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973024

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	When she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to end the practice of gay conversion therapy.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	906878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Conversion therapy is wrong and we are not willing to let it continue. That is why we are committed to bringing forward proposals to end this abhorrent practice in the UK. We recognise this is a complex issue that we need to get right. Officials in the Government Equalities Office are working with stakeholders to consider all legislative and non-legislative options and will announce further detail on the matter in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/09/2018 13:12:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

973296

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	174821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The highest paid member of staff at the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is contracted to work a minimum of 42 hours.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/10/2018 11:11:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973286

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	174811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Staff in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales are based in either London or Cardiff.</p><p>All staff based in our London office are paid at a rate above the London Living Wage and all staff based in our Cardiff office are paid at a rate above the UK Living Wage (Real Living Wage).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 174111 question first answered 09/10/2018 10:08:52 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973187

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Devolution: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 63 of document entitled Statement of funding policy: funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly, published by his Department in November 2015, for what reason the London & Continental Railways Corp budget line in Table C.16: Department for Transport is classed as non-Barnett applicable to Scotland but High Speed Two is 100 per cent Barnett applicable to Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	174777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>London &amp; Continental Railways was responsible for the construction of High Speed 1 and the Channel Tunnel. This was an international project and for the benefit of the United Kingdom as a whole. High Speed 2 is a domestic project and rail infrastructure is devolved in Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2018 14:39:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

973351

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Stamp Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of refunds paid in each category of Stamp Duty in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	174732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted “each category of Stamp Duty” as relating to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT), Stamp Duty (SD) and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT). However, we have not included refund amounts for Stamp Taxes on Shares (SD and SDRT) to ensure compliance with disclosure policy relating to taxpayer confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>The table attached provides an estimate of the amount of refunds authorised for SDLT transactions derived from summary administrative records, for years that were available (last 9 years).</p><p> </p><p>Figures relating specifically to Higher Rate on Additional Dwellings (HRAD) refunds are available in the public domain through the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-stamp-duty-statistics" target="_blank">Quarterly SDLT publication</a>. HRAD was introduced in April 2016, and taxpayers are able to claim repayment of their initial HRAD amount if they sell their previous main residence within 36 months.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/10/2018 16:55:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride attachment 1 file name PQW17-19-2018-15588table response.docx title table
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

973289

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	174814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The highest paid member of staff is contracted to 37 hours a week.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/10/2018 15:04:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973220

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from self-employed people on the potential extension of IR35 off-payroll tax to the private sector; and what proportion of those representations have been critical of that potential change.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	174787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering the responses to the consultation on non-compliance with the off-payroll working rules in the private sector. A number of these responses were from individuals who identified themselves as self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will issue a formal response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2018 14:42:04 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

973305

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Sanitary Products: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the EU on the EU classification of sanitary items for VAT purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	174836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has continued to press at EU level for the flexibility to apply a zero rate of VAT to women’s sanitary products so that this can be introduced in the UK at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2018, the European Commission brought forward a legislative proposal to enhance Member States’ flexibility to apply reduced and zero rates of VAT. This proposal remains under discussion and, if agreed to by Member States, would give the UK the legal ability to zero rate women’s sanitary products.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2018 14:46:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

973362

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who pay both the employer and employee National Insurance contribution.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	174742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of individuals in Pay As You Earn (PAYE) for which there was both an employee and employer Class 1 National Insurance contributions liability was 26.64m in the 2017/18 tax year.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/10/2018 16:55:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

973357

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2018 to Question 162093 on Individual Savings Accounts, whether the data for the first quarter of 2018-19 is available for publication.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	174737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has not received any withdrawal charges from Lifetime Individual Saving Accounts (LISA). The functionality to receive these charges is expected to be in place by spring 2019. In the meantime, LISA providers are deducting the appropriate withdrawal charges as required and holding the funds, pending the roll out of the collection functionality.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 15/10/2018 14:00:37 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

973279

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	174804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>No staff directly employed by HM Treasury who work inside London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>No staff directly employed by HM Treasury who work outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the UK Living Wage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/10/2018 15:42:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973251

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the July 2018 report of the National Infrastructure Commission’s entitled National Infrastructure Assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	174781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The government welcomed the publication of the National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA), and is considering the recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the National Infrastructure Commission’s Framework Document, the government will respond to the NIC’s recommendations as soon as practicable, and endeavour to respond within 6 months, and no longer than a year.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/10/2018 15:00:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

973435

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cooperatives
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the number of co-operative companies and institutes in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL10361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text <p>This Government recognises the value of co-operatives and other mutually owned businesses. The Government’s policy is to maintain a level playing field between co-operatives and other legal forms.</p><p> </p><p>In 2014, the coalition government introduced a number of measures to support the co-operative sector, including consolidating all the existing laws, to make it easier for societies to understand and apply the legislative framework and the rules governing them. The coalition government also simplified the electronic registration process to help new societies start up.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2018 the Government brought forward a measure to bring audit requirements for small co-operatives into line with those for small companies. This measure came into force on 6 April, and will save growing societies thousands of pounds in auditors’ fees that companies of the same size do not have to pay.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/09/2018 11:24:25 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

973295

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	174820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland does not employ staff directly. All staff that join do so on assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies, principally the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government, who remain the employers.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 10/10/2018 14:31:13 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973285

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Scotland Office: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	174810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>No staff that work in the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, located inside and outside Greater London, are paid below the London Living Wage. The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland does not employ staff directly. All staff that join do so on assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies, principally the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 10/10/2018 14:30:22 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973294

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	174819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The highest paid member of staff in the Northern Ireland Office is contracted to work a minimum (over a 5 day week) of 41 hours per week.</p><p> </p><p>Senior Civil Servants are contracted to work a minimum (over a 5 day week) of either 41 or 42 hours, including daily meal breaks for one hour. The new model contract was introduced on the 1st July 2013, which standardise the working hours to 42 hours which was applicable to all new staff as well as those staff being promoted into or within SCS, from that date forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/10/2018 11:38:19 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973284

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in her Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	174809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm that no members of staff in the Northern Ireland Office either inside or outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 09/10/2018 11:35:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973424

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Belfast Harbour: Security
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the security arrangements in place in the Port of Belfast.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL10350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2018 answer text <p>Security at the Port of Belfast is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland. Security arrangements at the Port of Belfast are the responsibility of the Belfast Harbour Police, managed by Belfast Harbour Commissioners, who are appointed by Northern Ireland’s Department for Infrastructure.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 21/09/2018 11:56:01 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

973388

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Assault Referral Centres: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the £8 million spending increase for sexual assault referral centres set out in the Victims' Strategy, published in September 2018, Cm. 9700, will come from existing budgets.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Victims Strategy sets out commitments to ensure that victims of crime, including victims of sexual abuse, have access to the support services they need to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime.</p><p> </p><p>Sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) are funded by the Department of Health and Social Care and commissioning responsibility is delegated to NHS England. The £8 million spending increase for SARCs set out in the Strategy is additional funding on top of the £31 million existing budget.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/10/2018 17:14:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973394

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the spending commitments pledged in the Government's Victim's Strategy, published in September 2018, Cm. 9700 will come from existing budgets.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Victims Strategy brings together, for the first time, funding which Government and agencies spend on supporting victims of crime, which is roughly £200 million a year. The strategy sets out existing commitments to increase funding for victims of approximately £37 million. We have also committed to ensuring that funding is better coordinated and goes to the right place at the right time.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 174670 question first answered 09/10/2018 16:56:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973375

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to establish an Independent Violence Advocate as part of the Victim's Strategy, published in September 2018, Cm. 9700.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>In the Victims Strategy published on 10 September, we committed to reviewing the current victims supporters landscape. Our review will enable us to identify any gaps in the services currently available to victims and ensure all victims of crime have access to the support and protections they need. We will await the outcome of the review before deciding whether further supporter roles are required.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/10/2018 17:11:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973390

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government plans to publish its response to its consultation on domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>We have sought views on what more the Government can do to support victims of domestic abuse (Consultation: Transforming the Response to Domestic Abuse). The consultation closed on 31 May and we are considering the responses ahead of publishing a formal Government response in the autumn 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/10/2018 16:15:43 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973376

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish full details of the Government's review into the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Further details of the review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme announced in the Victims Strategy will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 174662 question first answered 09/10/2018 16:19:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973383

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the consultation on the victims' law.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>In the Victims Strategy, published on 10 September, we committed to bring forward proposals for a consultation on the detail of a Victims’ Law. As I said in this House, when announcing the publication of the Victims Strategy, we plan to consult in 2019. In taking this work forward we have already begun discussions with victims and victims groups.</p><p> </p><p>In undertaking a consultation we will follow Government guidance, which states that consultations should last for a proportionate amount of time for effective engagement. We will announce the length of time the consultation will be open when it is launched.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 174664 question first answered 09/10/2018 17:13:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973386

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disasters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable for the consultation process on establishing an independent public advocate is.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on the Independent Public Advocate began on Monday 10 September and closes on Monday 3 December. The consultation document is available at <a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/establishing-an-independent-public-advocate/" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/establishing-an-independent-public-advocate/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/10/2018 16:20:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973379

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timescale is for the Government's review into the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Further details of the review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme announced in the Victims Strategy will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 174661 question first answered 09/10/2018 16:19:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973393

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the overall cost is of spending commitments pledged in the Government's Victim's Strategy, published in September 2018, Cm. 9700.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Victims Strategy brings together, for the first time, funding which Government and agencies spend on supporting victims of crime, which is roughly £200 million a year. The strategy sets out existing commitments to increase funding for victims of approximately £37 million. We have also committed to ensuring that funding is better coordinated and goes to the right place at the right time.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 174671 question first answered 09/10/2018 16:56:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973293

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	174818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The highest paid member of staff is a Senior Civil Servant (SCS) and SCS are contracted to work a minimum (over a 5 day week) either 41 or 42 hours, including daily meal breaks for one hour. The new model contracts was introduced on the 1st July 2013, which standardise the working hours to 42 hours which was applicable to all new staff as well as those staff being promoted into or within SCS, from that date forward.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/10/2018 17:15:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973382

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parc Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking in response to the Independent Monitoring Board report on HMP Parc.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	174698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>I have written to the Chair of the Independent Monitoring Board to express my gratitude for their hard work and observations.</p><p>I was encouraged by the comments that HMP/YOI Parc remains a well-managed prison where prisoners are treated respectfully and their safety is of paramount importance. The new initiatives including the introduction of mental health pathways aimed at prioritising referrals and improving support, and the regular Healthcare Newsletter are to be applauded.</p><p>HMPPS has taken decisive action to combat the threat of drugs on prisons and has formed a Drugs Taskforce, working with law enforcement and health partners across government, to restrict supply, reduce demand and build recovery. The Taskforce is providing support across the estate but is focused on the prisons with the worst drug problems.</p><p>Locally at HMP/YOI Parc, a dedicated group of staff have been recruited to cover the visits CCTV and visitor searching; this has provided greater continuity of cover and has led to an improvement in the quality of searching. The prison continues to work closely with South Wales Police and other National Crime Agencies gathering intelligence in order to disrupt organised crime both within the prison and outside. G4S are also in the process of recruiting 35 new officers as part of the HMPPS Offender Management in Custody (OMIC) Model.</p><p>It is recognised that levels of violence remain too high, with a disproportionate percentage still taking place across the Youth Secure Estate. As the Board has observed, one factor which exacerbates this is the ever-changing population of challenging children and young people, many from further afield than the local catchment area. However, from July 2017 to June 2018, only 25.2% of placements into Parc YOI on average were young people who did not belong to Welsh or South Western Youth Offending teams.</p><p>A Behaviour Management Strategy is being developed, which aims to address risks and needs at the lowest possible level through early intervention and an initial universal approach, with increasing levels of intensity and specialisation based on individual need to prevent further deterioration in behaviour. In addition to this, HMP/YOI Parc is developing a Behaviour Management Strategy in conjunction with the University of South Wales and working with the Children’s Commissioner for Wales to embed the Rights of the Child into the Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/10/2018 16:40:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

973374

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provisions will be made under the Government's Victim's strategy, published in September 2018, Cm. 9700 to support the mental health of victims.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>We want to ensure victims have access to the support services they need to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime.</p><p> </p><p>The Victims Strategy sets out commitments to develop a new delivery model for victim support services; coordinating and combining funding for these services across government to increase its impact, and improving access between victim services, including third sector and statutory services.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is prioritising the delivery of mental health services as part of their long term plan, to utilise the extra investment announced by the Prime Minister on 18 June 2018. This work is still under review and an announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/10/2018 17:10:27 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973373

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what provisions will be made to safeguard the rights of victims undergoing cross-examination as part of the Government's Victim's Strategy, published in September 2018, Cm. 9700 .
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>We have published the first cross-government Victims Strategy that makes clear our commitment to better support victims and witnesses during the court process. There are a range of special measures in place for vulnerable and intimidated witnesses, including victims who have to give evidence, in criminal justice proceedings to help them give their best evidence. These include, arrangements for live video links and screens around the witness box. Courts are also able to order that vulnerable witnesses receive assistance with communication, including the use of an intermediary, to help them understand the question they are being asked and to give their answers accurately. Pre-recorded cross-examination (or section 28) is the last special measure in relation to witnesses other than the accused to be implemented and we remain committed to rolling it out for vulnerable witnesses in Crown Court centres in England and Wales. Section 28 will also be tested for intimidated witnesses who are victims of sexual offences and modern slavery offences in three Crown Court centres.</p><p> </p><p>We will encourage take up of pre-trial therapy. The Crown Prosecution Service are reviewing existing guidance and will publish new guidance and a toolkit for prosecutors and therapists following its completion.</p><p> </p><p>Specialist training on cross-examining witnesses has been developed for advocates by the Inns of Court College for Advocacy to ensure they are able to give their best evidence. Advocates are also subject to professional regulation by the Bar Standards Board and Solicitors Regulation Authority.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/10/2018 16:18:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973413

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Registered Intermediaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of increasing the number of registered intermediaries as set out in the Victims Strategy, published in September 2018, Cm. 9700.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice expects to spend up to £460,000 running the Witness Intermediary Scheme in 2018/19, which includes the cost of recruitment and training. The cost of individual cases is born by the end user (e.g. the police or CPS).</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/10/2018 16:57:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973297

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government's Drugs Taskforce on improving the safety and healthcare of prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	174648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Our Drugs Taskforce, which works with law enforcement and health partners across government, was launched earlier this year and so it is too early to see its full impact. However, it is already working with ten of the most challenging prisons to understand their situation and will invest £6 million to tackle drug supply in these establishments. We will enhance physical security and invest in more staff focused on effective searching, drug detection dogs, body scanners, and improved perimeter defences. We will monitor and assess the progress made in these ten prisons to inform our approach and best practice across the estate.</p><p> </p><p>The Drugs Taskforce is also developing a national Drug Strategy, underpinned by advice and guidance that will support the whole of the estate to restrict supply, reduce demand and build recovery.</p><p> </p><p>We are also adopting pioneering approaches such as our ‘Drug Recovery Prison’ pilot at HMP Holme House, which is leading the way in tackling the supply of drugs and helping prisoners to lead a drug-free life.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/10/2018 16:36:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

973233

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Security Guards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September to Question 169517, how much his Department has spent on contracted security personnel to assist with the processing of tribunal cases in Scotland in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	174771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Expenditure in the last five years was nil.</p><p> </p><p>Security personnel are not employed to assist with the administrative processing of tribunal cases; this is undertaken by dedicated administrative staff.</p><p> </p><p>Contracted security personnel are, however, deployed to ensure the security and safety of all persons who work in and attend tribunal premises, and undertake specific duties including searching the public on entry and responding to security incidents. They are not involved in any administrative process outside of those duties.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/10/2018 16:18:37 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

973207

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 168118 on Prisons: Construction, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure (a) transparency and (b) public confidence in the comparison process between the public sector benchmark and bids from private sector operators.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	174800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>As you are aware, on 26 June, I updated the House of Commons Justice Committee on our plans to build the first prison in our prison estate transformation programme at the former HMP Wellingborough through public capital, with construction work expected to begin late 2018/early 2019. We intend to launch a competition to appoint a framework of prison operators, from which we will select the operator for the new prison at Wellingborough and potentially further prisons following expiry of current private sector contracts.</p><p> </p><p>All of the above, including analysis of any bids against a public sector benchmark, will be subject to the usual value for money and affordability tests through a process involving the Ministry of Justice, HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office. Contracts will not be awarded if bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 174799 174801 question first answered 09/10/2018 16:12:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

973208

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 168118 on Prisons: Construction, what processes his Department plans to put in place to assess the robustness of the public-sector benchmark against which private-sector bids will be compared.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	174801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>As you are aware, on 26 June, I updated the House of Commons Justice Committee on our plans to build the first prison in our prison estate transformation programme at the former HMP Wellingborough through public capital, with construction work expected to begin late 2018/early 2019. We intend to launch a competition to appoint a framework of prison operators, from which we will select the operator for the new prison at Wellingborough and potentially further prisons following expiry of current private sector contracts.</p><p> </p><p>All of the above, including analysis of any bids against a public sector benchmark, will be subject to the usual value for money and affordability tests through a process involving the Ministry of Justice, HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office. Contracts will not be awarded if bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 174799 174800 question first answered 09/10/2018 16:12:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

973206

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Wellingborough Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 168118 on Prisons: Construction, what analysis his Department has conducted on the potential financial savings to the public purse from not allowing HM Prison and Probation Service to submit a bid to run the new prison at Wellingborough.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	174799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>As you are aware, on 26 June, I updated the House of Commons Justice Committee on our plans to build the first prison in our prison estate transformation programme at the former HMP Wellingborough through public capital, with construction work expected to begin late 2018/early 2019. We intend to launch a competition to appoint a framework of prison operators, from which we will select the operator for the new prison at Wellingborough and potentially further prisons following expiry of current private sector contracts.</p><p> </p><p>All of the above, including analysis of any bids against a public sector benchmark, will be subject to the usual value for money and affordability tests through a process involving the Ministry of Justice, HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office. Contracts will not be awarded if bids do not meet quality or value for money thresholds.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 174800 174801 question first answered 09/10/2018 16:12:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

973283

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department that work (a) inside and (b) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	174808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The UK Living Wage (sometimes referred to as the ‘Real Living Wage’) and the London Living Wage, are both voluntary rates set by the Living Wage Foundation. These are not statutory figures which relate to the government policy in this area, and so are not legally binding on employers. The statutory minimum rates are the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage. For comparison, the National Living Wage is currently £7.83 per hour, and increased by 4.4% in April 2018. The increases in the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage have produced increases for over 2 million workers this year, across the economy, and increased pay by £2,000 for those on the minimum rate, since these statutory arrangements were introduced. All MoJ employees are paid at least the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage. 395 staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ HQ, HMCTS, LAA, OPD and CICA) and 24 by HMPPS work inside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage of £10.20 per hour. 7471 staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ HQ, HMCTS, LAA, OPD and CICA) and 6374 by HMPPS work outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage of £10.20 per hour.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/10/2018 14:48:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973345

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Leasehold: Forfeiture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many forfeitures of residential leaseholds have taken place following the serving of a section 146 notice of the Law and Property Act 1925 in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	174792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/10/2018 15:59:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

973384

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crime: Victims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for how long the consultation on the victims' law will be open.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>In the Victims Strategy, published on 10 September, we committed to bring forward proposals for a consultation on the detail of a Victims’ Law. As I said in this House, when announcing the publication of the Victims Strategy, we plan to consult in 2019. In taking this work forward we have already begun discussions with victims and victims groups.</p><p> </p><p>In undertaking a consultation we will follow Government guidance, which states that consultations should last for a proportionate amount of time for effective engagement. We will announce the length of time the consultation will be open when it is launched.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 174663 question first answered 09/10/2018 17:13:13 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973423

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many current prisoners in England and Wales are (1) citizens of other EU member states, and (2) non-EU citizens.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL10349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2018 answer text <p>As at 30 June 2018, 9,066 Foreign National Offenders were held in prisons in England and Wales and the HM Prison and Probation Service run Immigration Removal Centre. Of these, 3,905 were from other Member States of the European Union (EU). The remaining 5,161 were from non-EU countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 25/09/2018 13:24:45 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

973336

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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	Buildings: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 25 March 2015 on Planning Update, HCWS488, whether it is his Department's policy that local authorities will continue to be able to set and apply policies in their local plans which require compliance with energy performance standards that exceed the energy requirements of Building Regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	174594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to commence Section 43 of the Deregulation Act 2015. Local authorities may include in their local plans policies which set reasonable requirements for new development to meet higher energy performance standards than those required in building regulations. Policies must not be inconsistent with relevant national policies. The Written Ministerial Statement of 25 March 2015 set out relevant national policy.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 174592 174593 174595 question first answered 09/10/2018 15:02:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

973392

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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	Housing: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 23 of the Victims Strategy, published in September 2018, Cm. 9700, whether the spending commitment of £18.8m on domestic abuse accommodation services will come from existing budgets.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	174669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is an abhorrent crime that nobody should have to suffer. The Government is committed to protecting victims of domestic abuse. In the 2015 Spending Review, my Department secured £40 million to support victims of domestic abuse. Funding for the 2018-20 £18.8 million fund for accommodation-based domestic abuse services comes from this £40 million. The fund was open to all local authorities across England to bid for a share and we will be announcing the successful projects in due course.</p><p>Our 2016-18 £20 million fund was also delivered with Spending Review 2015 funding. This supported 80 projects across 258 local authorities in England, helping to create more than 2,000 bed spaces in safe accommodation, including refuge, and giving support to over 19,000 victims and their families.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/10/2018 15:11:46 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

973408

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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	Leasehold
	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 the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals in response to the tackling unfair lease practices in the leasehold market consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	174628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>On 21 December 2017, the Government set out a package of measures to tackle abuses and unfair practices in the leasehold market. This includes introducing legislation to prohibit the development of new build leasehold houses, other than in exceptional circumstances, and restricting ground rents in newly established leases of houses and flats to a peppercorn.</p><p>We are also working with the Law Commission to support existing leaseholders - including making buying a freehold or extending a lease easier, faster, fairer and cheaper.</p><p>We will bring forward legislation as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/10/2018 15:13:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

973337

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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	Housing: Energy
	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 local authorities can set energy efficiency standards higher than Level 4 of the former Code for Sustainable Homes.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	174595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to commence Section 43 of the Deregulation Act 2015. Local authorities may include in their local plans policies which set reasonable requirements for new development to meet higher energy performance standards than those required in building regulations. Policies must not be inconsistent with relevant national policies. The Written Ministerial Statement of 25 March 2015 set out relevant national policy.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 174592 174593 174594 question first answered 09/10/2018 15:02:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

973335

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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	Building Regulations: Energy
	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 local authorities are legally empowered to set higher energy efficiency standards than those required by building regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	174593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to commence Section 43 of the Deregulation Act 2015. Local authorities may include in their local plans policies which set reasonable requirements for new development to meet higher energy performance standards than those required in building regulations. Policies must not be inconsistent with relevant national policies. The Written Ministerial Statement of 25 March 2015 set out relevant national policy.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 174592 174594 174595 question first answered 09/10/2018 15:02:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

973334

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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	Housing: Construction
	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 it is his policy to commence section 43 of the Deregulation Act 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	174592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to commence Section 43 of the Deregulation Act 2015. Local authorities may include in their local plans policies which set reasonable requirements for new development to meet higher energy performance standards than those required in building regulations. Policies must not be inconsistent with relevant national policies. The Written Ministerial Statement of 25 March 2015 set out relevant national policy.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 174593 174594 174595 question first answered 09/10/2018 15:02:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

973225

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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	Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish his Department’s response to the consultation, Strengthening consumer redress in housing, which closed on 16 April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	174769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The recent consultation “Strengthening consumer redress in the housing market” sought views on how to ensure consumers have access to appropriate redress when things go wrong with their housing. This included considering whether bringing together redress schemes into a single housing ombudsman service could help simplify access.</p><p>We have been considering responses to the consultation and intend to publish our response later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/10/2018 15:12:15 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

973292

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Working Hours
	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 the contracted hours are for the highest paid member of staff in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	174817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Senior Civil Servants are contracted to work a minimum (over a 5 day week) of either 41 or 42 hours, including daily meal breaks for one hour.</p><p>The new model contract was introduced on 1 July 2013. This standardises working hours to 42 hours. This was applicable to all new staff as well as those staff being promoted into or within the Senior Civil Service, from that date forward.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 09/10/2018 15:18:07 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

973181

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2018
	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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
	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 recent steps he has taken to ensure that leaseholders in privately-owned blocks do not have to fund the replacement of cladding and remedial fire safety measures following the Grenfell Tower tragedy; and if he will he make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
	tabling member printed	Dame Louise Ellman
	uin	174629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Ministers have been very clear that in the private sector it is the responsibility of the building owner, or responsible person, to fund the measures necessary to ensure the safety of residents and must do all they can to protect leaseholders from additional costs. We are encouraged by those in the sector, such as Barratt Developments, Mace, Legal &amp; General and Taylor Wimpey, who are doing the right thing and taking responsibility, and we expect others to follow their lead.</p><p>The Secretary of State has recently written to all private sector building owners who are currently committed to passing costs to leaseholders, and to those who are yet to make clear their plans to remediate their buildings, or their intention to pass on costs.</p><p>These letters set the expectation that there is a moral imperative for private sector landlords to do the right thing and remove unsafe cladding quickly and not leave leaseholders to cover the cost. We have made clear that we have ruled out no options if industry, individual building owners, or developers do not come forward with their own solutions.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/10/2018 14:59:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman