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892364

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the panel sift for the appointment of a new Chair of the Social Mobility Commission took place on 12 April as advertised.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	138413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Progress on appointing a new Chair and Commissioners is running to schedule as per the procedures set out in the Governance Code for Public Appointments. My fellow ministers and I look forward to working with the successful candidate to improve social mobility.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/05/2018 16:45:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 55414 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

890518

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure disabled people in receipt of employment and support allowance do not face repeated work capability assessments when they move to a Universal Credit full-service area.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	137589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>A claimant should not be referred for a Work Capability Assessment just because he or she has moved from Employment Support Allowance (ESA) to Universal credit (UC).</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 02/05/2018 17:14:33 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

891308

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	West Bank: Demolition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian effects of recent trends in the number of demolitions and evictions in the West Bank.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	138070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Demolitions of Palestinian homes and buildings, and evictions of the residents, cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians, are harmful to the peace process and, in most circumstances, are contrary to international humanitarian law. According to the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian affairs, 97 structures were demolished or seized in the West Bank in the first quarter of 2018 (January-March), including homes and livelihood structures. The humanitarian effects include impact to children’s education, displacement, psychological distress and damage of livelihoods. The UK continues to make clear to the Israeli authorities our serious concerns over the demolitions and evictions of Palestinians from their homes.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 02/05/2018 16:56:18 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

891353

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2018 to Question 136113 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Cybercrime, if he will publish the infrastructure providers that have been involved in the discussions on cyber-security.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	137917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Cyber security is one of the Government's top national security priorities and BEIS is continuing to work with industry partners to ensure that the risks to critical national infrastructure are understood and that appropriate mitigations are in place. For reasons of national security, we are unable to provide a list of infrastructure providers that have been involved in discussions on cyber security.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/05/2018 16:59:57 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

891445

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Diaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many page views there were of his Department's Ministerial diaries in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	137918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Ministers’ diaries are not online so there is no information to report on page views.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/05/2018 17:00:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

891385

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Shipbuilding
	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 recent steps his Department has taken to support commercial shipbuilding in (a) the North East and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Jarrow
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
	uin	137948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy continues to work closely with the Maritime Enterprise Working Group tasked in the National Shipbuilding Strategy with driving up productivity and competitiveness in the supply chain and shipyards, including those in the North East.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/05/2018 17:00:11 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

890536

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fires: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fatalities resulting from fire there were in Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	137433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish fire statistics by government office regions but by Fire and Rescue Authority (FRA) regions.</p><p>Published figures for fire-related fatalities by FRA can be found in table FIRE0502 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679603/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire0502.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679603/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire0502.xlsx</a></p><p>Defining Yorkshire and the Humber as comprising the Humberside, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire FRAs, then the fire-related fatalities in each year since 2009/10 were:</p><p>2009/10 – 45</p><p>2010/11 – 33</p><p>2011/12 – 23</p><p>2012/13 – 15</p><p>2013/14 – 27</p><p>2014/15 – 30</p><p>2015/16 – 47</p><p>2016/17 – 24</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 02/05/2018 17:00:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

890457

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2018 to Question 133123, what the average target rate set out in contracts agreed by his Department for agency work was in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	137621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the previous PQ (133123) The rates that we pay for agency staff vary due to a range of factors including, but not limited to, location, number of hours, specialism, experience, etc.</p><p>Some contracts have rate cards which include “Target” and “Maximum” rates per day or per role.</p><p>Rates can vary due to length of services and application of Agency Worker Rights and other factors which can affect the rates paid such as type of engagement.</p><p>Average target day rate in 2017 for:</p><p>Capita - £305.57, Brook Street - £76.74, Hays - £81.94, Redsnapper &amp; Servoca - £138.65</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:49:18 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890458

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2018 to Question 133123, what the average maximum rate set out in contracts agreed by his Department for agency work was in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	137622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the previous PQ (133123) The rates that we pay for agency staff vary due to a range of factors including, but not limited to, location, number of hours, specialism, experience, etc.</p><p>Some contracts have rate cards which include “Target” and “Maximum” rates per day or per role.</p><p>Rates can vary due to length of services and application of Agency Worker Rights and other factors which can affect the rates paid such as type of engagement.</p><p>Average maximum day rate in 2017 for:</p><p>Capita - £447.49, Brook Street - £76.74, Hays - £81.94, Redsnapper &amp; Servoca - £138.65</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:49:40 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

893040

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration law legal aid providers there were in each region in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	139017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of offices holding a legal aid contract in the immigration category according to which Legal Aid Agency region they fell under is shown below. The Lord Chancellor has confirmed that we are conducting an evidence-based review which will examine the impact of the changes made by LASPO including those on providers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LAA Regional Office</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/</strong> <strong>19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>136</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 242 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 268 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 244 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 413 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 383 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 330 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 294 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 272 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 231 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/05/2018 16:48:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon