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1092173

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the savings accrued to the public purse identified by School Resource Management Advisers in relation to (a) the sale of unused buildings and land, (b) catering, (c) letting of facilities, (d) transport costs, (e) energy costs, (f) premises costs, (g) exam fees, (h) marketing, (i) recruitment and (j) IT systems and computers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	234655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>In 2017-18, School Resource Management Advisers (SRMAs) identified the potential for over £35 million savings and revenue generation opportunities as part of a pilot programme. The Department is now working with schools and academy trusts to compile data on the areas where SRMAs’ recommendations have been realised and actual savings made. This work will support schools to better manage their resources and deliver excellent education.</p><p>Schools spend more than £10 billion per year on non-staffing costs and the Department is supporting schools to get the best value for all their purchases through deals on insurance, recruitment, agency supply and many other categories. For example, advertising vacancies alone costs schools in the region of £75 million per year, and our Teaching Vacancies site provides free listings for all schools in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/04/2019 17:15:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 110843 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1093432

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mandatory cyber security training sessions civil servants working in his Department are required to undertake.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	235792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>Civil Servants are manadated to undertake a course entitled &quot;Responsible for Information&quot;, which includes steps to improve information security. Civil Servants required to handle higher classification information have enhanced requirements.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/04/2019 17:03:14 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1108738

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential (a) cost to the public purse and (b) benefits of universal credit claimants receiving an up-front payment after making a valid claim for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	239300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that Universal Credit works for all claimants. We listen to the concerns and views of organisations and individuals and have delivered improvements to better support claimants, and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>New claimants can apply for a Universal Credit new claim advance, worth up to 100 per cent of a claimant’s indicative award, and are available up front, if there is a need. Advances are paid back over a period of 12 months and in the Autumn Budget 2018, we announced that from October 2021, the payback period for these advances will be extended further, up to 16 months.</p><p>This is just one of a number of measures the Department has put in place to support claimants such as paying those claimants moving from Housing Benefit onto Universal Credit a two week ‘transitional housing payment’. We are also introducing a two-week run on for eligible claimants of Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance from July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/04/2019 16:57:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1105690

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offensive Weapons Bill: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether legislative consent motions to the Northern Ireland Assembly are required for the Offensive Weapons Bill 2017-19, and how consent will be sought for the extension of provisions of that Bill to Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	237679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Government has been liaising closely with Northern Ireland departments in respect of devolved matters where provisions in the Offensive Weapons Bill may extend to Northern Ireland. Consideration has been given by Northern Ireland departments and UK Government Ministers on extending this legislation in the absence of an Assembly or a Legislative Consent Motion.</p><p>The Bill contains separate commencement measures for provisions extending to Northern Ireland which relate to devolved matters. These are to be commenced by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland and associated regulations will not be commenced without Northern Ireland assembly approval.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/04/2019 16:56:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1104718

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: New Zealand
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Turkey, (b) Bulgaria and (c) Greece on supporting their investigations into the movement of the suspect in the recent shootings in mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	236383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>UK law enforcement and intelligence services regularly engage with international partners on issues of mutual interests. HMG has offered support to New Zealand in the aftermath of the attack in Christchurch.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/04/2019 16:52:54 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1108733

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	Pollution Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to maintain strict regulatory control on air and water pollution after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	239192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>Through the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and secondary legislation made under it, existing EU environmental law will be brought into domestic law and will continue to operate in the UK after exit day.</p><p>Air quality targets for 2030 are already in domestic law.</p><p>Permits and licences issued by UK regulatory bodies will continue to apply as now.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/04/2019 16:51:06 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1079560

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2019 to Question 223971 on Home Office: Staff, what the daily rate of pay was for each of the roles listed in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	227371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation and in law generally to protect personal data.</p><p><br>The contractual terms and conditions for an employee are personal data between the employer and the employee as set out in the contract of employment.</p><p><br>We cannot therefore comment on contracted daily rate of pay for individual staff.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/04/2019 16:49:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1104664

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Arcadia Group: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any representations to, or met, the Pensions Regulator in the last three months in connection with Arcadia Group.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL14789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Pensions Regulator carries out its functions independently. The Department has not made any representations to the Pensions Regulator in relation to the Arcadia Group in the last three months.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 04/04/2019 16:46:09 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1105629

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people working on the Technology Platforms for Tomorrow programme broken down by (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	237616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of people working on the Technology Platforms for Tomorrow Programme is made up of (a) 0 contingent labour (b) 53 supplier resources (c) 17 Civil Servants.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/04/2019 16:43:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1105849

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Judgements: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department issued to claimants who wish to make a complaint in the event that moneys owed to them through a court judgment are not reclaimed in full by high court enforcement companies.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	238386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>While the Ministry of Justice collects statistics about the number of writs that are received and enforced, either in full or in part, by High Court Enforcement Officers, it does not monitor the timeliness with which a High Court Enforcement Officer or company reclaims moneys awarded through a court judgment.</p><p>Complaints about a High Court Enforcement Officer can be made to the company employing the High Court Enforcement Officer or to the High Court Enforcement Officers’ Association. Unfortunately, the court cannot guarantee that a creditor will reclaim the payment of a civil judgment, particularly where a debtor goes to great lengths to evade payment or simply does not have the means to pay.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 238385 question first answered 04/04/2019 16:43:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire