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1151296

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date	22/10/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the implications for its policies of the recommendations made by the Institution of Civil Engineers in its paper entitled Reducing the gap between cost estimates and outturns for major projects and programmes.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	3519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government considers all reports from relevant stakeholders, and considerable work is taking place across government to improve the delivery of infrastructure projects.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/10/2019 15:32:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1151298

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Disclosure of Information
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 her Department’s response to the freedom of information request submitted to the Home Office by Liberty, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding that the personal details of individuals submitted to the Prevent programme have been added to the National Police Prevent Case Management database.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	3832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p><strong><em>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</em></strong></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 16:59:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1151299

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what use is made of the £1,012 fee when an application to register a child as British is rejected.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	3833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Refunds are not provided when applications are refused. It is made clear that the fee paid is for the consideration of an application and is payable regardless of the decision made.</p><p>Fee income is retained by the Home Office and funds the direct and indirect costs associated with the provision of chargeable visa and immigration services, and also contributes towards the cost of the wider immigration system, as permitted under Section 68(9) of the 2014 Immigration Act.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 30/10/2019 16:44:08 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1151300

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to (a) record and (b) publish data on asylum claims based on (i) gender identity and expression and (ii) sex characteristics.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	3831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does We do not record data on asylum claims based on either gender identity and expression issues or on variations of sex characteristics on the Home Office case-working information database. The option to record and publish this data remains under review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2019 17:07:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1151301

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) people and (b) women were sent to prison for the non-payment of a magistrates’ court fine arising from a conviction for evasion of payment of TV licence fees in each year since 1995.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	3552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the table attached. Furthermore, Sentencing is a matter for independent judges who take the full facts of each case into account.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 2679 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:35:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Copy of PQ 2679_reply.xlsx title Table
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1151302

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Television Licences: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of cases dealt with via the Single Justice Procedure are TV licence fee evasion cases in each year from 2015 to 2019.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	3553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The number and proportion of cases dealt with via the Single Justice Procedure for TV licence fee evasion cases in each year from 2015 to 2019 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total TVL Cases</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SJP TVL Case</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of cases via SJP</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>190,940</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>174,315</p></td><td><p>68,997</p></td><td><p>39.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>140,083</p></td><td><p>134,084</p></td><td><p>95.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>131,195</p></td><td><p>126,509</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>63,764</p></td><td><p>61,462</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em><sup>1</sup></em><em>2019 is for the period 1 January to 30th June</em> <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Data Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>a. Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time.</li><li>b. Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of check as official statistics.</li><li>c. The data provided are the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information.</li><li>d. Cases received on new systems for the period December 2018 to June 2019 have been included.</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 2682 question first answered 28/10/2019 16:53:29 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1151309

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to provide medical support to people with physical disabilities in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	3607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>DFID supports programmes to strengthen country health systems, in order to achieve universal health coverage and end preventable deaths by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>At the country level, we work with governments to prioritise meeting the needs of the poor and most vulnerable, including people with disabilities, so that they achieve better access to quality essential services without the risk of financial hardship. For example, DFID’s new flagship neglected tropical disease programme will also provide 100,000 operations to prevent or treat blindness caused by trachoma, plus provide operations and enable people to undertake self-led care to treat complications caused by lymphatic filariasis.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 29/10/2019 17:17:50 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1151310

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Communications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps he has taken to promote communications technology for development purposes.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	3608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>DFID recognises that mobile phones can be a cost-effective, large-scale channel for delivering a range of services and socio-economic benefits. Indeed, mobile coverage is expanding dramatically with 5.1 billion mobile subscribers in 2018. In July 2019, DFID’s Mobile for Development programme was extended. This is a multisectoral partnership with the global mobile industry (via the Global System for Mobile Communications Association) that unlocks and scales mobile-enabled innovations to deliver against the Sustainable Development Goal targets. To date it has impacted the lives of over 20 million people – over 70% of whom are women – and has leveraged over £250m of additional (mostly private sector) funding.</p><p> </p><p>In partnership with mobile network operators, this programme delivers impact in key areas including digital inclusion for women and people with disabilities, expanding connectivity, mobile-enabled smart cities, water, sanitation and energy, and mobile-based tools for climate resilience. It has a cross-cutting agenda on inclusion and has developed tools to improve digital literacy that are being adopted by national regulators.</p><p> </p><p>The programme will achieve its aims through a combination of research and analysis, catalytic funding for innovation and targeted advocacy within the mobile and technology industry.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 29/10/2019 15:09:21 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1151311

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Environment Protection: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish her Department's response to the UK Overseas Territories Environment Funding Call for Evidence.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	3609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>We expect to publish the summary of responses from the <em>Call for Evidence on safeguarding the environment in the British Overseas Territories</em> in November, ahead of the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) which is scheduled to take place on 26<sup>th</sup> and 27<sup>th</sup> November 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The summary of responses will also set out UK Government’s intended next steps for taking this work forward. We are still developing the agenda for the JMC, but it is likely to include a discussion on environmental funding.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 3610 question first answered 29/10/2019 13:35:22 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1151312

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Environment Protection: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the summary of the UK Overseas Territories Environment Funding Call for Evidence will be published before the next UK Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council; and whether environmental funding will be on the agenda at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	3610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>We expect to publish the summary of responses from the <em>Call for Evidence on safeguarding the environment in the British Overseas Territories</em> in November, ahead of the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) which is scheduled to take place on 26<sup>th</sup> and 27<sup>th</sup> November 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The summary of responses will also set out UK Government’s intended next steps for taking this work forward. We are still developing the agenda for the JMC, but it is likely to include a discussion on environmental funding.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 3609 question first answered 29/10/2019 13:35:22 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell