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1105486

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether universal credit claimants are able to deduct the tax relief claimed by relief at source pension schemes from their earned income figure to calculate their award of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	237575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>100% of contributions to employer pension schemes, whether Net or Relief at Source pensions, will be taken into account when calculating the level of employed earnings in UC. This means that a UC claimant that contributes to either type of pension will, automatically (where employers report the information correctly), have their UC entitlement calculated on their taxable pay, after their pension contribution. This ensures fairness for all affected UC employed claimants.</p><p> </p><p>If there is some discrepancy in the way in which it’s reported, DWP will manually ensure that the Relief at Source pension contribution is deducted before any UC entitlement is calculated on their employed earnings.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/06/2019 15:25:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1105534

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service spent on third-party suppliers (a) in total and (b) per supplier in the financial year 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	237665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested in point A of each question is listed below.</p><p>HMCTS has spent the following on third party suppliers:</p><ul><li>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016: £415,684,106</li><li>1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017: £528,626,816</li><li>1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018: £679,957,077</li><li>1 April 2018 – 28 February 2019: £667,349,522</li></ul><p> </p><p>The information requested within point B of each question could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS use third party suppliers to provide a wide range of goods and services across the court estate, including security, fines enforcement, court interpreters and IT software.</p><p>As part of the governance process, approvals are sought from finance business partners, HR business partners and the director general to ensure that project outcomes and budget are validated and to seek confirmation that internal resource is not available to deliver either due to the specialist nature of the project or due to capacity issues enabling delivery within the project timescales. By using third parties the department can save on salary, national insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals whose skills may not be needed after a set period.</p><p> </p><p>Spending has increased as HMCTS delivers its £1 billion Reform programme, bringing new ways of working to the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 237666 237667 237668 question first answered 05/04/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1105535

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service spent on third-party suppliers (a) in total and (b) per supplier in the financial year 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	237666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested in point A of each question is listed below.</p><p>HMCTS has spent the following on third party suppliers:</p><ul><li>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016: £415,684,106</li><li>1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017: £528,626,816</li><li>1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018: £679,957,077</li><li>1 April 2018 – 28 February 2019: £667,349,522</li></ul><p> </p><p>The information requested within point B of each question could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS use third party suppliers to provide a wide range of goods and services across the court estate, including security, fines enforcement, court interpreters and IT software.</p><p>As part of the governance process, approvals are sought from finance business partners, HR business partners and the director general to ensure that project outcomes and budget are validated and to seek confirmation that internal resource is not available to deliver either due to the specialist nature of the project or due to capacity issues enabling delivery within the project timescales. By using third parties the department can save on salary, national insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals whose skills may not be needed after a set period.</p><p> </p><p>Spending has increased as HMCTS delivers its £1 billion Reform programme, bringing new ways of working to the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 237665 237667 237668 question first answered 05/04/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1105536

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service spent on third-party suppliers (a) in total and (b) per supplier in the financial year 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	237667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested in point A of each question is listed below.</p><p>HMCTS has spent the following on third party suppliers:</p><ul><li>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016: £415,684,106</li><li>1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017: £528,626,816</li><li>1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018: £679,957,077</li><li>1 April 2018 – 28 February 2019: £667,349,522</li></ul><p> </p><p>The information requested within point B of each question could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS use third party suppliers to provide a wide range of goods and services across the court estate, including security, fines enforcement, court interpreters and IT software.</p><p>As part of the governance process, approvals are sought from finance business partners, HR business partners and the director general to ensure that project outcomes and budget are validated and to seek confirmation that internal resource is not available to deliver either due to the specialist nature of the project or due to capacity issues enabling delivery within the project timescales. By using third parties the department can save on salary, national insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals whose skills may not be needed after a set period.</p><p> </p><p>Spending has increased as HMCTS delivers its £1 billion Reform programme, bringing new ways of working to the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 237665 237666 237668 question first answered 05/04/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1105541

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
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: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service is projected to spend on third-party suppliers (a) in total and (b) per supplier in the financial year 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	237668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested in point A of each question is listed below.</p><p>HMCTS has spent the following on third party suppliers:</p><ul><li>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016: £415,684,106</li><li>1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017: £528,626,816</li><li>1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018: £679,957,077</li><li>1 April 2018 – 28 February 2019: £667,349,522</li></ul><p> </p><p>The information requested within point B of each question could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS use third party suppliers to provide a wide range of goods and services across the court estate, including security, fines enforcement, court interpreters and IT software.</p><p>As part of the governance process, approvals are sought from finance business partners, HR business partners and the director general to ensure that project outcomes and budget are validated and to seek confirmation that internal resource is not available to deliver either due to the specialist nature of the project or due to capacity issues enabling delivery within the project timescales. By using third parties the department can save on salary, national insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals whose skills may not be needed after a set period.</p><p> </p><p>Spending has increased as HMCTS delivers its £1 billion Reform programme, bringing new ways of working to the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 237665 237666 237667 question first answered 05/04/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1105570

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many ministerial requirements have been issued by the Cabinet Secretary in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	237584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the honourable gentleman to recent correspondence from Justin Tomlinson MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, a copy of which has been placed in the library of the House, which clarifies previous answers on this subject.</p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister’s most senior policy adviser and Secretary to the Cabinet, the Cabinet Secretary provides advice on a wide range of policy issues. Policy decisions are taken by ministers, within the framework of collective Cabinet responsibility, on the advice of the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 08/05/2019 09:56:58 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1105576

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Atos and Microsoft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of all current contracts agreed by his Department and (a) Microsoft Corporation and (b) Atos.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	237669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The total value of all current contracts with Microsoft is £52,312,423.</p><p>The total value of all current contracts with Atos is £182,226,526.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/04/2019 13:47:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1105655

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Housing
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 availability of legal aid and advice in housing law cases; and what is the geographical distribution of the providers of such services in (1) London, (2) the rest of England, and (3) Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL14847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Legal aid for housing advice is available to help people with a range of housing problems, subject to statutory means and merits tests. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) frequently reviews market capacity to make sure there is adequate provision around the country, and moves quickly to ensure provision where gaps may appear.</p><p> </p><p>As of 1 March there is at least one provider offering housing and debt services in all but 4 procurement areas, representing over 97% coverage across England and Wales. The Legal Aid Agency has since undertaken a further tender to secure provision in the remaining areas. Irrespective of location in England and Wales, legal advice for housing remains available through a telephone service as well.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of providers operating in each of the locations enquired about, and the number of procurement areas which fall within each. The LAA monitors access to legal aid-funded services by geographic location using ‘Procurement Areas’. These are boundaries defined by the LAA according to the respective categories of law they cover.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Geographical location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong># of Procurement Areas</strong></p></td><td><p><strong># of Providers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>212</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 09/04/2019 15:17:15 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1105658

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK Visas and Immigration considers a person’s (1) past immigration records, (2) pending immigration cases, and (3) rule 35 report statements, in addition to the information provided on their National Referral Mechanism referral form, when making reasonable grounds decisions in respect of foreign nationals (a) in immigration detention, and (b) outside immigration detention.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL14849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Reasonable Grounds decisions for foreign nationals in immigration detention are made by trained Competent Authority decision makers. As part of the decision making process information held within the immigration database is considered alongside the information provided by the First Responder in the National Referral Mechanism referral form. Further information is sought from the First Responder where there is insufficient information contained within the referral form.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/04/2019 12:43:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee

1105659

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether potential victims of trafficking who have been released from immigration detention and are awaiting a conclusive grounds decision are required to report to the Home Office.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hamwee
uin	HL14850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>Potential victims of trafficking who are released from immigration detention and awaiting a conclusive grounds decision are granted immigration bail and are therefore subject to at least one condition of bail. This can include a condition to report to the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/04/2019 12:51:11 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2652 label Biography information for Baroness Hamwee