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391038

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Children: Poverty
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 number of children living in poverty in (a) Copeland and (b) Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government does not produce child poverty statistics at local authority or parliamentary constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 10:23:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

391041

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Government's policy is on 18 to 21 year olds in need of housing support.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>To prevent young people slipping straight into a life on benefits, from April 2017 the Government will remove the automatic entitlement to housing support for new claims in Universal Credit from 18-21 year olds who are out of work. This will ensure young people in the benefits system face the same choices as young people who work and who may not be able to afford to leave home.</p><p> </p><p>We will ensure that vulnerable young people who are in need of support for their housing needs continue to receive it. Government will consider the impact in line with our legal obligations as part of that process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/07/2015 12:45:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

391046

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an exemption to his proposed reduction in housing benefit for young people aged 21 and younger who cannot live with their parents and are at risk of homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	7885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>To prevent young people slipping straight into a life on benefits, from April 2017 the Government will remove the automatic entitlement to housing support for new claims in Universal Credit from 18-21 year olds who are out of work. This will ensure young people in the benefits system face the same choices as young people who work and who may not be able to afford to leave home.</p><p> </p><p>We will ensure that vulnerable young people who are in need of support for their housing needs continue to receive it. Government will consider the impact in line with our legal obligations as part of that process.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/07/2015 12:02:07 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

391050

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
answering dept id	92
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
hansard heading	House of Lords: Political Parties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Leader of the House on what basis a political party with 7.9 per cent of the national vote at a general election holds front bench status in the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL1588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The second largest opposition party is neither formally defined nor given specific speaking rights by the Standing Orders of the House or the Companion to the Standing Orders. The Companion to Standing Orders does, however, set out several areas where the “opposition front benches” have the right to speak for longer than backbenchers or have rights to speak at specific points in proceedings.<br><br>Of the political parties represented in the House, only the Official Opposition and the Liberal Democrat group operate frontbenches of a size that permits them to shadow each Government department. It is for that reason that the definition of “opposition frontbenches” that applied in practice before the 2010 Parliament has been reverted to in this Parliament. <br><br>It remains open to any member who wishes to propose a change to current arrangements to make representations to me and/or make a submission to the Procedure Committee.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL1135 HL1136 HL1137 HL1138 HL1139 question first answered 20/07/2015 16:47:20 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

390654

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were employed in the aerospace, defence, security and space industry in (a) each country of the UK and (b) each region of England in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Employment in the aerospace industry in 2013 for each country of the United Kingdom and each region in England is given in the attached table. The ‘aerospace, defence, security and space industry’ is defined by the Standard industrial classification sectors: 30.3 manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery and 33.16 repair and maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft. This includes both civil and defence activity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/07/2015 13:32:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Employment in Aerospace and Space industry.pdf title Employment in Aerospace and Space Industry
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390655

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the contribution to the UK economy of the cyber-technology sector within the aerospace, defence, security and space industry.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The contribution made to the UK economy by the cyber-technology sector within the aerospace, defence, security and space industry is not separately recorded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/07/2015 13:48:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390667

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2015 to Question 2556, whether, under his plans, digital illiteracy will stay above the target of 10 per cent of the population until 2026.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	7666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government published its Digital Inclusion Strategy in April 2014 when 11 million people were digitally excluded. It committed to a 25% reduction by 2016, and a further 25% every two years thereafter. On this basis, over 90% of the adult population will be digitally capable by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Government has committed to making digital inclusion part of the development of wider policy, programmes and digital services. The government does not collect data on all programmes that include a digital inclusion component, nor on local level initiatives. Government invests through a variety of programmes, ranging from the national super-fast broadband roll out, to the Digital Deal scheme for housing associations and funding for digital skills training through the Skills Funding Agency. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is funding a basic digital skills programme to reach 1 million digitally excluded people over 5 years, in addition to the 1.25 million adults helped under the previous programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to specific digital inclusion related skills programmes, £7.4m has been committed to funding free wifi and internet access for libraries in England.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 7667 question first answered 21/07/2015 09:14:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

390668

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which digital inclusion programmes central government departments and non-departmental public bodies are (a) funding or (b) participating in.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	7667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government published its Digital Inclusion Strategy in April 2014 when 11 million people were digitally excluded. It committed to a 25% reduction by 2016, and a further 25% every two years thereafter. On this basis, over 90% of the adult population will be digitally capable by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Government has committed to making digital inclusion part of the development of wider policy, programmes and digital services. The government does not collect data on all programmes that include a digital inclusion component, nor on local level initiatives. Government invests through a variety of programmes, ranging from the national super-fast broadband roll out, to the Digital Deal scheme for housing associations and funding for digital skills training through the Skills Funding Agency. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is funding a basic digital skills programme to reach 1 million digitally excluded people over 5 years, in addition to the 1.25 million adults helped under the previous programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to specific digital inclusion related skills programmes, £7.4m has been committed to funding free wifi and internet access for libraries in England.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 7666 question first answered 21/07/2015 09:14:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

390671

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Office of Tax Simplification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional responsibilities he intends to give to the Office for Tax Simplification; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	7581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Rt. Hon member to the Written Ministerial Statement on the Office of Tax Simplification published on 21 July 2015</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/07/2015 13:49:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

390693

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on the effect on local authority budgets of paying the new National Living Wage to external staff commissioned by local authorities to provide adult social care.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	7738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7741 question first answered 21/07/2015 12:22:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts