Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1125348

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Business: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the public sector has the required IT infrastructure in place to enable a paperless society.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	251969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service works with departments across central government to build digital capability, develop and implement common tools and standards, and ensure government remains focused on the needs of end users when designing digital services.</p><p> </p><p>The Local Digital Declaration is a set of principles and commitments by which central and local government will work together to share tools and best practice in order to help get more public services online.</p><p> </p><p>Over 16 million customers now access their Personal Tax Account online; over 90% of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Association’s (DVLA) transactions (over 1 billion in 2017/18) are now completed online; and over 5.7 million people have used the voter registration digital service.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/05/2019 16:52:05 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1124375

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department have been seconded to (a) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (b) the Department for International Trade in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	249907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Between June 2016 and March 2018 a total of 11 civil servants have been loaned to the Department for Exiting the European Union and the Department for International Trade. These staff were loaned on two year contracts, some of which have already come to an end. All the outstanding DExEU loans are due to end in 2018/19, with the DIT loans due to end in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>Civil servants are loaned between other Government departments rather than seconded.</p><p> </p><p>Both departments were only formed in July 2016, therefore there is no data prior to this date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/05/2019 16:57:12 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1124191

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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	Electronic Training Aids
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to bring forward legislation to ban the use of electronic shock collars.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	249947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government will introduce the necessary legislation in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 13/05/2019 16:54:49 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1124195

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Thailand
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps he has taken to enable free trade with Thailand after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	249869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government is working with the Government of Thailand to address existing trade barriers between the two countries, and to consider options for strengthening our bilateral trading relationship in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for International Trade visited Thailand from 4-6 April 2018. Dr Fox discussed the UK’s future trading relationship with Thailand, emphasising the importance of an open economy and transparent and predictable regulatory environment.</p><p> </p><p>Total trade in goods and services between the UK and Thailand was £6.3bn to the end of 2018, an increase of 6.1% from 2017.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 13/05/2019 16:58:48 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1124971

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	Partridges: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many partridge (a) eggs for hatching and (b) live birds were imported into England from each (a) EU country and (b) third country in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	251254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of pheasant hatching eggs and live birds imported into England from the EU between 1 May 2018 and 30 April 2019 was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Species</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Commodity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country Of Origin</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Partridge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Live Birds</strong></p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1,722,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>465,168</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Partridge Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,187,437</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pheasant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hatching Eggs</strong></p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>17,627,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>1,241,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>142,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>767,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Live Birds</strong></p></td><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>5,382,706</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Pheasant Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,174,306</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of pheasant hatching eggs and live birds imported into the UK from third countries between 1 May 2018 and 30 April 2019 was:</p><p> </p><p>Hatching eggs – 54,600</p><p>Live birds – 5,250</p><p> </p><p>All imports were from the USA.</p><p> </p><p>There are no recorded figures for partridge hatching eggs imported from the EU. In addition, there were no imports of partridge live birds or hatching eggs from third countries.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency is not able to determine how many of the above imports from third countries were imported into England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 251253 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:52:28 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1124970

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	Pheasants: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many pheasant (a) eggs for hatching and (b) live birds were imported into England from each (a) EU and (b) third country in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	251253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of pheasant hatching eggs and live birds imported into England from the EU between 1 May 2018 and 30 April 2019 was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Species</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Commodity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Country Of Origin</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Partridge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Live Birds</strong></p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1,722,269</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>465,168</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Partridge Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,187,437</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Pheasant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hatching Eggs</strong></p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>17,627,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>1,241,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>142,630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>767,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Live Birds</strong></p></td><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>5,382,706</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Pheasant Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>25,174,306</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of pheasant hatching eggs and live birds imported into the UK from third countries between 1 May 2018 and 30 April 2019 was:</p><p> </p><p>Hatching eggs – 54,600</p><p>Live birds – 5,250</p><p> </p><p>All imports were from the USA.</p><p> </p><p>There are no recorded figures for partridge hatching eggs imported from the EU. In addition, there were no imports of partridge live birds or hatching eggs from third countries.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency is not able to determine how many of the above imports from third countries were imported into England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 251254 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:52:28 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1124989

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	St Helena: Fisheries
	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 publish the price for which the Saint Helena Government sold commercial fishing licences to the Argos Fishing Company in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	251369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The sale of commercial fishing licenses is the responsibility of the St Helena Government.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/05/2019 16:55:38 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1124993

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	St Helena: Fisheries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the terms and conditions are under which fishing licenses are sold by the Saint Helena Government; how conditions on those licences are enforced by the Saint Helena Government; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	251373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The St Helena Government are responsible for selling and administering commercial fishing licences.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/05/2019 16:52:52 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1082534

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the most recent month for which data is available, in what proportion of universal credit assessments for working claimants was income data taken from (a) RTI data provided by HMRC and (b) claimants' payslips.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	229075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department. Adjustments to payments owing to RTI and self-reported earnings cannot always be separated from other adjustments to a payment, such as a repayment of advances.</p><p> </p><p>From the information that is readily available for Universal Credit Full Service, in January 2019, over 1 million households had payments processed, and of these around 380,000 had an adjustment.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 380,000 payments processed that had an adjustment:</p><p> </p><ul><li>88% of the records had earnings information from HMRC’s Real-Time Earnings system.</li><li>2% of the records had Self-Reported Earnings - cases where there were no available real time information feeds. Some of this information would have come from payslips, however it is not possible to break this data down further.</li><li>less than 0.5% of the records had both Real-Time and Self-Reported Earnings information; and</li><li>9% of the records had earnings from other sources such as self employed earnings and other income, which cannot readily be separated.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000.</li><li>Percentages are rounded to the nearest %.</li></ul> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/05/2019 17:11:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 106867 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1124349

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 243330 on Universal Credit, what proportion of universal credit claimants are unable to pay back the benefit advances they have taken within 12 months of their receipt in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	249845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>33% of UC advances which were paid before 5th May 2018, have not been fully repaid as at 5th May 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Advances are not loans; they are an interest free payment benefit advance, available to help people who need immediate financial support, which is then recovered over an agreed period. The Department has taken a number of steps to ensure that advances meet the needs of claimants and that the recovery arrangements are personalised and reasonable. From October 2021 we are increasing the recovery period for advances from 12 to 16 months, further supporting those in financial need.</p><p> </p><p>Queries against the current repayment stock are only ever a snap shot in time and therefore the position at the end of each financial year cannot be recreated.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/05/2019 17:00:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe