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864268

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Blockchain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of using blockchain in the public sector.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	132753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Government is researching potential use cases, and engaging with suppliers about the best use of blockchain technologies with a view of how it might drive efficiencies and support transformation. This research is led by individual departments in line with their specific needs.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/03/2018 11:45:11 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

862026

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Wakefield City Academies Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2017 to Question 116798, when he plans to publish the Education Funding Agency reports on Wakefield City Academy Trust; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	132445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Once all of the academies currently part of Wakefield City Academies Trust are transferred to new trusts, a copy of the report of the multi-academy trust review carried out by the Education and Skills Funding Agency in 2016, will be placed in Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/03/2018 10:04:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

864364

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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	Work Capability Assessment: Motor Neurone Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what work capability assessment exemptions exist for people diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	132848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Entitlement to Employment and Support Allowance is based on how a person’s health condition affects their functional capability to work. This means that we do not make exemptions from the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) process based solely on medical conditions.</p><p> </p><p>However I met representatives of the Motor Neurone Disease Association in February 2018, and listened to their concerns regarding the reassessment process. I have asked officials to look into the issues they raised.</p><p> </p><p>I have assured the Association that I will look carefully at how the reassessment process works for people with Motor Neurone Disease, and will consider change where this is possible.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/03/2018 10:54:45 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

864372

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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: Cleaning Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information she holds on the rate of remuneration for cleaners in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	132856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Since 1998 the Department for Work and Pensions has outsourced the provision and maintenance for the majority of its estate to Telereal Trillium under a 20 year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract that expires on 31 March 2018.</p><p>Under the terms of the contract, Telereal Trillium provides fully-serviced accommodation, for which we pay an all-inclusive annual charge. Engie are Telereal Trillium’s cleaning service provider.</p><p>The Engie base rate of pay for all cleaners within the M25 is £10.20 (London Living Wage).</p><p>The Engie base rate of pay for all cleaners outside the M25 is £8.75 (National Living Wage).</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/03/2018 11:01:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

864400

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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	Electronic Government
	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 60 of his Department's paper Government Transformation Strategy, published in February 2017, what progress the Government has made on developing a platform for making payments out; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	132884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP is committed to harnessing the potential of cross-government technologies. We’ve engaged with Government Digital Service (GDS) to explore opportunities around a shared payments platform. Our focus over the last 12 months has been to move DWP’s payments platform to a more modern, secure and efficient cloud hosting environment. Once achieved, we will work with GDS to progress development of a shared payments platform for government.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/03/2018 11:08:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

864459

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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	Kidney Diseases: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that UK citizens who require dialysis in EU member states after the UK leaves the EU will be able to access that treatment free of charge; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	132942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government has made clear that it wishes to see the existing reciprocal healthcare arrangements with the European Union continued after the UK leaves the EU. All UK-insured residents, including those who require dialysis, benefit from the reciprocal healthcare arrangements currently in place and the Government is working to ensure this access to healthcare in EU member states continues on the same terms as they do after the UK leaves the European Union. In the meantime, while the UK remains a member of the EU, it will continue to respect the rights and honour the obligations of EU membership and so the current arrangements remain in place.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 23/03/2018 11:04:30 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

864289

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	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	Bangladesh: Elections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his counterpart in the Government of Bangladesh on the disqualification of the leader of the opposition from participation in parliamentary elections in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	132773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>On 8 February 2018, Khaleda Zia, the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was convicted of corruption charges relating to misappropriation of funds. She was sentenced to a five year prison term. It would not be appropriate for the Government to seek to interfere in the judicial processes of another country.</p><p>I remain concerned about the political unrest in Bangladesh and the absence of dialogue among Bangladesh's political parties. The UK is committed to supporting democracy in Bangladesh. The Foreign Secretary met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister Ali during his visit to Bangladesh from 9 to 10 February. In public and in private he stressed the importance of free and fair elections and affording political space to the opposition. The UK, together with international partners, will continue to encourage a peaceful way forward, and dialogue, between political parties in Bangladesh.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 23/03/2018 11:21:36 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

865130

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Community Policing: Hounslow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of community response police in Hounslow in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	132997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold centrally the information requested.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs), including the primary role that these officers perform, by police force area. Data are not available at the borough level.</p><p>The latest data available on the number of police officers and PCSOs in the Metropolitan Police Service, and their primary role, as at 31 March 2017 can be found in the Tables F1 and F3 of the police workforce statistics published in July 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629865/police-workforce-tabs-jul17.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629865/police-workforce-tabs-jul17.ods</a></p><p>Data as at 31 March 2015 and 31 March 2016 can be found in the Tables F4 (for police officers) and Tables F3 and F6 (for PCSOs) of the police workforce statistics published in July 2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/544954/police-workforce-tabs-jul16.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/544954/police-workforce-tabs-jul16.ods</a></p><p>Previous data were collected under a different framework, with different definitions, and are therefore not directly comparable with data as at 31 March 2015 or 2016. Data have been published since 2012, and can be found in the supplementary data tables of the relevant police workforce publications via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>Officers and PCSOs with multiple responsibilities or designations are recorded under their primary function. The data do not therefore provide a complete picture of all officers assigned to neighbourhood policing functions.</p><p>Some forces are not able to make a clear distinction between ‘Neighbourhood Policing’ roles and ‘Incident (Response) Management’ roles, therefore those forces record the majority of, or all, employees under just one function. A more reliable measure is the number of officers employed in ‘Local policing’ roles, which includes both neighbourhood and response functions.</p><p>Any comparisons at force level should be made with care due to collaboration arrangements between forces for particular functions. Additionally, police functions data are often affected by re-structuring within police forces. Therefore comparisons over time for specific functions should be made with care.</p><p>Decisions on the size and composition of the police workforce are operational matters for Chief Officers working with their Police and Crime Commissioners and taking into account local priorities.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/03/2018 10:54:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

865158

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Assets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money her Department has raised from the sale of (a) assets, (b) land and (c) buildings in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	133025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The information is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. The value of disposals by asset class for the financial years requested can be obtained from Note 6 - Property, Plant and Equipment and Note 7 - Intangible Assets. The proceeds from disposal can be obtained from the Statement of Cash Flows on the pages listed below:</p><p><strong>FY2016/17 – page 100:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2015/16 - page 118</strong>:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2014/15 – page 101:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441282/HO-AR15_web.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2013/14 – page 89:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2012/13 – page 100</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2011/12 – page 106</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf</a></p><p><strong>FY2010/11 – page 95</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf</a></p><p>Figures for 2017-18 will be available once the Home Office’s Annual Report and Accounts are audited by the National Audit Office, and laid before Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/03/2018 10:48:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

865186

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Debts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the level of debt has been for each fire authority in each of the last eight financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karen Lee
	uin	133053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government publish data on local authority debt. This can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance#borrowing-and-investment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance#borrowing-and-investment</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/03/2018 10:50:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee