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1003880

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Government has plans to close the Crown Prosecution Service office on (a) Greyfriars Road, Cardiff; (b) Wrexham Road, Mold and (c) Grove Place, Swansea.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	189821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service has no plans to close its offices on (a) Greyfriars Road, Cardiff; (b) Wrexham Road, Mold and (c) Grove Place, Swansea.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 15/11/2018 14:53:10 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

832922

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Forensic Science
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will make an estimate of the number of cases that have collapsed before going to trial due to private forensic firms having been found not to have followed correct procedures as referred to in the 2017 Annual Report of the Forensic Science Regulator, published in January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	125238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of cases that have collapsed before going to trial due to the failure of private forensic firms to follow the correct procedures.</p><p>The CPS continues to work with the Home Office, police and the office of the Forensic Science Regulator to assess the impact of issues relating to Randox Testing Services, on completed and ongoing cases, to ensure that appropriate action is taken.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 08/02/2018 09:10:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882504

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	135566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>No Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Attorney General’s Office (AGO), or Government Legal Department (GLD) advertised job roles in 2016 and 2017 included a declaration box for candidates to declare a criminal record.</p><p>HMCPSI had one new recruitment in each of these years. The tick box was included in the campaign in 2016, but was removed in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 30/04/2018 07:07:13 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882546

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what his Department's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	135608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2018 answer text <p>The application process for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Serious Fraud Office (SFO), Government Legal Department (GLD), Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and HMCPSI does not include a declaration box for candidates to declare a criminal record.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 31/05/2018 08:57:45 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 55028 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1003888

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Offices: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has plans to close the office of the (a) Boundary Commission for Wales in Fitzalan Court, Cardiff, (b) Company Names Tribunal on Cardiff Road, Newport, (c) Estyn office on Keen Road, Cardiff, (d) Forest Research on Cefn Gethiniog, Powys, (d) Office for National Statistics on Cardiff Road, Newport, (e) Public Health Wales on Tyndall Street, Cardiff, (f) Wales Audit Office at 24 Cathedral Road, Cardiff (g) Wales Audit Office at North Wales Business Park, Conwy and (h) Wales Audit Office on Penllergaer, Swansea.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	189829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Following consultation with the Government Property Agency who now manage the Cabinet Office estate, I can confirm that none of the locations referred to in the above question are owned or managed by Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p>The civil service is going through a fundamental transformation in the way that we work and deliver services, not least through advances in technology. The future civil service will be more efficient, more highly skilled and agile.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with departments to deliver our commitments within the Government Estates Strategy and to ensure that we make the best use of our Government Estate assets, including the office estates. We have a particular commitment to consider locations outside of London as identified through our Places for Growth programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:25:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

776945

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government departments have freephone numbers for public use.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	109359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>In October 2015 the Government published guidance on departments’ use of telephone prefixes and freephone numbers which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470411/20151006_Customer_phone_lines_draft_guidance_October_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470411/20151006_Customer_phone_lines_draft_guidance_October_2015.pdf</a></p><p>Departments are responsible and accountable for their choice of number prefix, supported by an appropriate numbering policy position. Where appropriate, departments must justify exceptions to the guidance. Information regarding Departments’ use freephone numbers is not held centrally. Departments should be contacted directly regarding this.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/11/2017 15:58:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

777000

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government's annual migration figures include seasonal workers.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	109443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/11/2017 15:22:56 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ109443 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

860590

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111417, on Public Sector: Recruitment, which civil service roles were not identified as suitable for removal of the box under the ban the box initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	131947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>As a default position, the Civil Service will ‘Ban the Box’ when it advertises job vacancies.</p><p>There are some business areas across the Civil Service where it will be inappropriate to apply Ban the Box. This will only occur where there is a clear, justifiable business need to understand a candidate’s conviction history at the application stage in the recruitment process. An exception is most likely to apply to roles that are particularly sensitive in nature, for example; work with children and vulnerable adults of positions connected to public safety. Permanent Secretaries are accountable for the exceptions process. The Cabinet Office do not hold a central record of which civil service roles were not identified as suitable for the Ban the Box initiative.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 131948 question first answered 20/03/2018 17:39:30 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

860591

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111417, on Public Sector: Recruitment. what criteria are used to assess whether a civil service role is suitable for removal of the box under the ban the box initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	131948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>As a default position, the Civil Service will ‘Ban the Box’ when it advertises job vacancies.</p><p>There are some business areas across the Civil Service where it will be inappropriate to apply Ban the Box. This will only occur where there is a clear, justifiable business need to understand a candidate’s conviction history at the application stage in the recruitment process. An exception is most likely to apply to roles that are particularly sensitive in nature, for example; work with children and vulnerable adults of positions connected to public safety. Permanent Secretaries are accountable for the exceptions process. The Cabinet Office do not hold a central record of which civil service roles were not identified as suitable for the Ban the Box initiative.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 131947 question first answered 20/03/2018 17:39:30 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882502

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 45 of the Government response to the First Report of the Justice Committee, Session 2017-19, HC 416, which Departments have reported on exemptions to the Ban the Box scheme in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	135564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service chose to adopt the Ban the Box initiative in February 2016. The Cabinet Office issued guidance for departmental recruitment and HR teams to support departments to ensure their recruitment practices were in line with the Ban the Box initiative. For many organisations, the guidance formalised the good practice which already operated across the Civil Service. Departments have processes in place to approve exceptions. The Cabinet Office have not asked Departments to report on exceptions to the Ban the Box Scheme in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 135565 question first answered 23/04/2018 10:38:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882503

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	135565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Service chose to adopt the Ban the Box initiative in February 2016. The Cabinet Office issued guidance for departmental recruitment and HR teams to support departments to ensure their recruitment practices were in line with the Ban the Box initiative. For many organisations, the guidance formalised the good practice which already operated across the Civil Service. Departments have processes in place to approve exceptions. The Cabinet Office have not asked Departments to report on exceptions to the Ban the Box Scheme in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 135564 question first answered 23/04/2018 10:38:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882506

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	135568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>No job roles advertised by the Cabinet Office during 2016 and 2017 were excluded from the ‘Ban the Box’ initiative.</p><p>The Cabinet Office embraces and encourages diversity across its workforce; therefore none of our job application forms either digitally or physically requires disclosure of criminal convictions, and therefore meets the requirements of ‘Ban the Box’.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 135607 question first answered 23/04/2018 10:27:50 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882545

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	135607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>No job roles advertised by the Cabinet Office during 2016 and 2017 were excluded from the ‘Ban the Box’ initiative.</p><p>The Cabinet Office embraces and encourages diversity across its workforce; therefore none of our job application forms either digitally or physically requires disclosure of criminal convictions, and therefore meets the requirements of ‘Ban the Box’.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 135568 question first answered 23/04/2018 10:27:50 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

940693

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Civil Service unions on the pay remit guidance published on 25 June 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	163816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and I met with the General Secretaries of the FDA, Prospect and PCS trade unions on 27 June to discuss the Civil Service pay guidance, which was published on 25 June.</p><p> </p><p>In my capacity as the Minister with responsibility for Civil Service HR, including trade unions, I previously met with the General Secretaries of the FDA and Prospect on the 22 February 2018, and with the PCS General Secretary, on the 27th February 2018.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>Cabinet office officials regularly meet with trade union representatives to discuss a range of workforce issues, including pay.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 162999 163817 question first answered 19/07/2018 11:47:18 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

940694

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with which organisations he plans to hold consultations on civil service pay following the pay remit guidance published on 25 June 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	163817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and I met with the General Secretaries of the FDA, Prospect and PCS trade unions on 27 June to discuss the Civil Service pay guidance, which was published on 25 June.</p><p> </p><p>In my capacity as the Minister with responsibility for Civil Service HR, including trade unions, I previously met with the General Secretaries of the FDA and Prospect on the 22 February 2018, and with the PCS General Secretary, on the 27th February 2018.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>Cabinet office officials regularly meet with trade union representatives to discuss a range of workforce issues, including pay.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden grouped question UIN 162999 163816 question first answered 19/07/2018 11:47:18 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1003881

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to close the (a) Ofgem office on East Tyndall Street Cardiff, (b) (i) Registrar of Companies and (ii) Community Interest Companies offices on Crown Way Cardiff and (c) Intellectual Property Office on Cardiff Road Newport; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	189822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to close the offices of the Registrar of Companies and the Regulator of Community Interest Companies in Cardiff or the Intellectual Property Office in Newport.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem’s team in Wales is based in East Tyndall Street on a temporary basis. Ofgem is expecting to relocate the team when a suitable Government Hub becomes available in Cardiff.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with the Government Property Agency to ensure our estate is an enabler for the delivery of Civil Service transformation, regional growth and the Government’s vision to strengthen the Union.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 15/11/2018 14:52:09 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

782926

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Art Works: Royalties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the artist's resale right will continue to apply to artists and their heirs after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	111048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The UK artist’s resale right stems from the implementation of Directive 2001/84/EC on the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art. The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill has powers to transpose directly-applicable EU law into UK law on exit, including the EU Directive on artist’s resale rights.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/11/2017 14:22:12 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

782927

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Intellectual Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with representatives from the Design, Trade Marks and Brands sectors on the future practical arrangements that will need to exist between the UK, the International Property Office and the EU Intellectual Property Office after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	111049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>My officials and I have held extensive discussions with representatives from across the various IP sectors on the effects of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, including the UK’s future relationship with the EU Intellectual Property Office. This future relationship is a matter for negotiation with the EU, and we will continue to explore all options.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is already an engaged and committed member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in its own right, and will continue to fulfil its WIPO treaty obligations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/11/2017 14:08:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882507

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	135569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department has implemented the measures announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 8 February 2016.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/04/2018 16:29:51 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882544

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	135606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department implemented on 8 February 2016 the measures announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on that date. Since then, no job adverts have asked for details of criminal convictions at application stage.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/04/2018 16:30:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

914833

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Horizon 2020
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the UK providing and maintaining the funding allocated by the EU's Horizon 2020 programme at the same level after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	149029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>As part of our future partnership with the EU, the UK will look to establish an ambitious future agreement on science and innovation that ensures the valuable research links between us continue to grow. My Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister has said that we want the option to fully associate to the excellence-based European science and innovation programmes – including Horizon Europe and Euratom R&amp;T.</p><p> </p><p>Both the UK and the EU fully intend UK entities’ eligibility in Horizon 2020 to remain unchanged for the duration of the programme, as set out in the Joint Report and reflected in the text of the draft Withdrawal Agreement. This includes eligibility to participate in all Horizon 2020 projects and to receive Horizon 2020 funding for the lifetime of projects. On this basis, the UK Government encourages the UK research and innovation community to continue to bid for Horizon 2020 funding and participate in Horizon 2020 projects.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK Government has committed to underwrite Horizon 2020 funding if necessary. This guarantees funding for UK participants in projects ongoing at the point of exit, as well as any successful bids submitted before the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/06/2018 15:50:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

753404

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which of his Department's online services are only available in the Welsh language on request.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	5890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met, in accordance with the requirements of departmental Welsh Language Schemes.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 26/07/2017 16:02:21 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

753673

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts that will be subject to repeal as a result of provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	5988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Government departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time. <br> <br> In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill, published on 30 March 2017, we estimated around 800-1,000 EU-exit Statutory Instruments will be required.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 26/07/2017 10:54:44 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

746297

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to confirm the remit of the independent review of S4C.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	1799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to carrying out a review of S4C's remit, governance and funding in 2017. We will announce more details shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 question first answered 04/07/2017 12:08:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

746309

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to announce who will lead the independent review of S4C.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	1789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to carrying out a review of S4C's remit, governance and funding in 2017. We will announce more details shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1799 question first answered 04/07/2017 12:08:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

746310

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to announce the commencement date of the independent review of S4C.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	1790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to carrying out a review of S4C's remit, governance and funding in 2017. We will announce more details shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 1789 1791 1792 1793 1794 1799 question first answered 04/07/2017 12:08:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

746312

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will suspend the planned budget reductions to S4C until the review of that channel has been published.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	1791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to carrying out a review of S4C's remit, governance and funding in 2017. We will announce more details shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 1789 1790 1792 1793 1794 1799 question first answered 04/07/2017 12:08:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

746314

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the review of S4C takes into account the views of the people of Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	1792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to carrying out a review of S4C's remit, governance and funding in 2017. We will announce more details shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 1789 1790 1791 1793 1794 1799 question first answered 04/07/2017 12:08:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

746316

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the needs of the independent television sector are taken into account during the review of S4C.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	1793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to carrying out a review of S4C's remit, governance and funding in 2017. We will announce more details shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 1789 1790 1791 1792 1794 1799 question first answered 04/07/2017 12:08:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

746317

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the independent review of S4C will include an assessment of that channel's effect on areas of language use, culture, employment and communities in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	1794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to carrying out a review of S4C's remit, governance and funding in 2017. We will announce more details shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1799 question first answered 04/07/2017 12:08:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

746319

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the review of S4C.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	1795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The department has regular discussions with the Welsh Government on a range of issues, including the S4C review.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 04/07/2017 12:17:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

746320

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on the Government's review of S4C.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	1796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The department has regular discussions with the Welsh Office on a range of issues, including the S4C review.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 04/07/2017 12:16:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1003882

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Non-departmental Public Bodies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to close the (a) Big Lottery Fund office (i) on Churchill Way Cardiff and (ii) at Ladywell House Powys, (b) Heritage Lottery Fund office on Museum Place Cardiff and (d) Information Commissioner's Office on Churchill Way Cardiff.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	189823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The civil service is going through a fundamental transformation in the way that we work and deliver services, not least through advances in technology.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with departments to deliver our commitments within the Government Estates Strategy and to ensure that we make the best use of our Government Estate assets, including the office estates. We have a particular commitment to consider locations outside of London as identified through our Places for Growth programme</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/11/2018 16:09:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

749335

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Internet: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the safety of children who play interactional games online with strangers.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	3493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2015, the UK Council for Child Internet Safety published a practical guide for providers of social media and interactive services to encourage businesses to think about “safety by design” to help make their platforms safer for children and young people under 18. The guide has examples of good practice from leading technology companies, and advice from NGOs and other online child safety experts and includes advice on interactive games.</p><p> </p><p>Work has started on the DCMS-led cross-government internet safety strategy which will give us the opportunity to consider issues of online safety for children and young people, including gaming. We are considering how this will be taken forward under the Digital Charter.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:51:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

749336

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Video Games: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department takes to prevent parents and guardians buying video games for children which are not certified as appropriate for a child's age.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	3494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Pegi age ratings and content advice on video games - and on associated marketing materials such as tv advertisements - help parents and guardians make informed choices about the products they purchase for children or allow them to access. We encourage those responsible for children to look carefully at the ratings and pictograms, on boxed products, on downloadable content, and also to consider using parental controls on gaming and mobile devices to manage access.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with industry and the age ratings bodies on further promotion of the Pegi age ratings and advice about safe gaming, including through initiatives such as AskAboutGames.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:48:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

749341

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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	Video Games: Classification Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of downloading of additional content of videogames that will potentially change the age classification of the game.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	3440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Pegi classification system for video games considers the potential for additional downloadable content to diverge from the age rating of the initial product. Under the terms of the certificates issued for games by the UK’s Games Rating Authority (GRA), where subsequent content offered for download is not appropriate to the Pegi rating issued, the new material must be notified to the GRA so they can review and award a new Pegi rating.</p><p>Video games publishers failing to comply face fines from Pegi of up to 500,000 Euros.</p><p> </p><p>In the last 12 months the GRA has received seven submissions of additional downloadable content from games publishers. They considered that none of these needed a higher Pegi rating than the original game.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:45:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

749638

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2017
	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	S4C Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on whether devolution of broadcasting should be included in the remit of the S4C review.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	3620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The department has regular discussions with the Welsh Office on a range of issues, including the S4C review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 17/07/2017 14:17:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

749640

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2017
	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	S4C Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will include the devolution of broadcasting in the remit of the S4C review.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	3619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to carrying out a review of S4C's remit, governance and funding in 2017. The full scope of the review will be set out in the terms of reference in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 17/07/2017 14:15:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

750078

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	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	Video Games: Classification Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the fitness for purpose of age certification for videogames.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	3779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>In 2012, following full public consultation on options, the Government brought into force a single classification system for video games, based on the Pan European Games Information (PEGI) age ratings. The PEGI ratings criteria are reviewed on an annual basis, and the latest moderation in 2016 ushered in a number of modifications. These are influenced by the UK Sensibilities Study, which our Games Rating Authority is required to take into account as per the Video Recordings Act. Age ratings play an important role in providing greater clarity for consumers around the age-suitability of products, and Government will continue to work with industry and the age ratings bodies to encourage their further promotion.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/07/2017 15:01:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

750079

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	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	Video Games
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the penalties for (a) parents or guardians and (b) retailers who knowingly provide videogames to children who are younger than the recommended age rating.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	3780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>Age restrictions are applied at the point of sale, which means that any retailer convicted of supplying a PEGI 12, 16 or 18 product to someone not meeting the specific age requirement faces a possible jail term and/or fine. Educational initiatives such as AskAboutGames are in place to encourage parents/carers to look carefully at the age ratings and content advice when making purchases for children, and Government will continue to work with industry to support adults to making responsible, informed decisions that protect children from inappropriate content.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 13/07/2017 15:02:20 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

753405

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which of her Department's online services are only available in the Welsh language on request.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	5891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met, in accordance with the requirements of departmental Welsh Language Schemes.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 24/07/2017 10:03:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

753675

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate her Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts that will be subject to repeal as a result of provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	5987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Government departments have been analysing the United Kingdom statute book and directly applicable European Union law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill Legislating for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, published on 30 March 2017, we estimated around 800-1,000 EU-exit related Statutory Instruments will be required.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 26/07/2017 10:36:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759246

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Broadband: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on testing full-fibre broadband in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	9784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>We engage regularly with counterparts from the Wales Office and Welsh Government throughout 2017 on the Local Full Fibre Networks programme, and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July, we wrote to all local authority leaders, including across Wales, to highlight the upcoming Challenge Fund stage of the programme and invite Expressions of Interest. We received a tremendous response from across the UK, including from Wales.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 9785 question first answered 19/09/2017 13:33:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759247

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Broadband: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Welsh Government Ministers on testing full-fibre broadband in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	9785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>We engage regularly with counterparts from the Wales Office and Welsh Government throughout 2017 on the Local Full Fibre Networks programme, and will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July, we wrote to all local authority leaders, including across Wales, to highlight the upcoming Challenge Fund stage of the programme and invite Expressions of Interest. We received a tremendous response from across the UK, including from Wales.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 9784 question first answered 19/09/2017 13:33:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759249

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the current broadband speeds are in the six areas across England and Scotland that the Government plans to use to test full-fibre broadband.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	9786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 13:54:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759250

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what qualifying criteria were used to determine the six areas the Government selected to test full-fibre broadband.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	9787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The criteria used to identify Wave 1 locations include the learning opportunity, likely success in stimulating investment, project deliverability and suitability, all assessed from information gathered in our January 2017 Call for Evidence and subsequent engagement through 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 14:03:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759644

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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	Broadband: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to extend the testing of full-fibre broadband to (a) Ceredigion and (b) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	10178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Local Full Fibre Networks programme Challenge Fund, which all local bodies across the UK will be able to apply for, will open this Autumn.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 13:47:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759645

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	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	Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the six areas in England and Scotland were selected by the Government to test full-fibre broadband.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	10180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The criteria used to identify Wave 1 locations include the learning opportunity, likely success in stimulating investment, project deliverability and suitability, all as assessed from information gathered in our January 2017 Call for Evidence and subsequent engagement through 2017.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/09/2017 14:32:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

760655

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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	World War I: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the merits of allocating funding from the Government and Heritage Lottery Fund to commemorate Hedd Wynn in Ceredigion as part of the Government's First World War commemorations programme.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	105110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I am delighted that Yr Ysgwrn, the home of Hedd Wyn has recently reopened to the public, thanks to £2,972,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to repair and develop the buildings, and following its purchase in 2012 with money from both the Welsh Government and the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF). While funding decisions are made by the Heritage Lottery Fund independently of my Department, I am sure that Yr Ysgwrn will teach generations of visitors about Hedd Wyn’s experiences and the First World War and provide a suitable home for the related collections and archives, including Y Gadair Ddu, the 1917 National Eisteddfod chair awarded to him posthumously.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/10/2017 10:09:15 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

760656

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	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	World War I: Anniversaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which projects are receiving funding from the Government and Heritage Lottery Fund to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	105111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>A wide range of projects are receiving funding from Government to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. Government has committed LIBOR funds to support the National Commemorative events delivered by my Department - to commemorate the Gallipoli Campaign, the battles of Jutland, the Somme and Passchendaele, and a variety of events to be delivered in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Government funding has also been committed to a range of other projects to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War, including £40 million for the First World War Centenary Cathedral repair fund, and £5.3 million of funding from DfE and DCLG for the First World War Battlefield Tour project. There are also many other projects receiving Government support, including a five-year Historic England project to add 2,500 war memorials to the National Heritage List for England, and the School Debates programme.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2010 the Heritage Lottery Fund has allocated over £90 million to more than 1,800 projects marking the Centenary. This includes grants of more than £15 million to The National Museum of the Royal Navy for HMS Caroline, £16.5 million to Imperial War Museums for the new First World War galleries and 14-18 NOW, and £2.8million to Yr Ysgrwn. This figure also includes £11million awarded to more than 1,300 community projects. A wide range of community organisations are receiving funding under this programme, including disability groups, resident’s associations, faith groups, refugee councils, and theatre groups.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 09/10/2017 10:13:34 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake