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registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will respond to EDM 876 on visitor visas for people from India.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	137600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK continues to work with India to develop our bilateral relationship to deliver real benefits to both countries.</p><p>Visitors from India are important to our tourism market and the Government is committed to offering the most efficient and customer focused visa service in India.</p><p>Since January 2016 the UK has offered a two-year validity visit visa to Chinese nationals for the same price as a six-month visa. This is a pilot scheme, which we are running to assess the benefits and impacts of such an approach, and which will be subject to proper evaluation. There are currently no plans to extend this pilot to any other countries.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/04/2018 15:05:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

891310

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Private Rented Housing: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has (a) commissioned and (b) completed an (i) external and (ii) internal analysis of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the availability of private rented accommodation for households receiving the housing element of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	137907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to working with the Department for Work and Pensions and stakeholders across the private rented sector to understand how we can make best use of our financial levers and existing powers to support tenants to access good quality and affordable accommodation. Universal Credit is already significantly improving the rate at which those claiming benefits return to work. Being in employment improves the housing choices of those who would otherwise have remained dependent on benefits.</p><p>More than 1 million people in England who rent privately are in receipt of Housing Benefit and the housing element of Universal Credit (over 200,000 in London). In December 44 per cent of households claiming housing support under Universal Credit were in the private rented sector.</p><p>The Government is helping benefit claimants to access the private rented sector where LHA rates have diverged the most from local rents through further Targeted Affordability Funding in 2018/19 and 2019/20 and enhanced Discretionary Housing Payment funding for local authorities to protect the most vulnerable claimants impacted by welfare reforms such as freeze to LHA rates.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 14:51:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

891312

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Music: Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to include protection of music intellectual property rights within a future Digital Charter.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	138071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The purpose of the Digital Charter is to make the internet work for everyone. It is a rolling programme of work to agree norms and rules for the online world and put them into practice. As part of the Charter we are looking at the legal liability that online platforms have for the content shared on their sites.</p><p> </p><p>The creative industries sector deal will also help the whole of the creative industries protect and enforce their copyright including through an expansion of voluntary work with industry along the lines of the IPO’s groundbreaking search roundtable process<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/04/2018 09:31:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

891314

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Public Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the quantum of additional funding to be provided to enable the establishment of a new UK Environmental Protection Agency.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	138079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has been allocated £310m additional funding in 2018-19 from the Reserve to address additional activities arising from the UK’s exit from the European Union. These activities include establishing a new environmental body. The government will be consulting shortly on environmental governance, including proposals for this body.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/04/2018 15:33:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

891316

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Annuities: Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 19 October 2016 sale of annuities Official Report, column 812, what the timetable is for his Department to publish plans to support pensioners on low incomes with annuities.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	138082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>In October 2016, the Government announced that it would not continue with proposals to create a secondary market in annuities. The conditions required for a competitive market could not be balanced with sufficient consumer protections and it would not have been appropriate to allow a market to develop which would have produced poor outcomes for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that older people are able to live with the dignity and respect they deserve and the State Pension is the foundation of state support for older people, with a full new State Pension now worth £164.35 per week. In addition, the Government provides Pension Credit which targets help towards the poorest pensioners who for whatever reason have been unable to provide for their retirement.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also provides bus passes for free travel once an individual reaches the female State Pension age and Winter Fuel Payments to help with heating costs during the winter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/04/2018 14:54:30 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

891321

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Social Media: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which online media platforms operate in the UK for which children make up over 25 per cent of the audience.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	137975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>DCMS does not hold information of this nature.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/04/2018 09:32:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

891322

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Social Media: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which online media platforms operating in the UK are designated as children’s media.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	137976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Online media platforms are not classed in this way and there is not a designated category for children’s media.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/04/2018 09:34:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

891327

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Careers and Enterprise Company: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the careers strategy, what additional funding he plans to allocate to the Careers and Enterprise Company to facilitate that company's expansion into SEND and primary schools.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	137939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>We are investing over £70 million each year until 2020 to help young people and adults to benefit from high quality careers provision. This includes funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company and the National Careers Service.</p><p> </p><p>The careers strategy includes funding for a number of programmes. This includes £2 million for careers activities in primary schools and further investment in initiatives focused on supporting those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).</p><p> </p><p>Further information is available in The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company Implementation Plan, published in response to the Government’s careers strategy: <a href="https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/sites/default/files/uploaded/careers-enterprise-implementation-plan.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/sites/default/files/uploaded/careers-enterprise-implementation-plan.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 30/04/2018 16:28:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

891336

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Madagascar: Elections
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 potential implications of electoral laws adopted by the Parliament of Madagascar in April 2018 for the prospects of conducting the forthcoming Presidential election in that country in a free, fair and transparent manner.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	137995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>A comprehensive legal analysis of the electoral codes was prepared by technical legal experts and provided to the EU and its member states, including the UK, in Madagascar. We, along with our international partners, have called for the constitutionality of the electoral processes to be respected, and for the elections themselves to be conducted in a free, fair, transparent and inclusive manner.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 30/04/2018 16:08:25 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

891347

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Social Mobility Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times he has met the Social Mobility Commission​ since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	138106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not had the opportunity to meet with the Social Mobility Commission since his appointment given the current vacancies of the chair and commissioners. Progress on appointing a new Chair and Commissioners is well underway and is taking place in line with the procedures set out in the Governance Code for Public Appointments. My fellow ministers and I look forward to working with the successful candidate to drive forward on improving social mobility.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 30/04/2018 16:00:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt