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984361

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date	09/10/2018
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Parental Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment has been made of the effect of IPSA's family leave policy on the (a) provision of adequate office arrangements for Members and (b)(i) physical and (ii) mental health of parliamentary staff returning from such leave.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>I have asked the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority to reply.</p><p>Letter from Marcial Boo, chief executive of IPSA, 10 October 2018:</p><p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) provides Family Leave Guidance in relation to staff employed by MPs, a copy of which can be found on our website at: <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/QKKeCvlGAf2N028cQYpib?domain=theipsa.org.uk" target="_blank">http://www.theipsa.org.uk/ipsa-for-mps/guidance</a>.</p><p>This document provides guidance on maternity leave, paternity leave, adoption leave, shared parental leave, KIT/SPLIT days and caring leave. This is not a policy, but guidance to MPs on the statutory entitlements. As the legal employers of their staff, MPs are responsible for matters of individual staffing arrangements, such as approving instances of family leave and ensuring that they comply with relevant employment legislation.</p><p>As the document is guidance rather than a policy, and relates only to the statutory entitlements, we have not undertaken any specific assessment of its effects. However, IPSA encourages responsible employment and any necessary expenditure by MPs on the health and welfare of their staff, including their mental health. MPs can claim the cost of staff health and welfare costs, such as occupational health assessments, from their staffing budgets. We also undertake Equality Impact Assessments (EIA) in relation to major changes to our Scheme of MPs’ Business Costs and Expenses. We last undertook an EIA in March 2017 which concluded that changes proposed to our Scheme were likely to have a small positive impact on MPs’ staff in relation to pregnancy and maternity. A copy of that report can be found on our website at: <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/fz7eCwVJBfA8ZAxIqtIAt?domain=theipsa.org.uk" target="_blank">http://www.theipsa.org.uk/publications/consultations/review-of-the-mps-scheme-of-business-costs-and-expenses</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 11/10/2018 09:15:05 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

982472

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment the Government has made of the revocability of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that as a matter of firm policy we will not revoke Article 50. A clear majority of the electorate voted to leave the EU and we must respect both the will of the British people, and the democratic process which delivered this result.</p><p>We will leave the European Union on 29 March 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 11/10/2018 08:28:12 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982473

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if the Government will legislate unilaterally and immediately to provide full rights to EU citizens.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Citizens’ rights has been our first priority since the very beginning of this process.</p><p>While the Government is preparing for a range of scenarios, including the unlikely event that we reach March 2019 without agreeing a deal, the Prime Minister stated to EU citizens on 21 September “I want to be clear with you that even in the event of no deal your rights will be protected. You are our friends, our neighbours, our colleagues. We want you to stay.”</p><p>We will set out all the details shortly. We are also urging the EU and all its member states to step up and give UK citizens on the continent the same reassurances.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 11/10/2018 08:31:05 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982617

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	USA: Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the merits of coordinating UK sanctions against individuals with the US.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	175885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Sanctions are a key foreign policy tool, which are most effective when designed and applied alongside international partners to achieve shared foreign policy objectives. To that end, the UK will continue to maintain close cooperation with our international partners, including the US, on sanctions policy.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/10/2018 09:40:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

982619

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Rosneft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the merits of listing of the state-owned Russian company Rosneft on the London Stock Exchange after sanctions were imposed on that company by the US and the EU.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	175886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) operates the UK Listing Regime and retains independence from the Government in its regulatory and supervisory functions. This is an integral part of the FCA's ability to perform its role and responsibilities. Its credibility, authority and value to consumers would be undermined if it were possible for the Government to intervene in its decision-making. At the time of its listing on the London Stock Exchange in 2006, Rosneft met the applicable conditions. Since 2014, Rosneft have been subject to EU economic sanctions. The UK fully complies with these sanctions, which were most recently extended on 5 July.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/10/2018 09:46:47 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

982620

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	EU Action: Sanctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of coordinating UK sanctions policy with the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	175887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Sanctions are a key foreign policy tool which are most effective when designed and applied alongside international partners to achieve shared foreign policy objectives. To that end, the UK will continue to maintain close cooperation with our international partners on sanctions policy. The Prime Minister set out in her speech to the Munich Security Conference in February 2018, that the UK will look to carry over existing EU sanctions when we leave the EU. In future, it will be in the UK's and the EU's mutual interest to discuss sanctions policy and decide where and how to combine efforts to the greatest effect.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/10/2018 09:50:39 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

982640

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2018 to Question 169510 on Children: Maintenance; what criteria is used to decide the (a) principal provider of care and (b) proportion of the associated costs of day to day care when that care is shared.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	176386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The principle provider of care for the purpose of child maintenance is the person who has the main day to day care of the child. This person is referred to as the Receiving Parent as they are entitled to receive child maintenance. The Child Maintenance Service will primarily determine who the Receiving Parent is based on eligibility for Child Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Where day to day care is equally shared neither parent is required to pay child maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>Child maintenance payments are reduced to take account of the cost of overnight care provided by the parent who pays maintenance. The proportion of the reduction is based on the average number of nights a child stays with the other parent, up to a maximum reduction of 50%.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/10/2018 09:48:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

982683

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether agricultural support payments to the Scottish Government during the transition period will be made through the Barnett formula.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	176583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>This Government has pledged to continue to commit the same cash total in funds for farm support until the end of the parliament, expected in 2022. This figure includes all EU and Exchequer funding provided for farm support under both Pillar I and Pillar II.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 11/10/2018 09:47:14 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

983190

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much housing benefit has been paid to affordable rent tenants in each year since the introduction of the affordable rent tenure in 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	176594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong><strong> </strong>The information requested is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Limited information on Housing Benefit paid to Affordable Rent tenants of Local Authorities is available on GOV.UK at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-expenditure-and-subsidy-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/housing-benefit-expenditure-and-subsidy-data</a>, but the large majority of Affordable Rent tenancies are with housing associations, and the Department does not hold data which allows the expenditure on these tenancies to be identified.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/10/2018 10:06:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

983207

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Patients: Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to promote research and development in medical nutrition.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	176278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department funds health and care research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR funds research across a broad spectrum of areas related to nutrition to inform Government policy and clinical knowledge with a view to improving patient care and helping people stay well for longer.</p><p> </p><p>The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including medical nutrition. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/10/2018 09:50:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson