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1141972

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how frequently the Commission receives reports from the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	912182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art produces an annual report which is published and considered by the House’s Finance Committee. The Commission does not receive routine updates. The last annual report was published on the Committee’s website in October 2018. This year’s annual report is due to be considered by the Advisory Committee in September and will be published later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 25/07/2019 10:58:01 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1141591

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	United Kingdom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to strengthen the Union.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	912066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>Strengthening and Sustaining the Union is a key priority for the UK Government. This is why we have asked Lord Dunlop to carry out a review to ensure that we are working in the most effective way possible to realise fully all the benefits of being a United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell grouped question UIN 912072 question first answered 24/07/2019 14:37:34 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1141592

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Pension Credit: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on trends in the level of claims for pension credit in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	912067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with my Rt honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Pension Credit GB caseload stands at around 1.6 million, the number of Pension Credit claims in Scotland stands at around 150,000 - an almost 10% reduction in the number of claims since May 2017.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 24/07/2019 14:33:23 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1141593

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	United Kingdom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to strengthen the Union.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	912072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>Strengthening and Sustaining the Union is a key priority for the UK Government. This is why we have asked Lord Dunlop to carry out a review to ensure that we are working in the most effective way possible to realise fully all the benefits of being a United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell grouped question UIN 912066 question first answered 24/07/2019 14:37:34 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1141139

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help councils (a) accommodate and (b) process asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	280223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office ensures that asylum seekers, who would otherwise be destitute, are provided with accommodation and a weekly cash allowance.</p><p>This includes free, furnished accommodation, and we also cover utility costs and provide individuals with a cash allowance to cover other essential living needs. The level of the allowance is reviewed each year.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/07/2019 16:03:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1141556

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Parliamentary Security Department: Uniforms
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the total cost of providing new uniforms for parliamentary security staff; and what proportion of that cost was paid by the House of Lords.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL17424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The total cost of providing over 350 new uniforms for parliamentary security staff was £150,000. The proportion of that cost paid by the House of Lords was £45,000.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 25/07/2019 11:15:26 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

1140287

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for an appeal for universal credit by a tribunal for people with a disability in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	278907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>Waiting times for appeals against decisions made about Universal Credit (UC) are published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>The specific information requested is not held: Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not record whether UC appeals have been made by people with a disability.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/07/2019 16:20:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1140795

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to extend Energy Performance Certificates to include information on the health and safety of properties.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	280240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to extend the scope of Energy Performance Certificates for buildings to include information about the health or safety of buildings.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/07/2019 16:43:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1140796

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's review of ventilation and energy-efficiency in building regulations includes indoor air quality; and whether the future homes standard will include benchmarking on indoor air quality.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	280241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>In the Government’s Clean Air Strategy 2019, we committed to consulting on changes to standards in Part F (ventilation) of the Building Regulations, as part of our 2019 consultation on the Building Regulations’ energy efficiency standards. The statutory guidance for Part F (Approved Document F) describes how buildings in urban areas should be designed to reduce the intake of pollutants. In this review we are using the latest evidence on indoor air quality to inform ventilation standards.</p><p>The Future Homes Standard will be implemented through an uplift to the Building Regulations, subject to consultation. We will expand on the technical detail of these proposals during the 2019 consultation.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/07/2019 16:43:57 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1140797

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Buildings and Housing: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to (a) establish a sub-committee of the Housing Taskforce to include stakeholders involved in the delivery of healthy and quality homes and (b) respond to the recommendations made in the all-party Parliamentary group for healthy homes and buildings white paper, published 24 October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	280242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to improving housing standards. Minister's have engaged with the APPG for Healthy Homes and Buildings, following the publication of their White Paper in October and have noted the Paper’s recommendations. We will continue to engage with the APPG and related stakeholders as we develop policy to build their views into policy. The Department has seen the number of private rented homes failing to meet the Decent Homes Standard fall 15 per cent since 2010 – a record low. <br> <br> We have also seen the number of social homes failing to meet the Decent Homes Standard decrease significantly. Our Department has also dedicated a chapter in The revised National Panning and Policy Framework includes a dedicated chapter on the creation of healthy and safe places. We have also launched the Social Housing Green Paper which asks if we should consider what constitutes a decent home.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/07/2019 16:39:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon