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821528

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Local Government Pension Scheme: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government if he will publish the (a) pay and (b) other benefits of the (i) chair, (ii) vice chair, (iii) non-executive and (i) executive directors of each Local Government Pension Scheme pool.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The pay and benefits of directors of the pool operating companies established to manage local government pension scheme assets are a matter for the participating funds as shareholders. However the Government expects that publicly-owned pool operating companies will provide full disclosure of directors’ remuneration in their annual reports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:58:17 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

822735

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on implementing the National Shipbuilding Strategy and procuring the Type 31e frigate.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	903279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>We launched the Type 31e programme in September last year. The programme is in the pre-procurement phase and we are currently looking at industry’s responses to a Request for Information which invited high level proposals against the outline requirements for an initial order of five ships at a maximum average price of £250 million each.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 15/01/2018 16:39:47 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

822815

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Email
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide an email address for the submission of personal independence payments claim forms and medical evidence.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	122498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to his previous question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-01-08/121453/" target="_blank">UIN 121453</a> .</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/01/2018 15:50:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

822834

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities children's services departments are exempt from statutory guidance; what those exemptions are; and what steps his Department takes to monitor and review those exemptions.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	122517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Six local authorities are currently exempt from statutory guidance. These are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Hackney;</li><li>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham;</li><li>Hartlepool;</li><li>Kensington &amp; Chelsea;</li><li>Wandsworth; and</li><li>Westminster.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>These local authorities are testing a more flexible assessment process with the aim of delivering improved outcomes and focussed interventions for children and families. Each local authority is subject to conditions including if any concerns arise about the safety of children, the flexibility may be withdrawn. These exemptions relate to the following timescales from ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ statutory guidance:</p><ul><li>45 working days for completion of social work assessments;</li><li>15 working days between the strategy discussion and the initial child protection conference; and</li><li>10 working days from the initial child protection conference to the first core group meeting if a child becomes the subject of a child protection plan.</li></ul><p>Exemption from these timescales allow for local authority innovation in service delivery and empower social workers and their managers to determine the complex balance between ‘thoroughness and depth’ and the ‘timeliness and proportionality’ of each assessment.</p><p>These trials were instigated post the 2011 Munro Review of Child Protection.</p><p>All local authorities are monitored through regular Ofsted inspection regimes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/01/2018 15:23:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

822838

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Universal Credit: Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is issued to jobcentre staff on handling requests to split universal credit payments between members of a household.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	122521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Jobcentre Plus work coaches undertake a thorough and comprehensive mandatory training programme. This programme includes a module about ‘Alternative Payment Arrangements’ and the role of work coaches in identifying claimant needs.</p><p>Work coaches learn about the importance of discussing ‘Personal Budgeting Support’ and financial health with claimants, and which Alternative Payment Arrangements are available for claimants who need additional help. This training helps work coaches to understand when an Alternative Payment Arrangement, such as Split Payments should be considered, and explains how to arrange for Alternative Payment Arrangements to be implemented.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/01/2018 14:48:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

822845

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on legal fees excluding sums relating to clinical malpractice in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	122528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The question has been interpreted as relating to the core Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has separately identified expenditure on legal fees in its accounts from the 2014-15 financial year. For earlier financial years, expenditure on legal fees was included in ‘other’ expenditure, and cannot be separately identified. Expenditure on legal fees is not analysed by the purpose of the fees, and it is therefore not possible to exclude any amounts relating to clinical malpractice. The total expenditure incurred by the Department on legal fees is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total legal fees (£000s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>18,266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>19,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>29,485</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/01/2018 14:29:29 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

822847

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent by his Department from the public purse on legal fees in relation to tendering and awarding contracts in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	122530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows the amount spent on external legal fees in each year since 2012:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>External legal fees</p></td><td><p>£9,863,377</p></td><td><p>£9,067,828</p></td><td><p>£5,281,455</p></td><td><p>£12,231,057</p></td><td><p>£3,863,217</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the legal fees related to tendering and awarding contracts cannot be separately identified from the general data on legal fees held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 122531 question first answered 18/01/2018 14:27:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

822848

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent by his Department from the public purse on legal fees from external legal firms in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	122531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows the amount spent on external legal fees in each year since 2012:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>External legal fees</p></td><td><p>£9,863,377</p></td><td><p>£9,067,828</p></td><td><p>£5,281,455</p></td><td><p>£12,231,057</p></td><td><p>£3,863,217</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the legal fees related to tendering and awarding contracts cannot be separately identified from the general data on legal fees held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 122530 question first answered 18/01/2018 14:27:27 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

822853

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Budget November 2017
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made about the financial effect of Autumn Budget 2017 on (a) women and (b) people with protected characteristics.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	122536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to building an economy that works for everyone and supporting people with protected characteristics. For example, we have increased the personal allowance and the National Living Wage; by 2018-19, over 700,000 women will be taken out of income tax altogether, and over 60% of those currently benefitting from the National Living Wage are women. The proportion of women in work is at a joint record high, and the gender pay gap for full-time employees is at a record low. The government is also spending over £50bn per year on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the Government’s legal responsibilities and policy commitment to promote fairness, the Treasury and other Government departments fully comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty, including with respect to all publication requirements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/01/2018 13:39:05 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

822872

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the closure of illegal immigrants' bank accounts will not affect people with a legal right to reside in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Immigration Act 2016 bank account measures only apply to disqualified persons. These are known illegal migrants who are liable for removal or deportation from the UK, and the Secretary of State for the Home Department considers that they should be denied access to banking services.</p><p>Legal migrants who satisfy commercial requirements for opening and operating an account will continue to have access to services.</p><p>The accuracy of the disqualified person data is subject to rigorous checks by the Home Office before it is shared with banks and building societies, and a current account will only be reported to the Home Office if there is a clear data match based on the customer’s name, address and date of birth.</p><p>Banks and building societies are obliged to report any matches to the Home Office. The Home Office will then carry out a secondary immigration status check and, only when instructed by the Home Office, will the bank or building society be required to take steps to prevent continued access to existing accounts.</p><p>If despite all the checks a person considers they are lawfully present in the UK and that incorrect information has been provided, they can contact the Home Office so that any error in the Home Office’s records can be immediately rectified.</p><p>The 2016 Act measures came into force on 30 October. As detailed in secondary legislation regulations, banks and building societies are legally required to conduct their first immigration check on all existing personal current accounts in the first calendar quarter of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/01/2018 13:55:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel