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857659

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what funding is available for church infrastructure projects.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	904239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners provide financial and administrative support to cathedrals and dioceses. It is up to each self-governing church or cathedral to raise funds for development projects, and the National Church Institutions provide advice and support.</p><p>The changing priorities and declining budget of the Heritage Lottery Fund is a matter of concern, as this is where much fundraising money comes from; officers at national level continue to work with the Heritage Lottery Fund on the specific issues churches face. The HLF is currently reviewing its strategic priorities and I would encourage all Hon. members to consider sending in a response, making the importance of churches as community assets clear.</p><p>The Church of England has been in discussions with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and HM Treasury about the current underspend of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, realocating the underspend would enable the Church to deliver a number of the recommendations in the Taylor Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 08/03/2018 14:53:55 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

855893

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Jerusalem
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church of England has had with the leaders of other Christian Churches on the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	904236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Church of the Holy Sepulchre has reopened following three days of closure which left pilgrims and visitors praying in the square outside. The dispute was over a new tax policy and proposed land expropriation law.</p><p>Officials from Church House and staff at Lambeth Palace were in regular contact with the Heads of Churches Group in the City of Jerusalem through Archbishop Suheil the Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem as the events unfolded. On the 5<sup>th</sup> of March, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster wrote a joint letter to the Israeli Ambassador in the UK, to say that both Churches believed “the measures being pressed in Jerusalem and in the Knesset, were a clear and evident threat to the status quo and that this risked undermining prospects for peaceful coexistence between communities, at a time of already heightened tensions.” Specifically, that, “the new policy would cause serious damage to the Christian presence in Jerusalem, to Christian families, and to the Christian institutions, including hospitals and schools, which serve many of the poorest people, regardless of their background.”</p><p>The Church of England and the Roman Catholic Bishops Conference in England and Wales will continue to work closely together on issues relating to Israel and Palestine. Bishops from around the world make an annual joint visit to the Holy Land as part of the Holy Land Coordination Group. The Bishop of Southwark along with the Catholic Bishops will be hosting a meeting for all Members on the 15<sup>th</sup> May, 3-4pm in Committee Room 2A to discuss and feedback the findings of their visit.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 08/03/2018 15:02:00 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

855895

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Financial Services: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps are being taken to roll out financial education in Church of England schools.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	904237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>In a recent submission to the Department for Education consultation on the future of PSHE education the Just Finance Foundation set up by the Archbishop of Canterbury reported that 40% of UK adults have less than £100 in savings and struggled to manage money. The impact of potential lifelong indebtedness makes financial capability an issue of pressing importance for younger generations. The Church of England approached this through the foundation of an education programme called LifeSavers.</p><p>LifeSavers was designed to practically demonstrate­ how schools can weave financial education throughout the teaching and life of the school in a way that is sustainable. Funding has currently has enabled the scheme to operate in 70 schools with a further 50 next year. Half of the number of LifeSavers schools operate in Church of England schools and more than 15,600­­­ pupils have already taken part in LifeSavers, and over 1,200 teachers have been trained through its Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme. ­The results seen by the Just Finance Foundation to their projects has led them to press the Department for Education to put financial education on an equal footing within the PSHE curriculum.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 08/03/2018 14:54:35 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

855901

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Bureaucracy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to reduce the level of administrative paperwork for church communities.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	904242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Church of England keeps the administrative burden on its clergy constantly under review. There is a current programme of work in process to simplify many aspects of its work. The simplification programme has already cut a great deal paperwork and moved much of its administration online. For example, applications for permission to make changes to church buildings under the Faculty process are now much easier and quicker. 30 of our 40 dioceses are now using the bespoke online application and file management system, which not only reduces the use of paper but also pre-completed forms, remembers past applications so text can be re-used, and stores key documents securely.</p><p>The Registration of Marriage Bills currently in front of both Houses also attempt to simplify the registration process for marriage by digitising aspects of the administration.</p><p>The Church of England has also developed a new Digital Communications team which supports the national, diocesan and parish level to improve communications through websites, social media and other digital channels.</p><p>Specifically, within the Diocese of Gloucester there is an imaginative vision in place which has four key themes around leadership, imagination, faith and engagement (LIFE). Liberating people for life-giving community engagement means looking at governance and administration in new ways.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 08/03/2018 14:45:32 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

855490

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Key Forensic Services: Insolvency
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 26 February 2018 to Question 128775, on Key Forensic Services: Insolvency, which police forces were contracted with Key Forensic Services prior to that company entering administration.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	130797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>I welcome the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s and Association of Police and Crime Commissioner’s swift action to minimise the impact on the criminal justice system and protect evidence for live cases. The contractual arrangements are a commercial matter for the police and the company.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/03/2018 17:45:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

855506

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to allocate funding from the public purse for legal representation in the Court of Appeal to families who have been refused legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	130813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Legal aid continues to be available for the highest priority cases—for example, when an individual’s life or liberty is at stake, when someone faces the loss of their home, in domestic violence cases, or when children may be taken into care – subject to an applicant passing the test of means and merits. This includes all eligible cases that are taken to the Court of Appeal.</p><p> </p><p>All individual case funding decisions are taken by the Legal Aid Agency. Ministers are prevented by law from intervening in this process. It is important that these decisions are, and are seen to be, free from political and Government influence.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/03/2018 15:46:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

855515

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the number of Universal Credit claimants who have a level of deduction from the standard allowance (a) at the 40 per cent and (b) above the 40 per cent level.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	130822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Of all Universal Credit Full Service awards in January 2018:</p><p> </p><p>(a) 6% had a total deduction amount (either to a third party, for an advance, or for a fraud penalty) which equalled 40 per cent of the standard allowance</p><p>(b) Less than 0.5% had a total deduction amount which exceeded 40 per cent of the standard allowance. In these cases, a priority order is applied so that deductions for rent or fuel costs are applied first, in order to protect claimant welfare.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is in financial difficulty as a result of the level of deductions being made they can contact the Department to request that a reduction in deductions be considered.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 08/03/2018 16:02:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

855517

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Ceramics: Manufacturing Industries
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 plans his Department has to reduce the incidence of ceramic manufacturers experiencing gas price spikes.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	130824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>It is normal and necessary for wholesale gas prices to fluctuate in response to changes in demand. The resulting price signals encourage a flexible supply response, and help ensure that even when the system is stressed, consumer demand is met. This is a sign of a well-functioning commodity market. Consumers in the wholesale market can benefit from price fluctuations, with companies that flexibly increase or decrease their supply of gas maximising their profit by reacting to the price signals.</p><p>There is already a liquid forward market which allows large consumers to buy gas at a pre-agreed price and minimise their exposure to price spikes. This price is historically very stable.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 08/03/2018 16:05:13 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

855525

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority areas had their early years hourly funding rates reduced in 2017-18 compared with 2016-17; and what percentage that reduction in funding rate was for each local authority area so affected.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	130832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>37 local authorities were protected by the transitional protection, which prevents any authority seeing an annual reduction in their three and four year old hourly funding rates of more than five per cent. Each area’s percentage change is shown in the attached table. For two year olds, all local authorities saw a seven per cent increase in 2017/18 from their 2016/17 hourly rate.</p><p> </p><p>Full details on early years national funding formula (EYNFF) funding rates to local authorities can be found in the document ‘EYNFF: local authority allocations for 2017 to 18’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/574003/EYNFF_local_authority_allocations_table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/574003/EYNFF_local_authority_allocations_table.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/03/2018 16:45:13 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 130832 Attachment.docx title 130832 Table 1
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

855527

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much supplementary funding will be allocated to local authorities for maintained nursery schools in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	130834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Maintained nursery schools (MNSs) make a valuable contribution to improving the lives of some of our most disadvantaged children. Our supplementary funding of approximately £60 million a year enables local authorities to protect MNS funding until 2019/20. Initial allocations to local authorities in respect of the MNS supplementary funding for the financial year 2018 to 2019 are available in the 2018 to 2019 dedicated schools grant allocations table on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-dsg-2018-to-2019</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Final allocations for 2018 to 2019 will be made in the summer of 2019. Allocations for 2019-20 will be made in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/03/2018 16:39:10 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell