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1002581

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date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	188857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade was formed on 14 July 2016. The table below provides details of the quantity and cost of electricity and natural gas used by the department during 2017/18 (the first full year of operation).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Electricity consumption (mWh)</strong></p></td><td><p>1,766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cost (£)</strong></p></td><td><p>176,449**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gas consumption (mWh)</strong></p></td><td><p>483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cost (£)</strong></p></td><td><p>79,313**</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>**The financial cost figures exclude the department’s share of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) London premises at King Charles Street, and our share of FCO’s International Offices. Additionally, data for all of our UK regional offices at which we are a minor occupier is not reported or invoiced separately, and therefore are not included in these figures. Disaggregated costs for electricity and gas for buildings managed by the FCO and our other major government occupiers are not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery grouped question UIN 188858 question first answered 16/11/2018 13:55:53 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C. McDonald

1002582

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what was the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by the his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	188858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade was formed on 14 July 2016. The table below provides details of the quantity and cost of electricity and natural gas used by the department during 2017/18 (the first full year of operation).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Electricity consumption (mWh)</strong></p></td><td><p>1,766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cost (£)</strong></p></td><td><p>176,449**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gas consumption (mWh)</strong></p></td><td><p>483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cost (£)</strong></p></td><td><p>79,313**</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>**The financial cost figures exclude the department’s share of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s (FCO) London premises at King Charles Street, and our share of FCO’s International Offices. Additionally, data for all of our UK regional offices at which we are a minor occupier is not reported or invoiced separately, and therefore are not included in these figures. Disaggregated costs for electricity and gas for buildings managed by the FCO and our other major government occupiers are not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery grouped question UIN 188857 question first answered 16/11/2018 13:55:53 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C. McDonald

1002002

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Universal Credit: Separation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is provision in place to equalise universal credit entitlement when a couple separates.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	188012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>When a couple separates and still require the support of Universal Credit they will claim separately and as such the two claimants will be treated as entirely separate claims and will have their entitlements and therefore award amounts treated accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>If an advance has been awarded to a couple and the couple subsequently separate, they will be equally liable to repay the advance.</p><p> </p><p>When a couple separates, and an advance has not been recovered from the associated benefit claim because the claim ends or there was no entitlement to that benefit, the outstanding balance is treated as if it were an overpayment. This would then be recoverable (as per Section 71 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992) at the standard overpayment rate.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>After separation, if a couple have an overpayment for which they are both equally liable, the debt is apportioned equally. Once this apportionment has been done we will not reverse the split liability decision. Any debt for which only one member of a couple is liable will follow that person on separation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 188013 188014 question first answered 16/11/2018 14:20:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1002003

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Universal Credit: Separation
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 takes to ensure that there is a fair division when recovering advance payments when a couple separate.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	188013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>When a couple separates and still require the support of Universal Credit they will claim separately and as such the two claimants will be treated as entirely separate claims and will have their entitlements and therefore award amounts treated accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>If an advance has been awarded to a couple and the couple subsequently separate, they will be equally liable to repay the advance.</p><p> </p><p>When a couple separates, and an advance has not been recovered from the associated benefit claim because the claim ends or there was no entitlement to that benefit, the outstanding balance is treated as if it were an overpayment. This would then be recoverable (as per Section 71 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992) at the standard overpayment rate.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>After separation, if a couple have an overpayment for which they are both equally liable, the debt is apportioned equally. Once this apportionment has been done we will not reverse the split liability decision. Any debt for which only one member of a couple is liable will follow that person on separation.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 188012 188014 question first answered 16/11/2018 14:20:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1002026

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the economic importance of the UK’s trade with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	188055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>In 2017 the UK’s total trade, in goods and services, with the EU totalled £617.4 billion or 49.1% of total UK trade.</p><p> </p><p>The US was the UK’s largest single country trading partner accounting for £176.9 billion or 14.1% of total trade.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 16/11/2018 14:14:29 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

1002207

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Asia Bibi
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about securing the safety of Asia Bibi, and all those associated with her and her trial, following her acquittal by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 31 October.
tabling member printed	Baroness Anelay of St Johns
uin	HL11228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>​As the Prime Minister has said, Asia Bibi's acquittal is very welcome news to her family and those who have campaigned in Pakistan and around the world for her release.</p><p>We regularly raise our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) and the protection of minority religious communities, with the Pakistani Government at a senior level. The Minister for Asia and the Pacific raised discrimination against religious minorities with the Ministry of Human Rights during his visit to Pakistan in November 2017. I discussed the treatment of minority religious communities with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister, Dr Shireen Mazari, in September 2018.</p><p>We will continue to press the new Government of Pakistan to adhere to its international obligations and uphold the rule of law.</p><p>Due to the sensitivity of Asia Bibi's situation it would be inappropriate to comment in detail. The long-term safety of Asia Bibi and her family remains utmost in our considerations.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/11/2018 14:18:00 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns