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679092

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: West Lothian
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs immediately initiate the 1-2-1 redeployment consultation process for all staff working in its West Lothian offices to ensure that that process reflects ongoing dialogue between each worker and their manager.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	61840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>Officials meet regularly with stakeholders to discuss a wide range of matters, including HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) regional transformation plans. In addition, Ministers have discussed this issue with elected representatives.</p><p>The decision to move to regional centres is part of the wider Government strategy to develop Government hubs. For HMRC this includes consolidating 170 offices, many ageing and in poor condition, across the UK into thirteen new regional centres, four specialist sites and a base at 100 Parliament Street. This will help to maximise flexibility, collaboration and customer service while reducing costs to the taxpayer.</p><p>HMRC’s internal management information indicates that the vast majority of staff in West Lothian will be within reasonable travelling distance of the Regional Centre. HMRC will conduct one to one meetings with staff about a year in advance of the move to discuss their personal circumstances, whether or not they can move and what more can be done to support them. One to one meetings are held at this time to ensure that the most up to date information on the specific location of the Regional Centre is available to allow decisions to be made.</p><p>HMRC will support staff moving to the new Regional Centre by helping them with a contribution to additional travel costs, for three years for staff within reasonable daily travel and five years for those who live outside reasonable daily travel, after the move. For any staff who are unable to move, HMRC will look at redeployment options. This will include helping staff to find another role within the Department, or if necessary in other government departments. It is HMRC’s desire to retain as many existing staff as possible within the Department. Exit packages will only be considered when it is established that moving office or redeployment is not an option.</p><p>HMRC expects that travel support for staff moving to Edinburgh from Bathgate and Livingstone will cost approximately £2 million over a five year period. The estimated exit costs are expected to be approximately £1.45 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 61841 61842 61843 question first answered 31/01/2017 14:29:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

678747

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Disclosure of Information
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 assess the potential merits of allowing government agencies to share information in cases where there are concerns for a claimant's wellbeing as a result on non-contact with that client.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	61697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>DWP takes both its duty of confidentiality and its duty of care to citizens very seriously, and while in general it will only share personal data as the law requires or allows, the department has always reserved the right to take any necessary steps to protect the safety and welfare of any individual.</p><p> </p><p>In any case where concerns about a person’s welfare exist, departmental policy already actively encourages DWP staff to act quickly in order to help reduce or remove the risk identified, and accommodates an approach to any organisation or agency which it is believed will be able to help in a given case.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 31/01/2017 12:37:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

678750

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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 Records
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 it his policy to introduce a one-stop process for claimants who are required to update their personal information with government agencies.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	61674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>DWP administers a range of benefits and services, many of which are subject to different entitlement conditions. In the main it is the claimant's responsibility to make the benefit authorities aware of changes pertaining to their benefit award.</p><p> </p><p>We do, however, recognise that changes to some benefits have consequential implications for others. As a safeguard, many of our systems trigger automated prompts. These help to ensure that DWP staff are alerted when a relevant change is processed in a connected benefit, so that further investigation can be initiated and appropriate adjustments made.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of deaths DWP operates a Tell Us Once service for the public sector. Recognising the uniquely sensitive circumstances and wide governmental relevance, Tell Us Once shares death information across a range of government partners. This relies on the consent of the bereaved person/informant.</p><p> </p><p>It is not our current policy to extend this service to other changes, but we are exploring the potential of automated data exchange between authorities so that we can minimise the burden on the citizen and the state.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 31/01/2017 13:01:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

678103

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the future challenge of a growth in non-communicable diseases identified in her Department's Bilateral Development Review 2016, published in December 2016, what priority will be placed on the shift in balance of communicable and non-communicable diseases in steps taken to implement that review's conclusions.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	61354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Bilateral Development Review made clear that Britain will continue to lead global efforts to fight the spread of infectious and communicable diseases, such as neglected tropical diseases, TB, and malaria.</p><p>We will also remain a leader in helping countries to build stronger health systems. This will help countries address both current and future health challenges, including non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The UK additionally supports some specific NCD programmes, for example research on mental health, support for hepatitis B immunisation that prevents liver cancer, safe cook stoves to reduce household air pollution, and improving diagnosis, treatment and care for children with cancer in Burma, Bangladesh and Ghana.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/01/2017 17:35:28 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

677633

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
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	Social Security Benefits: Early Retirement
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 annual cost to the public purse of administering working age benefits to people who have retired on health grounds but not yet reached pensionable age.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	61227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/01/2017 17:24:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

674923

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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	Conditions of Employment
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 estimate he has made of the number of (a) small, (b) medium-sized and (c) large businesses that have fired and rehired employees in accord with his Department's guidance on changing an employment contract in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	60570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Government does not collect information on terminated and re-instated employment contracts. Employment contracts and contractual changes are a matter for the individual and the employer to agree, but they must comply with the legal framework.</p><p>Guidance on the GOV.UK website reflects the legal requirements employers must follow when asking individuals to consider contractual changes. The guidance also provides advice on recourse available if an individual feels they have been unfairly treated.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/01/2017 16:29:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

674932

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to amend his Department's policy on changing an employment contract to prevent employers firing and rehiring employees.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	60558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Government has no plans at present to change this policy.</p><p>The UK labour market allows individuals and employers to agree employment contracts and patterns of work that suit them and does not want to restrict people’s ability to choose how they work, nor impose strict unnecessary regulations on businesses.</p><p>However, Government is clear that employers must take their employment law responsibilities seriously and cannot simply opt out of their responsibilities or avoid the law.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/01/2017 16:28:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

668858

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2016 to Question 56889, what the timescale is for the text of the World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products to be laid before Parliament as a Command Paper.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	58873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Subject to Parliamentary approval of the relevant provisions in Finance Billl 2017, the text of the World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products will be laid before Parliament as a Command Paper with an Explanatory Memorandum. The current plans are to do this within 8 weeks of Royal Assent. Providing Parliament does not resolve against ratification the UK can then begin the formal ratification process.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/01/2017 16:24:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

668873

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: West Lothian
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is the Government's policy not to make any staff subject to compulsory redundancy as a result of the relocation of the HM Revenue and Customs office in West Lothian to the new regional centre by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	58688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>All staff will be offered a one-to-one meeting about a year in advance of any office move. Where staff are not able to move, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will look at redeployment options, including in other government departments. Exit packages will only be considered when it is established that moving office or redeployment is not an option. Any decision by HMRC to move to compulsory redundancies will follow the rules set out in the Cabinet Office Protocols 2008 and Civil Service Compensation Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/01/2017 16:30:30 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

669053

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Multilateral Aid: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Multilateral Development Review, what poverty measures additional to national income multilateral agencies are encouraged to use in reaching investment decisions.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	58900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK challenges all multilateral organisations that it funds to increase the amount of support they provide to the poorest countries and to fragile and conflict-affected states. As part of the Multilateral Development Review multilaterals were assessed on this and on how their aid reaches the most vulnerable in society, in keeping with the UK’s commitment to the Global Goals.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/01/2017 14:58:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day