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751660

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel are currently involved in training operations in support of aerial targeting procedures used by the airforces of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	4768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>There are currently around 125 Armed Forces personnel based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, delivering the breadth of UK defence engagement with Saudi Arabia. Amongst their many tasks, these personnel deliver training, which we assess helps develop the Saudi-led Coalition's targeting processes and supports their compliance with International Humanitarian Law. During courses, additional personnel either deploy to Saudi Arabia, or provide training in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 18/07/2017 16:28:27 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

751663

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Idil Eser
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Turkish Government on the detention of Idil Eser, the Director of Amnesty International, in that country.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	4772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>We are concerned by the recent arrests of Amnesty staff in Turkey, and the Prime Minister raised the case of Idil Eser with President Erdogan at the recent G20 summit. We continue to encourage Turkey to work towards the full protection of fundamental rights, particularly in the area of freedom of expression.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/07/2017 16:22:27 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

751667

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Sunderland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will meet the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland and the hon. Member for Sunderland Central to discuss the future of the Sunderland Court Estate.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	4771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>I would be pleased to meet the hon. Members for Houghton and Sunderland South and Sunderland Central to discuss the future of the court estate in Sunderland. I will ask my office to make appropriate arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 18/07/2017 16:33:59 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

751668

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment appeals there have been in the South East Wales District in each year since 2010; and how many such appeals were successful.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	4793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below contains the requested information.</p><p><strong>Appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) in </strong><strong>South East Wales<sup>1</sup> for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)<sup>2</sup> and Personal Independence Payment (PIP)<sup>3</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Benefit Type</p></td><td><p>Receipts</p></td><td><p>Clearances at Hearing Found in Favour of Appellant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>5486</p></td><td><p><em>907</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><em>0 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>6254</p></td><td><p><em>1,809</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><em>0 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>8087</p></td><td><p><em>2,892</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><em>0 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>14835</p></td><td><p><em>5,543</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><em>0 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>7130</p></td><td><p><em>5,545</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><em>~</em><sup>5</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>2183</p></td><td><p><em>1,241</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>1478</p></td><td><p><em>311</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>2570</p></td><td><p><em>1,501</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>2622</p></td><td><p><em>1,729</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA</p></td><td><p>3413</p></td><td><p><em>1,922</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>3268</p></td><td><p><em>1,750</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong> SSCS data are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. South East Wales is identified as those appeals which are attributed to the Cardiff, Cwmbran, Langstone, Newport, Llwynypia, Merthyr Tydfil, Newport, Pontypool, Pontypridd venues.</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>2</sup></strong> Includes ESA and ESA (Reassessments).</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>3 </sup></strong>PIP replaced Disability Living Allowance for people aged 16 to 64 and rolled out from 8 April 2013. It was trialled in areas of the North of England and gradually rolled out across other regions. As such there were fewer than five appeals cleared in the South East Wales district in 2013-2014.</p><p>. <br> <strong><sup>4 </sup></strong>By financial year - from April to March.</p><p> </p><p><strong><sup>5 </sup></strong>Denotes appeals types where fewer than five cases were involved and therefore data are statistically unreliable.</p><p><em>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available. The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case management system on a different date.</em></p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/07/2017 16:35:34 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

751673

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 3597, whether people enforcing their rights (a) through the UK judicial system and (b) contained within the Withdrawal Agreement will be eligible for legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	4804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The scope of civil legal aid is set out in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), which came into force on 1 April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>In order for a person to be granted civil legal aid, both their income and capital must be within specified limits as set out in the means test. In addition, their case needs to have a reasonable chance of winning (the merits test).</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not currently put any nationality or residence restrictions on accessing civil legal aid. However, under LASPO civil legal aid is generally limited to proceedings taking place in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/07/2017 16:34:38 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

751674

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 6 of her Department's policy paper Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, what provision will be made for EEA trafficked persons to apply for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	4805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s policy paper (Cm 9464), sets out that EU citizens, which includes those who are victims of trafficking, who arrive in the UK before the specified date and have five years’ continuous residence will be able to apply for UK settled status. EU citizens who arrive before the specified date, but do not yet have five years’ continuous residence, will be able to make an application to stay until they have built up the necessary five continuous years’ residence to be able to apply for UK settled status.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/07/2017 17:00:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

751689

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Self-employed: Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average weekly income was for self-employed people in real terms in (a) the UK and (b) Wales in each year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Table 1 (attached): estimated median weekly earnings from self-employment (£) and total weekly income from all sources (£) of all self-employed individuals in the United Kingdom and in Wales from 2002/03 to 2015/16. All monetary amounts are in 2015/16 prices.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/07/2017 16:20:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds attachment 1 file name Estimated median weekly earnings from self-employment.docx title Estimated median weekly earnings
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

751724

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many of the companies represented on the Government's Digital Economy Council are headquartered in (a) Newcastle, (b) the North East and (c) the North of England.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	4902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Council is representative of the tech community across the UK and its membership will include companies headquartered in Newcastle, the North East and the North of England. The full membership of the Digital Economy Council will shortly be published on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 18/07/2017 16:28:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

751726

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Digital Economy Council is representative of the digital sector in all regions of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	4903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Council and the Digital Economy Advisory Group are both representative of the tech community across the UK. They include international companies as well as businesses and tech organisations from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England, representing some of the UK's most successful and innovative digital sectors. The full membership of the Digital Economy Council and Digital Economy Advisory Group will shortly be published on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 18/07/2017 16:30:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

751745

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the sustainability of the definition of a long-term condition in the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	4895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The current definition of ‘long term’ conditions under the Equality Act 2010 allows the courts flexibility when applying the law in individual cases. We recognise that there are concerns that the protections offered by the Act can be hard to access for people with fluctuating conditions. The robustness of the definition is one of the issues we are exploring in our consideration of extending protections from discrimination in the workplace for those with mental health disorders.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2017 16:43:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger