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790184

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 1 February 2016 to Question HL5729, if his Department will discuss with representatives of local highway authorities the Government's recommendation that those authorities consider scanning any deceased cats or dogs found on the highway for which they are responsible as a matter of standard practice.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	113225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has already highlighted to local highway authorities the importance of scanning deceased dogs and cats found on the highway as part of standard practice. This advice was included in a letter sent in March 2015 to highway authorities in England, outside London. It is the responsibility of each highway authority to determine whether to do so or not based on their own policies and procedures. However, the Department for Transport will look for opportunities to highlight the issue to local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/11/2017 16:29:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

791016

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used to verify the TOEIC system for visa applications.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	113572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Education Testing System (ETS) TOEIC test was admitted to the list of approved test providers following a project to produce a new list of English language test providers. The project was launched on 9 December 2010 and ran until 31 January 2011. The criteria for inclusion on the list was published on the UK Border Agency website on 9 December 2010, and is available on the National Archives at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110413094211/http:/www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/esol-providers/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110413094211/http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/employers/esol-providers/</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:57:46 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

791017

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on (a) internal investigations, (b) court fees and (c) deportation in cases involving TOEIC students.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	113573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>This information is unavailable because Home Office data systems are unable to disaggregate costs in line with the categories in the question.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:56:42 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

791030

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children have had their claims certified in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	113450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of certified refusals for applications made by Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in tables as_09 and as_09_q of immigration statistics April to June 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:55:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

791031

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children who have had their claim certified have subsequently been removed from the UK in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	113451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of certified refusals for applications made by Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in tables as_09 and as_09_q of immigration statistics April to June 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638599/asylum3-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>However, the number of those who are refused and certified, who are then removed from the UK is not recorded in a reportable format. Statistics on general asylum and non-asylum removals are available in table 02 of Immigration Statistics April to June 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638602/returns1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638602/returns1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/11/2017 17:55:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

789915

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of police staff who will be working in the new online hate-crime hub in 2018.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL3299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>It is initially planned for the national online hate crime hub to be staffed by four specialist police officers and staff.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/11/2017 17:27:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

789971

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people had investments in cash ISAs in the 2016-17 financial year.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	113357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HMRC publish National Statistics on ISA account subscriptions and the number of ISAs held by individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Table 9.10 from the ISA statistics shows, for the latest year available (2014-15) over 19 million individuals held Cash ISAs.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610482/Table_9.10_2014-15_for_publication.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/610482/Table_9.10_2014-15_for_publication.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of individuals holding Cash ISAs in 2016-17 is expected to be published in April 2019.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 20/11/2017 15:27:24 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

789998

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of cheap, super-strength alcohol on rates of mortality among people who are homeless.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	113327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made of this issue but this Government is committed to preventing and reducing homelessness across the board. That is why we are aiming to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027. We are investing over £950 million to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping in England by 2020 following the 2015 Spending Review. This includes £10 million of Social Impact Bond funding to support single homeless people with the most complex needs, such as mental health, substance or alcohol misuse.</p><p>We are taking action by implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, in April 2018, which will ensure that more people get the help they need earlier, to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 20/11/2017 15:11:56 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

789999

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which groups she has met to discuss pension and workplace rights for elite GB athletes who receive UK Sport or National Lottery funding; and when those meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	113333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>No such meetings have taken place. Financial support for individual athletes is made through the Lottery-funded Athlete Performance Awards which serve to contribute to meeting the athlete’s ordinary living costs and their personal sporting costs, and are awarded on an annual basis subject to a number of criteria including athletes' level of performance.</p><p> </p><p>As promised in the Sporting Future strategy, Government commissioned an independent report by Baroness Grey-Thompson on the Duty of Care owed by sport to its participants. That report was published in April and covered a range of issues relating to elite and grassroots sport. UK Sport is ​currently considering that report in the context of making improvements to the high performance system.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 20/11/2017 15:01:04 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

790000

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Olympic Games
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 she will discuss with the British Olympic Association renaming the Olympic Team from Team GB to Team UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	113358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We do not intend to hold discussions with the British Olympic Association (BOA), an independent organisation, ​about​ renaming the Olympic team from Team GB to Team UK. The BOA is responsible for the trading name and branding of the Olympic team representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and the UK Overseas Territories.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 20/11/2017 15:15:21 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell