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1130160

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority’s budget will be increased for the coming year to reflect its wider remit as expanded by the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	260614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Funding for the GLAA was increased in 2016/17 and 2017/18 to reflect its wider remit and has been maintained at that level into 2019/20. Funding for future years will be decided as part of the spending review.</p><p>It is for the GLAA to determine how best to allocate its resources in the light of the intelligence available to it.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 260615 260616 question first answered 10/06/2019 12:07:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1130161

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
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 volume of intelligence on potential labour abuse and exploitation received by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority; and whether funding for that authority has been assessed against the volume of that intelligence.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	260615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Funding for the GLAA was increased in 2016/17 and 2017/18 to reflect its wider remit and has been maintained at that level into 2019/20. Funding for future years will be decided as part of the spending review.</p><p>It is for the GLAA to determine how best to allocate its resources in the light of the intelligence available to it.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 260614 260616 question first answered 10/06/2019 12:07:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1130162

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to reduce the funding allocated by his Department to the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	260616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Funding for the GLAA was increased in 2016/17 and 2017/18 to reflect its wider remit and has been maintained at that level into 2019/20. Funding for future years will be decided as part of the spending review.</p><p>It is for the GLAA to determine how best to allocate its resources in the light of the intelligence available to it.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 260614 260615 question first answered 10/06/2019 12:07:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1130163

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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, with reference to the Annex to the post-18 education and funding review entitled, Estimating the lifetime contributions of example borrowers, what estimate he has made of (a) the increased contributions of middle earners and (b) the decreased contributions of higher earners under the proposed system.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	260617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>This is an independent report to the government. We will consider the report carefully and will conclude the post-18 education and funding review alongside the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 10/06/2019 15:25:40 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1130164

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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	Libya: Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2019 to Question 248760 on Libya: Undocumented Migrants, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the urgent humanitarian evacuation from Libya of refugees and migrants held in detention centres in that country.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	260618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>We remain deeply concerned by the situation in Libya and reports of violence in Libyan detention centres. The UK is clear that all parties to the conflict must commit to a ceasefire, ensure unconditional humanitarian access, and return to political talks. All parties to the conflict must do all they can to prevent any further loss of life, including by respecting their obligations under International Humanitarian Law, and evacuating those at risk to safety. The UK has announced a contribution of £1 million to the UN Flash Appeal. This includes: funding to the World Health Organisation to deliver life-saving medical care; and funding to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to improve humanitarian access for agencies on the ground. The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released $2 million to provide life-saving assistance to civilians caught up in the fighting, including vulnerable migrants and refugees. The UK was the biggest donor to the CERF in 2018, providing £114.3 million.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 10/06/2019 16:48:02 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1130165

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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: Overpayments
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 5 June 2019 to Question 257458 on universal credit: overpayments, how her Department defines substantial financial and/or medical hardship.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	260553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not apply a strict definition as to what constitutes ‘substantial and/or medical hardship’ as these decisions are based on a claimant’s circumstances and the supporting evidence provided. Where an application for waiver is received it will be considered on its own merits, according to the principles set out in Her Majesty’s Treasury’s guidance on Managing Public Money.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/06/2019 15:08:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1130166

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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
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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, of 4 June 2019, Official Report, column 47, if he will publish the findings of the further analysis that his Department conducted on the potential effect of changes to the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme on the number of employers named; and when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy last met the Director of Labour Market Enforcement to discuss the Naming Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	260713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to enforcing the National Minimum Wage (NMW). In 2018/19, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) identified a record £24.4 million in arrears for over 220,000 workers and issued over £17 million in penalties to non-compliant employers. 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 Government will resume naming employers found underpaying the NMW. We are reviewing the Naming Scheme to ensure that it continues to effectively support NMW compliance. We will conclude the review during the summer and publish any resulting effects on the operation of the Naming Scheme through the NMW Enforcement policy documents.</p><p> </p><p>We are reviewing the Naming Scheme in response to recommendations made by the Director of Labour Market Enforcement (DLME), Professor Sir David Metcalf</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/06/2019 16:52:13 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1130212

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit: Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to regulate the credit insurance market to ensure that insurance cover adequately protects the supply chain of product-based businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL16073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The underwriting of insurance risk, including credit risks, is a commercial decision, and Government does not prescribe the terms and conditions insurance companies set when offering insurance. This is important to the proper functioning of the economy. Many of the underlying causes of providers restricting credit insurance cover, wider economic uncertainty and sectoral trends, are outside Government control.</p><p> </p><p>Government is clear that it wants all businesses to thrive now and in the future, and will continue close monitoring of the market and affected sectors. Government is determined to make the UK one of the best places in the world to start and grow a business, and has announced multiple measures to support enterprise. Following the Patient Capital Review, we set out a £20 billion action plan at Budget 2017 to finance firms’ growth.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 19/06/2019 16:38:56 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1130213

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit: Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the credit insurance cover available to the supply chain of product-based businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL16074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Government monitors the credit insurance landscape and credit insurers’ pricing practices, through liaison with providers, businesses, and industry bodies. We will continue to study the market and closely monitor trends.</p><p> </p><p>Government has been made aware of restrictions in credit insurance cover some small and medium-sized product-based businesses are facing in the current trading climate. Difficult trading conditions, market trends, and uncertainty have led some credit insurance providers to reassess the level of cover they are willing to offer in certain sectors. This varies by industry and firm, and is a commercial decision for insurers.</p><p> </p><p>Other financial services products are also available to support businesses in lieu of credit insurance, for example from banks.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL16075 HL16076 question first answered 19/06/2019 16:40:31 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1130214

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit: Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to conduct a market study on credit insurance cover and pricing practices.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL16075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Government monitors the credit insurance landscape and credit insurers’ pricing practices, through liaison with providers, businesses, and industry bodies. We will continue to study the market and closely monitor trends.</p><p> </p><p>Government has been made aware of restrictions in credit insurance cover some small and medium-sized product-based businesses are facing in the current trading climate. Difficult trading conditions, market trends, and uncertainty have led some credit insurance providers to reassess the level of cover they are willing to offer in certain sectors. This varies by industry and firm, and is a commercial decision for insurers.</p><p> </p><p>Other financial services products are also available to support businesses in lieu of credit insurance, for example from banks.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL16074 HL16076 question first answered 19/06/2019 16:40:31 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington