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882180

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Nuclear Power: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2018 to Question 132826 on Nuclear Power: Consultants, if he will set out (a) the title of each report that he plans to publish and the timetable for doing so and (b) the title of each report that he does not plan to publish and in each case the reasons why.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	135294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The information sought by the hon. Member will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/04/2018 16:31:11 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

882190

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Cuadrilla Resources: Lancashire
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 his Written Ministerial Statement of 25 January 2018 on energy policy, HCWS428, if he will ask the Infrastructure and Projects Authority to assess the financial resilience of Cuadrilla Resources Ltd, including its ability to fund decommissioning costs, as part of the Government's consideration of that company's application for consent to fracture its first horizontal well at Preston New Road, Lancashire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	135261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>As a matter of policy, and as set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 January 2018, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will seek an independent assessment of a company’s financial resilience before Hydraulic Fracture Consent is granted. If or when an application for Hydraulic Fracture Consent is received from Cuadrilla, the Secretary of State will ask for an assessment of the company’s financial resilience.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/04/2018 15:29:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

882251

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 27 March 2018 and 3 April 2018 to Questions 133873 and 133719, whether any (a) Ministers, (b) officials, (c) special advisers and (d) others representing his Department have been in contact with (i) Cambridge Analytica, (ii) SCL Group and (iii) Strategic Communication Laboratories by (A) telephone, (B) email, (C) letter and (D) other form of communication on the statement on the Cambridge Analytica website that its methodology has been approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	135361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) publishes details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations on gov.uk at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations-in-the-ministry-of-defence</p><p>These records show that there have been no meetings between MOD Ministers and Cambridge Analytica, SCL Group or Strategic Communications Laboratories.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 23/04/2018 16:13:56 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

882478

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Gender Recognition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will provide a timeframe for the publication of the consultation on reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	135540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on reforming the Gender Recognition Act 2004 will be published in due course, which will then run for at least 12 weeks. We are currently considering the content of the consultation. <br> <br> We have been using the time to analyse the responses of trans people to National LGBT survey, who shared their experiences of and views on applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate under the Gender Recognition Act. We will publish the results of this survey shortly.</p><p>Our engagement with a range of people and organisation ahead of the consultation launch has been very valuable too. The Government recognises that there are a wide range of views on how we might reform the Act, and we have taken the time to listen to transgender, LGBT, women’s rights and faith groups.</p><p>We will continue to engage with stakeholders before, during, and after the consultation, as well as across Whitehall to ensure we fully understand what impact there could be from any reform to the Gender Recognition Act.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/04/2018 16:01:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

882484

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on (a) how many occasions and (b) which class of train there have been reports of camera failure since the introduction of driver only operation services on Southern train services.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	135546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested as the operator is not obligated to provide it to the Department. Please note that Driver Only Operation has been used safely on what we now call the Southern network since the 1980s, when it was introduced by British Rail.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 23/04/2018 14:57:30 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

874733

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2018 to Question 133714, on Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre, how many (a) local constituency MPs and (b) non-constituency MPs have (i) applied for and (ii) been granted permission to visit Yarl’s Wood since 1 November 2016; and how many applications in each category remain under consideration.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	135034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>All requests for visits to immigration removal centres (IRC) by Honourable Members require the agreement of the Minister for Immigration, with local constituency MPs generally given priority over non-constituency MPs.</p><p> </p><p>Since 1 November 2016 four Honourable Members (1 constituency and 3 non constituency) have made requests and received Ministerial approval to visit Yarl’s Wood IRC. One request, from the Honourable Member for Brighton, Pavilion, is still under consideration<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:46:32 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

874771

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidences there were of station skipping on Southern Rail services in the last 18 months.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	135072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not keep information on the details of number of ‘station skipping’ incidents on the Southern network.</p><p> </p><p>Omitting scheduled station stops (‘station skipping’) is used as part of a strategy known as ‘service recovery’, the intention being to restore the service to timetable as quickly as possible following a problem. Services which miss stations en route are counted as punctuality failures in the published statistics.</p><p> </p><p>We expect the operator to make the correct operational decisions which balances the needs of passengers who are inconvenienced by taking stops out of service against the wider advantages to passengers to get services back on schedule as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/04/2018 15:28:49 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

873588

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Internally Displaced People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking directly through local organisations based in Syria to support civilians evacuating from Eastern Ghouta to Idlib; and what funding her Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make available to those organisations.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	134702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>To date we have committed £897 million to support people in Syria, including in Eastern Ghouta. DFID’s funding in Syria is allocated flexibly in order to allow our humanitarian partners to respond to emerging spikes in need.</p><p> </p><p>We do not allocate funding directly to Syrian NGOs, but many of our partners work with such groups on the ground.</p><p> </p><p>DFID-funded partners are supporting people displaced from Eastern Ghouta in both Rural Damascus and Idlib. This includes the provision of food, shelter and basic hygiene products.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/04/2018 14:38:50 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

873739

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to introduce the new route to Indefinite Leave for Remain (IDR) for self-employed Turkish business people in the UK under the European Community Association Agreement with Turkey (Ankara Agreement) Business Persons visa category; what principles her Department will apply in designing the new route to ILR; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the new route complies with the UK’s obligations under the Ankara Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	134853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>A new settlement route for Turkish business persons will be introduced in the latter half of 2018. While the requirements of such a category are to be determined, this will be a charged route in line with others who are seeking to settle in the UK. We will announce the requirements in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Case law of the Upper Tribunal has confirmed that there is no settlement route for Turkish business persons under the Ankara Agreement. The Home Office continues to comply with the Agreement in terms of assessing entry clearance to the UK and leave to remain for those Turkish nationals who wish to establish a business here.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 10:37:49 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

872682

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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	Support for Mortgage Interest: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of changing Support for Mortgage Interest payments to a loan for people participating in the Home Ownership for people with Long Term Disabilities (HOLD) scheme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	134496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2018 answer text <p>SMI loans offer the same level of protection against repossession as SMI benefit does now and will enable claimants on the HOLD scheme to continue living in their home. For participants in the HOLD scheme, any charges placed to secure the SMI loan will only be placed on the claimant’s share of the equity in the property. Help with a shared owner’s rental liability will continue to be available as now through Housing Benefit or Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/04/2018 14:45:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas