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934639

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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	Gambling: Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the care available for families and individuals who are affected by suicides connected with gambling.
tabling member printed	Lord Chadlington
uin	HL9216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>Providing better information and support to people bereaved by suicide is a key area for action in the Cross-Government Suicide Prevention Strategy for England. Effective suicide bereavement services should be provided through local partnerships between local authorities, NHS organisations and voluntary and charitable sector providers. The NHS Choices website provides advice on accessing support for people who have been bereaved.</p><p> </p><p>The charity GambleAware, which funds research, education and treatment for gambling addiction, has published a Strategic Delivery Plan for 2018-2020. This includes plans to commission specialist support for people who suffer bereavement because of the problem gambling of a family member or friend.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 12/07/2018 13:28:37 question first ministerially corrected 12/07/2018 14:29:05 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde previous answer version 69229 answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach answering member 3787
tabling member	3318 label Biography information for Lord Chadlington

931956

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the gender pay gap in the higher education sector.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	158336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Higher Education Statistics Agency publishes information on staff salaries in the higher education sector. The most recent publication can be found at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/staff-2016-17" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/staff-2016-17</a>. The government has made no estimate regarding the difference in earnings between the highest and lowest paid employees in the sector.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Higher education providers are autonomous and it is for them to set pay levels for their staff. Universities receive significant amounts of public funding, so it is only right that their senior staff pay arrangements command public confidence and deliver value for money for both students and taxpayers.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The government consulted on behalf of the Office for Students (OfS) on making arrangements for the publication of data on senior staff remuneration.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">From 2018 the OfS will require registered providers to disclose the relationship between the remuneration of the head of the provider and that of all other employees, expressed as a pay multiple. It will also require providers to publish the number of their staff paid more than £100,000 per annum, the total remuneration package of the head of the provider, and a justification for this remuneration package.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The transparency created through reporting, is crucial to accelerating progress to close the gender pay gap. The data on the gender pay gap in the higher education sector can be found at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/annualsurveyofhoursandearningsashegenderpaygaptables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/annualsurveyofhoursandearningsashegenderpaygaptables</a>.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">From 2018, the OfS will require registered providers to disclose the relationship between the remuneration of the head of the provider and that of all other employees, expressed as a pay multiple. It will also require providers to publish the number of their staff paid more than £100,000 per annum, the total remuneration package of the head of the provider, and a justification for this remuneration package.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Higher Education Funding Council for England, which preceded the OfS, commissioned a project that aims to equalise the gender balance and ethnic diversity of higher education governing bodies. This work will include establishing an online exchange to recruit board members.</ins></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 68149 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah 68170 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/07/2018 14:01:27 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2018 14:16:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

931197

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Water: South West
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 steps he is taking to decrease water wastage in the South West.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	157198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The 25 Year Environment Plan sets out our ambitions for reducing leakage. This includes supporting Ofwat’s challenge to the industry to reduce leakage by 15% by 2025.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Ofwat monitors progress against leakage targets and will take action if water companies do not meet them. For example, following an Ofwat investigation into Thames Water’s leakage performance, Thames Water agreed to pay £65 million back to customers as part of an overall package of payments and penalties worth £120 million.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">We expect water companies to set ambitious leakage reduction targets and make sure they meet these targets. Water companies are currently setting out their targets for leakage reduction in their long term water resources management plans.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The 25 Year Environment Plan sets out our ambitions for reducing leakage. This includes supporting Ofwat’s challenge to the industry to reduce leakage by 15% by 2025. </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2016/17, South West Water’s leakage rate was 102 litres per property per day, Bristol Water’s rate was 87 litres per property per day and Wessex Water was 112 litres per property per day. This compares with a national figure of 121 litres per property per day. </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">All water companies are currently setting out their targets for leakage reduction in their long term water resources management plans. </ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 03/07/2018 16:17:54 question first ministerially corrected 03/07/2018 16:46:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 67335 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

926926

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government’s plans to move Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers onto the Alpha Pensions Scheme from April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	155365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has carried out extensive reforms of public service pension schemes to ensure that they are fair and sustainable, including the introduction of new pension schemes for the main public sector workforces in 2015. As part of these reforms the Government plans to move Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers into the Alpha Pension Scheme in due course. <ins class="ministerial">Officials are continuing to engage on this issue. </ins></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 27/06/2018 15:33:05 question first ministerially corrected 28/06/2018 10:56:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 66146 answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

926993

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Official Engagements: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in how many Northern Ireland parliamentary constituencies she has had engagements since her appointment to that office.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	155239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has had engagements in twelve of the <del class="ministerial">sixteen</del> <ins class="ministerial">eighteen</ins> parliamentary constituencies since her appointment.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 26/06/2018 11:36:19 question first ministerially corrected 27/06/2018 11:03:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 65684 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

924114

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
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	Democratic Republic of Congo: Diplomatic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British citizens have received consular assistance from HM Government following detention in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	153716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010, 39 British nationals have received consular assistance from the Government due to arrest and/or detention in the Democratic Republic of Congo. <ins class="ministerial">This figure also includes arrests and/or detentions from the Repulic of Congo which is covered from our Embassy in Kinshasa.</ins></p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 19/06/2018 15:17:28 question first ministerially corrected 05/07/2018 11:26:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 64390 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

923151

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Absent Parents: Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of suicides since 2000 of separated fathers compared to those of separated mothers.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>​The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply<del class="ministerial">.</del> <ins class="ministerial">and I will place the response in the Library of both houses.</ins></p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Letter from John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, to The Lord Pearson of Rannoch, dated 15 June 2018.</strong></em></p><p>Dear Lord Pearson,</p><p> </p><p>As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking about the number of suicides since 2000 of separated fathers compared to those of separated mothers <strong>(HL8615)</strong>.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes suicide rates for the UK, constituent countries, regions and local authorities in England and Wales in an annual bulletin[1].</p><p>The information we hold on deaths is limited to what is recorded on the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death by a doctor, provided to the registrar by the informant at the time of death registration, or recorded by a coroner following their inquest into the cause and circumstances of the death. We can provide the number of suicides per year by legal marital status, but we have no available information on whether the deceased was (a) separated at the time of death, that is, living apart from their partner; or (b) was a father or mother.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 attached provides the numbers and crude rates per 100,00 persons of deaths due to suicide, by sex, for each year between 2000 and 2016 in England and Wales. The rates are broken down by marital status recorded at death. A copy has been placed in the House of Lords Library.</p><p> </p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p> </p><p><strong>John Pullinger </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2016registrations" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/suicidesintheunitedkingdom/2016registrations</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 20/06/2018 15:35:32 question first ministerially corrected 22/06/2018 13:43:52 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham previous answer version 64664 answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

923153

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many deaths since 2000 have been linked to Child Support Agency cases or cases managed by the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL8617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted your question to refer to the death, for any reason, of receiving or paying parent who is named on a case managed by the Child Support Agency (CSA) or the Child Maintenance Service (CMS).</p><p> </p><p>Data is only available for the 2003 CSA scheme, and for the CMS since December 2015. <del class="ministerial">IIt</del> <ins class="ministerial">It </ins>is standard practice for the Department to be informed of a death and for this to be recorded on departmental systems. It is only possible to identify a death of a case participant where the Department has a National Insurance number for the parent involved and has been informed of the death. Where the Department is informed of a death only the date is recorded as standard practice and as such any link beyond involvement in a case cannot be established.</p><p> </p><p>For 2003 scheme cases managed by the CSA there were 71,200 deaths informed to DWP between 2003 and 31st December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>For cases managed by the CMS there were 3,500 deaths informed to DWP between 1st December 2015 and 31st December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest one hundred.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/06/2018 13:44:36 question first ministerially corrected 17/07/2018 15:04:25 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe previous answer version 65349 answering member printed Baroness Buscombe answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

923472

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reintroduce a seasonal agricultural workers scheme.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	153333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is determined to get the best deal for the UK in our negotiations to leave the EU, including for our world-leading food and farming industry. We have asked the Migration Advisory Committee for advice on the UK’s reliance on EU labour and they will help us shape immigration policy going forward.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The EU Settlement Scheme will be a simple and streamlined application process, drawing on existing government data and processes to minimise the administrative burden on applicants. We are building an application process which is fit for purpose, and we are engaging with stakeholders who represent EU citizens in the UK to discuss and understand their needs.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We will be providing further detail on the scheme in due course.</del></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/06/2018 14:35:41 question first ministerially corrected 21/06/2018 14:54:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 64969 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

919202

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, the total number of trains (a) cancelled and (b) delayed for each franchise in each month since January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	151210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The attached document provides information on the total number of trains (a) cancelled and (b) delayed for each franchise in each month since January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson attachment 1 file name 151210 - Cancelled.pdf title Cancelled 2 file name 151210 - Stevens - Late.pdf title Late question first answered 12/06/2018 15:45:55 question first ministerially corrected 18/06/2018 09:26:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 62988 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens