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834591

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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: Witham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, If she will make an estimate of the number of unemployed people claiming benefits in Witham constituency.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	903746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The claimant count in Witham was 530 in December 2017. This is a fall of over 800, or more than 60%, since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/02/2018 16:10:45 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

834618

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinian Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 12 October 2016, to Question 46979 on Palestinian Authority, if she will place in the Library a copies of her Department's formal assessments of the Palestinian Authority's commitment to the Partnership Principles.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	126066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>DFID does not routinely publish Partnership Principles assessments. The most recent assessment concluded that the Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to deliver on the Partnership Principles. HMG officials will complete their next assessment of the PA’s compliance with the Partnership Principles before the next annual Memorandum of Understanding dialogue with the PA. The date of the next dialogue has not yet been confirmed, but is likely to be completed by the first half of 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/02/2018 11:31:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

834624

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	Universal Credit: Wolverhampton North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made on the roll out of universal credit in Wolverhampton North East.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	126072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department rolled out Universal Credit for Wolverhampton Jobcentre Plus in December 2017. To ensure safe and secure delivery of Universal Credit to larger Jobcentre Plus offices, the Department rolls out to 50% of the postcodes at the announced go live date, with the remaining postcodes rolled out approximately three months later. In Wolverhampton’s case this will happen later this month.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/02/2018 11:38:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

834628

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Palestinians: Newspaper Press and Television
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and her Department, what discussions her Department has had with the PA on the description by the newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida and official PA television on 8 January 2017 of the perpetrator of a terrorist attack as a martyr who died for Allah.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	126076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government deplores any act of incitement to violence; the Secretary of State and I raised the issue of incitement during our respective bilateral meetings with senior Palestinian counterparts in January 2018. Our partnership with the Palestinian Authority (PA) includes a commitment from the Palestinian leadership to adhere to the principle of non-violence and to tackle language and avoid actions that could incite violence or hatred. The UK continues to urge the Palestinian leadership to uphold this principle.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/02/2018 11:25:08 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

834629

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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January to Question 124104, on Universal Credit, and with reference to the note below paragraph B1026 of her Department's Advice for decision making: staff guide, whether the operational guidance on the splitting of universal credit payments between the couple contains further advice to decision makers.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	126077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The operational guidance does not give Decision Makers any additional guidance on split payments in Universal Credit that is not contained within the Decision Makers’ guidance.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/02/2018 11:54:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

834639

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	NHS: Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the annual cost to the NHS is of administrating the Staff Friends and Family Test.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	126087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>NHS England are responsible for the Staff Friends and Family Test (FFT) and are unable to provide a breakdown of the annual cost of administering this test. The Staff FFT is administered from the same budget and by the same staff who work on the patient-facing FFT. The Staff FFT accounts for the smaller element of these costs.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the non-central costs of the FFT process, this is in the hands of local providers and they are responsible for promoting the FFT tool and its outcomes, but the costs are normally minimal. NHS England does not collect this information.</p><p> </p><p>During peak activity around the FFT rollout to services in 2014/15, the budget was a little over £5 million. The central spend allocation has been reducing annually to reflect the reduction in work as the FFT becomes “business as usual” across NHS services. In the current year it stands at about £1 million.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 06/02/2018 12:27:01 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

834643

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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	Carbon Emissions: North Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to make funding available for the delivery of the Government’s clean growth strategy to homes and businesses unconnected to the gas grid in North Cornwall constituency.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	126091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Funding for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) of £4.5 billion has been agreed to support low carbon heat technologies in homes and businesses, on and off the gas grid, between 2016 and 2021. Over the scheme lifetime, we expect payments to be around £23bn.</p><p> </p><p>As at the end of December 2017, 1985 domestic and 370 non-domestic installations have been accredited within Cornwall. The Department does not hold data specifically for North Cornwall.</p><p> </p><p>Beyond the RHI, our ambition is to help homes off the gas grid to start to move to cleaner heating options during the 2020s. We will work with consumers as we develop policy, starting with new build, and will consult further on policy options during 2018.</p><p> </p><p>A key focus of our policy development will be the cost difference between low and high carbon technologies. We are investing £10 million in an innovation challenge fund to support low carbon heating systems, which will help drive down costs.</p><p>Alongside Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments, policies such as the Warm Home Discount and Energy Company Obligation deliver vital support to millions of low income and vulnerable homes each year with heating and insulation measures as well as direct reductions in their energy bills. As set out in the Autumn Statement, a domestic supplier obligation with a value of £640m, will continue to be in place until 2022.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/02/2018 14:17:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

834647

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the report entitled Valuing Human Waste as an Energy Resource, published by United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health in 2015, what funding her Department has provided for the development of energy from human waste in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	126095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>DFID recognises the potential for use of human waste in energy generation. DFID is supporting a programme to pilot the use of faecal sludge and organic waste from homes, public toilets and factories in producing biogas energy, soil conditioner and animal feeds. The programme supports small and medium sized enterprises to develop new products. This programme is in partnership with companies such as Unilever, multi-laterals such as the Asian Development Bank and Non-Governmental Organisations such as WaterAid. It works in Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and India.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/02/2018 13:01:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

834654

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Wales and Borders Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place for the collapse of the procurement of the Wales and Borders rail franchise should the franchise not be awarded within the allocated time frame.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	126102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the Welsh Government to procure the Wales and Borders rail franchise. However, should these circumstances arise, an extension of the existing Franchise Agreement could be called for seven railway periods (i.e. 28 weeks). There is also the potential to negotiate an extension of up to 65 railway periods with the existing franchisee, as well as the Department having the standard Railways Act Operator of Last Resort powers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 06/02/2018 10:48:34 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

834662

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Wales and Borders Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the transfer of functions order relating to the Wales and Borders rail franchise to be laid before Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	126110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>This draft Transfer of Functions Order is due to be laid before Parliament imminently. Subject to its approval, it is expected that the Order will come into force prior to the commencement of the replacement Wales and Borders franchise in October 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 06/02/2018 11:03:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards