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870246

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to improve assessments and decision-making processes for blind and partially sighted people who claim personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	134110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to continuously improving our assessment and decision making processes and to ensuring that decisions on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) are right first time for all claimants, regardless of their condition. PIP is working better for those with a visual impairment compared to the previous benefit, Disability Living Allowance (DLA). Under DLA, 5% of all those with a visual impairment were receiving the top level of support at the end of May 2013, whereas under PIP 63% of recipients are currently receiving the highest rates.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>DLA and PIP data taken from Stat-Xplore (<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>)</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 12:51:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

870247

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the Personal Independence Payment assessment process is accessible to people with sight loss.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	134111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>We have a range of provisions in place to ensure assessments are accessible to all claimants, in line with the standards under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Both Assessment Providers will provide on request, materials in alternative formats to meet the needs of claimants with a wide range of health conditions and impairments. This includes, but is not limited to, the provision of communications in large font material, Braille or audio format.</p><p> </p><p>Before attending a consultation, claimants are given the opportunity to alert the Assessment Provider to any additional requirements they may have. The Assessment Providers will endeavour to meet any reasonable requests.</p><p> </p><p>All assessment centres are fully accessible and the needs of all claimants are considered, including proximity to public transport routes and access to suitable parking. Where a face-to-face consultation is required, claimants are encouraged to bring a companion who can provide help and support.</p><p> </p><p>Both Assessment Providers regularly engage with a variety of stakeholders including sight loss charities, to review and improve the service they provide to all claimants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 15:33:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

870248

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that personal independence payment assessors understand sight loss.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	134112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The PIP assessment is not a medical assessment requiring the assessor to diagnose a condition and recommend treatment options. The focus is on ensuring Health Care Professionals (HCPs) are experts in disability analysis, focusing on the effects of health conditions and impairments on a claimant’s daily life.</p><p>All HCPs receive training on a wide range of conditions including sight loss and visual impairment. This includes detailed modules covering all aspects of sight loss and how the condition impacts on a person’s ability to undertake the activities in the PIP assessment. Both Assessment Providers employ Sensory Impairment Champions who are available to provide support and advice to HCPs at any point during the assessment process. In addition, DWP and the Assessment Providers engage with medical experts, sight loss charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen, review and update their training programmes.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 13:04:52 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

776824

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to ensure that UK Official Development Assistance not spent under the provisions of the International Development Act 2002 is spent in a way that is likely to contribute to a reduction in poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	109259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK Aid Strategy, published in November 2015 (CM 9163), is clear that the government shapes all of its ODA spending according to the four strategic objectives set out in the strategy. All four of these strategic objectives support poverty reduction and all are aligned with the UK national interest. The Aid Strategy also commits the UK to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, which have the eradication of poverty as their central objective.</p><p> </p><p>In order to qualify as ODA, all expenditure must meet the eligibility criteria established by the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/10/2017 14:40:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

776826

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Natural Disasters: British Overseas Territories
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to recent emergency funding for recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, if he will take steps to guarantee contingency funding outwith Overseas Development Assistance for future events affecting British Overseas Territories.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	109262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no restrictions in UK or international law on the support for reconstruction that we can provide to the overseas territories. The government has committed more than £60m to date for immediate relief and convened a new ministerial group to agree the UK government’s approach to assist the territories as they move from immediate relief to longer term recovery following Hurricane Irma.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/10/2017 13:54:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

823716

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were employed in (a) HM Revenue and Customs; and (b) departments of HM Revenue & Customs in each of the last ten years; and what the budget for each of those departments was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	123164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs publishes staffing numbers and budgets each year in its Annual Report and Accounts, including the core department and agency information. The information is available at the following links:</p><p>2012-13 to 2016-17</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts</a></p><p> </p><p>Earlier years</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/reports.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk///about/reports.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/01/2018 12:39:29 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

823717

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Export Controls: Arrests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many arrests have been made under the provisions of the Export Control Order 2008 in each year since that Order came into effect; how many charging decisions have been received on such breaches from the CPS; on what dates such decisions were received; and how many criminal convictions have resulted from each such charging decision.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	123165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>There have been five arrests made for trafficking and brokering offences arising under the provisions of the Export Control Order 2008. One of those arrests has resulted in a conviction. Of the remainder, one has resulted in a decision not to charge, one has resulted in a compound penalty and the remaining two will shortly be referred for a charging decision.</p><p>It is important to note that the action HMRC takes in respect of breaches of export controls will depend on the nature and seriousness of any offence, and that action is not limited to investigation with a view to prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/01/2018 12:45:39 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

828162

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Export Controls: Arrests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2018 to Question 123165, what the dates were of each of the five arrests made; what the names were of each of the people arrested; and what the details of the charges were by section of the 2008 control order.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	124122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not release the details of investigations where no conviction has taken place or the names of those individuals or companies that HMRC have previously, or are currently, investigating.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the prosecution for a trafficking and brokering offence arising under the provisions of the Export Control Order 2008 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>One individual was arrested in March 2011 for promoting the supply or delivery of handguns and hand-held surface to air missiles to Azerbaijan, in contravention of the Export Control Order 2008. In July 2012, they were found guilty on both counts and sentenced to three and a half years in respect of missiles and two and a half years in respect of the handguns, to run concurrently.</p><p> </p><p>The action HMRC takes in respect of breaches of export controls will depend on the nature and seriousness of any offence, and that action is not limited to investigation with a view to prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 25/01/2018 15:35:58 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

830000

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Export Control Act 2002: Arrests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many arrests have been made under the provisions of the Export Control Act 2002 in each year since that Act came into effect; how many charging decisions have been received on such breaches from the CPS; on what dates such decisions were received; and how many criminal convictions have resulted from each such charging decision.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	124723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text Information on HMRC enforcement outcomes is published in the Strategic Export Controls Annual Reports which are available on the gov.uk. Website. The specific information requested is not readily available. HMRC takes breaches of strategic export controls very seriously but does not view a criminal prosecution as the only successful law enforcement outcome in all cases. There are several other options they can and regularly do exercise; these include building awareness, sending warning letters, issuing compound penalties and seizure or disruption actions. answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/01/2018 14:54:10 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

833005

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January to Question 123164, for the (a) staff numbers and (b) budget for Customs A/B for each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	125321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>As per my previous answer, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) publishes staffing numbers and budgets each year in its Annual Report and Accounts, including the core department and agency information. The information is available at the following links:</p><p>For 2012-13 to 2016-17:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts</a></p><p> </p><p>For earlier years:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/reports.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk///about/reports.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>With the merger of Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise in 2005, HMRC was created as a single department. As a single integrated department, HMRC is no longer organised as a separate entity, nor does it report Customs as a separate entity.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/02/2018 09:49:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle