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	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the level of procurement of British steel by her Department in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	50635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held in the form requested. Over the last year Government has acted to level the playing field for UK steel producers in light of the complex global challenges faced by the UK steel sector. Last December Government issued guidance to central government departments on how to ensure that they take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting their procurement activities. This guidance is also being extended to the wider public sector.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/11/2016 17:55:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

756333

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Housing Benefit: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the under-occupancy charge on ex-service personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	7619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 7620 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:29:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

756334

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Housing Benefit: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ex-service personnel have been affected by the under-occupancy charge.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	7620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 7619 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:29:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

768906

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	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	Housing Benefit: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to ex-service personnel who face the under-occupancy charge.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	107118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The policy to remove the spare room subsidy applies to all working age Housing Benefit and Universal Credit claimants living in and under-occupying social housing without exception.</p><p> </p><p>A couple of easements apply. For example an extra bedroom is provided for those who require overnight care from a non-resident carer and for couples who are unable to share a bedroom due to disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011, the Government has provided local authorities with around £900 million in Discretionary Housing Payment funding to support vulnerable Housing Benefit and Universal Credit claimants who are unable to mitigate the impact of welfare housing reforms.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/10/2017 16:22:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

672189

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	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	Government Equalities Office: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which EU directives relating to her Department's responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	59849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>There are no EU directives relating to the work of the Government Equalities Office awaiting transposition into UK law.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/01/2017 17:33:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

758314

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is owned to resident parents by non-resident parents in child support arrears in each local authority in Scotland in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	9076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Child Support Agency</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at July 2017 the total amount of Child Support Agency Arrears for each Local Authority in Scotland was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Arrears owed (£ Million)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeenshire</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Angus</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Argyll &amp; Bute</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clackmannanshire</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dumfries &amp; Galloway</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lothian</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fife</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>28.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highland</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moray</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orkney Islands</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth &amp; Kinross</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scottish Borders</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shetland</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lothian</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western Isles</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Child Maintenance Service</p><p> </p><p>Information on the total value of arrears on cases in each Local Authority in Scotland for the Child Maintenance Service could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100,000.</p><p> </p><p>2) Cases have been allocated to a local authority in Scotland by matching the residential postcode of the parent with care for all cases administered on the CS2 and CSCS computer systems, as well as cases managed off system, to the Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/09/2017 11:32:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

765986

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of Child Support Agency Arrears are deemed uncollectable in (a) Aberdeen City (b) Aberdeenshire and (c) Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	106321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>For the Child Support Agency (CSA), Page 7 of the Client Funds Account publication provides figures on the CSA Arrears deemed uncollectable. The publication can be accessed at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578767/hc855-client-funds-account-2015-16-1993-and-2003-cms.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/578767/hc855-client-funds-account-2015-16-1993-and-2003-cms.pdf</a></p><p>Information on geographical breakdowns on the Client Funds Account is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/10/2017 16:29:23 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

748560

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group are also affected by the removal of the spare room subsidy.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	3193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>At end-November 2016 there were 52,000 claimants in Great Britain in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group who had a deduction from their housing benefit due to the removal of the spare room subsidy. Discretionary Housing Payments are available to support vulnerable claimants requiring additional assistance with their housing costs.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/07/2017 13:59:49 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1234419

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	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	Events Industry: Coronavirus
	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 support the Government plans to provide to the events sector during autumn and winter 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
	tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
	uin	90050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>DCMS appreciates the important role that the events sector plays in the UK’s economy, and that the Covid-19 pandemic presents a significant challenge to many businesses operating in these sectors.</p><p>The Secretary of State provided a major £1.57 billion support package for key cultural organisations to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. This funding will provide targeted support to organisations across a range of cultural and creative sectors. This support package will benefit cultural sector services by providing support to cultural venues and many other organisations in the Creative Industries that host live events, to stay open and continue operating.</p><p>From 15th August, and as part of the Government’s 5 stage roadmap to get performing arts and live entertainment sectors back up and running as soon as possible, organisations can now put on live indoor performances in front of a socially-distanced audience. This is in addition to the earlier announcement that from 11 July we can all enjoy performances outdoors with social distancing.</p><p>We are committed to continuing to work with the events sector to understand the difficulties they face and help them access support through these challenging times and through recovery. We recognise that the events industry and its supply chain has been severely impacted by Covid-19.</p><p>We are continuing to meet with stakeholders, including through the Events &amp; Entertainment and Visitor Economy working groups and the Events Industry Senior Leaders Advisory Panel, to discuss the specific issues facing the sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 21/09/2020 14:58:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1139818

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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	Cancer: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the target set out in the NHS long term plan that 50 per cent of teenagers and young adults with cancer will be able to take part in clinical trials by 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	278391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is working with NHS England, cancer charities, teenage and young adult cancer patients, and clinicians towards meeting this NHS Long Term Plan commitment.</p><p>The NIHR Clinical Research Network has held two summits. The first summit, held in 2017, developed a clear strategy. The second summit, held in April this year, focused on ensuring that the strategy’s objectives were still fit for purpose, and that the right stakeholders were engaged to ensure successful delivery. The NIHR Clinical Research Network is now funding a dedicated teenage and young adult cancer research nurse in each of its 15 Local Clinical Research Networks, with posts made available from 1 April 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 23/07/2019 16:06:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami