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828919

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	LGBT+ People: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will meet representatives of the Love Equality Coalition to discuss moves to improve LGBT rights in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	124529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland intends to meet Love Equality in the coming weeks, subject to diary commitments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 29/01/2018 16:36:20 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

827970

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will consider the merits of introducing rules to govern the provision of free to use cash machines (a) within a given geographic area and (b) on the basis of per head of population.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	123930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers or small businesses, including in Scotland. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured the Government and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 124076 124077 question first answered 30/01/2018 15:44:06 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

828241

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he had any discussions with Keith Cochrane at meetings of the Joint Management Board of the Scotland Office on the financial health of Carillion.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	124201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 25/01/2018 13:14:52 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

828242

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Keith Cochrane
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings he had with Keith Cochrane during his term as a member of the Joint Management Board of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	124202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Keith Cochrane attended nine meetings of the Joint Management Board between December 2015 and December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 25/01/2018 13:16:46 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

828243

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Carillion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether Keith Cochrane in his role on the (a) Joint Management Board of his Department or (b) Government Network of non-Executive directors raised the prospect of a Government bail-out of Carillion.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	124203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 25/01/2018 13:12:23 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

828244

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Keith Cochrane
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings with Ministers Keith Cochrane attended in his role on the Government Network of non-Executive directors.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	124204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p><strong>As a routine, departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK, including those with representatives from companies such as Carillion. Cabinet Office returns can be viewed using the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</strong></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 16/03/2018 14:27:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 37130 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

825451

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of whether the post office network will have the capacity to meet any increase in demand for banking services after the closure of a number of RBS and NatWest bank branches; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	123592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving access to financial services for all consumers and small businesses in the UK.</p><p>99% of UK personal bank accounts and 95% of small business accounts can be accessed to withdraw cash and deposit cash and cheques over the counter in any of the UK’s network of over 11,600 post offices. It is the operational responsibility of the Post Office to meet its contractual obligations under the agreement it has with the banks to provide banking services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 23/01/2018 16:44:23 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

825464

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that post offices provide free access to ATMs when there is no other ATM within 1km of that post office.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	123605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p>LINK, the main scheme behind the UK’s ATM network, has assured us that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p><p>The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at <a href="https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network" target="_blank">https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network</a>.</p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p>99% of UK personal bank accounts and 95% of small business accounts can be accessed to withdraw cash and deposit cash and cheques over the counter in any of the UK’s network of over 11,600 post offices.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 23/01/2018 16:44:55 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

824410

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to tackle miscalculations of child maintenance liabilities by paying parents who are (a) self-employed or (b)company directors.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	123211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service’s definition of income includes almost all sources of gross income reported to HMRC by company directors or self-employed parents. The specially trained Financial Investigation Unit (FIU) are able to look into cases where there is concern about a parent’s income. The FIU has been expanded since it was set up in 2014; and between July and September 2017 it opened 1100 complex earner investigations. We recently launched a consultation on our new Child Maintenance Compliance and Arrears strategy which proposes further improvements to the treatment of the income of complex earners, such as high value assets owned by a parent being used to create a notional income.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/01/2018 15:29:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

824411

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will issue new guidance to Financial Investigation Units in the Child Maintenance Service for dealing with miscalculations of child maintenance liabilities by paying parents who are self-employed or company directors.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	123212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Current guidance for all Child Maintenance Service caseworkers is to refer cases to the Financial Investigations Unit (FIU) should there be any credible, evidence based challenges to a child maintenance assessment which are unable to be resolved through our routine income verification processes.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance used by FIU Investigators is updated as required in regards to all areas for investigation including possible miscalculations of maintenance for clients who are deemed complex earners.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/01/2018 13:26:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen