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1087716

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date	13/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to move civil service jobs out of London in line with the Government's Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	909770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We have established the Places for Growth Programme to relocate Civil Service roles into the regions and nations. This will see at least 1,000 roles moved by 2022 and thousands more by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The programme is reinforcing the Government’s commitment to driving economic growth across the UK through local industrial strategies, devolution deals and city deals.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/03/2019 15:28:52 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1087717

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether the Government plans to conduct further voter ID pilots; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	909771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy. A diverse range of local authorities have confirmed that they will be taking part in Voter ID and postal vote pilots for the 2019 local elections. The pilots will provide further insight into ensuring the security of the voting process.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/03/2019 15:29:30 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

1087718

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Candidates: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans the Government has to use the centenary of Nancy Astor’s election to Parliament to encourage more women to stand for public office.
tabling member constituency	Banbury
tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
uin	909772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Everyone in this house owes a great debt to Nancy Astor. As the first woman to take her seat in the Commons in December 1919, she forged the way for women to take their rightful place in our representative democracy - and I’m proud that she was a Conservative. Since 2018 the government’s suffrage centenary fund has been supporting projects to increase women’s political participation in the years to come</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/03/2019 15:29:55 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

1087719

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that Government (a) suppliers and (b) subcontractors are paid on time.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	909773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that 90% of invoices from SMEs are paid within 5 days, alongside paying all invoices within 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>I announced new measures coming into force this year that will exclude suppliers from winning Government contracts if they fail to pay subcontractors on time.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/03/2019 15:30:19 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1087720

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Procurement: Social Impact Bonds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to use social impact bonds in Government procurement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	909774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>On Monday, I spoke at the Social Value Summit, where I outlined our commitment to recognising social value in major government procurements. Social Impact Bonds, which this Government has pioneered since 2010, are an important part of our commitment to social value, and we encourage contracting authorities to use them in public procurement wherever appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/03/2019 15:30:42 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1084382

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Malta: Politics and Government
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 his Department has made of the validity of the findings of the Council of Europe Venice Commission Opinion on Constitutional Arrangements and Separation of Powers and the Independence of the Judiciary and Law Enforcement in Malta.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	230022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>​I welcome the Government of Malta's engagement with rapporteurs from the Council of Europe's Venice Commission who visited Malta in November 2018, and Malta's acceptance of the Commission's findings. We encourage Prime Minister Muscat's Government to draw on the Venice Commission's offer of advice and expertise, as Europe's chief advisory body on constitutional law, to implement their recommendations. The UK stands ready to assist Malta to advance its law reform agenda in any way we can.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/03/2019 16:32:29 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1084388

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2019 to Question 221547, on Voting Rights; EU Nationals,which EU member states have yet to confirm reciprocal voting rights for UK citizens residing in their respective state in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	230023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK pushed for reciprocal rights to stand and vote in local elections in negotiations on citizens’ rights but they will not form part of the Withdrawal Agreement. Instead we are pursuing bilateral agreements with individual Member States where possible, to apply in a deal or no deal scenario. We are pleased to have secured the first such bilateral agreement on local voting rights with Spain in January and we are continuing our discussions with other Member States.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 13/03/2019 11:16:42 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1084389

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Diplomatic Service: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of UK citizens that have been offered diplomatic protection by the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	230027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>​On 7 March, the Foreign Secretary decided that the UK will exercise diplomatic protection in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as part of the British Government’s continuing efforts to secure her release. This represents formal recognition by the Government that her treatment fails to meet Iran’s obligations under international law and elevates it to a formal State to State issue. Diplomatic protection is rarely used. There were no other cases where the UK exercised diplomatic protection between 2010 and 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/03/2019 17:38:53 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1084390

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Burkina Faso: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Burkina Faso; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	230028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>​We are deeply concerned about the deteriorating security situation in Burkina Faso, particularly as violence spreads from the north to the east and south-west of the country. The UK does not have an Embassy in Burkina Faso but we are providing approximately £4.5m in humanitarian assistance to ICRC, World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF to provide basic assistance to people affected by conflict and food insecurity. We are also tackling the regional drivers of instability which impact on Burkina Faso, including encouraging faster progress in the Mali peace process, and supporting France's Operation Barkhane, the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA, and the G5 Sahel Joint Force.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 13/03/2019 16:52:55 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1084391

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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	Life Expectancy: West Midlands
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 trends in the level of life expectancy in (a) Coventry South, (b) Coventry and (c) the West Midlands since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	230029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics data show that life expectancy at birth for males in Coventry and the West Midlands was higher in 2015-17 than in 2010-12. In Coventry it increased by 0.4 years to 78.3 years, and in the West Midlands it increased by 0.2 years to 78.8 years. Life expectancy at birth for females in Coventry and the West Midlands was also higher in 2015-17 than in 2010-12. In Coventry it increased by 0.4 years to 82.4 years, and in the West Midlands it increased by 0.1 years to 82.7 years.</p><p> </p><p>For both areas, life expectancy was higher in 2015-17 than in 2010-12, but there was some fluctuation in the trend between these two time points. Only male life expectancy at birth in the West Midlands was statistically significantly higher in 2015-17, compared with 2010-12.</p><p> </p><p>The latest life expectancy data can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/datasets/lifeexpectancyatbirthandatage65bylocalareasuk" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/datasets/lifeexpectancyatbirthandatage65bylocalareasuk</a></p><p> </p><p>Life expectancy figures for the parliamentary constituency of Coventry South are not available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/03/2019 14:18:32 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham