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1285583

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the protections afforded to Gypsies and Travellers under the Public Sector Equality Duty are encompassed in her response to the 2019 consultation, Strengthening police powers to tackle unauthorised encampments with regard to (a) criminalising trespass and (b) seizing homes.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	152549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring all communities are treated fairly. We are equally clear that we will not tolerate law breaking.</p><p>That is why we set out in the Queen’s Speech in December 2019 our firm aim to bring forward legislation which will help police tackle unauthorised encampments where they cause harm and disruption.</p><p>All responses to the consultation have been considered and the Government response will be published soon.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/02/2021 14:34:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

1260342

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Friends, Families and Travellers 2020 report, Police renew calls for more Gypsy and Traveller sites in opposition to the criminalisation of unauthorised encampments, published 9 September 2020, that concluded (a) 21.7 per cent of police respondents agreed with the Home Office proposals to criminalise unauthorised encampments and (b) 93.7 per cent of police bodies called for site provision as the solution to unauthorised encampments.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	128181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <ul><li>The Home Office has conducted a public consultation on strengthening the powers available to the police to deal with unauthorised encampments. The Government will consider all views and representations made when reaching our decision on the next steps.</li></ul> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/12/2020 16:11:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

911081

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
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: Cryptocurrencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether other companies have been involved in the GovCoin contract to undertake trials on the use of blockchain technology for the welfare and benefits system; and whether any claimant information was shared with (a) those other companies and (b) GovCoin during the period of that contract.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	147916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, DWP ran a proof of concept pilot to explore GovCoin’s (DISC) capability. No other companies were involved in the pilot and no benefit or personal data was shared with GovCoin (DISC) on claimants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/06/2018 09:59:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

910231

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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: Cryptocurrencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department contracted GovCoin to undertake trials on the use of blockchain technology for the welfare and benefits system.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	147470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, we ran a proof of concept pilot to explore GovCoin’s (DISC) capability. The pilot came to an end in early 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The are no contractual obligations with Govcoin and we have no plans to do any further work with GovCoin</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/06/2018 10:58:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

910232

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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: Cryptocurrencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid from the public purse to GovCoin to undertake trials on the use of blockchain technology for the welfare and benefits system.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	147471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, we ran a proof of concept pilot to explore GovCoin’s (DISC) capability. The pilot came to an end in early 2017.</p><p> </p><p>No public money was paid to Govcoin. Equally, Govcoin made no payment to the Government for this exploratory exercise. We have no plans to do any further work with GovCoin.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/06/2018 11:09:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

910233

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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: Cryptocurrencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department's contract with GovCoin to undertake trials on the use of blockchain technology for the welfare and benefits system has concluded.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	147472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, we ran a proof of concept pilot to explore GovCoin’s (DISC) capability. The pilot came to an end in early 2017.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/06/2018 11:02:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

910234

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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: Cryptocurrencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recommendations were made to her Department as a result of the trials that GovCoin undertook on the use of blockchain technology for the welfare and benefits system; and whether the findings of those trails will be published.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	147473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, DWP ran a trial proof of concept on a small scale and the findings concluded that it was not viable due to limited take up potential and the expenses it would incur. No other companies were involved in the trial and no benefit or personal data was shared with GovCoin (DISC) on claimants.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/06/2018 09:56:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

822986

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress GovCoin, Barclays, RWE npower and University College London on behalf of the Department have made in developing technology that welfare claimants can easily adopt to handle their payments through a mobile app.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	122669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>A small Proof of Concept was undertaken with DISC Holdings (formerly Govcoin) which included a budgeting app that could be used on a mobile phone. There are no plans to roll out any such pilot at scale. If claimants chose to use an account with a mobile app, as long as it has a standard account number and sort code, then they may do so. It is not within the DWP’s remit to promote one company’s product over another.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has liaised with University College London regarding technological developments in this area. No formal projects were initiated as a result of this.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to work with industry to understand how emerging technologies can be used to support claimants.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/01/2018 14:26:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes