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746705

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the government will ensure that it fully funds any change in policy on retrofitting sprinklers in (a) local authority housing, (b) other housing used by public bodies and (c) NHS property.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	2001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of social houing, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent it going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 09:38:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

746706

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Government will cover the costs incurred by leaseholders of council-owned property for any necessary fire safety improvements.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	2002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of the potential impact on leaseholders in council owned properties and are currently working to understand them.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:52:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

746716

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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, whether residency in Crown Dependencies will count towards the five years required to gain settled status.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	1984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), which was laid before Parliament on 26 June, sets out our proposals that EU citizens who arrive in the UK before the specified date and have five years’ continuous residence in the UK will be able to apply for UK settled status.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish further detail on the specifics of the new application process for settled status, including detailed eligibility criteria, in due course. Regarding eligibility of time spent in the Crown Dependencies, this will also be specified in due course, but there is precedent in the Immigration Rules for counting time spent in the Crown Dependencies towards UK settlement when leave in the Crown Dependencies has been granted on a broadly equivalent basis as leave in the UK.</p><p>The specified “cut-off” date before which EU citizens must have been resident in the UK in order to qualify for settled status is a matter for negotiations with our European partners as part of delivering a reciprocal agreement. We are clear that the parameters are not earlier than the date we triggered Article 50 (29 March 2017), and no later than the date we leave the EU.</p><p>We will be establishing a new application process for EU citizens looking to secure settled status in the UK. Fees and charges are being considered as part of the negotiations. Our aim is to offer a streamlined and high quality service for everyone, keeping any fees at a reasonable level.</p><p>All EU citizens and their families who are resident in the UK before exit, regardless of when they arrived, will, on the UK’s exit, have a grace period, which will be specified, but which we expect to be up to two years. During this period, they which they need to obtain an immigration status in UK law in order to be able to remain lawfully in the UK. In due course, EU nationals may be required to produce a residence document for specified purposes, as evidence of their entitlement to work, access benefits and services.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 2219 2221 2222 2223 2224 2225 2226 2227 2228 2229 2230 2231 2232 2233 question first answered 10/07/2017 10:02:39 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

746718

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs Customer Compliance Group has made changes to its recruitment plans because of an overspend in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Customer Compliance Group is not expecting to overspend in 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>At Spending Review 2015 HMRC committed to deliver £717m of sustainable resource savings by 2019-20, delivered through digitisation of tax collection and a smaller but more highly skilled workforce.</p><p> </p><p>Spending Review 2015 also confirmed £800m funding up to 2020-21 for additional work in Customer Compliance Group to tackle evasion and non-compliance in the tax system.</p><p> </p><p>Customer Compliance Group’s recruitment plans reflect these long term commitments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 06/07/2017 15:37:50 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

746719

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish HM Revenue and Customs' review of its Needs Extra Support service; and if he will make a statement before the summer recess.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of their continuous improvement process, HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking an internal review of its Needs Extra Support (NES) service to ensure that it continues to provide the same high level of service. There are no plans to publish this externally.</p><p> </p><p>The NES Service was not launched until May 2014. The number of NES staff that were in post at the start of each of the last four tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Advisers (who visit customers)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Telephony Advisers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of face to face appointments booked in each of the last three full tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Face to face appointments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>17,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>25,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 1930 1931 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

746720

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Needs Extra Support advisers were employed by HM Revenue ad Customs in each tax year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of their continuous improvement process, HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking an internal review of its Needs Extra Support (NES) service to ensure that it continues to provide the same high level of service. There are no plans to publish this externally.</p><p> </p><p>The NES Service was not launched until May 2014. The number of NES staff that were in post at the start of each of the last four tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Advisers (who visit customers)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Telephony Advisers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of face to face appointments booked in each of the last three full tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Face to face appointments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>17,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>25,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 1929 1931 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

746721

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many face-to-face visits HM Revenue and Customs Needs Extra Support advisers conducted in each tax year since 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	1931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of their continuous improvement process, HM Revenue and Customs is undertaking an internal review of its Needs Extra Support (NES) service to ensure that it continues to provide the same high level of service. There are no plans to publish this externally.</p><p> </p><p>The NES Service was not launched until May 2014. The number of NES staff that were in post at the start of each of the last four tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Mobile Advisers (who visit customers)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Telephony Advisers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of face to face appointments booked in each of the last three full tax years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Face to face appointments</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>17,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>25,641</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>25,171</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 1929 1930 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:13:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

746724

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Loneliness: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide guidance to local authorities on using Age UK's loneliness heat map to identify local needs.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>With the support of the Department of Health, the Campaign to End Loneliness developed a toolkit for Health and Wellbeing Boards to help them better understand, identify and commission interventions for the issue of loneliness in older age. This was published in 2013 and can be found here: <a href="http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/" target="_blank">http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/</a></p><p>In 2013-14, the Department of Health also added a measure of loneliness to the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework and to the updated Public Health Outcomes Framework. Local authorities can use this as guidance in identifying local needs.</p><p>There are various statutory requirements on local authorities to develop strategic planning documents. Local authorities are encouraged to make use of the best available data in developing these documents. Local authorities must also have regard to their public sector equality duty, which requires public bodies to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between different people when carrying out their activities.</p><p>The Housing White Paper set out two ways in which the planning system will be used to deliver more suitable homes for older and disabled people:</p><ul><li><p>Paragraph 1.16 confirmed the strengthening of the National Planning Policy Framework so that local planning authorities are expected to have clear policies for addressing the housing requirements of groups with particular needs, such as elderly and disabled people; and,</p></li><li><p>The Neighbourhood Planning Bill introduced a new statutory duty on the Secretary of State to produce guidance for local planning authorities on how their local development documents should meet the housing needs of older and disabled people. Guidance produced will place clearer expectations about planning to meet the needs of older people, including supporting the development of such homes near local services.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 1955 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:53:13 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746725

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Loneliness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he is providing to local authorities on incorporating loneliness reduction strategies in strategic planning.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>With the support of the Department of Health, the Campaign to End Loneliness developed a toolkit for Health and Wellbeing Boards to help them better understand, identify and commission interventions for the issue of loneliness in older age. This was published in 2013 and can be found here: <a href="http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/" target="_blank">http://campaigntoendloneliness.org/guidance/</a></p><p>In 2013-14, the Department of Health also added a measure of loneliness to the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework and to the updated Public Health Outcomes Framework. Local authorities can use this as guidance in identifying local needs.</p><p>There are various statutory requirements on local authorities to develop strategic planning documents. Local authorities are encouraged to make use of the best available data in developing these documents. Local authorities must also have regard to their public sector equality duty, which requires public bodies to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between different people when carrying out their activities.</p><p>The Housing White Paper set out two ways in which the planning system will be used to deliver more suitable homes for older and disabled people:</p><ul><li><p>Paragraph 1.16 confirmed the strengthening of the National Planning Policy Framework so that local planning authorities are expected to have clear policies for addressing the housing requirements of groups with particular needs, such as elderly and disabled people; and,</p></li><li><p>The Neighbourhood Planning Bill introduced a new statutory duty on the Secretary of State to produce guidance for local planning authorities on how their local development documents should meet the housing needs of older and disabled people. Guidance produced will place clearer expectations about planning to meet the needs of older people, including supporting the development of such homes near local services.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 1954 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:53:13 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746729

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support growth in the UK entertainment systems manufacturing industry.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	1949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>We are inviting a dialogue with any sector that can organise behind strong leadership to address shared challenges and opportunities. Sector deals are an ‘open door’ challenge to all sectors and are open to both established and emerging industries, and to sectors of all sizes.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/07/2017 15:18:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton