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731379

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will set out a timetable to introduce legislation ending the practice allowing anonymity for donations to political parties operating in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>In January, I wrote to the Northern Ireland political parties to seek their views on moving to full transparency for Northern Ireland political donations and loans. I received a positive response from the parties. The introduction of increased transparency of donations to Northern Ireland parties was also a Conservative Manifesto commitment at the recent Parliamentary election. I will make a statement shortly on the steps needed to ensure that information relating to Northern Ireland political donations and loans can be published.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2017 13:32:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

732314

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Syria: Humanitarian aid
	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 needs of the refugees in the Berm no-man's land between Syria and Jordan; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	1004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>A comprehensive needs assessment has not been conducted at the Berm recently as security constraints have restricted access. However, our partners tell us that current priorities are to improve security and access to food and medical care. We welcome the progress made to enable the UN to restart deliveries of essential supplies. However, we remain concerned by delays to recent aid distributions and the low number of attendees at the UN health clinic.</p><p>We will not be making a further statement at this time.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 30/06/2017 12:48:19 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

731137

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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	Domestic Visits: Glasgow East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on which date (a) he or (b) a Minister of his Department last visited a company headquartered in Glasgow East constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The BEIS Ministerial Team has undertaken several visits across Scotland this year, as part of the Department’s stakeholder engagement for an Industrial Strategy that works for the whole of the UK and drives growth right across the country.</p><p>Most recently, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State visited Scotland for two days during which he hosted a reception at Edinburgh University on 11 April which was attended by over 100 businesses from all over Scotland. This was followed by visits in the region.</p><p>The Ministerial team has and continues to visit numerous businesses around the UK to prioritise engagement on Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/06/2017 12:09:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

732601

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 15 of the report, UK Poverty: Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 6 September 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendation to extend the measurement of poverty indicators to working-age adults without children, and to pensioners.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	1096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of working-age adults without children and pensioners in relative and absolute low income in the UK are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income series.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015/16 on a Before Housing Cost basis (BHC) 14% of working-age adults without children in the UK were in relative low income, and 12% in absolute low income.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015/16 on a After Housing Cost basis (AHC) the proportion of pensioners in relative low income was 16%, with 14% in absolute low income.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015/16, 8% of UK pensioners aged 65 and over were estimated to be in material deprivation.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to publish data on low income through the annual Households Below Average Income statistics.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/06/2017 13:34:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

732602

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sixth Form Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 71090, how much spending was forecast to be spent on education for 16 to 19-year-olds as a result of announcements in the Autumn Statement 2015; and how much was allocated to institutions offering education to 16 to 19-year-olds as a result of those announcements.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	1097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Following the 2015 Autumn Statement, the department’s budget for spending on 16-19 education in the 2016-17 financial year was £5.9bn. High needs funding is included in this figure but funding for student support is not. The funding allocations for institutions in the 2016/17 academic year can be found at the following location:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/06/2017 13:51:42 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

732650

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the gender pay gap in (a) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	1176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The Office of National Statistics publishes the median hourly pay figures set out below, based on place of residence, annually. To accelerate the rate at which the UK gap is closing the Government has introduced mandatory gender pay gap reporting for large employers and is helping business to understand and address their gaps.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>a) </strong><strong>Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>28.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>25.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>27.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>22.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>21.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p><em><br> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong>b) </strong><strong>Scotland</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>17.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>15.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>c) </strong><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gender pay gap (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>20.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>19.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>19.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>19.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 30/06/2017 13:40:45 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

732572

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	Public Telephones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of universal service obligation to provide a reasonable number of working telephone boxes where they are most needed; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	1198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>When a Universal Service Provider (USP) of public call boxes in the street - BT or, in the Kingston upon Hull area, KCom - wishes to remove one, the provider must inform the appropriate local authority, which then must consult with local people. The factors that weigh with local authorities in these cases commonly include: the call box's possible use in emergency situations; the quality of mobile signals in the area; and if people living nearby might not have access to mobile telephones, for whatever reason.</p><p> </p><p>Since it is better for such matters to be considered locally on a case-by-case basis, the Secretary of State has made no overall assessment of the role of public telephones in the situations referred to.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 30/06/2017 12:18:24 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

732570

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	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	Muscular Dystophy
	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 he is taking to ensure that the UK maintains its role in Europe-wide research collaboration into muscular dystrophy after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	1203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 June 2017 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-06-21/185/" target="_blank">185</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 30/06/2017 12:08:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731237

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) quality of attachment between parents and children aged under five, (b) home learning environments for children aged under five and (c) mental health of new and expectant mothers in low-income households.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>Parents play a vitally important role in their child’s early development and learning.</p><p>The What to Expect When Guide, funded by the Department for Education (DfE), sets out the development milestones at each age in key areas to help parents support their children. <a href="http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/2015/03/what-to-expect-when-a-parents-guide/" target="_blank">http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/2015/03/what-to-expect-when-a-parents-guide/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS) statutory framework requires that early years settings must engage parents and carers in guiding their child’s development at home. In 2017, the Department awarded grants totalling almost £1.7m to voluntary and community sector organisations. These grants support work with disadvantaged communities to improve the take-up of free early education places for 2-year olds, and work with parents to create a positive home learning environment.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is leading a programme of work to ensure that at least 30,000 more women each year are able to access evidence-based specialist mental health care during the perinatal period by 2020/21. £60m has been committed to improve the provision of specialist perinatal community services across England between 2016/17 and 2018/19, promoting equality of access across the communities they serve.</p><p>Increasing capability across the specialist perinatal mental health workforce is also a key objective. Targeted funding of £1.2m in 2017/18 will enable the training of mental health, maternity and primary care staff, increasing awareness and skills related to perinatal mental health.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/06/2017 13:11:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

731251

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment and training staff were employed by the Community Rehabilitation Company in (a) Wales and (b) Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire Community Rehabilitation Company at the latest date for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>In (a) Wales Community Rehabilitation Company 4.68 Full Time Equivalent Employment and Training staff are employed. In (b)Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire Community Rehabilitation company,12.28 Full Time Equivalent Employment and Training staff are employed</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/06/2017 13:32:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts