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1141258

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which local authorities have achieved the highest increase in levels of voter registration in the last two years; and what steps have been taken to ensure that the practices leading to such increases are adopted in other local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	280929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2019 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission does not measure changes in levels of voter registration at a local authority level. The only reliable method for assessing registration levels (the completeness of the registers) is through research using house-to-house surveying, to gather data on residents and match this against information held on the electoral registers.</p><p>The Commission carries out such studies at regular intervals but they do not allow for an assessment of registration for individual local authorities, which would be prohibitively expensive owing to the size of sample required.</p><p>As part of the Commission’s guidance and support programme for electoral administrators, it works closely with the electoral community to identify and share good electoral practice. This includes highlighting specific examples of good practice in electoral registration and embedding them throughout its suite of guidance and resources for electoral registration officers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 28/08/2019 07:58:20 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141261

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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 the electoral registration rate was in each year since 1997 in the 100 parliamentary constituencies which have had the largest decrease in the number of electors on the register from the date of the local boundary review to July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	280932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority.</p><p>The UK Statistics Authority's Interim National Statistician has responded.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 29/07/2019 13:19:24 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden attachment 1 file name PQ280932.pdf title UKSA letter
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141279

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of universal credit claimants that have had a deduction as a result of arrears to their (a) first, (b) second, (c) third, (d) fourth, (e) fifth and (f) sixth universal credit payment in the most recent period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	280971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The maximum rate of deductions cannot normally exceed 40 per cent of the Universal Credit standard allowance and does not reduce other components of an award, such as money paid for children, housing or when someone is caring for a severely disabled person. From October 2019 this will be reduced to 30 per cent and from October 2021 we are increasing the maximum recovery period for advances from 12 to 16 months.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt, so last resort deductions can be applied to protect vulnerable claimants from eviction and/or having their fuel supply (gas/electricity) cut off, by providing a last resort repayment method for arrears of these essential services. In these cases, when it is considered to be in the best interests of the claimant and their family, deductions may be taken above the 40 per cent limit.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is in financial difficulty as a result of the level of deductions being made they can contact the Department to request that a reduction in deductions be considered</p><p> </p><p>The table below gives the proportion of claims in the first to sixth assessment periods, for which a deduction was taken relating to arrears in February 2019, the latest month which data is available for.  <strong>  </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Assessment Period</p></td><td><p>% with arrears deductions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>1. Figures relate to Universal Credit full service.</p><p>2. Figures are rounded to the nearest per cent.</p><p>3. Figures included arrears for gas, electric, water, rent and service charges</p><p>4. We would expect to see overall amount increasing as the caseload and number of claims with deductions increase, but the average over that time also decreases.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/09/2019 15:52:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1141281

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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: Greater London
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 15 May 2019 to Question 224493, how much has been deducted from universal credit claimants' standard allowance in (a) the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and (b) Poplar and Limehouse constituency in each month since April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	280902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the amount deducted from Universal Credit claims in (a) the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and (b) the Poplar and Limehouse parliamentary constituency in each month since April 2017 to May 2019, which is the latest month that data is available for.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/09/2019 16:36:28 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name PQ280902 data.xlsx title 280902 data
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1141302

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the cost to the public purse was of registering each overseas voter in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	280941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2019 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission does not hold this data.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 28/08/2019 08:06:41 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1141347

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	UK Research Partnership Investment Fund: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the latest round of funding from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund will be allocated to projects in Scotland; and how much private investment will be leveraged for those projects.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	281064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2019 answer text <p>The UK Research Partnership Investment Fund is a competitive research capital programme to support strategic research and development collaborations between universities, businesses and charities. It is managed by Research England, working with counterparts from devolved funding bodies, and only supports large scale infrastructure projects which are built on demonstrable research excellence, value for money, and can generate at least double in private co-investment.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012 over £900m of science and research capital has been committed from the Fund to 54 projects which have secured an initial commitment of over £2bn in private investment. No projects were awarded to universities in Scotland from the latest round. In the first 5 rounds, £58.98m was committed to 5 projects in Scotland which collectively secured over £121m of private co-investment. This represents 6.5% of total funding allocated and 5.5% of the initial private co-investment.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 281065 question first answered 21/08/2019 15:31:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1141348

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	UK Research Partnership Investment Fund: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of funding from all rounds of the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund has been allocated to projects in Scotland; and how much private investment has been committed to those projects.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	281065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2019 answer text <p>The UK Research Partnership Investment Fund is a competitive research capital programme to support strategic research and development collaborations between universities, businesses and charities. It is managed by Research England, working with counterparts from devolved funding bodies, and only supports large scale infrastructure projects which are built on demonstrable research excellence, value for money, and can generate at least double in private co-investment.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012 over £900m of science and research capital has been committed from the Fund to 54 projects which have secured an initial commitment of over £2bn in private investment. No projects were awarded to universities in Scotland from the latest round. In the first 5 rounds, £58.98m was committed to 5 projects in Scotland which collectively secured over £121m of private co-investment. This represents 6.5% of total funding allocated and 5.5% of the initial private co-investment.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 281064 question first answered 21/08/2019 15:31:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1141350

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Animal Welfare: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities in England have submitted data for 2019 on the number of licences they have issued under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	280991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Under regulation 29 of <em>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018</em> it is a requirement for local authorities in England to submit specified information relating to licensable activities in their respective areas. Such information should be submitted to the Secretary of State by 31 May for each preceding year 1 April to 31 March. Local authorities have submitted information to the Secretary of State for this year and Defra is analysing the data. We aim to publish the information later this year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 280992 280993 question first answered 09/09/2019 16:44:12 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1141351

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Animal Welfare: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, how many licences have been issued under those regulations in 2019 for (a) breeding dogs, (b) providing or arranging for the provision of boarding for cats, (c) providing or arranging for the provision of boarding for dogs in kennels, (d) providing or arranging for the provision of day care for dogs, (e) hiring out horses, (f) selling animals as pets and (g) keeping or training animals for exhibition.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	280992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Under regulation 29 of <em>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018</em> it is a requirement for local authorities in England to submit specified information relating to licensable activities in their respective areas. Such information should be submitted to the Secretary of State by 31 May for each preceding year 1 April to 31 March. Local authorities have submitted information to the Secretary of State for this year and Defra is analysing the data. We aim to publish the information later this year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 280991 280993 question first answered 09/09/2019 16:44:12 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1141352

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Animal Welfare: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, what the (a) average fee and (b) lowest and highest charges for licences issued in England in 2019 to date across all local authorities was for (i) breeding dogs, (ii) providing or arranging for the provision of boarding for cats, (iii) providing or arranging for the provision of boarding for dogs in kennels, (iv) providing or arranging for the provision of day care for dogs, (v) hiring out horses, (vi) selling animals as pets and (vii) keeping or training animals for exhibition.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	280993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Under regulation 29 of <em>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018</em> it is a requirement for local authorities in England to submit specified information relating to licensable activities in their respective areas. Such information should be submitted to the Secretary of State by 31 May for each preceding year 1 April to 31 March. Local authorities have submitted information to the Secretary of State for this year and Defra is analysing the data. We aim to publish the information later this year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith grouped question UIN 280991 280992 question first answered 09/09/2019 16:44:12 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith