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1122201

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what analysis did the Chancellor of the Exchequer used for the statement that it is unlikely, at a technical level, whether there would be enough time to legislate for a confirmatory referendum on the EU Withdrawal Agreement before the UK leaves the EU reported in the Guardian on 12 April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	246007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has no plans to hold another referendum on EU membership. The Government remains committed to delivering on the result of the 2016 EU referendum by leaving the EU.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">An Act of Parliament is required before any UK-wide referendum can be held, the terms of which are for Parliament to debate and agree, including provisions for setting the data, franchise and the question as well as incorpating adequate time to prepare for the poll and a minimum campaigning period.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has no plans to hold another referendum on EU membership. The Government remains committed to delivering on the result of the 2016 EU referendum by leaving the EU.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">An Act of Parliament is required before any UK-wide referendum can be held, the terms of which are for Parliament to debate and agree, including provisions for setting the date, franchise and the question as well as incorporating adequate time to prepare for the poll and a minimum campaigning period.</ins></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 25/04/2019 15:54:57 question first ministerially corrected 14/05/2019 10:51:32 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington previous answer version 115134 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1122113

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Housing: Energy
	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 steps his Department is taking to improve the energy efficiency of (a) new and (b) existing homes.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	245615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy sets out Government policy on meeting the UK’s emissions targets. The Department’s contribution to tackling emissions in England includes the National Planning Policy Framework, the Building Regulations, and the Decent Homes Standard.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework expects local planning authorities to take account of how new development will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as through its location, orientation and design. Planning practice guidance provides advice for local authorities and applicants on implementing these policies.</p><p>In the Government’s Clean Growth Strategy we committed to reviewing the energy performance standards in the Building Regulations, including consulting on improving energy efficiency requirements in new and existing homes where the evidence suggests it is cost effective, affordable, practical and safe to do so. Further to this, Government committed to introducing a Future Homes Standard by 2025 for new build homes to be future-proofed with low carbon heating and world-leading levels of energy efficiency. We plan to consult on these matters in the coming months.</p><p>The Decent Homes Standard (DHS) requires that social homes provide residents with a reasonable degree of thermal comfort. All social landlords are required by the Regulator of Social Housing to meet the DHS. Homes for social housing are required to have efficient heating and effective insulation and be free of serious hazards that present a risk to residents, including excess cold. The Social Housing Green Paper asked whether there are changes to what constitutes a decent home that we should consider. The consultation closed in November 2018 and we are currently considering responses.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 245616 question first answered 26/04/2019 13:38:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 115164 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1122114

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Carbon Emissions
	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 step his Department is taking to help contribute to UK emissions targets.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	245616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy sets out Government policy on meeting the UK’s emissions targets. The Department’s contribution to tackling emissions in England includes the National Planning Policy Framework, the Building Regulations, and the Decent Homes Standard.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework expects local planning authorities to take account of how new development will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as through its location, orientation and design. Planning practice guidance provides advice for local authorities and applicants on implementing these policies.</p><p>In the Government’s Clean Growth Strategy we committed to reviewing the energy performance standards in the Building Regulations, including consulting on improving energy efficiency requirements in new and existing homes where the evidence suggests it is cost effective, affordable, practical and safe to do so. Further to this, Government committed to introducing a Future Homes Standard by 2025 for new build homes to be future-proofed with low carbon heating and world-leading levels of energy efficiency. We plan to consult on these matters in the coming months.</p><p>The Decent Homes Standard (DHS) requires that social homes provide residents with a reasonable degree of thermal comfort. All social landlords are required by the Regulator of Social Housing to meet the DHS. Homes for social housing are required to have efficient heating and effective insulation and be free of serious hazards that present a risk to residents, including excess cold. The Social Housing Green Paper asked whether there are changes to what constitutes a decent home that we should consider. The consultation closed in November 2018 and we are currently considering responses.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 245615 question first answered 26/04/2019 13:38:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 115165 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1122115

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	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, how much funding his Department has allocated to the decent homes programme (a) in each of the last ten years and (b) in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	245617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>The number of social homes failing to meet the Decent Homes standard fell by 32 per cent between 2010 and 2017.</p><p>Between 2011 and 2016 we provided a total of £1.76 billion to 45 councils across England to help them tackle their backlog of non-compliant homes. It helped to make over 158,000 homes meet the relevant standards.</p><p>Private registered providers – such as housing associations - are expected to maintain their homes to the Decent Homes Standard using their own resources. In the year to March 2018, private registered providers spent £1.7 billion on capital improvements to existing stock.</p><p>The Social Housing Green Paper asked whether there are any changes to what constitutes a decent home that we should consider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 26/04/2019 13:41:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 115166 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1122102

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Building Schools for the Future Programme: Blackburn with Darwen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Blackburn with Darwen has a PFI funded Building Schools for the Future Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	245780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department can confirm Blackburn with Darwen has a private finance funded Building Schools for the Future Programme. PFI contracts were signed in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/04/2019 12:13:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 115168 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1122105

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Building Schools for the Future Programme: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Blackpool has a PFI funded Priority Schools Building Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	245781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>There are 2 schools in Blackpool which are included in the Priority School Building Programme privately financed North West batch signed in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/04/2019 12:18:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 115169 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1122108

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Building Schools for the Future Programme: Cheshire West and Chester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to the (a) Cheshire West and (b) Chester Batch 5 North West Schools Programme under PFI; and what the (a) unitary charges and (b) cost was of each project.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	245783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Information on private finance initiative and private finance 2 data for current and in procurement projects published by HM Treasury can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2017-summary-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2017-summary-data</a>.</p><p>The schools within the Priority School Building Programme private finance North West batch (signed in 2015) which are located in Cheshire West &amp; Chester are Blacon High School, Dee Point Primary School and JH Godwin Primary School.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/04/2019 12:27:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 115170 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1122143

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Private Finance Initiative
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) names, (b) unitary charges and (c) cost of all PFI funded schools in Dudley Grid for Learning.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	245784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Data in relation to Dudley Grid for Learning is held by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/04/2019 12:34:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb previous answer version 115171 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1121747

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Universal Credit: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department classes the owners of small businesses as self-employed under universal credit while HMRC classes them as employed.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	245845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>We look at a number of factors to establish whether someone is gainfully self-employed</p><p> </p><p>A claimant is considered to be in gainful self-employment where all of the following apply:</p><ul><li>the claimant is carrying on a trade, profession or vocation as their main employment</li><li>their earnings from that trade, profession or vocation are self-employed earnings</li><li>the trade, profession or vocation is organised, developed, regular and carried out in expectation of profit</li></ul><p>If any of these are not satisfied then the claimant is not considered gainfully self-employed.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/04/2019 16:52:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1121750

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the proportion is of universal credit claimants who receive an advance payment; what the average value of the advance payment is; and what percentage of claimants have received 100 per cent of the value of their first universal credit payment in the most recent month for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	245810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Around 60 per cent of new claims take up an advance. Subject to some fluctuation, this rate of advance take-up has been broadly consistent over the last 12 months. This shows that claimants are being made aware of advances and are using it where they need this help.</p><p>The average advance amount for new claims is around £400.</p><p>Our latest published data shows that consistently around 85% of new claimants are being paid in full and on time. This can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>. In many cases where full payment is not made on time, it is due to unresolved issues such as: claimants not accepting their Claimant Commitment or passing identity checks, or having outstanding verification issues, such as housing costs and self-employed earnings. In order to support claimants to claim, we have taken steps to improve verification processes. For example, we have listened to feedback and built processes into the system to make it easier and quicker for people to verify their housing costs, for example through the landlord portal.</p><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/04/2019 10:52:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray