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984727

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Multi-Role Vehicle (Protected) his Department plans to procure; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	177636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of vehicles we intend to buy under the Multi-Role Vehicle Protected programme will be confirmed when the main investment decision is taken.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 19/10/2018 12:10:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

984738

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mohammed Nabi Wardak
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reassess the case of Aghan interpreter Mohammed Nabi Wardak who translated for British armed forces on the front line in Helmand province between 2008 and 2011 and has been denied relocation to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	177772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role interpreters and local staff played in operations in Afghanistan. That is why there are two dedicated schemes designed to help local staff: the Ex-gratia redundancy scheme and the Intimidation policy. Responsibility for administering these schemes sits with the Ministry of Defence.</p><p>Where an individual chooses to leave Afghanistan outside of these schemes, our position is that they should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:56:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

984749

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether provisions will be included in the new asylum accommodation contracts to ensure that service providers that fail to meet specified standards will be held to account.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	177768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has a rigorous contract compliance regime in place to ensure that the required performance standards expected of all providers, as defined in the contracts, are met. More specifically:</p><p>The Provider shall perform the Services to meet or exceed the Performance Standards defined in the Statement of Requirements and the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) defined within the Performance Management Regime.</p><p>Service Credits associated with Provider performance failures against the KPI targets, shall be applied by the Authority from the Contract Effective Date.</p><p>Service Credits will be applied in the event of performance failures against KPIs, at a level commensurate with the Provider’s degree of failure against the relevant KPI. The agreed Service Credit Payment (SCP) for each Service Area will be deducted from the Monthly Service Payment which would otherwise be payable to the Provider for the relevant Payment Period.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:53:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

984752

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	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 proportion of new universal credit claimants have had to wait longer than five weeks for initial payment in each month since January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	177770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of Universal Credit new claimants who waited more than five weeks from their payment due date for their initial Universal Credit payment is in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>In many cases where full payment is not made on time, it is due to unresolved issues such as: claimants not accepting their Claimant Commitment or passing identity checks, or having outstanding verification issues, such as housing costs and self-employed earnings.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken steps to improve verification processes. For example, we have listened to feedback and built processes into the system to make it easier and quicker for people to verify their housing costs, for example through the landlord portal.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Payment due date</p></td><td><p>Waited more than 5 weeks beyond the payment due date for initial<strong>*</strong> payment</p></td><td><p>Waited more than 5 weeks beyond the payment due date for payment in full</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>These results can change retrospectively as further information is received and is from our internal management data.</p><p> </p><p><strong>*</strong>Initial % of paid claims that received some payment</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/10/2018 14:51:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

984753

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	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 steps she is taking to ensure that under managed migration welfare claimants do not miss the application deadline for their new benefit before losing their legacy benefits; and what (a) protections and (b) support she plans to put in place for those who do miss that deadline.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	177771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The regulation to enact managed migration will come before Parliament this autumn and are subject to parliamentary approval. We will only begin migrating people onto Universal Credit at volume after a careful and robust period of testing, with up to 10,000 being migrated in the test phase. We take seriously the need to support vulnerable claimants moving to Universal Credit; we will work with stakeholders and organisations to understand the best way to support all of our customers to move to Universal Credit. Through a safe and gradual start for Managed Migration, we will be able to determine the best way to support everyone to successfully move to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>In our high-level design for managed migration, there is a comprehensive preparation period for claimants, which will last between four to six months. During this time, claimants will receive initial communications to alert them to the fact their legacy benefits will be ending and that they need to make a claim for Universal Credit. These communications will also outline the additional support available to help them to make their claim.</p><p> </p><p>After this period, claimants will receive a migration notification which sets out the timescale for them to make their Universal Credit claim. The regulations set out a minimum of one month but there is flexibility to extend this period if it is identified that certain claimants, such as those who are vulnerable or have complex needs, require longer timescales to make their Universal Credit claim. There is no limit on the number of times that a claimant may ask to extend their deadline, providing that they have a good reason for doing so. Each request for an extension will be considered on its own merits</p><p>During the notification period, claimants who have not already made a Universal Credit claim by a certain point will also be reminded that they will have to make a Universal Credit claim by their deadline. This contact also makes it possible for agents to gauge whether a claimant is having difficulty in making a Universal Credit claim and take action if needed by extending the deadline for the Universal Credit claim to be made or arranging appropriate support to help the claimant complete the migration process.</p><p>In the event that a claimant fails to make a Universal Credit claim before their deadline, an agent will check for evidence of complex needs or vulnerability before the existing benefits are stopped, to ensure that these claimants are safeguarded.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone who fails to claim by their given deadline, but does so within a month after that deadline, will have their claim backdated and be considered for Transitional Protection if they meet the prescribed criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2018 09:04:19 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

984761

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has in place to avoid unnecessary repeat assessments for benefit applicants with special needs.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karen Lee
uin	177817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Since September 2017, Employment and Support Allowance claimants who have the most severe/lifelong conditions and that meet the Severe Conditions Criteria are not required to attend further routine reassessments. Furthermore, in August 2018, we introduced updated guidance for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) case managers which will ensure that those who receive the highest level of support under PIP, and whose needs are unlikely to change or may get worse, will now receive an ongoing award with a light touch review at the ten year point.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 19/10/2018 12:44:01 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

984770

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the proportion of GDP spent on healthcare in the UK compared to the proportion spent by other EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	177576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The latest year for which data for all European Union countries is published on a comparable basis is 2015. Total health spending as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product for 27 EU countries is published by the EU and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Current_healthcare_expenditure,_2015_FP18a.png" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=File:Current_healthcare_expenditure,_2015_FP18a.png</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 19/10/2018 12:21:52 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

984774

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Gender
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what responses the Government has received to the questionnaire it sent out to 165 UN member states on 9 October 2017 to investigate how many used X markers on passports.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	177629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The questionnaire was issued by Her Majesty’s Passport Office to 165 UN Member States and we received 20 responses.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2018 11:46:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

984779

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Post Offices
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 discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Post Office on ensuring the size and accessibility of the branch network.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	177571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>In our 2017 Manifesto we committed to safeguarding a Post Office network of at least 11,500 branches and to protect existing rural services. The Government sets the parameters in which the Post Office operates and then allows the Post Office to operate as an independent commercial organisation.</p><p>BEIS officials are in regular discussions with the Post Office and continue to monitor the network size.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/10/2018 14:30:13 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

984803

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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	Benin: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Benin counterpart on the imposition of a law in that country requiring any (a) candidate and (b) party wishing to stand in its parliamentary elections to pay an upfront fee equivalent to £340,000.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	177649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>​The British Government has not made representations to the Government of Benin regarding the new electoral law passed on 3 September 2019. The British Government nevertheless continues to encourage Benin to continue to reform its electoral processes in advance of the 2019 parliamentary elections in order to further safeguard and consolidate the country's positive democratic progress.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 19/10/2018 14:09:02 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry