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1050025

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date	29/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Portsmouth International Port
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 potential merits of introducing an inland checking facility to ensure the smooth functioning of Portsmouth International Port in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	213448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>For Day 1 of a No Deal scenario, HMRC’s plans allow for the border to operate without significant new infrastructure. Where existing capacity cannot accommodate intra EU trade and it is not practicable to have additional infrastructure in place for Day 1, we are exploring alternative temporary solutions until the additional infrastructure can be in place.</p><p> </p><p>To manage the most significant compliance risks, HMRC will utilise its existing inland pre-clearance sites for the highest risk traders from the EU and the rest of the world.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 31/01/2019 15:16:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1050104

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Personal Income: Leicester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual earnings were of the bottom five deciles in Leicester in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017 and (d) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	213221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 31/01/2019 16:21:46 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 213221.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1050323

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Media: Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to tackle the spread of disinformation on social media.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	908935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Disinformation will be one of the harms addressed in the forthcoming Online Harms White Paper, which will set out legislative and non-legislative measures to ensure platforms take adequate steps to protect their users. We are considering all options available to us.</p><p> </p><p>As the White Paper is finalised, we continue to have regular and robust dialogue with these companies on their progress to tackle this critical issue.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working across academia, civil society and internationally to expose and build resilience to disinformation. This includes a media literacy roundtable hosted by Ministers today.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/01/2019 11:59:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1049984

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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: Support for Mortgage Interest
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 15 January 2019 to Question 207224 on Universal Credit: Support for Mortgage Interest, how much Support for Mortgage Interest has been (a) paid, (b) recouped and (c) left outstanding since April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	213323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Since April 2018 to January 2019, £21 million has been paid for Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of loans recouped and outstanding can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 31/01/2019 13:38:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1049985

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Frontline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the long-term effect of Frontline on the number of people engaging in social work research.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	213377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Frontline participants completing the master’s degree programme are required to undertake social work research. We are not aware of any long-term impact of Frontline on the wider social work sector’s engagement with research. Government is establishing a What Works Centre for children’s social care, which will address the gap that often exists between research and practice. It aims to translate research findings into practical support for social workers, practice leaders and commissioners to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families. Additionally, our teaching partnership programme has supported the development of research links between universities and social work practitioners.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 31/01/2019 17:26:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1049995

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on the living standards of benefit claimants of the rate at which repayments of overpayments are repaid to her Department.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	213410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) balances a requirement to protect tax payer’s money with a duty to ensure that claimants are not placed in undue hardship by excessive deductions from their benefit.</p><p> </p><p>For this reason, the maximum deduction rates that can be applied to an on-going benefit award for the recovery of an overpayment are set out in legislation. Different deduction rates will be applied in different circumstances, with the highest rate only being applicable where an overpayment has been classified as fraud.</p><p> </p><p>DWP administers benefits to approximately 20 million people with a wide variety of individual circumstances so it is difficult to make a general assessment on living standards. Therefore, we apply any considerations of this type at an individual level. If a person states they cannot afford the proposed rate of recovery, they are asked to provide details of their income and expenditure. Their individual circumstances will then be taken into account and a temporary reduction in the rate of repayment may be agreed. In exceptional circumstances, a temporary suspension of recovery may be appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 31/01/2019 14:45:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1049996

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Inflation and Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons (a) his Department uses different indices to measure inflation and (b) benefit increases are pegged to the lower index.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	213258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The government currently makes use of both the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and the Retail Prices Index (RPI). We recognise that there are issues in the way that RPI is measured and, as set out at Autumn Budget 2018, the government’s objective is to reduce the use of RPI when and where practicable.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 31/01/2019 15:57:25 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1050004

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the draft Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (a) makes policy changes, (b) will lead to a change in operational delivery, (c) will impose additional costs on (i) business, (ii) individuals, or (iii) the public sector, (d) makes changes to primary legislation, (e) will result in any additional environmental impacts compared with the legislation being amended or replaced, and (f) is only required in the event the UK leaves the EU with no deal.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were considered by the Delegated Legislation Committee on 29 January.</p><p> </p><p>a) No.</p><p>b) No.</p><p>c) i) No.</p><p>ii) No</p><p>iii) The costs on the public sector will be low.</p><p>d) A minor amendment is made to Section 11 of the Destructive Imported Animals Act 1932.</p><p>e) No.</p><p>f) No. This instrument is needed when the UK leaves the EU: it will be deferred to the end of an implementation period if no longer needed on 29 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 31/01/2019 16:42:28 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050005

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the draft Fisheries (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (a) makes policy changes, (b) will lead to a change in operational delivery, (c) will impose additional costs on (i) business, (ii) individuals, or (iii) the public sector, (d) makes changes to primary legislation, (e) will result in any additional environmental impacts compared with the legislation being amended or replaced, and (f) is only required in the event the UK leaves the EU with no deal.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	213195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The published Explanatory Memorandum to this statutory instrument provides the information requested. To summarise, the instrument only contains simple and technical changes to pieces of domestic fisheries legislation to ensure they operate correctly after EU withdrawal.</p><p> </p><p>This means that it:</p><p> </p><p>(a) Does not make changes to policy;</p><p> </p><p>(b) Will not lead to a change in operational delivery;</p><p> </p><p>(c) Will not impose any additional costs (as there are no changes to what businesses, individuals or the public sector will have to do under the regulations);</p><p> </p><p>(d) Makes minor technical corrections to the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967, the Fisheries Act 1981 and the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, in order to give effect to EU measures forming part of the CFP; and</p><p> </p><p>(e) Will not result in any additional environmental impacts.</p><p> </p><p>This statutory instrument will be required on EU withdrawal, but if there is an implementation period we expect to defer, revoke or amend the SI in time for the end of that period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 31/01/2019 11:42:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1050006

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2019 to Question 208362 on Buildings: Insulation, what assessment his Department has made of the compatibility with building regulations of the 1,421 non-aluminium composite material cladding samples submitted to the Building Research Establishment.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	213373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the person undertaking building work to ensure that the requirements of Building Regulations are met. Samples of cladding panels were sent to the Building Research Establishment in response to the Government setting up its programme of screening tests of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) panels. Those who sent in non-ACM samples were informed of this by the Building Research Establishment and that, as they were not ACM samples, these samples would not be subject to the screening test. The Department has made no assessment of these individual samples but has put in place with the Building Research Establishment a programme to research the fire performance of types of non-ACM cladding.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 31/01/2019 15:20:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed