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886028

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date	18/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support people with disabilities in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	904707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Disability inclusion is a top priority for DFID, and we continue to build our programming in this area. In July the UK will host a Global Disability Summit to deliver lasting change for people with disabilities, focusing on inclusive education, economic empowerment, tackling stigma and discrimination, and technology and innovation.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/04/2018 13:36:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

886029

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to inform and educate UK citizens on the benefits of international development assistance.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	904708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Aid works, and DFID demonstrates this to the British public every day. We do this through media engagement, ministerial visits, speeches, development education, volunteering programmes, and through UK Aid Match. We also held a public event in Birmingham last month to showcase first-hand the life-changing value of UK aid.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/04/2018 13:43:29 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

886030

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to help prepare Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, for the monsoon season.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	904711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>We are supporting a wide range of measures including improvements to shelters, water and sanitation, vaccination campaigns and prepositioning of emergency supplies. We are encouraging the Government of Bangladesh to allocate additional land at lower risk of flooding, reduce density in the existing camps and put evacuation plans in place.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/04/2018 13:37:31 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

886031

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Bangladesh: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to protect Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh from the effects of the monsoon season.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	904715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>We are supporting a wide range of measures including improvements to shelters, water and sanitation, vaccination campaigns and prepositioning of emergency supplies. We are encouraging the Government of Bangladesh to allocate additional land at lower risk of flooding, reduce density in the existing camps and put evacuation plans in place.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 18/04/2018 13:37:54 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

884868

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK will have completed all preliminary steps to allow ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products before 2 July 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	135856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The government is fully committed to the Protocol and its ratification and I can confirm that the preliminary steps to achieve this have begun. Subject to Parliamentary approval, the government plans to complete the ratification process before 2 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/04/2018 12:11:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

884871

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Nationality: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what additional rights are accorded by the UK Government to people in Northern Ireland who choose to assert their right to Irish citizenship.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	135859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Belfast Agreement provides that people born in Northern Ireland may choose to be identified as British, Irish or both. The Government remains fully committed to the Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government does not accord any additional rights to those who assert their right to Irish Citizenship.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/04/2018 11:50:08 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

884873

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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	Natural Gas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to support off-grid households to connect to the gas network.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	135861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Gas Act 1986 already confers a duty on my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State to ‘secure that, so far as it is economical to meet them, all reasonable demands in Great Britain for gas conveyed through pipes’. This duty is exercised through obligations and licence conditions placed upon gas operators.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Gas Act 1986 (ss.9 &amp; 10) also confers on Gas Distribution Network operators the obligation to comply with requests to be connected to their gas mains, so far as it is economical to do so, and where the premises to be connected are within 23 metres of a relevant main.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/04/2018 16:09:05 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

884875

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has received representations on the level of availability of interpreters willing to travel for judicial proceedings in Northern Ireland; and if he will take steps to ensure the provision of interpreters from England and Wales for such proceedings in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	135863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The provision of services required to support the administration of justice to the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS), is a matter for the Northern Ireland Department of Justice. The Ministry of Justice has robust language service arrangements in place to support Northern Ireland sittings of the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration &amp; Asylum Chamber) and the Upper Tribunal tribunals, which covers the whole of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>Where requested to do so, my officials will share the Ministry of Justice register of available interpreters with their NICTS counterparts, to support the wider administration of the Northern Ireland justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/04/2018 16:37:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

884877

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the £200 self-contribution that disabled students in higher education must make to access funding for computer equipment, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of that charge on the ability of disabled students to (a) access essential equipment and (b) continue with their education.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	135865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Since 2015 eligible students have been required to pay £200 towards the cost of computer equipment recommended for them, given that computer ownership is now widespread and therefore a mainstream cost for all students. In December 2014 the government published an Equality Analysis of the changes to Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs), in advance of the introduction of the £200 student contribution to computer costs from September 2015. The analysis is available to view here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/392610/bis-14-1108-higher-education-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis-revised-16-12-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/<br> attachment_data/file/392610/bis-14-1108-higher-education-disabled-students-allowances-equality-analysis-revised-16-12-2014.pdf</a><em>.</em></p><p> </p><p>The department has commissioned a research project to explore the impact of DSAs on eligible students, including the impact of recent reforms. The research findings will be responded to when they are available in spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 24/04/2018 16:10:42 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

884878

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the repayment of advances is included in the 40 per cent cap on what can be deducted from universal credit claimants’ monthly awards.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	135866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit provides an unprecedented level of personalised support. People receive tailored support, based on their individual requirements, including financial support.</p><p> </p><p>Repayment of Universal Credit advances are included in the 40% cap on deductions that can be made from a claimant’s award. The maximum rate of deduction for an advance cannot exceed 40% of the claimant’s standard allowance.</p><p> </p><p>These deductions are taken when it is in the best interest of the claimant. In determining this, the Decision Maker will take into account the claimant’s circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>To protect vulnerable claimants from being made homeless or having their fuel disconnected, deductions in excess of the 40% of the claimant’s standard allowance can be taken in some circumstances. This is only for ‘last resort’ deductions , such as for arrears of service charges, rent, gas and electricity and on-going monthly costs of gas and electricity.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is in financial difficulty as a result of the level of deductions, where it relates to benefit debt, a social fund loan or rent arrears, they can request that a reduction be considered.</p><p> </p><p>If a claimant is having difficulty repaying a benefit overpayment they can request a reconsideration of the amount that is being taken. Any reduction will be based on the individual circumstances of the claimant rather than the amount of the overpayment, which helps to ensure that a sustainable repayment plan based on affordability is put in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 135867 135868 135869 question first answered 24/04/2018 11:41:43 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield