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1145690

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date	25/09/2019
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	Fuel Poverty: North Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households in (a) York Central constituency, (b) City of York local authority area and (c) North Yorkshire are living in fuel poverty.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	290714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The latest sub-regional fuel poverty statistics can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/09/2019 15:37:55 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1145703

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Edinburgh East of 25 July 2019 requesting a meeting with the Secretary of State.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	290724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>My office has been in touch on the matters raised in the honourable Member’s letter.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 30/09/2019 11:06:55 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1145736

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Social Security Benefits: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many advance benefit payments have been made to people in Glasgow in each month between April 2019 to August 2019; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	290749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit new claim advances provide access to a payment for those in financial need, which can be accessed urgently, until their first UC payment is due. Claimants can access up to 100% of the total expected monthly award, for which they can pay back over a period of up to 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>For Glasgow City local authority:</p><p> </p><ul><li>In April 2019 there were 3,100 Universal Credit advances paid</li><li>In May 2019 there were 3,100 Universal Credit advances paid</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has taken a number of steps to ensure that advances meet the needs of claimants and that recovery arrangements are personalised and reasonable. The maximum rate of deductions cannot normally exceed 40 per cent of the Universal Credit standard allowance and does not reduce other components of an award, such as money paid for children, housing or when someone is caring for a severely disabled person. From October 2019 this will be reduced to 30 per cent and from October 2021 we are increasing the maximum recovery period for advances from 12 to 16 months.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100</li><li>Figures only go to May 2019 in line with published statistics relating to households on Universal Credit</li><li>Figures include all types of advances</li><li>Figures relate to Universal Credit full service only</li></ol> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/09/2019 14:50:37 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1145737

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Food Banks: Glasgow South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to visit a food bank in Glasgow South West constituency in October 2019; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	290750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>DWP Ministers regularly travel across the country visiting jobcentres, charities, food banks and partnership organisations. We receive many requests for visits across all parts of the UK and try to get to as many places as is possible with the constraints of Departmental business and the Parliamentary timetable.</p><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 30/09/2019 14:50:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1145739

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Food Banks: Glasgow South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to visit a food bank in the Glasgow South West constituency in October 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	290752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>Work is the most effective route out of poverty and this Government is committed to helping people find work through a wide-range of support, targeted to each individual’s personal circumstances. While food banks represent an impressive response by civil society and faith groups to support vulnerable people, we are also committed to providing a strong safety-net for those who need it; that is why this Government continues to spend over £95 billion a year on welfare benefits which includes a well-established system of hardship payments, benefit advances and budgeting loans as an additional safeguard for those who need them.</p><p> </p><p>I currently have no plans to visit a food bank in my capacity as Secretary of State for Scotland in October 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 30/09/2019 11:09:13 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1145750

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the salary is for the vacant post of HS2 Ltd Chief Operating Officer.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	290550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The role is not currently being advertised. However, salaries of all HS2 Ltd Board members are published in the Company’s Annual Report and Accounts, which is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/818262/HS2-AR19-BOOK.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/818262/HS2-AR19-BOOK.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/09/2019 16:01:01 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1145751

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many HS2 Ltd staff have received redundancy payments in each of the last six months; and what the amount of each of those payments was.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	290551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>Over the last six months (March 2019- August 2019) four members of staff received redundancy payments totalling £10,237.50. Given the small number of cases, HS2 Ltd cannot provide a breakdown as this would identify the individuals.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/09/2019 16:02:51 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1145752

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many HS2 Ltd personnel have received bonus payments in the last two years; and what the amount of each bonus payment was.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	290552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The remuneration, including any bonuses, for HS2 Ltd Board members is published annually in the Company’s Annual Report and Accounts. In the last two years four individuals received bonuses. The individual payments are as follows: £35,000; £46,000; £15,975; £24,710; and £36,743.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/09/2019 16:06:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1145753

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) his officials have had with the management of the Royal Bank of Scotland on Thomas Cook UK between 14 September 2019 and the collapse of that company.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	290754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The government manages its shareholding in RBS at arm’s length on a commercial basis through UK Government Investments Ltd (UKGI). UKGI's role is to manage the investment, not the bank itself. RBS retains its own independent board and management team for strategic and operational decision-making, including in relation to commercial lending, and the government has no role in such decision-making.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 30/09/2019 12:38:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1145762

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Hormone Replacement Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of HRT patches; and whether stock levels of HRT patches have been affected by uncertainty over the UK's departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	291039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department fully understands that maintaining access to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medications is vitally important to many people in this country.</p><p>We are aware of ongoing supply issues with some HRT transdermal patches due to manufacturing issues. We have been working closely with all suppliers of HRT transdermal patches to maintain overall supply to patients. Although some HRT transdermal patches are affected by supply issues, supplies of other alternative HRT transdermal patches have remained available.</p><p>We continue to work with all stakeholders to ensure relevant information about the HRT products affected by supply issues and the products that remain available is shared across the National Health Service on a regular basis. We have already issued comprehensive communications to the NHS with regard to availability and signposted clinicians to sources they can use to support local decision making around switching patients who are affected by the current supply disruptions.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work directly with all suppliers of the affected and alternative products to resolve the supply issues as soon as possible and ensure supplies of HRT products including transdermal patches continue to remain available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There is no evidence that the small number of current HRT supply issues we are managing are related to EU exit or increasing because of this.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 30/09/2019 14:00:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West