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896165

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Prisons: South Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on building a new prison in South Wales.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	905019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Around 20 potential sites across South Wales were put forward by the Welsh Government after they approached the Ministry of Justice. The site in Port Talbot was ranked as the number one site by the Welsh Government as the most suitable location for a prison in South Wales.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/05/2018 14:08:54 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

896241

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he made of the change in the number of children entering the care system since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	140794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>We monitor the number of children entering the care system on an ongoing basis and information showing the change in the number of children entering the care system for the period since 2010 is provided in the table attached.</p><p>Further breakdowns of children who started to be looked after can be found in Table C1 of the statistical first release 'Children Looked After in England including Adoption: 2016 to 2017' at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>We set out our vision for delivering excellent children’s social care in ‘Putting Children First’. This outlines our reform programme which seeks to: improve the quality of social work practice; create systems and environments where great social work can flourish; promote learning and multi-agency working where all involved in supporting children and families can work together; and support children who both enter and leave the care system. The reforms are designed to ensure that all vulnerable children and families receive the highest-quality care and support. We have invested over £200 million through the Innovation Programme to test and develop better practice, including testing approaches to help vulnerable children to remain safely at home.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/05/2018 16:43:01 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi attachment 1 file name 140794_Change_in_the_number_of_children_entering_the_care_system.doc title 140794_Children_entering_the_care_system
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

896242

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will made an assessment of the potential merits of a lower rate tax-band for the hospitality industry in Northern Ireland to better compete with the tax system for the hospitality industry in the Irish Republic.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	140853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the government announced to a call for evidence on the impact of VAT and APD on tourism in Northern Ireland, to report at the next Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The call for evidence was published at Spring Statement, and is open to responses until 5 June 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/05/2018 14:41:37 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

896243

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are used for judging whether a Support for Mortgage Interest claimant has the mental capacity to make a decision about the new loan.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	140788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Loan for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 set out that in England and Wales ‘a person who lacks mental capacity’ has the meaning given in Section 2 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and in Scotland means a person who is incapable under Section 1(6) of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/05/2018 13:56:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

896244

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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, which groups of people will be brought into in-work conditionality under Universal Credit who would not previously have been subject to it and the estimated numbers in each group.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	140789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>One of the key transformational elements of Universal Credit is that it provides us with the opportunity to support people who are in work to progress their earnings. It marks a significant change from the legacy system of benefits and tax credits.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s internal analysis indicates that there will be around 1 million claimants in work potentially falling into in-work conditionality on Universal Credit, receiving support when Universal Credit is fully rolled out. This internal analysis is derived from the Department’s INFORM and Policy Simulation models.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 140790 question first answered 09/05/2018 15:11:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

896245

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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, what her Department's current estimate is of the total number of additional people who will be brought into in-work conditionality under universal credit by the time that the roll-out of universal credit has been completed.
tabling member constituency	Wirral West
tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
uin	140790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>One of the key transformational elements of Universal Credit is that it provides us with the opportunity to support people who are in work to progress their earnings. It marks a significant change from the legacy system of benefits and tax credits.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s internal analysis indicates that there will be around 1 million claimants in work potentially falling into in-work conditionality on Universal Credit, receiving support when Universal Credit is fully rolled out. This internal analysis is derived from the Department’s INFORM and Policy Simulation models.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 140789 question first answered 09/05/2018 15:11:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

896246

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Drugs: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March to Question 131104 on Drugs: Costs, what assessment he has made of the cost of branded medicines (a) to the NHS and (b) in comparison with the health systems in other EU countries.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	140557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>National Health Service spend on branded medicines during 2015-2016 was approximately £11.2 billion. The Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) supports the NHS to improve patient access to clinically and cost effective medicines through the rigorous National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appraisal process, which plays important role in helping to ensure the best outcomes for patients with the resources available. This is coupled with industry making payments on branded medicines sales above an agreed growth cap.</p><p> </p><p>The statutory scheme provides a financial safeguard for the NHS, by providing controls on the costs of branded medicines to the NHS where a company has chosen not to join the PPRS. New regulations came into force on 1 April 2018, which amended the statutory scheme to align it more closely with the 2014 PPRS. In particular, the regulations replaced a system of price cuts with a payment system; the payment percentage introduced – 7.8% - is the same as the 2018 percentage in the PPRS.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not make a formal assessment of branded medicines expenditure in comparison with other European Union countries, and some of the information necessary to do that is commercially confidential. Participation in the EURIPID pricing project ensures we receive regular information on initiatives across EU countries in relation to branded medicines pricing.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/05/2018 10:45:58 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

896247

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February to Question 128850 on motor vehicles: theft, if she will (a) review her policy of charging victims of car theft to retrieve their vehicles and (b) exempt stolen vehicles from the statutorily prescribed charges for the recovery and storage of vehicles recovered by the emergency services.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	140558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The statutory prescribed charges are kept under periodic review. There are no plans currently to change them or to exempt stolen vehicles specifically.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/05/2018 17:04:59 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

896248

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Children: Funerals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of the devolved administrations on waiving the costs of child burials.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	140616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>While the UK Government has taken steps to introduce a Children’s Funeral Fund in England to spare grieving families the burden of meeting funeral costs, the establishment of such a scheme in Northern Ireland is a devolved matter.</p><p> </p><p>It is my sincere hope that an Executive will be restored to consider how devolved finances can best be utilised to provide support for those families in Northern Ireland who have had to endure the unbearable loss of a child.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/05/2018 11:45:03 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

896249

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
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	Arts: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to visit Northern Ireland to meet with representatives of the creative industries.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	140617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has no current plans to visit Northern Ireland. However he is constantly reviewing his regional visits programme.</p><p> </p><p>Creative industries policy is a devolved matter. Members of the Devolved Administrations attend meetings of the Creative Industries Council, which the Secretary of State co-Chairs.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with Northern Ireland on creative industries policy through DCMS’s participation in the British-Irish Council creative industries workstream.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/05/2018 17:01:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn