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731156

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Mansion House speech of 20 June 2017, what discussions he has had with the European Investment Bank in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the UK Governor of the European Investment Bank and meets with his European counterparts on a regular basis to discuss a range of issues; including how the UK can provide assurances to sustain the flow of EIB and EIF funding to UK businesses and projects.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/06/2017 15:20:28 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

731157

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Mansion House speech of 20 June 2017, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) types and (b) cost of any new technology that needs to be deployed for customs border arrangements after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>As we look to build our future customs relationship with the EU and the rest of the world, we start from a strong position. As a large trading nation, we possess a world-class customs system which handles imports and exports from all over the world, and not just the EU.</p><p>The government is seeking a mutually beneficial customs agreement and is committed to securing the most frictionless trading relationship possible.As part of this, HM Treasury and HMRC are giving due consideration to the implementation requirements of any options for the UK’s future customs arrangements. This includes the costs associated with updating IT systems to ensure we have a fully functioning customs regime following our exit from the EU.</p><p>The UK’s Customs Authority already works hard to ensure that trade is as fast and frictionless as possible and was ranked 5th globally in the World Bank’s 2016 Logistics Performance Index on Customs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 26/06/2017 13:58:46 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

731158

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Answer of 20 February 2017 to Question 63690, how many full-time equivalent staff his Department has.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department is recruiting the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 450 staff, and is growing fast.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 26/06/2017 13:43:29 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

731159

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the total number of (a) secondees and (b) contractors from the private sector is in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The department has sourced a large proportion of experienced staff from across Whitehall and a number of secondees and contractors from the private sector and the wider public sector. We are not in a position to give a final total for particular groups of staff as recruitment is ongoing and numbers are regularly changing.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 26/06/2017 13:45:31 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

731160

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will list the civil servants and the meetings they attended in Brussels on 19 June 2017 for the first round of Article 50 negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The following senior civil servants, at grades SCS2 and above, took part in the first round of the negotiations on 19 June 2017.</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>Oliver Robbins, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Sir Tim Barrow, UKRep</p></li><li><p>Glyn Williams, Home Office</p></li><li><p>Alex Ellis, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Mark Bowman, HMT</p></li><li><p>Simon Case, UKRep</p></li><li><p>Jonathan Black, HMT</p></li><li><p>Chris Jones, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Catherine Webb, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Catherine Adams, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Daniel Denman, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Matt Baugh, DExEU</p></li><li><p>Ian Walsh, DWP</p><p> </p></li></ul><p>The agenda for the day, setting out the meetings attended by officials, can be found here: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/publications/agenda-19-june-meeting-between-eu-and-uk-article-50-negotiations_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/commission/publications/agenda-19-june-meeting-between-eu-and-uk-article-50-negotiations_en</a>. See below:</p><p>Opening of the negotiations between the EU and the UK on the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union by Michel Barnier, the European Commission's Chief Negotiator, and David Davis, UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union</p><p> 11.00 : Opening session (Michel Barnier and Secretary of State David Davis) plus officials</p><p> 12.30 : Working lunch between Michel Barnier and Secretary of State David Davis</p><p> 14.00 – 16.30 : Working groups</p><p> 16.30 : Meeting of coordinators (Sabine Weyand, European Commission's Deputy Chief Negotiator and Olly Robbins, Permanent Secretary, UK Department for Exiting the EU)</p><p> 17.30 : Closing session (Michel Barnier and Secretary of State David Davis)</p><p> 18:30 (approx): Joint press conference by Michel Barnier and Secretary of State David Davis, BERL press room</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 27/06/2017 13:35:46 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

712965

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses and (b) midwives from other EU member states were registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council in each month in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	68652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department.</p><p>The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, has provided the following attached information on the number of registered nurses and midwives from other European Union member states, not all of whom work as nurses or midwives in the National Health Service, in each month in the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital publishes data on the nationality of staff working in the National Health Service in England. Nationality is self-reported within the NHS human resources and payroll system, the electronic staff record.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>EU27 Nurses &amp; Health Visitors</p></td><td><p>% of all Staff</p></td><td><p>EU27 Midwives</p></td><td><p>% of all Staff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>21,826</p></td><td><p>6.9%</p></td><td><p>1,380</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>22,227</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>1,355</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>EU27 = EU member states excluding the United Kingdom</p><p>The number of EU nurses increased in the three months subsequent to the referendum by 401. The share of NHS nurses who are EU nationals increased from 6.9% to 7.0%.</p><p>The number of EU midwives decreased by 25 between June and September 2016. This reduction is in keeping with an overall reduction in the number of midwives which is apparent every year over these months and reflects the normal training and recruitment cycle. The proportion of midwives who are EU nationals remained constant at 5.3%.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/03/2017 16:55:12 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name PQ68652 attached document.docx title PQ68652 previous answer version 42269 answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

713040

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the success rate for appeals against decisions on (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment entitlement in Leeds has been in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	68653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides a further breakdown of this information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Personal Independence Payment <sup>1</sup> and Employment and Support Allowance <sup>2</sup> Appeals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Leeds Venue<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PIP<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ESA<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 January 2016 – 31 December 2016</p></td><td><p>% in Favour<strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are normally registered to the venue nearest to the appellants’ home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellants’ actual address, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or venues.</p><p> </p><p><em><sup>1 </sup></em><em>Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Payment (Reassessments).</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em><sup>2 </sup></em><em>Employment and Support Allowance which was rolled out from October 2008 and Employment and Support Allowance (Incapacity Benefit Reassessment) rolled out from April 2011. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em><sup>3 </sup></em><em>% in Favour provides the number of appeals where the decision was found in the favour of the appellant as a percentage of the total number of appeals disposed of (this </em><em>is inclusive of both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing).</em></p><p> </p><p><em><sup>4 </sup></em><em>Leeds venue - Covers all appeals heard at the Leeds Venue.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.</em></p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 24/03/2017 14:22:44 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

710594

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Insurance: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether EU citizens exercising their treaty rights as a (a) jobseeker, (b) worker, (c) self-employed person, (d) self-sufficient person or (e) student are required to have comprehensive health insurance in order to receive free NHS treatment.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	67619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>European Union citizens who are ordinary resident in the United Kingdom are entitled to free National Health Service treatment. To be ordinarily resident in the UK they must be living here lawfully and on a properly settled basis for the time being. Ordinary residence is not dependent on exercising treaty rights or having comprehensive sickness insurance.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/03/2017 15:17:18 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

709703

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Homes: Leeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many places there were in registered care homes in Leeds in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	67219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the Care Quality Commission data which shows the following numbers of care home beds in the Leeds City Council area from August 2011 to August 2016. Data at local authority level are only available from 2011 onwards and therefore the table does not fully cover the past 10 years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>August 2011</p></td><td><p>August 2012</p></td><td><p>August 2013</p></td><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>August 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds local authority</p></td><td><p>5,641</p></td><td><p>5,518</p></td><td><p>5,369</p></td><td><p>5,442</p></td><td><p>5,347</p></td><td><p>5,483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>454,896</p></td><td><p>464,126</p></td><td><p>463,909</p></td><td><p>463,887</p></td><td><p>462,153</p></td><td><p>460,642</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 14/03/2017 16:06:10 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

706188

registered interest
date	28/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will prevent banks introducing charges for the use of ATM machines.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	66013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. To this end, the Government is engaging with LINK (the network that runs the ATMS scheme) and its members, including banks and Independent ATM Deployers, to ensure that widespread free access to cash is maintained, and is encouraged to hear that LINK’s members have committed to further work to find a solution to the dispute.</p><p>The Government is also working closely on the issue with the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which was established in 2015 to promote competition, innovation and the needs of end users within payment systems. The PSR is in regular contact with LINK, and is monitoring the situation closely, including assessing the potential effect of any developments on the provision of ATMs in the UK and possible impact on the scheme’s user.</p><p>The PSR has the ability to act if LINK or any of its members act in a way that conflicts with any of its objectives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 08/03/2017 14:11:56 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn