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839018

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	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	Sri Lanka: Military Attaches
	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 withdraw the diplomatic papers of Sri Lanka's Defence Attache to the UK and expel him following reports of that attache making death threats to protesters.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	127578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>​We remain deeply concerned by this high profile incident. We welcome the Government of Sri Lanka's assurances that they are carrying out a full investigation. It would not be appropriate to provide any further comment until such investigations have concluded.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 20/02/2018 16:59:20 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

817977

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to tackle county lines exploitation.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	903125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>We are taking a wide range of actions to tackle county lines and are working together closely across Government, with the police, the National Crime Agency, local authorities and voluntary sector partners. Most recently, in December we implemented the new Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders to enable the police and NCA to close down phone numbers being used for county lines drugs dealing.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/01/2018 16:21:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

833041

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in London; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	125357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>We are supporting employers in London and across England to help them plan their future apprenticeship programmes including account management of over 1,000 of the largest levy-paying employers. We have recently announced initial awards totalling around £485 million to hundreds of providers across the country to provide apprenticeship training to non-levy paying employers.</p><p> </p><p>A new phase of our communications campaign started on 26 January 2018, to encourage employers to offer high quality apprenticeship opportunities and to promote these to potential apprentices.</p><p> </p><p>There have been over 1.2 million apprenticeship starts since May 2015 and we aim to achieve three million apprenticeship starts in England by 2020. Apprenticeships are open to individuals and employers across the country, and we are investing in the whole of England by doubling funding for apprenticeships to £2.45 billion by 2019-20 – twice what was spent in 2010-11 – and giving employers more autonomy to design training that meets their needs.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 01/02/2018 16:16:10 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

830186

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Syria: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Turkish counterparts since President Erdogan’s statement of 20 January 2018 on an assault on the Syrian city of Manbij; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	124847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We are closely following developments in Afrin in north-western Syria, and the Foreign Secretary and other Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers are in regular contact with their Turkish counterparts. We have sought regular updates on the progress of the operation. We have urged Turkey to avoid any escalation in violence and to seek to protect civilians, while recognising its legitimate interest in the security of its borders. It remains in our shared interest to focus on achieving a political settlement that ends the war and suffering, and provides stability for all Syrians and the wider region.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/01/2018 17:36:03 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

830185

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Syria: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Turkey, (b) the US, (c) Russia, (d) the EU, (e) the UN, (f) NATO and (g) the Arab League on (i) the Turkish assault on the city of Afrin and (ii) how a humanitarian crisis can be averted.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	124846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We are closely following developments in Afrin in north-western Syria, and the Foreign Secretary and other Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers are in regular contact with their Turkish counterparts. The Foreign Secretary has spoken with Secretary of State Tillerson about the Turkish operation, and I discussed the situation at the EU Foreign Affairs Council. The Foreign Secretary also attended a Syria Small Group meeting on the 23 January which considered the situation. The UK as a member of the UN Security Council, and the NATO North Atlantic Council, has also discussed the operation in these fora. We have urged Turkey to avoid any escalation in violence and to seek to protect civilians, while recognising its legitimate interest in the security of its borders. We have also stressed the importance of ensuring that humanitarian assistance can reach the area. It remains in our shared interest to focus on achieving a political settlement that ends the war and suffering, and provides stability for all Syrians and the wider region.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 29/01/2018 17:35:33 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

828891

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Microplastics: Marine Environment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee plans to publish its review into the sources of microplastics and the damage caused by microplastics to the marine environment.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	124506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>We anticipate that the committee will report back to us by spring this year.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 02/02/2018 11:00:12 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

825576

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	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	Universal Credit: Enfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had payment of universal credit delayed by (a) one week, (b) two weeks, (c) three weeks or (d) four weeks or more in (i) the Enfield North Constituency and (ii) the London Borough of Enfield.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	123710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>There is no Universal Credit payment timeliness data broken down by area or region.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the proportion of new claims to Universal Credit Full Service that received some or all of their payment on time during the period requested:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Week commencing:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of new claims to UC receiving some payment on time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of new claims to UC receiving full payment on time</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>18/09/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>25/09/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>02/10/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>09/10/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>16/10/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>23/10/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>30/10/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>06/11/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>13/11/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>20/11/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>27/11/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>04/12/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>11/12/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>18/12/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>25/12/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data in the rows for 30/10/2017 to 25/12/2017 are estimates based on information currently available.</p><p> </p><p>The average proportion of new claims for Universal Credit Full Service that received full payment on time over the entire period shown above is 80%.</p><p> </p><p>The average proportion of new claims for Universal Credit Full Service that received some payment on time over the entire period shown above is 87%.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 124170 124171 question first answered 25/01/2018 11:48:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

828575

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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	Local Government Services: Greater London
	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 account his Department takes of the relatively high cost of delivering local services in London in determining the local government finance settlement.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	124247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of local authorities’ relative needs and resources took place in 2013-14 alongside the introduction of the 50 per cent business rates retention system. The demand for local services was assessed through funding formulas which took into account the relative cost of delivering services across the country, including London.</p><p>The costs of providing comparable services differ between areas partly because of their differing characteristics (such as numbers of elderly people, or lengths of road) and partly because of differences in the costs of inputs which local authorities need to buy. An area cost adjustment is included in the current assessment to allow for the latter of these differences, and reflects two sources of differences in costs between areas: differences in labour costs; and differences in business rates paid on local authority premises.</p><p>At present the Government is carrying out a fair funding review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources, and we are working closely with the Local Government Association and representatives from across local government to ensure that we consider all the issues that impact on authorities’ relative need to spend on services and their capacity to fund these from local resources.</p><p>Amongst the issues we will consider are the impact of geographical factors such as area-related costs and rurality, and how to account for these within a new methodology.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 29/01/2018 13:58:05 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

825571

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	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	Local Government Finance: Greater London
	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 account is taken by his Department of trends in population growth when determining the local government finance settlement in London.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	123705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of local authorities’ relative needs and resources took place in 2013-14 alongside the introduction of the 50 per cent business rates retention system. At this point the demand for local services was assessed through funding formulae that used projected local population in 2013, as well as the relative needs of those populations including factors such as deprivation.</p><p>At present the Government is carrying out a fair funding review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources, and we are working closely with the Local Government Association and representatives from across local government to ensure that we consider all the issues that impact on authorities’ relative need to spend on services and their capacity to fund these from local resources.</p><p>Amongst the issues we will consider are the impact of population growth, deprivation, as well as specific geographical factors such as rurality and area-related costs.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/01/2018 14:05:32 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

825572

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	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	Local Government Finance: Greater London
	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 consideration he gives to relative levels of deprivation in determining the local government finance settlement in London.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	123706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of local authorities’ relative needs and resources took place in 2013-14 alongside the introduction of the 50 per cent business rates retention system. At this point the demand for local services was assessed through funding formulae that used projected local population in 2013, as well as the relative needs of those populations including factors such as deprivation.</p><p>At present the Government is carrying out a fair funding review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources, and we are working closely with the Local Government Association and representatives from across local government to ensure that we consider all the issues that impact on authorities’ relative need to spend on services and their capacity to fund these from local resources.</p><p>Amongst the issues we will consider are the impact of population growth, deprivation, as well as specific geographical factors such as rurality and area-related costs.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/01/2018 17:08:16 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan