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1147568

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the roll-out of the off-payroll rules on levels of UK contracting roles.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	292929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text The off-payroll working rules have been in place since 2000. Reforms to how the off-payroll rules are administered in the public sector have been in place since 6 April 2017. Independent research into the reforms in the public sector showed there was no clear evidence of a reduction in the number of contractor roles, relative to public sector bodies’ overall workforce. Most public sector bodies did not experience any change in their ability to fill vacancies, following the reforms. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/10/2019 07:48:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1147507

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of child sexual abuse have had an award by the Criminal Injuries and Compensation Scheme withheld because (a) of an unspent conviction, (b) the time limit for application was exceeded, (c) the victim was deemed to have consented and (d) the abuse did not involve physical contact.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	292917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The number of victims of sexual abuse who were under 18 at the time of the incident(s) giving rise to their injury and have had an award withheld because of (a) unspent convictions or (b) the time limit being exceeded is provided in the following table: <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of resolved child sexual abuse cases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Award withheld due to unspent convictions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Award withheld as time limit exceeded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>476</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>82</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2588</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>113</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5619</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>140</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>411</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4972</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>111</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table>The information provided relates to resolved applications which were submitted from 1 April 2015 onwards, this being the start of the first financial year after the application form for criminal injuries compensation was adapted to capture the incident type. Where an application was rejected for (a) unspent convictions or (b) exceeding the time limit this may not have been the sole reason for rejection. Information about whether the victim was deemed to have consented and whether the abuse did not involve physical contact could only be obtained through a manual search of case records at disproportionate cost.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 07/10/2019 15:07:47 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1147425

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Persecution of Christians across the Globe Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when the Cabinet plans to discuss the recommendations of the Bishop of Truro’s Independent Review for the Foreign Secretary of FCO Support for Persecuted Christians.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	292977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>​Work has begun to implement the recommendations from the Bishop of Truro's Review in a way that will bring real improvements in the lives of those persecuted because of their faith or belief. In accordance with the Bishop's recommendation, the former Foreign Secretary wrote to Ministerial counterparts to ask them to take note of the Review's recommendations. We are now considering how we might best take forward a Cabinet discussion of Freedom of Religion or Belief in a way that galvanises cross-governmental action on this issue.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/10/2019 15:35:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1147490

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	British Overseas Territories and Commonwealth: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the level of risk of wild fires to (a) Commonwealth nations and (b) British Overseas Territories.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
	uin	292973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>​We have not made any assessments. The assessment of wildfire risk is the responsibility of Commonwealth and Overseas Territories Governments.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/10/2019 15:47:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

1147477

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Prosperity Fund: Brazil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the amount of money the Government plans to invest in Brazil out of the Prosperity Fund for each of the next four years; and to which programmes that investment will be allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	292873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>​The Government plans to invest £51.7million in Brazil through the Prosperity Fund over the next four years: £14.4 million in 2019/20, £17.2 million in 2020/21, £15.2 million in 2021/22 and £4.9 million in 2022/2023. This funding will be allocated to our Future Cities, Energy Trade Facilitation, and Green Finance programmes.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 13:08:35 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147655

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Gibraltar: Spain
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that people crossing the border in Gibraltar have as minimum a time delay as possible after the UK departs the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL17981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>​Since June 2016, the British Government has engaged constructively with the Government of Gibraltar and our European partners, including Spain, to address the practical implications - including border crossings - for Gibraltar arising from EU Exit. The Spanish Government, including most recently Foreign Minister Borrell, has made clear the importance of maintaining border fluidity to avoid long delays. The Government of Gibraltar is focussed on keeping its side of the border moving quickly.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/10/2019 11:34:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1147407

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Diplomatic Service: British National (Overseas)
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of detainees abroad who hold a British National (Overseas) passport who have been provided with consular assistance in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	292900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>​Since 2010 the FCO have responded to 139 requests for assistance from British Nationals (Overseas) who were arrested or detained. As of September 2019 the FCO is providing ongoing assistance to 45 British Nationals (Overseas) who remain in detention.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Category</p></td><td><p>New Detention Cases</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>139</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/10/2019 13:16:49 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1147475

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Prosperity Fund: Brazil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the Government’s investment in Brazil out of the Prosperity Fund has been allocated to programmes that strengthen environmental protections in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	292871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>​Several Prosperity Fund programmes contribute to environmental issues in Brazil. The Green Finance programme supports work to improve the availability of private sector finance for high quality, sustainable infrastructure investment. The Energy programme will support Brazil's low-carbon transition by improving access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. The Future Cities programme will help to make more efficient use of resources and reduce transport pollution. The Government has, respectively, committed £5 million, £25 million, and £20 million to these programmes.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 13:05:59 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147474

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Prosperity Fund: Brazil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Brazilian Governments on the £20 million of investment allocated from the Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	292870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>​Minister Burns signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering use of the £20 million we are investing in the Energy Programme using monies from the Prosperity Fund. We plan to publish it in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 12:52:04 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1147476

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	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	Prosperity Fund: Brazil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the Government’s investment in Brazil out of the Prosperity Fund has been allocated from Official Development Assistance.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	292872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>​Almost all of the Government's investment in Brazil through the Prosperity Fund has been allocated from Official Development Assistance. There is a small non-ODA budget allocated by the Treasury to the Prosperity Fund to support Secondary Benefits work.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/10/2019 13:07:22 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry