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944696

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding his Department spends from the proceeds of crime to support people affected by drug related harm.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	166219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2018 answer text <p>Assets recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) are distributed to operational agencies under the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme (ARIS). Broadly, 50% of recovered assets are returned to operational agencies in England and Wales - including police, CPS and HM Courts Service – with the expectation that they will be reinvested in asset recovery or community projects. The Home Office share of recovered assets is a core part of its settlement under the Comprehensive Spending Review. It contributes to core expenditure programmes such as policing and the NCA.</p><p>From 2011 to 2016, £307m of ARIS monies returned to operational partners was used to fund further asset recovery work, crime reduction and community projects.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to publishing an annual report on asset recovery statistics, including the use of ARIS funds. The first of these was published in September 2017 and the second will be published in September 2018. This report does not include detailed information on specific projects.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/07/2018 13:37:53 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

946757

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	East Cheshire NHS Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what amount of revenue funding allocated to the East Cheshire NHS Trust for 2017-2018 under the Cheshire and Merseyside sustainability and transformation partnership process has been paid.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	167138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>National Health Service providers (NHS trusts and foundation trusts) fund their spending via income received from NHS commissioners in return for the provision of healthcare services to their local population. They do not receive funding allocations via their sustainability and transformation partnership. They do receive payments from the Sustainability and Transformation Fund, which rewards NHS providers for achieving their own individual finance and performance targets. In 2017-18, East Cheshire NHS Trust received total payments of £6.9 million from this fund.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 04/09/2018 13:17:33 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946759

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will revise upwards the level of compensation paid to people who experienced financial loses as a result of the mismanagement of Equitable Life.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Jared O'Mara
uin	167397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Around £1.5bn tax free has already been allocated to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme, which closed to new claims in 2015. There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme or to allocate further funds to it.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/09/2018 12:55:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4661 label Biography information for Jared O'Mara

946765

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	BBC: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is taking steps in relation to (a) the BBC and (b) the employees of the BBC who previously used (i) personal service companies and (ii) other remuneration schemes and as a result are now liable for increased tax bills; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	167220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs do not comment on identifiable cases because of their duty to maintain taxpayer confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>The off-payroll working rules (often known as IR35) ensure that individuals who work like employees pay broadly the same income tax and National Insurance contributions (NICs) as other employees, regardless of whether they work through a personal service company. These rules have been in place for nearly 20 years but non-compliance was widespread.</p><p> </p><p>In Finance Act 2017 the Government reformed the rules in the public sector. The reform introduced no new tax liability but moved responsibility for operating the rules to public authority engagers, including the BBC. Initial evidence suggests that the reform has been successful and more people are paying the right tax.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/09/2018 13:07:57 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

946766

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Batteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the average decline in battery efficiency in each year of a passenger vehicle's life.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	167120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made an estimate of the average decline in battery efficiency in each year of a passenger vehicle’s life. The Faraday Institute is the independent research vehicle for the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund’s £246m Faraday Battery Challenge. Improving our understanding of the performance of lithium ion batteries over time in electrified vehicles is an important part of the Faraday Institute’s role. That is why of the Institute’s four ‘Fast Start’ projects, with up to £42 million in funding, two will look at improving our understanding of batteries: extending battery life and battery systems modelling.</p><p> </p><p>In order for a car to be eligible to receive the Government’s Plug-in Car Grant of up to £4,500 off the cost of a new vehicle, the manufacturer must provide a minimum five year warranty on the battery and electric drive train, and extra evidence of battery performance to show reasonable performance after three years of use.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/09/2018 11:06:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

946767

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of government funding for the 30-hours free childcare policy.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	167228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>By 2019-20, we will be spending around £6 billion on childcare support – a record amount. This includes around £1 billion extra a year to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and fund the increase in hourly rates that we introduced in April 2017.</p><p>Our average funding rates are based on the department’s ‘Review of Childcare Costs’ which was described as ‘thorough and wide ranging’ by the National Audit Office. The review looked at both current and future cost pressures.</p><p>More than 340,000 children have benefitted from our 30 hours offer over its first year, and the vast majority of providers have increased the number of free hours available to parents.</p><p>We continue to monitor both the implementation of 30 hours and delivery costs. We have recently commissioned new research to provide us with further robust and detailed data of the costs of delivering childcare for under five year olds using a representative sample of early years providers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/09/2018 14:27:39 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

946768

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are eligible for 30 hours free childcare in the Salford local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	167229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The government set out in the 2015 Spending Review that we expect 390,000 children to be eligible for 30 hours free childcare. This figure is derived from national survey data taken in January and is an average across the year. Estimates at a regional and local authority level are not available due to the relatively small population that we are estimating within sub national geographies.</p><p>We publish termly experimental statistics showing the number of children in a place. The most recent publication showed that 1,535 codes were issued in Salford and 1,550 children were in a 30 hours places in the summer term. The full publication – including a local authority level breakdown - is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-summer-term-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-summer-term-2018</a>.</p><p>As we move in to the second year of delivery, we will continue to publish Management Information on the number of codes issued for 30 hours. This will be available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated</a>. The most recent publication on 9 August shows that 996 codes have already been issued in Salford for the start of the next academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 04/09/2018 10:25:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

946770

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Meat: Consumption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effect on the environment of reducing meat consumption nationally.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Defra has not carried out a recent assessment of the effect on the environment of reducing meat consumption nationally.</p><p> </p><p>Defra has previously commissioned research to assess the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of sustainable diets. This research considered a reduction of meat consumption as a variable for some scenarios alongside a number of other variables of the diet.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/09/2018 10:46:31 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

946771

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Abortion Act 1967
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provisions of the Abortion Act 1967.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>Under the Abortion Act 1967, women have early access to safe, legal, high quality abortion services. There were 194,668 abortions performed under the provisions of the Abortion Act in England and Wales in 2017, with 98% of abortions being funded by the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>Abortion is an issue on which the Government adopts a neutral stance. Proposals for legislative change are a matter for backbenchers to bring forward and decisions are made on the basis of free votes.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/09/2018 12:41:12 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

946772

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has issued guidance to consumers without mobile phones on alternatives to the one-time password code banking system; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 and the preceding 2011 Regulations, banks are required to have systems and controls in place to manage security risks, including those relating to authentication of a payment. It is a commercial matter for the banks as to how they manage these risks, including the use of one-time passcodes, or alternative systems, and their responsibility to issue guidance to customers about their use.</p><p> </p><p>UK banks’ and building societies’ treatment of their customers is governed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its Principles for Businesses. This includes a requirement for firms to provide a prompt, efficient and fair service to all of their customers, including those without mobile phones.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 10/09/2018 14:52:29 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel