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834723

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of ongoing UK dialogue with Hezbollah on that organisation’s stance on terrorism.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	126168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>​There is no ongoing UK dialogue with Hizballah, with whom the UK maintains a no contact policy.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/02/2018 13:04:27 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

834757

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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	Intelligence Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government with which countries the UK has no intelligence sharing agreements.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL5347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2018 answer text <p>​It is the long standing policy of successive Governments not to comment on matters of intelligence.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/02/2018 16:20:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

834838

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what restrictions there are on the (a) working hours and (b) type of work permitted for international students with tier 4 visas; and whether her Department plans to implement further such restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Tier 4 (General) students studying courses at degree level or above at Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are permitted to work for 20 hours per week during term time and full-time during vacations. Tier 4 (General) students studying courses below degree level at HEIs are permitted to work for 10 hours per week during term time and full-time during vacations. In addition, courses of study may include a work placement, provided it is an integral and assessed part of the course.</p><p>Students are permitted to undertake a wide range of jobs whilst studying, however Tier 4 (General) students cannot be self-employed or employed as a professional sportsperson, an entertainer, or a doctor in training, except where the student is studying on a recognised foundation programme under Tier 4.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/02/2018 16:21:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834840

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Travellers: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many successful prosecutions there have been under the Equality Act 2010 for discrimination against the Gypsy and Traveller communities.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>There was one prosecution under s175 (1)(a) and 2 of the Equalities Act in 2011/12. This creates offences in relation to access to public service vehicles. In accordance with CPS Retention Policy a case involving an offence under section 175 of the Equalities Act 2010 would be archived one year following sentencing. Therefore, no further information is held about the case in question.</p><p>Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010 defines the protected characteristics of ‘race’. Race includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins. Ethnic or national origins include being from a Roma or Traveler background, therefore the CPS prosecutes crimes against the Gypsy and Traveller communities under other legislation, in particular hate crimes against the community.</p><p>A programme of CPS mandated training for prosecutors, including racially aggravated crime, was developed and completed by the start of 2017.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/02/2018 09:33:31 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834849

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants for (a) jobseekers’ allowance and (b) universal credit have been (i) referred for an assessment of their English language skills and (ii) mandated to undertake English learning in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of referrals for assessment of a claimant’s English language skills is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Universal Credit Live Service claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>10,559</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>4,659</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>2,773</p></td><td><p>312</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The number of referrals for claimants to undertake English learning are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Universal Credit Live Service claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>5,187</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>2,577</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>1,222</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We are unable to indicate how many of the referrals for English learning were the result of mandating. Such information is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong>Source:</strong></p><p>Jobseeker’s Allowance - Department for Work and Pensions Labour Market System (LMS).</p><p>Universal Credit Live Service - Department for Work and Pensions Work Services Platform (WSP).</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>Information is not currently available to indicate the volume of referrals for English Language assessments or learning for Universal Credit Full Service claimants</li><li>The Management Information (MI) contained within this document does not form part of any official statistics and is intended for Department for Work and Pensions internal use only and not published externally.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/02/2018 11:46:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834850

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of claimants of (a) jobseekers allowance and (b) universal credit have been sanctioned as a result of a failure to attend mandated English lessons.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The available information on Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and Universal Credit (UC) sanction decisions by referral reason, is published every quarter and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>For JSA, failure to attend English lessons would be included in the general referral reason ‘Other Employment Programmes’ under the sub-category reason of ‘Failure to attend a place on a training scheme or employment programme without good reason’. For UC, failure to attend English lessons would come under the general referral reason ‘Employment Programmes’ under the sub-category reason of ‘Failure to participate in an employment programme’.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/02/2018 11:24:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834860

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 20000, on Department of Health: Buildings, what refurbishments have been carried out by (a) his Department, (b) his Department’s non-departmental public bodies since January 2016; what the cost of such refurbishments was; what further refurbishments are planned; and what the estimated cost is of such planned refurbishments.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides the cost of refurbishments carried out by the Department and its non-departmental public bodies since January 2016 as well as estimated costs for any currently planned refurbishments.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care</p></td><td><p>Health Education England</p></td><td><p>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence</p></td><td><p>NHS Improvement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Since January 2016</p></td><td><p>£16,614,650</p></td><td><p>£316,544</p></td><td><p>£208,266</p></td><td><p>£275,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estimated costs of future refurbishments</p></td><td><p>£7,000,000</p></td><td><p>£100,000</p></td><td><p>No works currently planned</p></td><td><p>£205,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority</p></td><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>NHS Digital</p></td><td><p>Health Research Authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Since January 2016</p></td><td><p>£1,167,334</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>£58,412</p></td><td><p>£2,580,000</p></td><td><p>£3,761,977</p></td><td><p>£225,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estimated costs of future refurbishments</p></td><td><p>£260,000</p></td><td><p>No works currently planned</p></td><td><p>No works currently planned</p></td><td><p>£570,000</p></td><td><p>£1,160,000</p></td><td><p>No works currently planned</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/02/2018 16:34:53 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834854

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the administrative costs of recovering money from offenders in court-ordered financial impositions for April to September (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The administrative costs of compliance and enforcement activity within HM Courts and Tribunals Service in the periods April to September 2016 and April to September 2017 were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Costs </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016 (April to September)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017 (April to September)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffing costs</p></td><td><p>£19,097,108</p></td><td><p>£18,424,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non- staffing costs</p></td><td><p>£2,997,439</p></td><td><p>£3,313,036</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total costs</p></td><td><p>£22,094,547</p></td><td><p>£21,737,745</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p>The figures provided represent the position at the end of September in each respective fiscal year. The staffing costs include permanent staff, Fixed Term Contract staff and Agency Staff. The Non-Staffing costs include Estate Costs (Utilities, Rent, Maintenance), IT, Telephony, and other running costs.</p><p>Cash collections increased over the 2 years in question from £381 million in 2015/16 to £441 million in 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2018 17:07:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834844

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Nuisance Calls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many complaints relating to (a) automated and (b) live telesales calls have been received by the Information Commissioner's Office since 2016; how many fines were issued by that Office against offending companies in that same period; and how many of those fines were for the maximum possible amount.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner's Office is responsible for investigating concerns raised about and taking enforcement action against automated and live telesales calls. The Information Commissioner's Office publish these statistics in their annual report at https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/our-information/annual-operational-reports-201617/unlawful-marketing-reports-and-concerns/ and on their website at https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/nuisance-calls-and-messages/.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/02/2018 15:58:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834847

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have had their British citizenship removed under (a) section 40, Subsection 4A of the British Nationality Act 1981 since 4 November 2015 and (b) section 40, subsection (i) 2 and (ii) 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 in the past two years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	126269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government publishes statistics relating to deprivation of citizenship under section 40 subsection (4A) of the British Nationality Act 1981 and section 40 subsection (2) on an annual basis. The figure for January 2015 to December 2015 can be found in the HM Government Transparency Report: Disruptive and Investigatory Powers, published in February 2017:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 06/02/2018 16:45:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq