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1050159

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department plans to take to directly contact elderly citizens to inform them that they must make online Biometric applications for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	213250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is putting in place measures to ensure that the EU Settlement Scheme is streamlined, user-friendly and accessible to all prospective applicants. That is why we are working in partnership with vulnerable group representatives, local authorities and other experts to make sure we reach everyone.</p><p>Since November 2017, we have held monthly meetings with representatives of EU citizens on the design and development of the scheme and communications plans. We have been working closely with these groups to identify the needs of potentially vulnerable applicants including the disabled, elderly and isolated. There will be a broad range of support in place; for those who need non-specialist support there is the assisted digital service for technological support, and the Settlement Resolution Centre which will be able to assist with questions relating to the application process.</p><p>When the scheme fully opens by 30 March, there will be further routes available to have identity documents checked. This includes posting passports or ID cards to the Home Office to be checked and returned, and there will be over 50 locations all over the country where applicants can have their document scanned.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to supporting vulnerable EU citizens to obtain UK immigration status and we will continue to engage with representative groups to ensure the needs of vulnerable citizens are taken into account.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 213251 213252 213254 213255 question first answered 05/02/2019 16:27:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1043743

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January to Question 208315 on universal credit, which stakeholders her Department is working with to design the managed migration process.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	210033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department is working with a diverse group of around 80 stakeholder organisations to ensure the widest possible range of insights are played into the design of the process to move existing claimants who do not have a change in circumstances onto Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is committed to engaging with these stakeholders in a respectful and professional manner and it would not reflect our agreed working relationship of partnership, reciprocation and trust for us to name those stakeholders participating without first seeking their express permission.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 28/01/2019 17:25:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1039027

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for universal credit have been made in the Welsh language.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	207167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit claims in the Welsh language is available to anyone making a new claim in Wales now that roll-out is complete.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Welsh Language Scheme also offers legacy claimants the ability to be communicated with, orally or written, via the medium of Welsh; they do not have to wait to be moved over to Universal Credit via managed migration to take advantage of Welsh language services.</p><p> </p><p>Our internal data suggests that 290 Universal Credit claimants (or 1.6% of new claims made in Wales since 5 December 2018) have declared a Welsh language preference.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed to pilot the initial approach to migration slowly and gradually, but (as set out in Written Statement <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2019-01-11&amp;answered-to=2019-01-11&amp;dept=29" target="_blank">HCWS1243</a> on 11 January 2019) this does not affect the timeline for the overall delivery of Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 207168 question first answered 17/01/2019 17:30:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1039030

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of delaying the managed migration aspect of universal credit on the ability to make a universal credit application in Welsh.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	207168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit claims in the Welsh language is available to anyone making a new claim in Wales now that roll-out is complete.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Welsh Language Scheme also offers legacy claimants the ability to be communicated with, orally or written, via the medium of Welsh; they do not have to wait to be moved over to Universal Credit via managed migration to take advantage of Welsh language services.</p><p> </p><p>Our internal data suggests that 290 Universal Credit claimants (or 1.6% of new claims made in Wales since 5 December 2018) have declared a Welsh language preference.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed to pilot the initial approach to migration slowly and gradually, but (as set out in Written Statement <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2019-01-11&amp;answered-to=2019-01-11&amp;dept=29" target="_blank">HCWS1243</a> on 11 January 2019) this does not affect the timeline for the overall delivery of Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 207167 question first answered 17/01/2019 17:30:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1019442

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
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
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 in receipt of universal credit are in receipt of the additional amount payable for limited capability for work and work-related activity.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	198228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistics on the total number of households in receipt of limited capability work entitlement – either the limited capability for work element or the limited capability for work and work related activity element. This information is available via Stat-Xplore: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/12/2018 17:58:55 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1010218

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress he has made on securing a trade agreement with the US.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	192776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom cannot sign or negotiate trade agreements whilst still a member of the European Union, which we are until 29 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July 2017 my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade launched the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group which has since met on five occasions on the following dates: 24-25 July 2017, 13-14 November 2017, 21-22 March 2018, 10-11 July 2018 and 2-7 November 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The working group’s aim is to provide commercial continuity for US and UK businesses, workers, and consumers as the UK leaves the EU and explore ways to strengthen trade and investment ties ahead of the exit. The group is also laying the groundwork to ensure that both sides are well prepared to open trade negotiations after the UK leaves the EU in 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our 14-week long public consultations on potential future trade agreements with the United States, Australia and New Zealand and on the UK’s potential accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) closed on 26 October.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery grouped question UIN 192777 192778 question first answered 22/11/2018 13:49:24 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1010219

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what his timetable is for agreeing a trade deal with the US.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	192777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom cannot sign or negotiate trade agreements whilst still a member of the European Union, which we are until 29 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July 2017 my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade launched the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group which has since met on five occasions on the following dates: 24-25 July 2017, 13-14 November 2017, 21-22 March 2018, 10-11 July 2018 and 2-7 November 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The working group’s aim is to provide commercial continuity for US and UK businesses, workers, and consumers as the UK leaves the EU and explore ways to strengthen trade and investment ties ahead of the exit. The group is also laying the groundwork to ensure that both sides are well prepared to open trade negotiations after the UK leaves the EU in 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our 14-week long public consultations on potential future trade agreements with the United States, Australia and New Zealand and on the UK’s potential accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) closed on 26 October.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery grouped question UIN 192776 192778 question first answered 22/11/2018 13:49:24 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1010220

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what dates the UK-US trade and investment working group has met.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	192778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom cannot sign or negotiate trade agreements whilst still a member of the European Union, which we are until 29 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July 2017 my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade launched the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group which has since met on five occasions on the following dates: 24-25 July 2017, 13-14 November 2017, 21-22 March 2018, 10-11 July 2018 and 2-7 November 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The working group’s aim is to provide commercial continuity for US and UK businesses, workers, and consumers as the UK leaves the EU and explore ways to strengthen trade and investment ties ahead of the exit. The group is also laying the groundwork to ensure that both sides are well prepared to open trade negotiations after the UK leaves the EU in 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our 14-week long public consultations on potential future trade agreements with the United States, Australia and New Zealand and on the UK’s potential accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) closed on 26 October.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery grouped question UIN 192776 192777 question first answered 22/11/2018 13:49:24 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1010221

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, who the members are of the UK-US trade and investment working group.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	192779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>In July 2017 my Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade and the United States Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, jointly launched the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group which has since met on five occasions.</p><p> </p><p>The Trade and Investment Working Group delegations have been led by officials from the Department for International Trade and the Office of the United States Trade Representative. They have also included representatives from a wide range of UK and US Government departments and agencies.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 22/11/2018 13:36:42 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1010386

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants receiving the housing element of universal credit are women.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	192808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We can provide an estimate based on households claiming Universal Credit by matching the Universal Credit household dataset (which contains information about the Housing Element), with the people on Universal Credit dataset (which contains information about gender). The table gives the estimated number of claimants receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit in Great Britain, August 2018. The notes should be read in conjunction with the information provided in the table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Estimated number of households in payment and receiving the Housing Element of Universal Credit, Great Britain, August 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>530,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occupied by women (single or in a couple)</p></td><td><p>365,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occupied by men (single or in a couple)</p></td><td><p>248,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Universal Credit household dataset <strong>and</strong> people on Universal Credit dataset</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>The figures are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard.</li></ol><ol start="2"><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand. Individual figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.</li><li>A count date of the second Thursday of the month is used when calculating the statistics for the people and households on Universal Credit.</li><li>Further information on the background and methodology can be accessed here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/739399/universal-credit-statistics-background-methodology.pdf</a></li></ol> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/11/2018 15:31:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams