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1133561

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is a minimum level of income that a claimant of universal credit must retain after a 40 per cent reduction to repay an advance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	267165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>There is no set minimum level Universal Credit award for a claimant to retain. A claimant’s award will reflect their individual circumstances, topping up any earnings or other income that they may have, so their Universal Credit might just constitute a small proportion of their total income. Deductions from the award are calculated in relation to the Universal Credit standard allowance and the maximum rate of deductions cannot normally exceed 40 per cent of the Universal Credit standard allowance. From October 2019 this will be reduced to 30 per cent.</p><p /><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 266652 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:41:12 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1133625

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Maritime Safety Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the policy outcomes were of the 101st session of the International Maritime Organisation’s Maritime Safety Committee, 5 to 14 June 2019; what the Government’s negotiating position was under each item at that session; and how the outcomes of that session will affect future regulation of safety standards in the shipping industry.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	267282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The International Maritime Organization (IMO) will release an outcome report of the 101st session of the Maritime Safety Committee in due course. This will detail the outcome of each item at the session.</p><p> </p><p>There were 23 agenda items and 140 papers discussed and the UK had agreed positions for each of the policies.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the key safety items from the session were the regulatory scoping exercise on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships, goal-based standards and safety level approach, safety of ships in polar waters, development of further measures to enhance the safety of ships relating to the use of fuel oil, e-navigation and domestic ferry safety.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is committed to working with the IMO and other Member States to work towards maintaining and improving safety standards across the wider maritime sector as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will endeavour to block inappropriate or disproportionate legislation that the UK considers may place an undue burden on industry, and to work tactically with other States to achieve UK lines.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/06/2019 15:11:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1133626

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Maritime Safety Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the names of the Government's delegation to the 101st session of the International Maritime Organisation’s Maritime Safety Committee which took place between 5 and 14 June 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	267283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s delegation to the 101st session of the International Maritime Organization's Maritime Safety Committee was:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Head of Delegation</p><p>Miss Katy Ware, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to IMO and Director of Maritime Safety and Standards, Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).</p><p> </p><p>Alternates</p><p>Mr Kevin Hunter, International Relations Manager (Technical), MCA.</p><p>Mr Gwilym Stone, Assistant Director, Ship Standards, MCA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Advisors</p><p> </p><p>Mr Shaun Rogers, Head of International Liaison, MCA.</p><p>Dr Katrina Kemp, Smart Ships and Automation Policy Officer, MCA.</p><p>Mr Regi John, Head, External Monitoring and Assurance, MCA.</p><p>Mr Bennett Ng, Environmental Policy Specialist, MCA.</p><p>Mr Fabio Fantozzi, Policy Lead, Marine Technology, MCA.</p><p>Mr Andrew Wibroe, International Relations Officer (Technical), MCA.</p><p>Mr David MacRae, Environmental Policy Specialist, MCA.</p><p>Mr Simon Lynch, Senior Lawyer, Legal Advisors (Maritime), Department for Transport (DfT).</p><p>Ms Alexandra Harverson, Senior Lawyer, Maritime, DfT.</p><p>Ms Katie Goodall, Senior Lawyer, Maritime, DfT.</p><p>Mr Ayden Peach, Lawyer, Maritime, DfT.</p><p>Mr Martin Jordison, Lawyer, Maritime, DfT.</p><p>Ms Masuma Khalique, Lawyer, Maritime, DfT.</p><p>Mr Graham Dixon, International Shipping and Counter Piracy, DfT.</p><p>Mr Darren Haynes, Registrar and Deputy Head, Defence Maritime Regulator (DMR) Defence Safety Authority (DSA), Ministry of Defence (MoD).</p><p>Mr Steve Pearson, Team Leader, DMR, DSA, MoD.</p><p>Dr Ann Fitchett, Safety and Environmental Protection Policy and Legislation Principle, DMR, DSA, MoD.</p><p>Ms Kim Brown, Senior Environmental Inspector, DMR, DSA, MoD.</p><p>Mr Akash Rana, Inspector, DMR, DSA, MoD.</p><p>Mr James Dalgliesh, Policy Adviser, DMR, MoD.</p><p>Mr Michael Vibert, Maritime Security Team Leader, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).</p><p>Ms Fena Boyle, Nautical Manager, UK Chamber of Shipping.</p><p>Mr Robert Carington, Policy Adviser, UK Chamber of Shipping.</p><p>Mr Cameron Mitchell, Deputy Director, Isle of Man Ship Registry.</p><p>Mr Anderson Chaplow, Senior Specialist, Marine, Lloyd’s Register EMEA.</p><p>Mr John Dodd, Director, Safety and Standards Maritime, Inmarsat.</p><p>Mrs Alison Horrocks, Company Secretary, Inmarsat.</p><p>Mr Nick Ashton, Marine MSI Manager, UK Meteorological Office.</p><p>Mr Christopher Balls, Principal Surveyor, Cayman Islands Shipping Registry</p><p>Mr Gonzague de Lhoneux, Vice President, Apax Partners</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/06/2019 14:53:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1133628

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Table SFR0101 in his Department's statistical series, Estimated UK Seafarers active at sea by type: 1997 to 2018, what estimate he has made of the number of UK (a) Ratings and (b) Officers employed by companies that are not members of the UK Chamber of Shipping.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	267285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>While an attempt was made to collect information from companies who are not members of the UK Chamber of Shipping, the response rate was not sufficient to allow a robust estimate of the number of ratings and officers employed by these companies to be produced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/06/2019 14:45:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1133629

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Crew
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will request from the UK Chamber of Shipping data on the (a) age and (b) gender profile of the seafarer workforce featured in Data Table SFR0303 Seafarers active at sea by type and nationality group, UK Chamber of Shipping member companies: 2012 to 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	267286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Data on the (a) age and (b) gender profile of UK seafarers active at sea employed by UK Chamber of Shipping member companies are published in Statistical Table SFR0302. Data for non-UK nationalities are not held at a sufficient enough quality to allow robust estimates to be made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/06/2019 14:42:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1133378

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the 22,694 individuals that the Home Office has identified ETS has limited confidence in the validity of their TOEIC test due to administrative irregularity, how many re-applied for their visas with a new secure English language test.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	266615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Whilst ETS notified the Home Office of 22,694 questionable UK test certificates, the actual number where it was relevant to require a fresh test and an interview with a Home Office official was much smaller.</p><p>The exact information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/06/2019 15:55:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1133379

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students received a section 10 notice as a result of being accused of cheating in the TOEIC English language test.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	266616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The exact information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office. UKVI transparency data provides details of refusal, curtailments and removal decisions on those linked to the abuse of secure English language testing. A link to the most recent available data is provided here;<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-february-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-february-2017</a></p><p>The table in SELT_02 is the closest match to the information requested</p><p>The data was last published in February 2017 and only contains data to the last quarter (December 2016). ETS data is no longer published after this date.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/06/2019 16:00:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1133289

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Climate Change and Ecology: Curriculum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to introduce climate change and ecological education as a core subject in the national curriculum.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	266617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>It is important that young people are taught about climate change and ecology. Topics related to this are already included in both the science and geography national curriculum.</p><p>For example, in primary school science, pupils are taught about how weather changes across the four seasons and look at how environments can change as a result of human actions. In secondary science, pupils are taught about ecosystems, and the production of carbon dioxide by human activity and the effect this has on the climate. They go on to consider the evidence for additional anthropogenic causes of climate change, and positive and negative interactions with ecosystems and their impact on biodiversity. In secondary geography, pupils will study how human and physical processes interact to influence and change landscapes, environments and the climate.</p><p>In 2017, the Department also introduced a new environmental science A level. This will enable students to study topics that will support their understanding of climate change and how it can be tackled.</p><p>The Department is also funding the Children and Nature Programme, a £10 million programme that aims to support children from disadvantaged backgrounds to have better access to the natural environment. This includes studying about nature and how to care for the natural environment.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 24/06/2019 16:31:49 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1133388

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Islamic Resistance Support Organization and Hezbollah
	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 relationship between Hezbollah and the Islamic Resistance Support Organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	266618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 15 January 2018, UIN 122667.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/06/2019 15:48:20 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1133390

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	Climate Change
	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 assessment he has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits to council tax payers of local authorities in England declaring a climate emergency in their area; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	266619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the actions of Local Authorities across England to tackle climate change. We have always been clear that to achieve our climate targets it will take significant ambition at all levels.</p><p> </p><p>Achieving clean growth has to be a shared endeavour between government, local authorities, businesses, civil society and the British people. The development of Local Industrial Strategies, led by Mayoral Combined Authorities and Local Enterprise Partnerships, will build on unique local strengths to ensure every community, and the country, reaches their economic potential, supports clean growth and green jobs.</p><p> </p><p>Most motions have committed Councils to come back later this year with programmes to achieve their stated ambitions. This Government is looking at what support we can provide through our local energy programme and other programmes to help Councils make progress in taking action to tackle climate change.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 24/06/2019 13:54:26 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope