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577429

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	World War II: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on providing compensation to people whose parents were mistreated whilst interned in Britain during the Second World War.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Nicky Morgan
uin	45463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide an answer to this question as to do so would exceed the cost limit. This is not part of the Home Office current policy portfolio and will require in-depth archive research by officials to provide an accurate and comprehensive response, diverting resources from current and existing priorities.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/10/2016 15:19:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes

577436

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Australia and Indonesia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential effectiveness of the regional approach adopted by Australia and Indonesia on tackling terrorist financing announced in August 2016.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	45378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government welcomes the Nusa Dua statement and considers the approach being taken by Australia, Indonesia and their regional partners to be a positive one.</p><p>The UK was a founding member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which sets the global standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The UK continues to cooperate closely with our international partners to ensure that the FATF standards are implemented effectively and engages bilaterally and in other fora with partners on operational issues.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/09/2016 15:23:47 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

577446

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Research: Finance
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 comparative assessment he has made of the UK's investment in research and innovation as a proportion of gross domestic product to that of (a) EU member states, (b) non-EU countries with associated status, (c) the US and (d) China.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	45497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2016 answer text <p>Data on total R&amp;D expenditure in other countries are published on the OECD website. Gross investment in R&amp;D in the UK was 1.67% of GDP in 2014. This compares to the EU average of 1.95%, the OECD average of 2.38%, 2.74% in the United States (in 2013) and 2.05% in China.</p><p>The 2015 data for UK expenditure on R&amp;D will be published by the Office for National Statistics in March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 28/09/2016 13:32:18 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

577457

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many citizens of other EU countries work in his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	45507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>My department has 36 staff who self declare as being from other EU countries.</p><p>My department's agencies have 14 staff from other EU countries, and the non-departmental public bodies have 12.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/09/2016 15:38:35 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

577459

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what contingency plan his Department has to address increases in the time taken to process planning applications by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	45494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>Chapter 7 of the Technical consultation on the implementation of planning changes, published in February 2016, sets out our proposals to address delays in the processing of planning applications by local authorities. We are considering responses.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 16/09/2016 14:03:23 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

577464

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many women's refuges operated in the UK in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	45415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold data on the number of domestic violence refuges centrally. We expect local areas to assess the need for domestic abuse services and to make decisions on the provision of specialist safe accommodation, including refuges to meet our goal that no one is turned away from the support they need.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/09/2016 15:36:27 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

577465

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of women's refuge services; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	45435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is a devastating crime that destroys the lives of victims and their families. That is why we are committed to ensuring that no victim is turned away from the support they need. We have committed long term funding of £40 million over the next four years to support to victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>Refuges and other forms of specialist accommodation-based services play a vital role in providing this support. We are looking to local partnerships to ensure they meet the needs they identify in their local area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/09/2016 15:36:47 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

577477

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Yemen: Cluster Munitions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2016 to Question 41376, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of evidence provided by Amnesty International on the alleged use of UK-produced BL-755 cluster munitions by the Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	45513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes these allegations very seriously. We have analysed the case carefully and raised the issue with the Saudi-led Coalition.</p><p> </p><p>The key test for our continued arms exports to Saudi Arabia in relation to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is whether there is a clear risk that those weapons might be used in a serious violation of IHL. This is kept under careful and continual review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 45960 question first answered 13/10/2016 15:06:31 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon previous answer version 12060 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

577492

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	COST Programme
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 he will discuss with Cabinet colleagues prioritising the UK's continuing membership of and participation in the COST network in negotiations to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	45383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>UK membership of COST is independent from European Union membership and does not form part of the negotiations to leave the EU. COST is an intergovernmental framework with 36 member countries, including Iceland, Turkey and other countries that are not European Union member states. Our future membership of COST will be decided on the basis of its continuing value to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/09/2016 14:00:24 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

577499

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many citizens of other EU countries work in her Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	45508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not keep records of whether its employees are citizens of other EU countries. Departmental staff includes Executive Agencies, but excludes Non-Departmental Public Bodies and all non-payroll staff as this information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 16/09/2016 13:32:58 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna