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date	10/03/2020
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	Employment
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 recent steps he has taken to increase employment in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	27492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>As of 12<sup>th</sup> March, employment rates in the UK are at a record high at 76.5% and unemployment is at a near record low at 3.9%. 33 million people are now in work, which is 271,000 more than last year. The growth in employment has largely been driven by an increase in female full-time employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing over £1.3 billion through Yorkshire and Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Growth Deals. This includes over £141 million through the Humber LEP that is providing financial assistance to local businesses, as well as improving infrastructure and skills. We have also established Enterprise Zones across the UK including in the Humber, which is the largest Enterprise Zone award in the country. The Zone has attracted business investment and new jobs to the area, such as at the Humber Enterprise Park in Brough in the Hon Gentleman’s constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The Government-backed British Business Bank’s Start-Up Loans programme provides loans to entrepreneurs seeking to start and grow their own businesses. Since 2012, 5,930 loans have been issued in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, totalling over £50 million. In the Haltemprice and Howden constituency, 110 loans have been issued, totalling over £1 million (as at end-December 2019).</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/03/2020 16:52:52 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1183923

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date	10/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office's ability to effectively oversee the Intelligence Services.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	27493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>The Investigatory Powers Commissioner (IPC) recently published its annual report for 2018. The report includes comprehensive data on the IPC office’s structures and processes for overseeing the Intelligence Services.</p><p>It also includes specific chapters on each of the main UK intelligence agencies. The Prime Minister commended this report to both Houses on 5 March.</p><p>The report demonstrates the high quality of oversight of our intelligence and security agencies. The Home Office maintains regular contact with the IPC and his office at Ministerial and official level to ensure that they are resourced and equipped to carry out its statutory duties.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/03/2020 16:59:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1183924

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date	10/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people that have died by suicide as a result of the 2019 Loan Charge.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	27494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes concerns over the physical and mental wellbeing of taxpayers very seriously. These cases are complex and typically involve many different factors.</p><p> </p><p>There are no cases in which suicide is known to have been the result of the Loan Charge. HMRC have referred five cases to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) where HMRC have been notified that an individual has taken their life and had used a disguised remuneration scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The IOPC has advised in two of these cases that they felt it was appropriate for HMRC to review the case internally. In the other three, it returned the matter to HMRC to proceed as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/03/2020 19:03:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis