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821463

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made by his Department on its proposed consultation on off-payroll working rules in the private sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	122381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>As announced at Autumn Budget 2017, the government will carefully consult on how to tackle non-compliance with the off-payroll working rules in the private sector, to ensure individuals who work like employees are taxed like employees, even if they work through their own company. The timing of the consultation will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p>This consultation will draw on the experience of recent reform in the public sector, including through external research already commissioned by the government and due to be published in 2018, and will seek the views of people and organisations who would implement any change.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 122383 question first answered 22/01/2018 14:51:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

821464

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to review entitlement to employee benefits as part of his Department's proposed consultation on off-payroll working rules in the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	122382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Falling within the off-payroll tax rules does not change an individual’s status for employment rights, as there is no direct link between employment taxes and these rights. In response to the Matthew Taylor review of Employment Practices in the Modern Economy, the Government will consult on the rules that determine an individual’s employment status for both employment rights and tax.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/01/2018 14:47:49 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

821465

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that his Department's proposed consultation on off-payroll working rules in the private sector includes proactive consultation with UK businesses, people and organisations directly affected by those rules.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	122383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>As announced at Autumn Budget 2017, the government will carefully consult on how to tackle non-compliance with the off-payroll working rules in the private sector, to ensure individuals who work like employees are taxed like employees, even if they work through their own company. The timing of the consultation will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p><p>This consultation will draw on the experience of recent reform in the public sector, including through external research already commissioned by the government and due to be published in 2018, and will seek the views of people and organisations who would implement any change.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 122381 question first answered 22/01/2018 14:51:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

821466

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will prioritise a review of the accuracy of the IR35 Digital Tool known as CEST as part of his Department's proposed consultation on off-payroll working rules in the private sector.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	122384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) service has been tested for accuracy against known case law and settled cases. It provides an answer for 85 percent of uses, and HMRC will stand by the result given unless a compliance check finds the information provided isn’t accurate.</p><p> </p><p>Feedback from customers shows the CEST service is helping to ensure that, for most situations, decisions on whether a worker is in scope of the intermediaries legislation (known as IR35) are simple and quick. HMRC will continue to work with customers to enhance the service, and holds tax guidance on employment status under review.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 22/01/2018 14:48:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

821468

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to run a consultation on the proposed Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	122386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to seeking the views of experts and practitioners on proposals for the draft domestic abuse Bill and supporting non-legislative measures. We are working with partners across Government on our domestic abuse consultation to ensure it is as robust and thorough as possible, before launching it shortly. The consultation will be accompanied by a number of events taking place around England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/01/2018 15:59:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

821469

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the findings of the recent report from the Higher Education Policy Institute on the financial contribution of overseas students and staff; and if she will review the classification of students in immigration statistics as a result of those findings.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	122387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the contribution that international students make to the UK economy. We recognise that international students enhance our educational institutions both financially and culturally; enrich the experience of domestic students; and become important ambassadors for the United Kingdom in later life. The Government has recently commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee to undertake a study into the costs and benefits of international students.</p><p>There is no limit on the number of international students who can come to the UK and there are no plans to change this. So long as students are compliant with immigration rules they should make a very limited contribution to net migration numbers.</p><p>The independent Office for National Statistics is responsible for the production of the net migration statistics. In line with the internationally agreed UN definition, these statistics define a migrant as someone changing their normal place of residence for more than a year. Students are therefore included in the same way as other migrants.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/01/2018 12:16:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

819795

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Spondyloarthritis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms have been put in place to identify accurately the number of individuals diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis within the NHS in England.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	121867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Improving Lives - The Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, published on 31 October 2016, sets out the Government’s commitment to work with NHS England to identify opportunities for regular collection of data about incidence, prevalence, clinical activity and outcomes of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and services in England. The Government’s Mandate to NHS England reiterated this commitment.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 November 2017, the Government published Improving Lives - The Future of Work, Health and Disability in response to the Green Paper. This builds on the commitment to identify opportunities for routine data collection about MSK incidence, prevalence, clinical activity, and outcomes. The report outlined that a data advisory group, led by Arthritis Research UK, has been examining the issue. On 1 December 2017, the advisory group presented its recommendations to NHS England, which is currently considering the appropriate next steps.</p><p> </p><p>Improving Lives - The Future of Work, Health and Disability can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-lives-the-future-of-work-health-and-disability</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 18/01/2018 14:07:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

793896

registered interest
date	22/12/2017
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	Religious Hatred: Islam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the conclusions of the Tell MAMA Annual Report for 2016 on Anti-Muslim Hatred on the gender of victims and the majority identity of perpetrators of such hatred.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	114985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>We take hate crime in all its forms very seriously: the United Kingdom has some of the strongest hate crime legislation in the world. The statistical breakdowns provided by Tell MAMA give an invaluable insight into the extent and nature of the deplorable abuse which Muslim citizens are subjected to on account of their belief or appearance. It is notable that most reported offline incidents of anti-Muslim hatred involve male perpetrators and that the majority of victims of offline incidents are women, most of whom are visibly Muslim. The Government has committed funding of £100 million to counter violence against women and girls with prosecutions and convictions for such offences rising 63 per cent since 2007-08.</p><p>This Government has done more than any other to tackle anti-Muslim hatred. We set up the first ever cross-government working group on anti-Muslim hatred. We have funded Tell MAMA, the first service to record incidents, support victims and raise community awareness of how to report anti-Muslim hate incidents. We are also disaggregating religious hate crime data held by the police to reveal the true scale and nature of the problem. Funding has been made available for the security of mosques and other faith establishments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/12/2017 17:34:27 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

810508

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking as a result of the latest evidence on the diagnosis and treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	120854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is the independent expert body responsible for developing robust, evidence based guidance for the National Health Service to support it in designing services that are in line with the best available evidence.</p><p> </p><p>The NICE guideline Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy): Diagnosis and management of CFS/ME in adults and children sets outs best practice for clinicians on the diagnosis, treatment, care and support of people with the condition and assists commissioners in planning services for local populations. The full guideline can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg53" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg53</a></p><p>NICE routintely reviews its guidance to ensure it reflects the lastest available evidence. On 20 September 2017, NICE announced its decision to undertake a full update of the CFS/ME guidance. More information on this decision can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg53/resources/surveillance-report-2017-chronic-fatigue-syndromemyalgic-encephalomyelitis-or-encephalopathy-diagnosis-and-management-2007-nice-guideline-cg53-pdf-5964455783941" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg53/resources/surveillance-report-2017-chronic-fatigue-syndromemyalgic-encephalomyelitis-or-encephalopathy-diagnosis-and-management-2007-nice-guideline-cg53-pdf-5964455783941</a></p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 12/01/2018 11:23:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

810510

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to recommendation eight of the Government’s response to the Second Independent Review of the Personal Independence Payment Assessment, Cm 9540, what the optimum timeframe is for the completion of assessment reports after the assessment has taken place.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	120855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There are a number of factors that impact on the length of time taken to complete the report following the assessment, for example, whether the assessment was conducted in a person’s home or at an assessment centre. As the Second Independent Review of PIP acknowledged, the logistics in organising and conducting home visits will introduce some time delay in writing up reports immediately after the assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department expects assessment reports to be completed in a timely manner following the assessment but does not set a fixed timeframe for the completion of assessment reports following the assessment.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/01/2018 17:55:32 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day