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1017273

registered interest
date	07/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to give due consideration to the Public Sector Equality Duty in his response to the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, which closed on 15 June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	197400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the Ministry of Justice, and the Home Office carried out a joint consultation on the effectiveness of powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments.</p><p>All government departments have an ongoing responsibility to meet the Public Sector Equalities Duty (PSED) under the Equality Act 2010. As such, when formulating any policy changes following the consultation, ministers must have due regard to the three limbs of the PSED: (1) eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Act, (2) advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and those who do not, and (3) foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/12/2018 15:10:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

917390

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Refuges: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many refuges in the UK are available for a woman with no recourse to public funds; and what the locations are of those refuges.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	150104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold centrally the number and location of refuges which are available to women with no recourse to public funds in the UK.</p><p>The provision of refuge is a devolved matter. We are carrying out a comprehensive review of how domestic abuse services are delivered locally across England. To inform our review we have commissioned an audit - being run by Ipsos MORI – which will give us a complete picture of domestic abuse provision across England, including services for victims with no recourse to public funds. This will enable us to assess what impact services are having and to identify any gaps in provision. Thereafter we will make decisions on the future arrangements for domestic abuse services.</p><p>Of the projects funded through the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government 2016-18 £20 million fund for domestic abuse services, 14 committed to use funding they received to support victims of domestic abuse with no recourse to public funds. We also fund the ‘No Women Turned Away Project’ managed by Women’s Aid, which provides support to victims of domestic abuse, including those with no recourse to public funds, who may have been turned away from a refuge.</p><p>Government has consulted on what more can be done to protect domestic abuse victims with no recourse to public funds through the Domestic Abuse Bill, which closed on 31 May. We are currently analysing the 3,200 plus responses received and will carefully consider what future courses of action are necessary.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 11/06/2018 16:18:16 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

838518

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture of his Department’s Corporate Report, Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, published on 14 December 2017, what plans the Government has for tackling household food insecurity in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	127338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of household income spent on food by the poorest 20% of households has remained constant at around 16% since 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to providing a strong safety net to those who need it through a well established system of hardship payments and benefit advances.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a high degree of food security as shown by the 2010 UK Food Security Assessment which analysed the different national and global factors impacting on UK food supply. We have recently commenced a review of the assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/02/2018 13:55:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

781481

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the commitment in the White Paper entitled, the United Kingdom's exit from. and new partnership with, the European Union to fully fund all European structural and investment funds projects signed, or with funding agreements that were in place before the Autumn Statement 2016, what estimate he has made of the value of contracts supported by European structural and investment funds for the financial year ending March (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	110674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Individual European Structural and Investment (ESI) Fund managing authorities (DCLG, DWP and Defra for programmes in England, the Devolved Administrations in the rest of the United Kingdom and HM Government of Gibraltar) have responsibility for signing contracts under ESI Fund programmes. These contracts are signed by managing authorities as part of operational programmes agreed with the European Commission.</p><p>EU Structural and Investment projects that were signed before Autumn Statement 2016 will be guaranteed by the Government after the UK leaves the EU. In addition, those signed in the period after Autumn Statement 2016, but before we leave the EU will also be guaranteed by the Government after the UK leaves, where they provide strong value for money and are in line with domestic strategic priorities.</p><p>To date, managing authorities in England have signed contracts in place for the following ESI Fund programmes:</p><ul><li><p>European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) – England: £1,220m as of September 2017.</p></li><li><p>European Social Fund (ESF) – England: £1,326m as of September 2017.</p></li><li><p>European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) – England: £2,510m as of June 2017.</p></li><li><p>European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) (UK wide): £100.8m as of September 2017.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>Many of these contracts will continue into the 2018, 2019 and 2020 financial years.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/11/2017 16:16:29 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

522474

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Homelessness: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been taken into local authority care in each of the last three years as a result of a decision by a local authority that their parents have made themselves intentionally homeless by accruing rent arrears.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	38961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 13/06/2016 16:24:30 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

417338

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many women who were (a) dismissed, (b) made compulsorily redundant and (c) treated in a way that made them leave their job issued an employment tribunal claim in 2014-15; and what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of such claims.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	9219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The data provided in this PQ are taken from a live management information system and can change over time. They are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics. Data provided has been extracted specifically to answer this question and has not been cross referenced with case files.</p><p> </p><p>22,562 women had claims accepted in the Employment Tribunals in 14/15. It is not possible to identify how many women within this number were made compulsory redundant, dismissed or were treated in a way that made them leave their job.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to encouraging people to resolve their disputes at the earliest point. Employment tribunals should be the last resort where earlier attempts to resolve workplace disputes have failed.</p><p> </p><p>Early Conciliation was launched in April 2014 and places a requirement on anyone involved in a workplace dispute who is considering an Employment Tribunal claim to contact Acas first. This gives Acas the chance to encourage the parties to resolve their differences through conciliation without the need for an Employment Tribunal claim to be made.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/09/2015 14:18:03 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

385020

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Toxic Shock Syndrome
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with tampon manufacturers on warnings about toxic shock syndrome appearing on product packaging; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	3832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>In common with other consumer products, the safety of tampons is covered under the General Product Safety Directive. EU-based tampon manufacturers have also agreed an industry code of practice which sets a standard for the information and warnings about toxic shock syndrome that should appear on product packaging.</p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent discussions between the Department and tampon manufacturers on this topic.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 01/07/2015 15:44:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green