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1010443

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Lithium: Cornwall
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the potential contribution of lithium extraction in Cornwall to achieving the aims of the Industrial Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	907713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>I am very aware of Cornwall’s contribution to the UK economy and I welcome any responsible exploitation of its natural resources including lithium which as my hon Friend knows is a key element in battery technology. That technology has great potential, which we are backing with £246m through a Faraday Challenge to boost expertise in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/11/2018 15:22:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

532965

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Cumbria
	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 refugees that have been settled in Cumbria in the last 12 months; and whether she has further plans to settle refugees in Cumbria.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	41841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>Progress on resettlement is reported in quarterly immigration statistics, including the local authorities participating in the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme and how many refugees have been resettled in each area. This is a voluntary scheme whereby local authorities sign up to accept refugees on a voluntary basis. No refugees have been resettled to Cumbria under any of our other resettlement schemes.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/07/2016 16:37:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

711104

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which overseas banks located in which countries his Department is working on overseas state pension fraud and error.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	67889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department combats overseas state pension fraud and error by means of data matching and life certificates.</p><p> </p><p>DWP continues to explore how to extend and improve existing data matching arrangements. However, at present, the Department does not have any formal arrangements with overseas banks regarding notifications of death.</p><p> </p><p>On occasions, DWP will receive notification from an overseas bank informing the Department that a payment has been rejected because of the death of a payee.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 22/03/2017 12:52:12 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

683467

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	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	Credit Unions: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which credit unions have received funding under the Credit Union Expansion Project; and how much each such union has received.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	62924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>I can confirm that DWP has contracted directly with the Association of British Credit Unions Limited (ABCUL) for the delivery of the Credit Union Expansion Project (CUEP). ABCUL’s subsidiary Cornerstone Mutual Services (CMS) contracts individually with each Credit Union agreeing specific financial terms and incentives. DWP does not hold statistics on funds that have been allocated to each Credit Union as this forms part of the commercial agreement between CMS and the Credit Unions. It should be noted that the bulk of the CUEP funding has been invested in the development of a shared infrastructure for Credit Unions to modernise their business models and become more sustainable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/02/2017 13:18:06 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

574186

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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	Pension Protection Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it remains his policy to use the powers provided under the Pensions Act 2014 to increase the cap on compensation from the Pension Protection Fund for scheme members with long service.
	tabling member constituency	Wantage
	tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
	uin	44768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2016 answer text <p>I am committed to implementing the Pension Protection Fund long service cap and hope to be able to make an announcement shortly.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 44767 question first answered 06/09/2016 16:14:01 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

626721

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it remains Government policy to continue the triple-lock guarantee on the basic state pension throughout the lifetime of the current Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
	uin	51328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>Yes, the Government is committed to the triple lock for the duration of the current Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 04/11/2016 14:19:49 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

674376

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to retain the principle of exportability for state pensions when the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	60254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>UK State Pensions are payable worldwide under domestic legislation. There are no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/01/2017 15:12:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

541119

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	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	Pension Funds
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the indirect investment by pension schemes in companies linked with the manufacture of cluster munitions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	43594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Trustees and managers are responsible for acting in the best interests of beneficiaries, including the investment of members’ funds. They must, under existing obligations, prepare a statement of investment principles. This must set out the extent to which social, environmental, or ethical considerations are taken into account in the selection, retention, and realisation of investments.</p><p> </p><p>We have no immediate plans to change these existing obligations, but will keep them under review.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 43619 question first answered 05/09/2016 11:40:30 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

663045

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	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: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department permits its employees to join a credit union through payroll deductions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	58463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>On 6th July 2016 DWP launched a payroll savings scheme to allow staff to access financial services delivered by three partner credit unions - Commsave, Hull and East Yorkshire, and Voyager Alliance - directly through payroll. This initiative formed part of DWP’s “Working Well Together” wellbeing programme. Early indications are that the scheme has been very well received and so far over 2,100 DWP staff have signed up as credit union members through payroll.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/01/2017 16:59:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

604954

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	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	British Steel: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether the conditions have been met for the Pensions Regulator to issue a contribution notice to Tata Steel in relation to the British Steel Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	49058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The assessment of whether it is appropriate to issue contribution notices is the responsibility of the Independent Pensions Regulator.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/10/2016 12:05:53 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop