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1028701

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date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the sustainability of local authority children’s services budgets.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	203970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. The department is in the final year of a multi-year settlement deal worth over £200 billion in the five years to 2020.</p><p>At the Autumn Budget 2018, the government made £410 million available to local authorities, in 2019/20, for adult and children social care. The government also announced £84 million in targeted, evidence-based interventions which will transform services to reduce demand, saving money for local authorities but most importantly, improving the quality of services for our most vulnerable children.</p><p>The government will continue to work closely with the sector to consider long-term children’s services funding as part of the upcoming 2019 Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 08/01/2019 17:28:50 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1029158

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Castes: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress the Government has made on repealing the duty under the amendment to section 9 of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to caste discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	908344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We intend to legislate to repeal the caste duty as soon as we have a suitable legislative vehicle and parliamentary time, and we expect to publish guidance on caste and the Equality Act before the summer.</p><p> </p><p>My Hon Friend will know that I have been determined to ensure this issue is resolved since I became Minister for Women and Equalities.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/12/2018 12:04:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1029160

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress is being made on increasing UK exports.
tabling member constituency	Hertford and Stortford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Prisk
uin	908325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Export Strategy sets out how the Government will encourage, inform, connect and finance UK businesses to enable them to take advantage of the international demand for British goods and services. Last month we launched an enhanced digital service on great.gov.uk, connecting businesses to over 20,000 export opportunities.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 20/12/2018 13:08:34 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	1424 label Biography information for Mr Mark Prisk

1029161

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to improve its response times to freedom of information requests.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	908326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>In our most recent Freedom of Information (FOI) statistical release my department answered 90% of FOI requests on time, including permitted extensions, in the third quarter of 2018.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 20/12/2018 15:40:17 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1029162

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Government of Israel on bilateral trade and investment.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
uin	908327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>I met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen during a visit to Israel in November, when we discussed our record levels of trade and investment and noted the good progress made on our continuity trade arrangement. I agreed with President Netanyahu to increase trade cooperation through joint Government sponsorship of a high-level trade and investment conference in 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 20/12/2018 13:22:28 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

1029163

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Aerospace Industry: Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to promote aerospace exports.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
uin	908328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s Aerospace businesses are among the most innovative in the world, they turned over more than £35 billion last year and exported 85% of everything produced.</p><p> </p><p>Our teams across the UK and in 108 countries around the world use every opportunity to take the industry to even greater heights.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/12/2018 13:37:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1029164

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What opportunities he identified for further trade co-operation with Israel during his recent visit to that country.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	908329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>I met with Prime Minister Netanyahu and Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen during a visit to Israel in November, when we discussed our record levels of trade and investment and noted the good progress made on our continuity trade arrangement. I agreed with President Netanyahu to increase trade cooperation through joint Government sponsorship of a high-level trade and investment conference in 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 20/12/2018 13:28:44 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1029165

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress the Government has made on its Export Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	908331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Export Strategy sets out how the Government will encourage, inform, connect and finance UK businesses to enable them to take advantage of the international demand for British goods and services. Last month we launched an enhanced digital service on great.gov.uk, connecting businesses to over 20,000 export opportunities.</p> answering member constituency North Somerset answering member printed Dr Liam Fox question first answered 20/12/2018 13:13:44 answering member 223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

1029312

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the rate of penalties charged in cases of over payment of Carers Allowance were in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	204629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>DWP can impose a £50 Civil Penalty for claimant error where enquiries show that a claimant has failed to provide accurate information as part of their benefit claim or in connection with an award of benefit, they have not taken reasonable steps to correct the error and their action has resulted in an overpayment of over £65.</p><p> </p><p>An Administrative Penalty may be offered to claimants as an alternative to a prosecution where an overpayment of benefit has occurred due to an act or omission by that person and there are grounds for instituting proceedings for an offence against the person relating to the overpayment.</p><p> </p><p>The minimum amount of the Administrative Penalty is £350 or 50% of the recoverable overpayment, whichever is greater, up to a maximum of £5,000.</p><p> </p><p>A debtor would not be expected to repay any recoverable benefit overpayment or DWP financial penalty all at once, as repayments can be made over time.</p><p>It is not possible to provide specific Administrative Penalty rates as applied to Carer’s Allowance overpayment cases as this information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 08/01/2019 17:22:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 94122 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1029314

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Rural Areas: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the letter of 18 November from the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the hon. Member for High Peak on small abattoirs, if he will provide (a) a list the 79 LEADER groups in England and (b) the closing date of applications for each LEADER group in each area.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	204630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Full details of the 79 LEADER groups are available through the Rural Development Programme for England LEADER homepage on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>At a national level, the LEADER programme is on track to commit the majority of its funds by March 2019 with more than half of these groups now closed to new applications.</p><p> </p><p>Individual LEADER groups close their programmes when they have sufficient demand to spend their full allocation. As a result, the decision to close is made by the LEADER groups and is shown on their individual websites.</p><p> </p><p>A list of LEADER programmes currently open is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Beds and Hunts Claylands</p></td><td><p>Chilterns</p></td><td><p>Clay Vales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coast, Wolds, Wetlands and Waterways</p></td><td><p>Durham and Coast Lowlands</p></td><td><p>East Kent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern Plateau</p></td><td><p>Fieldfare</p></td><td><p>Greensand Ridge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heart of Wessex</p></td><td><p>Loddon and Test</p></td><td><p>Mersey Rural</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Forest</p></td><td><p>North Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>North Pennine Dales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Warwickshire Hinckley and Bosworth</p></td><td><p>North Wessex Downs</p></td><td><p>North York Moors, Coast and Hills</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>Northumberland Coast and Lowlands</p></td><td><p>Northumberland Uplands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plain Action</p></td><td><p>Rural Surrey</p></td><td><p>South East Cornwall</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>South Pennines</p></td><td><p>Vale Action</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealden and Rother Rural Partnership</p></td><td><p>West Cheshire and Warrington</p></td><td><p>West Kent</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/01/2019 12:27:50 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George