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1063842

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 11:42:16
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	ddp modified	19/02/2019 16:37:14 21/02/2019 12:12:02
	hansard heading	Christianity: Oppression
	house id	1
	identifier	222847
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/02/2019 11:37:35
	question text	To ask the Right Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what humanitarian support the Church of England provides to people overseas that are persecuted for their Christian beliefs.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 222847
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	222847
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Anglican mission agencies work with and alongside Churches and partners across the Anglican Communion as they live out God’s mission in often hostile environments. This work is complemented by the web of diocesan companion links that twin Church of England dioceses with other parts of the Communion. These relationships are valuable instruments by which the Church of England provides practical support to those that are facing restriction and hostility as a result of their faith.</p> question first answered 21/02/2019 11:37:35
	creator	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1063948

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 16:42:55
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	21/02/2019 16:15:09 27/02/2019 14:36:02
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	identifier	223120
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/02/2019 14:04:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he will take to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized house builders.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 223120
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223120
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government recognises that building more homes needs a modern home building industry, with greater capacity to deliver. We are therefore keen to see all house builders, including Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), embrace innovation and take advantage of new technologies to build good-quality homes more quickly and offer higher-energy efficiency to buyers.</p><p>We continue to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized builders, to help them deliver more homes including through diversifying and using offsite construction methods to build new homes.</p><p>We are providing financial support through the Home Building Fund which provides short term and long term loan finance to build the homes this country needs. At Autumn budget 2017, the successful Home Building Fund was increased by £1.5 billion to a total of £2.5 billion for investment in SMEs, custom builders and builders using modern methods of construction who cannot easily access finance. This funding will deliver at least 52,000 homes by 2022/23 and 94 per cent of contracted spend to date has been invested in SMEs.</p><p>In addition, Government announced up to £1 billion guarantee scheme at Autumn budget 2018. This will be available to lenders to provide new finance to SMEs. The guarantee scheme will be launched in early 2019/20.</p> question first answered 27/02/2019 14:04:02
	creator	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063995

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 16:58:10
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	25/02/2019 11:45:08 25/02/2019 17:18:04
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	identifier	223192
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/02/2019 16:46:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the agreement signed with West Midlands councils to create the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), if he will publish the amount of funding allocated to house-building; the time period for which that funding applies; what proportion of that funding has been transferred to the WMCA; and what proportion of that funding will be transferred in the next fiscal year.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
	tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 223192
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223192
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>To date we have provided £2 million of resource funding to the West Midlands Combined Authority to support housing delivery capacity. We have also made up to £211 million available to the West Midlands Combined Authority before the end of 19/20, as part of a package worth up to £271 million by 21/22 to support housing delivery. Payments and payment timings are subject to the meeting of commitments and the delivery of key milestones.</p> question first answered 25/02/2019 16:46:27
	creator	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1064002

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 16:58:34
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	21/02/2019 11:16:32 25/02/2019 16:47:04
	hansard heading	Regeneration: Coal
	house id	1
	identifier	223200
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/02/2019 16:15:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which funding programmes his Department makes available for specific use by coalfield communities; and how much funding has been allocated through those programmes in each financial year since 2010.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 223200
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223200
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has made a clear commitment to put places at the heart of our modern Industrial Strategy. The Government has delivered on this commitment by investing across England through the Local Growth Fund. We have also agreed nine devolution deals with core cities across England and introduced seven metro mayors, with an eighth to be elected in the North of Tyne this year.</p><p>Furthermore, we have worked with devolved administrations and local partners throughout Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to negotiate ambitious City and Growth deals, creating strong partnerships to deliver investment throughout the UK. Wider responsibility for regeneration in coalfield communities in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland is a responsibility largely devolved to the governments of those nations.</p><p>Since 2010, we have invested almost £70 million in coalfields communities through the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT). This investment was designed to assist the CRT in becoming a self-sustaining organisation. This funding is broken down by year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£13,741,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£16,009,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£11,673,971</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£17,975,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£9,653,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£596,250</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government also announced in the autumn budget that we would invest £8 million to support repairs to village halls, miners’ welfare facilities and Armed Forces organisations’ facilities.</p><p>In England, we believe that it is the role of local communities to make decisions on investment into the regeneration of their local economies. This is why we have empowered them to take decisions over investment by devolving over £9 billion of funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships between 2015 and 2021.</p><p>Looking to the future, the government is committed to the creation of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund which aims to reduce inequalities between places by investing in those economies that are the furthest behind. We intend to consult widely on its design, and we encourage all those with an interest in the fund to respond.</p> question first answered 25/02/2019 16:15:23
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1064003

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 16:58:36
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	21/02/2019 11:16:35 25/02/2019 16:47:03
	hansard heading	Regeneration: Coal
	house id	1
	identifier	223201
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/02/2019 16:15:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department’s strategy is for the regeneration of coalfield communities; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 223201
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223201
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has made a clear commitment to put places at the heart of our modern Industrial Strategy. The Government has delivered on this commitment by investing across England through the Local Growth Fund. We have also agreed nine devolution deals with core cities across England and introduced seven metro mayors, with an eighth to be elected in the North of Tyne this year.</p><p>Furthermore, we have worked with devolved administrations and local partners throughout Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to negotiate ambitious City and Growth deals, creating strong partnerships to deliver investment throughout the UK. Wider responsibility for regeneration in coalfield communities in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland is a responsibility largely devolved to the governments of those nations.</p><p>Since 2010, we have invested almost £70 million in coalfields communities through the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT). This investment was designed to assist the CRT in becoming a self-sustaining organisation. This funding is broken down by year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£13,741,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£16,009,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£11,673,971</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£17,975,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£9,653,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£596,250</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government also announced in the autumn budget that we would invest £8 million to support repairs to village halls, miners’ welfare facilities and Armed Forces organisations’ facilities.</p><p>In England, we believe that it is the role of local communities to make decisions on investment into the regeneration of their local economies. This is why we have empowered them to take decisions over investment by devolving over £9 billion of funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships between 2015 and 2021.</p><p>Looking to the future, the government is committed to the creation of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund which aims to reduce inequalities between places by investing in those economies that are the furthest behind. We intend to consult widely on its design, and we encourage all those with an interest in the fund to respond.</p> question first answered 25/02/2019 16:15:23
	creator	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1063939

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 16:42:30
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	21/02/2019 11:16:30 27/02/2019 17:50:05
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	identifier	223111
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	27/02/2019 17:19:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to employ more staff and reduce the length of time personal independence payment claimants have to wait for their appeal to be heard.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 223111
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223111
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), administers appeals from appellants living in England, Scotland, and Wales. The Northern Ireland Courts &amp; Tribunals Service administers appeals for appellants living in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of staff does not increase capacity in the tribunal, the critical factor is the recruitment and availability of judicial office holders. Consequently, HMCTS has been working with the tribunal’s judiciary both to appoint additional judges and panel members and to list more Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals into each Tribunal session.</p><p> </p><p>Additional fee-paid judicial office holders have been recruited: 250 judges across the First-tier Tribunal, 125 disability qualified members and up to 230 medical members. In addition, more PIP appeals are being listed per session and case-management “triage” sessions have been introduced, with the aim of reducing the time taken for appeals to reach final determination. All these measures will increase the capacity of the tribunal, with the aim of reducing waiting times for appellants.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is also developing a new digital system with a view to enabling speedier processing of appeals and a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Information on the new digital service can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-online-service-launched-for-pip-appeals.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, HMCTS is working with the Department for Work and Pensions to understand what could be done to reduce the number of appeals being submitted to the tribunal, through their focus on improving decision-making and the mandatory reconsideration process.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to September 2018) indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.7 million decisions have been made, and of these 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p> question first answered 27/02/2019 17:19:49
	creator	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1063976

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 16:49:51
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	20/02/2019 15:05:19 26/02/2019 17:38:04
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Veterans
	house id	1
	identifier	223148
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/02/2019 17:06:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many former members of the armed forces have served custodial sentences in each year since 2000.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 223148
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223148
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Since January 2015, all offenders coming into custody (convicted or remanded) are asked at reception if they have previously served in the Armed Forces. The department publishes this data quarterly and the number declaring has remained stable at approximately 3.5% - 4%.</p><p>In October 2018, Ministry of Justice published Experimental Statistics on ex-service personnel in the prison population (next release due October 2019), which indicated that there were at least 2,032 former members of the Armed Services in prison as at 30 June 2018. Details of the report and breakdown can be found at:</p><ol><li><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750708/ex-service-personnel-prison-population-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750708/ex-service-personnel-prison-population-2018.pdf</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750710/ex-service-personnel-2018.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750710/ex-service-personnel-2018.ods</a></p></li></ol><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on the number of former service personnel that have served a custodial sentence for the years requested, which could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice recognises the unique nature of those who served in the Armed Forces and those prisoners who declare a military background are able to access a range of specialist support, including from military charities who deliver services in prisons.</p> question first answered 26/02/2019 17:06:11
	creator	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1064125

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 19:11:40
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	20/02/2019 15:15:31 26/02/2019 13:24:02
	hansard heading	Average Earnings: Females
	house id	1
	identifier	223541
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	26/02/2019 12:52:04
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of workers earning £30,000 per annum or less are women.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 223541
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223541
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> question first answered 26/02/2019 12:52:04
	creator	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1063615

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 00:36:30
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	19/02/2019 16:37:58 25/02/2019 14:52:05
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment: Repayments
	house id	1
	identifier	222578
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/02/2019 14:21:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2019 to Question 220800 on Winter Fuel Payments, how many recipients returned their Winter Fuel Payment in the most recent 12 months for which data are available.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 222578
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	222578
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The DWP does not routinely collect data relating to returned Winter Fuel Payments because payments can be returned to any Pension Centre. The DWP does though keep a record of customers who contact us to relinquish their Winter Fuel Payment and in 2018 that number was 150.</p> question first answered 25/02/2019 14:21:42
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1063936

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/02/2019
	date	19/02/2019
	date tabled	19/02/2019
	ddp created	19/02/2019 16:42:09
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	20/02/2019 15:47:35 25/02/2019 16:09:02
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	identifier	223108
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/02/2019 15:37:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department paid from the public purse to claimants of personal independence payment during the appeals process in each of the the last two years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 223108
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	223108
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are nine possible Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decisions, all of which carry the right to a Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) and appeal. If PIP has been awarded but appealed, that rate will be paid until the appeal is decided.</p> question first answered 25/02/2019 15:37:41
	creator	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson