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1010166

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date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
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 potential implications for her Department's policies of the findings of the 5th November report by the Office of the Inspector General at the United States Department of Defense concerning the diversion of USAID funding for humanitarian assistance in Syria to support the activities of the Ha’yat Tahrir Al-Sham militia.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	192766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>hile we acknowledge that working in fragile and conflict-affected countries carries risks, DFID has robust and extensive controls in place to ensure that tax payers’ funds are used appropriately and effectively; that UK aid reaches those who need it and that it does not benefit extremist groups, such as Ha’yat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS). DFID does not provide funding unless our NGO and UN partners can assure us that it will not benefit extremist groups, and we will withdraw support if there is reason to believe UK tax payer’s money may be at risk. We remain at the forefront of the humanitarian response to the Syria crisis, and maintain close communication with the US, the UN and other donors to support international efforts in Syria.</p><p> </p><p>As with other DFID programmes, our work in Syria remains under constant review and scrutiny, both through internal and independent processes, including by the National Audit Office and Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), which last audited DFID’s Syria humanitarian programmes in May 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/11/2018 14:21:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1010193

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Global Compact for Migration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the absence in the UN Global Compact for Migration of the UK’s three main objectives as set out in the Prime Minister’s addresses to the UN General Assembly in 2016 and 2017, whether the Government plans to decline to sign that compact at the forthcoming UN meeting in Morocco.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Mr John Hayes
uin	192724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government is supportive of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, both as a step forward in international co-operation to tackle irregular migration and as a framework to help us deliver our commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p> </p><p>As a leading voice in the negotiations, the UK Government secured positive outcomes in the final text which clearly support the Prime Minister’s main objectives as set out in her speech to the United Nations General Assembly. This includes a clear differentiation between refugees and migrants; the recognition of a State’s right to control their borders and proposals to help States build capacity in this area; and an explicit acknowledgement of States’ responsibility to accept the return of their nationals who no longer have the right to remain elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/11/2018 14:18:43 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1010275

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Working Conditions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that employees have access to good toilet facilities in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	192880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The law requires employers to provide suitable and sufficient toilet facilities at readily accessible places. Employers should ensure, amongst other things, that toilets are kept clean and well maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 apply to most workplaces. There is more specific legislation for construction sites, namely the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM).</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or Local Authority, as the relevant enforcing authority, will follow up complaints regarding unsuitable welfare facilities at workplaces.</p><p> </p><p>HSE provides guidance on what constitutes suitable and sufficient sanitary and washing facilities which is available to download for free on the HSE website:</p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l24.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l24.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg293.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg293.pdf</a></p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l153.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/l153.pdf</a></p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/healthrisks/welfare/toilets-and-washing.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/healthrisks/welfare/toilets-and-washing.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/welfare.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/topics/welfare.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>HSE is also currently updating guidance to advise that drivers must have access to welfare facilities in the premises they visit as part of their work.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/11/2018 11:34:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1010278

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Business: School Leaving
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage large businesses to offer work placements to school leavers.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	192881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The government’s careers strategy for England, which was published in December 2017, introduces a new expectation that secondary schools should follow the Gatsby Foundation’s Benchmarks of Good Career Guidance. This means that schools should offer every young person at least one encounter a year with employers from year 7 through to year 13.</p><p>The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company (CEC) is recruiting up to 150 employers as ‘cornerstone’ employers committed to increasing the number of encounters and workplace experiences offered. The CEC’s network of 125 Enterprise Coordinators and over 2000 Enterprise Advisers (who are business volunteers) is also helping to increase employer encounters and work experience. For example, in East Sussex, John O’Connor Ltd. has arranged multiple work experience placements for pupils at Saxon Mount Community Special School so that students can gain a practical understanding of grounds maintenance work.</p><p>Every 16 to 19 year old student following one of the new T levels in England will be entitled to a high quality industry placement. Industry placements are structured periods in employment that are expected to last a minimum of 45 days. We are putting in place measures to directly support employers such as providing a ‘one stop shop’ for guidance and support from the National Apprenticeship Service. This includes a simple referral platform so that employers only have one place to go to be put in touch with providers in their area. We are also investing significantly through the Capacity and Delivery Fund to help providers put in place the systems to organise placements so that the burden is taken off employers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/11/2018 13:40:37 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1010286

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 processing time for income-related employment support allowance claims where a claimant has a DS1500 medical condition report is.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	192886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The DS1500 is not a claim form and its use in providing evidential support for claims from people who are terminally ill claiming benefit is not obligatory.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/11/2018 11:54:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1010312

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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, whether her Department seeks to recover remaining payments on an advance payment for universal credit from the estate of a deceased person.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	192904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit (UC) advances are available to claimants as a form of budgeting support, allowing them to better manage their finances. In most cases an advance would be repaid through a series of monthly deductions from their ongoing UC entitlement. The claimant is able to select the amount of time over which they repay their advance, currently up to a maximum of 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>If an advance is not recovered from the associated benefit claim because the claim ends or there was no entitlement to that benefit, the outstanding balance is treated as if it were an overpayment and referred to the Department’s Debt Management team to arrange recovery.</p><p> </p><p>Where a debtor dies and leaves outstanding Social Security debt, the Department becomes a creditor of the estate and will then make a claim for these debts from the estate. Where it is established that there is no estate the outstanding balance is written off.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2018 14:03:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1010328

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether local housing allowance rates for tenants in the private rented sector will be set at the 30th percentile of local market rents at the end of the freeze of those rates in March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Kensington
tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
uin	192947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>We are currently considering plans for Local Housing Allowance rates beyond March 2020.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2018 14:13:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1010329

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Local Housing Allowance
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 has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of reducing the age limit for the Shared Accommodation rate of Local Housing Allowance from 35 to 30 years old; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kensington
tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
uin	192948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. The shared accommodation rate applies to those individuals aged under 35, who are single, living on their own and renting privately, with exemptions for certain vulnerable groups.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2018 14:08:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1010331

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2018, to Question 176689 on Employment Support Allowance, what written evidence her Department holds on the British Medical Association and Royal College of General Practitioners agreement to the revised wording of the ESA65B letters sent to claimants’ GPs when they fail the work capability assessment.
tabling member constituency	Kensington
tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
uin	192950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>There is no written evidence relating to the agreement obtained from the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners on the revised wording of the ESA65B letter.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with the Answer of 30 May 2018 to Question 146987, agreement on the final wording of the ESA65B was obtained via the regular meetings DWP holds with both organisations.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 26/11/2018 13:32:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1010336

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Independent Case Examiner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints to the Independent Case Examiner were concluded by (a) the early resolution process, (b) settlement following a review of the evidence and (c) a full investigation in each month from January 2017 to October 2018 inclusive.
tabling member constituency	Kensington
tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
uin	192954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides details of the complaints concluded by the Independent Case Examiner’s Office in each month from January 2017 to October 2018, broken down by (a) resolution (b) settlement and (c) a full investigation.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Concluded by Resolution</p></td><td><p>Concluded by Settlement</p></td><td><p>Concluded by ICE Report</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/11/2018 14:22:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad