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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

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

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

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