending restrictions on trade between Gaza

and the West Bank by building a secure route through Israel.




Alistair Burt:

It is clear that if restrictions on trade, movement and access between the West Bank

and Gaza were eased via creation of a secure route between the two through Israel,

humanitarian goods and personnel would be able to reach the intended beneficiaries

in a more timely and cost-effective manner. Easing trade restrictions would help to

ensure that humanitarian relief reaches those in need, helping to save lives and

reduce suffering. More broadly, the benefits of increased trade flow would enhance

Gaza’s economy, and relieve the humanitarian situation by lifting the overall standard

of living. An analysis by the World Bank shows that lifting restrictions on Gaza could

lead to additional cumulative growth of approximately 32% by 2025. We continue to

press Israel to ease restrictions on trade, movement and access in line with their

legitimate security concerns, and urge Hamas to renounce violence and move

towards the quartet principles; the UK is committed to the unimpeded movement of

humanitarian goods and personnel.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Department for International Trade: ICT


To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April

2018 to Question 136349, which the IT systems referred to are.


To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April

2018 to Question 136349, on Department for International Trade: ICT, if he will list the IT

systems referred to.

Greg Hands:

Due to national security concerns it would be inappropriate to make this public.

JUSTICE

Family Proceedings: Legal Representation

Richard Burgon: [139569]

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases one or more parents

appearing in court hearings on the custody of their children have been unrepresented in

each year since 2010.

Lucy Frazer:

The information requested is not available as data on the legal representation of

parties is not broken down into different types of proceedings concerning children.




Immigration: Appeals


To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of immigration appeals were

overturned at tribunal in each of the last seven years.

Lucy Frazer:

The proportion of immigration and asylum appeals allowed in each of the last seven

years is published in quarterly statistics:

www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-

statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017

Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration


To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to

Question 135134 on legal aid scheme: immigration, how many immigration law access

points there are in each region.


To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2018 to

Question 135134 on legal aid scheme: immigration, in (a) how many areas and (b) which

areas were one or fewer compliant tenders received in response to the Legal Aid

Agency's recent tender process.

Lucy Frazer:

Immigration and Asylum regions, procurement areas and access points from 1

September 2018

Region Procurement area

Number of

access

points

Access points

London and

South East

England

London and South

East England 6

Buckinghamshire

Hampshire, Southampton,

Portsmouth & Isle of Wight

London

Mid, South West and Coastal

Kent

Oxfordshire & Berkshire




Surrey & Sussex

Midlands and East

of England

Midlands and East

of England 7

Bedfordshire & South

Hertfordshire

Cambridgeshire &

Northamptonshire

City of Leicester

City of Stoke-on-Trent

Coventry

Greater Nottingham, Derby &

South Derbyshire

South Staffordshire, Sandwell

and Birmingham

North East,

Yorkshire and the

Humber

North East,

Yorkshire and the

Humber

4

County Durham East,

Teesside, Tyne & Wear and

Gateshead

South Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

City of Kingston upon Hull

North West

England North West England 3

East & West Lancashire

Greater Manchester

Merseyside

South West

England South West England 3

City of Bristol, Gloucestershire

and North Somerset

City of Plymouth and Devon

Swindon

Cardiff Wales 3

Bridgend, Cardiff and South

East Wales

Neath Port Talbot and

Swansea

North East Wales

The LAA received one or fewer compliant tenders in 6 Immigration and Asylum access points,

as follows:

Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth & Isle of Wight City of Kingston upon Hull East & West Lancashire Swindon City of Plymouth and Devon North East Wales

Grouped Questions: 139006

The LAA received one or fewer compliant tenders in 6 Immigration and Asylum

access points, as follows:

Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth & Isle of Wight

City of Kingston upon Hull

East & West Lancashire

Swindon

City of Plymouth and Devon

North East Wales


To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration law legal aid providers

there were in each year since 2010, broken down by procurement area.


To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration law legal aid providers

there were in each at each access point in each year since 2010.

Lucy Frazer:

The number of offices holding a legal aid contract in the immigration category

according to which procurement area and access point area they fell under is shown

below. The Lord Chancellor has confirmed that we are conducting an evidence-based

https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-04-27/139006/



review which will examine the impact of the changes made by LASPO including those

on providers.

PROCUREME

NT AREA

NAME

ACCESS POINT

NAME

2010/1

1

2011/1

2

2012/1

3

2013/1

4

2014/1

5

2015/1

6

2016/1

7

2017/1

8

2018/1

9

Cedars Non Fast

Track

2 2 2 2

London and

South East

England

Berkshire 2 3 2

London and

South East

England

Buckinghamshi

re

3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2

London and

South East

England

Hampshire 1 1 1

London and

South East

England

Hampshire,

Southampton,

Portsmouth &

Isle of Wight

3 3 4 2 2 2

London and

South East

England

London 130 135 126 174 162 145 131 119 98

London and

South East

England

Mid and South

West Kent

2 2 2

London and

South East

England

Mid, South

West and

Coastal Kent

4 4 4 4 4 4

London and

South East

England

Oxfordshire 1 2 2

London and

South East

England

Oxfordshire &

Berkshire

4 4 4 3 2 2

London and

South East

Portsmouth &

Isle of Wight

1 1

PROCUREME

NT AREA

NAME

ACCESS POINT

NAME

2010/1

1

2011/1

2

2012/1

3

2013/1

4

2014/1

5

2015/1

6

2016/1

7

2017/1

8

2018/1

9

England

London and

South East

England

Southampton 2 2 2

London and

South East

England

Surrey 3 3 3

London and

South East

England

Surrey &

Sussex

4 4 4 3 2 1

London and

South East

England

Sussex 2 2 2

London and

South East

England

The Kent

Coast

1 1

Midlands

and East of

England

Bedfordshire 5 5 6

Midlands

and East of

England

Bedfordshire &

South

Hertfordshire

12 11 10 8 6 6

Midlands

and East of

England

Cambridgeshir

e

2 2 1

Midlands

and East of

England

Cambridgeshir

e &

Northamptons

hire

7 6 1 1 1 1

Midlands

and East of

England

City of

Leicester

4 4 3 7 6 5 4 4 2

Midlands City of Stoke- 2 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1

PROCUREME

NT AREA

NAME

ACCESS POINT

NAME

2010/1

1

2011/1

2

2012/1

3

2013/1

4

2014/1

5

2015/1

6

2016/1

7

2017/1

8

2018/1

9

and East of

England

on-Trent

Midlands

and East of

England

Coventry 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 4

Midlands

and East of

England

Derby and

South

Derbyshire

1 1

Midlands

and East of

England

Greater

Nottingham

3 3 3

Midlands

and East of

England

Greater

Nottingham,

Derby & South

Derbyshire

11 10 5 3 3 3

Midlands

and East of

England

Norfolk 1 1 1

Midlands

and East of

England

Northamptons

hire

3 2 1

Midlands

and East of

England

South

Hertfordshire

2 2 2

Midlands

and East of

England

South

Staffordshire,

Sandwell and

Birmingham

15 22 19 39 34 28 25 24 22

Midlands

and East of

England

Suffolk 1 1 1

North East,

Yorkshire

and the

County

Durham East

and Teesside

3 5 3

PROCUREME

NT AREA

NAME

ACCESS POINT

NAME

2010/1

1

2011/1

2

2012/1

3

2013/1

4

2014/1

5

2015/1

6

2016/1

7

2017/1

8

2018/1

9

Humber

North East,

Yorkshire

and the

Humber

County

Durham East,

Teesside,

Tyne & Wear

and

Gateshead

15 15 13 12 11 10

North East,

Yorkshire

and the

Humber

South

Yorkshire

7 9 8 15 13 12 11 10 9

North East,

Yorkshire

and the

Humber

Tyne & Wear

and

Gateshead

5 5 5

North East,

Yorkshire

and the

Humber

West Yorkshire 8 13 12 30 26 22 22 22 20

North West

England

East & West

Lancashire

3 3 2 3 3 1 1

North West

England

Greater

Manchester

9 11 10 34 32 26 21 20 16

North West

England

Merseyside 3 3 2 10 10 8 7 7 5

South West

England

City of Bristol,

Gloucestershir

e and North

Somerset

9 8 7 7 7 7

South West

England

City of Bristol,

South

Gloucestershir

e and North

Somerset

3 4 4

PROCUREME

NT AREA

NAME

ACCESS POINT

NAME

2010/1

1

2011/1

2

2012/1

3

2013/1

4

2014/1

5

2015/1

6

2016/1

7

2017/1

8

2018/1

9

South West

England

City of

Plymouth

2 1 2

South West

England

City of

Plymouth and

Devon

6 6 7 6 6 5

South West

England

Gloucestershir

e

1 1 1

Wales Bridgend,

Cardiff and

South East

Wales

5 5 5 12 11 10 9 9 9

Wales Neath Port

Talbot and

Swansea

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1

Wales North East

Wales

1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1

Grand

Total

242 268 244 413 383 330 294 272 231

Prison Officers: Crimes of Violence


To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers required hospital

treatment as a result of an assault at work in 2017.


To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers required hospital

treatment as a result of an assault at work in the first three months of 2018.

Rory Stewart:

Between April and December 2017 prison officers attended hospital for treatment

following 741 incidents of assault. This information was not recorded for incidents that

occurred before April 2017, and data for the first three months of 2018 is not yet

available.



These figures have been drawn from the HMPPS Incident Reporting System, and

while care is taken when processing and analysing returns, the detail is subject to the

inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.

We are taking urgent action to make prisons safer, and assaults on our hardworking

staff will never be tolerated. We are ensuring that prison officers have the tools they

need to do their jobs by rolling out body worn cameras, 'police-style' handcuffs and

restraints, and trialling PAVA incapacitant spray.

Prison Officers: Length of Service


To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison officers have (a) 0-1,

(b) 1-3, (c) 3-5 (d) 5 -10 and (e) over 10 years of continuous service in the prison service

as of January 2018.

Rory Stewart:

We are significantly exceeding our prison officer recruitment targets, which is vital to

ensuring prisons are safe, secure and decent so they can successfully rehabilitate

offenders. But it is also important that we retain experienced staff members, and we

continue to work with governors to ensure this happens.

Snapshot figures are taken for the last working day of the month. Figures on the

length of service of band 3-5 prison officers as at 31 December 2017 can be found in

Table 1:

Table 1: Proportion of band 3-5 prison officers in post by length of service (full

time equivalent), as at 31 December 2017

COMPLETED YEARS OF SERVICE 1

31-

DEC-

2017

Band 3-5 Officers 2 Under

1

year

18.9%

1-2 14.8%

3-4 2.3%

5-9 9.2%

10 years and over 54.7%


1 LENGTH OF SERVICE IN HMPPS CALCULATED FROM MOST RECENT HIRE DATE. WHERE STAFF

HAVE TRANSFERRED IN FROM ANOTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OR HAVE TRANSFERRED IN

THROUGH HMPPS TAKING OVER A FUNCTION, LENGTH OF SERVICE IS CALCULATED FROM ENTRY TO

HMPPS.

2 Includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officer (incl specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officer and Band 5

/ Custodial Managers.

Prison Officers: Redundancy Pay


To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the severance package was for each

prison officer who took voluntary early departure and was subsequently re-recruited by

HM Prison and Probation Service in each year since 2010.

Rory Stewart:

This level of information cannot be supplied due to the risk of identification of

individuals. It is therefore exempt from disclosure under the Data Protection Act 1998

(DPA).

Prison Officers: Re-employment


To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers who took voluntary

early departure have been re-recruited by HM Prison Service in each year since 2010.

Rory Stewart:

The number of band 3-5 prison officers who took voluntary early departure and have

since re-joined the Prison Service can be seen in the table below.

The government has passed its target to recruit an additional 2,500 prison officers by

the end of 2018 – seven months early. An additional 3,111 prison officers were in

place at the end of March 2018 than were in post in October 2016. Continuing to

boost staffing numbers is crucial as it will allow prisons to introduce a new model

where prison officers spend more time both one-to-one and with small groups of

prisoners.

Band 3-5 prison officers who took voluntary early departure and have since re-

joined the Prison Service, 2010/11 to 2017/18 (1 April 2017-31 December 2017)

HEADCOUNT

Restart date Number of band 3-5 prison officers

2010/11 3

2011/12 4



HEADCOUNT

2012/13 ~

2013/14 9

2014/15 106

2015/16 40

2016/17 35

1 April 2017-31 December 2017 14

Notes:

1. Voluntary exits can be offered where the organisation wishes to reduce staff

numbers by offering an early exit scheme or an early exit package to an individual.

There is no compulsion on individuals to accept the offer.

2. The time periods shown reflect the date of when the staff re-joined the Prison

Service, and not when the voluntary early departure was taken.

3. Figures include 73 individuals that re-joined as a reserve.

~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values

of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent

disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.

Road Traffic Offences: Reviews


To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the to the answer of 15

January 2016 to question 21522, on Road Traffic Offences: Reviews, when the

Government plans to begin its review of driving offences; and whether it plans to

complete the full review before consulting on introducing new driving offences.

Rory Stewart:

On 5 December 2016 the government launched a consultation on driving offences

and penalties relating to causing death and serious injury. This ran until 1 February

2017 and received over 9,000 responses.

The government response to the consultation was published on 16 October 2017 and

can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/driving-offences-and-

penalties-relating-to-causing-death-or-serious-injury.

The government is committed to making sure that the courts have sufficient powers

to deal with driving offences appropriately and proportionately.

We will bring forward proposals for changes in the law as soon as parliamentary time

allows. These proposals will take account of, and incorporate, all of government’s


proposals for safer roads, including those arising from the Department of Transport’s

review of cycle safety.

NORTHERN IRELAND

Northern Ireland Government

Lady Hermon: [139995]

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April

2018 to Question 137494 on Northern Ireland Government, what discussions she had

with the five largest political parties in Northern Ireland between mid-February 2018 and

26 April 2018; and if she will make a statement.

Karen Bradley:

[Holding answer 8 May 2018]: I have discussions with the leaders and

representatives of the political parties in Northern Ireland on an ongoing basis. During

these discussions we cover a range of issues, but the focus is always on the

restoration of devolved Government in Northern Ireland.

Security: Northern Ireland

Lady Hermon: [139996]

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what security briefings have been

given on what dates since 1 January 2016 by police authorities in Northern Ireland to (a)

Ministers and (b) officials of her Department on the potential implications of the UK

leaving the EU; and if she will make a statement.

Karen Bradley:

[Holding answer 8 May 2018]: The PSNI have been, and will continue to be, fully

engaged in ongoing constructive meetings with representatives from both the NIO

and other Whitehall departments on a wide range of matters, including the potential

implications of the UK leaving the EU.

Most recently, on 23 April, senior PSNI officers and NIO officials briefed the Secretary

of State for Exiting the European Union during his visit to Northern Ireland.

PRIME MINISTER

Hitachi

Paul Flynn: [139976]

To ask the Prime Minister, whether she has plans to meet the chairman of Hitachi,

Hiroaki Nakanishi.




Paul Flynn: [139977]

To ask the Prime Minister, whether she has recently had discussions with chairman of

Hitachi, Hiroaki Nakanishi, or representatives of that company on the building and

operation of a nuclear power plant in Wales; and if she will make a statement.

Mrs Theresa May:

Details of Ministerial UK official visits and official meetings with external organisations

and individuals are published quarterly and made available on the gov.uk website.

National Security


To ask the Prime Minister, what the five most serious risks are to the (a) security and (b)

prosperity of the UK that have been identified by her Government.

Mrs Theresa May:

The Government assesses the most significant risks to the UK and our interests

through the National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA).The NSRA is used to inform

the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review. Copies

are available in the libraries of the House.

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation


To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions she has had with the (a) Right Honourable

Member for Hastings, (b) Home Secretary and (c) Minister of State for Immigration on

whether bonuses were awarded to officials in the Home Office for meeting immigration

removal targets.

Mrs Theresa May:

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her by the Secretary of State for the

Home Department, my right hon. Friend the Member for Bromsgrove (Mr Javid) on 2

May 2019, Official Report, column 349.

SCOTLAND

Scotland Office: Mobile Phones


To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what apps his Department has approved for

use on mobile phones issued by his Department.

David Mundell:

Due to national security concerns it would be inappropriate to publicly supply a list of

applications approved for use on mobile phones issued by the Department, as to do

so facilitates attacks against official systems by hostile actors.





TRANSPORT

Arriva Trains Wales

Conor McGinn: [140154]

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the (a)

Welsh Government and (b) Mayor of Liverpool City Region on the Arriva Trains Wales

service from Holyhead and Llandudno to Manchester stations.

Joseph Johnson:

There have been no specific recent discussions with either the Welsh Government or

the Mayor of the Liverpool City Region regarding the Arriva Train Wales service from

Holyhead and Llandudno to Manchester stations. Discussions did take place last year

between the Department and the Welsh Government on the specification of the future

services on these routes in the next franchise in respect of their operation within

England.

Bus Services: Concessions

Daniel Zeichner: [140138]

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many operator appeals he has received

in respect of reimbursement of concessionary fares in each of the last five years.

Ms Nusrat Ghani:

The number of appeals received by the Department is:

12-13: 1

13-14: 1

14-15: 5

15-16: 2

16-17: 1

Cycleways: Coastal Areas


To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide funding for a national cycle

path to run alongside the England Coast Path.

Jesse Norman:

The Government’s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in

April 2017, outlines £1.2 billion of funding that may be invested in cycling and walking

over the period to 2021. Since its publication, the Government has made further

support available for cycling and walking infrastructure, through the National

Productivity Investment Fund, Transforming Cities Fund and Clean Air Fund.

Decisions on allocating funding for cycle paths are for local authorities, including in

coastal areas. Currently, there are no plans to provide dedicated funding for a

national cycle path to run alongside the England Coast Path.




Cycling: Rural Areas


To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make funding available for the

installation and improvement of cycling infrastructure in rural areas.

Jesse Norman:

The Government’s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in

April 2017, outlines £1.2 billion of funding that may be invested in cycling and walking

over the period to 2021. Since its publication, the Government has made further

support available for cycling and walking infrastructure, through the National

Productivity Investment Fund, Transforming Cities Fund and Clean Air Fund.

Decisions for allocating funding for cycling infrastructure are for local authorities, who

allocate and/or bid for funding alongside other local priorities. In addition, the

Department for Transport is providing 44 local authorities, including Newcastle City &

Gateshead, Tees Valley and North Tyneside Councils, with access to expert support

to assist in the development of ten-year Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure

Plans. The support also extends to rural areas such as Gloucestershire, Rutland and

Wiltshire. This support will enable authorities to map their future cycle networks and

to prioritise future investments.

Cycling: Safety


To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to

local authorities on steps to improve cycling safety.

Jesse Norman:

The Department provides guidance on the design of cycle infrastructure in Local

Transport Note 2/08. This can be accessed at the following address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycle-infrastructure-design-ltn-208

Improving the safety of cyclists is one of the underlying principles of this guidance.

The Department is in the process of updating the note to take account of

developments since its publication in 2008, and aims to publish a revised version by

the end of 2018.The Department is also helping local authorities to prepare Local

Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans, which will help them to take a more

strategic approach to improving conditions for cycling in their areas. Finally, The

Department funds Bikeability, the national cycle training programme, and has a

number of cycle safety related THINK! campaigns which local authorities can

publicise in their area.





High Speed Two: National Trust

Dame Cheryl Gillan: [139341]

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what correspondence he has entered into

with HS2 Ltd on its engagement with the National Trust; and if he will publish those

exchanges.

Ms Nusrat Ghani:

There has not been any correspondence between the Secretary of State and HS2

Limited (HS2 Ltd) on HS2 Ltd’s engagement with the National Trust.

I am grateful to the National Trust for its constructive engagement with both the

Department for Transport (DfT) and HS2 Ltd to date. I would welcome further

engagement as the scheme progresses.

Rail Delivery Group

Andy McDonald: [140130]

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a)

effectiveness, (b) efficiency and (c) value for money of the Rail Delivery Group; and if he

will make a statement.

Joseph Johnson:

The Government is supportive of the Rail Delivery Group’s (RDG’s) role of providing

industry leadership to achieve better outcomes for rail users. We continue to work

closely with them to ensure they are well placed to provide the strategic leadership

needed to deliver key reforms and priorities of the railway. RDG is a private company

funded by the membership fees paid by its members.

Railways: Concessions

Alex Chalk: [140166]

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an

assessment of the potential merits of extending the 16-25 railcard to bus travel.

Ms Nusrat Ghani:

Concessionary fares for young people are already available in the vast majority of

authorities in England outside of London and such concessionary fares for young

people are a matter for local authorities and bus operators to determine in their local

areas. Therefore at this point the Department has no plans to introduce a statutory

national bus travel concession for young people in England.

Railways: Fares


To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average amount paid for (a)

advance single and (b) advance return journeys between (i) London and Liverpool (ii)

London and Manchester (iii) London and Warrington was in each year since 2010.





Joseph Johnson:

This information is held by Train Operating Companies who offer Advance fares

between these stations: Virgin Trains West Coast between London and Liverpool,

Manchester and Warrington; West Midlands Trains between London and Liverpool;

and East Midlands Trains between London and Manchester.

Railways: Franchises


To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reform rail franchising

to find a better balance between short-term returns to passengers and the sustainable

improvement of passenger services.

Joseph Johnson:

The Department announced in 2017’s paper ‘Connecting people: a strategic vision for

rail’ plans to build on the successes of franchising and create genuine, long-term

partnerships between the public sector and private partners to dramatically improve

the service that passengers receive.

These plans include joining-up teams on track and train to put passengers first.

Passengers will be able to hold one team to account for the service they receive. And

new joined-up teams will make a difference to the thousands of day-to-day operating

decisions that affect passengers – transforming their journeys for the better.

Railways: Suicide

Bridget Phillipson: [140063]

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the

number of suicides which occurred on UK railway lines in each of the last 15 years.

Joseph Johnson:

Official statistics relating to the number of suicides on the mainline railway network in

Great Britain are published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) on their website at:

https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/browsereports/5

Government and the rail industry are jointly engaged in many strands of activity to

reduce the number of suicides on the rail network. Last year over 1800 lifesaving

interventions were made, with 2016/17 having the lowest number of suicide events

recorded on the railway since the rail industry’s suicide prevention programme began

in 2010.

Roads: Capital Investment


To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review the funding

arrangements for road investment.






Jesse Norman:

The Department has no plans to review the funding arrangements for road

investment.

Roads: Safety

Karl Turner: [140058]

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to paragraph 4.1.1 Safer Roads of

the Highways England Delivery Plan 2015-2020, what progress has been made on

ensuring that Highways England meets its target of ensuring that by the end of 2020 (a)

90 per cent of travel on the strategic road network is on roads with a safety rating of

EuroRAP 3* or equivalent and (b) the majority of those roads with a 1* and 2* rating have

been brought up to 3*.

Jesse Norman:

The strategic road network is one of the safest national road networks in the world.

Highways England is committed to maintaining and improving levels of safety across

the network, including single carriageways that typically have a lower star rating.

Highways England are making good progress against these targets and will publish

updated figures later this year.

Rolling Stock: Leasing


To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of

future vehicle leasing charges in the rail industry given the projected shortening of

average vehicle life.

Joseph Johnson:

It is for the train’s owners to take a view on the expected life of the trains and offer

them to the market at competitive rates that ensure these assets are kept in service

for their expected life.

Train Operating Companies: Compensation


To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review the rail

passenger compensation arrangements to ensure train operating companies pass on the

money they receive in compensation from Network Rail to passengers in (a) full and (b) a

timely manner.

Joseph Johnson:

Passenger compensation arrangements are distinct from the payments made by

Network Rail to train operators for planned and unplanned disruption. They cover

different issues and serve fundamentally different purposes, and therefore cannot be

linked in this way:




Passenger compensation is paid by train operators to passengers for delays in line

with the arrangements relevant to the particular franchise (e.g. delay repay).

The payments made by Network Rail, in contrast, compensate the train operator

for the future long term loss of revenue as a result of reduced passenger journeys

arising from planned and unplanned disruption. These can, in certain

circumstances, involve payments from the train operator to Network Rail, where it

outperforms expectations.

These significant differences means that there is no expectation that train operating

companies pass on the money received from Network Rail in this manner.

However, the Government has, and continues to take steps to improve passenger

awareness and uptake of compensation. The independent ORR has worked to

improve the information provided to passengers, including via social media activity,

and the claims process itself reporting on progress in the annual Measuring Up

report. These steps have led to significant increases in passenger compensation,

with over £73m paid out to successful claimants in 2016/17, an increase of 63.8% on

the previous year.

Train Operating Companies: Merseyside


To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the franchises of those train companies

which operate services through (a) Earlestown, (b) Newton-le-willows and (c) Garswood

are due for renewal.


To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the

proportion of trains from (a) Earlestown, (bi) Newton-le-willows and (c) Garswood which

were (i) delayed and (ii) cancelled in each year since 2010.

Joseph Johnson:

The Northern franchise is due for renewal on 1st April 2025.

The Wales & Borders franchise is due for renewal on 14 th October 2018. The

procurement of a new operator for the franchise is being led by the Welsh

Government.

The department does not hold this information, as it is not the custodian of detailed

performance data for the industry, and we do not require that level of detail on a day-

to-day basis to manage the franchise performance regimes.



TREASURY

Child Tax Credit: Motherwell and Wishaw

Marion Fellows: [140150]

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of child tax

credit have had their payments reduced as a result of the two-child tax credit limit in the

Motherwell and Wishaw constituency; and what savings have accrued to the public purse

as a result of the introduction of that limit in that constituency.

Elizabeth Truss:

The information is not held and could only be collected at disproportionate cost.

However, the government published an impact assessment in July 2015 which shows

the number of Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit claimants who were expected to

be affected by the policy over the next five years and the estimated savings from the

change. The impact assessment is available at:

https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006E.pdf

Children: Day Care

Ellie Reeves: [140204]

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2018 to

Question 138522, how many applications for 30 hours of free childcare have been

processed in the last three months for which data is available.

Elizabeth Truss:

In the three months to 1 May 2018 over 62,000 new applications for 30 hours free

childcare were processed. This includes applications where the parent was found not

to be eligible for 30 hours free childcare.


Kate Green: [R] [139476]

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has allocated additional

funding for the Windrush generation compensation scheme.

Elizabeth Truss:

As the Home Secretary has set out, the Government is committed to putting right the

wrongs experienced by the Windrush generation, and is clear that where people have

suffered loss they will be compensated. The Home Office is working through the

detail of what this scheme will look like, including potential costs to the department.

Mortgages: Interest Rates

Theresa Villiers: [140002]

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of

additional tax landlords will pay as a result of changes to the tax treatment of mortgage

interest.





Mel Stride:

The most recent estimate for the fiscal impact of the changes to the tax treatment of

mortgage interest for individual landlords was published in Table 2.2 at the time of

Autumn Budget 2017. The Table can be accessed through the “Autumn Budget 2017:

documents” webpage (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-budget-

2017-documents).

Theresa Villiers: [140003]

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of landlords will pay more tax as

a result of changes to the taxation arrangements for mortgage interest payments.

Mel Stride:

Using income tax self-assessment data, HMRC estimates that 1 in 5 landlords will

pay more tax as a result of the changes to taxation arrangements for mortgage

interest payments.

Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance


To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what forecast he has made of the tax revenues

to be raised by the Government's anti-avoidance provisions in relation to multi-national

tech companies due to be introduced in 2019.

Mel Stride:

At Autumn Budget 2017, the Government announced an extension of UK withholding

tax on royalty payments made to low or no tax jurisdictions.

This measure is another step towards the Government’s longer term ambition of

domestic and international reform of the taxation of digital businesses. Whilst this

measure will predominantly affect digital businesses, it may also affect groups

operating in other sectors.

As announced at the Budget, this measure is forecast to raise £800m over four years.

Oil: Taxation


To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on introducing a

transferable tax history mechanism for oil producers for deals that complete on or after 1

November 2018.

Robert Jenrick:

As announced at Autumn Budget 2017, the government will introduce a Transferable

Tax History for oil & gas companies. This will give investors in UK oil and gas fields

certainty that they will be able to get tax relief for decommissioning assets, and

encourage new investment.




This mechanism will be available for deals where the transfer of the licence has been

approved by the Oil & Gas Authority on or after 1 November 2018. This was set out in

“An outline of transferable tax history”, published alongside the Budget:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-outline-of-transferrable-tax-history

Draft legislation will be published in the next couple of months for technical

consultation.

Red Diesel: Excise Duties


To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to review the taxation of red

diesel.

Robert Jenrick:

At Spring Statement 2018, the Chancellor announced a call for evidence, jointly with

the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, into whether red diesel for

non-road mobile machinery discourages the purchase of cleaner alternatives. Red

diesel for agricultural use will be out of scope, as will fishing vessels, home heating

and other static generators. The consultation document will be published shortly.

Taxation: Credit Cards


To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential

merits of re-introducing the ability to pay personal tax by credit card.

Mel Stride:

HMRC accepts payment by credit card on the basis that there is no cost to the public

purse. It achieves this by passing the fees charged by the card issuer back to the

customer. The Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) which came into effect on 13

January 2018 means that HMRC can no longer do this where a customer uses a

personal credit card. After careful consideration, HMRC made the decision to stop

accepting payment by this method.

In 2016/17 personal credit cards only accounted for 0.2% of payments made to

HMRC by value. Fees associated with these payments were expected to be on

average £5.5m per annum going forward. To continue accepting personal credit

cards HMRC would have to fund the payment of fees from the public purse. This

means customers paying by other methods would be cross-subsidising those who

benefit from facilities provided by credit card issuers in exchange for fees, including

deferring the payment date and collecting rewards.



Taxation: Domicil

Tom Brake: [139344]

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2018 to

Question 136770, on Taxation: Domicil, for what reason the latest figures available are

over three yeas old.

Mel Stride:

Individuals register their non-UK domiciled status with HMRC via the Self

Assessment process.

The deadline for individuals to file Self Assessment returns relating to the tax year

2015-16 was 31 January 2017. Information about non-UK domiciled taxpayers for this

tax year is not yet available to allow for a proportion of individuals who file their Self

Assessment returns after the deadline. In accordance with the Code of Practice for

Official Statistics the release of these statistics has been pre-announced for release

in June 2018.


2016-17 was 31 January 2018. Consequently insufficient time has so far elapsed to

allow for reliable figures to be published.


2017-18 is 31 January 2019. Information is therefore not yet available because the

deadline for returns has not yet passed.

Taxation: Environment Protection


To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to reinstate a

carbon price escalator from the 2020s onwards.

Robert Jenrick:

As announced in Autumn Budget 2017, the government will target a Total Carbon

Price similar to the value at the time until unabated coal is no longer used in power

generation.

WALES

Electricity Interconnectors: Wales

Hywel Williams: [139409]

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Cabinet

colleagues on the effect of the UK leaving the EU Single Market and Customs Union on

the East-West Interconnector.

Alun Cairns:

The Government’s priority is to maintain affordable, clean, and secure energy

supplies for businesses and households. We share the EU’s ambition to make energy




trading easier and more efficient by opening up national markets, and increasing the

level of interconnection between them, including between the Republic of Ireland, and

all parts of the UK.

We want to continue arrangements that allow efficient trade of electricity to take place

between the single electricity market and Great Britain across the East-West

interconnector, and to closely collaborate on current and future regulatory and

technical arrangements. Outcomes relating to the EU Single Market and the Customs

Union are matters for negotiations, and we are unable to comment on this until

negotiations conclude.

WORK AND PENSIONS

Agriculture: Waste Disposal


To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many farm accidents were

reported involving a slurry tank or other slurry storage in the last three years.

Sarah Newton:

Farmers in Great Britain are required to report accidents that cause defined injuries to

people under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences

Regulations 2013. Reports made in compliance with these regulations do not contain

sufficient detail to enable identification of all incidents that are specifically related to

slurry storage.

In the case of incidents that have caused death, the Health and Safety Executive

publishes annual reports of fatal injuries in agriculture in Great Britain. In the last

three years for which figures have been published, the following deaths related to

slurry storage were recorded:

YEAR NUMBER OF DEATHS

2014/15 1

2015/16 2

2016/17 0

Children: Terminal Illnesses

Laura Smith: [139596]

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support

after the death of a terminally ill child parents who were not in work while caring for that

child.



Sarah Newton:

Any individual whose caring responsibilities cease because the person they are

caring for has died, will receive an 8 week continuation of Carer’s Allowance, and

where applicable a continuation of Income Support and any other benefit premiums

that have been awarded as a result of the caring responsibility. There will also be an

8 week continuation of Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit (where applicable) paid.

The 8 week continuation of benefit is designed to allow an individual to make any

arrangements and or claims to benefit to ensure that they are not placed in financial

hardship. If an individual is claiming Universal Credit that would otherwise stop

following a bereavement they will, in some circumstances, receive a Bereavement

run-on of up to three months.

We will also make easements for mandatory work related requirements for a period

following the death of a child where the claimant was the child’s parent.

Where entitlement to the current benefit ceases or a new claim is required, the

Department for Work and Pensions will support the individual to make a claim to the

appropriate benefit.

In addition, the Government recently announced the establishment of the Children’s

Funeral Fund for England. Under this scheme, bereaved parents will no longer have

to meet the costs of a burial or cremation. Bereaved parents on qualifying benefits

may also receive a Funeral Expenses Payment to help towards the cost of a funeral.

Interest-free Social Fund Budgeting Loans are also available for funeral costs.

Laura Smith: [139597]

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the

number of people currently not in work following the death of a child for whom they were

a long-term carer.

Sarah Newton:

Although no statistics are kept on claims from former long-term carers of now

deceased children, the benefit system does support people in such circumstances.

Department for Work and Pensions: Living Wage


To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April

2018 to Question 135694, how many and what proportion of the outsourced staff working

on Estates contracts is represented by the 3,051 members of staff paid below the Living

Wage or London Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.

Kit Malthouse:

Further to the reply from question 135694, we have updated the table below to

include all outsourced staff working on estates contracts to include those under the

age of 25 which have a lower Living Wage threshold and therefore were excluded

from the previous response.

The number and proportion of outsourced staff is therefore set out below.



NUMBER OF

EMPLOYEES

WORKING ON THE

DWP CONTRACT REAL LIVING WAGE* VOLUNTARY FOR 18 AND OLDER

National London Percentage

Sodexo 170 22 0 12.9 %

Interserve 3,080 2,014 0 65.3%

G4S 3,116 2,002 448 78.6%

Cushman &

Wakefield

14 0 0 0%

Total 6,380 4,038 448 70.3%

All staff receive the National Living Wage as defined by the Government.

Department for Work and Pensions: Procurement



2018 to Question 137451 on Department for Work and Pensions:Recruiment, what that

Invitation to Tender was for.

Kit Malthouse:

The Invitation to Tender referred to in the Answer of 27 April 2018 to Question

137451 was for Hashicorp enterprise software licences.

Disability Living Allowance: Children


To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children under the age

of 16 had a claim rejected for disability living allowance in each of the last three years.

Sarah Newton:

Entitlements to Child DLA awards are not determined by specific disabilities or

diagnosis; instead entitlement is determined by the effects which a disability or long

term health condition has on a person’s life. These are all factors to be taken into

consideration when looking at the number of Child DLA new claim rejections.

The Department for Work and Pensions has specially trained case managers who

examine comprehensive claimant forms and supporting evidence provided to decide

the extent to which the condition affects the mobility and care needs of the claimant

(this is what the assessment is based on). Case managers have access to a

comprehensive medical guidance and, where consent is provided, can directly



contact named professionals in the claim form to obtain additional information

required to make an accurate decision.

Applicants who believe they have not received the correct level of DLA award(s) can

seek for a mandatory reconsideration, where their claim will be looked at again.

Please see the table below which shows the total number of children under the age of

16, who had a claim rejected and awarded for Disability Living Allowance in each of

the last three years.

DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE (DLA) CHILD - NUMBER OF NEW CLAIMS REJECTED AND

AWARDED

DLA Child New Claim

Rejections

2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

24,734 27,703 33,951

DLA Child New Claims

Awarded

71,129 73,186 78,814

Source:

Disability Living Allowance Computer System (DLACS)

Notes:

Data taken from MUs 26, 31, 81 and 84

New Claims - includes Normal Rules and Special Rules

Please note that the data supplied are derived from unpublished management

information which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not

been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.

They should therefore be treated with caution.



of 16 received disability living allowance after a successful appeal.

Sarah Newton:

The latest appeals data that is available is to December 2017. This data is therefore

from April 2017 – December 2017 (the latest financial year up to which data is

available).

There were 2,520 (data rounded to the nearest 10) cases in the time period outlined

for children under 16 years of age that went to appeal and were subsequently

awarded DLA.

It is important to note that that this figure includes appeals where the award rate was

not necessarily increased, but is still considered a successful appeal (i.e. the award


changes from lower rate care to lower rate mobility or vice versa), as well as appeals

where the award rate increases.



of 16 that were in receipt of disability ilving allowance were not entitled to claim personal

independence payment when they reached 16 years of age.

Sarah Newton:

Personal Independence Payment is a different benefit from Disability Living

Allowance with a different eligibility criteria. Therefore, in some cases, individuals will

find a change in the amount of support they are entitled to following reassessment.

The Department has published information on the number of children under the age

of 16, who were in receipt of Disability Living Allowance and not entitled to Personal

Independence Payment when they reached 16 years of age. This can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/

By filtering on age and reassessment indicator in the PIP clearances table, then

tabulating the disallowance type indicator you will be able to find the information

requested.

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: https://sw.stat-

xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html

Disability: Equal Pay



2018 to Question 137542, on disability: equal pay, what steps her Department is taking to

encourage employers to sign up to the Disability Confident scheme.

Sarah Newton:

5,964 employers are currently signed up to Disability Confident and 2,551 employers

have completed their self-assessment to become Disability Confident Employers

(Level 2). This includes organisations ranging in size from large multi nationals to

local employers, including private businesses, colleges, sports clubs, NHS trusts and

social enterprises. All main government Departments are at Level 3 (Disability

Confident Leader) and over 80% of Local Authorities are Disability Confident.

The Disability Confident Business Leaders Group (BLG), comprising senior leaders

from significant British businesses across all sectors, is helping to increase

engagement with employers. The group promotes the business benefits of disability

employment and works with DWP officials to identify any changes or developments

that will improve the effectiveness of the scheme.

We are also working with Members of Parliament around the country to arrange local

events to get them as employers, and businesses in their constituencies, signed up.




https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html






To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure

that members of the Windrush generation receive the benefits to which they are entitled

in the event that they are unable to provide documents to prove their citizenship.

Alok Sharma:

DWP officials are working with the Home Office and other Government bodies to help

individuals affected and ensure that they are able to access the benefits and services

to which they are entitled. DWP has arranged a fast-track service into the Home

Office Taskforce to confirm swiftly the status of people from the Windrush generation

who are unable to provide documentation in support of their benefit claim.

Maternity Pay: Special Guardianship Orders


To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason maternity pay is

not available to people undertaking guardianship orders.

Kit Malthouse:

Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), and Maternity Allowance (MA), are primarily health

and safety provisions. They provide a measure of earnings replacement to help

women who have worked during their pregnancies to stop working towards the end of

them, and in the months after childbirth, in the interests of their own and their babies’

health and wellbeing.

As there is no associated period of pregnancy for people granted guardianship of a

child or children they would not be able to make a claim for either SMP or MA in

relation to those children.

Pension Funds: Ethics


To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made

an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a legal duty to consider

environmental, social and governance risks as part of fiduciary duty for pension fund

trustees.

Guy Opperman:

As I noted in my letter of 15 February to the Environmental Audit Committee, which

has since been published on the Parliament website, I plan to consult on policy and

regulations to clarify the legal duty of trustees of occupational pension schemes to

take account of environmental, social and governance risks, amongst others,

wherever these are financially material.

My current intention is to publish a consultation in June.




Poverty: Children

Mr Stephen Hepburn: [138949]

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of

trends in the level of child poverty in the North East.

Kit Malthouse:

National statistics on the percentage of children in low income are set out in the

annual "Households Below Average Income" publication. Figures on the percentage

of children in low income in the North East can be found in the link below, in table

4.16ts for relative low income, and 4.22ts for absolute low income. These are split

into before housing costs (BHC) and after housing costs (AHC). Due to small sample

sizes at a regional level, figures are available as three-year rolling averages.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/a

ttachment_data/file/692047/children-hbai-timeseries-1994-95-2016-17-tables.ods

Poverty: Sanitary Protection


To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has

made of the number of women who are unable to afford sanitary products.

Kit Malthouse:

Officials from the Department for Work and Pensions attend regular cross-

departmental meetings about a range of issues linked to the availability and

affordability of sanitary protection. This Department has not, however, made any

estimates of the number of women who are unable to afford sanitary products, or

collected any relevant data.

Sick Leave: Stress


To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has

made of the number of working days lost to the UK economy as a result of work-related

stress in each of the last three years.

Sarah Newton:

The latest available estimates are given below. They are published annually and

show the estimated number of days lost (full day equivalent) due to self-reported

stress, depression or anxiety, caused or made worse by work, for people working in

the last 12 months in Great Britain. Figures are not separately available for the United

Kingdom.

YEAR ESTIMATED DAYS LOST 95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL

2014/15 9.9 million 8.4m to 11.6m

2015/16 11.7 million 9.6m to 13.7m




YEAR ESTIMATED DAYS LOST 95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL

2016/17 12.5 million 10.5m to 14.6m

Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Social Security Benefits

Matt Western: [140203]

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a)

incapacity benefit and (b) employment and support allowance have died since May 2014

were found to be fit for work.

Sarah Newton:

The information requested is not readily available.

Support for Mortgage Interest

Margaret Greenwood: [140788]

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used for judging

whether a Support for Mortgage Interest claimant has the mental capacity to make a

decision about the new loan.

Kit Malthouse:

The Loan for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 set out that in England and Wales

‘a person who lacks mental capacity’ has the meaning given in Section 2 of the

Mental Capacity Act 2005 and in Scotland means a person who is incapable under

Section 1(6) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.

Universal Credit


To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timeframe is for people to

backdate a claim for universal credit in the event that decision on the claim was delayed

as a result of error on the part of her Department.

Alok Sharma:

The guidance on back-dating a claim to Universal Credit is set out in the Advice for

Decision Maker’s Guide at paragraphs A2043-2045:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm

ent_data/file/602462/adma2.pdf. The maximum period for back-dating is one month.

If a claim has been delayed due to error, DWP can also consider awarding an ex-

gratia payment, as set out in the guide on Financial Redress for Maladministration,

which can be accessed at:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm

ent_data/file/671381/financial-redress-for-maladministration-dwp-staff-guide.pdf




https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/671381/financial-redress-for-maladministration-dwp-staff-guide.pdf




To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what transitional protection is

provided to claimants with disabilities who lose their entitlement to disability premiums

when they transfer to universal credit.

Sarah Newton:

Transitional protection will be there for those with existing premiums who are moved

over to Universal Credit as part of the managed migration process, whose overall

Universal Credit entitlement would be less than under the old system, provided that

their circumstances remain the same. This means at the time they move, their

financial situation remains steady. We will be starting managed migration of existing

benefit claimants to Universal Credit from 2019 and this will be completed by 2022.


To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy that

weekly repayments which are deducted from universal credit for past overpayments

should be limited to 40 per cent of the standard allowance.

Kit Malthouse:

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has a duty to protect public funds and

an obligation to ensure that, where it is permitted under social security legislation, any

overpayment of benefit resulting from claimant error, fraud, or in the case of Universal

Credit, official error, is recovered.

For fraud overpayments, the maximum deduction rate is 40% of the appropriate

Universal Credit standard allowance.

In all other cases, the maximum deduction rate is 15% of the appropriate Universal

Credit standard allowance.

However, these are maximum rates and if an individual has multiple debts, for

example utility or rent arrears, we will look to recover ‘in parallel’ in line with the

overall priority order of deductions.

If a claimant is having difficulty repaying a benefit overpayment they can request a

reconsideration of the amount that is being taken. Any reduction will be based on the

individual circumstances of the claimant rather than the amount of the overpayment,

which helps to ensure that a sustainable repayment plan based on affordability is put

in place.

Universal Credit: Scotland


To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26

March 2018 to Question 134167 on Universal Credit: Scotland and with reference to the

decision of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Social Security Bill to require the

Scottish Government to bring forward regulations under s30 of the Scotland Act 2016 to

give effect to automatic split payments, what the timetable is for that functionality to be

provided.





To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26

March 2018 to Question 134167 on Universal Credit: Scotland and with reference to the

decision of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Social Security Bill to require the

Scottish Government to bring forward regulations under s30 of the Scotland Act 2016 to

give effect to automatic split payments, what work her Department plans to undertake to

establish a timetable and cost its delivery.

Alok Sharma:

This is a complex area of policy with many issues for the Scottish government to

resolve. There are also some preparatory activities that are required, which will allow

a process for safe delivery of this change to be constructed.

As any IT solution is likely to require significant re-engineering of the payment system

at the heart of Universal Credit, which supports claimants across the UK, any

aspirations for progress will ultimately need to be weighed against the risks and other

priorities for development of the system. As a result we are not yet in a position to

agree a timetable for the implementation of this change.

Universal Credit: Stoke on Trent


To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department

has made on the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on trends in the level of rent

arrears in Stoke-on-Trent.

Kit Malthouse:

Research shows that many people come onto Universal Credit with pre-existing rent

arrears. We also know that arrears are usually temporary and the majority of

claimants do succeed in paying their rent, managing their monthly payments and

clearing their arrears over time. In our research, the proportion of Universal Credit

claimants who were in arrears at the start of their claim fell by a third after four

months.

We are currently carrying out further analysis of this issue with a number of housing

providers, to investigate and understand the true level of rent arrears for their tenants,

what is causing them and any impacts Universal Credit may be having. It will be

published when completed.

Universal Credit: Young People

Danielle Rowley: [140205]

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who previously

were in receipt of disability premiums were found to have limited (a) capacity to work and

(b) capability for work-related activity element when they began claiming Universal Credit

on turning 20 years old.




Sarah Newton:

The information requested is not readily available

Welfare State: Reform

Chris Ruane: [139975]

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions Ministers

of her Department have had with Ministers of the Department of Health and Social Care

on the effect of welfare reforms on (a) physical health and (b) mental health.

Sarah Newton:

The DWP and DHSC established the joint Work and Health Unit in 2015 to oversee

the Government’s work and health agenda. Our ambition is that we develop a

sustainable welfare and employment support system that operates in tandem with the

health system and as part of strong wider local partnerships to move people into work

when they are ready. The unit is made up of staff from both departments and is

accountable to ministers from both departments, and they meet frequently to discuss

welfare reform and the wider work and health agenda.


WRITTEN STATEMENTS

DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT

Data Protection Bill [HL] (English votes for English laws)

Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Margot James):

[HCWS668]

I am today placing in the Library of the House the Department's analysis on the

application of Standing Order 83L in respect of the Government amendments tabled for

Commons Report stage for the Data Protection Bill [HL].

TREASURY

ECOFIN: 27-28 April 2018

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr Philip Hammond): [HCWS667]

An informal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) was held in

Sofia on 27-28 April 2018. The Council discussed the following:

Working Lunch - Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union

Based on a Presidency Issues note, the Council exchanged views on the ECOFIN

Council Roadmap of June 2016 on completing the Banking Union. This was followed by

an update from the Eurogroup President on reform of the European Stability Mechanism.

Working Session I

The Council were then joined by Central Bank Governors for the first Working Session.

a) Convergence in the EU – Inside and outside the Euro Area

Following a presentation from the Centre for European Policy Studies, the Council

discussed the possibilities to increase convergence in the EU among both euro area and

non-euro area Member States.

b) Further reducing fragmentation within the Capital Markets Union

Following a presentation from Bruegel on deepening of the Capital Markets Union, the

Council discussed measures to further reduce capital markets fragmentation.

c) Miscellaneous

The Council were then debriefed on the outcomes of the G20 Finance Ministers and

Central Bank Governors meeting on 19 – 20 April.

Working Session II – Improving revenue collection and fighting tax fraud in the

Single Market

The Council exchanged views on ways to improve administrative cooperation and the

exchange of tax information between Member States in order to improve revenue

collection and fight tax fraud in the Single Market.

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Working Session III – Corporate taxation and tax challenges of the digital economy

Following the recent publication of Commission proposals regarding fair taxation of the

digital economy, the Council exchanged views on the approach to corporate taxation in

the Single Market and the tax challenges arising from digitalisation of the economy.

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