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662077

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children under 16 years of age were, in 2015, removed from premises where they were being exploited as modern slaves or had been victims of people trafficking.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Hindhead
	uin	HL4245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>Modern slavery including the trafficking of children is an abhorrent crime and this Government is committed to tackling it. The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is the UK’s approach to identifying and supporting all victims of modern slavery.</p><p>In 2015 there were a total of 365 children under the age of 16 who were identified as potentially trafficked via an NRM referral.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/01/2017 15:01:30 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4542 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Hindhead

663138

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the independence of the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration of the Home Secretary deciding when to publish his reports.
	tabling member printed	Lord Paddick
	uin	HL4353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICI) reports are laid before Parliament in compliance with the UK Borders Act 2007.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/01/2017 15:42:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4288 label Biography information for Lord Paddick

662088

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Syed Muzaffar Shah Qadri
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Syed Muzaffar Shah Qadri has been given permission to enter the United Kingdom; and what assessment they have made of the reported decision by the government of Pakistan to ban him from preaching in Pakistan.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL4256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 12/01/2017 17:33:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

661813

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on wages for people in semi and unskilled jobs of changes to the proportion of non-UK nationals entering the adult workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	uin	58257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The evidence on the impact of immigration on wage rates is mixed, although a 2015 working paper by the Bank of England found an increase in the immigrant to native ratio has a small negative impact on average British wages, particularly within the semi/unskilled services occupational group.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 12/01/2017 14:23:12 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

662793

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of UK GDP that will be represented by small business manufacturing in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	58359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is responsible for producing the official forecasts. The OBR have made no assessment of the proportion of UK GDP that will be represented by small business manufacturing in 2020. However, using figures from the Office for National Statistics it can be shown that small business manufacturing made up approximately 2.1 per cent of the UK economy in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 12/01/2017 14:22:05 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

662796

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of benefit and tax credit debt (a) repaid and (b) written-off was in each financial year from 2003-04 to 2015-16 in each region and constituent part of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	58574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available in the form requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts for benefit repaid, written off and owed at the end of the financial year can be found in DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts. The following link provides information for the latest financial year 2015 -2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts of tax credit debt, repayments, remissions and write-offs are published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts. The 2015-16 report is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 58575 question first answered 12/01/2017 11:44:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

662798

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of benefit and tax credit debt owed was at the end of each financial year from 2003-04 to 2015-16 in each region and constituent part of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	58575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The information is not readily available in the form requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts for benefit repaid, written off and owed at the end of the financial year can be found in DWP’s Annual Report and Accounts. The following link provides information for the latest financial year 2015 -2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts of tax credit debt, repayments, remissions and write-offs are published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts. The 2015-16 report is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 58574 question first answered 12/01/2017 11:44:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

661592

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Anti-corruption Champion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2016 to Question 33684, on what page in the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2015-16 the specific costs incurred by the Government's Anti-Corruption Champion are set out.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	58106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The information was not available in time to publish in the 2015-16 Annual Report and Accounts, but expenses data for the Anti-Corruption Champion, including all 2015-16 data, will be published in the Cabinet Office Quarterly Transparency Return in March and made available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 12/01/2017 09:08:56 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

662822

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department permits its employees to join a credit union through payroll deductions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	58446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>I can confirm my department currently does not have the facility to allow staff to join a credit union through payroll deductions. Staff can still make arrangements to contribute to a credit union via direct debit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 12/01/2017 16:10:19 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

652606

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Unpaid Work
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many unpaid internships there are in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	56302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The department participates in the Movement to Work programme which provides vocational training and work experience that helps thousands of unemployed young people, giving them the skills, training and confidence to find a job. DCMS are also an active participant in the CS Summer Diversity Internship Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/01/2017 17:42:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh