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1015370

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	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	Homelessness: Veterans
	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 estimate he has made of the number of veterans who are homeless in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Linlithgow and East Falkirk Constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	196216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government collects quarterly and annual statistics on how many people make homelessness applications to local authorities in England. This information can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a>.</p><p>Details on homelessness in Scotland can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables" target="_blank">https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables</a>.</p><p>Current data tools do not allow for an estimate of the number of veterans who are homeless. However, in April 2018 the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government introduced a new, case-level data collection called H-CLIC (Homelessness Case Level Information Collection), from which the first tranche of data will be released in due course. This will give local authorities and Government more information regarding homelessness and those presenting as homeless, including if they are a previous member of the armed forces and have support needs.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/12/2018 14:16:55 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1016120

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Community Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the Church of England has taken at parish level to support the needs of local communities.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	907925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>This year the Church of England surveyed its 16,000 parish churches about their involvement in social action and local community projects. Of the 13,000 churches that responded the survey revealed that 80% were involved in providing services for the benefit of their local communities, either standalone or in partnership with others. These 33,000 projects included debt counselling, lunch clubs, language classes, food banks, children’s clubs, community cafes, holiday and breakfast clubs and night shelters.</p><p>There are many good examples of work in the Rochester Diocese, 11 of the 12 Church of England churches within the Gillingham deanery (which covers the Gillingham and Rainham constituency) are involved in providing on average at least 4 different projects to support the wider local community.</p><p>The areas in which the churches in Gillingham deanery are engaging is as follows:</p><ul><li>10 churches provide or support a Foodbank</li><li>8 churches operate a parent/carer and toddler group</li><li>7 churches operate a night shelter or other homeless provision</li><li>6 churches provide pastoral provision for wider community through operating street pastors groups, counselling/support, tackling loneliness projects</li><li>5 churches operate Youth projects (for the wider community)</li><li>4 churches provide a Lunch club or drop in service.</li></ul> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 29/11/2018 16:16:39 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

1016125

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment the Government has made of the effect on low-income families of the roll-out of universal credit throughout Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	907841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Evidence shows that Universal Credit is working. It empowers people to move into work, work more hours and earn more, and I am pleased that the budget announced a £4.5bn cash boost for it, including measures that will allow millions of low-income families, many of them in Scotland, to keep more of what they earn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 28/11/2018 16:42:11 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1016126

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Brexit: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the proposed EU withdrawal agreement on the Scottish economy.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	uin	907842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has now published <em>EU Exit: Long-term economic analysis</em>. This analysis shows the deal is the best deal available for jobs and our economy that allows us to honour the referendum and realise the opportunities of Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 28/11/2018 15:32:46 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1016127

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment the Government has made of the effect on the Scottish economy of the devolution of powers to set the rates and bands of income tax payable by Scottish taxpayers.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	907845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has delivered on its promise to devolve increased control over Income Tax to Scotland.</p><p>As a result, changes to the higher rate threshold announced since April 2017 do not apply to the main income of Scottish higher or additional rate taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 28/11/2018 15:33:19 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1016128

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Spirits: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect on the Scottish economy of maintaining the current level of excise duty on spirits.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	907847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Chancellor who recently announced that Spirits Duty will be frozen for the second year in a row.</p><p>This represents a huge boost for the Scotch Whisky industry which directly contributes over £3.2 billion to the Scottish economy.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 28/11/2018 15:33:55 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1016218

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	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	Dementia: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of spending on research into the causes and treatment of dementia; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	196678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department funds research on health and social care through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The usual practice of NIHR is not to ring-fence funds for expenditure on particular topics such as dementia. Research proposals in all areas compete for the funding available. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health including dementia. These applications are subject to peer review and judged in open competition, with awards being made on the basis of the importance of the topic to patients and health and care services, value for money and scientific quality. In all disease areas, the amount of NIHR funding depends on the volume and quality of scientific activity.</p><p>NIHR funding for dementia research was £43.0 million in 2017/18, having grown from £27 million in 2013/14. Overall public funding for dementia research continues to run well ahead of the Government’s 2020 Dementia Challenge commitment to maintain funding at £60 million a year. The other main public funders of dementia research are the Medical Research Council, which in 2017/18 spent £36.3 million, and the Economic and Social Research Council, which spent £3.2 million, to bring total Government spending on dementia research to £82.5 million.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 03/12/2018 17:33:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1016220

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	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	Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund: Public Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons Government Departments' and other public bodies were excluded from applying to the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	196902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund (CSIIF) is designed to incentivise and encourage a broader range of industry led activity to quickly increase numbers and diversity in the UK’s cyber security workforce. Initiatives supported through the CSIIF pilot are being delivered by organisations such as training providers and charities. The CSIIF complements other activity supported through the £1.9 billion National Cyber Security Programme to specifically support government departments and other public bodies build cyber security capability.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/12/2018 17:07:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1016221

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many women are held in immigration detention in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	196774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publish data on the number of people in detention as at the last day of each quarter, by sex. The latest data is available in table dt_11_q in the detention tables of Immigration statistics, year ending September 2018. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/758249/detention-sep-2018-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/758249/detention-sep-2018-tables.ods</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/12/2018 13:06:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1016223

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of women in immigration detention.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	196775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>95% of individuals liable for removal at any one time are managed within the community through immigration bail and regular reporting, rather than within an immigration removal centre. Alternatives to detention are not, of course, alternatives to case resolution, and our objective is to achieve better outcomes for migrants, meaning quicker resolution of their case whether the result is a grant of leave or the migrant’s departure (preferably voluntary) from the UK.</p><p>The Home Secretary said - in his statement to parliament on 24 July introducing Stephen Shaw’s follow up report on immigration detention - that he had asked the Home Office to do more to explore alternatives to detention with faith groups, with non-governmental organisations and within communities. Working with UNHCR, a pilot scheme is being developed that will manage a number of women in the community who would otherwise be detained at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, meaning that rather than receiving support and care in an immigration removal centre, the women in question will get a programme of support and care in the community.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/12/2018 11:26:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips