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652646

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date	06/12/2016
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	Packaging: Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of packaging waste which will be recycled or recovered in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	56277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of packaging waste that was recycled or recovered in each year since 2010 was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recycled</p></td><td><p>60.7</p></td><td><p>60.8</p></td><td><p>61.4</p></td><td><p>64.6</p></td><td><p>59.2</p></td><td><p>59.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recovered</p></td><td><p>67.3</p></td><td><p>67.1</p></td><td><p>69.1</p></td><td><p>72.7</p></td><td><p>64.1</p></td><td><p>65.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of packaging waste that will be recycled or recovered in each of the next three years is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recycled</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>58-60</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">63-67</del> <ins class="ministerial">58-62</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recovered</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>63-65</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">58-62</del> <ins class="ministerial">63-67</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/12/2016 15:01:48 question first ministerially corrected 20/12/2016 16:59:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 25796 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

652776

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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 6 December 2016 to Question 55887, how many full-time equivalent members of staff his Department has employed to work on the design and implementation of universal credit in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	56404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Data on reports of pension scams is collected via Action Fraud. However, the government, working with the City of London Police and other partners as part of Project Bloom, is aware that many scams in the UK, and the true extent of associated losses, go un-reported. The true extent of losses may also only become apparent some time after the initial report and increases in fraud reports could be due to a number of factors, for example increased industry reporting or rising awareness amongst the public due to high profile information campaigns.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government takes the issue of pension scams very seriously, which is why, on 5 December 2016 we launched a public consultation on a package of measures aimed at tackling pension scams. This included a proposed definition of pension fraud to allow better monitoring and data collection on pension scams.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government will continue to work closely with the City of London Police and other Project Bloom partners to help local forces and other agencies raise awareness on pension scams and encourage more people to report scamming activity and losses.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The table below breaks down the location of the victim of reported pension scams collated by Action Fraud over the last two financial years.</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Location of victims of reported pension scams</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Financial year 2014/15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Financial year 2015/16 to date </strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Scotland</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">27</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Rest of the UK</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">921</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">446</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">This information is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</ins></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 12/12/2016 15:32:39 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2016 16:11:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds previous answer version 25819 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

652396

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
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	Bank Services: Non-binary People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps to encourage banks to include a non-binary gender option on their official documents.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	56057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Equality and Human Rights Commission is the regulator for the public sector equality duty set out in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. The Commission uses a range of levers to ensure local authorities and other public bodies comply with the requirements of the duty, from provision of guidance through to enforcement activity where it considers there to be a strategic benefit.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In light of the Brighton University report highlighted by the Honourable Member, the Commission will be writing to the Local Government Association (LGA) drawing its attention to the findings of the research and of the Commission’s evidence of the key equality challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and asking the LGA to remind local authorities of their legal obligations under the public sector equality duty.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We encourage all service providers, including financial services, to provide a welcoming environment for all customers, including transgender and non-binary customers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To support this aim, we published ‘Providing services for transgender customers: a guide’ in November 2015 to help service providers ensure transgender people are welcomed, included and valued as customers, clients, users or members, and to ensure they are treated fairly and appropriately. It also aims to help service providers comply with the law.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We welcome the fact that some banks, such as the Metro Bank, allow customers to select non-binary as a gender option.</ins></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 08/12/2016 09:25:50 question first ministerially corrected 13/12/2016 13:16:34 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 25173 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

638399

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Freezing of Assets: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has subjected (a) Dimitry Klyuev, (b) Pavel Karpov or (c) Andrey Pavlov to an (i) asset freeze or (ii) asset recovery in the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	53636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office is responsible for the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. The powers in the Proceeds of Crime Act may be exercised by law enforcement agencies such as the NCA, SFO, constables and HMRC. <ins class="ministerial">It is Home Office policy not to comment on individual cases. </ins></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 21/12/2016 12:29:16 question first ministerially corrected 21/12/2016 16:12:02 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 28177 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

637836

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is monitoring content that is publicly available on social networking sites using overt monitoring techniques.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	53222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">No.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"></ins><ins class="ministerial">In respect of media management and campaign communications, the DCMS communications team monitor relevant publicly available social media content to evaluate the effectiveness of government campaigns. DCMS follows Government Communications Service (GCS) Standards using the GCS Evaluation Framework https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/evaluation/tools-and-resources/</ins></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 24/11/2016 11:19:00 question first ministerially corrected 15/12/2016 12:44:07 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 22391 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

638043

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Exports: Swindon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the value of exports emanating from Swindon was in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	53280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Data relating to the geographical area including Swindon are published as per below:</p><p> </p><p>a) <strong>Swindon Growth Hub</strong> - These figures cover trade in goods only for 2015. The Swindon Growth Hub is defined as an area that incorporates all of SN and BA postcodes – see attached spreadsheet, taken from the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/FreedomofInformation.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/FreedomofInformation.aspx</a></p><p>Source: HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>b) <strong>HMRC Regional Trade Statistics database</strong> – These figures cover trade in goods only since 1996. Data are available for the Government Region South West and all other Government Regions:</p><p><a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/RTS/Pages/default.aspx</a></p><p>Source: HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>c) <strong>ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports</strong> – These are experimental statistics covering trade in services during 2011-2014. These data are on a different basis than the HMRC data in (a) and (b) above. Data are available for the Government Region South West and all other Government Regions – see attached spreadsheet, taken from the link below:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2014/relateddata" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/internationaltrade/articles/estimatingthevalueofserviceexportsabroadfromdifferentpartsoftheuk/2011to2014/relateddata</a></p><p>Source: Office for National Statistics</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier attachment 1 file name 31006 - Copy of HMRC Swindon Growth Hub.xlsx title Swindon Growth Hub 2 file name 31006 - Copy of ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports.xls title ONS Regionalised Estimates of UK Services Exports question first answered 21/11/2016 17:53:24 question first ministerially corrected 22/11/2016 15:41:15 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier previous answer version 21671 answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

631887

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Community Hospitals: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community hospital beds are currently available in Dorset; and for which locations are there plans to increase the number of community beds available to patients in South East Dorset.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	52427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>NHS England advises that there are currently<ins class="ministerial">347</ins> <del class="ministerial">357 </del> community hospital beds in Dorset. Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group is proposing under its current Clinical Services Review to provide an additional 69 community beds, increasing numbers in the east of the county and reducing numbers in the west. The proposals are based on projected local demand and any changes will be subject to full public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 14/11/2016 15:58:22 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2016 16:11:22 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat previous answer version 20240 answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

631060

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	BBC Monitoring
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on national security of the (a) proposed reductions in the (i) staff and (ii) budget of BBC Monitoring and (b) the closure of Caversham Park.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	52146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The Core Services from BBC Monitoring will be defined and set down in the new Monitoring Agreement that will run from 2017 to <ins class="ministerial">2028. </ins><del class="ministerial">2018.</del> This agreement will be an improvement on the existing [2013-2016] scheme, as it will be better focussed, reflect changes in the nature of open source information and have improved performance monitoring and strategic prioritisation mechanisms to ensure BBCM outputs remain topical, reflective of new media and focused on customer needs. We are confident that the changes to the services which will result from this new agreement will benefit the national security community.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/11/2016 16:28:48 question first ministerially corrected 18/11/2016 13:16:10 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan previous answer version 20753 answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

631257

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
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 he has made of the number of foreign children adopted by UK parents who are not eligible for disability living allowance because of the past presence rule.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	52007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I am replying to this question as assessments of the effect of the benefit cap are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Evaluation evidence in relation to the existing cap showed very little, if any, impact on homelessness as a direct result of the cap. The small numbers of capped households who have been evicted were noted by Local Authorities as having other reasons for rent arrears and also failing to engage with relevant services; they were considered intentionally homeless.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Where claimants need further financial support with their housing costs in order to adjust to the benefit cap, for example while they find work or move to more suitable accommodation, Local Authorities can provide additional support through the use of Discretionary Housing Payments.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">To help Local Authorities protect the most vulnerable and to support households adjusting to the reforms, the Government will provide £870 million funding for the Discretionary Housing Payments scheme over the next 5 years.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><ins class="ministerial"><p>The information is not held.</p></ins><p> </p></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/11/2016 15:05:14 question first ministerially corrected 16/11/2016 15:41:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt previous answer version 20545 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

629007

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
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: South Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will pursue a free trade deal between the UK and South Africa after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is currently reviewing its trade policy as the UK prepares to leave the EU. This offers us an opportunity to forge a new role for ourselves in the world: to negotiate and design, in time, our own trade arrangements with <del class="ministerial">African</del> countries<ins class="ministerial"> like South Africa</ins>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/11/2016 17:54:40 question first ministerially corrected 15/11/2016 11:56:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 20424 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps