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870274

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Statutory Instruments: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether statutory instruments before the House for approval following consideration in Grand Committee are debatable; whether there is any time limit on such debates; and what steps she intends to take to inform Ministers of the position.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL6608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Approval motions for affirmative instruments - whether they have previously been considered in a Grand Committee or not - are debatable and not normally time-limited.</p><p><br>Standing Order 28 sets out that debate on such motions, as with all other motions, must be relevant to the question before the House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 28/03/2018 11:17:06 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

870233

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Cambridge Analytica​ and SCL Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department have had contracts with (i) SCL Group, (ii) Cambridge Analytica.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	134097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>From our records, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and its agencies has not entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories Group (SCL) and Cambridge Analytica.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2018 14:36:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

868468

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the satisfaction levels of claimants during the tribunal stage of the Personal Independence Payments claims process in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	133688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) does collect data on various types of issue that may be disputed in an appeal before the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS). These include entitlement to, or rate of payment of, a particular benefit, such as personal independence payments. However, data on satisfaction levels of claimants is not currently collected centrally.</p><p>The Government is investing in the modernisation of our courts and tribunals. The SSCS Track My Appeal project will provide users appealing a social security decision through a tribunal with a digital service which allows them to track their appeal through SMS, email, and an online platform. The digital process will give appellants clear, accessible and regular updates on the progress of their appeal. The new service is due to roll out nationally later this year and HMCTS will collect user satisfaction data on the service.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/03/2018 15:01:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

870200

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Child Contact Centres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has allocated to support the establishment and operation of child contact centres in England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	134068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no overall responsibility for funding child contact centre provision. However, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) procures contact sessions at supervised child contact centres for families involved in family proceedings. The level of funding is dependent on demand but has remained broadly stable since 2014/15. Cafcass also provides small value grants of up to £3,000 per annum to assist child contact centres run by the voluntary sector (supported centres), where such organisations seek financial assistance. The value of these grants decreased in 2013/14 due to additional top-up funding for these centres provided in 2012/13 before increasing in 2014/15. Funding since 2015/16 has remained broadly stable.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice, and previously the Department for Education, has provided core grant funding to the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) to help it set standards and run an accreditation scheme for child contact centres in England, supported by training. The value of this grant has increased in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for the financial years 2013/14 to 2017/18 are shown in the table below. Unit cost efficiencies, changes in demand volume and changes to the ways suppliers are paid mean that figures are not directly comparable across all financial years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Core grant funding of child contact centres: financial years 2013/14 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14 £</p></td><td><p>2014/15 £</p></td><td><p>2015/16 £</p></td><td><p>2016/17 £</p></td><td><p>2017/18 (provisional) £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supervised child contact centres</p></td><td><p>2,443,305</p></td><td><p>1,579,351</p></td><td><p>1,368,605</p></td><td><p>1,546,065</p></td><td><p>1,599,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supported child contact centres</p></td><td><p>160,585</p></td><td><p>385,544</p></td><td><p>446,223</p></td><td><p>447,787</p></td><td><p>434,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NACCC core grant</p></td><td><p>128,605<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>128.958<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>130,000<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>170,000</p></td><td><p>192,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Notes: <sup>1</sup> Department for Education. <sup>2 </sup>Transitional year with a grant of £65,000 each from Ministry of Justice and Department for Education.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/03/2018 16:35:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

870232

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Cambridge Analytica​ and SCL Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has met with representatives of (a) SCL Group and (b) Cambridge Analytica.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	134096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice has not met with any representatives of SCL Group or Cambridge Analytica.</p><p> </p><p>Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. These can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/moj-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings#2017</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2018 14:36:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

873488

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase voter registration among under-registered groups.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	904630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I continue to have regular conversations with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the return of powers from Brussels to Holyrood following exit from the EU. Furthermore, we are both part of JMC(EN) where this, amongst other issues, has been discussed with the devolved administrations.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our inaugural National Democracy Week in July is going to be a UK-wide event, intended to increase democratic engagement among a wide range of under-registered groups. Last Wednesday we launched its website and a youth engagement toolkit for parliamentarians and later this year will recruit and train youth Democracy Ambassadors.</ins></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2018 16:01:12 question first ministerially corrected 03/04/2018 10:54:32 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 50507 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

873476

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Devolution: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on devolving powers to the Scottish Parliament after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
	tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
	uin	904631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>I continue to have regular conversations with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the return of powers from Brussels to Holyrood following exit from the EU. Furthermore, we are both part of JMC(EN) where this, amongst other issues, has been discussed with the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 28/03/2018 16:06:04 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

873475

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet office, what steps his Department has taken to make it easier for victims and survivors of domestic violence to register to vote anonymously.
	tabling member constituency	Chippenham
	tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
	uin	904625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Legislation has come into force this month making it easier to register to vote anonymously.</p><p>When registering, survivors can now provide evidence from a broader range of professionals to reflect their experiences. This includes sworn statements from refuge managers that their safety would be at risk if their details appeared on the register.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2018 16:08:29 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

873474

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet office, what steps he is taking to increase voter registration among under-registered groups.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	904624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Our inaugural National Democracy Week in July is going to be a UK-wide event, intended to increase democratic engagement among a wide range of under-registered groups. Last Wednesday we launched its website and a youth engagement toolkit for parliamentarians and later this year will recruit and train youth Democracy Ambassadors.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/03/2018 16:07:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

871711

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2018
	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	Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department is taking to strengthen families.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	904566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP takes a range of steps to strengthen families. This includes helping families meet their eligible childcare costs when claiming Universal Credit; and providing Statutory Maternity Pay and Maternity Allowance. Our child maintenance reforms and new Reducing Parental Conflict Programme also aim to help parents collaborate, whether they are together or separated.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2018 16:23:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy