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1143640

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Government targets for CO2 emissions will be overseen by an independent watchdog.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	285407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is an independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008. The role of the CCC in providing independent, expert advice to Government on climate change mitigation and adaptation is widely accepted as global best-practice.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/09/2019 09:46:18 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1144239

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits to Wales of providing interchanges to the High Speed 2 network at Crewe and Chester.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	286139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The department’s analysis shows that passengers in North Wales will benefit from an HS2 interchange at Crewe, with shorter journey times to London and improved cross-country journey times. An HS2 interchange at Chester is not feasible without electrification of the line from there to Crewe. The Network Rail Welsh Route Study, published in March 2016, identified options for improving the North Wales main line but the rail industry has not identified a robust business case for electrification of the line from Crewe to Chester. The Government’s proposals for HS2 do not preclude development of opportunities for future service enhancements including those on the Chester and North Wales lines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/09/2019 13:09:35 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1144252

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Devolution: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the next Statement of Funding Policy on funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	286188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Statement of Funding Policy is typically updated at each Spending Review, so the eighth edition is due to be published in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>At Spending Round 2019, HM Treasury published a Statement of Funding Policy addendum to reflect the creation of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the reclassification of Network Rail spending from AME to DEL since Spending Review 2015.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:30:38 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1143495

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Lone Parents: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support is in place for single working parents.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	285426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting working families with the cost of living.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to rolling out Universal Credit (UC), which is designed to make work pay. Working parents on UC are benefitting from the Budget 2018 work allowance increase, meaning they can keep up to an extra £635 of their income each year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is spending almost £6 billion in 2019-20 on childcare support – more than ever before. This includes free childcare hours in England, support under tax credits and Universal Credit, and Tax Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Working parents will also be benefitting from the Income Tax Personal Allowance increase to £12,500, and the National Living Wage increase to £8.21.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:44:26 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1143496

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the effect of the 30 hours free childcare scheme on educational performance in children.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	285427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2019 answer text <p>The 30 hours entitlement is intended to support working families with access to high quality, affordable childcare. We are clear that the 30 hours entitlement aims to support working families with the cost of childcare, and to support parents back into work, or to work more hours should they wish to do so. Therefore, we have not made any assessment of the effect of the entitlement on educational performance.</p><p>The latest research in ‘Study of early education and development’ shows that cognitive and socio-emotional developmental benefits were seen to be associated with use of early education and care between ages 2 and age 4, however there is no clear optimal number of hours for a child to spend in early years provision. A link to the study can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/study-of-early-education-and-development-seed" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/study-of-early-education-and-development-seed</a>.</p><p>Access to early education is vital to ensuring all children to have the best start in life, which is why we provide 15 hours of free early education for all 3 and 4-year olds and the most disadvantaged 2-year olds. This is why we plan to spend around £3.5 billion on our early education entitlements this year alone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Mrs Kemi Badenoch question first answered 06/09/2019 17:42:11 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1143497

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Tax-Free Childcare statistics, published March 2019, for what reasons the proportion of families in Northern Ireland using tax-free childcare remained unchanged between 2017-18 and 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	285428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of used TFC accounts which are in Northern Ireland remained unchanged between 2017/18 and 2018/19 as the increase in the number of used accounts in Northern Ireland was proportional to the increase in the number of used accounts across the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>As shown in Table 5 of the most recent Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) Statistics release (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-june-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-june-2019</a>) the number of used TFC accounts in Northern Ireland increased by 1,700 between 2017/18 and 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:32:19 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1143498

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support is available to parents of a child over the age of 11 to help with their childcare costs, given that this is the upper limit for Tax-Free Childcare, and where they are no longer able to access Childcare Vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	285429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting families and we will be spending almost £6 billion in 2019/20 on childcare support – more than ever before.</p><p> </p><p>There is a range of financial support with the cost of childcare available to parents with children over the age of 11, including:</p><ul><li><p>Support with 20% of childcare costs for disabled children up to the age of 16 under Tax-Free Childcare.</p></li><li><p>Support of up to 85% of childcare costs under Universal Credit, and up to 70% of costs under Tax Credits, for children up to the age of 16 and 15 respectively.</p></li><li><p>Support of up to 85% of childcare costs for children under 15 whose parents are full time Higher Education students under the Childcare Grant in England.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:55:41 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1143499

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer on 3 September 2018 to Question 133821, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland executive on developing a 30 hours free childcare policy in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	285430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Early education is a devolved matter for a restored Northern Ireland Executive. HMT ministers and officials have had no recent discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on developing a new childcare offer in Northern Ireland. HMT continues to be willing to provide advice to the Northern Ireland parties and the Northern Ireland Civil Service based on our experience of developing and administering childcare policies in England.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:17:29 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1143500

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Sharks: Animal Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent the export of shark fins from the UK.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	285454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2019 16:31:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1143501

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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	Weather
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 (a) financial and (b) staffing assistance the Government has provided to local authorities responding to extreme weather events in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	285398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>On 10 August, the Government announced that local communities and businesses impacted by the previous week’s heavy rain and flooding will have access to up to £5.25 million to support their recovery.</p><p>Over the last 12 months my Department has made payments totalling £418,579 to four local authorities to assist them in responding to severe weather incidents. This includes £150,000 that my Department provided to High Peak Borough Council to support the community following the Toddbrook Reservoir incident.</p><p>Recently, my Department also announced Bellwin support towards response costs for authorities in North Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in respect of flooding in those areas over the summer and for High Peaks Council with respect to the Toddbrook Reservoir incident. We await their claims.</p><p>In all the above cases, no additional staffing assistance was provided.</p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is unable to provide details about what financial and staffing assistance was provided by other departments to local authorities in response to those severe weather incidents.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 09/09/2019 15:18:42 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan