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1111215

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of people with a disability living in poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	243357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of people with a disability living in poverty, are published annually in the “Households Below Average Income” publication.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures can be found using the link below, in table 7b, in the file “summary-hbai-1994-95-2017-18-tables.ods”.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/789816/hbai-2017-2018-tables-ods-files.zip</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2019 15:21:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088737

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: North Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Spring Statement of 13 March 2019, HCWS1407, what the delivery timescale is for Wave 3 allocations for Local Full Fibre Networks in north Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	232532
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>All projects allocated funding as part of the Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) Wave 3 must have completed the portion of their build funded by DCMS by March 2021. This is the end of our LFFN funding window from HM Treasury. These projects contain varying degrees of additional funding from Local Bodies themselves - who of course may choose to self fund these projects beyond this date.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/03/2019 11:26:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1092195

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: North Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2019 to Question 232532 on Broadband: North Wales, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the progress of Local Full Fibre Networks Wave three projects in each quarter until March 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	234696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>As is the case with all of our Local Full Fibre Network (LFFN) projects, DCMS has assigned a Project Director to work with the Local Body project teams. The project will firstly be assured through the formal BDUK assurance process via a series of gateway review points. As the project progresses into delivery, this will be reviewed through weekly updates into the LFFN Programme Office on delivery progress, finances/grant claims, change management, and risks/issues - in line with the North Wales project consortia project plan. We use an online Portfolio Management system called Cora PPM to facilitate this. All of this is in line with our overall DCMS Governance model and includes reporting up from the LFFN Programme Board to the DCMS portfolio board which is chaired by our Permanent Secretary. Additionally LFFN is categorised as a Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) Programme and is therefore monitored by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA).</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/03/2019 11:53:22 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1091239

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Chronic Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population living with a limiting long term illness in (a) Denbighshire, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	234102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/03/2019 14:48:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 234102.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1091214

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Stress
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2019 to Question 231901, whether he has made an assessment of the potential benefits of mindfulness-based interventions in the reduction of work-based stress.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	234099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Service does not collect data on the practice of mindfulness on the reduction of work-based stress and positive influence on well-being.</p><p>We are aware that mindfulness training can have a positive impact on wellbeing. Mindfulness interventions, including face-to-face sessions and digital wellbeing apps, are used across the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 22/03/2019 14:26:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1087190

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Coeliac Disease: Food
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made on the effect on the supply chains of coeliac produce of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	231369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a high degree of food security, built on access to a range of sources including strong domestic production and imports from other countries. This will continue to be the case whether we leave the EU with or without a deal.</p><p>Our Food Security and Resilience team have been meeting weekly with industry and retailers to make sure we are prepared for all scenarios. The Government has well established ways of working with the food industry to minimise potential disruption and we are using these to support contingency planning.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 15/03/2019 11:43:44 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105289

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Ministerial Powers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ministerial directions have been issued by Ministers in his Department in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	237027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>In the last eight years, ministers have issued the following number of ministerial directions:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of ministerial directions issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/04/2019 16:16:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105216

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, when she plans to name a new Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	237017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The appointment will be announced in the usual way</p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 01/04/2019 15:19:26 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105124

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	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: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to answer Question 209292 asked on 16 January 2019 by the hon Member. for Vale of Clwyd.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	237007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>I replied to the hon. Member’s Question on 28<sup>th</sup> March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/04/2019 12:28:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1108804

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Ministerial Powers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ministerial directions have been issued by Ministers in his Department in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	239186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, including the Governance Statements for 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 show that no ministerial directions were issued to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/04/2019 11:15:28 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105962

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detention Centres: Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the merits of revising policies which exempt detention centres from minimum wage legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	238277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>Individuals detained in immigration removal centres are exempt from national minimum wage requirements by virtue of section 153A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and section 45B of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998. There are no current plans to change the law.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/04/2019 15:27:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105199

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Elections: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's budget is for advertising on (a) social and (b) other media to increase people's awareness of voter registration deadlines for forthcoming local elections.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	237012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission (EC) has a statutory responsibility to promote awareness of elections, including registration. In this capacity the EC leads public awareness campaigns on voter registration, notably ahead of elections.</p><p> </p><p>The Government works in partnership with the EC to coordinate cross-government support for these campaigns. This includes sharing public awareness campaign materials through government social media accounts, such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as wider networks. The Government, however, does not have an allocated budget for advertising voter registration deadlines.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 01/04/2019 10:21:41 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1111221

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress his Department has made on increasing levels of voter registration for (a) young people, (b) home movers, (c) BME individuals, (d) people with long-standing conditions or disability, (e) victims of domestic abuse and (f) homeless individuals in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	243358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Some headline registration statistics are collated and published annually by the Office for<br>National Statistics, including the numbers of people registering to vote anonymously. The<br>latest bulletin is available at:<br>www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/elections/electoralregistration</p><p>The Government is committed to protecting, promoting and respecting our democracy. We</p><p>PCT Checked PS Checked Spad Checked Ministerial Approval<br>want to build upon recent record levels of electors registering to vote and participating in<br>elections. One year on from the Democratic Engagement Plan the Government published<br>its follow up report, Democratic Engagement: Respecting, Protecting and Promoting Our<br>Democracy, setting out progress in 2018 and priorities for 2019 and beyond</p><p>The UK Government will help equip councils and civil society groups to improve<br>democratic engagement by sharing our knowledge and products, including our Suffrage<br>Centenary 'Educate' projects for young people; insight and solutions to tackle barriers to<br>electoral registration for ethnic minorities and those who are homeless or move frequently;<br>and by evaluating progress on student registration. We have introduced an ‘Easy Read’<br>guide on the Register to Vote website homepage, produced in partnership with the Royal<br>Mencap Society, to enable people with learning difficulties to apply online without difficulty.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 15/04/2019 13:16:22 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1111222

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which civil society organisations his Department has worked with on increasing levels of voter registration in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	243359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Cabinet Office works with a wide range of civil society organisations to increase voter<br>registration and promote democratic participation. Over the last three years we have<br>funded activity by groups including Bite the Ballot, Operation Black Vote, Uprising, and<br>Mencap</p><p>The Government launched National Democracy Week (NDW) in July 2018, in partnership<br>with the electoral community. Civil society organisations worked with others on the NDW<br>Council to deliver more than 50 democratic engagement events. Details of participants are included in the report Respecting, Protecting and Promoting Our Democracy published in<br>January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 15/04/2019 13:14:06 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1090898

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prospective PhD students were (a) granted and (b) refused a visa to study in the UK in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	233445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The available information relates to total Tier 4 visas granted and refused, published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Visas volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition a</p><p>t https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#visas.</p><p>For the calendar year 2018, 98% of cases were granted.</p><p><br>Corresponding information relating to the level of course is not available from centrally collated statistical databases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/03/2019 15:32:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088329

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health: Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the prevelance of (a) stress, (b) loneliness, (c) anxiety, and (d) substance misuse among undergraduate students.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	231917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care is working closely with the Department for Education to improve the mental health of undergraduate students. Our joint document, ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’, includes a commitment to build a new national strategic partnership with key stakeholders to improve the mental health of 16 to 25 year olds in schools, colleges and universities, by facilitating coordinated action, experimentation and robust evaluation on leadership, prevention and improved data collection.</p><p>To support this, the NHS Long Term Plan commits to a comprehensive expansion of mental health services, including a new approach to mental health services for people aged 18-25, supporting transitions to college and to adulthood, with services being adapted to create a comprehensive offer for 0-25-year olds.</p><p>NHS England is working closely with Universities UK through the Mental Health in Higher Education programme to build the capability and capacity of universities to improve student welfare services and improve access to mental health services for the student population, including focusing on suicide reduction, and improving access to psychological therapies to support treat students suffering from stress and anxiety.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 18/03/2019 14:21:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1104986

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Housing Benefit: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2019 to Question 234158 on Public Sector: Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average amount of benefit payment not received per household in each local authority area in Wales as a result of the imposition of the benefit cap.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	236340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>Households can have their benefits capped either under Housing Benefit, or under Universal Credit. The latest statistics were published in February 2019, covering households capped to November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Under Housing Benefit, statistics on the number of households capped in the geographical areas requested by banded, weekly cap amount, is published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a> (‘Benefit Cap’, ‘Point in Time caseload’ table). Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Under Universal Credit, statistics on the number of households capped by banded, weekly cap amount can be found in the February 2019 official statistics release (Table 9, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-november-2018</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 28/03/2019 17:30:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1092191

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Internet: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the planned publication date is of the internet regulator White Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	234695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government's White Paper on internet safety will be published in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/03/2019 11:50:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088456

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many incidents of knife crime there were in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last nine years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	231918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 18/03/2019 15:21:29 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ231918.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1104729

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Death and Injuries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authorities have had the highest incidence of knife-related (a) deaths and (b) injuries in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	236305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on (a) homicide and (b) assault with injury offences involving a knife or a sharp instrument recorded by the police in England and Wales at the Police Force Area only. It is not possible to disaggregate these data to a local authority level.</p><p>The most recently published information for offences involving knives or sharp instruments by Police Force Area is for the year to September 2018 and is available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/773074/prc-knife-open-data-march2009-onwards-tables.ods." target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/773074/prc-knife-open-data-march2009-onwards-tables.ods.</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 28/03/2019 15:51:42 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105961

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Life Expectancy: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and (b) other Cabinet colleagues on trends in female life expectancy.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	238276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care regularly engages with colleagues on matters of common concern.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 02/04/2019 16:07:21 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088736

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Marine Protected Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many square kilometres of marine protected areas there were in (a) the UK and (b) UK overseas territories in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	232531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>a) Marine Protected Areas in the UK:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area (km<sup>2</sup>)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>73,890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>82,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>143,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>143,651</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>165,252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>207,477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>209,185</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>b) Marine Protected Areas in UK overseas territories:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>UK OT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MPA (km<sup>2</sup>)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of designation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Antarctic Territory South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf MPA</p></td><td><p>94,000</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos)</p></td><td><p>640,000</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Georgia and Sandwich Islands</p></td><td><p>1,240,000</p></td><td><p>2012; enhanced in 2013 &amp; 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pitcairn Islands</p></td><td><p>840,000</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helena</p></td><td><p>445,000</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,259,000</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition to these Marine Protected Areas, as announced in the Spring Statement, the UK Government is backing an Ascension Island bid to protect 100% of its offshore waters. Ascension Island plans to designate over 445,00km<sup>2</sup> of its waters as a fully protected no-take Marine Protected Area.</p><p> </p><p>Tristan da Cunha has committed to designating a comprehensive marine protection regime across its 750,000km<sup>2</sup> maritime zone by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/03/2019 16:14:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1090897

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Marine Protected Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the cost of enforcing marine protected areas per sq km in (a) the UK and (b) UK overseas territories in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	233444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>a) We do not currently hold the requested data, however, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) estimates compliance costs for each Marine Protected Area (MPA) byelaw it makes. These estimates are documented in the impact assessment (IA) accompanying each byelaw, which are available on GOV.UK. These estimates include compliance activity such as monitoring and boardings to detect and deter offences, but do not include costs related to any prosecutions for offences committed. These figures relate to England only. There are additional costs arising from the enforcement of Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authorities (IFCA) byelaws but these are not currently centrally compiled.</p><p> </p><p>b) Under the Blue Belt programme, £2 million per year over the past 4 years has been allocated to the MMO to support surveillance and enforcement of designated MPAs, and to support the development of legal frameworks and surveillance and enforcement strategies for further MPA designations.</p><p>At the start of the Blue Belt programme, there was 2.5 million km² of MPAs around the UK overseas territories and by 2020, there will be over 4 million km². Additional funding support for enforcement of Pitcairn Island was provided by Pew Charitable Trusts during years 2015-present.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/03/2019 10:10:10 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1091315

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Illness: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS Digital publication Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2017, what assessment he has made of the factors influencing the upward trend of 5-15 year olds reporting at least one mental health disorder.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	234109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Mental Health of Children and Young People in England (2017) prevalence survey shows a slight rise in the prevalence of mental health conditions in children and young people, from 10.1% in 2004 to 11.2% in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Protecting the mental health of our children and young people is a top priority for this Government and is a core part of the NHS Long Term Plan. The recent Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper aims to improve provision of mental health support for all children and young people, and the proposals are based on evidence of what we know is driving the rising demand for children and young people’s mental health services. We will test, monitor and evaluate the implementation of the core proposals to ensure we learn from what works.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 25/03/2019 13:31:59 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 109604 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1108788

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Ministerial Powers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many ministerial directions have been issued by Ministers in his Department in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	239185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>No ministerial directions have been issued by Ministers in the Ministry of Justice in the last eight years.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 04/04/2019 16:26:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105736

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Opioids: Prescriptions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the name and manufacturer of the opioids approved by NICE; and the number of prescriptions for each of those drugs in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	237626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published technology appraisal guidance recommending the use of methadone and buprenorphine for the management of opioid dependence. As this was a multiple technology appraisal, multiple companies were involved - MSD Ltd, Martindale Pharmaceuticals, Mylan, Rosemont Pharmaceuticals, and Thornton and Ross Ltd.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on the number of opioid prescriptions. However, NHS Digital holds data based on prescriptions written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England. This data is available as prescription item level data by presentation for opioid analgesics as listed in the British National Formulary (BNF), which is attached. We do not hold data which identifies the manufacturer of each item dispensed.</p><p> </p><p>There is no central National Health Service collection of information on medicines issued and used in NHS hospitals in England.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/04/2019 16:50:26 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name 237626 table formatted.xlsx title Prescriptions for opioid analgesics
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1111212

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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 Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent on increasing take-up rates for pension credit in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	243355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The DWP uses a wide range of channels to communicate information about Pension Credit to potential customers. This includes information on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>, in leaflets and by telephone as well as through DWP staff in Pension Centres and Jobcentres and staff in Local Authorities who administer Housing Benefit. The Government is committed to ensuring that older people receive the support they are entitled to and the DWP targets activity on engaging with people who may be eligible to benefits at pivotal stages, such as when they claim State Pension or report a change in their circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Pension Credit toolkit is an on-line tool for agencies and welfare rights organisations to use in order to encourage Pension Credit take-up. It contains publicity material and guidance designed to help older people understand how they could get Pension Credit and help organisations support someone applying for Pension Credit as well as ideas for encouraging take-up. The Pension Credit toolkit can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit</a></p><p> </p><p>The specific information requested on how much the DWP has spent on increasing take-up rates for Pension Credit in each year is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/04/2019 15:18:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1111213

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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 Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the (a) amount of unclaimed pension credit and (b) average amount of unclaimed pension credit per eligible person in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	243356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows estimates for the (a) amount of unclaimed Pension credit and (b) average amount of unclaimed pension credit per household in each year for which data is available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total amount of unclaimed pension credit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average (mean) weekly amount of unclaimed pension credit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average (median) weekly amount of unclaimed pension credit </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.1bn</p></td><td><p>£41</p></td><td><p>£22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.9bn</p></td><td><p>£41</p></td><td><p>£23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.8bn</p></td><td><p>£42</p></td><td><p>£24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.7bn</p></td><td><p>£42</p></td><td><p>£25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>£3.1bn</p></td><td><p>£49</p></td><td><p>£24</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Income related benefits: estimates of take-up 2016 to 2017</p><p> </p><p>Please note that figures in the publication reflect average amounts of unclaimed Pension Credit per household instead of per person. This is because data from the Family Resources Survey, a survey assessing households, is used to produce the figures in the publication.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/04/2019 15:34:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1110751

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	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 Credit: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of pensioners entitled to pension credit not in receipt of pension credit in each local authority area in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	242718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested on the (a) number and (b) proportion of pensioners entitled to pension credit not in receipt of pension credit in each local authority area in Wales is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/04/2019 14:33:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088227

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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	Permitted Development Rights: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of changes to permitted development rights on the long-term viability of high streets and town centres.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	231916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Through our consultation <em>Planning Reform: Supporting the high street and increasing the delivery of new homes</em> which closed on 14 January 2019, we have consulted a range of proposals and considered the responses received.</p><p>As announced in the written ministerial statement made on 13 March 2019, HCWS1408, it is now our intention to bring forward a range of reforms. To support the high street we intend to introduce additional flexibilities for businesses. These include new permitted development rights to allow change between high street uses.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/03/2019 16:09:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1110753

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of personal independence payment (PIP) claimants who have (i) reduced their hours worked and (ii) ceased employment fully as a result of being reassessed for the lower rate of PIP mobility support.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	242719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) can be paid to disabled people irrespective of their employment status and, as such, no details of an individual’s employment status are gathered during the course of their claim or award.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of people reassessed from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) to PIP will continue to have their mobility needs supported through the enhanced or standard rate mobility component. People with a health condition or disability, who require additional support getting to and from work, can apply for an Access to Work grant.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/04/2019 09:33:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088460

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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	Photonics: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the Government has allocated to research into (a) photonics and (b) optoelectronics in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	231920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funds high quality research and innovation for BEIS as part of the Government’s wider ambition to increase the UK’s total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. All proposals are assessed through peer review and funding is not usually ringfenced for particular research areas or topics.</p><p> </p><p>Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) is the primary funder of these areas within UKRI. The table below summarises the value of all current grants from EPSRC, in research and training for the relevant research portfolios: Photonic Materials, Optoelectronic Devices and a combined figure for Optical Communications and Optical Devices and Subsystems.</p><p> </p><p>Please note other research is being carried out in this area, both in other UKRI councils and outside of UKRI, but we are unable to determine the monetary value of this in the time allowed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Photonic Materials</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Research into other Photonic Technology (Communications and </strong> <strong>Optical Devices)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Research</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Training</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Research</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Training</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Research</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Training</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£ 65.78M</p></td><td><p>£ 19.43M</p></td><td><p>£ 51.92M</p></td><td><p>£ 5.76M</p></td><td><p>£48.21M</p></td><td><p>£12.71M</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£ 65.46M</p></td><td><p>£ 21.40M</p></td><td><p>£ 54.87M</p></td><td><p>£ 6.56M</p></td><td><p>£51.87M</p></td><td><p>£11.57M</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£ 60.29M</p></td><td><p>£ 18.74M</p></td><td><p>£ 48.24M</p></td><td><p>£ 6.63M</p></td><td><p>£48.97M</p></td><td><p>£10.67M</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>My rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Spring Statement an £81 million investment in a national Extreme Photonics Application Centre in Oxfordshire. In addition, EPSRC has confirmed continued funding for two existing Centres for Doctoral Training in ICT Photonics as well as investment in a new CDT which will contribute to this area</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/03/2019 11:24:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 108508 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105960

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on contracts with private probation service providers in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	238275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The spend data below is the total spend by HM Probation and Prison Services to the Community Rehabilitation Companies in England and Wales for the years shown.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£528,700,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£394,100,000*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£373,300,000*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures for 2018/19 have not been ratified and as such are not currently available.</p><p>*Figures rounded up to the nearest £100,000</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ does not hold this information for Scotland or Northern Ireland as probation services are devolved.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 04/04/2019 16:39:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1110844

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2019 to Question 238275 on Probation: Private Sector, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of probation services in each year between 2010 and 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	242720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The total amount spent by the Ministry of Justice on probation services in England and Wales for the years requested is set out in a summary table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Probation Expenditure, nominal*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£851,700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£804,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£832,400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£819,800,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£874,600,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures have been rounded and show actual costs</p><p> </p><p>The expenditure prior to 2014/15 is for Probation Boards and Trusts. From 2014/15 onwards, responsibility for providing probation services transferred to the new National Probation Service (NPS) and 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs). The cost increase in 2014/15 was for transition and mobilisation costs of setting up the NPS and CRCs, as well as closing down Probation Trusts, as part of the Transforming Rehabilitation reforms.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/04/2019 16:50:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1104730

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Exclusions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many exclusions per head of population there have been in each local authority area in each of the last nine years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	236306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The National Statistics release ‘Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England 2016 to 2017’ includes information on the number and rate of permanent and fixed period exclusions. Exclusion rates are calculated as a percentage of the total headcount of the sole and dual main registered pupil population on roll as at January census day.</p><p>The full release is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-in-england-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>Information at a national level, by local authorities and by schools for each academic year from 2006/07 to 2016/17 is available in the Underlying data section of the release, in the file “national_region_la_school_data_exc1617.csv”.</p><p>The Department does not publish exclusion figures as a proportion of the total population. Population estimates at a local authority level are published by the Office for National Statistics, available here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 28/03/2019 16:05:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088459

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	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	Research: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of funding as a percentage of GDP that was allocated to research and development by (a) Government, (b) public sector organisations excluding local authorities and (c)the private sector in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	231919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The figures below are based those on the ONS release “Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, UK: 2017”</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.61%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.65%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.58%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.61%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.63%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.65%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.67%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.69%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government</p></td><td><p>0.19%</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td><td><p>0.17%</p></td><td><p>0.20%</p></td><td><p>0.19%</p></td><td><p>0.19%</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Research Councils</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td><td><p>0.16%</p></td><td><p>0.16%</p></td><td><p>0.16%</p></td><td><p>0.15%</p></td><td><p>0.15%</p></td><td><p>0.15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Education Funding Councils</p></td><td><p>0.14%</p></td><td><p>0.14%</p></td><td><p>0.13%</p></td><td><p>0.13%</p></td><td><p>0.12%</p></td><td><p>0.12%</p></td><td><p>0.11%</p></td><td><p>0.11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Enterprise <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>0.71%</p></td><td><p>0.75%</p></td><td><p>0.74%</p></td><td><p>0.74%</p></td><td><p>0.77%</p></td><td><p>0.82%</p></td><td><p>0.88%</p></td><td><p>0.91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Education <sup>1, 4</sup></p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.01%</p></td><td><p>0.01%</p></td><td><p>0.01%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Non-Profit <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overseas</p></td><td><p>0.30%</p></td><td><p>0.31%</p></td><td><p>0.30%</p></td><td><p>0.30%</p></td><td><p>0.30%</p></td><td><p>0.28%</p></td><td><p>0.26%</p></td><td><p>0.24%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1 Following further quality assurance of the flow of funding within the higher education sector it was decided to remove the element relating to funding between higher education establishments.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 Prior to 2011 PNP data were estimated. From 2011 data has been collected from a biennial survey with non-survey years being estimated using data from survey years.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 Estimates of launch investment loan repayments received by government from business have been removed following a review of how these payments should be reported. These loan repayments are in relation to loans given out in previous years and therefore should not be included in current totals of R&amp;D expenditure. The total of loan repayments have been removed from the total funding by business and the UK total for 2013, and 2015, there were no repayments in 2014. In current prices the values removed were 2013 (£212 million) and 2015 (£112 million).</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 New higher education financial reporting standards starting on or after 1 January 2015 have resulted in significant changes in how financial performance is reported. This presents difficulties in comparing results from 2015 onwards with historical trends.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Please Note:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Differences may occur between totals and the sum of their independently rounded components.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/03/2019 17:43:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 108507 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088735

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	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	Social Rented Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new homes were built by (a) local authorities, and (b) social landlords and housing associations in each of the last eight years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	232530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Comprehensive estimates of all affordable housing delivered as a proportion of the total number of new net additions to the housing stock in England, since 2006-07 to 2017-18 are published in the Department’s Affordable Housing Supply Statistical Release in Chart 2 at the following link:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/affordable-housing-supply-in-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/affordable-housing-supply-in-england-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>The figures for the total number of new homes built are published in live table 120. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing</a>.</p><p>A breakdown of the affordable housing delivered, identifying the local authority and housing association new build in each of the last three years, is available in live table 1000C NB. <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/03/2019 16:10:34 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105560

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to restore inflation-linked up-rating to working age social security benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	237624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 froze the majority of working-age benefits for four tax years from 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant provisions will lapse in 2020 and the pre-existing statutory arrangements will come back into force.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/04/2019 15:50:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1087151

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimant complaints relating to the late receipt of letters advising of appointments with health professionals which did not arrive in time to allow for claimants' attendance at such appointments in each year for which such data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	231368
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held in respect of Personal Independence Payment contracts.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to the Health Disability Assessment Service (HDAS) contract, during contract year 4 (March 2018 to February 2019), Centre for Health and Disability Assessments have advised us that they received 15 complaints relating to the late receipt of appointment letters. Of these 15 complaints, 6 individuals were unable to attend their scheduled appointment.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/03/2019 14:02:36 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1090899

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 March 2019, Health and Disability Announcement, HCWS1376, what the proposed (a) timescale and (b) location is for the no conditionality test.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	233446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is finalising the design of the Proof of Concept and seeking input from key representatives from the sector. It is a small scale test which will be run in 2-4 jobcentres. We will use the Proof of Concept to test whether we can increase engagement with claimants through Work Coaches starting at no mandatory requirements and then tailoring conditionality up based on an individual’s circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/03/2019 14:55:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105558

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	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	Social Security Benefits: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of social security benefit recipients who will be transferred to universal credit in each local authority area of Wales in each year from 2019 to 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	237623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Forecasts for Universal Credit below national level are not available. However, our latest estimates following the Spring Statement 2019 indicate that nationally 4.3 million claimants will move to Universal Credit from legacy benefits in total. Of these:</p><p>1.8 million claimants will move to Universal Credit by the Department and</p><p>2.5 million will be as a result of a change of circumstances</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/04/2019 14:01:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1107806

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2019
	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	Social Security Benefits: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2019 to Question 236387, if she will publish the number of people in each parliamentary constituency in Wales that have waited more than six weeks to receive benefit payments in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	238606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>For Universal Credit New Claims, no claimant has to go six weeks without receiving support, as advances, worth up to 100 per cent of a claimant’s indicative award, are available, if required and a two week ‘transitional housing payment’ is available to those claimants who were receiving Housing Benefit before they moved onto Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>In many cases where full payment is not made on time, it is due to unresolved issues such as: claimants not accepting their Claimant Commitment or passing identity checks, or having outstanding verification issues, such as housing costs and self-employed earnings. In order to support claimants to claim, we have taken steps to improve verification processes. For example, we have listened to feedback and built processes into the system to make it easier and quicker for people to verify their housing costs, for example through the landlord portal.</p><p> </p><p>Our latest published data shows that consistently around 85% of new claimants are being paid in full and on time.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table shows the number and proportion of UC New Claims who waited more than 6 weeks, of the claim being submitted, to receive full payment/part payment.</p><p> </p><p>The data in the table relates to New Claims where the first payment was due in November 2018.</p><p>All Claimants included in this table would have had access to an advance.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 03/04/2019 17:29:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma attachment 1 file name New UC claims in Wales.docx title New UC claims in Wales
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1105735

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Stronger Towns Fund: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the Barnett consequentials for Wales of the Stronger Towns Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	237625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government will seek to ensure that towns in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can benefit from the Stronger Towns Fund and we will announce further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 01/04/2019 10:39:28 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1108782

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Stronger Towns Fund: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April to Question 237625, how many occasions he has met with Cabinet colleagues to discuss the Stronger Towns Fund; and what the outcome was of each such meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	239184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>I have a met with Cabinet colleagues on a number of occasions to discuss the Stronger Towns Fund. Ministers and officials will continue to work together to ensure that the fund delivers for communities across Wales and the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 04/04/2019 10:10:19 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1110846

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Stronger Towns Fund: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2019 to Question 239184 on 4 April on Stronger Towns Fund: Wales, on what date he held those meetings; and if he will publish the attendees at those meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	242721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>I have recently discussed the Stronger Towns Fund on several occasions with Cabinet colleagues in different forums.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 15/04/2019 09:08:33 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1091053

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Trade Unions: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2019 to Question 232038, how many of his Department's meetings with trade unions in Wales were in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and what steps he has taken to consult with trade unions in Wales on the UK leaving the EU since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	233482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>One of my two roundtable meetings was directly related to the UK leaving the EU. I am fully committed to an ongoing dialogue with trades unions in Wales on matters relating to the UK leaving the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 21/03/2019 08:07:33 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1109390

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	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 28 January 2019 to Question 211668, for what reasons no political representatives were present at Shared Prosperity Fund engagement events in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	240518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Since June 2018 we have held external stakeholder engagement events with representatives from a breadth of sectors. We have spoken to businesses, public bodies, higher education institutions, the voluntary and charity sector and rural partnership groups. These were official level meetings that included organisations who benefit from structural funds. These events invited views on the design and priorities of the fund to aid policy development. We will consult widely on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund which will give all interested parties the chance to contribute their views to Government.</p><p> </p><p>To date we have held 25 engagement events in the UK which are listed below:</p><p>England:</p><p>West Midlands – Coventry – 20 June 2018</p><p>South and East Midlands – Loughborough – 2 July 2018</p><p>North East England – Gateshead – 25 July 2018</p><p>South East England – London – 5 September 2018</p><p>North West England – Preston – 11 September 2018</p><p>Cornwall and Isles of Scilly – Truro – 12 September 2018</p><p>South West England – Bristol – 25 September 2018</p><p>East of England – Norwich – 4 October 2018</p><p>Yorkshire and Humber – Huddersfield – 22 October 2018</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland:</p><p>Belfast – 15 November 2018 (2 Events)</p><p>Derry Londonderry – 16 November 2018</p><p>Belfast – 11 January 2019 (2 Events)</p><p> </p><p>Scotland:</p><p>Edinburgh – 10 October 2018</p><p>Glasgow – 1 November 2018</p><p>Dundee – 1 November 2018</p><p>Edinburgh – 2 November 2018</p><p>Edinburgh – 7 February 2019</p><p>Inverness – 8 February 2019</p><p> </p><p>Wales:</p><p>Cardiff- 8 November 2018 (2 Events)</p><p>Cardiff- 9 November 2018 (2 Events)</p><p>Saint Asaph – 30 January 2019</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 240519 240520 question first answered 08/04/2019 14:59:30 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1109519

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the outcomes were of the shared prosperity fund consultation stakeholder events held in January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	240519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Since June 2018 we have held external stakeholder engagement events with representatives from a breadth of sectors. We have spoken to businesses, public bodies, higher education institutions, the voluntary and charity sector and rural partnership groups. These were official level meetings that included organisations who benefit from structural funds. These events invited views on the design and priorities of the fund to aid policy development. We will consult widely on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund which will give all interested parties the chance to contribute their views to Government.</p><p> </p><p>To date we have held 25 engagement events in the UK which are listed below:</p><p>England:</p><p>West Midlands – Coventry – 20 June 2018</p><p>South and East Midlands – Loughborough – 2 July 2018</p><p>North East England – Gateshead – 25 July 2018</p><p>South East England – London – 5 September 2018</p><p>North West England – Preston – 11 September 2018</p><p>Cornwall and Isles of Scilly – Truro – 12 September 2018</p><p>South West England – Bristol – 25 September 2018</p><p>East of England – Norwich – 4 October 2018</p><p>Yorkshire and Humber – Huddersfield – 22 October 2018</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland:</p><p>Belfast – 15 November 2018 (2 Events)</p><p>Derry Londonderry – 16 November 2018</p><p>Belfast – 11 January 2019 (2 Events)</p><p> </p><p>Scotland:</p><p>Edinburgh – 10 October 2018</p><p>Glasgow – 1 November 2018</p><p>Dundee – 1 November 2018</p><p>Edinburgh – 2 November 2018</p><p>Edinburgh – 7 February 2019</p><p>Inverness – 8 February 2019</p><p> </p><p>Wales:</p><p>Cardiff- 8 November 2018 (2 Events)</p><p>Cardiff- 9 November 2018 (2 Events)</p><p>Saint Asaph – 30 January 2019</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 240518 240520 question first answered 08/04/2019 14:59:30 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1109520

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will list each shared prosperity fund stakeholder event that has taken in place with the (a) venue, (b) date and (c) list of attendees for each such event.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	240520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Since June 2018 we have held external stakeholder engagement events with representatives from a breadth of sectors. We have spoken to businesses, public bodies, higher education institutions, the voluntary and charity sector and rural partnership groups. These were official level meetings that included organisations who benefit from structural funds. These events invited views on the design and priorities of the fund to aid policy development. We will consult widely on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund which will give all interested parties the chance to contribute their views to Government.</p><p> </p><p>To date we have held 25 engagement events in the UK which are listed below:</p><p>England:</p><p>West Midlands – Coventry – 20 June 2018</p><p>South and East Midlands – Loughborough – 2 July 2018</p><p>North East England – Gateshead – 25 July 2018</p><p>South East England – London – 5 September 2018</p><p>North West England – Preston – 11 September 2018</p><p>Cornwall and Isles of Scilly – Truro – 12 September 2018</p><p>South West England – Bristol – 25 September 2018</p><p>East of England – Norwich – 4 October 2018</p><p>Yorkshire and Humber – Huddersfield – 22 October 2018</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland:</p><p>Belfast – 15 November 2018 (2 Events)</p><p>Derry Londonderry – 16 November 2018</p><p>Belfast – 11 January 2019 (2 Events)</p><p> </p><p>Scotland:</p><p>Edinburgh – 10 October 2018</p><p>Glasgow – 1 November 2018</p><p>Dundee – 1 November 2018</p><p>Edinburgh – 2 November 2018</p><p>Edinburgh – 7 February 2019</p><p>Inverness – 8 February 2019</p><p> </p><p>Wales:</p><p>Cardiff- 8 November 2018 (2 Events)</p><p>Cardiff- 9 November 2018 (2 Events)</p><p>Saint Asaph – 30 January 2019</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 240518 240519 question first answered 08/04/2019 14:59:30 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1110361

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the attendee lists for shared prosperity fund stakeholder engagement events were chosen by (a) Ministers in his Department or (b) staff in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	242029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The attendee lists for the stakeholder engagement events were decided by officials from across UK Government. We spoke to businesses, public bodies, educational institutions, the voluntary and charity sector and rural partnership groups</p><p><br> The list of stakeholder engagement events we have held in Wales are as follows:<br> <br> Cardiff – 8 November 2018 (2 Events);<br> Cardiff – 9 November 2018 (2 Events);<br> St Asaph – 30 January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 242030 question first answered 11/04/2019 15:38:09 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane