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1013096

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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 assessment her Department has made of the effect on claimants of universal credit of the 53 week rent year for many social housing tenants in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	195091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit is paid on a monthly cycle to reflect the fact that the vast majority of people receive their wages monthly. Many social landlords still expect their tenants to pay rent on a weekly basis, a practice based upon a time when both wages and benefits were paid weekly. The effect of this is that, roughly every six years, there will be 53 payment days in a twelve-month period with the result that, over the cycle, the average social sector tenant will receive approximately 35p a week less towards their rent. A key principle of Universal Credit is that it simplifies the benefit system for working age claimants and re-assessing housing costs to reflect the number of rent payments in any particular year would be complicated and lead to confusion.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/11/2018 12:39:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1013151

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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 Property and Estates Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government Response to the Naylor Review, published in January 2018, what the total value is of planned private finance investment in the NHS healthcare estate.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	195073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has considered its position on the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its successor PF2, in light of experience since 2012, and found the model to be inflexible and overly complex. As such, PF2 will no longer be used for any future Government project. However, the Government remains committed to the use of public-private partnership where it delivers value for the taxpayer and fairly transfers risk to the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to consider proposals from the National Health Service for a multi-year capital plan to support transformation, as part of the long-term plan the NHS is currently developing. Future years capital funding will be set as part of the Spending Review next year.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 195074 question first answered 29/11/2018 14:05:02 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1013152

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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 Property and Estates Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government Response to the Naylor Review, published in January 2018, what estimate he has made of the total value of public private partnerships in the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	195074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has considered its position on the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its successor PF2, in light of experience since 2012, and found the model to be inflexible and overly complex. As such, PF2 will no longer be used for any future Government project. However, the Government remains committed to the use of public-private partnership where it delivers value for the taxpayer and fairly transfers risk to the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to consider proposals from the National Health Service for a multi-year capital plan to support transformation, as part of the long-term plan the NHS is currently developing. Future years capital funding will be set as part of the Spending Review next year.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 195073 question first answered 29/11/2018 14:05:02 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1013155

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Embassies: Cardiff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with overseas diplomats about the merits of locating a consulate in Cardiff.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	195046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with overseas diplomats to discuss opportunities to strengthen links between Wales and countries across the globe as the UK leaves the European Union. This engagement supports my ambition for an outward looking Wales as part of a truly global Britain.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 29/11/2018 11:18:32 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1013163

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's offices have childcare facilities onsite.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	195048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There are no on-site childcare facilities provided by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales on its estate. However, the Department recognises that staff need flexible pre-school and out-of-school childcare of a type and in a location most convenient to them.</p><p> </p><p>The Office is not an employer, with all staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The MoJ offers a salary sacrifice scheme for childcare vouchers which enables staff to choose their own childcare provider (subject to meeting eligibility requirements) and have their childcare costs reduced by taking part of their salary in the form of childcare vouchers, which are exempt from tax and National Insurance contributions. We also follow MoJ polices by offering a range of flexible working options to staff, including term-time working, job shares and compressed hours, to allow staff with caring responsibilities to work in the way that best suits them.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/11/2018 11:19:57 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1012380

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the budget of (a) executive agencies, (b) non-departmental public bodies and (c) organisations which receive funding from his Department that is spent on staffing costs.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	194744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>All information shown is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports</a>.</p><p>A full breakdown of staff costs and the proportion of total costs for the period of 2016 to 2017 and for 2017 to 2018 is shown in Table 1, which is attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 27/11/2018 18:38:27 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton attachment 1 file name Table_of_staff_costs_for_194744.xls title Table_of_staff_costs_for_194744
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1012388

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Government Equalities Office: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, on how many occasions she and Ministers in her Department have had meetings with (a) Mermaids UK, (b) Stonewall and (c) Gendered Intelligence in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	194662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Ministers for the Government Equalities Office regularly meet with a wide range of organisations with an interest in equalities. In the past three years this has included organisations like Stonewall and A Woman’s Place UK.</p><p>Government Equalities Office officials have met over one hundred organisations in the run up to, and during, the publication of the Gender Recognition Act consultation. This includes Mermaids, Stonewall, Gendered Intelligence, A Woman's Place UK, Transgender Trend and Fair Play for Women. Officials have also met other women’s and LGBT groups, refuges and domestic abuse charities, unions, service providers, government departments and other European Governments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 194663 question first answered 29/11/2018 14:26:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

1012439

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Conditions of Employment: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2018 to Question 155213 on conditions of employment: pregnancy, when the Government plans to publish a review of employment protections for women who are pregnant or returning from maternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	194676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The review is underway, and we plan to publish a consultation in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 29/11/2018 13:29:36 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller