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1125532

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
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	Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of children in workless households.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	910855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>There are an estimated 1.2 million children living in workless households in the UK, down 67,000 on the year and down 665,000 since 2010. There are now a third less children living in workless households than in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 13/05/2019 14:55:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1125239

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timescale is for the bidding process for the Type 31e frigates.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	251904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>It remains our intention to award a single Design and Build contract for five Type 31e Frigates by the end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/05/2019 15:03:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1125263

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bramley Station: CCTV
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make representations to Northern Rail to install CCTV equipment at Bramley Station in Leeds in response to reports of increased criminal activity around that station.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	252020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>There is a CCTV camera already installed at Bramley station which now covers the cycle storage, the approach and the car park.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/05/2019 13:31:15 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1125268

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2019 to Question 241023 on Defence: Procurement, if his Department will identify UK domestic manufacturers of specialised military cabling that meet the standards required.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	252024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Most of our cabling requirements are likely to be sourced by our prime contractors and there is therefore no need for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to hold a list of potential suppliers. When a requirement for cabling is identified the MOD will procure, wherever possible, through open competition, assessing the tenders to ensure they meet the standards required before awarding any contract.</p><p>We remain satisfied that our supplier base can continue to manufacture the cables needed for our current defence programmes.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/05/2019 15:04:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1125317

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money: Retail Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of cashless shops on (a) low-income people and (b) poorer communities.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	251912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury has not made a specific assessment of the effect of cashless shops on (a) low-income people and (b) poorer communities.</p><p> </p><p>However, last year the Government initiated a discussion on payment methods through a Call for Evidence on Cash and Digital Payments in the New Economy. This sought to gather evidence on how changing preferences for cash and digital payments impact on different sectors, regions and demographics. A wide range of evidence was collected, including on the changing levels of cash usage, and a formal summary of responses was published in May 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The response set out the Government’s commitment to supporting digital payments, whilst safeguarding access to cash for those who need it. The Government is engaging, and will continue to engage, with the regulators and industry on this important topic.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/05/2019 14:29:09 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1125482

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Asset Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safeguards and mechanisms put in place by his Department and the Financial Conduct Authority between 2012 and 2018 in respect of the sale of UKAR loans to ensure that loan holders were able to transfer or get better terms from other regulated lenders instead of those companies to whom AKAR had sold their loans.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	251931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Customers have always been protected in UKAR asset sales. The government and UKAR consider the fair treatment of customers a priority for all asset sales and have always included customer protections in line with or that exceeded industry best practice for transactions of this nature.</p><p> </p><p>Bidders were required to agree to customer protections, which were non-negotiable, before the bids were assessed on price. These protections included: adherence to the Financial Conduct Authority’s principle of Treating Customers Fairly; where customers were on Standard Variable Rate mortgages, purchasers were restricted in the changes they could make to the Standard Variable Rate for 12 months; and, mortgage books that were sold had to be administered by Financial Conduct Authority regulated companies, and no changes could be made to the terms and conditions of any of the loans that had been sold.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to requiring bidders to agree to the protections outlined above, UKAR undertake due diligence on bidders, their proposed servicers and legal title holders of the loans to ensure that they have the necessary policies, procedures and governance in place to treat customers fairly.</p><p> </p><p>The details of all NRAM mortgage sales can be found on gov.uk. Both active and non-active lenders are invited to participate in UKAR sales to ensure a competitive process. In relation to the latest asset sale, UKAR’s advisors proactively invited the top 25 active lenders to participate. Notwithstanding this, UKAR have not received a bid from an active lender that covered the full portfolio of assets being sold.</p><p> </p><p>Whether to offer customers new mortgage products is a commercial decision for lenders and government does not intervene in individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>That said, the government welcomes the voluntary agreement entered into last year by UK Finance working with the FCA. Under this agreement, 59 authorised lenders representing 93 per cent of the UK’s residential mortgage market have agreed common standards to help existing borrowers on reversion rates who are up-to-date with repayments but, because of stricter affordability criteria, are currently ineligible, to move to an alternative product provided by their lender, where said lender is able to offer alternative products.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has also worked closely with the FCA on their Mortgages Market Study and their planned changes to affordability assessments. These changes remove the regulatory barriers which previously might have prevented borrowers from accessing new mortgage deals, regardless of whether they are with active or inactive lenders. HM Treasury will continue to work closely with the FCA once the changes to their rules are implemented, to monitor the impact this will have on the market.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 251932 251933 251934 question first answered 13/05/2019 14:27:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1125483

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Asset Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment (a) his Department and (b) the Financial Conduct Authority have made of the legal responsibility of TSB and other banks whose organisation or subsidiary have bought loans from UKAR to allow people who had such loans but are not their customers to transfer or switch to another mortgage loan provider.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	251932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Customers have always been protected in UKAR asset sales. The government and UKAR consider the fair treatment of customers a priority for all asset sales and have always included customer protections in line with or that exceeded industry best practice for transactions of this nature.</p><p> </p><p>Bidders were required to agree to customer protections, which were non-negotiable, before the bids were assessed on price. These protections included: adherence to the Financial Conduct Authority’s principle of Treating Customers Fairly; where customers were on Standard Variable Rate mortgages, purchasers were restricted in the changes they could make to the Standard Variable Rate for 12 months; and, mortgage books that were sold had to be administered by Financial Conduct Authority regulated companies, and no changes could be made to the terms and conditions of any of the loans that had been sold.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to requiring bidders to agree to the protections outlined above, UKAR undertake due diligence on bidders, their proposed servicers and legal title holders of the loans to ensure that they have the necessary policies, procedures and governance in place to treat customers fairly.</p><p> </p><p>The details of all NRAM mortgage sales can be found on gov.uk. Both active and non-active lenders are invited to participate in UKAR sales to ensure a competitive process. In relation to the latest asset sale, UKAR’s advisors proactively invited the top 25 active lenders to participate. Notwithstanding this, UKAR have not received a bid from an active lender that covered the full portfolio of assets being sold.</p><p> </p><p>Whether to offer customers new mortgage products is a commercial decision for lenders and government does not intervene in individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>That said, the government welcomes the voluntary agreement entered into last year by UK Finance working with the FCA. Under this agreement, 59 authorised lenders representing 93 per cent of the UK’s residential mortgage market have agreed common standards to help existing borrowers on reversion rates who are up-to-date with repayments but, because of stricter affordability criteria, are currently ineligible, to move to an alternative product provided by their lender, where said lender is able to offer alternative products.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has also worked closely with the FCA on their Mortgages Market Study and their planned changes to affordability assessments. These changes remove the regulatory barriers which previously might have prevented borrowers from accessing new mortgage deals, regardless of whether they are with active or inactive lenders. HM Treasury will continue to work closely with the FCA once the changes to their rules are implemented, to monitor the impact this will have on the market.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 251931 251933 251934 question first answered 13/05/2019 14:27:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1125484

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Asset Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2019 to Question 243349, if he will publish the details of the proportion of Northern Rock mortgage holders' loans that were sold to (a) inactive and (b) unregulated lenders between 2011 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	251933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Customers have always been protected in UKAR asset sales. The government and UKAR consider the fair treatment of customers a priority for all asset sales and have always included customer protections in line with or that exceeded industry best practice for transactions of this nature.</p><p> </p><p>Bidders were required to agree to customer protections, which were non-negotiable, before the bids were assessed on price. These protections included: adherence to the Financial Conduct Authority’s principle of Treating Customers Fairly; where customers were on Standard Variable Rate mortgages, purchasers were restricted in the changes they could make to the Standard Variable Rate for 12 months; and, mortgage books that were sold had to be administered by Financial Conduct Authority regulated companies, and no changes could be made to the terms and conditions of any of the loans that had been sold.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to requiring bidders to agree to the protections outlined above, UKAR undertake due diligence on bidders, their proposed servicers and legal title holders of the loans to ensure that they have the necessary policies, procedures and governance in place to treat customers fairly.</p><p> </p><p>The details of all NRAM mortgage sales can be found on gov.uk. Both active and non-active lenders are invited to participate in UKAR sales to ensure a competitive process. In relation to the latest asset sale, UKAR’s advisors proactively invited the top 25 active lenders to participate. Notwithstanding this, UKAR have not received a bid from an active lender that covered the full portfolio of assets being sold.</p><p> </p><p>Whether to offer customers new mortgage products is a commercial decision for lenders and government does not intervene in individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>That said, the government welcomes the voluntary agreement entered into last year by UK Finance working with the FCA. Under this agreement, 59 authorised lenders representing 93 per cent of the UK’s residential mortgage market have agreed common standards to help existing borrowers on reversion rates who are up-to-date with repayments but, because of stricter affordability criteria, are currently ineligible, to move to an alternative product provided by their lender, where said lender is able to offer alternative products.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has also worked closely with the FCA on their Mortgages Market Study and their planned changes to affordability assessments. These changes remove the regulatory barriers which previously might have prevented borrowers from accessing new mortgage deals, regardless of whether they are with active or inactive lenders. HM Treasury will continue to work closely with the FCA once the changes to their rules are implemented, to monitor the impact this will have on the market.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 251931 251932 251934 question first answered 13/05/2019 14:27:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1125485

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Asset Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with the Financial Conduct Authority on whether Cerberus Capital Management is a fit and proper organisation to purchase mortgage loans from UK banks and his Department via UKAR.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	251934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Customers have always been protected in UKAR asset sales. The government and UKAR consider the fair treatment of customers a priority for all asset sales and have always included customer protections in line with or that exceeded industry best practice for transactions of this nature.</p><p> </p><p>Bidders were required to agree to customer protections, which were non-negotiable, before the bids were assessed on price. These protections included: adherence to the Financial Conduct Authority’s principle of Treating Customers Fairly; where customers were on Standard Variable Rate mortgages, purchasers were restricted in the changes they could make to the Standard Variable Rate for 12 months; and, mortgage books that were sold had to be administered by Financial Conduct Authority regulated companies, and no changes could be made to the terms and conditions of any of the loans that had been sold.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to requiring bidders to agree to the protections outlined above, UKAR undertake due diligence on bidders, their proposed servicers and legal title holders of the loans to ensure that they have the necessary policies, procedures and governance in place to treat customers fairly.</p><p> </p><p>The details of all NRAM mortgage sales can be found on gov.uk. Both active and non-active lenders are invited to participate in UKAR sales to ensure a competitive process. In relation to the latest asset sale, UKAR’s advisors proactively invited the top 25 active lenders to participate. Notwithstanding this, UKAR have not received a bid from an active lender that covered the full portfolio of assets being sold.</p><p> </p><p>Whether to offer customers new mortgage products is a commercial decision for lenders and government does not intervene in individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>That said, the government welcomes the voluntary agreement entered into last year by UK Finance working with the FCA. Under this agreement, 59 authorised lenders representing 93 per cent of the UK’s residential mortgage market have agreed common standards to help existing borrowers on reversion rates who are up-to-date with repayments but, because of stricter affordability criteria, are currently ineligible, to move to an alternative product provided by their lender, where said lender is able to offer alternative products.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has also worked closely with the FCA on their Mortgages Market Study and their planned changes to affordability assessments. These changes remove the regulatory barriers which previously might have prevented borrowers from accessing new mortgage deals, regardless of whether they are with active or inactive lenders. HM Treasury will continue to work closely with the FCA once the changes to their rules are implemented, to monitor the impact this will have on the market.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 251931 251932 251933 question first answered 13/05/2019 14:27:35 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1124856

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Torture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish a judge-led inquiry into allegations of UK involvement in torture overseas.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL15531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Further to the Prime Minister’s Written Statement of 22 November 2018 (HCWS1100), the Government continues to give serious consideration to the examination of detainee issues and whether any more lessons can be learned and, if so, how. This includes the question of whether or not there should be a further judge-led inquiry.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 13/05/2019 14:28:30 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham