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1020607

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Females: Hate Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on using the national curriculum to tackle misogyny.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	199794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants to support all young people to be happy, healthy and safe. That is why we are making Relationships Education compulsory in primary schools, and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) compulsory in all secondary schools.</p><p>High quality teaching of these subjects will help children understand positive relationships, how to value difference and respect for others, and the law on abuse and harassment in an age appropriate way. The consultation on the draft regulations and guidance closed on 7 November. The Department for Education is analysing responses and expect to publish a response in the New Year.</p><p>The Government Equalities Office continue to support this agenda, and has recently funded Phase 1 of the Law Commission review of online abuse law, to ensure women are sufficiently protected from online misogyny.</p><p>Both the Minister for Women and Equalities and the Secretary of State for Education are committed to ensuring that both girls and boys can achieve their potential in life, and met recently to discuss women’s economic empowerment in the education sector.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/12/2018 17:48:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1020612

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Political Parties: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what representations she has had from civil society organisations on bringing Section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 into force.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	199797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>Further to my answer of 13 November to my Rt Hon Friend the Member for Loughborough, I have received a number of representations regarding section 106, including from civil society organisations.</p><p>We continue to keep uncommenced provisions of the Equality Act 2010 under review. Equality is never a one-time fix and it is right that we should keep re-examining the issues.</p><p>This Parliament is the most gender and LGBT diverse ever, but there is still more to do. Political parties are responsible for their candidate selection and should lead the way in improving women’s representation. Many are already doing so.</p><p>The Government’s Suffrage Centenary Fund is supporting a number of projects that aim to increase women’s participation in politics, and earlier this year we announced funding for disabled candidates to meet the costs of campaigning, primarily for the forthcoming English local elections in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/12/2018 17:49:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1020614

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Flexible Working: Menopause
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to encourage employers to offer flexible working arrangements to women going through the menopause.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	199799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>We commissioned an evidence review into the menopause in 2017, which highlighted the important role employers can play in helping women to work during this phase of their lives. We have worked in partnership with the Women’s Business Council to develop and publish a Toolkit for employers: Staying On: The Age of Success. This promotes flexible working alongside other solutions to support and retain women in the workplace who are going through the menopause.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/12/2018 16:09:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1022924

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Candidates: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the launch of the EnAble Fund for Elected Office, what support her Department is providing to help disabled candidates standing for parliamentary elections.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	200689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that political parties have the prime responsibility for supporting their disabled candidates. We are undertaking a programme of work with disability stakeholders to help political parties to better support disabled candidates.</p><p>Alongside this work we have launched the EnAble Fund for Elected Office which is a £250,000 interim fund to support disabled candidates, primarily for the forthcoming local elections in May 2019.</p><p>The fund will help cover disability-related expenses people might face when seeking elected office which could include items such as British Sign Language Interpreters, Assistive Technology or taxi fares where other modes of transport are not appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 13/12/2018 17:47:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1020373

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Office for Professional Body Anti-money Laundering Supervision
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision in improving standards in the financial sector.
	tabling member constituency	Luton North
	tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
	uin	199262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) became operational in January 2018. OPBAS is part of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and supervises 22 professional body anti-money laundering (AML) supervisors which oversee the legal and accountancy sectors, as listed in the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. Neither OPBAS, nor the professional body AML supervisors (PBSs) supervise AML activities in the financial sector, which is instead supervised by the FCA. Fighting financial crime is a key priority for the FCA.</p><p> </p><p>OPBAS’s key objectives are to reduce the harm of money laundering and terrorist financing by:</p><ul><li><p>ensuring a robust and consistently high standard of supervision by the PBSs overseeing the legal and accountancy sectors;</p></li><li><p>facilitating collaboration, and information and intelligence sharing between PBSs, statutory supervisors, and law enforcement agencies.</p><p>The recent Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review of the UK’s AML regime recommended that the UK should closely monitor the impact of OPBAS in undertaking its work.</p><p> </p></li></ul><p>By the end of 2018, OPBAS will have completed its initial supervisory assessments of all PBSs. The Government will continue to work closely with OPBAS to ensure that its plans and activities are effective and risk-based.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/12/2018 14:18:27 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

1022906

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be affected by the new 2019 loan charge (a) in total and (b) who are public sector workers.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	200576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The charge on disguised remuneration (DR) loans is targeted at artificial tax avoidance schemes where earnings were paid via a third party in the form of ‘loans’. These loans were paid in place of ordinary remuneration, with the sole purpose of avoiding income tax and National Insurance contributions. In reality these loans were never repaid. When taking into account the loan they received, loan scheme users have on average twice as much income as the average UK taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The Government estimates that up to 50,000 individuals will be affected by the 2019 loan charge. HMRC has published a breakdown of individuals affected by industry. HMRC data indicates that fewer than 3% of those affected work in medical services (doctors and nurses) and teaching. No estimate of the number of individuals affected within the public sector overall is available. Further information can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/loan-schemes-and-the-loan-charge-an-overview/tax-avoidance-loan-schemes-and-the-loan-charge#who-affected" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/loan-schemes-and-the-loan-charge-an-overview/tax-avoidance-loan-schemes-and-the-loan-charge#who-affected</a></p><p> </p><p>HMRC has simplified the process for those who choose to settle their use of avoidance schemes before the charge arises, so that those earning less than £50,000 a year and no longer engaging in tax avoidance can agree a payment plan of up to five years without the need for detailed supporting information. There is no maximum period within which an overall settlement can be agreed, and HMRC will deal with individual cases appropriately and sympathetically.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 13/12/2018 14:14:17 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1022953

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2018 to Question 198212 on Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Costs, which Departmental budget will provide the cost of the proposed Global Navigation Satellite System.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	200617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>In August, following the European Commission’s decision to exclude the UK from the development of Galileo’s encrypted system, the Prime Minister committed £92 million to establish a taskforce of Government specialists and industry to develop alternative options that will provide both civilian and encrypted signals. This engineering study is due to report in 2019-20 and will inform the decision of whether the UK pursues a sovereign Global Navigation Satellite System. Funding for new major programmes will be a matter for the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/12/2018 12:36:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1023014

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of 6 December 2018, Official Report, column 1091, if he will publish the enhanced equivalence arrangements for regulating financial services between the UK and the EU.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	200541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Gentleman to my answer to him on 29 November in response to <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-26/195459/" target="_blank">written question 195459</a>. Further detail building on the agreement in the political declaration will be set out by the UK and EU as part of negotiations on the future relationship.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/12/2018 14:25:16 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1023038

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the financial package agreed by the Government, Transport for London and the Mayor of London for additional funding to support Crossrail will result in Barnett consequentials for Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	200644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government, the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL) announced on 10 December 2018 a financing package to deliver the final stages of the Crossrail project and open the Elizabeth line to passengers. The Department for Transport will provide a loan of up to £1.3 billion to the Greater London Authority (GLA). The GLA intend to repay this loan via London’s Business Rate Supplement (BRS) and from the Mayoral Community Infrastructure Levy (MCIL).</p><p> </p><p>As the Government is providing a loan to the GLA, this is being treated as a long-term reprofiling of DfT’s budget. The Devolved Administrations (DAs) have been offered Barnett consequentials of the DfT reprofile and it is up to individual DAs if they take up this offer.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/12/2018 14:29:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1020244

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement entitled, Minister announces 10 Prisons Project to develop new model of excellence, published on 17 August 2017, how much funding his Department has allocated to that project in each month since that announcement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	199452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>The 10 Prison Project was launched by Rory Stewart on 17 August 2018 with the aim of reducing violence and drugs in the prisons within a year. The Department allocated £10m budget in total at the start of the project across the 10 prisons. This is in line with the aims to reduce the supply and demand of drugs (£6m), improve decency (£3m) and enhance leadership and staff capability (£1m). The table below shows the current monthly budget allocated under this project.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Current budget allocations for Ten Prisons Project</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Allocated Budget</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>£400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>£1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>£1,900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>£1,700,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>£2,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£10,000,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/12/2018 16:11:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon