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806413

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Whether his Department is preparing contingency plans for use across Government in the event of there being no deal on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	902948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We continue to focus on getting a good outcome that works for the UK and for those in the EU. As we move to the next phase of talks, we do so with a renewed sense of optimism about the deal that can be achieved.</p><p>While we do not want or expect a ‘no deal’ outcome, as a responsible Government we will continue to prepare for a range of potential outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 14/12/2017 16:46:58 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

806414

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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	Financial Services: UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UK financial sector on the effect on that sector of the UK leaving the single market.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	902951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>As I said in my answer to Topical Questions on 14 December, since the creation of our Department, we have engaged closely with the financial services industry. We have received representations from a wide variety of stakeholders, including UK Finance, TheCityUK, the Association of Foreign Banks and the Investment Association, as well as many firms in Edinburgh, which, as the hon. Lady knows well, is a regional and global leader in, among others, the asset management and insurance industries. We will continue to work closely with them and colleagues at the Treasury to ensure that our financial services industry thrives.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 14/12/2017 16:52:37 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

804627

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union what representations the Government has received from the aviation sector on priorities for the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	902943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>As I said in my answer to Oral Question 902942 on 14 December, I can confirm to my hon. Friend that the Government are working closely with the aviation sector to ensure that it continues to be a major success story for the UK economy. Ministers and officials in our Department and in the Department for Transport have met widely with representatives of the sector since the referendum in 2016, covering the full spectrum of issues affecting the industry.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 14/12/2017 16:45:23 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

804629

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Aviation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what representations the Government has received from the aviation sector on priorities for the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	902944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>As I said in my answer to Oral Question 902942 on 14 December, I can confirm to my hon. Friend that the Government are working closely with the aviation sector to ensure that it continues to be a major success story for the UK economy. Ministers and officials in our Department and in the Department for Transport have met widely with representatives of the sector since the referendum in 2016, covering the full spectrum of issues affecting the industry.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 14/12/2017 16:46:04 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

804361

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Custodial Treatment: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2017 to Question HL 3476, on Custodial Treatment: Private Sector, how much was paid out of the public purse to private providers in each year since 2010 for the management of custodial sentences; what the total planned expenditure to private providers will be in each year up to 2020 and which private companies he estimates will receive the largest amount of funding in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	118434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Full Year Forecast (At end of November 2017)</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Draft </strong><strong>Medium Term Financial Planning (MTFP) Budgetary Estimates, for planning purposes and not yet agreed or allocated as budgets</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£469,511,861</p></td><td><p>£479,914,867</p></td><td><p>£492,105,132</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The provider projected to receive the largest sum over the years in question is G4S as the operator in a total of five of the fourteen privately managed prisons in England and Wales. The amounts shown in the summary above are inclusive of payments to Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) which act as the prime contractors for three of those five privately managed prisons and pay G4S to operate them.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:23:47 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804362

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2017 to Question 116478 on Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), how many people work in the Contract Management Teams (CTM); what the annual budget is of the CTMs; how many times a CMT notified a CRC that its staffing levels needed to be increased; and what criteria CMTs use to assess the adequacy of a CRC's level of staffing.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	118432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The CRC Contract Management Group in the HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) Directorate of Community Interventions is responsible for managing the 20 CRC contracts in England. The Group currently operates with an annual budget of £5,302,127, and 80.19 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff.</p><p> </p><p>Contract Management of Wales CRC is the responsibility of HMPPS in Wales, and currently employs 4.25 FTE staff for this purpose, with an annual budget of £233,000.</p><p> </p><p>The contracts with CRCs require each CRC to ensure that it employs a sufficient level of staff, and that its workforce is competent and adequately trained. Our CMTs closely monitor and robustly manage providers on a local basis, taking into account the regional context, to make sure they fulfil their contractual commitments to reduce reoffending, protect the public and provide value for money to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:24:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804363

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) male and (b) female offenders who have accommodation found for them on the first night out of prison by a community rehabilitation company; and if he will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	118597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>As a result of our Transforming Rehabilitation reforms, all offenders now get targeted support before and after they leave prison to help them reintegrate into society. This includes working with local partners to help them find accommodation including, where necessary, emergency accommodation. Local authorities are statutorily responsible for working with and supporting an individual in order to assist them into securing settled accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>We currently publish the performance of Community Rehabilitation Companies against Assurance Metric C, which measures the percentage of offenders who have settled accommodation on release from custody. The latest published information can be found in the ‘Community Performance Quarterly Management Information Release: April to June 2017’ on Gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-performance-quarterly-mi-update-to-june-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering the development of a performance measure for accommodation on first night out of prison for introduction in 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/12/2017 16:24:00 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

804378

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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	British Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what funding his Department has allocated to the British Council in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	118448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The figures published in the FCO Annual Accounts for outturn Grant-in-Aid funding to the British Council are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>​£m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>193.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>187.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>179.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>165.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>157.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>154.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>156.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>162.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The current allocation for 2017/18 is £161.5m but the final outturn figure will be published in the 2017/18 FCO Annual Report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 14/12/2017 16:48:48 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

804422

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the voluntary application process set out in paragraph 4 of the document Technical Note: Citizens' Rights - Administrative Procedures in the UK published on 7 November 2017, what the proposed timescale is for the roll-out of the new process; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	118483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has established three stakeholder groups on EU Exit Immigration issues. There are two user groups comprising representatives of EU citizens from community, advice and support networks, and consular representatives from the EU27 and EFTA nations. There is also a cross-sectoral employers’ representative group. This engagement is supporting the development of the operational process and system design for the new EU Exit Settlement Scheme.</p><p>We intend to launch the Scheme during the second half of 2018.</p><p>To date the Home Office has received additional funding from HM Treasury of £60m over this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 118481 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:27:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

804423

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 3 of the document, Technical Note: Citizens' Rights - Administrative Procedures in the UK, published on 7 November 2017, (a) how many user groups have been set up, (b) who the user groups report to, (c) what the timescale is to complete the implementation systems, (d) how much has been spent to date on the project and (e) what the total budget is for the project; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	118481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has established three stakeholder groups on EU Exit Immigration issues. There are two user groups comprising representatives of EU citizens from community, advice and support networks, and consular representatives from the EU27 and EFTA nations. There is also a cross-sectoral employers’ representative group. This engagement is supporting the development of the operational process and system design for the new EU Exit Settlement Scheme.</p><p>We intend to launch the Scheme during the second half of 2018.</p><p>To date the Home Office has received additional funding from HM Treasury of £60m over this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 118483 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:27:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown