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1183535

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date	09/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Prime Minister: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of staff employed by No. 10 Downing Street (a) were educated at a private school, (b) are from an ethnic minority group, (c) are women and (d) are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	26869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>Information about Cabinet Office staff is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity</a></p><p>Information on the school background of staff is not held centrally.</p><p>The proportion of Cabinet Office staff actively completing an apprenticeship programme is 1.45%</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/03/2020 09:43:36 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1183539

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Homelessness: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless deaths in the UK from members of (a) an ethnic minority group and (b) the LGBTQ population in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	26871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 16/03/2020 10:52:02 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ26871.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1183542

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Constituencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the recommendations of the 2018 Review of Parliamentary constituency boundaries.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	26872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2020-01-06/431/" target="_blank">PQ 431</a> on the 9th January 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/03/2020 09:44:11 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1183615

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Imports: Occupied Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of goods imported to the UK from the occupied Palestinian territories was in (a) 2017, (b) 2018, and (c) 2019.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	26891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) are responsible for the collection of statistics on goods imported to and exported from the United Kingdom, which are published on a monthly basis as the Overseas Trade Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The value (GB pounds sterling) of goods imported into the UK from the occupied Palestinian Territories in calendar years 2017, 2018 and 2019 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>UK Goods Imports From:</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occupied Palestinian Territories</p></td><td><p>£1,246,795</p></td><td><p>£1,713,290</p></td><td><p>£1,794,947</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HMRC – UK Overseas Trade Statistics (extracted from uktradeinfo.com).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2020 15:30:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1183617

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Imports: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) proportion of goods imported to the UK from Israel that were produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories in 2019 and (b) value of those goods.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	26892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) are responsible for the collection of statistics on goods imported to and exported from the United Kingdom, including (separately) those to and from Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. However, HMRC do not produce estimates or hold data on goods imported into the UK from Israel that were produced in Israeli settlements of the occupied Palestinian Territories.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2020 15:25:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1183618

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Israeli Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK businesses do not conduct business in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	26893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK routinely updates our guidance to British businesses on the Overseas Business Risk website. This is voluntary guidance to British businesses. Ultimately it will be the decision of an individual or company whether to operate in occupied territories.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 12/03/2020 17:27:18 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1183619

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Imports: Israeli Settlements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will make it her policy to exclude the import of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories from future trade deals; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	26894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The settlements are not covered by the EU-Israel Association Agreement, which currently governs our trade with Israel, nor by the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement, which will enter into force at the end of the Transition Period. We are committed to maintaining this position.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 12/03/2020 17:25:54 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1178379

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Imports: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he has taken to help ensure (a) UK supermarkets and (b) Oxfam shops have continued access to imported Palestinian agricultural products.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	1955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government is concerned about the impact of recent Israeli trade restrictions. UK businesses should be free to import Palestinian products without barriers. Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Israel raised this issue with the Government of Israel, most recently on 12 February. We welcome the agreement reached by the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, on 20 February, to lift their respective trade restrictions. We urge both sides to ensure the swift implementation of this agreement.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 25/02/2020 16:09:05 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1178380

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
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	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision by the Government of Israel to ban export of Palestinian agricultural products on Palestinian farmers in the West Bank.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	1956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK is concerned about the impact of recent Israeli trade restrictions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The British Government strongly supports the principle of free trade. British businesses should be free to import Palestinian products without barriers. Our Ambassador to Israel raised this issue with the Government of Israel, most recently on 12 February. We welcome the agreement reached by the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, on 20 February, to lift their respective trade restrictions. We urge both sides to ensure the swift implementation of this agreement.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 26/02/2020 15:21:18 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1177328

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Protest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recent counter-terrorism police guidance released as part of the Prevent Strategy, how many individuals were reported to the police due to their suspected involvement with a climate activist group.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	14734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on how many individuals were reported to the Police due to suspected involvement with a climate activist group. This level of data is held by the Police who are operationally independent from the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters have categorically stated they do not classify involvement with a climate activist group as extremism and stated that the inclusion of them in Counter Terrorism Police guidance was an ‘error of judgment’.</p><p> </p><p>Membership or support of climate activist groups does not mean that a person is considered a threat by the Home Office or by the police; it does not meet the government threshold for extremism as defined in the Government’s Counter-Extremism Strategy published in 2015.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/02/2020 15:52:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson