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794173

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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	Budget November 2017: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	Whether the Government has undertaken an equality impact assessment of the Autumn Budget 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	902538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>All departments, including the Treasury, carefully consider the equality impacts of individual policy decisions taken on those with protected characteristics - in line with both its legal obligations and its strong commitment to equality issues.</p><p> </p><p>When working on policy, including measures announced at the Autumn Budget 2017, ministers are advised of the impact a decision has on protected groups, and this is taken into account when a policy decision is made.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Budget includes many announcements that will benefit protected groups, including increases to the National Living Wage and the income tax personal allowance.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/11/2017 17:46:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

794171

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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	Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to achieve equal pay for men and women.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	902535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Paying men and women unequally for the same work has been unlawful for nearly 50 years. Where an employer is found to have breached equal pay law, an employment tribunal can order them to produce an equal pay audit. Our requirement for all larger employers to publish their gender pay gap will help increase transparency of all the factors underlying the endemic differences in pay between men and women.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/11/2017 17:41:31 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

793271

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Impact Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department plans to take to provide hon. Members with economic impact assessments prior to the approval of negotiating mandates for future trade deals and to keep hon. Members informed of progress with such deals.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	902515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>In ratifying EU free trade agreements we provide impact assessments to Parliament to enable Members from both Houses to consider the consequences of these agreements for the UK.</p><p>As outlined in the White Paper ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’, we remain committed to a transparent, fair, and rules-based approach to international trade. We will ensure Parliament has an appropriate role to play in the scrutiny of new UK trade treaties.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/11/2017 13:49:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

794168

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans his Department has to support Small Business Saturday.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
	uin	902509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Small Business Saturday is a nation-wide grass roots campaign, celebrating small businesses across the UK. It is now in its fifth year and will take place on Saturday 2 December 2017.</p><p>DIT Ministers will be supporting this activity to promote our small businesses and their essential contribution to the UK economy.</p><p>I am hosting a roundtable in Portishead to discuss exporting issues for SMEs and to celebrate Small Business Saturday with the Department’s mobile Exporting is GREAT Hub, which many members have already used.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 23/11/2017 13:39:00 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
	tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

793218

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What plans he has to develop an export strategy after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Chippenham
	tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
	uin	902514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>My Noble Friend the Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion (Baroness Fairhead), will lead the creation of a new export strategy, bringing together expertise from across Government and the private sector.</p><p>This strategy will ensure that Government has the right financial, practical and promotional support in place to allow businesses to benefit from growth opportunities, generating wealth and wellbeing for the whole of the UK.</p><p>In addition, the Government will launch a targeted campaign to promote the support available from UK Export Finance (UKEF), as part of the wider GREAT campaign.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 23/11/2017 13:48:06 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
	tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

794169

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What formal consultations he undertook with the devolved administrations and other stakeholders on the provisions of the Trade Bill before that Bill was published.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	902510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade met with Scottish and Welsh Government Ministers between publication of the Trade White Paper and introduction of the Trade Bill, and senior officials met their counterparts in Northern Ireland departments.</p><p> </p><p>DIT officials also spoke with each of the devolved administrations and shared draft clauses and explanatory notes prior to publication of the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/11/2017 13:41:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

794170

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to establish a system better to enable parliamentary scrutiny of trade agreements.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
	uin	902512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>As outlined in the Government’s White Paper ‘Preparing for our future UK trade policy’, we remain committed to a transparent, fair, and rules-based approach to international trade and invited views on the UK’s approach to its future trade policy.</p><p>We are reviewing responses and continue to engage with stakeholders on these issues.</p><p>After March 2019, the Government will ensure that Parliament has an appropriate role to play in the scrutiny of new UK trade treaties.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/11/2017 13:43:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

790875

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Music
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the financial contribution of the music industry to UK GDP in each year from 2010
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	113568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Annual estimates of the contributions of the Creative Industries, and within that the ‘music, performing and visual arts’ sub-sector, to the UK economy, are available online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/dcms-sectors-economic-estimates</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/11/2017 12:52:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar

792794

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recommendations in the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s report, Building the Post-Brexit Immigration System, whether the Government plans to exempt SMEs from the immigration skills charge.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	114721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Immigration Skills Charge (ISC), introduced on 6 April, is a charge paid by UK-based employers sponsoring non-EEA nationals under Tier 2, our main immigration work route.</p><p>The ISC is designed to incentivise employers to invest in training and upskilling the resident workforce. Income raised by the Charge will be used to address skills gaps in the UK workforce - which will be of benefit to businesses in the long term.</p><p>There is a flat rate of £1,000 per Tier 2 migrant sponsored per year but small or charitable sponsors already have a reduced rate of £364 per migrant per year.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:29:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

792729

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 11 October 2017, HCWS157, on Grenfell Tower fire, how many Grenfell Tower fire survivors who did not have leave to remain or permanent residency immigration status came forward to access services including housing.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	114656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>In July, we introduced a dedicated immigration policy to ensure survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire without leave to remain can access services and benefits and seek employment.</p><p> </p><p>It is a targeted policy designed to benefit a limited number of people. We have plans to publish statistics in due course and will not be providing updates on numbers in the meantime.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/11/2017 17:29:23 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy