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678512

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voting Rights: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of National Youth Parliament's Votes at 16 campaign.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	61609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a democracy that works for everyone in which every voice matters. It is important that young people are engaged in the democratic process and participate in our wider political dialogue.</p><p>The Government remains in favour of maintaining the current voting age and has no plans to lower it.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 30/01/2017 10:50:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

678513

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average salary for (a) men and (b) women was in (i) Greater London and (ii) the London borough of Newham in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	61643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 30/01/2017 10:46:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 61643_final .pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Average Salary
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

678514

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2017 to Question 60854, to which Minister in which Department hon. Members should address their concerns on the well-being of Syrian refugees who have entered mainland Europe.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	61657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>I am responsible for the policy and operations related to asylum seekers and refugees inside the UK. The primary responsibility for refugees outside the UK rests with the host country within which they are residing; this principle applies to Syrian refugees who have entered mainland Europe.</p><p> </p><p>However, the UK has a strong interest in this matter, and, as with refugees issues further afield, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Home Office and Department for International Development work closely to support Europe in dealing with refugees, including those from Syria. We have:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Provided significant assistance via the European Asylum Support Office to Member States facing particular pressures to ensure that all refugees can have effective access to protection, wherever they are.</li></ul><ul><li>Established a £10 million Refugee Children’s Fund for Europe, which aims to prevent and mitigate protection risks faced by vulnerable separated and unaccompanied refugee and migrant children in Europe.</li><li>Allocated up to £34 million to the humanitarian response in Greece.</li></ul><p>This is in addition to the UK’s wider response to the Syrian crisis. We have pledged £2.3 billion, making the UK one of the largest donors to the humanitarian crisis.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/01/2017 16:05:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

678518

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Budget: Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2017 to Question 60692, on EU budget: contributions, whether funding commitments made by the Government to the EU as a final settlement, once negotiations on the UK leaving the EU are complete, will not be funded so as to acquire new debt.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	61541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The arrangements for withdrawal from the EU, including from the budget, will be a matter for the withdrawal agreement as part of the Article 50 process.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 30/01/2017 10:47:13 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

678520

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on continuing regional aid funding at the same levels currently provided by the EU after 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	61759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government will want to consider the future of all programmes that are currently EU funded, once we have left the EU. Leaving the EU means we will want to take our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding. Over the coming months, we will consult closely with stakeholders to review all EU funding schemes in the round, to ensure that any on-going funding commitments best serve the UK's national interest, while ensuring appropriate investor certainty.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 30/01/2017 16:59:12 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

678521

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	EU Grants and Loans: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total amount of regional aid funding for the West Midlands from EU sources which will be discontinued when the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	61760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor's guarantee on EU funds means that the Government will honour projects agreed before the UK leaves the EU, even when they continue beyond Brexit. The Government will want to consider the future of all programmes that are currently EU funded, once we have left the EU. Leaving the EU means we will want to take our own decisions about how to deliver the policy objectives previously targeted by EU funding. Over the coming months, we will consult closely with stakeholders to review all EU funding schemes in the round, to ensure that any on-going funding commitments best serve the UK's national interest, while ensuring appropriate investor certainty.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 30/01/2017 16:55:03 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

678522

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Archaeological Sites: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to use the provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to protect sites of archaeological interest subject to development.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	61763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The planning system already contains strong protections for sites of archaeological interest. These protections will apply to measures introduced by the Housing and Planning Act.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 30/01/2017 16:43:48 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

678523

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Archaeological Sites: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons pre-commencement conditions have been removed from planning applications relating to archaeological considerations on a site due for development; and what alternative protections will be put in place to protect such sites.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	61764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The planning conditions measure in the Neighbourhood Planning Bill will not restrict the ability of local planning authorities to propose conditions that are necessary to achieve sustainable development, in line with the National Planning Policy Framework.</p><p>Where a pre-commencement condition is required to address archaeological considerations and meets the tests for conditions set out in national policy, then the authority can impose such a condition, with the agreement of the applicant. In the unlikely event that an applicant refuses to agree to such a pre-commencement condition being imposed, the local planning authority can refuse planning permission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 30/01/2017 16:44:47 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

678529

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	First Time Buyers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what data his Department holds on the extent to which first-time home buyers receive financial help from their parents or another family member.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	61589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>According to the department's English Housing Survey, in 2014-15, 27% of first time buyers had help from friends and family to purchase their home. One in ten used an inheritance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 30/01/2017 16:56:57 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

678534

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Rented Housing: Water Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides on rental of a property without provision of drinking water; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	61747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>Any property without basic amenities such as drinking water is a potential risk to the health and safety of the occupants. Local authorities have strong powers under the Housing Act 2004 to tackle such situations, including prohibiting the property from being used.</p><p>The Renting a Safe Home Guide is aimed at helping tenants identify hazards of health risks, and provides advice on what to do if the property is unsafe.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 30/01/2017 16:58:27 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous