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1016120

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Community Development
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 recent steps the Church of England has taken at parish level to support the needs of local communities.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	907925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>This year the Church of England surveyed its 16,000 parish churches about their involvement in social action and local community projects. Of the 13,000 churches that responded the survey revealed that 80% were involved in providing services for the benefit of their local communities, either standalone or in partnership with others. These 33,000 projects included debt counselling, lunch clubs, language classes, food banks, children’s clubs, community cafes, holiday and breakfast clubs and night shelters.</p><p>There are many good examples of work in the Rochester Diocese, 11 of the 12 Church of England churches within the Gillingham deanery (which covers the Gillingham and Rainham constituency) are involved in providing on average at least 4 different projects to support the wider local community.</p><p>The areas in which the churches in Gillingham deanery are engaging is as follows:</p><ul><li>10 churches provide or support a Foodbank</li><li>8 churches operate a parent/carer and toddler group</li><li>7 churches operate a night shelter or other homeless provision</li><li>6 churches provide pastoral provision for wider community through operating street pastors groups, counselling/support, tackling loneliness projects</li><li>5 churches operate Youth projects (for the wider community)</li><li>4 churches provide a Lunch club or drop in service.</li></ul> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 29/11/2018 16:16:39 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

1015270

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Green Belt: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to protect green spaces in the South East.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	907900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting our environment. As set out on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/25-year-environment-plan" target="_blank">25 Year Environment Plan</a>, we are drawing up a national framework of green infrastructure standards, ensuring that new developments include accessible green spaces and that any area with little or no green space can be improved for the benefit of the community. We intend to publish the standards in 2019 and incorporate them into planning guidance so that councils can use them when making planning decisions across the country - including in the south east.</p><p>Our revised <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/740441/National_Planning_Policy_Framework_web_accessible_version.pdf" target="_blank">planning rule book</a> sets out how new development should happen in right places across the country including in the south east, through:</p><ul><li>making as much use as possible of suitable brownfield and under-used land;</li><li>optimising density of development, significantly raising minimum densities in town and city centres, and in other locations well served by public transport;</li><li>maintaining strong protection of the Green Belt;</li><li>making clear that existing open space, sports and recreational buildings and land should not be built on unless they are clearly shown to be surplus to requirements or their loss would be replaced by equivalent or better provision in a suitable location;</li><li>setting out that council’s planning policies should include sufficient provision for the conservation and enhancement of green spaces;</li><li>highlighting the importance of green space in encouraging healthy lifestyles; and</li><li>making provision for communities to identify and protect green areas of particular importance to them through the designation of land as Local Green Space through <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-plans--2" target="_blank">local</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/neighbourhood-planning--2" target="_blank">neighbourhood plans</a>, which gives them a very high level of protection from redevelopment or inappropriate use.</li></ul><p>In September 2017, the Government created the ‘Parks Action Group’ comprising of experts from across the parks, heritage and the leisure sector and invested £500,000 to support the development of initiatives to identify solutions for safeguarding our parks and green spaces, to ensure they have long and sustainable futures.</p><p>The group has been working collaboratively across key priorities – including assessing quality standards and sharing good practice. We are currently developing a programme of work aimed at transforming the way in which green spaces are developed, managed and sustained. <br> <br>We expect to announce our progress on this in early 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/11/2018 15:29:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

1015278

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Gambling
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 tackle problem gambling.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	907931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>In 2017 the Church of England’s General Synod passed a unanimous motion calling on Government to reduce the stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals to £2.00. This is an issue on which bishops, most notably the Bishop of St Albans, have spoken frequently on and campaigned for. The Church has therefore welcomed the Government’s announcement of the reduction in stakes, and the decision to implement the change in April 2019, as well as the increase in Remote Gaming Duty. The Bishop of St Albans continues to spearhead the Church’s activity in this area and has recently raised in the House of Lords the high quantity of gambling advertisements, increases in child gambling, the voluntary levy paid by gambling firms, and the socio-economic cost to society of problem gambling.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 29/11/2018 16:15:50 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1015014

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Containers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the average length of time in hours between HMRC (a) seizing a container for examination under suspicion of the value declared of goods contained being too low and making a decision on enforcement action and (b) seizing a container for examination under suspicion of the value declared of goods contained being too low and the return of the container.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	195519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>In any individual case the time between intercepting a consignment, HMRC’s compliance decision and the return of the container will be affected by factors outside HMRC’s control. This includes a period of up to 30 days where the importer has the right to present further evidence before HMRC makes its decision. Due to the range of possible outcomes of HMRC’s examination activity HMRC does not routinely capture information on average times taken.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/11/2018 17:26:05 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1015015

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Containers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on logistics businesses of HMRC seizing containers on suspicion of the value declared of the goods contained being too low.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	195520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>As part of its end to end approach to tackling customs fraud risks, HMRC is undertaking physical pre-clearance checks targeted at high risk traders. The checks are conducted inland to avoid causing congestion at ports. HMRC regularly meets with trade associations to identify ways of minimising the impact on logistics businesses of this necessary compliance activity.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/11/2018 17:25:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1015016

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Containers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many containers HMRC seized under the suspicion of the value of the goods declared being too low in each of the last five years; and of those containers that were seized (a) for how many how did HMRC deem additional charges were due and what was the (i) highest, (ii) lowest and (iii) average additional charge that was due; and (b) how many cases there were for which HMRC did not deem that any additional charges were due.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	195521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Disclosing information of this nature may help fraudsters avoid HMRC’s compliance checks. For this reason it would not be appropriate for the Government to release the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/11/2018 17:27:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1015018

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of changes in the time allocated to teachers for planning, preparation and assessment.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	195463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>All teachers who participate in the teaching of pupils are entitled to reasonable periods of Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA). PPA time must amount to not less than 10% of the teacher’s timetabled teaching time. A teacher must not be required to carry out any other duties during the teacher’s PPA time.</p><p>There have been no changes in the time allocated to teachers for planning, preparation and assessment: this requirement has been in place since 2004.</p><p>The Department continues to work with unions, teachers and Ofsted to challenge and remove unnecessary workload so that teachers can focus on tasks which make the most positive impact on their pupils. For example, a workload reduction toolkit has been published which provides schools with practical tools and evidence-based solutions to enable them to streamline practice in their schools. This includes a section on reviewing curriculum planning with case studies on how schools have successfully reduced workload associated with planning.</p><p>The workload reduction toolkit can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workload-reduction-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workload-reduction-toolkit</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/11/2018 17:05:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1015019

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to monitor the effectiveness of the National Crime Agency’s Thinkuknow education programme in protecting children from online abuse.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	195489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency’s Thinkuknow education programme endeavours to help children and young people identify the risks they may face online, build resilience against the threat of child sexual abuse and exploitation and know where to seek further support, including where appropriate, reporting directly to the NCA.</p><p>The NCA’s performance is monitored quarterly through the NCA’s internal governance structure and overseen by the NCA Board. It is then reported directly to the Home Secretary. This performance reporting includes information on ThinkuKnow.</p><p>There was an external evaluation of ThinkuKnow in 2009. CEOP took on board the recommendations, and the NCA continues to develop its education tools and resources in conjunction with young people, as well as its Ambassador network.</p><p>Following the implementation of new ThinkuKnow resources for eight to ten year olds in November 2016, new resources for four to seven year olds will be launched in January 2019. These have been designed in line with best practice agreed with the PSHE association and have been developed following consultation with over 2000 parents, carers and professionals, and 25 sessions in 12 schools.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/11/2018 16:27:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1015020

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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, what the cost to the public purse has been of correcting underpayments for universal credit to date; and what proportion of the Government’s total expenditure on universal credit has been spent on meeting that cost since the roll out of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	195599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The staff cost of correcting can not be disaggregated from other activity.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/11/2018 18:38:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1015021

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Proscribed Organisations: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the responsibility of social media and internet companies to proactively search for content promoting or originating from proscribed organisations.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	195600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/11/2018 16:29:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty