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600536

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether he has any plans to review the categories of offences which are capable of referral to the Court of Appeal on the grounds of leniency.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	48243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has committed to extending the scope of the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme and is carefully considering how best to do that. As a first step towards meeting that commitment, the Home Secretary has announced that the scheme would be extended to cover all terrorism cases heard in the Crown Court.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/10/2016 14:21:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

600537

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what checks are made to ensure that a person is eligible to vote when they register to vote online.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	48390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Online applications to register to vote are processed under the Individual Electoral Registration Digital Service, operated by the Cabinet Office. This service checks the details provided by the applicant, including their National Insurance number, against government data before passing the application to the relevant local electoral administration team.</p><p>Responsibility for determining the validity of an application lies with each local Electoral Registration Officer (ERO). For applications with no National Insurance number and other applications not verified through the digital service, the ERO will seek further information regarding identity. For all applications, the ERO is also responsible for ensuring that other eligibility requirements, such as the nationality of the applicant, are satisfactorily met.</p><p>The Government considers the integrity of the electoral register of the utmost importance and has recently welcomed the report published by Sir Eric Pickles into electoral fraud. It is the Government’s intention to respond to this report shortly.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/10/2016 11:53:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

600539

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Former Ministers: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many former ministers since May 2015 (a) have taken up employment in roles which directly relate to positions they held in Government and (b) are working in the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	48446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Information about appointments taken up by former Ministers after leaving office is published on the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACoBA) website and in the Committee’s annual report.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 17/10/2016 11:37:58 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

600552

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Exchange Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK economy of the recent fall in the value of sterling against the US dollar.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	48371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Before the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the UK government published short-term and long-term assessments of the likely impact on the UK economy from leaving the EU, including the effects of sterling revaluation. HM Government is monitoring economic developments closely and the independent Office for Budget Responsibility will produce an updated economic forecast alongside Autumn Statement 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/10/2016 11:02:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

600554

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	World Health Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the UK's annual financial contribution to the World Health Organisation is.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	48368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s annual subscription to the WHO, provided by the Department of Health, is approximately £15m per annum. The Department for International Development provides additional ODA-eligible funding for bilateral programming and core contributions. In 2014, the latest year for which figures are published, this totaled £99m.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/10/2016 11:21:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

600555

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children that will be living in families affected by the limitation to two children of (a) the child element of child tax credit and (b) child additions within universal credit in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	48389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>There will be no cash losers as a result of the Government’s policy to limit support to two children in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit. From 6 April 2017 families will no longer be able to claim additional support of up to £2,780 per child per year for third and subsequent children born on or after this date through Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some claimants are not able to make choices about the number of children in their family. We have been clear that there will be exceptions for certain groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 48228 question first answered 17/10/2016 10:56:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

600556

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reduction in entitlement he expects for the average family affected by the limitation to two children of the child element of child tax credit in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	48228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>There will be no cash losers as a result of the Government’s policy to limit support to two children in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit. From 6 April 2017 families will no longer be able to claim additional support of up to £2,780 per child per year for third and subsequent children born on or after this date through Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some claimants are not able to make choices about the number of children in their family. We have been clear that there will be exceptions for certain groups.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 48389 question first answered 17/10/2016 10:56:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

600571

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Combined Authorities: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the nine Dorset councils and Dorset LEP submitted their application for the creation of a combined authority; when he expects to be able to give his decision on that application; and what the earliest date is on which a combined authority could start work.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	48308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>In accordance with the statutory process, the councils submitted on 26 July 2016 a summary of their consultation responses. It is now for the Secretary of State to decide whether the proposal for the combined authority meets the statutory test and if so to seek Parliamentary approval to implement it. If Parliament were to approve the necessary secondary legislation by March 2017, the combined authority could start work on 1 April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 17/10/2016 14:44:01 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

600572

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Green Belt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to set minimum periods for the review of local plans to enable established green belt boundaries to operate without the prospect of change for longer periods.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	48309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>To be effective plans need to be kept up-to-date. We expect authorities to review their Local Plan at regular intervals to assess whether some or all of it may need updating. Our guidance is clear that most Local Plans are likely to require updating in whole or in part at least every five years. However, national policy makes it clear that one of the essential characteristics of Green Belts are their permanence.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/10/2016 14:47:42 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

600573

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to finalise the tenant eligibility criteria, start date and funding for the extension of right to buy to housing association tenants.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	48310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The voluntary Right to Buy will give housing association tenants the opportunity to purchase a home. We are currently working with the National Housing Federation and the housing association sector on the design and implementation of the main scheme and will announce more details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/10/2016 11:14:35 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope