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1007690

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2018
	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 close the gender pay gap for women over the age of 40.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	907645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The gender pay gap for women between 40 and 49 has actually fallen since 2010. Employers reported their gender pay gaps for the first time this year and we now expect them to take action to close them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published the Fuller Working Lives strategy last year, and continues to work with businesses to ensure everyone can adapt to the changing face of the workforce.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/11/2018 11:37:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1003673

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	189720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The usage of electricity and gas-powered heating over the last three financial years is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Utility</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Electricity</strong></p></td><td><p>31637 KWH</p></td><td><p>44731 KWH</p></td><td><p>38184 KWH</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>*Gas (Heating)</strong></p></td><td><p>90.55 MWH</p></td><td><p>101.62 MWH</p></td><td><p>127.5 MWH</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The gas-powered heating is provided by Crown Commercial Services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 15/11/2018 11:37:44 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1003674

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	189721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The cost of electricity and gas-powered heating over the last three financial years is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of Utility</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 (£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Electricity</strong></p></td><td><p>6,778</p></td><td><p>5,004</p></td><td><p>5,203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>*Gas (Heating)</strong></p></td><td><p>8,113</p></td><td><p>8,752</p></td><td><p>7,311</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The gas-powered heating is provided by Crown Commercial Services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 15/11/2018 11:38:56 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1003751

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of contracts issued by his Department and contractors include provisions to impose, as between parties to the subcontract, that any payment due from the contractor to a subcontractor under the contract is to be made no later than the end of a period of 30 days from the date on which the relevant invoice is regarded as valid and undisputed, as required by the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	189579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales receives procurement services from the Ministry of Justice and does not issue contracts directly.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 15/11/2018 11:36:20 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1005726

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Digital Technology: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in October 2018, if he will list the thirty groups identified using the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development World Investment Report and the commercial ORBIS database that could be in scope for the Digital Services Tax announced in Budget 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	uin	190368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The groups cannot be disclosed for reasons of taxpayer confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/11/2018 17:11:59 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1005717

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has received from the Police Service of Northern Ireland on resources for policing after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	190499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced at Budget 2018, an additional £500 million will be made available to allow departments and the devolved administrations to continue to prepare for EU exit, taking the total for 2019/20 to £2 billion. As a result of this announcement, the Treasury will have invested over £4 billion in EU exit since 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers and officials have regular discussions with all of the devolved administrations on matters of importance to the economy across the UK, including EU exit. We are working collaboratively with the Northern Ireland Civil Service to assess the resource requirements of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to prepare for the UK leaving the EU. Allocations from the £2 billion to departments and the devolved administrations will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 190500 190501 question first answered 15/11/2018 12:54:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1005910

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the take-up the VAT flat rate scheme (a) in actual numbers and (b) in terms of the percentage of eligible companies.
	tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
	tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
	uin	190360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>There were 358,270 businesses operating the VAT Flat-Rate Scheme in 2016-17. This is 25% of eligible businesses from the total VAT registered population.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/11/2018 17:09:14 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

1005719

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional resources for policing have been requested by the Police Service of Northern Ireland for when the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	190501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced at Budget 2018, an additional £500 million will be made available to allow departments and the devolved administrations to continue to prepare for EU exit, taking the total for 2019/20 to £2 billion. As a result of this announcement, the Treasury will have invested over £4 billion in EU exit since 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers and officials have regular discussions with all of the devolved administrations on matters of importance to the economy across the UK, including EU exit. We are working collaboratively with the Northern Ireland Civil Service to assess the resource requirements of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to prepare for the UK leaving the EU. Allocations from the £2 billion to departments and the devolved administrations will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 190499 190500 question first answered 15/11/2018 12:54:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1005784

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of his Department's written answer to parliamentary question 187143, how his Department plans to transpose provisions from EU law into UK law involving thresholds measuring the proportion of the entire market or a specified number of grouping of member states, in Article 5(1)(a) and (b)) of the Commission Delegated Regulation 2017/567 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	190541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Article 5(1)(a) and (b)) of the Commission Delegated Regulation 2017/567 will become deficient after the UK’s exit from the EU. In the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, it will be amended in accordance with Regulation 59(2) of the draft Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/11/2018 15:54:33 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1005780

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2018 to Question 187143 on EU Internal Trade, how his Department plans to transpose provisions from EU law into UK law involving thresholds measuring the proportion of the entire market or a specified number of grouping of member states, in the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulations Article (a) 5(1)(a) and 1(b), subparagraphs (3) to (6) and subparagraph (9), (b) Article 9(5), (c) Article 14(5) and (d) Article 36(5) in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	190537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Article 5(1)(a) and 1(b), subparagraphs (3) to (6) and subparagraph (9) in the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulations will become deficient after the UK’s exit from the EU. In the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, it will be amended in accordance with Regulation 27(2) of the draft Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Article 9(5) will become deficient after the UK’s exit from the EU. In the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal it will be amended in accordance with Regulation 27(4) of the draft Markets in Financial Instruments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Article 36 specifies a threshold which is expressed as an absolute number, so this will not be deficient after exit and is therefore not being amended.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/11/2018 15:48:31 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds