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644000

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date	24/11/2016
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	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will lose entitlement to carer's allowance as a result of increases to the national minimum wage taking their income over the earning limit for that allowance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	54762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The impact that a carer’s earnings, including those receiving the National Minimum Wage, will have on their entitlement to Carer’s Allowance (CA) will depend on the number of hours they work a week and their net salary for CA purposes once allowable deductions have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The CA earnings limit will be increasing from £110 to £116 a week from April 2017. This 5% increase outstrips the current average increase in earnings. Up to 2,000 carers will benefit from this change.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 29/11/2016 13:03:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

647378

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of public spending from departments other than the Department for International Development will be classified as official development assistance in 2016-17 for the purpose of the International Development Act 2002.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	907557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Based on Spending Review 2015 assumptions, departments other than the Department for International Development will spend £2.51 billion on Official Development Assistance. This is approximately 18% of DEL spending and does not include Cross-Government Funds, some of which may be spent by DFID. Provisional spending on ODA for 2016 will be published in Statistics on International Development in Spring 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Departments can spend Official Development Assistance under legal bases other than the International Development Act 2002.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 29/11/2016 17:39:33 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

641175

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Assets: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will issue a response to Early Day Motion 689, Sale of Public Assets.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	53912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>Where there is no longer a strong policy reason for continued public ownership or where there is potential for an asset to operate more sensibly and efficiently in the private sector, the Government will look into the potential sale of public sector assets. Asset sales help achieve stronger public finances, reduce national debt and encourage economic growth through investment. The Government is committed to ensuring the effective and efficient management of publicly owned assets and keeps ownership of all assets under review.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/11/2016 17:26:40 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

641328

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will attend the sixty-first session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York in March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	53867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) provides an important opportunity to advance better outcomes for girls and women.</p><p>The government will ensure high level representation at the next UNCSW in March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/11/2016 17:13:45 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

641329

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on promoting a cross-government approach to implementing the UN's Step it Up for Gender Equality initiative.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	53869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government has a strong domestic and international record on promoting gender equality. Although not working specifically under the auspices of UN Women’s Step it Up for Gender Equality initiative, the UK Cabinet is firmly committed to this agenda.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/11/2016 17:15:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

641330

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	UN Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to meet the Executive Director of UN Women.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	53858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State met the Executive Director of UN Women during the UN General Assembly in September, and would expect to meet her again in the course of regular business.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/11/2016 17:14:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

638357

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Ilois: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 16 November 2016, Update on the British Indian Ocean Territory, HCWS260, on what evidence or needs analysis his Department established the appropriateness of the sum of £40 million to support the Chagossian community.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	53540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is aware, through consultations with Chagossian leaders and the wider Chagossian communities, of the difficulties that many Chagossians face in their daily lives, including securing adequate health and social care, and education and employment opportunities. We are also aware of the importance of facilitating an increased heritage visit programme for Chagossians. The support package of approximately £40 million is based on these consultations and aims to address these areas. The package will now be worked up fully in discussion with the Chagossian community and are those who have an interest.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 22/11/2016 17:59:29 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

638359

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, under what circumstances the Government would permit private infrastructure or residential development in the British Indian Ocean Territory.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	53571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>No development would be permitted. ( The Government considers resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory to be unrealistic. It has decided that it is not in the public interest to create a small new civilian settlement on these remote and low lying islands.)</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 22/11/2016 17:58:27 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

638475

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	National Lottery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with the operators of the National Lottery on inclusion in the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU of provisions to permit the continued participation of UK citizens in the Euromillions lottery.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	53498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>EuroMillions currently operates across nine European countries and EU membership is not a requirement – for example, EuroMillions has operated in Switzerland, a non-EU country, since 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 22/11/2016 10:53:08 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

628979

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Non-governmental Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what transitional support is in place for non-government organisations reaching the end of a Programme Partnership Arrangement with her Department.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	51953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>In June 2015 all Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) partners were given 18 months’ notice of the end of the programme. The final nine months of that period were specifically designed to enable all organisations to consolidate gains from Programme Partnership Arrangement funded activities and consider transition.</p><p>DFID officials are working with Bond, to provide advice and support for organisations to provide transition support where required.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/11/2016 16:08:51 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady