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349179

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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, how many households who are not expected to work under benefit rules will be affected by the reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1561 1624 1625 question first answered 16/06/2015 11:58:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

349180

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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, what estimate he has made of the number of children who live in households that will be affected by a reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000 per annum.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1552 1561 1625 question first answered 16/06/2015 11:58:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

349181

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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, what estimate he has made of the number of households with dependent children which will be affected by the reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000 per annum.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	1625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1552 1561 1624 question first answered 16/06/2015 11:58:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

423945

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	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	China: Religious Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of freedom of religion and belief in China.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	13265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>We remain concerned by the human rights situation in China, including restrictions on freedom of religion or belief. Some of our concerns include restrictions on the celebration of Ramadan in Xinjiang, and reports of church demolition and cross removal in Zhejiang Province. Freedom of religion or belief remains one of the Government’s top priorities and we are dedicated to its promotion and protection around the world.</p><p>We raise this issue consistently with the Chinese authorities and continue to highlight a range of our concerns related to freedom of religion or belief in China in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy (<a href="http://www.hrdreport.fco.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.hrdreport.fco.gov.uk</a>), and most recently in July 2015. We also did so in detail during the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in April this year, and will continue to do so as part of our wider relationship.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 03/11/2015 12:42:32 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

423949

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	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	Liu Xiaobo
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Chinese government on the imprisonment of Liu Xiaobo.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	13268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>We pay close attention to the human rights situation in China, and consistently raise the range of our concerns with the Chinese authorities. We did so in detail at the most recent UK-China Human Rights Dialogue, held in Beijing in April. We raised the case of Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia immediately prior to the Dialogue.</p><br /> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 03/11/2015 12:06:18 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

350053

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Climate Change
	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 steps the Government is taking to increase preparedness for extreme weather and flooding as a result of climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	2154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>We are preparing for the impacts of climate change, including the increased threat of extreme weather and flooding, primarily through the implementation of the first National Adaptation Programme report which Defra published in July 2013. This sets out more than 370 actions across key sectors involving government, business, councils, civil society and academia.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>The second round of reporting under the Climate Change Act 2008 Adaptation Reporting Power is currently underway. The process encourages organisations, such as major infrastructure providers and public bodies, to identify current and future climate risks to their organisation and functions, and asks them to develop a plan to address them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the next six years, £2.3 billion will be spent on more than 1,500 schemes to improve flood defences. This will better protect more than 300,000 homes, up to 420,000 acres of agricultural land, 205 miles of railway and 340 miles of roads. This represents an overall reduction in national flood risk of 5%, despite the increased underlying risk from climate change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National scenarios for flood and coastal risk management over the next 50 years are set out in our Long-Term Investment Scenarios (published December 2014).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/06/2015 11:01:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

350052

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Air Pollution
	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 steps she is taking to tackle excessive levels of air pollution in towns or cities.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	2153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>We are fully committed to complying with EU air quality standards as soon as possible. We have already committed over £2 billion since 2011 in transport measures to improve air quality and will be publishing revised air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) by the end of this year. The plans will set out actions at all levels, including national and local, to achieve compliance with legal limits for NO<sub>2</sub> in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 2122 question first answered 17/06/2015 08:34:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

385554

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: National Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to link National Insurance numbering systems with voter registration to improve registration levels.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	4204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Under Individual Electoral Registration (IER) applicants provide two personal identifiers including a national insurance number which are checked against Government records to help verify the person is who they say they are. As part of the transition to IER in 2014, 87% of the existing electorate was automatically re-registered under the new system after being data matched against Government and local authority data. Data matching continues to be integral to IER, in verifying new applications, but also locally in identifying and verifying applications from eligible electors. We will keep under review the scope for data to further improve voter registration.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/07/2015 11:48:31 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

422020

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian casualties were recorded as a result of drone strikes in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	901611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>There were no known incidents of civilian casualties from UK Remotely Piloted Air System strikes in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/10/2015 16:40:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

418697

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	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	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to address the root causes of the migrant situation in the Mediterranean.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	10164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The government believes that the root causes of migration must be addressed, and not just the symptoms. A comprehensive solution is needed that will reduce the pull and push factors causing people to leave their countries of origin. We must also address the transit routes being used, as well as disrupting the criminal elements who are smuggling and trafficking humans. We are working closely with EU and international partners to find such a solution.</p><p>Because it is the gateway to western Mediterranean irregular migration, the government is also working with other countries to bring about a functioning government in Libya.</p><p>The government has provided substantial development and humanitarian assistance to help refugees from the civil war in Syria. The Unted Kingdom has now committed more than £1 billion of aid to help people displaced by the conflict there, both within Syria and in neighbouring countries, and to encourage stability. This makes the UK the EU’s largest donor, and second largest donor (after the USA) overall.</p><p>United Kingdom support has helped to provide more than 20 million food rations, 2.5 million medical consultations, and given 1.6 million people access to clean water . The UK is providing education to a quarter of a million children in the area.</p><p>Additionally, the Prime Minister announced on 7 September that the UK will resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees from the region over the course of this parliament.</p><p>An EU/Africa Summit in Valletta in November offers the opportunity to develop a robust and comprehensive set of proposals to deal with the upstream cause of irregular migration. We are fully engaged in the preparations.</p><p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), The Secretary of State for International Development, my right hon. Friend the member for Putney (Ms Greening) and I have all discussed preparations for Valetta with other European governments and the European Commission.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/09/2015 15:27:53 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West