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756821

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) pieces of unlawful terrorist material have been taken off the internet, (b) hate preachers have been excluded from the UK, (c) organisations have been proscribed in the UK, (d) British citizenships have been revoked and (e) passports removed for terrorism-related reasons since May 2015; and how many arrests the police have made for terrorism-related offences since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	7580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2017 answer text <p>Following referrals from the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU), social media providers have removed 280,000 pieces of illegal terrorist material since February 2010. Between 11 May 2010 and 31 December 2015, the Government excluded 181 people from the United Kingdom, including 69 exclusions on national security grounds.</p><p>There were 26 exclusions made between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2015. 71 international terrorist organisations and a further 14 in Northern Ireland, have been proscribed. The Government Transparency Report, published on 23 February 2017, showed that the Royal Prerogative had been used to cancel or refuse applications for passports 23 times in 2015. Figures are not yet available for 2016. From March 2015 to March 2017 there have been 562 arrests for terrorism related offences.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/09/2017 14:39:35 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

756828

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Business: Stafford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many businesses in Stafford constituency have received export support from his Department since it was set up.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	7574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text Since the creation of the Department for International Trade (DIT) this department has supported 130 Staffordshire businesses to achieve exports of £30m. Additionally, a further 101 Staffordshire businesses have attended DIT export focused events. Please note that data is available for Staffordshire only. answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 12/09/2017 15:06:05 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

837840

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with the Governments of (a) Norway, (b) Switzerland, (c) Iceland and (d) Liechtenstein on (i) their citizens resident in the UK and (ii) UK citizens resident in those countries after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	126871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s published policy paper, ‘Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU’, stated that we would discuss similar arrangements with Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein. The Prime Minister reiterated this to the Norwegian Prime Minister in October and in her letter to EU citizens on 11 December 2017.</p><p>We have already started constructive official-level scoping talks with all four countries and both the UK and the EFTA states are keen to reach agreement as soon as possible. It is our intention that all EEA and Swiss nationals in the UK, and UK nationals living across the EEA and Switzerland can continue living life broadly as they do now.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 14/02/2018 15:53:40 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

882665

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Professions: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what progress the Government is making in securing the maintenance of mutual recognition of professional qualifications after the UK leaves the EU and the expiry of the implementation period.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	135727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister said in her Mansion House speech, the UK is committed to securing a continued system for the mutual recognition of professional qualifications as part of a bold and ambitious future economic partnership with the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK has agreed with the EU the continued recognition of qualifications for residents and frontier workers, where recognition decisions were received or where recognition decisions were ongoing before the end of the implementation period. This will cover qualifications recognised under the MRPQ Directive, lawyers practising under host title and approved statutory auditors.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The March European Council agreed guidelines for negotiations on our future relationship, referencing the desire of the EU27 to include ambitious provisions on the recognition of qualifications. This is a useful starting point for the next stage of negotiations on the future economic partnership.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/04/2018 14:23:30 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

882666

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Euratom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent steps the Government has taken to secure a formal agreement with Euratom after the UK leaves the EU and the expiry of the implementation period.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	135728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that we want the broadest and deepest possible future partnership – covering more sectors and co-operating more fully than any Free Trade Agreement anywhere in the world today. In particular, as confirmed in the Prime Minister’s Mansion House speech, the Government will seek a close association with Euratom. We are pleased that the March European Council agreed guidelines for the next stage of negotiations on this future relationship.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 23/04/2018 14:30:21 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

882667

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what progress the Government is making in negotiations with the European Union on reciprocal arrangements for health care in the UK and the EU after the (a) UK leaves the EU and (b) expiry of the implementation period.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	135729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The current structure of EU rules and regulations will apply until the end of the implementation period and this includes reciprocal healthcare arrangements.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK and the EU have also agreed on reciprocal healthcare arrangements for the purposes of the Withdrawal Agreement. After the implementation period ends, those who fall within scope of that agreement for social security coordination purposes will be entitled to reciprocal healthcare cover on the terms laid out under that deal.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reciprocal healthcare rights for individuals not in scope of the Withdrawal Agreement will be a matter for further negotiation with the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>At every step of the negotiations we will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 18/04/2018 14:32:29 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

420347

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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 analysis his Department has carried out on the comparative living costs of people (a) in the work related activity group of employment and support allowance and (b) on jobseeker's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	10742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out any analysis on the comparative living costs of these two groups.</p><p>If claimants experience additional costs as a result of their illness or disability, they may be eligible to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which we have exempted from the Benefit cap and will continue to uprate by inflation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/10/2015 16:26:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

427314

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2015 to Question 10742, what proportion of people in the work-related activity group of employment and support allowance are also in receipt of personal independence payment.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	15487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>In May 2015, about 48% of the 460,000 claimants in the work-related activity group receive both ESA and PIP/DLA.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 16/11/2015 14:44:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

524057

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2016
	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	New Enterprise Allowance: Stafford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Stafford constituency are in receipt of the New Enterprise Allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	39993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>The following table gives the number of mentor and business starts in Stafford for New Enterprise Allowance from April 2011 to December 2015. These figures are taken from the latest Official Statistics which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/new-enterprise-allowance-apr-2011-to-dec-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/new-enterprise-allowance-apr-2011-to-dec-2015</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>New Enterprise Allowance: Mentor starts <sup>(1) </sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> New Enterprise Allowance: Business starts <sup>(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><em>1) Figures show the number of starts where people have begun working with a business mentor.</em></p><p><em>2) Figures show the number of mentor starts that have progressed to set up their own business.</em></p><p><em>3) Values are rounded to the nearest 10.</em></p><p><em>4) Some claimants on Universal Credit (UC) are not captured in the data, there may be a small undercount of starts in areas where UC has been introduced.</em></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/06/2016 10:25:18 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

102233

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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	Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of recent employment trends.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	905826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The latest figures show a record number of people in work - 30.76 million, up 736,000 on the year. There are a record 14.4m women in work, with a record female employment rate of 68.1%. This year there have been some of the largest annual increases in employment since the 1980s.</p><p>Total unemployment saw a record annual fall of 538,000, bringing unemployment below 2 million for the first time since 2008. Youth unemployment fell a record 253,000 on the year to 733,000. Long-term unemployment fell 194,000 on the year - the largest annual fall since 1998.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 17:41:36 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy