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802740

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Jagtar Singh Johal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the alleged torture of Jagtar Singh Johal in Punjab.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	118289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>​Consular staff in India were made aware of allegations of mistreatment through Mr Johal's legal representation. Consular staff have visited Mr Johal on several occasions since early November and are in contact with his lawyer. Our priority is to inquire about these specific allegations with Mr Johal in private. With his consent we will then raise any allegations made with the relevant authorities. When considering how to act, we will avoid any action that might put the individual in question or any other person that may be affected at risk.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 15/12/2017 14:24:02 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

793981

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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	Jobcentres
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial assistance is available to unemployed claimants of universal credit and jobseekers allowance who are unable to use public transport and are required to attend job centre appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Gerard Killen
	uin	115070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Whilst it is Government Policy to encourage people to use public transport, it is recognised that there will be circumstances where this is not possible, for example when a person is infirm or disabled, public transport is not available, or the customer is accompanied by a helper or support worker. This can be discussed with the Work Coach.</p><p> </p><p>Work Coaches already have flexibility to support claimants who are required to attend regular Jobcentre Plus appointments.</p><p> </p><p>Alternative arrangements can be made for claimants who live more than one hour away from their nearest Jobcentre Plus office using public transport and for journeys which result in an absence from home of four hours or more. In these circumstances claimants can engage with us through digital or telephony channels or exceptionally by post for Jobseekers Allowance claimants.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 30/11/2017 16:57:03 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

856201

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Support for Mortgage Interest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions there are for the repayment of an SMI loan in the event of bankruptcy or home repossession; and whether such loan repayments will be prioritised over other existing debt in such an event.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	131367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Where possible, a legal charge will be secured over the claimant’s property as security for the Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loan. The legal charge will rank below any pre-existing charges on the property including the mortgage. Pre-existing charge holders will always have priority in recovering their debt from the equity when a house is sold or in the event of bankruptcy and if the amount of equity available after the sale of the property is less than the amount due to be recovered the balance will be written off. Where a customer in receipt of SMI loan becomes bankrupt or enters an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) there is provision for SMI loan payments to continue if the claimant has a continuing liability to make mortgage repayments. The Department does not anticipate that the introduction of SMI loans will lead to an increase in the number of homes that are repossessed.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/03/2018 12:40:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

856980

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2018
	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	Conditions of Employment: Weather
	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 the Government's policy is on employers requesting workers to travel into work during a red weather warning.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	131492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>We would encourage employers to exercise common sense and consider the advice given by agencies such as the Met Office on travelling in such adverse conditions.</p><p>Employers should consider their legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act, if asking employees to travel for work.</p><p>Guidance for driving at work can be found in HSE’s leaflet: INDG382 Driving for Work, <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg382.pdf" target="_blank">www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg382.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/03/2018 14:27:39 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843862

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will set a maximum waiting time for responses to complaints regarding the equalisation of the state pension age received by the Independent Case Examiner.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	128289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>We will not set a maximum waiting time for responses to complaints regarding the equalisation of state pension age.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/02/2018 17:00:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

1027627

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the Israeli Government's decision to restrict the ability of the Palestinian Ministry of Health to import vaccines.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	203455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2018 answer text <p>We regularly raise the urgent need to ease all access and movement restrictions with Israeli authorities. The availability of some medical supplies and services in the Occupied Palestinian Territories can be restricted by Israeli security procedures. The UK Government supports a project that provides medical equipment and training to medical professionals in Gaza.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/12/2018 13:53:48 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

804494

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he plans to make available the sectoral analysis papers he provided to the Exiting the European Union Committee to members of the (a) Scottish Parliament, (b) the Northern Ireland Assembly and (b) members of the National Assembly for Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	118696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We have provided sectoral information to Parliament as required by the motion passed by the House of Commons on 1 November.</p><p><strong><br></strong>As we made clear in our written ministerial statement on 28 November, the same information was shared with the devolved administrations. You will be aware that under the Osmotherly Rules the reports are now the property of the aforementioned Committee. Therefore, you may wish to contact the Chair of the Commons Exiting the EU Committee directly.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 21/12/2017 17:00:17 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

829999

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 118696 on Brexit and the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Scotland of 24 January 2018, what steps his Department is taking to make available the non-redacted sectoral reports to Members of the Scottish Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	124722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>We have provided sectoral information to Parliament as required by the motion passed by the House of Commons on 1 November 2017. As we made clear on the 21 December 2017 in answer to Question 118696, the same information was shared with the devolved administrations and the reports are now the property of the House of Commons Committee on Exiting the European Union. The Committee made these reports partially available at: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/exiting-the-european-union-committee/publications/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/exiting-the-european-union-committee/publications/</a></p><p><br>The Department will continue to balance our commitment to transparency with the need to protect information which could undermine the UK’s ability to negotiate the best deal for the UK. Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would undermine our negotiating position.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 05/02/2018 14:24:28 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

908453

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of people signposted or referred to food banks in areas where full service universal credit has been rolled out.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	905453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>We have made no assessment of food bank use.</p><p> </p><p>The reasons for food banks use are complex, so it’s wrong to attribute it to any one cause. The best way to help people improve their lives is through employment, and people on Universal Credit move into work faster and stay in work longer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2018 16:18:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

850315

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints received by the Independent Complaint Examiner on the equalisation of the state pension age since 2 October 2017; and how many of these complaints (a) have been resolved and (b) were not progressed to investigation.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	129883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted this question as a request for information about: the number of complaints received about the equalisation of State Pension age between 2 October 2017 and 27 February 2018; the number investigations concluded into complaints about the equalisation of State Pension age between 2 October 2017 and 27 February 2018; and the total number of complaints about the equalisation of State Pension retirement age outstanding at 27 February 2018 (including those undergoing checks to determine whether the complaint can be accepted for examination; those awaiting examination; and those being investigated).</p><p> </p><p>Between 2 October 2017 and 27 February 2018 the Independent Case Examiner’s Office received 1,476 complaints and concluded 52 investigations into complaints about the equalisation of State Pension age. On 27 February 2018, the Office had 2,492 outstanding complaints about the equalisation of state pension retirement age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2018 13:30:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen