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837749

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Public Accounts Committee session on 20 November 2017, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the accuracy of the evidence from HMRC that it had no evidence to suggest there would be increased trade flows after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>“The Secretary of State has regular meetings with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the course of carrying out his duties.</p><p>The IMF has predicted that 90% of future growth will come from outside the EU in the next 10-15 years. The UK needs to take advantage of this growth and position itself to ensure maximum prosperity for its people.”</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 126781 question first answered 20/02/2018 17:25:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837750

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the session of the Public Accounts Committee on 20 November 2017, what disscussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the accuracy of the evidence given by HMRC that it was not expecting any shift in risk profile on goods coming into the UK from the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>“The Secretary of State has regular meetings with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the course of carrying out his duties.</p><p>The IMF has predicted that 90% of future growth will come from outside the EU in the next 10-15 years. The UK needs to take advantage of this growth and position itself to ensure maximum prosperity for its people.”</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 126780 question first answered 20/02/2018 17:25:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837930

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	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 5 February 2018 to Question 126043 on Government Departments: Procurement, how many and what proportion of major government suppliers have been in compliance with the prompt payment code in each month since that code was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>This information is not currently held centrally.</p><p>BEIS have recently introduced a payment reporting system, which requires large businesses to report on their UK payment practices and performance. Businesses must report 6 monthly on their payment performance starting with their first full financial year that starts on or after 6 April 2017:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-payment-practices-and-performance-reporting-requirements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-payment-practices-and-performance-reporting-requirements</a></p><p>This system is in its early stages and not all businesses have yet submitted reports. However, we believe this change will put more pressure on UK businesses to improve their payment culture.</p><p>We intend to take further steps to improve payment practices in government supply chains and we will be bringing forward proposals shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/03/2018 10:09:08 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837784

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Further Education: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason further education colleges are included in the list for underperforming schools.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The department publishes educational performance data for schools and colleges in England based on the performance of students at the end of key stage 4 (age 16) and for 16 to18 year olds, regardless of the institution they attend. Data can be found here: <a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Further education colleges with 14 to 16 year old provision are included in the secondary performance data, as secondary accountability measures apply to these colleges. Just 17 of the 5,516 institutions with pupils completing key stage 4 in 2017 were further education colleges.</p><p> </p><p>The secondary floor standard, which is the minimum standard for pupil attainment and/or progress that the government expects schools to meet, also applies to further education colleges with 14 to 16 year old provision, as they are state-funded mainstream education providers for this age group. Floor standards do not apply to special schools, independent schools, pupil referral units, alternative provision or hospital schools.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 20/02/2018 14:52:07 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837785

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Carillion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 2 February 2018 to Question 125692, for what reason contracts with Carillion did not use project bank accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government Construction Strategy committed government departments to use Project Bank Accounts for their projects unless there are compelling reasons not to do so. A certain amount of contracts with Carillion had used Project Bank Accounts but the complexity of the contracting structure is such that it is not possible for the Official Receiver at this stage in the liquidation process to say why they were not used in relation to all contracts.</p><p>We continue to work with public sector construction procurers to drive the use of Project Banks Accounts to facilitate faster, more transparent and certain payments in the construction supply chain. This will ease the cash flow through the system and support closer working within the supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 20/02/2018 12:06:22 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

838020

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the hon. Member for Sefton Central of 6 February 2018, Official Report column 1388, Point of Order whether there are discrepancies between the summary and the full contents of the section 166 report on RBS's treatment of small business customers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	127049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final summary of the independent review of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) treatment of small and medium-sized enterprise customers transferred to its Global Restructuring Group (GRG). The review is a matter for the FCA, which is operationally independent of Government.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA announced it is investigating the matters arising from the review and focusing on whether there is any basis for it to take further action. It would not be appropriate for the Government to comment further whilst this process is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/02/2018 15:20:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837751

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Remedies Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to proceedings in Committee on the Trade Bill of 23 January 2018, what assessment he has made of evidential basis for the statement by James Ashton Bell on the consultation on the creation of a Trade Remedies Authority that the optics were all wrong.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has undertaken a comprehensive series of engagement activities as we develop our future trade policy. The White Paper published in October is just one part of an ongoing programme of engagement. Our wider engagement work – including roundtables, bi-laterals and technical meetings – began in July 2016.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/02/2018 17:42:12 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837846

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 126040 on Revenue and Customs: Disclosure of Information, for what reason a request for information from HMRC must be defined in legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>Information held by HMRC is subject to strict statutory control under the Commissioners of Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (CRCA). This restricts sharing of information by HMRC to specified purposes. Any request for information from HMRC not already specified in the CRCA 2005 must therefore have a statutory gateway in order to allow HMRC to share that information.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/02/2018 15:00:11 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837942

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Remedies Authority: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 126038 on Trade Remedies Authority: Public Appointments, if he will make it his policy that appointments to the Trade Remedies Authority are subject to pre-appointment hearings by the International Trade Select Committee.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Trade Policy on 5 February 2018, UIN 126038.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/02/2018 15:32:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

837941

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Remedies Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2015 to Question 126039 on Trade Remedies Authority, what his Department's definition is of a timely manner.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	126971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>At the conclusion of an investigation where the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) recommends measures to my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade, it is important that there is no undue delay in the decision to apply measures to protect UK industry from unfair trade or unforeseen surges in imports. However in some cases, this decision may involve complex considerations, and it is important that a strict time pressure does not compromise such considerations, such as national security.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/02/2018 14:57:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson