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759838

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date	12/09/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Meat: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the Welsh red meat sector of the UK leaving the European (a) single market and (b) customs union.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	10177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges and opportunities facing businesses across the UK, including in the red meat sector in Wales, and we’re committed to getting a deal that works for all parts of the UK.</p><p>We do not seek membership of the Single Market after we leave the EU, but a bold and ambitious Free Trade Agreement as part of a new, deep and special partnership. We start from a unique position with regulatory frameworks and standards that match. We want to have the greatest possible tariff- and barrier-free trade with our European neighbours, as well as to negotiate our own trade agreements around the world. We want to ensure that UK companies have the maximum freedom to trade with and operate within European markets – and to let European businesses do the same in the UK.</p><p>Last month we published <em>Future customs arrangements: a future partnership paper</em>, which sets out very clearly the Government’s objectives for a new customs arrangement with the EU, and our proposals to achieve them. As we leave the Customs Union, the Government will seek a new and ambitious customs arrangement with the EU that facilitates as frictionless trade as possible in goods between the UK and EU and allows us to forge new trade relationships with our partners in Europe and around the world.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 19/09/2017 09:13:18 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759839

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much has been paid to (a) men and (b) women who left his Department under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	10151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>No staff working at the Wales Office have left under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 18/09/2017 16:09:55 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759842

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Families: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Improving lives: helping workless families analysis and research pack, published in April 2017, what proportion of families experiencing each Children and Young People's Outcome Indicator from 2 to 9 were included in the (a) workless family, (b) working family in the bottom 40 per cent of the income distribution and (c) working family in the top 60 per cent of the income distribution category.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	10204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The publication “Improving lives: helping workless families: analysis and research pack” presents analysis on worklessness, other associated disadvantages and how they impact on children’s outcomes. The publication includes analysis of nine indicators and the most interesting and useful breakdowns.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to produce the majority of the breakdowns requested because of the different data sources, definitions and availability of data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/09/2017 13:48:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

759843

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Families: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Improving lives: helping workless families analysis and research pack, published in April 2017, for what reason workless families are compared to families with work from the bottom 40 per cent of the income distribution in that publication.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	10205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The “Improving lives: helping workless families analysis and research pack”, compares workless families to working families from the bottom 40 per cent of the income distribution, because this represents a more useful comparison than comparing to all working families.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/09/2017 13:51:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

759846

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing
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 11 September 2017 to Question 8560, what steps the Government is taking to reduce (a) the total sum of housing benefit being paid to private landlords and (b) the total sum of housing benefit being paid to private landlords providing unsafe and unsuitable accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	10250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Reform to housing benefit is a central part of this Government’s plan to create a welfare system that supports the most vulnerable and is fair to taxpayers. In order to limit HB expenditure in the private rent sector, Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates were frozen for 4 years from April 2016. This means rates are either frozen at April 2015 levels or are set at the 30th percentile of local rents if lower. In line with the ‘freeze’ to LHA rates, the LHA national caps (which no individual rate can exceed) are also frozen at April 2015 levels.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have strong and effective powers under the Housing Act 2004 to deal with poor quality and unsafe accommodation in the private rented sector, including mandatory/additional licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs), selective licensing of other privately rented properties and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) to assess the health and safety risks in all residential properties. We have further strengthened these measures through the Housing and Planning Act 2016, introducing civil penalties of up to £30,000 and Rent Repayment Orders for a wider range of offences.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/09/2017 13:28:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

759849

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Parkinson's Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with Parkinson's disease have been placed in the (a) support group and (b) work-related activity group with a prognosis statement (i) of three months, (ii) of six months, (iii) of 12 months, (iv) of 18 months, (v) of two years and (vi) in the longer term since the introduction of employment and support allowance in 2008; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	10093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 September 2017 to Question UIN 6544</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-20/6544/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-07-20/6544/</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/09/2017 13:52:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

759851

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is owed to resident parents by non-resident parents in child support arrears in (a) Hull and (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	10095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the amount of Child Support Agency arrears owed by non-resident parents to parents with care in Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire as of June 2017;</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Arrears owed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>£20,028,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>£18,737,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This can be found in the regional data tables published as part of the Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics, available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2017</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/09/2017 15:37:42 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

759858

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	Coal: Mining
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 his policy is on UK mined coal in the Government's industrial strategy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring the supply of secure, affordable and clean energy for businesses and households.</p><p>Coal production in the UK has fallen significantly from approx. 30 million tonnes in 2000 to 4.2 million tonnes in 2016<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. While there remain some markets for coal, this decline has been driven largely by the decline in coal power generation.</p><p>Our Industrial Strategy is about driving growth right across the whole country. We will create the framework to build on the particular strengths of each place and to address factors that hold places back such as the decline of an industry.</p><p>An additional £1.8 billion from the Local Growth Fund has been allocated for a new set of Growth Deals between Government and Local Enterprise Partnerships; £23bn National Productivity Investment Fund to drive productivity across the country; a new £300m Skills Fund to skill-up workers.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643414/DUKES_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643414/DUKES_2017.pdf</a> (page 39)</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/09/2017 13:10:37 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

759860

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	New Businesses and Small Businesses: Government Assistance
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 (a) grants and (b) other financial support his Department provides to (i) small and (ii) start-up businesses.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	10036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>British Business Bank Programmes are supporting almost £3.5bn of finance to over 56,000 smaller businesses, and participating in a further £5.5bn to 81 mid-cap businesses (as at December 2016).</p><p>These figures are published in this Department’s annual report<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> and in the British Business Bank’s annual report<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup>.</p><p>I am pleased to note that since 2012 in the hon. Member’s constituency of Feltham and Heston, 67 start-up loans have been drawn down to a value of £497,547.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641623/beis-annual-report-accounts-2016-17-update-2-web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641623/beis-annual-report-accounts-2016-17-update-2-web.pdf</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://annualreport2017.british-business-bank.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://annualreport2017.british-business-bank.co.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/09/2017 08:56:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

759862

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	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy for the UK to become self-sufficient in electricity production after March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is maintaining affordable, clean and secure energy supplies for businesses and households. Interconnectors deliver effectively on these aims as part of our modern industrial strategy and will continue to be an important part of our electricity supply. Our capacity market ensures security of electricity supply by providing all forms of capacity the right incentives to be on the system and to deliver energy when needed.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/09/2017 09:40:14 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies