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1201696

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the effect of funding allocated to UK Trade and Investment on the level of foreign direct investment in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	57287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>According to UNCTAD’s World Investment Report 2020, the UK’s level of FDI stock was over $2 trillion in 2019. This is more than France and Germany combined.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to Scotland, support for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is a joint responsibility of both DIT and the Scottish Government. The FDI results for Scotland reflect their joint efforts.</p><p> </p><p>In the most recent figures, for the financial year 2018/19, the total recorded number of FDI projects in the UK was 1,782, with 57,625 associated new jobs. DIT supported 81% of those projects accounting for 51,863 jobs. In the same period, 126 projects were recorded in Scotland, with 3,346 new jobs created as a result. DIT recognises the value that more granular data breakdown could provide but does not currently have the ability to report beyond UK regional level.</p><p> </p><p>Further historical data for recorded FDI projects can be seen below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Measure</strong></p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK FDI Projects</p></td><td><p><strong>2,213</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,265</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,072</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,782</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland FDI Projects</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK total jobs</p></td><td><p><strong>115,974</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>107, 898</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>91,031</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>64,623</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland total jobs</p></td><td><p>5,905</p></td><td><p>8,597</p></td><td><p>9,287</p></td><td><p>4,469</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/06/2020 16:56:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1201705

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working households in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency were in receipt of housing benefit in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	57296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>Housing Benefit statistics by employment status and parliamentary constituency is published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p /><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/06/2020 16:34:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1201706

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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	Poverty: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working households in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency are classed as being in poverty in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	57297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The national and regional statistics on the number of people living in working households in low income as set out in the annual ‘Households Below Average Income’ publication are not available at constituency level as the sample size would not be sufficient to produce robust estimates.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/06/2020 16:25:48 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199929

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the population can the gov.uk Verify identity assurance system identify in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, and (c) Linlithgow and East Falkirk.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	54166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify enables individuals to prove who they are digitally and to access online government services safely and securely. Over 6.8 million accounts have been created on<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a> Verify since it went live in October 2014. The breakdown for the last five years is as follows:</p><ul><li><p>2014 - 1706</p></li><li><p>2015: 526,164</p></li><li><p>2016: 447,487</p></li><li><p>2017: 753,782</p></li><li><p>2018: 1,628,092</p></li><li><p>2019: 2,194,816</p></li><li><p>2020 (until 31 May): 1,294,337</p></li></ul><p>The privacy-centric design of<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a> Verify means that it is not possible to provide a breakdown of users by constituency or region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 53518 53524 question first answered 17/06/2020 16:07:50 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199523

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) individuals and (b) businesses registered for the Verify programme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	53518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify enables individuals to prove who they are digitally and to access online government services safely and securely. Over 6.8 million accounts have been created on<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a> Verify since it went live in October 2014. The breakdown for the last five years is as follows:</p><ul><li><p>2014 - 1706</p></li><li><p>2015: 526,164</p></li><li><p>2016: 447,487</p></li><li><p>2017: 753,782</p></li><li><p>2018: 1,628,092</p></li><li><p>2019: 2,194,816</p></li><li><p>2020 (until 31 May): 1,294,337</p></li></ul><p>The privacy-centric design of<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a> Verify means that it is not possible to provide a breakdown of users by constituency or region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 53524 54166 question first answered 17/06/2020 16:07:50 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1199575

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the population of (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency can the Verify system assure the identity of.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	53524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify enables individuals to prove who they are digitally and to access online government services safely and securely. Over 6.8 million accounts have been created on<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a> Verify since it went live in October 2014. The breakdown for the last five years is as follows:</p><ul><li><p>2014 - 1706</p></li><li><p>2015: 526,164</p></li><li><p>2016: 447,487</p></li><li><p>2017: 753,782</p></li><li><p>2018: 1,628,092</p></li><li><p>2019: 2,194,816</p></li><li><p>2020 (until 31 May): 1,294,337</p></li></ul><p>The privacy-centric design of<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a> Verify means that it is not possible to provide a breakdown of users by constituency or region.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 53518 54166 question first answered 17/06/2020 16:07:50 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day