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1132303

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Early Years Ministerial Group on Family Support
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the Inter-Ministerial Group on Family support from Conception to Age Two to report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL16372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group is considering how the Government can improve the coordination and cost-effectiveness of early years (conception to age 2) family support and identify gaps in available provision. The group will make recommendations to Secretaries of State in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/06/2019 11:26:41 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1132308

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords Composition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the current gender composition of the House of Lords broken down by member's (1) country, and (2) region, of origin.
	tabling member printed	Lord Farmer
	uin	HL16377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The House of Lords is currently made up of 585 male and 215 female members; we do not hold data on the country or region of origin of members.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 24/06/2019 15:38:36 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	4321 label Biography information for Lord Farmer

1132228

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department uses to categorise universal credit applicants as gainfully self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	264731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department provides tailored support to our claimants who are in self-employment through our work coaches to help them to increase their productivity and earnings. Work coaches can refer low-earning claimants to mentoring support from New Enterprise Allowance providers and sign-post claimants to the other extensive business support which is already funded by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants with earnings from self-employment, whether gainfully self-employed or not, are required to self-report these each month to ensure that any Universal Credit (UC) payments take into account all household earnings. Monthly reporting allows UC to be adjusted monthly. Claimants are required to report the total of actual payments into and out of their business in each month, minus any Income Tax, National Insurance, permitted business expenses and relievable pension contributions actually paid. This gives a net profit figure, which is treated as the self-employed earnings total in the UC calculation. Any drawings from business to personal accounts or, where a claimant has incorporated their business, payment of salary from their company to their personal account, is disregarded in this calculation to avoid double counting.</p><p> </p><p>When a claim is made to Universal Credit the Department will, on the basis of the information provided by the claimant, assess whether the claimant may reasonably be expected to work. If a claimant is in a group expected to work, the number of hours they may be expected to work is a maximum of 35 but may be lower, for example to take account of caring responsibilities or a health condition.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is self-employed and in a group expected to work, the Department then considers a number of factors to establish whether someone is gainfully self-employed. A claimant is considered to be in gainful self-employment where all of the following apply:</p><p> </p><ul><li>the claimant is carrying on a trade, profession or vocation as their main employment</li><li>their earnings from that trade, profession or vocation are self-employed earnings</li><li>the trade, profession or vocation is organised, developed, regular and carried out in expectation of profit</li></ul><p> </p><p>If all of the above are satisfied, then the claimant is considered gainfully self-employed. A Minimum Income Floor (MIF) is calculated by multiplying the number of hours the gainfully self-employed claimant is expected to work by the relevant National Minimum Wage for their age, minus notional deductions for Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. Gainfully self-employed claimants with a MIF applied to their claim are free from requirements to seek other work and are free to undertake those activities that they consider will maximise their profit including decisions about when and how to work most effectively.</p><p> </p><p>As we announced in the Autumn Budget 2018, we are extending the 12-month start-up period where claimants are exempt from the Minimum Income Floor to all gainfully self-employed claimants who are new to Universal Credit. This start-up period will provide time for self-employed claimants to establish and grow their business, or to adjust to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>On average earnings from self-employment are lower than from employment and the self-employed make up a significant proportion of those in in-work poverty. The Government believes the MIF, by incentivising claimants to earn more from self-employment, or alternatively enter employment, offers the most effective way of tackling in-work poverty for the self-employed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 264733 264734 question first answered 24/06/2019 15:58:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1132229

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants are categorised as self-employed in (a) Arfon, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	264732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department plans to publish statistics on Universal Credit and self-employment, including claimant numbers, in the future. The Government’s commitment remains to helping self-employed claimants with viable businesses to thrive, while protecting public funds.</p><p>We provide tailored support to our claimants who are in self-employment through our work coaches to help them to increase their productivity and earnings. Work coaches can also sign-post claimants to the extensive business support which is already funded by the Government.</p><p>As we announced in the Autumn Budget 2018, we will be extending the 12-month start-up period where claimants are exempt from the Minimum Income Floor to all gainfully self-employed claimants who are new to Universal Credit. This start-up period will provide time for self-employed claimants to establish and grow their business, or to adjust to Universal Credit.</p><p>The Department has also extended mentoring support from New Enterprise Allowance mentors to Universal Credit claimants with earnings below their Minimum Income Floor, to help them to develop a plan to grow their earnings.</p><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/06/2019 13:38:46 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1132231

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department use to assess whether a self-employed universal credit applicant is working 35 hours per week or more in paid employment.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	264733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department provides tailored support to our claimants who are in self-employment through our work coaches to help them to increase their productivity and earnings. Work coaches can refer low-earning claimants to mentoring support from New Enterprise Allowance providers and sign-post claimants to the other extensive business support which is already funded by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants with earnings from self-employment, whether gainfully self-employed or not, are required to self-report these each month to ensure that any Universal Credit (UC) payments take into account all household earnings. Monthly reporting allows UC to be adjusted monthly. Claimants are required to report the total of actual payments into and out of their business in each month, minus any Income Tax, National Insurance, permitted business expenses and relievable pension contributions actually paid. This gives a net profit figure, which is treated as the self-employed earnings total in the UC calculation. Any drawings from business to personal accounts or, where a claimant has incorporated their business, payment of salary from their company to their personal account, is disregarded in this calculation to avoid double counting.</p><p> </p><p>When a claim is made to Universal Credit the Department will, on the basis of the information provided by the claimant, assess whether the claimant may reasonably be expected to work. If a claimant is in a group expected to work, the number of hours they may be expected to work is a maximum of 35 but may be lower, for example to take account of caring responsibilities or a health condition.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is self-employed and in a group expected to work, the Department then considers a number of factors to establish whether someone is gainfully self-employed. A claimant is considered to be in gainful self-employment where all of the following apply:</p><p> </p><ul><li>the claimant is carrying on a trade, profession or vocation as their main employment</li><li>their earnings from that trade, profession or vocation are self-employed earnings</li><li>the trade, profession or vocation is organised, developed, regular and carried out in expectation of profit</li></ul><p> </p><p>If all of the above are satisfied, then the claimant is considered gainfully self-employed. A Minimum Income Floor (MIF) is calculated by multiplying the number of hours the gainfully self-employed claimant is expected to work by the relevant National Minimum Wage for their age, minus notional deductions for Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. Gainfully self-employed claimants with a MIF applied to their claim are free from requirements to seek other work and are free to undertake those activities that they consider will maximise their profit including decisions about when and how to work most effectively.</p><p> </p><p>As we announced in the Autumn Budget 2018, we are extending the 12-month start-up period where claimants are exempt from the Minimum Income Floor to all gainfully self-employed claimants who are new to Universal Credit. This start-up period will provide time for self-employed claimants to establish and grow their business, or to adjust to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>On average earnings from self-employment are lower than from employment and the self-employed make up a significant proportion of those in in-work poverty. The Government believes the MIF, by incentivising claimants to earn more from self-employment, or alternatively enter employment, offers the most effective way of tackling in-work poverty for the self-employed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 264731 264734 question first answered 24/06/2019 15:58:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1132233

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department differentiates between annual turnover and salary when assessing the incomes of self-employed applicants of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	264734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department provides tailored support to our claimants who are in self-employment through our work coaches to help them to increase their productivity and earnings. Work coaches can refer low-earning claimants to mentoring support from New Enterprise Allowance providers and sign-post claimants to the other extensive business support which is already funded by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants with earnings from self-employment, whether gainfully self-employed or not, are required to self-report these each month to ensure that any Universal Credit (UC) payments take into account all household earnings. Monthly reporting allows UC to be adjusted monthly. Claimants are required to report the total of actual payments into and out of their business in each month, minus any Income Tax, National Insurance, permitted business expenses and relievable pension contributions actually paid. This gives a net profit figure, which is treated as the self-employed earnings total in the UC calculation. Any drawings from business to personal accounts or, where a claimant has incorporated their business, payment of salary from their company to their personal account, is disregarded in this calculation to avoid double counting.</p><p> </p><p>When a claim is made to Universal Credit the Department will, on the basis of the information provided by the claimant, assess whether the claimant may reasonably be expected to work. If a claimant is in a group expected to work, the number of hours they may be expected to work is a maximum of 35 but may be lower, for example to take account of caring responsibilities or a health condition.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is self-employed and in a group expected to work, the Department then considers a number of factors to establish whether someone is gainfully self-employed. A claimant is considered to be in gainful self-employment where all of the following apply:</p><p> </p><ul><li>the claimant is carrying on a trade, profession or vocation as their main employment</li><li>their earnings from that trade, profession or vocation are self-employed earnings</li><li>the trade, profession or vocation is organised, developed, regular and carried out in expectation of profit</li></ul><p> </p><p>If all of the above are satisfied, then the claimant is considered gainfully self-employed. A Minimum Income Floor (MIF) is calculated by multiplying the number of hours the gainfully self-employed claimant is expected to work by the relevant National Minimum Wage for their age, minus notional deductions for Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. Gainfully self-employed claimants with a MIF applied to their claim are free from requirements to seek other work and are free to undertake those activities that they consider will maximise their profit including decisions about when and how to work most effectively.</p><p> </p><p>As we announced in the Autumn Budget 2018, we are extending the 12-month start-up period where claimants are exempt from the Minimum Income Floor to all gainfully self-employed claimants who are new to Universal Credit. This start-up period will provide time for self-employed claimants to establish and grow their business, or to adjust to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>On average earnings from self-employment are lower than from employment and the self-employed make up a significant proportion of those in in-work poverty. The Government believes the MIF, by incentivising claimants to earn more from self-employment, or alternatively enter employment, offers the most effective way of tackling in-work poverty for the self-employed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 264731 264733 question first answered 24/06/2019 15:58:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1132268

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of applications for legal aid in cases involving homelessness have been been accepted in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving homelessness proceedings</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>20,672</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p>1,784</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15,047</p></td><td><p>1,545</p></td><td><p>1,471</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>16,265</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>15,008</p></td><td><p>1,516</p></td><td><p>1,447</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>15,595</p></td><td><p>1,376</p></td><td><p>1,213</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>15,127</p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>10,353</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>22,739</p></td><td><p>7,257</p></td><td><p>7,027</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>19,912</p></td><td><p>7,276</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,757</p></td><td><p>7,632</p></td><td><p>7,319</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>16,984</p></td><td><p>6,852</p></td><td><p>6,665</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16,456</p></td><td><p>6,588</p></td><td><p>6,081</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td><td><p>6,333</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td><td><p>4,379</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Legal aid cases involving eviction proceedings</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,655</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,053</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>843</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>998</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*(Apr to Dec 2018)</p><p> </p><p>‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question.</p><p> </p><p>264749 and 264752 could only be answered at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 264749 264750 264751 264752 question first answered 20/06/2019 17:12:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132269

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many challenges have been made to decisions on intentional homelessness in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</ins><del class="ministerial">A full answer cannot be provided as the data requested is not held by HMCTS.</del></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:28:53 question first ministerially corrected 08/07/2019 17:19:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 124831 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132271

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of homelessness applications have been awarded legal aid in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving homelessness proceedings</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>20,672</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p>1,784</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15,047</p></td><td><p>1,545</p></td><td><p>1,471</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>16,265</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>15,008</p></td><td><p>1,516</p></td><td><p>1,447</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>15,595</p></td><td><p>1,376</p></td><td><p>1,213</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>15,127</p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>10,353</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>22,739</p></td><td><p>7,257</p></td><td><p>7,027</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>19,912</p></td><td><p>7,276</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,757</p></td><td><p>7,632</p></td><td><p>7,319</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>16,984</p></td><td><p>6,852</p></td><td><p>6,665</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16,456</p></td><td><p>6,588</p></td><td><p>6,081</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td><td><p>6,333</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td><td><p>4,379</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Legal aid cases involving eviction proceedings</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,655</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,053</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>843</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>998</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*(Apr to Dec 2018)</p><p> </p><p>‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question.</p><p> </p><p>264749 and 264752 could only be answered at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 264746 264750 264751 264752 question first answered 20/06/2019 17:12:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132272

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of applications for legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings have been successful in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving homelessness proceedings</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>20,672</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p>1,784</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15,047</p></td><td><p>1,545</p></td><td><p>1,471</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>16,265</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>15,008</p></td><td><p>1,516</p></td><td><p>1,447</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>15,595</p></td><td><p>1,376</p></td><td><p>1,213</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>15,127</p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>10,353</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>22,739</p></td><td><p>7,257</p></td><td><p>7,027</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>19,912</p></td><td><p>7,276</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,757</p></td><td><p>7,632</p></td><td><p>7,319</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>16,984</p></td><td><p>6,852</p></td><td><p>6,665</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16,456</p></td><td><p>6,588</p></td><td><p>6,081</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td><td><p>6,333</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td><td><p>4,379</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Legal aid cases involving eviction proceedings</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,655</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,053</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>843</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>998</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*(Apr to Dec 2018)</p><p> </p><p>‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question.</p><p> </p><p>264749 and 264752 could only be answered at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 264746 264749 264751 264752 question first answered 20/06/2019 17:12:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132273

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Evictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of applications for legal aid in cases involving eviction have been successful in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving homelessness proceedings</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>20,672</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p>1,784</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15,047</p></td><td><p>1,545</p></td><td><p>1,471</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>16,265</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>15,008</p></td><td><p>1,516</p></td><td><p>1,447</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>15,595</p></td><td><p>1,376</p></td><td><p>1,213</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>15,127</p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>10,353</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>22,739</p></td><td><p>7,257</p></td><td><p>7,027</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>19,912</p></td><td><p>7,276</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,757</p></td><td><p>7,632</p></td><td><p>7,319</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>16,984</p></td><td><p>6,852</p></td><td><p>6,665</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16,456</p></td><td><p>6,588</p></td><td><p>6,081</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td><td><p>6,333</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td><td><p>4,379</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Legal aid cases involving eviction proceedings</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,655</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,053</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>843</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>998</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*(Apr to Dec 2018)</p><p> </p><p>‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question.</p><p> </p><p>264749 and 264752 could only be answered at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 264746 264749 264750 264752 question first answered 20/06/2019 17:12:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132274

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Repossession Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many challenges to decisions on home repossessions have (a) been made, (b) been successful and (c) received legal aid in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving homelessness proceedings</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>20,672</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td><td><p>1,784</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15,047</p></td><td><p>1,545</p></td><td><p>1,471</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>16,265</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>15,008</p></td><td><p>1,516</p></td><td><p>1,447</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>15,595</p></td><td><p>1,376</p></td><td><p>1,213</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>15,127</p></td><td><p>1,208</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>10,353</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>88%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving possession proceedings </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>22,739</p></td><td><p>7,257</p></td><td><p>7,027</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>19,912</p></td><td><p>7,276</p></td><td><p>7,112</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,757</p></td><td><p>7,632</p></td><td><p>7,319</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>16,984</p></td><td><p>6,852</p></td><td><p>6,665</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>16,456</p></td><td><p>6,588</p></td><td><p>6,081</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td><td><p>6,333</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td><td><p>4,379</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Legal aid cases involving eviction proceedings</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Legal Help</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Civil Representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matters completed</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Proportion granted</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,460</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,655</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>97%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,053</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p>421</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,135</p></td><td><p>933</p></td><td><p>843</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>998</p></td><td><p>838</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April to December 2018*</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*(Apr to Dec 2018)</p><p> </p><p>‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question.</p><p> </p><p>264749 and 264752 could only be answered at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 264746 264749 264750 264751 question first answered 20/06/2019 17:12:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132275

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether cases involving the risk of homelessness fall under the scope of legal aid.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Legal aid funding continues to be available for cases where an individual is at immediate risk of homelessness, or where there are disrepairs which seriously threaten the life or health of the individual or their family.</p><p> </p><p>Legal aid also remains available for housing possession cases, including the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Legal aid may be sought via the Exceptional Case Funding scheme (ECF) in any matter where failure to provide it would breach, or risk breaching, the European Convention on Human Rights or enforceable EU law, subject to the statutory means and merits tests.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 19/06/2019 15:57:05 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132276

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Representation: Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants have represented themselves in cases involving homelessness in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	264754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</ins><del class="ministerial">A full answer cannot be provided as the data requested is not held by HMCTS.</del></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:31:21 question first ministerially corrected 08/07/2019 17:19:05 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 124830 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1132291

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Healthy Pupils Capital Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the healthy pupils capital programme; and what data his Department holds on the projects that were funded under that programme.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	264773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Existing mechanisms for school condition funding are being used to report on healthy pupils capital fund (HPCF) expenditure. Data on HPCF spend collected during 2018/19 will be included in our report on capital spend by local authorities and multi-academy trusts on the school estate, which will be published in 2020.</p><p>Successful HPCF projects funded through the Condition Improvement Fund 2018-19 have been published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/06/2019 14:27:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1132289

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 261273, what the outcomes of the HMRC investigations that were completed but did not result in employers being found non-compliant were.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	264793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>HMRC may open an investigation into an employer’s compliance with National Minimum Wage law either following a worker complaint or via proactive risk-based enforcement activity. Where HMRC find no minimum wage arrears are due, they will not take enforcement action such as issuing a Notice of Underpayment and financial penalty.</p><p> </p><p>Where HMRC find that arrears are due to workers they will generally issue a Notice of Underpayment and financial penalty. In some cases, employers may be allowed to carry out self-correction action which ensures that workers are paid the money due to them without the issue of a Notice of Underpayment. Overall, in 2018/19 HMRC found arrears in 45% of cases they closed; this “strike rate” has increased year-on year since the introduction of the National Living Wage in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>This information will be covered in more detail in BEIS’ Minimum Wage Enforcement and Compliance report, which we will publish in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 20/06/2019 09:03:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 124076 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1132290

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage: Enforcement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260713 on Minimum Wage, whether the Director of Labour Market Enforcement recommended that the naming of non-compliant employers be suspended for the duration of the review of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	264794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to enforcing the National Minimum Wage (NMW). We have more than doubled HMRC’s budget for NMW compliance and enforcement since 2015 to £27.4 million for 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>The Director of Labour Market Enforcement recommended evaluation of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in his 2018/19 Strategy. The Director’s consultation revealed mixed views from stakeholders about naming; some were strongly supportive, whilst others proposed ideas for increasing its effectiveness as a deterrent to underpayment of the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Government decided to pause the naming of non-compliant employers while we determine what changes are needed to make sure the scheme continues to have resonance and acts as a tool to drive compliance.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/06/2019 09:25:45 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1132252

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase public health funding for local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	264774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Future funding for local authorities’ public health responsibilities will be considered carefully in the next spending review, taking full account of the available evidence.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/06/2019 16:48:38 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1132266

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	Statutory Sick Pay: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish a consultation on reform of statutory sick pay.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	264772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>We plan to consult later this year on measures to reform Statutory Sick Pay.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/06/2019 14:12:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1132240

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Race and Ethnicity Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are members of the Race and Ethnicity Board that was established as a result of the Lammy Review; how many hours the members of that Board have worked in the last 12 months; what the budget is of that Board; and whether the Budget has remained the same in each year since that Board was established.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s response to the Lammy Review, we have set up a Race and Ethnicity Board to oversee progress on the recommendations, and the wider agenda of race disparity. The Board currently has circa 22 members and is chaired by the Ministry of Justice Director General for Policy, Communications and Analysis. Membership of the Board includes senior level representation from departmental policy groups (from Ministry of Justice and other government departments), operational bodies such as HM Prison and Probation Service, HM Courts and Tribunal Service, and the Crown Prosecution Service, and external members. It is not possible to isolate individual time spent on race disparity work, as the board members hold these positions as part of their wider work responsibilities. However, the board was set up in January 2018 and has since met on a quarterly basis. The board does not have a dedicated budget as work is resourced separately by the various organisations responsible for actions to address racial disparities.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/06/2019 16:04:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132241

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Treatment Of, and Outcomes For, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to implement recommendation 11 of the Lammy Review; and what information his Department holds on (a) racial and (b) gender breakdowns of (i) plea and (ii) remand decisions in magistrates' courts in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Recommendation 12 of the Lammy Review has been implemented. MoJ now publishes both sentencing and offence tools which break data down by demographic characteristics, whilst preserving the privacy of individuals where sample groups are small. This was first implemented in May 2018's Criminal Justice Statistics publication and will be updated annually. Latest versions of these data can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>In relation to the implementation of recommendation 11 of the Lammy Review, research into current processes does not reveal evidence to indicate plea and remand decision data gaps. HMCTS standard operating processes, supported by IT case management systems applying data integrity and validation checks, satisfy the court’s duty under Part 5 of the Criminal Procedure Rules to make records. However, it is true that plea data is not available for a considerable volume of summary only non-imprisonable cases. Unfortunately, this results from a defendant failing to engage with the court process (as opposed to HMCTS failing to record the plea).</p><p> </p><p>One of the ways HMCTS is making it easier for defendants to engage with the court process is for defendants to respond online via the make a plea service. Furthermore, while most defendants arrive in the magistrates’ court on bail or in custody, remand decision data is not available for those cases arriving at court (first hearing) by way of postal requisition, summons or single justice procedure notice because, as a matter of law, these defendants are not on remand.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 264757 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:44:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132242

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Treatment Of, and Outcomes For, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps have been taken to implement recommendation 12 of the Lammy Review on the Open Justice initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Recommendation 12 of the Lammy Review has been implemented. MoJ now publishes both sentencing and offence tools which break data down by demographic characteristics, whilst preserving the privacy of individuals where sample groups are small. This was first implemented in May 2018's Criminal Justice Statistics publication and will be updated annually. Latest versions of these data can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>In relation to the implementation of recommendation 11 of the Lammy Review, research into current processes does not reveal evidence to indicate plea and remand decision data gaps. HMCTS standard operating processes, supported by IT case management systems applying data integrity and validation checks, satisfy the court’s duty under Part 5 of the Criminal Procedure Rules to make records. However, it is true that plea data is not available for a considerable volume of summary only non-imprisonable cases. Unfortunately, this results from a defendant failing to engage with the court process (as opposed to HMCTS failing to record the plea).</p><p> </p><p>One of the ways HMCTS is making it easier for defendants to engage with the court process is for defendants to respond online via the make a plea service. Furthermore, while most defendants arrive in the magistrates’ court on bail or in custody, remand decision data is not available for those cases arriving at court (first hearing) by way of postal requisition, summons or single justice procedure notice because, as a matter of law, these defendants are not on remand.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 264756 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:44:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132243

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the demographic breakdown of Youth Justice Boards in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>This demographic information relates to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) for England and Wales. Youth Justice is a devolved matter in the rest of the UK. The data below summarises YJB’s staff composition as at 31 March 2019. <strong>All staff by gender</strong> <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>All staff by ethnicity</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAME</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not specified</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>All staff by age</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-34</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35-44</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45-54</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55-64</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65 +</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNKNOWN</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>All </strong><strong>staff by disability</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Percentage of staff who consider themselves disabled</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table>The data below summarises YJB’s Board member composition as at 1 January 2018. <strong>Board members including the Chair by gender</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Board members including the Chair by ethnicity</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAME</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not specified</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Board members <em>excluding</em> the Chair by age</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26-35</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>36-45</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>46-55</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>56-65</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Board members including the chair by disability</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Percentage of staff who consider themselves disabled</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:46:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132244

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Treatment Of, and Outcomes For, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the update to recommendation 10 on page 25 of the Lammy Review, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of each of the pilots in (a) London (North West Borough Command Unit), (b) Surrey, (c) Cumbria and (d) West Yorkshire; and when his Department plans to publish an interim report on the effectiveness of those pilots.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has partnered with police forces, Police and Crime Commissioners and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime in London to develop pilots of a Chance to Change (‘deferred prosecution’) model in London (North West Borough Command Unit), Surrey and West Yorkshire. Cumbria are no longer pursuing a pilot.</p><p> </p><p>Pilots are yet to fully commence, however, once they are operational we will share updates on progress within wider updates on tackling racial disparity work. Pilot areas have been asked to assess the effectiveness of their schemes. Results on effectiveness should include data on reoffending which will not be available until at least 12 months after any period considered, so will not be immediately available.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not made an assessment of the cost of each of the pilots.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/06/2019 14:39:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132245

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Judiciary: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual budget is of the pre-application judicial education programme.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Pre-application Judicial Education Programme is a positive step forward to support lawyers from all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups as they aspire towards a judicial career. MOJ funding for the programme will amount to an estimate of £152,000 over three years (2018/19 to 2020/21). We anticipate that £31,500 of that will be incurred in 2019/20. The total cost of the programme will be approximately £300,000 including contributory costs from partners.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:47:54 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132279

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	Women's Business Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the merits of the work of the Women's Business Council; and what its forthcoming work programme will be.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	264739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Women’s Business Council published its inaugural report five years ago. Since then we have seen a significant shift in women’s participation in, and experiences of, the workplace.</p><p>The Council has successfully influenced government policy on shared parental leave, flexible working and the provision of childcare. Members have raised the profile of issues with business leaders and developed specific programmes and toolkits for the business community.</p><p>I would like to pay tribute to the current Chair, Dame Cilla Snowball as she steps down from office next month, for overseeing the success of the Council’s programme.</p><p>We will be announcing the new Chair of the Women’s Business Council and its future business programme shortly.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/06/2019 16:58:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1132280

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	Career Breaks: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many women have returned to the labour market as a result of funding from the Women Returners programme.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	264740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Three rounds of funding for Returners Grants have been announced since March 2018, with £1.5 million now awarded to sixteen organisations supporting returners. Successful organisations funded under the first round began their programmes early this year.</p><p>These programmes provide extensive support to returners, supporting them to develop skills, build confidence, and complete accredited qualifications and training before they return to the labour market. Employment opportunities for returners taking part in the first round of projects will be sourced later this year.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/06/2019 16:58:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1132281

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	Career Breaks: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) disabled and (b) black, Asian and minority ethnic group women who have returned to the labour market as a result of funding from the Women Returners programme.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	264741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Three rounds of funding for Returner Grants have been announced since March 2018, with £1.5 million now awarded to sixteen organisations supporting returners. These programmes provide extensive support to returners, supporting them to develop skills, build confidence, and complete accredited qualifications and training, before they return to the labour market.</p><p>Programmes funded under the Returners Grant Fund will capture data on the protected characteristics of participants as part of programme evaluation. This will include ethnicity, disability, age, education and length of unemployment. Evaluation reports will be published upon the completion of all returner programmes funded by GEO.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/06/2019 16:59:41 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1132262

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	Healthy Start Scheme: Publicity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate funding for (a) local promotion and (b) outreach programmes to increase the number of people claiming healthy start vouchers.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	264742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We are developing a digital approach to Healthy Start, which should make it easier for families to apply for, receive and use Healthy Start benefits. As part of the digitisation process, we are working with a number of local areas to consider how to encourage people to claim Healthy Start.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/06/2019 16:38:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1132263

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	Healthy Start Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people in receipt of Healthy Start vouchers.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	264743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Between 29 April and 26 May 2019, 54% of people eligible to make an application for Healthy Start vouchers had made an application and been accepted onto the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/06/2019 16:39:19 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1132265

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 May 2019 to Question 256267 on State Retirement Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of cases where a person has received an inaccurate state pension forecast as a result of part of their state pension being contracted out.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	264744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Chancellor. State Pension forecasts are based on the individual’s National Insurance record that is held at the time the forecast is produced. There may be subsequent changes to the National Insurance information; additionally for a small percentage of National Insurance records the information may be incomplete. Where this is the case, this may affect the State Pension forecast. For this reason the forecasts make it clear that they are subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC and DWP continue to work closely to improve our ability to identify and correct inaccuracies as quickly as possible. Where inaccurate or incomplete National Insurance records are identified they are routinely corrected by HMRC. Additionally, HMRC also ensure that any inconsistencies that remain on an individual’s National Insurance record are investigated in the period leading up to State Pension age to ensure the correct amount of State Pension is put into payment.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/06/2019 16:24:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1132254

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how language competency will be taken into account as a key skill in the skilled workers route under a new immigration framework.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	264761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>In December 2018, the Government set out its proposals in “the UK’s future Skills-based Immigration System” White Paper. The White Paper proposals include a new route for skilled workers which will be open to anyone at RQF level 3 and above, irrespective of where they are applying from. The White Paper is clear that those applying in this route will be subject to an assessment of their language skills in order to support integration.</p><p>The Shortage Occupation List (SOL), is based on expert advice from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) and identifies those occupations deemed to be in national shortage. It does not include a separate language assessment. The MAC published their most recent review of the full SOL on the 29 May. The Government is grateful to the MAC for a comprehensive report, the content of which we are now considering.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 264762 question first answered 19/06/2019 13:39:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1132255

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a language competency for the shortage occupation list under the proposed new immigration framework.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	264762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>In December 2018, the Government set out its proposals in “the UK’s future Skills-based Immigration System” White Paper. The White Paper proposals include a new route for skilled workers which will be open to anyone at RQF level 3 and above, irrespective of where they are applying from. The White Paper is clear that those applying in this route will be subject to an assessment of their language skills in order to support integration.</p><p>The Shortage Occupation List (SOL), is based on expert advice from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) and identifies those occupations deemed to be in national shortage. It does not include a separate language assessment. The MAC published their most recent review of the full SOL on the 29 May. The Government is grateful to the MAC for a comprehensive report, the content of which we are now considering.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 264761 question first answered 19/06/2019 13:39:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1132256

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to extend the proposed transitional measure of a time-limited route for temporary short-term workers from 12 months to three years.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	264763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government published its White Paper “The UK’s future skills-based immigration system” on 19 December 2018, which proposed a new route for short-term workers to come to the UK for up to 12 months. This will be subject to a full review by 2025.</p><p><br>In the interim, we have launched a year-long programme of engagement to enable businesses and other stakeholders to shape the final details of policy and processes contained within the White Paper.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/06/2019 13:41:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1132267

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Musicians: Intellectual Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent representations he has received on protecting musical groups from having their names registered by third parties for intellectual property purposes without permission.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	264735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has responsibility for intellectual property and regularly receives a wide range of representations about rights across the intellectual property spectrum.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of a trade mark application for a band name, the application would be examined in accordance with the Trade Mark Act 1994 and the Trade Mark Rules 2008. Any trade mark applications including the name of a famous individual or group would be considered in line with Section 3(6) of the Trade Marks Act 1994, which states that a trade mark shall not be registered if or to the extent that the application is made in bad faith. Anyone can oppose the registration of a trade mark once it has been published after examination through the Intellectual Property Office’s low-cost tribunal service. The government also provides a specialised Intellectual Property Enterprise Court to provide access to justice at an affordable cost for SMEs and entrepreneurs. This court has streamlined procedures, a limit on legal costs and a cap on damages. It also includes a specific small claims track for disputes up to the value of £10,000.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/06/2019 11:20:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1132298

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate Service: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of staff have been redeployed from the HMRC probate team to other Departments in the last 12 months; and whether the probate registry is understaffed as a result.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	264764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The administration of the probate service is the responsibility of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service. No staff have been redeployed from the probate service to other departments in the last 12 months and therefore there has been no change on the staffing levels.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:50:33 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

1132299

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate: Internet
	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 new online probate application system.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	264765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>This service is assessed through a range of measures, such as user feedback and user satisfaction. Of 4,995 responses from users who submitted their application online 93% indicated, from five feedback options, that they were satisfied or very satisfied with the online application service provided. The online system is being continually improved and developed as a result of the feedback provided.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:51:26 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

1132222

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	British Steel: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the £120 million Government loan to British Steel in May 2019 on that company's viability; and what assessment he has made of the role of Greybull Capital in that company's insolvency.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	264789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State for BEIS set out in his statement to the House on 1 May, the government entered into a commercial agreement with British Steel on 23 April, which provided a short term bridge facility valued at around £120 million. This ensured the company met its obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme for the 2018 scheme year.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent insolvency of British Steel, the government has indemnified the Official Receive to carry out its statutory duties as liquidator. The Official Receiver is required by law to investigate the reasons for the failure of any company that enters compulsory liquidation.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/06/2019 13:37:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1132235

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2019 to Question 258941, on Visas: Migrant Workers, what guidance his Department has provided to Sopra Steria on managing the anticipated increase in the number of student visa applications in September 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	264713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>UKVI hasset out clear expectations to Sopra Steria on the provision of the service during the student surge from September. UKVI are working closely with Sopra Steria to ensure that any additional services are delivered at the appropriate times and location in order to meet demand. This preparation work has included providing Sopra Steria with historical data on student applications volumes to support their planning.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/06/2019 13:37:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1132247

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report, An inspection of the Home Office Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System’s relating to charging and fees, published on 4 April 2019, what progress has been made on assessing the potential merits of tapering the fee for repeat applications.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	264714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is still considering its approach with regard to fee tapering for repeat settlement applications, which was recommended for review in the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report. The Home Office keeps all its fees under review and any future changes will be dependent upon the outcome of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/06/2019 13:38:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1132227

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to local authorities to provide services to meet the needs of asylum seekers.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	264766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office are engaging closely with Local Authority Chief Executives on a continuous basis to assess the costs associated with meeting the needs of asylum seekers. As recently outlined in correspondence between Ministers and Local Authorities, it has been agreed that this joint review will be co-designed and co-produced by Local Authorities and the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/06/2019 12:02:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1132230

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including in the Consolidated Guidance on rendition and torture the removal of persons to other countries without judicial supervision for purposes such as interrogation or detention.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	264767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Sir Adrian Fulford, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, has submitted a proposed<br>revised version of the Consolidated Guidance to the Government for consideration</p><p>The Government is looking carefully at his proposals and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 20/06/2019 11:29:00 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1132223

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 8 and 29 April 2019 to Questions 239928 and 245887, what progress she has made on revision of form ESA65B and whether that revision will make clear to doctors that they should continue to provide fit notes for claimants if they are appealing a decision or their condition worsens.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	264779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The revised version of the ESA65B letter went live from 3<sup>rd</sup> June 2019. The revised letter states clearly the circumstances in which fit notes are required including to support Employment and Support Allowance appeals, where a claimant’s condition has worsened or if the claimant has developed a new health condition or disability.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/06/2019 14:30:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1132260

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: International Military Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the last official from his Department ended their secondment to IMS Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	264790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's current record of secondments, which dates back to 2013, holds no information about the secondment of an official from the department to IMS ltd.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 19/06/2019 15:26:45 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1132292

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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, if he will provide additional funding to replace highly combustible material on balconies of blocks of flats.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	264791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Government intervention to provide funding to speed up the removal of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding is wholly exceptional. This is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses. The Government has consistently made clear that building safety is the responsibility of the building owner. We have published guidance to reiterate the importance of building owners assessing their buildings and ensuring that non-ACM cladding systems are safe. Advice Note 14, published in 2017 and updated in December 2018, reiterates that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials. <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 14:34:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 124060 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1132225

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Sudan: Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to support doctors treating the victims of violence during protests in Khartoum.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	264792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The British Government is deeply concerned by reports that hospitals in Khartoum were being controlled and targeted by Sudanese security forces. It is unacceptable for injured civilians to be prevented access to medical facilities. These are not the actions of responsible and credible authorities representing the people of Sudan.</p><p>On 6 June, I summoned the Sudanese Ambassador to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to express our grave concerns at the use of all forms of violence against civilians and medical professionals, by the Sudanese authorities. This was reiterated in a most recent statement issued by the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on 17 June, which stated attacks against hospitals, medical staff and patients must stop, and that any obstacles to the timely delivery of humanitarian assistance needs to be removed immediately.</p><p>I had set out the UK's position at the FAC that called for the human rights of all Sudanese people to be respected, and the resumption of the political process leading to an agreed peaceful transfer of power to a civilian-led government, as demanded by the Sudanese people.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 24/06/2019 14:02:53 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1132246

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Post-18 Education and Funding Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to consult the higher education sector before implementing the recommendations of the Review of post-18 education and funding.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	264788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The independent panel report to the review of Post-18 Education and Funding was published on 30 May 2019. The government will consider the panel’s proposals carefully, and engage further with stakeholders and students, before finalising its approach at the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/06/2019 14:50:36 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1132248

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with suspected prostate cancer undergo (a) a transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy and (b) a template transperineal biopsy, who have a prostate-specific antigen level of (i) less than 10ng/ml and (ii) more than 10ng/ml in the most recent year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	264726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 264728 264729 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:50:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1132249

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	Prostate Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people with suspected prostate cancer and their prostate-specific antigen score in the most recent year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	264727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/06/2019 16:49:12 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1132250

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	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	Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the unit costs were of a (a) transrectal ultrasound guided biopsy, (b) transperineal template biopsy and (c) multi-parametric MRI scan for an individual with suspected prostate cancer in the most recent year for which data is available; and what is included in the calculation of the unit cost.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	264728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy grouped question UIN 264726 264729 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:50:13 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth