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1020607

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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	Females: Hate Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on using the national curriculum to tackle misogyny.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	199794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants to support all young people to be happy, healthy and safe. That is why we are making Relationships Education compulsory in primary schools, and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) compulsory in all secondary schools.</p><p>High quality teaching of these subjects will help children understand positive relationships, how to value difference and respect for others, and the law on abuse and harassment in an age appropriate way. The consultation on the draft regulations and guidance closed on 7 November. The Department for Education is analysing responses and expect to publish a response in the New Year.</p><p>The Government Equalities Office continue to support this agenda, and has recently funded Phase 1 of the Law Commission review of online abuse law, to ensure women are sufficiently protected from online misogyny.</p><p>Both the Minister for Women and Equalities and the Secretary of State for Education are committed to ensuring that both girls and boys can achieve their potential in life, and met recently to discuss women’s economic empowerment in the education sector.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/12/2018 17:48:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1020612

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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	Political Parties: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what representations she has had from civil society organisations on bringing Section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 into force.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	199797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Further to my answer of 13 November to my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Loughborough, I have received a number of representations regarding section 106, including from civil society organisations.</p><p>We continue to keep uncommenced provisions of the Equality Act 2010 under review. Equality is never a one-time fix and it is right that we should keep re-examining the issues.</p><p>This Parliament is the most gender and LGBT diverse ever, but there is still more to do. Political parties are responsible for their candidate selection and should lead the way in improving women’s representation. Many are already doing so.</p><p>The Government’s Suffrage Centenary Fund is supporting a number of projects that aim to increase women’s participation in politics, and earlier this year we announced funding for disabled candidates to meet the costs of campaigning, primarily for the forthcoming English local elections in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/12/2018 17:49:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1020614

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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	Flexible Working: Menopause
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to encourage employers to offer flexible working arrangements to women going through the menopause.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	199799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We commissioned an evidence review into the menopause in 2017, which highlighted the important role employers can play in helping women to work during this phase of their lives. We have worked in partnership with the Women’s Business Council to develop and publish a Toolkit for employers: Staying On: The Age of Success. This promotes flexible working alongside other solutions to support and retain women in the workplace who are going through the menopause.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/12/2018 16:09:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1020642

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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	Government Equalities Office: Meetings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2018 to Question 194662 and Question 194663 on Government Equalities Office: Meetings, on how many occasions (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have held meetings with (i) Mermaids UK, (ii) Stonewall and (iii) Gendered Intelligence, (iv) Transgendered Trend, (v) Fair Play for Women and (vi) A Woman's Place in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	199833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>A) Since becoming the Minister for Women and Equalities in April this year, The Minister has had one introductory meeting with Stonewall to discuss LGBT policy, and one meeting with The Founder of a Women’s Place.</p><p>B) Since beginning its consultation engagement work in September 2017, the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) consultation team have met with the named organisations on the following number of occasions:</p><p>i. Mermaids: once</p><p>ii. Stonewall: four times</p><p>iii. Gendered Intelligence (GI): three times</p><p>iv. Transgender Trend: twice</p><p>v. Fair Play For Women (FPFW): twice</p><p>vi. A Woman’s Place (WP): three times</p><p>During the GRA consultation, officials in the Government Equalities Office also held roundtables with various groups, including: one on the topic of prisons and offender management, which was attended by FPFW; one with women’s organisations and charities, which was attended by FPFW and WP; one with LGBT organisations, which was attended by Stonewall, GI and Mermaids; and one focused on Wales, which was attended by Stonewall Cymru.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/12/2018 17:15:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

1020581

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Food: Waste Disposal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential cost to local authorities of mandatory separate food waste collections in England.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	199931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government will set out details on our ambitious approach to food waste collections in the cross-government Resources and Waste Strategy. A regulatory impact assessment will be published alongside any future consultations on policy changes.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/12/2018 16:38:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1020586

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Customs Declaration Services Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Customs Declaration Service will be fully operational by January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	199789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Full Customer Declaration Service (CDS) functionality is expected to be in place by the end of March 2019 and a carefully managed customer migration from the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system to CDS will continue until all traders have been moved to the new service. HMRC is dual running CHIEF alongside CDS until migration is completed.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/12/2018 17:33:19 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1020595

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November to Question 188205, what range of models involving investment in infrastructure his Department plans to use to meet the proposals set out in the 2017 National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	199867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline has been updated for 2018 and was published on the 26 November. This sets out planned and projected investment of over £600 billion over the next decade.</p><p>The UK uses a mixed model, using both public and private investment, to fund and finance its infrastructure.</p><p>Funding and financing arrangements for individual projects and programmes are outlined in the pipeline spreadsheet.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/12/2018 14:31:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1020618

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to advise small and medium-sized businesses on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on tax regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	199779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>In the unlikely event that we leave the EU without a deal, HM Revenue and Customs has published a ‘Partnership Pack’ to help businesses to prepare for changes at the UK border. The government has also published a technical notice to help businesses prepare for changes to VAT from March 2019 in the event of a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will ensure that further information will be made available to small and medium sized businesses in due course through established channels.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/12/2018 17:35:53 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1020699

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Agriculture: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many agriculture flat-rate scheme questionnaires have been sent to participants in the scheme in each region of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	199854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC may request additional information from businesses applying for, or participating in, the Agricultural Flat Rate Scheme (AFRS). Data is not available relating to all of these information requests.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2011-2015 HMRC undertook a specific review of eligibility for the AFRS, during which 43 questionnaires were sent to agricultural businesses participating in the scheme requesting additional information. 41 of these businesses were based in Northern Ireland, and 2 in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/12/2018 13:57:54 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1020712

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	National Income
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will produce a regional breakdown for the estimated change in GDP predicted to occur in the event that (a) the UK adopts the Government’s proposed EU withdrawal agreement, (b) the UK leaves the EU and adopts a basic Free Trade Agreement and (c) the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	199762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics do not publish estimates of regional GDP. However, they do publish estimates of regional Gross Value Added, which is a very similar measure. This data is used in the Government’s analysis.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s analysis provides estimates of long-run changes to regional GVA in four scenarios – modelled White Paper, modelled EEA-type, modelled average FTA, and modelled no deal - compared to today’s arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>The analysis shows that all regions and nations of the UK will be better off in the modelled white paper scenario than in the modelled no-deal.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 11/12/2018 15:31:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake