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864266

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date	15/03/2018
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	Construction: Billing
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter; how many companies have signed up to that charter; and what steps he is taking to ensure that 30 day payments become standard across the industry.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	132751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Construction Supply Chain Payment Charter is a voluntary measure which sets standards for payment practices within the industry and aims to create a more collaborative culture and ensure a strong, resilient and sustainable supply chain. To date there are 42 signatories to the Charter.</p><p>Unjustified late and non-payment of any amount owed is unacceptable. These practices cause particular problems for small businesses in the construction sector. The Government is committed to tackling them and a number of steps have been taken to improve payment performance including through its own procurement activities, introducing reporting requirements on payment policies and practices and other voluntary measures such as the Prompt Payment Code that promotes 30 day payment terms as the norm for acceptable behaviour in the UK. At the Spring Statement my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer also announced that BEIS will lead on a call for evidence, which will consider evidence to ensure unfair payment practices are eliminated for small business.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 26/03/2018 14:55:40 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

864267

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the efficiency savings that better use of technology has enabled for departmental spending since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	132752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>In total, benefits of £3.56 billion were achieved in the last spending review period as a result of digital and technology transformation across government (April 2012 - March 2015). GDS delivered over £339 million benefits in 2015/16, improving the quality of services through assuring digital and technology projects.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/03/2018 09:53:38 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

864268

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Blockchain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of using blockchain in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	132753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Government is researching potential use cases, and engaging with suppliers about the best use of blockchain technologies with a view of how it might drive efficiencies and support transformation. This research is led by individual departments in line with their specific needs.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/03/2018 11:45:11 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

864269

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve transparency in government.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	132754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government has been at the forefront of opening up data to allow the public and Parliament to hold public bodies to account. The Government remains committed to continuing to look at how the range of information it publishes can be expanded and made as useful as possible to the public, business, the voluntary sector and government itself.</p><p>We recently launched a new webpage that clarifies the core transparency data published by Government and provides guidance on ensuring this data is accessible, timely and easy to find: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/how-to-publish-central-government-transparency-data</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/03/2018 12:04:49 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

864270

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, from which Government budgets the £540m of additional funding for the NHS for 2018-19 announced on 2 February 2018 will come.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	132755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The additional £540 million will be made available by the Department from the recently announced increase in the migrant surcharge, other income, and some reprioritisation within its own Departmental budget. NHS England will receive this funding through the Mandate in 2018-19, and will invest it in core frontline services such as mental health and primary care.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/03/2018 17:02:50 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

864271

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Digital Charter, published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 25 January 2018, what her Department's definition of terrorist material is; and whether the Government’s plans to strengthen the offences under section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 will include changing that definition.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	132756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The statutory definition of terrorism is provided at section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000, and the Government has no plans to amend this. There is no single statutory definition of ‘terrorist material’ however there are a range of applicable offences. It is unlawful under section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006 to publish a statement directly or indirectly encouraging another person to commit, prepare or instigate an act of terrorism.</p><p>Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006 covers dissemination of publications which are likely to be understood as such an encouragement, or to be useful to a person preparing or committing an act of terrorism. Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 makes it unlawful to collect or possess information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism. The Government intends to clarify that this applies to the repeated streaming or viewing such material online, and to increase the maximum penalty from 10 to 15 years, but does not plan to change the type of material covered by the offence.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/03/2018 12:18:06 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

864272

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Expectancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on changes in the level of life expectancy of living (a) males and (b) females in each local authority area in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	132757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p><strong>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 20/03/2018 14:41:37 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 132757.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

864273

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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	Life Expectancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the change in the level of local government finance on the geographical variation in life expectancy.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	132758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Life expectancy is higher now than it has ever been, and is generally increasing in most areas. This Government has made available over £200 billion to councils between 2015/16 and 2019/20 to invest in services including those that support improved life expectancy, such as public health and social care, and we are currently conducting a review of councils’ relative needs to deliver an up-to-date, responsive distribution methodology that will ensure future funding goes to the right places.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 20/03/2018 16:57:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

864275

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	EU Citizenship
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with the European Parliament’s negotiating team for the UK leaving the European Union on the legal status of a proposed associate European Union citizenship should the UK leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	132759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State regularly meets with ministerial counterparts from EU institutions and from other EU Member States. We have always said that we would be content to listen to any proposals from the European Union but this is not a matter that has been raised by others in discussions. Associate citizenship is not currently in the scope of exit negotiations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>EU treaty provisions make clear that only citizens of EU Member States are able to hold EU citizenship. Therefore, when the UK ceases to be a member of the European Union, British nationals will no longer hold EU citizenship, unless they hold dual nationality with another EU Member State.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Fernandes question first answered 23/03/2018 12:01:05 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

864276

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will take steps to preserve the rights, freedoms and legal protections for UK citizens enshrined in the Maastricht treaty.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	132760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>EU treaty provisions make clear that only citizens of EU Member States are able to hold EU citizenship. Therefore, when the UK ceases to be a member of the European Union, British nationals will no longer hold EU citizenship, unless they hold dual nationality with another EU Member State.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, we know that in the future, many UK nationals will wish to continue to travel, live and work within the European Union, just as EU citizens will still wish to do so in the UK. We look forward to discussing our future relationship with the European Union, one which will work in the interest of both the UK and the EU.</p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Fernandes question first answered 23/03/2018 12:03:11 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams