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746762

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Supported Housing: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of universal credit for people living in supported housing.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	1989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The joint DCLG and DWP consultation on funding for supported housing which closed earlier this year explained the interaction between Universal Credit and supported housing:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/funding-for-supported-housing" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/funding-for-supported-housing</strong></a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/07/2017 15:53:45 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

746842

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Origin Marking: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that (a) Ayrshire Earlies, (b) Forfar Bridies, (c) Ayrshire Dunlop, (d) Orkney Cheddar, (e) Stornoway black pudding, (f) Scottish wild salmon, (g) Scottish farmed salmon, (h) native Shetland wool, (i) Scottish lamb, (j) Scottish beef, (k) Arbroath smokies, (l) Teviotdale cheese. (m) Shetland lamb, (n) Orkney beef and (o) Orkney lamb continue to be protected by either (i) Protected Designation of Origin, (ii) Protected Geographical Indication and (iii) Traditional Speciality Guaranteed provisions after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	2142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The EU Protected Food Name scheme has helped to promote heritage food products and speciality recipes including many from Scotland. Ayrshire Earlies and Forfar Bridies are currently applying for protection.</p><p> </p><p>The government is considering options that would allow us to protect UK designations after we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme is also very important to a number of other EU countries who will want the UK to agree to recognise their protected food names in the UK market after we leave the EU. This will be a matter for negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/07/2017 17:52:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

746996

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Employment: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on implementing the recommendations on devolving accountability and resources to enable the development of local skills strategies that bring employers to areas of the UK with the lowest levels of pay, set out in the Social Mobility Commission report, Time for Change, published in June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education welcomes the Social Mobility Commission’s latest report and its findings. We have invested in 12 Opportunity Areas to enable local communities, working with businesses, the education sector and Government to identify local solutions to drive up social mobility.</p><p>We want to see the devolution deals agreed with seven Mayoral Combined Authorities and the Mayor of London make significant progress in this area and subject to readiness conditions being met, these will include devolution of the Adult Education Budget.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 07/07/2017 13:19:37 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

746997

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the policy paper, The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, what steps he is taking to prepare for discussions with EFTA states on a reciprocal arrangement on citizens' rights with those countries.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	2218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The reciprocal agreement on citizens’ rights will apply to the entire United Kingdom, covering Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and all parts of England, and Gibraltar. We will discuss similar arrangements with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States) on a reciprocal basis.</p><p>We are approaching these negotiations constructively and respectfully, with a determination to secure a deal that works for both the UK and the EU.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 2220 question first answered 10/07/2017 07:12:26 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

747001

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the policy paper, The United Kingdom's exit from the European Union: safeguarding the position of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, when discussions will begin with EFTA states on a reciprocal arrangement on rights with those countries.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	2220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The reciprocal agreement on citizens’ rights will apply to the entire United Kingdom, covering Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and all parts of England, and Gibraltar. We will discuss similar arrangements with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) States) on a reciprocal basis.</p><p>We are approaching these negotiations constructively and respectfully, with a determination to secure a deal that works for both the UK and the EU.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 2218 question first answered 10/07/2017 07:12:27 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

746135

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions her Department has used the EU Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme since its creation.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	1559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP) allows UK law enforcement access, in specific circumstances, to information on international financial transactions on the SWIFT messaging network. The Joint Report from the EU Commission and US Treasury Department highlighted the valuable role data from TFTP had played in supporting counter-terrorism investigations. Due to reasons of national security it is not in the public interest to disclose the specific details of the UK’s use of the TFTP.</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-is-new/news/news/docs/20131127_tftp_annex_en.pdf" target="_blank">Joint Report from the European Union Commission and the U.S. Treasury Department regarding the value of TFTP Provided Data – 27 November 2013</a></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/07/2017 16:52:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

746154

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	EU External Trade: Japan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the latest draft of the EU-Japan trade deal in (a) maintaining environmental and animal welfare standards and (b) enforcing environmental laws on (i) EU standards in timber to prevent illegal logging and (ii) the international ban on whaling.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	1903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has been one of the strongest supporters of the EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement which upholds existing EU commitments to the environment and animal welfare. The UK government is committed to tackling illegal logging and associated trade, and to working with other consumer countries to meet this aim. The UK government strongly supports the global moratorium on commercial whaling and will continue to give appropriate consideration to the implications of the EU-Japan trade deal as it develops.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/07/2017 15:39:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

746161

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Democratic Unionist Party: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what the allocation of Short Money to the Democratic Unionist Party is.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	1655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>I have been informed by the Clerk of the House as Accounting Officer that the Democratic Unionist Party does qualify for Short money as an opposition party under the terms of the Resolution of the House of 26 May 1999.</p><p>Following the General Election of 8 June 2017, the full year Short Money allocation for the Democratic Unionist Party is:</p><p>Main Budget: £222,305.00</p><p>Travel Budget: £4,925.14</p><p>There is no Ministerial responsibility for Short money, which comes under the auspices of the Members Estimate Committee, for which I act as spokesperson.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/07/2017 14:54:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

746214

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the UK to ratify International Labour Organisation Convention 185 on seafarers' identity documents; and what recent steps he has taken towards obtaining ratification.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	1612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has always been supportive of the Convention but in line with a number of other States preferred alignment with the International Civil Aviation Organizations Standards for Travel Documents (ICAO 9303) as this provided for a more secure document.</p><p> </p><p>The UK was a key State in pushing through the amendments that were formally adopted in 2016 that finally aligned the Convention with ICAO 9303. There are now a number of technical and practical issues that the UK needs to resolve and that we are actively working on. Providing these can be suitably addressed we can then consider ratification.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 06/07/2017 16:16:52 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

746222

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Health and Safety Executive: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of prosecutions pursued by the Health and Safety Executive have been successful in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	1906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The conviction rates for the last three years are:</p><p> </p><p>Conviction Rate for cases heard (%) in 2013/14: 94%</p><p> </p><p>Conviction Rate for cases heard (%) in 2014/15: 94%</p><p> </p><p>Conviction Rate for cases heard (%) in 2015/16: 95%</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 07/07/2017 13:30:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders