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1127390

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	How many organisations have signed up to the armed forces covenant.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	910986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>To date over 3,600 organisations have signed the Covenant at an average rate of 30 per week, up from five per month in 2014. In addition, all Local Authorities in Great Britain and four in Northern Ireland have pledged to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant.</p><p> </p><p>Broadening support for the Covenant is a top priority for the Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board and the Armed Forces Covenant annual report outlines the progress we have made.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/05/2019 16:45:48 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1127392

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Commodore Charles Clarke
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If she will pay tribute to Air Commodore Charles Clarke OBE.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	uin	910989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Air Commodore Clarke was a great friend and ambassador of the Royal Air Force and a truly remarkable man.</p><p> </p><p>Air Commodore Clarke was a member of a World War Two Lancaster aircrew, and one of the last surviving prisoners of the Stalag Luft III Prisoner of War camp in Poland at the time of the great escape.</p><p> </p><p>Following a distinguished career in the RAF, he worked tirelessly as Chairman of the Bomber Command Association, not to mention his support for the RAF Association, RAF Benevolent Fund and the Air Cadets. His courage in the face of adversity is an inspiration to us all, and I know he will be sadly missed by all those who knew him.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/05/2019 16:38:02 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1126592

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2019 to Question 249931 on Prosecutions: West Midlands, what the average time was for the CPS to reach a decision in the West Midlands in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	254257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), provide data showing the average time (in calendar days) from receipt of the pre-charge case to the decision to charge.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average number of days from the date a charging decision is requested by the police to the date the decision to charge is taken for the West Midlands Area in each year from 2013/14 to 2017/18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>10.54</p></td><td><p>10.95</p></td><td><p>11.65</p></td><td><p>14.41</p></td><td><p>17.31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System</em></p><p> </p><p>During this period there has been a shift in the type of pre-charge decisions referred to the CPS. For example, in the period between 2013/14 and 2017/18, there was an increase of over 26% in rape flagged pre-charge decisions referred to CPS West Midlands. Rape and serious sexual offences investigations can be highly complex in nature and typically involve the review of a large quantity of evidence resulting in an increase in the amount of time required for the CPS to come to a charging decision.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 20/05/2019 10:24:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1126254

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the average annual savings to drivers as a result of fixing the level of fuel duty since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Crawley
	tabling member printed	Henry Smith
	uin	253559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Car drivers have saved an average of approximately £1000 since 2010, compared to pre-2010 escalator plans. The average annual saving has increased every year, and is about £175 for 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/05/2019 10:32:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1126485

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Valuation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many business rateable value checks made by the Valuation Office Agency have been outstanding for more than (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	uin	254213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Since the Check, Challenge, Appeal system was introduced, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has received 82,300 Checks, 87% of which have been resolved. The Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 allow for up to 12 months to complete a Check unless an extension is agreed. If an extension is not agreed the customer has the right to progress to Challenge. Some cases are more complex than others and this can affect the time taken to resolve them.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2019, the average time taken by the VOA to complete a Check is 54 calendar days.</p><p> </p><p>Of the Checks outstanding;</p><p>(a) 1,504 have been outstanding for more than three months;</p><p>(b) 757 have been outstanding for more than six months; and</p><p>(c) Fewer than five have been outstanding for over 12 months. Statistical disclosure guidelines mean the precise figure is too small to publish.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the longest time taken to complete a Check cannot be provided due to the possibility of breaching disclosure guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 254212 254214 question first answered 20/05/2019 14:51:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1126895

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Parental Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in employment claimed (a) statutory paternity pay and (b) statutory shared parental pay in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	254831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) claimants in the last five years can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Number of SPP Claimants</p></td><td><p>Number of ShPP Claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>215,100</p></td><td><p>6,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>219,900</p></td><td><p>8,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>212,700</p></td><td><p>9,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>202,800</p></td><td><p>10,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li><p>Data collected using HMRC Real Time Information (RTI) and extracted in May 2019. RTI is subject to revision or updates.</p></li><li><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred.</p></li><li><p>In the 2015/16 tax year, those receiving Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (ASPP) for children born before 6 April 2015 cannot be distinguished from those claiming ShPP within RTI data.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/05/2019 16:25:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1126123

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of his Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other Departments and (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU have since returned to his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	253453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not hold information centrally on Loans/Secondments that have returned that have worked on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that to search and locate any information held would exceed the appropriate limit, therefore can only be answered at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>EU Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is responsible for overseeing negotiations to leave the EU and establishing the future relationship between the UK and EU. The Department for International trade works to secure UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment, and championing free trade.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Departments continually review workforce plans, reprioritise and assess changing needs, which includes identification and cessation of non-priority work where appropriate. We have accelerated our plans, and at the same time, the Civil Service as a whole is working to ensure that EU Exit Implementation is carried out to high quality without impacting public service delivery across the whole of government.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/05/2019 10:27:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126914

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Services: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will prioritise local authority children’s services at the next spending review.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	254749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have access to over £200bn to deliver services, including children’s services, between 2015 and 2020. Local government Core Spending Power will increase in real terms next year.</p><p>At Budget 2018 the Government announced an additional £410m in 2019-20 for adults and children’s social care, and £84m to support local authorities to expand programmes for children and families.</p><p>Day-to-day departmental budgets for 2020-21 onwards have not yet been set. These are a matter for the Spending Review this year, where the Government will set out our priorities for public spending.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 254819 question first answered 20/05/2019 13:56:27 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1126482

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Debts: Developing Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a response to Early Day Motion 158 on Transparency of developing country debts.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	254221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>I thank the honourable member for Glasgow North for his question, and refer him to my answer of 14 November to PQ UIN 189731.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/05/2019 15:52:43 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1126814

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Multinational Companies: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 29 April 2019 to Question 247155 on Multinational Companies: Taxation; for what reason Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man were not included in the list of countries with a full tax treaty with the UK; and whether these jurisdictions will be covered by the offshore receipts in respect of intangible property rule.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	254875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The scope of the legislation “Offshore Receipts in respect of Intangible Property” is limited to territories with which the UK does not have a full tax treaty. A “full treaty territory” is defined in the legislation as a treaty containing a non-discrimination provision. A non-discrimination provision is defined by reference to nationals of a state. Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man are not “states”, they are territories for which the UK is responsible and so cannot meet that condition.</p><p> </p><p>It follows that the Crown Dependencies are within scope of the legislation. The government has committed to respecting its international obligations in respect of this measure. As such the provisions of the relevant treaties will apply to any arrangements involving the Crown Dependencies that are subject to the legislation, and the UK will provide for treaty relief where applicable.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 20/05/2019 14:38:35 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds