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690320

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	China: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides for care in the community for the elderly in China.
	tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
	tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
	uin	64035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text ​<p>The Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office does not provide direct support for care in the community for the elderly in China. However, this financial year the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has funded three projects that relate to the provision of care to the elderly in China, which all involve collaboration between UK and Chinese partners in the healthcare sector.</p><p> </p><p>The three projects amount to £200,000. It is worth noting that in December British organisations signed deals worth in excess of £100 million during the largest ever healthcare trade mission to China. Given wider demographic trends, the elderly care sector in China is an area of potential future commercial opportunity, to which UK providers are well-placed to respond. Sharing world class British expertise in public healthcare will therefore help to create further commercial opportunities for UK companies in China, which in turn will help safeguard and create jobs in the UK and strengthen the healthcare sector in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/02/2017 17:32:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

690462

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much will be contracted to be paid from the public purse for (a) the CH2M for the Phase 2b Development Partner contract and (b) each of the Phase 2b Civil Design and Environmental Services for the (i) Lot 1 Mott Macdonald/WSP joint venture, (b) Lot 2 AECOM/Capita/INECO joint venture and (c) Lot 3 Arup.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	64301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>a).<strong> Phase Two B Development Partner </strong></p><ul><li>£130m to £170m (based on 2015 prices.)</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>b). The values those contracts might amount to</p><p> </p><p><strong>Area 1 – Manchester M2 and M3</strong> Lot 1 Mott MacDonald Limited (Lead) / WSP UK LIMITED) - <strong> </strong>£80m- £100m</p><p> </p><p><strong>Area 2 – Leeds L1 and L2 </strong>Lot 2 AECOM Limited (Lead)/ Capita Property Infrastructure Limited / Ingenieria y Economia del Transporte, SA (INECO) - £80m- £100m</p><p> </p><p><strong>Area 3 and EOC - Leeds L3 and L4 </strong>Lot 3 Ove Arup &amp; Partners International Limited -£120m -£150m</p><p> </p><p>(All values are an estimate of the nominal value of each Lot based on 2015 prices)</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2017 11:21:14 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

692753

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Famine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
	tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
	uin	908741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Yemen is on the brink of famine. According to the UN, more than 10 million people require immediate humanitarian aid to survive, including half a million children under 5 who are severely malnourished.</p><p> </p><p>The UN has launched the largest ever humanitarian appeal for Yemen, requesting $2.1 billion to provide life-saving assistance to 12 million people in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015 and 2016, the UK helped over 1 million Yemenis with food, medical assistance and clean water. We are encouraging others in the international community to step up their response in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/02/2017 14:49:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

690509

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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, if he will make an assessment into the potential merits of amending the Child Maintenance Services' (CMS) variation rules to (a) better reflect the financial capacity of a person to pay and (b) include categories of wealth which fall outside the CMS criteria.
	tabling member constituency	Chippenham
	tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
	uin	64052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Within the 2012 scheme of child maintenance, a broad spectrum of taxable income can be taken into account in the maintenance calculation as part of a variation.</p><p> </p><p>We believe all parents have a responsibility to financially contribute to their children’s upbringing and the best way we have of establishing a fair contribution is a calculation of their liability based on their income level.</p><p> </p><p>The definition of income within variations is designed to make the best use of additional sources of taxable income captured by self-assessment, referred to as ‘unearned income’. This includes income from property, savings and investments and other miscellaneous sources.</p><p> </p><p>Receiving ‘unearned income’ information directly from HM Revenue and Customs makes it more difficult for individuals to seek to minimise the amount of child maintenance they pay. A variation can also be considered if a receiving parent has evidence that a paying parent is diverting income.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to widen our variation categories further.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/02/2017 16:42:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

686789

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	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	Israeli Settlements
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Prime Minister raised with the Prime Minister of Israel during his visit to the UK on 6 February (1) the government of Israel's recent announcement of plans for new settlement building in the West Bank, and (2) the law recently passed by the Knesset to allow the retroactive expropriation of private Palestinian land in the West Bank for settlements, in the light of UK policy that continuing Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank erodes the viability of the two-state solution.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL5373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>When the Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), met the Prime Minister of Israel on 6 February they discussed the Middle East Peace Process and the UK's firm commitment to a two-state solution as the best way to bring stability and peace to the region. The Prime Minister reiterated the UK's concerns about settlement activity and our strong opposition to the land regularisation bill which paves the way for significant growth in settlements deep in the West Bank, threatening the viability of the two state solution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 22/02/2017 17:19:58 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

690497

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Unemployed People: Territorial Army
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is given to Jobcentre Plus staff to encourage jobseekers to join the Territorial Army or Army Cadets.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	64091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>We recognise and encourage volunteering and unpaid work opportunities, such as the Territorial Army or Army Cadets, as an excellent way of preparing for work and improving the claimant's prospects of finding work. Work coaches are encouraged to discuss voluntary and unpaid work opportunities where appropriate with a claimant. However, guidance does not list individual organisations.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/02/2017 16:20:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

687135

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	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	Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the planned date is for publication of the evaluation report on the Access to Elected Office pilot fund.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	63565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>We intend to publish the evaluation report on the Access to Elected Office pilot Fund in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/02/2017 09:33:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

690525

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Energy Intensive Industries: Productivity
	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 steps his Department is taking to help increase productivity for the (a) chemical, (b) steel, (c) aluminium and (d) other energy-intensive industries.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	64060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>We have launched a consultation on an Industrial Strategy, which sets out the Government’s approach to building an economy that delivers high wages, high skills, high productivity and creates the conditions for competitive, world leading businesses across the UK. We are looking for businesses to collaborate with other stakeholders, such as universities and local leaders to produce a clear proposal for boosting the productivity of their sector. As part of the Industrial Strategy, the Government will consider how to increase energy productivity and will also set out during 2017 a long-term road map to minimise energy costs for businesses and industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/02/2017 14:06:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

690515

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Nottinghamshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the relocation of jobs from his Department's Annesley back-of-house site on the local economy.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	64030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>We have considered the wider impacts of the local economy when developing our proposals for the processing site at Annesley. The economic impact of employment is dispersed beyond the specific location of a workplace and the staff currently based at Annesley already live in the broader area around the site. While we expect the majority of these staff to be relocated, it is unlikely that a significant proportion of them will also move their place of residence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/02/2017 12:02:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

690292

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Environment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason her Department has not yet announced a date of publication for its 25-year plan for the environment.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	64079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>We aim to publish a green paper consulting on our ambitions for the 25 year environment plan in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/02/2017 10:10:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle