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859910

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in local authority funding for children's services.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	904289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the local government finance settlement. Over the Spending Review period, councils will receive more than £200 billion for local services.</p><p>In February, I announced that annual local government funding will rise in real terms to £45.6 billion by 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 12/03/2018 17:51:19 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

857709

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Neonicotinoids: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2018 to Question 126415, and with reference to the conclusion published on 28 February 2018 from the European Food Safety Authority on the risk to wild bees and honeybees from the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, if he will set out the Government's policy on the banning of neonicotinoids; by what date the Government is asking for negotiations to restart on the matter of neonicotinoids; if he will take steps to ban neonicotinoids in the UK in the event of undue time being taken at EU level on that matter; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	131610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government set out its policy on neonicotinoids on 09 November: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/environment-secretary-backs-further-restrictions-on-neonicotinoid-pesticides" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/environment-secretary-backs-further-restrictions-on-neonicotinoid-pesticides</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government supports further restrictions on neonicotinoids, based on the latest evidence.</p><p> </p><p>A number of EU Member States indicated that they wished to see the outputs of the European Food safety Authority (EFSA) work before reaching a position on neonicotinoids. Now the EFSA work is complete, negotiations on this issue should restart in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 14/03/2018 12:02:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

857713

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Travellers: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report of the Ministerial working group on tackling inequalities experienced by Gypsies and Travellers, published in April 2012, what recent steps his Department has taken to support Gypsy and Traveller representative groups showcase small private sites that are well presented and maintained.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	131614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>On 11 November 2014 in response to a Question UIN HL2504 from Lord Avebury, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon provided a summary of progress on the 28 commitments made by the Ministerial Working Group on tackling inequalities experienced by Gypsies and Travellers.</p><p>The Government is concerned about the inequalities experienced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and maintains close contact with representative groups. Ministers in the Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government, the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care are committed to working together to tackle the poor life chances of these groups, and will be running a series of projects to improve outcomes for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in the areas of educational attainment, health and social integration through a fund which will concentrate on localised approaches that have been proved to deliver positive results. We intend to announce successful projects before April.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/03/2018 16:19:58 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

857715

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Ethnic Minority Engagement Stakeholder Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the meetings he has attended with former members of the Department’s Ethnic Minority Engagement Stakeholder Group since its closure.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	131616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes on a quarterly basis, meetings with Ministers and external stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>The most up to date information can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> via the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 15:06:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

857720

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the Government's policy is on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	131621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister reaffirmed her commitments to the Northern Ireland and Ireland border in her speech at Mansion House, recognising the unique circumstances in Northern Ireland, and our shared commitments to avoiding a hard border.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Report also made clear that it is our intention to avoid a hard border and any physical infrastructure or related checks and controls between Northern Ireland and Ireland through our overall UK-EU relationship. If this does not prove possible, we will then propose specific solutions to address the unique circumstances of the island of Ireland. In the absence of agreed solutions, the UK will maintain full alignment with those rules of the internal market and the customs union which, now or in the future, support North-South co-operation, the all-island economy and the protection of the 1998 [Belfast] Agreement. We have always been clear that we will not agree anything that threatens the constitutional or economic integrity of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We have pledged to translate all of the commitments made in the Joint Report we published with the EU Commission in December into a legally binding Withdrawal Agreement. This includes all of those on Northern Ireland and Ireland. We remain absolutely committed to doing so.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 15/03/2018 14:03:25 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

857722

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been refused under section 322 (5) of her Departments Immigration Rules for minor tax errors.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	131623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The specific information that has been requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office.</p><p>Information on the number of applications and decisions (i.e. grants, refusals, withdrawn and lapsed cases) is published quarterly in the Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, Visas volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/03/2018 18:02:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

857723

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to stop intermediaries using freephone numbers offered by her Department to generate income from claimants.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	131624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has engaged with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to agree how to maximise the powers that Ofcom and the Phone-paid Services Authority discharge in relation to regulating paid for telephony services.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/03/2018 14:14:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

857734

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127842 on Army: Recruitment, if he will publish (a) the most recent Cabinet Office Government Whitelist of the approved websites for advertising and (b) a list of the websites which featured Army recruitment advertisements in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	131635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The latest Cabinet Office Government Whitelist of approved websites for advertising, dated 21 September 2017, is attached.</p><p>For information on Army recruitment advertisements I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 February 2018 to Question 127842.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/03/2018 16:23:53 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20180214-Gov Whitelist 21st Sept 17.xlsx title Cabinet Office Government Whitelist
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

857765

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that no entity will be granted a licence under NHS Improvement's new guidance on the oversight of NHS-controlled providers until after the conclusion of the national consultation on accountable care organisations.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	131666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>No accountable care organisations (ACOs) currently exist and they will not exist until NHS England has completed a full consultation. No commissioner will be able to use the draft ACO Contract unless NHS England makes it available following the end of a proposed consultation exercise. NHS England would only consider making the contract available after carefully considering consultees’ responses to the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on whether an organisation is required to hold an National Health Service provider licence – known as the licence exemptions regulations – is published by the Department. A provider which holds the ACO contract will be subject to the same NHS Improvement provider license requirements as any other provider of NHS services.</p><p> </p><p>The licence exemptions regulations have not been affected by NHS Improvement’s guidance on NHS-controlled providers, which instead outlines changes to the oversight to which a small number of providers that are already required to hold a licence are subject.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 15/03/2018 14:01:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

857782

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aggregates Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received an exemption from the aggregates levy for building (dimension) stone in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	131683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>To minimise administrative burden on business, HMRC’s Aggregates Levy returns do not require taxpayers to specify which relief applies to material that is not subject to tax. It is therefore not possible to establish how many taxpayers benefited from these reliefs.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 131682 131684 131685 question first answered 13/03/2018 13:08:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd