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847760

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Intellectual Property: 3D Printing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what intellectual property protections and enforcement measures counterfeiting authorities may use for counterfeiting and piracy of designs made by 3D printing.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	129436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Intellectual property protections apply to designs replicated by 3D printing in the same way as they apply to articles created by more traditional manufacturing processes. The protection and enforcement measures available will vary according to what rights exist in the design, and the circumstances of each case, but these could include both civil and criminal sanctions. Relevant protections could include copyright, registered and unregistered design rights, patents or trade marks.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/03/2018 10:12:11 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

849962

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review the effectiveness of the objectively assessed need formula for housing.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	129530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is introducing a new standard method to assess local housing need, which will provide a transparent and consistent basis for understanding the need for homes in each area. This is not a local housing target and assessing needs is the starting point in the process, not the end. We set out the proposed method in our consultation <em>Planning for the Right Homes in the Right Places</em>, which closed on 9 November 2017. We will consult on a draft revised National Planning Policy Framework before Easter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 02/03/2018 13:14:40 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 44302 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

849963

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons were for the December 2017 increase to the minimum points threshold for Tier 2 certificates of sponsorship; what the annual quota for such certificates is; and what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of provision of such certificates for private sector employers wising to hire non-EU staff.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	129531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Tier 2, our main immigration route for non-EEA workers, operates an annual cap of 20,700 places per year. The cap, which was set on advice from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), ensures that the Government can control migration and encourages employers to look first to the domestic workforce before recruiting from overseas.</p><p>Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship – which are places within the cap – are allocated by points scores. When demand exceeds available places, priority, and the highest number of points, is awarded to occupations in national shortage first. The higher minimum points score in December 2017 was due to a rise in demand.</p><p>We keep all of our immigration routes under review.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/03/2018 13:06:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

850048

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Borneo: Primates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle the effect of palm-oil production on orangutan populations in Borneo.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	129616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK supports sustainable trade of agricultural commodities, including palm oil. We are a signatory to the Amsterdam Declaration in support of a fully sustainable palm oil supply chain and are a member of the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020. These initiatives support action to prevent deforestation and protect habitats for endangered species like orang-utans.</p><p>In Indonesia, we are working with the Government to help strengthen its sustainable palm oil standard. We are also working with the Indonesian financial services authority on regulations to raise industry environmental and social standards, including relating to biodiversity and conservation. In Malaysia we are working with Government enforcement agencies and NGOs to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and deforestation.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/03/2018 13:59:51 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

850050

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Malaysia: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Government of Malaysia on the effect of palm oil production on (a) deforestation and (b) endangered wildlife species in that country.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	129618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>We are in regular contact with the Malaysian Government on the issues of deforestation and endangered wildlife. The UK supports sustainable trade of agricultural commodities associated with deforestation, including palm oil. We are a signatory to the Amsterdam Declaration in support of a fully sustainable palm oil supply chain and are a member of the Tropical Forest Alliance.</p><p>Most recently, my Right Honourable friend Lord Henley, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy, Innovation and Skills, met the Malaysian Minister for Plantations Mah Siew Keong on Wednesday 14 February to discuss this issue and the proposed European Parliament amendments to the EU Renewable Energy Directive.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 02/03/2018 14:01:13 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

850060

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Accommodation 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 asylum accommodation centres UKVI (a) inspected and (b) found to be falling short of the required standards of safe, habitable and fit for purpose accommodation that complies with decent homes standard and other relevant housing standards in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	129628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>All asylum accommodation is inspected on a regular basis by the provider and the Home Office in accordance with the performance standards defined in the contract. Performance is monitored via the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) regime, details of which are set out in the contracts and cover the provision of the whole service. The property inspection process forms part of the Home Office’s rigorous contract compliance regime which ensures that the required performance standards expected of all providers are met.</p><p>Where inspected property does not meet the required standards there are strict time limits on resolving property defects; failure to meet those time limits can result in service credits being applied through financial deduction from monthly invoices. These are monitored formally, on a monthly basis, at Contract Management meetings between the providers and representatives of UK Visas and Immigration.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish data on accommodation inspections or the value of service credit that have been accrued on the contracts.</p><p>In line with government transparency commitments details of the standards required are already in the public domain. The particular document that details the standards is titled ‘COMPASS Project Schedule 2 - Statement of Requirements’ and is available on the Contracts Finder Archive on the Data.Gov.UK Website at:https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/487962/</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 129629 question first answered 02/03/2018 13:11:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

850061

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Accommodation Centres
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 23 February 2018 to Question 128378, on how many occasions UKVI has taken steps to hold suppliers to account for providing unsuitable, unfit for purpose and uninhabitable accommodation in asylum accommodation centres in each of the last five years; and what procedures UKVI has in place to hold such suppliers to account.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	129629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>All asylum accommodation is inspected on a regular basis by the provider and the Home Office in accordance with the performance standards defined in the contract. Performance is monitored via the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) regime, details of which are set out in the contracts and cover the provision of the whole service. The property inspection process forms part of the Home Office’s rigorous contract compliance regime which ensures that the required performance standards expected of all providers are met.</p><p>Where inspected property does not meet the required standards there are strict time limits on resolving property defects; failure to meet those time limits can result in service credits being applied through financial deduction from monthly invoices. These are monitored formally, on a monthly basis, at Contract Management meetings between the providers and representatives of UK Visas and Immigration.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish data on accommodation inspections or the value of service credit that have been accrued on the contracts.</p><p>In line with government transparency commitments details of the standards required are already in the public domain. The particular document that details the standards is titled ‘COMPASS Project Schedule 2 - Statement of Requirements’ and is available on the Contracts Finder Archive on the Data.Gov.UK Website at:https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive/contract/487962/</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 129628 question first answered 02/03/2018 13:11:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

850062

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Boating: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union how the Government plans to ensure that UK citizens who are Royal Yachting Association accredited instructors can continue to work on a seasonal basis in EU member states for such purposes after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	129630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that we will seek to agree an implementation period beyond March 2019 of around two years.</p><p> </p><p>During the implementation period people will be able to come to live, study and work in the UK as they do now. This would also be the case for UK nationals travelling or working in the EU during this period, including accredited yachting instructors.</p><p><br>Royal Yachting Association certificates and qualifications apply to people working and sailing on British flagged boats. Royal Yachting Association (RYA) qualifications are not covered by the Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications (MRPQ) Directive. Holders of these certificates should check the certification requirements of the local Port State Control Administration prior to entering their jurisdiction.<strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 02/03/2018 13:07:12 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

850078

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Middle 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 Christians from Syria and Iraq have been resettled in the UK to date.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	129646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Our resettlement schemes prioritise the most vulnerable refugees regardless of race, religion or ethnicity – we do not discriminate in favour of, or against, any particular group. This is why we work closely with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees which has well-established procedures and criteria for identifying and resettling the most vulnerable refugees.</p><p>The refugees that we are bringing to the United Kingdom are very vulnerable people. Our primary concern is their safety and protection as they arrive here. We believe that one way to protect their privacy and enable their recovery and integration is to limit the amount of information about them that we make publicly available. We therefore do not plan to publish a breakdown of resettled refugees’ religious affiliations.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 02/03/2018 12:58:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

850079

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Sectary of State what progress has been made on agreeing Local Industrial Strategies; and which local areas are in discussion with his Department to develop Local Industrial Strategies.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	129647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Industrial Strategy White Paper we will prioritise agreeing Local Industrial Strategies with areas that have the potential to drive wider regional growth, focusing on clusters of expertise and centres of economic activity.</p><p>At the Budget we confirmed that we will work in partnership with Greater Manchester Mayoral Combined Authority to develop a Local Industrial Strategy. The Second Devolution Deal for the West Midlands Mayoral Combined Authority included a commitment to produce a Local Industrial Strategy. In addition, as part of the Government’s overarching vision to drive economic growth and productivity in the Cambridge – Milton Keynes – Oxford Corridor, we invited the Corridor’s LEPs, along with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayoral Combined Authority, to begin the development of Local Industrial Strategies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/03/2018 10:28:28 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond