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894657

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle antisemitism.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	905038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Anti-semitism must be understood for what it is – racism against Jewish people. There can be no excuses for anti-semitism. My Department has led the way across government in tackling anti-semitism, as my Rt Hon Friend, Sajid Javid, highlighted in this House on 17 April. This requires actions, not just words, as this government is doing.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/04/2018 16:50:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

894658

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to build new homes.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	905040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>New homes should be built out as soon as possible once planning permission is granted. Under this Government, new house building starts are at their highest levels for nine years – we are building on progress by revising the National Planning Policy Framework, diversifying the market to increase the pace of development, and have commissioned my Rt Hon Friend, the member for West Dorset, to lead a review of build out rates.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 16:45:13 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

894659

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold: Unfair Practices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle unfair practices in the leasehold system.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	Mr William Wragg
uin	905044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to tackling unfair leasehold practices, which is why we are working with the Law Commission to make buying your freehold or extending your lease easier, faster, fairer and cheaper.</p><p> </p><p>We want to ensure leaseholders have the right support to deal with onerous ground rent and will consider further action if developer’s schemes to compensate individuals don’t go far enough.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 16:20:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

892140

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current incentives to encourage the uptake of electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	138458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>Since 2011, more than 140,000 ultra low emission battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles have been registered in the UK. In 2017, sales of ultra-low emission vehicles were 1.8% of all new cars, and the UK was the second largest market for ultra low emission vehicles in the EU. We remain on track to meet the 2013 projection for sales of ULEVs to make up between 3-7% of all new sales by 2020. We are supporting the design, manufacture and use of ultra low emission vehicles with a £1.5 billion package of policy support out to 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/05/2018 15:54:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

892141

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support is available for local authorities to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	138459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government has put in place a range of grant schemes to support the installation of domestic and workplace charging infrastructure, across the UK. For areas without off-street parking, funding is made available to Local Authorities to install charging infrastructure, through Government’s On Street Residential Charging Scheme. In addition, under the Government’s Go Ultra Low City Scheme, £22.9m has been allocated to support the installation of infrastructure – this is currently being procured and installed in eight UK cities. Following open competitions, 10 Local authorities have also benefited from £14m of Government funding to install taxi chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>At the Autumn Budget in 2017, the Chancellor announced a new £400m electric vehicle Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund. This funding will support the efforts of local authorities across the UK to establish recharging infrastructure. More detail on how the Fund will be administered will be published in due course. We are also taking powers through the Automated and Electric Vehicle Bill to ensure the roll-out of electric vehicle infrastructure at key locations such as motorway service areas and large fuel stations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/05/2018 15:56:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

892147

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Western Sahara: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how his Department determines the interests and wishes of the people of the Western Sahara in establishing whether commercial activity there is legal or otherwise.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	138353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK's position is that we do not consider commercial activity to be illegal in Western Sahara, providing it respects the interests of the Sahrawi people.</p><p>It is for companies to take their own decisions whether to do business in Western Sahara, but the UK recommends they take legal advice before doing so. Further information can be found in the Overseas Business Risk guidance, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-morocco/overseas-business-risk-morocco#western-sahara" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overseas-business-risk-morocco/overseas-business-risk-morocco#western-sahara</a></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 04/05/2018 12:27:59 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

892149

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Working Conditions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on staff of different working conditions between staff directly employed by the NHS and those employed by new wholly-owned subsidiary companies in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	138370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>It is for National Health Service foundation trusts to assess the potential impact of different working conditions between directly employed staff and those employed by new wholly owned subsidiaries.</p><p> </p><p>In setting up wholly owned subsidiaries and in making decisions about the working conditions for their staff, foundation trusts need to ensure that they comply with employment law and carry out relevant impact assessments. This should ensure that, having followed due process, they are best able to recruit and retain the staff they need to deliver services in the most efficient and effective way within available resources.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 03/05/2018 14:58:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

892150

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Department for Exiting the European Union: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what apps his Department has approved for use of mobile phones issued by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	138376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union does not have a bespoke IT system or dedicated mobile phone provision.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department’s IT and mobile phone service is hosted by the Cabinet Office. Given national security concerns they feel it would be inappropriate to publicly supply a list of applications approved for use on mobile phones issued by the Cabinet Office. I can confirm that the Cabinet Office acts in full compliance with National Cyber Security guidance on the use of third party Apps.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/index/guidance" target="_blank">https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/index/guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 03/05/2018 13:11:37 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

892151

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what apps his Department has approved for use of mobile phones issued by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	138377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>In core Defra applications are approved and accessed through a secure, managed application catalogue.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the default applications supplied on the mobile phone are approved and managed using the Department’s security policies.</p><p> </p><p>These policies are closely aligned with National Cyber Security Centre guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Providing details of specific applications would be inappropriate due to national security concerns and the risk of facilitating acts against official systems by hostile actors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/05/2018 15:17:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

892152

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what apps his Department has approved for use of mobile phones issued by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	138378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>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 can facilitate hostile attacks against official systems.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 03/05/2018 15:51:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett