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1132791

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Yemeni counterpart on the resignation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in that country.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	266083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of Mr al-Yamani’s resignation from the position of Yemeni Foreign Minister. We will continue to work constructively with the Government of Yemen and urge their continued co-operation with Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and the UN peace process.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/06/2019 14:05:04 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1132793

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Saudi counterpart on coalition airstrikes in Sana’a on Thursday 13 June.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	266085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We are concerned at reports of airstrikes in Sana’a on 13 June. This followed the Houthi attack on Abha airport on 12 June, on which we expressed our deep concern and urged parties to urge restraint and commit to the UN peace process. The UK continues to call on all parties to the conflict in Yemen to exercise restraint, comply fully with international humanitarian law and implement the Stockholm Agreement without delay to improve the humanitarian situation in Yemen.</p><p>​</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 24/06/2019 14:09:16 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1132799

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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	Sleeping Rough
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 record the number of people sleeping rough in makeshift camps in official rough sleeping statistics.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	266075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government's latest annual Rough Sleeping Statistics, published on 31 January 2019, include people sleeping rough in make shift camps but no separate figures about the types of sites where people are sleeping rough are recorded.</p><p>These statistics show the total number of people counted or estimated to be sleeping rough in each local authority area in England, on a single night in Autumn 2018 was 4,677. This was down by 74 people or 2 per cent from the 2017 total of 4,751 and was up 2,909 people or 165 per cent from the 2010 total of 1,768.</p><p>Local authorities use a specific definition to identify people sleeping rough. This includes people sleeping or who are about to bed down in open air locations and other places including tents, cars, and makeshift shelters.</p><p>The full definition of people sleeping rough is as follows:</p><p><em>People sleeping, about to bed down (sitting on/in or standing next to their bedding) or actually bedded down in the open air (such as on the streets, in tents, doorways, parks, bus shelters or encampments). People in buildings or other places not designed for habitation (such as stairwells, barns, sheds, car parks, cars, derelict boats, stations, or “bashes” which are makeshift shelters, often comprised of cardboard boxes). The definition does not include people in hostels or shelters, people in campsites or other sites used for recreational purposes or organised protest, squatters or travellers. Bedded down is taken to mean either lying down or sleeping. About to bed down includes those who are sitting in/on or near a sleeping bag or other bedding.</em></p><p>These statistics are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a></p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. This year, Rough Sleeping Initiative investment totals £46 million and has been allocated to 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 750 additional staff and over 2,600 bed spaces.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/06/2019 12:48:28 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1132800

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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	Sleeping Rough
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 estimate his Department has made of the number people living in makeshift homeless camps who have been removed in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	266076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG does not collect any statistics on the number of people living in people living in makeshift homeless camps who have been removed to provide an estimate.</p><p>The annual Rough Sleeping Statistics, published on 31 January 2019, include people sleeping rough in make shift camps but no separate figures about the types of sites where people are sleeping rough are recorded or whether they have been removed.</p><p>These statistics show the total number of people counted or estimated to be sleeping rough in each local authority area in England, on a single night in Autumn 2018 was 4,677. This was down by 74 people or 2 per cent from the 2017 total of 4,751 and was up 2,909 people or 165 per cent from the 2010 total of 1,768.</p><p>Local authorities use a specific definition to identify people sleeping rough. This includes people sleeping or who are about to bed down in open air locations and other places including tents, cars, and makeshift shelters.</p><p>The full definition of people sleeping rough is as follows:</p><p><em>People sleeping, about to bed down (sitting on/in or standing next to their bedding) or actually bedded down in the open air (such as on the streets, in tents, doorways, parks, bus shelters or encampments). People in buildings or other places not designed for habitation (such as stairwells, barns, sheds, car parks, cars, derelict boats, stations, or “bashes” which are makeshift shelters, often comprised of cardboard boxes). The definition does not include people in hostels or shelters, people in campsites or other sites used for recreational purposes or organised protest, squatters or travellers. Bedded down is taken to mean either lying down or sleeping. About to bed down includes those who are sitting in/on or near a sleeping bag or other bedding.</em></p><p>These statistics are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a></p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. This year, Rough Sleeping Initiative investment totals £46 million and has been allocated to 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 750 additional staff and over 2,600 bed spaces.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/06/2019 12:56:15 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1132803

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Trains: Oxford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing high speed trains on Cross Country services serving Oxford to increase capacity.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	266145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is aware that additional capacity is needed on Cross Country routes, including Oxford. The Department is working with the operator to introduce extra rolling stock into Cross Country. This remains a priority for the Department as we consider successor franchise arrangements when the current franchise ends.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/06/2019 14:35:49 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1132807

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Official Cars: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have been procured for the Government Car Service since July 2015; and what the (a) make, (b) model and (c) country of manufacture is of those vehicles.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	266122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government Car Service (GCS) have procured 65 vehicles since July 2015.</p><p>The table below shows (a) make, (b) model and (c) country of manufacture:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>(a)Make (b)) Model</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>( c ) Country of Manufacture</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land Rover Discovery 3.0 HSE Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land Rover Discovery 3.0 HSE Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Petrol Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford Galaxy 2.0 Ecoboost Titanium</p></td><td><p>PORTUGAL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar F-Pace 2.0d 180ps Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar F-Pace 2.0d 180ps Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land Rover Discovery 3.0 SDV6 Landmark Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nissan Leaf 30kw Acenta</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nissan Leaf 30kw Acenta</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford Galaxy 2.0 Ecoboost Titanium</p></td><td><p>BELGIUM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford Galaxy 2.0 Ecoboost Titanium</p></td><td><p>BELGIUM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 V6 340PS Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 V6 340PS Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 V6 340PS Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar I-PACE EV400 SE</p></td><td><p>AUSTRIA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar I-PACE EV400 SE</p></td><td><p>AUSTRIA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range Rover 2.0 P400e Vogue 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range Rover 2.0 P400e Vogue 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range Rover 2.0 P400e Vogue 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range Rover 2.0 P400e Vogue 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range Rover 2.0 P400e Vogue 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar I-PACE EV400 SE</p></td><td><p>AUSTRIA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar I-PACE EV400 SE</p></td><td><p>AUSTRIA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar I-PACE EV400 SE</p></td><td><p>AUSTRIA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XF Saloon 2.0i Prestige 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XF Saloon 2.0i Prestige 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 09:50:21 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1132812

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to amend road planning regulations to encourage the uptake of cycling; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	266151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s recently strengthened National Planning Policy Framework says that local authorities should promote healthy, inclusive and safe places which encourage walking and cycling. The Department for Transport’s guidance on Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) helps local authorities to identify priorities for investment and a pipeline of projects to encourage more walking and cycling.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also recently revised its Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions to enable the use of various innovations which will support the uptake of cycling, including low-level cycle signals, a new parallel crossing for pedestrians and cyclists, and new ways of signing cycling and walking routes.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is updating Local Transport Note 2/08 ‘Cycle Infrastructure Design’ and will publish the updated guidance in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 09:35:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1132826

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Military Academy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people that identified as (a) BAME and (b) White were accepted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	266157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The intake into the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) by ethnicity for the last five years can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</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><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Intake</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which:</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAME</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table represents those that have been posted to RMAS on the Joint Personnel Administration System but does not represent all of those that attend RMAS. The ethnicity of total Officer intake, both Regular and Reserve, can be found in the published Biannual Statistics at the following link, but will include small numbers of trained personnel who do not go through RMAS selection:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2019</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Information is recorded by optional self-declaration. The 'Unknown' category includes those that declined to declare their ethnicity.</li><li>Figures are for untrained intake of Regular Officers starting at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) over the past 5 financial years. The figures are for the Regular Army only, and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li><li>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</li><li>“-” denotes zero or rounded to zero</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </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 24/06/2019 14:02:34 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1132832

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated total cost to the public purse has been of payments made to claimants of universal credit that did not receive the severe disability premium as a result of natural migration.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	266160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is not possible to confirm exactly how many people in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium (SDP) will receive back payments following their natural migration to Universal Credit. Each case must be individually assessed to determine whether SDP eligibility would have continued following the end of their legacy benefit claim.</p><p> </p><p>On Friday 3 May 2019, the High Court handed down a judgment in relation to Universal Credit and the SDP. We are currently considering the options open to us and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/06/2019 13:25:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1132836

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
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	Employment and Support Allowance
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 cost to the public purse of employment support allowance back-payments owed to claimants.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	266163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Latest published forecasts of arrears owed to ESA claimants underpaid on conversion from Incapacity Benefit are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking</a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent published information on arrears already paid to claimants affected by underpayments on conversion from Incapacity Benefit is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking/may-2019-esa-underpayments-progress-on-checking" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esa-underpayments-forecast-numbers-affected-forecast-expenditure-and-progress-on-checking/may-2019-esa-underpayments-progress-on-checking</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/06/2019 12:21:28 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan