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1109209

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	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	Support for Mortgage Interest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of replacing the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme with a loans-based system from April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	240106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Support for Mortgage Interest is designed to provide protection against the threat of repossession. The new loans system provides exactly the same level of support and provides exactly the same level of protection from repossession as the previous system. We continue to work closely with the lending industry to ensure the scheme delivers its intended aim. The conversion of SMI from a benefit to a loan is estimated to save around £140m in welfare spending.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is using evidence from a number of sources to assess the impact of the conversion to a loan on an on-going basis, including management information on claimant take up and feedback from stakeholder groups, including via our regular liaison with UK Finance, to assess whether there are unintended consequences for particular groups.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/04/2019 12:59:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1109337

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Deduction from Earnings Orders have been set up at the point of application since changes were made to the collection and enforcement powers of the Child Maintenance Service in (a) the UK (b) Scotland and (c) Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	240593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Information on whether a Deduction from Earnings Order was set up at the point of application is not readily available and to provide it will incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>You might be interested in Table 11: Enforcement Actions which highlights Enforcement Actions used by the Child Maintenance Service, including the number of ongoing Deduction from Earnings Orders or Requests.</p><p>These statistics are published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/04/2019 13:03:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1109445

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the child maintenance service uses a person's gross income and not take home pay when making maintenance calculations.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	240588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>When the Child Maintenance Service makes a calculation it is based initially on gross income information received directly from HM Revenue and Customs. Taking information directly from HMRC allows us to capture a wide range of income types received by paying parents. Basing the assessment on gross income data has enabled the Child Maintenance Service to significantly speed up the set-up of new cases which can be key to securing regular payments.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/04/2019 12:55:59 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1109510

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the benefit freeze on child poverty rates.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	240462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>An Impact Assessment of the benefit freeze was published in 2015. The Welfare Reforms such as the benefit freeze were designed to incentivise parents to choose to move into and progress in work. Evidence shows that work is the best route out of poverty. Children in workless households are five time more likely to be in poverty than those in households where all adults were working.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/04/2019 10:56:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1109530

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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: Ministers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-disclosure agreements have been entered into by his Department in each of the last five years in respect of a personnel matter relating to a Minister in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	240564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>DWP does not have any record of entering into non-disclosure agreements in the stated circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/04/2019 12:45:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1107798

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Art Works
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish a list of the art, cultural and folk artefacts that overseas Governments have requested be returned to their country of origin and which are currently held in (a) public institutions and (b) private collections in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	238596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested. Decisions about items in collections are a matter for institutions themselves - and in the case of national museums, statutory duty lies with the board of trustees who operate independently from government at arm’s length. In addition, the government has no locus over private collections.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 08/04/2019 11:02:38 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1105934

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade: Republic of Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of whether not applying tariffs on goods travelling between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement would be compliant with World Trade Organisation rules.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	238415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is confident that it is acting within its rights and obligations as a Member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In developing our policy for the Northern Ireland border, alongside WTO rules, we have also had to take into consideration a broader set out of international obligations.</p><p> </p><p>We are confident that the unique social, political and economic circumstances in Northern Ireland justify the temporary measures that the Government is taking, based on existing exceptions under WTO rules.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 08/04/2019 08:32:21 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1109162

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with potential trading partners on uprating the pensions of UK pensioners living in frozen countries as part of any new trade agreement after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	239884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Discussions with potential trading partners on future bilateral trade agreements have focussed on building a shared understanding of both countries’ ambitions for future trading arrangements. The subject of frozen state pensions has not formed part of our trade discussions with potential trading partners. This policy area is primarily a matter for the Department for Work and Pensions.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 08/04/2019 08:44:06 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1082688

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Education: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 202 of the Central Government Supply Estimates 2018-19: Supplementary Estimates, what programmes are funded by the (a) resource and (b) capital funding outlined in Line B School Infrastructure and Funding of Education (Department) of the estimate.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	229194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>As per the ‘Central Government Supply Estimates 2018-19: Supplementary Estimates’, resource funding for programmes by Estimate Line is disclosed in the attached table. This information is supplemented by additional information contained in the ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum’ published by the Education Select Committee.</p><p>For programmes covered by capital funding in the '2018-19 Supplementary Estimate', the Department is investing £23 billion in the school estate in the current Spending Review period (2016-17 to 2020-21) to deliver new school places, rebuild or refurbish buildings in the worst condition and deliver thousands of condition projects across the school estate. Details on 2018-19 school’s capital budgets is available at Annex D of the ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2018-19’.</p><p>In addition to the Department’s investment in school’s capital, the Department also funds capital projects in other sectors, including higher education, further education, and children’s social care.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 229250 229251 229252 229253 229254 229256 229257 229258 229259 229260 229261 229262 229263 question first answered 08/04/2019 11:03:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name Resource_funding_for_programmes_by_Estimate_Line.pdf title Resource_funding_for_programmes_by_Estimate_Line previous answer version 107734 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1082689

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to HM Treasury, Central Government Supply Estimates 2018-19: Supplementary Estimates 2018-19, Department for Education, Spending in DE, Line C School Infrastructure and Funding of Education (ALB) (Net), what programmes are funded by the (a) resource and (b) capital funding outlined in that line of the estimate.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	229250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>As per the ‘Central Government Supply Estimates 2018-19: Supplementary Estimates’, resource funding for programmes by Estimate Line is disclosed in the attached table. This information is supplemented by additional information contained in the ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum’ published by the Education Select Committee.</p><p>For programmes covered by capital funding in the '2018-19 Supplementary Estimate', the Department is investing £23 billion in the school estate in the current Spending Review period (2016-17 to 2020-21) to deliver new school places, rebuild or refurbish buildings in the worst condition and deliver thousands of condition projects across the school estate. Details on 2018-19 school’s capital budgets is available at Annex D of the ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2018-19’.</p><p>In addition to the Department’s investment in school’s capital, the Department also funds capital projects in other sectors, including higher education, further education, and children’s social care.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 229194 229251 229252 229253 229254 229256 229257 229258 229259 229260 229261 229262 229263 question first answered 08/04/2019 11:03:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name Resource_funding_for_programmes_by_Estimate_Line.pdf title Resource_funding_for_programmes_by_Estimate_Line previous answer version 108140 answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner