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905524

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much funding her Department has allocated for legal proceedings in relation to the case brought in the Supreme Court on 14 May 2018 by Keidon & Steinfold on civil partnerships.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	144774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Since the start of the proceedings in 2014, the Government has spent £64,923 in legal costs as a result of this judicial review. The case is still ongoing, and so we are likely to incur further costs.</p><p>The Department has a central budget for legal costs, but does not allocate budgets to individual cases as the costs for each case varies.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/05/2018 14:11:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

905527

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the command paper, Future operation of Civil Partnerships, Cm. 9606, published in May 2018, what additional information is being sought by her Department in its latest consultation on extending civil partnerships.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	144775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The command paper, “The Future Operation of Civil Partnership: Gathering Further Information” (Cm. 9606), details four pieces of research that the Government are undertaking to assess the demand for civil partnership and help inform a decision about their future. These are to:</p><p> </p><p>(1) Assess trends in civil partnership and marriage formations amongst same-sex couples</p><p> </p><p>(2) Undertake surveys to assess demand for civil partnership and marriage amongst unmarried people in opposite-sex relationships in the UK</p><p> </p><p>(3) Undertake research into the motivations of same-sex couples who continue to choose civil partnership</p><p> </p><p>(4) Review the experience of other countries to understand the choices people actually make when faced with a choice between marriage and other forms of relationship.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The command paper also commits to a full public consultation following the completion of this research.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p />These activities will help us to put forward a specific recommendation about how civil partnership should change in the future. This differs from previous consultations, which asked people about a range of options including maintaining the status quo<p /><p /> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/05/2018 16:04:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

905537

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the command paper, Future operation of Civil Partnerships, Cm. 9606, published in May 2018, for what reasons the public consultation will not start before 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	144776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to resolving the difference in treatment between same-sex and opposite-sex couples with respect to their ability to form a civil partnership. We want to do this as quickly as possible.</p><p>The command paper, “The Future Operation of Civil Partnership: Gathering Further Information” (Cm. 9606), details four pieces of research that the Government are undertaking to assess the demand for civil partnership and help inform a decision about their future. We will use this research to understand the total impact of a change in the law, including the cost of either extending or closing civil partnership. Our intention is to complete this research prior to a full public consultation taking place, and to use it to inform the proposed way forward. We anticipate all research will be complete by September 2019, at which point we would prepare the consultation taking account of the evidence gathered.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/05/2018 16:06:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

905539

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent representations she has received on extending civil partnerships to opposite sex couples.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	144777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Rt. Hon. Penny Mordaunt MP became the Minister for Women and Equalities on 30 April 2018. The Minister discussed the issue of civil partnership with Stonewall at a recent meeting; she has not yet had any other meetings.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/05/2018 16:44:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

911194

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Civil Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the command paper, Future operation of Civil Partnerships, Cm. 9606, published in May 2018, what specifications her Department issued on the opinion polling to be conducted when appointing an organisation to undertake opinion polling on demand for extending civil partnerships; and for what reasons the Office for National Statistics was so appointed.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	147775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>This survey is intended to help us understand how many unmarried people in an opposite-sex relationship may enter into a civil partnership if the option was open to them.</p><p>Creating a new survey mechanism to ask a small number of questions would have been disproportionately time-consuming and would not have been efficient, so it was decided to use an existing polling structure.</p><p>The ONS Opinions and Lifestyle survey offered the only regular omnibus survey of the general population using a random sample, rather than drawing on pre-screened panels.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/06/2018 16:45:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

911199

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Justice Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) membership is of and (b) chairing arrangements are for the Family Justice Board.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	147778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Board is jointly chaired by myself and my counterpart at the Department for Education, the honourable member for Stratford-on-Avon. Its members are senior stakeholders from across the family justice system.</p><p>The current membership and more information about its role can be found at the link below. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/family-justice-board#membership" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/family-justice-board#membership</a></p><p>The table below contains the dates of the Family Justice Board meetings held from inception when it was independently chaired by Sir David Norgrove.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FJB1</p></td><td><p>29/03/12</p></td><td><p>FJB12</p></td><td><p>08/04/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB2</p></td><td><p>09/05/12</p></td><td><p>FJB13</p></td><td><p>12/06/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB3</p></td><td><p>08/08/12</p></td><td><p>FJB14</p></td><td><p>02/10/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB4</p></td><td><p>14/11/12</p></td><td><p>FJB15</p></td><td><p>19/12/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB5</p></td><td><p>21/01/13</p></td><td><p>FJB16</p></td><td><p>30/03/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB6</p></td><td><p>11/03/13</p></td><td><p>FJB17</p></td><td><p>07/07/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB7</p></td><td><p>30/04/13</p></td><td><p>FJB18</p></td><td><p>29/09/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB8</p></td><td><p>25/06/13</p></td><td><p>FJB19</p></td><td><p>15/12/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB9</p></td><td><p>14/10/13</p></td><td><p>FJB20</p></td><td><p>23/03/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB10</p></td><td><p>16/12/13</p></td><td><p>FJB21</p></td><td><p>27/06/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB11</p></td><td><p>13/02/14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below contains the dates of the Family Justice Board since the Board has been chaired jointly by Ministers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FJB1</p></td><td><p>07/11/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB2</p></td><td><p>08/03/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB3</p></td><td><p>06/06/18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will arrange to publish the minutes in due course at the weblink above.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 147779 question first answered 04/06/2018 09:47:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

911200

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Justice Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what dates the Family Justice Board has met since its inception; and if he will publish the minutes of those meetings.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	147779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Board is jointly chaired by myself and my counterpart at the Department for Education, the honourable member for Stratford-on-Avon. Its members are senior stakeholders from across the family justice system.</p><p>The current membership and more information about its role can be found at the link below. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/family-justice-board#membership" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/family-justice-board#membership</a></p><p>The table below contains the dates of the Family Justice Board meetings held from inception when it was independently chaired by Sir David Norgrove.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FJB1</p></td><td><p>29/03/12</p></td><td><p>FJB12</p></td><td><p>08/04/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB2</p></td><td><p>09/05/12</p></td><td><p>FJB13</p></td><td><p>12/06/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB3</p></td><td><p>08/08/12</p></td><td><p>FJB14</p></td><td><p>02/10/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB4</p></td><td><p>14/11/12</p></td><td><p>FJB15</p></td><td><p>19/12/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB5</p></td><td><p>21/01/13</p></td><td><p>FJB16</p></td><td><p>30/03/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB6</p></td><td><p>11/03/13</p></td><td><p>FJB17</p></td><td><p>07/07/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB7</p></td><td><p>30/04/13</p></td><td><p>FJB18</p></td><td><p>29/09/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB8</p></td><td><p>25/06/13</p></td><td><p>FJB19</p></td><td><p>15/12/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB9</p></td><td><p>14/10/13</p></td><td><p>FJB20</p></td><td><p>23/03/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB10</p></td><td><p>16/12/13</p></td><td><p>FJB21</p></td><td><p>27/06/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB11</p></td><td><p>13/02/14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table below contains the dates of the Family Justice Board since the Board has been chaired jointly by Ministers.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FJB1</p></td><td><p>07/11/16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB2</p></td><td><p>08/03/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FJB3</p></td><td><p>06/06/18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will arrange to publish the minutes in due course at the weblink above.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 147778 question first answered 04/06/2018 09:47:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

911195

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	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	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision: a Green Paper, jointly published by his Department and the Department for Education, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on that Green Paper.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	147776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We plan to publish a Government response to the consultation on the Green Paper ahead of summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/06/2018 14:18:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

910387

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Southern
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of Southern trains have operated without an onboard supervisor in each month since guards were discontinued.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	147296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>In January 2017, Southern launched the on-board supervisor on routes where the technology allows the driver to control the doors. The conductors on these services were moved to an on-board supervisor (OBS) role. Since then approximately 1.3% of these services have operated without their rostered on-board supervisor for the full journey. This only happens in certain exceptional circumstances such as staff sickness or the second staff member running late.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 04/06/2018 16:01:03 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

910166

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the latest allocation of non-levy apprenticeship funding is on a per capita basis by region.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	147295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold data on non-levy allocations on a per capita/learner basis.</p><p>The funding system is designed to let employers choose the apprenticeship, training provider and training location that best meet their needs.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 04/06/2018 15:44:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton