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1128330

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Economic Situation: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has (a) prepared, (b) commissioned, (c) collaborated on and (d) awareness of any quantitative future projections that show that any form of leaving the EU will be directly beneficial either in terms of improving (i) GVA in Wales, (ii) Welsh GDP growth, (iii) direct foreign investment in Wales and (iv) the quantity or value of Welsh goods and services that are exported from the Welsh economy.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	257569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>In November last year, the UK Government published economic analysis of EU exit under different scenarios, bringing together evidence from across government. This analysis found that under the modelled White Paper scenario there may be a very small effect on the economy over a long period of time, with Welsh GVA estimated to be 0.1% lower compared to today’s arrangements.</p><p>This estimate does not include impact of domestic policies such as our Modern Industrial Strategy and the opportunities arising from additional regulatory flexibility, and these domestic policies can drive growth and productivity in Wales going forwards.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 05/06/2019 09:55:36 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1128328

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what date has been set for the conclusion of the next spending review.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	257567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>As the Chancellor announced at Spring Statement, if a deal with the EU is agreed, the 2019 Spending Review will conclude alongside an Autumn Budget.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/06/2019 14:57:38 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1127671

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of applicants were refused legal aid in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	256413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>In the 2018 calendar year, a total of 20,862 applications for legal aid did not proceed to be granted, for any reason. This represents 4.8% of the total applications made during this period.</p><p>These figures cover applications for legal representation at either the Magistrates or Crown Court, or for a civil legal aid certificate.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/05/2019 16:23:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1128277

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's reform of probate regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	257539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The 2018 amendments to the non-contentious probate rules enabled personal applications to be submitted online. This service is assessed through a range of measures, such as user feedback and user satisfaction. Of 4,995 responses from users who submitted their application online 93% indicated from five feedback options that they were satisfied or very satisfied with the online application service provided. The online system is being continually improved and developed as a result of the feedback provided.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/06/2019 15:57:26 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1128471

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Representation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on legal representation for the Government at Inquests for each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	257762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The sums my Department has spent on legal representation for the Government at inquests in each of the last ten calendar years are set out below.</p><p>2009 £2,742,878.88</p><p>2010 £2,454,272.31</p><p>2011 £2,573,967.95</p><p>2012 £2,292,076.76</p><p>2013 £2,861,681.67</p><p>2014 £2,806,249.30</p><p>2015 £2,947,851.78</p><p>2016 £3,568,044.30</p><p>2017 £4,198,893.32</p><p>2018 £3,720,373.41</p><p> </p><p>These are the costs of representation for the Ministry of Justice, Her Majesty's Prison &amp; Probation Service and the Youth Justice Board, and for their staff. In the vast majority of cases the legal representatives are acting for both the body and all members of its staff called as witnesses, and the respective costs cannot therefore be separated. In a very small number of cases separate representation is provided for one or more members of staff.</p><p> </p><p>The costs of representation for contracted prisons and their staff are met by the provider. Before the National Probation Service was created in April 2014 each Probation Trust met its own representation costs, and since then each Community Rehabilitation Company has done likewise. In addition, in 2009 and 2010 £17,770.07 was incurred on representation for prison Independent Monitoring Boards.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 05/06/2019 16:13:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1130157

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost inclusive of staff hours of (a) planning, (b) implementing and (c) reversing parts of the Transforming Rehabilitation programme over that programme's lifetime.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	260668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Due to the way in which cost information is recorded it is not possible to breakdown the costs associated with planning and implementing the Transforming Rehabilitation Programme in this way. The Ministry of Justice has produced an initial indicative assessment of the cost of bringing the case supervision component of services delivered by Community Rehabilitation Companies under the supervision of the National Probation Service. These costs include one off exit costs for current Community Rehabilitation Company contracts which are subject to change as the commercial framework and negotiations are not yet finalised with providers. Releasing these figures may compromise that negotiation so we cannot do so at this time.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that the continuation of the mixed market through our revised model offers the most sustainable approach for probation, and is the best option to build on the positive changes made under Transforming Rehabilitation.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 16:39:57 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1130159

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Discharge Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Discharge Grant for prisoners in respect of (a) inflation and (b) the five week waiting period for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	260669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that prisoners have sufficient financial support upon release from custody.</p><p>We have recently explored the current use of the Discharge Grant. This will help inform future Discharge policy direction, and help to ensure that Discharge policy contributes to ensuring the immediate basic needs of prisoners are met when they return to the community. We are currently analysing findings.</p><p>The purpose of the Discharge Grant is not to provide for all the prisoner’s needs after release; it is intended solely to assist them in the first few days after release and before they might reasonably be able to get a job or an appointment at a jobcentre and/or begin to access state benefits</p><p>We also are working with the Department for Work and Pensions to improve access to Universal Credit and ensure that they have the relevant identification documents. Offenders are able to access a DWP Work Coach prior to release, who can make an appointment as early as the day of release to complete their claim, and can receive an advance of a full month’s benefit, including the housing element where appropriate, within hours.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 16:48:22 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1128469

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Business Premises: Change of Use
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2019 to Question 254216 on Business Premises: Change of Use, how many breaches of building regulations resulted in enforcement actions for houses converted under permitted development rights.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	257761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information about enforcement activity. Compliance with Building Regulations’ requirements will be checked by the relevant building control body. They may require changes to the building work to be made by the person responsible for the work, to ensure compliance without the need for formal enforcement action.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/06/2019 16:24:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1127135

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2019
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Industrial Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many occasions falling debris has been recorded at the Palace of Westminster in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	255343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>There have been eight recorded stone falls at the Palace of Westminster over the last 12 months. No injuries were sustained.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 23/05/2019 15:54:19 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 119456 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1127670

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of food stuffs sourced for food outlets on the Parliamentary estate were produced in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	256412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>Although all of our products are fully traceable to source, the House Service does not record or hold the information in respect of sourcing from one particular country or region. This information is held by the relevant suppliers. Whilst suppliers are able to provide full traceability on any given product, for logistical reasons they would not be able to provide information to the level of detail requested because where our products are sourced may change from time to time.</p><p>The vast majority of fresh products, such as meat, poultry, dairy, eggs, bread, ice cream, and most fruit and vegetables when in season are sourced from within the UK. This is possible because, in the first instance, we demand that UK or equivalent standards of welfare and production must be met as this is a consideration of ethics and quality rather than origin.</p><p>The House Service sources products that are produced to higher environmental standards where possible.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 23/05/2019 15:58:51 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens