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759611

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Elections: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of an electronic system for the delivery, receipt and return of the Writ at UK parliamentary elections.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	10235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>There are no immediate plans to do so. The process for serving election Writs is set out in the Representation of the People Act 1983. However, the Government continues to work with the Law Commissions, as well as other stakeholders such as the Electoral Commission, to streamline the electoral process.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 20/09/2017 15:47:27 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

759622

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Travel Agents: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that online travel agents do not charge commission on the full VAT inclusive bill for bookings taken online.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	10272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>DCMS is not taking any steps to ensure that online travel agents do not charge commission on the full VAT inclusive bill for bookings taken online.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/09/2017 13:02:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

759623

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Travel Agents: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of online travel agents charging commission on the full VAT inclusive bill for bookings taken online on hospitality SMEs in rural and deprived areas.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	10273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>DCMS has not conducted an assessment of the effect of online travel agents charging commission on the full VAT inclusive bill for bookings taken online on hospitality SMEs in rural and deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 20/09/2017 13:04:27 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

759624

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce the results of the Government's review into business rates.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	10276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government concluded a fundamental review of business rates at Budget 2016 with a package of reductions worth almost £9bn over the next five years. As a next step the Government aims to revalue properties more frequently and to look more broadly at the way in which we address the perceived unfairness that companies that operate in bricks and mortar are effectively treated differently from companies that do not. The Government will provide an update in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/09/2017 13:57:00 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

759630

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit Cards: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on the practice of credit card lenders targeting individuals who have unaffordable levels of debt.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	10027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sector as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p>Regulation of consumer credit, including credit cards, is the responsibility of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The FCA conducted a credit card market study in November 2014 and published its final report in July 2016. Following this, it consulted in April 2017 on proposed remedies to tackle persistent debt in the credit card market. The government will continue to work with the FCA to ensure that customers are treated fairly<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 19/09/2017 10:55:58 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

759632

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mining: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has received from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme and the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme since 1994.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	10313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has received £3,356.3m from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme and £3,119m from the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme since 1994.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/09/2017 09:01:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

759633

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mining: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the additional benefits that have been awarded under surplus sharing arrangements to members of the (a) the Mineworkers Pension Scheme and (b) British Coal Staff Superannuation since 1994.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	10310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Until 2015, surpluses for each scheme were shared equally between scheme members and the Government as Guarantor. That arrangement continues for the MPS but new arrangements were agreed in 2015 for the BCSSS. How the members’ share of the surplus is used is a matter for the Trustees</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/09/2017 13:56:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

759634

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Local Government: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to tackle non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	10031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) enforce the National Minimum Wage on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). In 2016/17, HMRC identified £10.9m of underpayments, owed to 98,000 workers. The enforcement budget has been increased to £25.3m for 2017/18.</p><p>Effective communications are an integral part of our strategy for promoting compliance. Both BEIS and HMRC provide information and guidance to help employers ensure they are compliant, and we encourage Local Authorities and other agencies to use these resources and others to support employer compliance.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/09/2017 08:54:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

759637

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish Social housing sales in England 2016 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	10070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Publication dates for the Department's statistics are shown in the Statistics Release calendar, which is to be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-communities-and-local-government" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-communities-and-local-government</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 16:09:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

759639

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the long-term sustainability of temporary accommodation as a housing solution.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	10073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation means people are getting help and it ensures no family is without a roof over their head. The numbers of households in temporary accommodation remains well below the September 2004 peak.</p><p>Local authorities have a duty to ensure that any accommodation provided for a homeless household under the homelessness legislation must be suitable. In considering ‘suitability’ authorities must, by law, consider whether the accommodation is affordable for the applicant, its size, its condition, its accessibility and also its location.</p><p>In 2012, we changed the law so that councils can place families in decent and affordable private rented homes. This now means homeless households do not have to wait as long for settled accommodation, spending less time in temporary accommodation.</p><p>In addition, we have allocated £550 million until 2020 to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, as well as supporting the Homelessness Reduction Act, including: protecting £315 million of funding to local authorities and £149 million of central government funding for homelessness programmes.</p><p>We have also replaced the Department for Work and Pension’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402 million over the two years from 2017/18.</p><p>DCLG publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping, statutory homelessness, temporary accommodation and homelessness prevention and relief. These are published at national, London and local authority level . The latest statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 10074 9722 9723 9811 question first answered 18/09/2017 14:28:55 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy