The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2015 from the Prime Minister, Official Report, column 947, when the results of the Government’s consultation on Sunday trading will be published.
Anna Soubry
We will publish the results of the consultation on Sunday trading shortly.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a representative of HM Prisons Service sits on the Mental Health Task Force.
Alistair Burt
The Mental Health Task Force does not include a representative of HM Prison Service amongst its membership.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2015-10-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many times ambulances have been required to attend prisons as a result of emergency call-outs relating to (a) illegal drugs, (b) prescribed drugs and (c) psychoactive substances in the last 12 months.
Ben Gummer
Information about the frequency of emergency ambulance call-outs to prisons is not collected centrally by the Department or NHS England.
In February 2013, the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) issued guidance to prisons and immigration removal centres operated by NOMS concerning emergency ambulance call-outs. This guidance, Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 03/2013 Medical Emergency Response Codes outlines the medical symptoms in a prisoner, but not behaviours such as drug misuse, for which a prison must always call out an emergency ambulance. This PSI is mandatory in all prisons in England.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2015-10-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2015 to Question 10467, when she plans for the results of the application of the Family Test on orders seeking to control drugs that are dangerous or otherwise harmful when misused to be published.
Mike Penning
The Family Test was considered when developing previously published Impact Assessments on drug control orders but, in accordance with the published guidance, it was concluded there were no tangible direct impacts on families and it was not proportionate to apply the specific test. Impact assessments published alongside future orders seeking to control drugs will evidence consideration of the Family Test.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2015-10-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the results of the Family Test applied to the policies proposed in the Immigration Bill.
James Brokenshire
In accordance with the public sector equality duty, the Home Office has conducted an equality assessment of all policies in the Immigration Bill. The additional Family Test is designed to support strong and stable family relationships among those families legally resident in the United Kingdom. The Immigration Bill is designed to ensure that people in the UK illegally cannot work and access services. Any impact on people while they are in the United Kingdom illegally which results from the Immigration Bill is temporary, until the point of their departure, and as such the Family Test is not engaged.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2015-09-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 8 September 2015 to Question 47 by the Minister of Immigration to the Home Affairs Committee, how many Syrian refugees will be accommodated in order to meet the UNHCR requirement for 130,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees by 2016.
Richard Harrington
As the Prime Minister announced on 7 September, the Government will expand existing resettlement schemes to resettle 20,000 Syrians in need of protection during this Parliament. This is in addition to the thousands who receive protection in the UK under normal asylum procedures and through the refugee family reunion route. The UK is making a serious and substantial contribution to resettling vulnerable Syrian refugees. We will continue to work with the UNHCR and play our full part in helping these vulnerable people.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2015-09-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contribution of the Minister for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice in the Second Delegated Legislation Committee on the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Temporary Class Drug) (No. 2) Order 2015 on 14 September 2015, whether the family impact test will be included in all future impact assessments.
Mr John Hayes
As part of the policy development process Home Office officials are expected to consider the published Family Test guidance when assessing the impacts of the Department’s policies. In accordance with this guidance, the Family Test will be applied for all future orders seeking to control drugs that are dangerous or otherwise harmful when misused, where there are tangible impacts on families and it is proportionate to do so.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2015-09-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s assessment of the risk of prosecution to Christians in Pakistan in its publication, Country Information and Guidance, Pakistan: Christians and Christian converts, published in February 2015, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding of the report commissioned by the British Pakistan Christian Association, entitled Education, Human Rights Violations in Pakistan and the Scandal Involving UNHRC and Asylum Seekers in Thailand, published in February 2015.
James Brokenshire
The Home Office will be considering the report commissioned by the British Pakistani Christian Association alongside a range of other material to make a full assessment of the situation of Christians in Pakistan, and will revise its country information and guidance if necessary.
The Home Office considers that the treatment of asylum seekers in Thailand is primarily a matter for the Thai authorities.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2015-09-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contribution of 26 March 2015 by the then Parliamentary under Secretary of State, on Immigration: Detention, Official Report, House of Lords, column 1587, what recent assessment she has made of changes in the number of people held in immigration removal centres; and what steps she is taking to reduce growth in such numbers.
James Brokenshire
Home Office published statistics show that as at 30 June 2015, 3418 people were in detention, an increase on the number recorded at the end of June 2014 (3,079). This data is available online https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2015/detention.
Capacity of the detention estate is kept under constant review. Decisions will continue to be made according to operational priorities. Haslar Immigration Removal Centre was transferred back to the National Offender Management Service in April 2015, reducing the overall detention estate capacity.
On 9 February the Home Secretary announced an independent review of detainee welfare in immigration detention, led by Stephen Shaw. The report is expected in the autumn and the Government will publish the report by laying it before Parliament, alongside the Government’s response to the recommendations.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Burrowes on 2014-04-03.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy that UK public funds should not be used for the purposes of campaigning for more liberal abortion laws in another country.
Lynne Featherstone
In many countries abortion may be permitted only on limited or highly restricted grounds. In these circumstances, we can consider support to increase awareness among policy-makers, legislators, national health authorities and health personnel of the circumstances under which abortion is allowed. We can also work to highlight the consequences arising from the complications of unsafe abortion, such as the burden of maternal ill-health and high health service costs.
In addition we can also consider support to locally-led efforts to enable legal and policy reform in circumstances where the existing law and policy are contributing to high maternal mortality and morbidity; and to regional or international initiatives that are working to prevent unsafe abortion.