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1146468

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Local Government: Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure a level playing field in local economies by making local authorities subject to corporation tax on commercial activity.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	291404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text Commercial activity undertaken by local authorities carried on in a separate taxable subsidiary is already subject to Corporation Tax on profits. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/10/2019 16:44:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1146857

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce tax (a) avoidance and (b) evasion.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	912456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text This government has taken significant action, including introducing 100 new measures tackling tax avoidance, evasion and other forms of non-compliance, since 2010, securing and protecting £200bn that would have otherwise gone unpaid and helping to bring the UK’s tax gap to a near record low of 5.6%. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/10/2019 15:57:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1146425

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Invest NI
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Northern Ireland Office will make it its policy to support Invest NI in hosting visits by Ambassadors to the UK to the Causeway Coast.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	291277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Trade promotion is a devolved matter and we continue to work hard to restore a stable devolved government in Northern Ireland which can work with the UK Government to promote Northern Ireland's attractiveness for overseas investment and showcase all that Northern Ireland has to offer, including the Causeway Coast area. Arrangements for visits by Ambassadors are a matter for Invest NI and Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy, supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 01/10/2019 16:51:21 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1146426

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Business: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adopting the system used in England and Wales by which businesses can make claims against debtors who refuse to pay outstanding debts.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	291278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and any system for businesses to make claims against debtors who have not paid their outstanding debts is one that is best considered by locally elected and accountable Ministers. It is for matters such as this that it is important that we get Stormont back up and running as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 01/10/2019 16:52:21 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1146428

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department made a cash payment to a civil servant as a result of offence allegedly caused by a royal portrait on display in the Northern Ireland Office.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	291279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>It would be inappropriate to comment on any individual case. The Northern Ireland Office, takes its responsibilities under Fair Employment legislation very seriously; the requirements of which are set out in the 1989 Fair Employment Code of Practice. The NIO also operates in line with the Equality Commission of Northern Ireland’s Guide ‘Promoting a Good and Harmonious Working Environment’. A portrait of the Queen, as head of state, is on display in the public area of Stormont House alongside a balanced set of images celebrating and reflecting the work of the Northern Ireland Office.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 01/10/2019 16:54:06 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1146449

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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 11 February 2019 to Question 217589, for what reasons his Department did not include timber building materials in the bespoke fire safety testing commissioned by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	291390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned the Building Research Establishment to undertake bespoke medium scale tests on timber cladding panels as part of the ongoing Non-Aluminium Composite Material research.</p><p>This programme began in April 2019 and the preliminary testing concluded in the Summer. This is now in an analysis phase and the research findings will be published in Autumn. Subject to the research findings, a decision will be made as to the testing of further materials used on external wall systems, including timber cladding.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/10/2019 14:37:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1146450

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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 9 September to Question 286248, whether his Department attempted to procure (a) non-fire retardant zinc composite material and (b) copper composite material cladding with a polyethylene core from outside the UK for testing as part of the Building Research Establishment testing programme commissioned by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	291391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the question UIN 286248 on 03 September 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/10/2019 15:09:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1146452

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to schools on preventing pupils vaping on school premises; and what estimate his Department has made of the number of schools that have written to parents on the prevalence of vaping.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	291393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Schools have a statutory duty to promote pupil wellbeing and there is a range of guidance available to schools to support this. This includes advice produced by the Department for Education and Association of Chief Police Officers for schools which includes advice about smoking and drugs. This advice is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270169/drug_advice_for_schools.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/270169/drug_advice_for_schools.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory guidance for Health Education also determines that primary age pupils will learn the facts about legal and illegal harmful substances and associated risks, including smoking, alcohol use and drug-taking. In secondary, pupils will build on that knowledge and, in addition, learn about the associated legal and psychological risks of taking drugs. From September 2020, Health Education will be compulsory for all pupils in primary and secondary state-funded schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Searching, Screening and Confiscation guidance sets out schools’ powers to search pupils and confiscate prohibited items. Schools have the power to confiscate, retain or dispose of any item that is banned by the school rules or detrimental to school discipline, including vapes. Schools can set out in their behaviour policy their approach to the use of vapes and any sanction that will be imposed for their use.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on the number of schools that have written to parents on the prevalence of vaping.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/10/2019 16:33:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1146453

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: North East Hampshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 9 September 2019, HCWS1828, what estimate his Department has made of the additional funding that schools in North East Hampshire will collectively receive in comparison to funding received in 2015.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	291394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>Schools that are attracting their core National Funding Formula allocations this year will benefit from an increase of 4% to the formula’s core factors in 2020-21. In the same year, the minimum per pupil funding levels will be set at £3,750 for primary schools and £5,000 for secondary schools. In 2021-22, the primary minimum level will rise to £4,000.</p><p>School and local authority level allocations will be published in October; until then, it is not possible to provide an exact figure for how much funding North East Hampshire will receive in comparison to 2015. However, all schools in all areas will benefit from this increase, with particular gains for the lowest and previously underfunded schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/10/2019 16:36:34 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1146458

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Hacker House: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the grant of £100,000 made to Hacker House in 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	291368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>As my Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (Matt Warman) told the House on 25 September 2019, <em>Official Report</em>, Col. 678, neither I nor my staff had any role in the award of this grant. The grant was awarded in February 2019 by officials from DCMS, the Department for Education, techUK and the National Cyber Security Centre, following an open, transparent and competitive process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 01/10/2019 14:55:49 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson