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797766

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Official Cars: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will include Nissan electric vehicles in the Government’s car fleet.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	902672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Nissan electric vehicles already form part of the Government Car Service Fleet. Currently there are six Nissan electric cars in operation.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 30/11/2017 14:35:21 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

795651

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the President of the Board of Trade on the potential merits for future UK trade of better integrating road and rail infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	902676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s Transport Investment Strategy makes clear that we can and must seek to enhance our global competitiveness by making Britain a more attractive place to trade and invest. There are a number of initiatives in this area, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A Port Connectivity Study that is considering the levels of current road and rail access to our ports. Effective links to ports are a fundamental part of a successful supply chain;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Clean Growth Strategy is examining cost-effective options TO shift more freight from road to rail; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Department will be working closely with the National Infrastructure Commission as it examines the UK’s freight sector and new measures by which Government can help businesses transport their goods faster and more efficiently.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/11/2017 13:44:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

795763

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Private Rented Housing
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 effect of landlords' right to immigration checks on the ability of immigrant families to secure accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	116110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Landlords should check that prospective tenants have a right to rent in the UK by carrying out simple document checks under the Immigration Act 2014. Prior to implementing these arrangements across England, the Home Office undertook an evaluation of phase one of the Right to Rent scheme in the West Midlands. A mystery shopping element, carried out by independent researchers, found no evidence that the scheme caused discrimination in access to accommodation. This evaluation was informed and overseen by a Landlord Consultative Panel of housing experts and others, including the Equality and Human Rights Commission. This panel, which is co-chaired by the Minister for Immigration and Lord Best OBE, an acknowledged expert in housing and planning matters, has continued to monitor the results of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The published evaluation report can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-right-to-rent-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-right-to-rent-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has published a Code of Practice that advises landlords on how unlawful discrimination should be avoided. The Equality and Human Rights Commission and Equality Commission for Northern Ireland assisted in the drafting of this Code.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 116111 question first answered 30/11/2017 16:51:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

795764

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effect of landlords' rights to immigration checks on discrimination and anti-immigrant sentiment.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	116111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Landlords should check that prospective tenants have a right to rent in the UK by carrying out simple document checks under the Immigration Act 2014. Prior to implementing these arrangements across England, the Home Office undertook an evaluation of phase one of the Right to Rent scheme in the West Midlands. A mystery shopping element, carried out by independent researchers, found no evidence that the scheme caused discrimination in access to accommodation. This evaluation was informed and overseen by a Landlord Consultative Panel of housing experts and others, including the Equality and Human Rights Commission. This panel, which is co-chaired by the Minister for Immigration and Lord Best OBE, an acknowledged expert in housing and planning matters, has continued to monitor the results of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The published evaluation report can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-right-to-rent-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/evaluation-of-the-right-to-rent-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has published a Code of Practice that advises landlords on how unlawful discrimination should be avoided. The Equality and Human Rights Commission and Equality Commission for Northern Ireland assisted in the drafting of this Code.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 116110 question first answered 30/11/2017 16:51:45 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

795765

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many households have been subject to landlords' immigration checks in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	116112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/11/2017 16:54:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

795798

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants have been held in immigration removal centres in each of the last 20 quarters; and of those how many have been (a) released and (b) removed from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	116139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Reasons for leaving detention by quarter may be found in table dt_06_q of the detention tables in the latest releases of ‘Immigration Statistics, April to June 2017’, available from the Home Office website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638608/detention-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638608/detention-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/11/2017 16:49:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

795923

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2017 to Question 113317, whether her Department has plans to publish data on the numbers of its case workers who undertook Keeping Children Safe Tier 3 training.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	116243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Keeping Children Safe Tier 3 training is aimed at asylum decision-makers responsible for processing asylum claims from children, following completion of Tier 1 and Tier 2. Unfortunately, the Home Office does not hold the information on numbers of caseworkers who undertook this training in a reportable format and currently there are no plans to have them published.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/11/2017 16:56:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

795968

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people born on 3 May 2000 or earlier are in possession of a passport registered in (a) Woking, (b) Gosport, (c) Bromley or (d) Watford local authority who are aged (i) under 24, (ii) 25 to 49, (iii) 50 to 64 and (iv) 65 or older.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	116280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 October 2017, UIN 108548.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/11/2017 16:53:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

795247

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
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 18 October 2017 to Question 10233, when the Government plans to publish the democratic engagement strategy.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	115668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is working towards publishing its Democratic Engagement Plan before Christmas.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 30/11/2017 11:30:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

795252

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Lake Chad Basin: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the current humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad region?
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	115673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>According to the United Nations, 10.8 million people in the Lake Chad Basin require humanitarian assistance, including 2.3 million that are displaced from their homes, and 7.2 million that suffer from severe food shortages. We are monitoring the situation closely, including through regular field visits by DFID staff based in the region.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/11/2017 14:20:06 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah