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date	16/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the potential fiscal effect is of reducing the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals to (a) £2, (b) £10, (c) £20, (d) £30 and (e) £100.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	107989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Gambling regulation is a matter for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Gambling Commission. The DCMS are currently undertaking a review of the Gambling Industry, and expect to publish a consultation document shortly. As the DCMS develops policy in this area, HM Treasury will work closely with them to establish the fiscal effect.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/10/2017 15:14:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

771562

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will introduce a central database of unaccompanied children entering the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	107991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>All asylum claimants, including unaccompanied children, are recorded on the Home Office’s Case Information Database (CID) system. Information recorded on this system is used to publish a range of data about asylum claims from unaccompanied children, which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 19/10/2017 17:01:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

771623

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Universal Credit: Telephone Services
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 the Answer of February 2016 to Question 25760, what advice he gives to applicants needing to make a telephone call to discuss their Universal Credit claim but not able to afford to use his Department's helpline.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	107919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State at the Work and Pensions Select Committee on 18 October 2017, DWP plans to change the Universal Credit helpline to a freephone number over the next month.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 107750 question first answered 19/10/2017 14:07:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

769883

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	France: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to work with its French counterpart for better coordination in the joint response to unaccompanied child refugees.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	107558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK is working very closely with France and other EU Member States to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children. However, the primary responsibility for unaccompanied children in France lies with the French authorities.</p><p> </p><p>In Autumn last year, the French Government requested the support of the UK Government for its clearance of the Calais camp. As part of our comprehensive support for the camp clearance we transferred more than 750 children to the UK directly from France. We continue to work with the French authorities on ensuring the timely and efficient operation of the Dublin Regulation, and on the implementation of section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have invested tens of millions of pounds in managing the situation in Northern France and in bolstering security at the UK’s border in Calais, including a contribution of up to £36 million to maintain security of the juxta-posed controls, support the situation in Calais and to ensure that the camp remains closed in the long term.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/10/2017 12:12:26 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

760623

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK data privacy legislation of not incorporating into UK law, Article 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	105171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK has a long history of protecting the rights of its citizens, and we intend to continue<br>to protect those rights through our domestic legislation. The Data Protection Bill will set<br>high standards for protecting personal data in accordance with the GDPR. We​ ​will​<br>​continue​ ​to​ ​provide​ ​a​ ​world-class standard​ ​of​ ​data​ ​protection​ ​after we leave the European<br>Union</p><p>The removal of the Charter from UK law should not affect the substantive rights that<br>individuals already benefit from in the UK when their data are processed. The Charter is<br>not the source of rights contained within it, it was intended only to catalogue rights that<br>already existed in EU law. The Government has committed to implementing the GDPR,<br>which affords individuals judicial redress in the event of a data breach.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/10/2017 12:27:04 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms