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443257

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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	Hassan Mushaima
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on the continued detention and wellbeing of Hasan Mushaima.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	21469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text We are aware of the case of Hasan Mushaima and have raised it with the Government of Bahrain. The UK continues to encourage the Government of Bahrain to deliver on its international and domestic human rights commitments and to appropriately address all reports of ill-treatment of detainees. In parallel, we encourage all those with concerns about their treatment in detention to report these directly to the Ombudsman. answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/01/2016 16:21:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

443255

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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	Bahrain: Human Rights
	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 assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	21467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>We regularly discuss human rights and reform with the Government of Bahrain -including at the biannual UK-Bahrain Joint Working Group meeting which was recently held in November 2015. The UK continues to encourage the Government of Bahrain to meet its human rights obligations and to honour all conventions to which it is a party. We welcome the progress made by Bahrain on their reform programme particularly in the areas of youth justice, the establishment and increasing effectiveness of the Ombudsman’s office, the Prisoner and Detainees’ Rights Commission and the reformed National Institute of Human Rights. We continue to work with the Government of Bahrain to ensure momentum and progress on its reforms, for the benefit of all Bahrainis.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/01/2016 16:17:47 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

443256

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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	Bahrain: Political Prisoners
	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 representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on the number of political prisoners held in that country; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	21468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>We regularly discuss human rights and reform with the Government of Bahrain - including at the biannual UK-Bahrain Joint Working Group meeting which was most recently held in November 2015. If we have specific concerns around convictions or sentencing, we raise these with the Government of Bahrain as part of our wider dialogue on human rights and reform.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/01/2016 16:19:40 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

443179

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much correspondence the child tax credits enquiry department receives by fax each day.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	21596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold information on the number of faxes received on child tax credits within HMRC.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/01/2016 14:37:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

443335

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Preston
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many men born in November 1954 resident in Preston parliamentary constituency have been notified of changes in the age at which they will receive the State Pension; and on what date his Department contacted those men with that information.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	21515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>We do not have the information requested at this level.</p><br /><p>I can confirm that in February 2012, 375,000 letters explaining the State Pension age changes were sent to men and women (across Great Britain and Overseas), with a date of birth in the range 06/10/1954 to 05/04/1955.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/01/2016 10:20:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

443181

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide a list of all the departments within HM Treasury.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	21456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Treasury Group – Bodies can be found in the published Report and Accounts. The latest Annual Report and accounts for 2014-15 is published on line and can be viewed in the link below:-</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><br /> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/01/2016 15:26:32 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

443284

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2016 to Question 20190, if he will make it his policy to collect centrally the number of (a) young carers accessing Children and Adolescene Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and (b) children provided with young carers assessments following contact with CAMHS.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	21593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>This Government has no plans to collect this data centrally. The Government’s focus remains on promoting and supporting proper and effective multi-agency working and whole family approaches to assessment and support.</p><br /><p>This Government is committed to delivering the vision set out in <em>Future in mind</em> and is driving forward the transformation of children and young people’s mental health services to improve access and make services more widely available across the country so that, where possible, children can access high-quality support locally including vulnerable children which includes young carers.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 12/01/2016 12:10:28 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

443238

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 19268, what financial penalties and other mechanisms are available to ensure that all private rented sector landlords improve their properties to a minimum energy efficiency rating of E from April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
	uin	21529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The requirement on private rented sector landlords to improve their properties to a minimum energy efficiency rating of E from April 2018, subject to certain exemptions, will be enforced by individual local authorities. The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015 empower local authorities to enforce the provisions, including the power to impose compliance and penalty notices. Authorities will be able fine landlords up to £5,000 per property if they fail to comply with a compliance notice relating to a breach.</p><br /><p>Landlords who qualify for an exemption to meeting the minimum standard will be required to provide details to a centrally held register. Exemptions will be valid for a period of five years, after which time the landlord will once again need to try to improve the energy efficiency rating of the property. The register will be accessible to Local Authorities (and the general public) and will be audited by Local Authorities or DECC.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/01/2016 17:29:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

443241

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Fossil Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with the oil and gas industry on the relationship between maintaining safety standards and reducing the cost of production.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	21560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The regulation of the safety of offshore oil and gas installations in external waters is a matter for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), working as part of the Offshore Safety Directive Regulator partnership. DECC and the Oil and Gas Authority are in regular contact with the industry and HSE regarding a range of offshore infrastructure issues, including the relationship between maintaining safety standards and reducing the cost of production. Together, we aim to ensure that industry resources are directed to maximising safe, sustainable production.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/01/2016 12:03:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

443336

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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	Local Housing Allowance: Supported Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the likely change in the total cost of housing benefit as a result of the introduction of capping of housing benefit for tenants in supported housing at the local rate of local housing allowance in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	21490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The overall change in the total cost of Housing Benefit from the introduction of the Local Housing Allowance caps into the Social Rented Sector is available on the GOV.UK website and can be accessed using the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480565/SRAS2015_policy_costings_amended_page_25.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480565/SRAS2015_policy_costings_amended_page_25.pdf</a> (Page 35).</p><br /><p>However, the Department does not hold in the information required to provide the change in the total cost of Housing Benefit for supported housing.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/01/2016 14:38:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey