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1129564

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Integrated Activity Fund
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the allocated budget for the Gulf Integrated Activity Fund for the 2019/20 financial year; and which countries will receive support from that Fund.
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	uin	HL16049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The allocated budget for the Gulf Integrated Activity Fund (IAF) for the 2019/20 financial year is £20m. The IAF will fund activity in all <del class="ministerial">seven</del> <ins class="ministerial">six </ins>Gulf <ins class="ministerial">Cooperation Council </ins>States including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates<del class="ministerial">,</del> <ins class="ministerial">and </ins>Oman<ins class="ministerial">.</ins> <del class="ministerial">and Yemen.</del></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/06/2019 13:14:30 question first ministerially corrected 25/06/2019 14:53:06 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 123511 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1129731

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Yemen: Internally Displaced People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support his Department is providing to internally displaced people in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	259950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The UK is providing a range of support to displaced people in Yemen in response to the displacement of 3.3 million people since the conflict began in 2015. Last financial year (2018/19), for example, we <del class="ministerial">provided</del> <ins class="ministerial">contributed to the provision of </ins>food assistance to over 490,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) and since June 2017 we have helped over 40,000 IDPs receive psychosocial support and provided over 35,000 with life-saving health care.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has also supported the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide primary healthcare and mental health services, legal assistance, child protection and support to survivors of gender-based violence. We are supporting IOM and UNHCR with £9 million this financial year (2019/20) to allow them to continue providing these vital services.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 11/06/2019 16:43:41 question first ministerially corrected 19/06/2019 10:00:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison previous answer version 121913 answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1130745

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pusuant to the Answers of 5 June 2019 to Questions 257798 and 257799, and in the format of the Answer of 11 April 2019 to Question 241458, what proportion of jobs in (a) the UK, (b) Yorkshire, (c) South Yorkshire and (c) Barnsley are paid the (i) National Living Wage and (ii) National Minimum Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	261537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Through the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW), the Government ensures that the lowest paid in our society are fairly rewarded for their work. April 2019’s increase to the NLW will see nearly 1.8 million workers in the UK receive a 4.9% pay rise. A full-time worker on the NLW will now be more than £2,750 better off over the year compared to when it was first announced in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides estimates for the number and proportion of jobs in the UK and Yorkshire and the Humber on the NLW and NMW in 2019. The most recent available data for Barnsley, and South Yorkshire, shows that there were an estimated 5,500 workers and 47,200 workers respectively who were on the NLW or NMW.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>National Living Wage</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>National Minimum Wage</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Number of jobs</em></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>% of jobs</em></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Number of jobs</em></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>% of jobs</em></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">UK</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,762,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7.2%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">341,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9.8%</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Yorkshire and the Humber</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">172,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8.8%</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">36,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12.0%</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/06/2019 16:04:20 question first ministerially corrected 20/06/2019 15:16:09 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 122690 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1131218

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Food Banks
	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 number of Government Departments that plan to set up foodbanks in their offices.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	263052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">We are not aware that any department has plans to open a foodbank.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government is committed to ensuring our democracy is robust, trusted and open so all those who are eligible can participate with confidence. We have convened partners in local authorities and homeless charities to codesign and test ideas to address barriers to electoral registration for the homeless. These will be made available shortly on Gov.uk.</del></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 17/06/2019 13:16:18 question first ministerially corrected 27/06/2019 15:57:41 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 123008 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1132269

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many challenges have been made to decisions on intentional homelessness in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</ins><del class="ministerial">A full answer cannot be provided as the data requested is not held by HMCTS.</del></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:28:53 question first ministerially corrected 08/07/2019 17:19:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 124831 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132276

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Representation: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants have represented themselves in cases involving homelessness in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</ins><del class="ministerial">A full answer cannot be provided as the data requested is not held by HMCTS.</del></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:31:21 question first ministerially corrected 08/07/2019 17:19:05 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 124830 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132887

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Biometrics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the statutory basis for the use of facial recognition technology by the police is.
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	uin	266090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The UK Government remains focussed on ensuring a smooth and orderly withdrawal from the EU with a deal as soon as possible, and we have been clear that we do not want or expect a no deal scenario. However, as a responsible government, we continue to prepare for all scenarios.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has been planning and preparing for a no deal scenario for some time, and we have contingency plans in place across areas including law enforcement, passports and the border. Whatever the outcome of our exit from the EU, we remain committed to supporting the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals both domestically and internationally. The UK’s first Voluntary National Review (VNR) will be published shortly. The VNR will review UK action both domestically and internationally in support of Goal 16. It will also outline key challenges and next steps, recognising that while progress is being made, there is more work to do.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government believes that there is a legal framework for the use of live facial recognition technology, although that is being challenged in the courts and we would not want to pre-empt the outcome of this case.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The police have common law powers to use the technology for the purposes of preventing or detecting crime. Part 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 is the statutory basis for the processing of the facial images obtained from the technology for these purposes. Possible matches produced by these sys-tems are always checked by a human operator before deciding what, if any, action to take.</ins></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/06/2019 16:34:28 question first ministerially corrected 26/06/2019 15:09:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 125204 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis