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1020215

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the funding made available to underwrite successful bids by UK organisations to (a) Horizon 2020 and (b) other competitive EU grant programmes is planned to be redistributed from existing UK research budgets in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	199420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The HMG guarantee covers successful competitive bids made before the UK leaves the EU, for the lifetime of the project. This guarantee was extended in July 2018 to cover all EU projects agreed before the end of 2020, where the UK will be eligible to participate as a third country. If the UK leaves the EU next year without reaching an overall withdrawal agreement, HM Treasury will make funding available to departments to cover projects under the guarantee, which includes Horizon 2020. This funding will be additional to existing departmental budgets. Relevant departments will then be responsible for allocating this funding to UK organisations.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/12/2018 14:41:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1020217

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to tackle the matter of soldiers taking their own life (a) during and (b) after active service.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	199402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Every study conducted by the Ministry of Defence has found that the risk of suicide amongst the Armed Forces community, including veterans of the 1982 Falkland and 1990-91 Gulf conflicts, is lower than amongst the general population.</p><p>A considerable amount of work has already been undertaken to improve the mental health of Service personnel and to prevent suicide and suicide risk. This includes tackling stigma through education and providing easily accessible, rapid and flexible access to mental health support and healthcare services. Armed Forces personnel undergo &quot;through life&quot; psychological resilience training which enables them to recognise and manage stress in themselves and in their colleagues and actively encourages them to seek help at an early stage.</p><p>However, we continue to look at what more can done. This includes a focused review by the Defence Safety Authority of suicide in Service personnel to identify additional measures for preventing suicide. The review was published on 9 November 2018 by the Defence Safety Authority and work to take forward the recommendations has commenced.</p><p>We have less influence on individuals' behaviour once they are discharged from the Armed Forces, as their mental healthcare becomes the responsibility of the National Health Service in the UK. There are many factors that can result in suicide such as relationship breakdown, debt and employment concerns, not only service in the Armed Forces.</p><p>However, we are not complacent. Any suicide is one too many and a tragedy for the individual, their family, friends and colleagues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2018 16:15:29 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1020224

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dogs: Meat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the human consumption of dog meat.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	199404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, Dr Lisa Cameron, on 12 November 2018, PQ UIN 187378.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/12/2018 11:57:37 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1020234

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the funding allocated to his Department in Budget 2018 will be used to tackle violence in prisons.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	199476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to spending £30m to make improvements to the safety and decency of our prison estate and address the drivers of violence in prisons. We will do this through enhancing security and tackling drugs and continue our programme of decency upgrades. This latest investment is on top of the £40m announced over the summer, meaning a total of £70m is already being directed to tackling drugs and violence, and improving the basic conditions of our prisons.</p><p> </p><p>But the Foundation of managing violence in prisons is of course our front line operational staff, whose work and service constitutes approximately £812m of our budget.*</p><p> </p><p>* Front line operational staff defined as public sector Band 3 prison officers, Band 4 specialist officers and Band 5 Custodial Managers, across England and Wales, includes adults and youth prisons.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/12/2018 16:48:28 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 91027 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1020245

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement entitled, Minister announces 10 Prisons Project to develop new model of excellence, what criteria his Department plans to use to assess the effect on prisons of that project.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	199453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The key criteria used to judge the effect on prisons will be a reversal in the rates of violence in the 10 prisons that are part of the project, which we will supplement with insight from the Governors and their teams. Learning from the project will then contribute to models of excellence for the rest of the estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/12/2018 13:46:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1020254

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for a hard border on the island of Ireland of the UK leaving the EU without a deal and trading on WTO terms.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	199409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The backstop is our ultimate safeguard in the event there is a gap between the end of the implementation period and the start of our new ambitious relationship, we will uphold the commitments of the Belfast Agreement and ensure there’s no return to a hard border. This is essential to safeguarding the lives and livelihoods of the people of Northern Ireland.</p><p>The UK Government is clear that, in the event of no deal, we will do everything in our power to prevent a return to a hard border. In such a scenario, we must continue to respect our unique relationship with Ireland, with whom we share a land border and who are co-signatories of the Belfast Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 11/12/2018 13:25:22 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1020257

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Empty Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) value of empty homes in the Ministry of Defence estate in each parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	199470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held by the Department in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2018 16:24:47 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1020263

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the savings to the Exchequer as a result of reducing housing benefit entitlement for those deemed to be under-occupying social housing, in each financial year since 2012/13.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	199300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The removal of the spare room subsidy (RSRS) policy has saved over £1.7bn since its introduction in April 2013. A breakdown by financial year is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Total Estimated Housing Benefit RSRS Deductions, 2013/14 to 2017/18 (£m pa)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Deductions figures do not take into account any additional savings due to behavioural change before/after the policy has been introduced, for example moving to a smaller property to avoid a deduction.</p><p /><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures do not include claimants on Universal Credit (UC) with a removal of the spare room subsidy (RSRS) deduction, as these data are not currently available.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has been looking at the savings realised from the RSRS policy and may publish something in future.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/12/2018 12:08:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1020266

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2018 to Question 197453 on Ministry of Defence: Equality, what assessment he has made of whether the means for collecting statistics on religious representation among Ministry of Defence civilian staff, as published in the Civilian Personnel Biannual Diversity Dashboard is compatible with his Department's commitments under the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	199369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is compliant with its obligations under the Equality Act 2010. Detailed data on religion, ethnicity and sexual orientation is collected for MOD civilian staff and is used to inform policy decisions. However, statistics published by Defence are required to strike a balance between transparency and usability. I am satisfied that the MOD’s statistical outputs are clear and concise and inform users of the overall patterns in the data. The inclusion of small sub-categories of non-Christian staff and Christian denominations would not add any additional benefit to the analysis provided in the Civilian Personnel Biannual Diversity Dashboard (CPBDD), and would make the document far longer and more difficult to understand as the small sub-sets would likely be represented by a series of dashes and tildes, representing zeroes and numbers less than five. In addition, the same granular approach would necessarily have to be taken with the BAME, and sexual orientation categories.</p><p> </p><p>The CPBDD has been designated an Official Statistic by the United Kingdom Statistics Authority (UKSA) in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, meaning that Defence is required to publish the logic and overall methodology which can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fmod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-background-quality-report&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C559f07b8ee824ecc3c2a08d65b7088e4%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C636796936215591798&amp;sdata=EhTAtY857wSIos3B7MNlMRgd%2F1uMeXVxi5H5kLhVwzo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-background-quality-report</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The CPBDD complies with the UKSA’s Code of Practice for Official Statistics. The process of determining compliance with the Code and designation as an Official Statistic is known as assessment. Details of this assessment can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.statisticsauthority.gov.uk%2Fpublication%2Fstatistics-on-uk-defence-personnel&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C559f07b8ee824ecc3c2a08d65b7088e4%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C636796936215601802&amp;sdata=aFfm31nZIQeBydOvx%2F84OEtaUEPmHuoflSerMB%2BxrPk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/publication/statistics-on-uk-defence-personnel</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2018 16:14:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1020403

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
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	Social Rented Housing: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the number of people with mental health problems that are on social housing waiting lists.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	199310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the answer I gave on 17 October 2018 to question UIN 177200.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/12/2018 16:56:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans