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1137725

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date	09/07/2019
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the extent to which people are excluded from unemployment statistics as a result of not being eligible for social security benefits.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	275194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s official measure of unemployment is produced by the independent ONS and based on the International Labour Organisation’s long-standing definition of unemployment: persons without work, available for work in the next 2 weeks, and who have actively sought work in the last 4 weeks.</p><p>The latest available statistics were released by the ONS on 11 June 2019 and show an unemployment rate (for ages 16+) of 3.8% - the lowest since 1974. This statistic is estimated using responses to the Labour Force Survey and is unrelated to a person’s eligibility for social security benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/07/2019 13:35:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1137730

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that economic operators who are unable to comply with the Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) Regulations 2019 due to software issues will not be penalised.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	275233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) Regulations 2019 require the movement of tobacco products to be recorded by economic operators through the supply chain.</p><p>Tobacco manufacturers are required to provide economic operators with the software necessary to record movements.</p><p> </p><p>If an economic operator is unable to comply with the Regulations due to software issues, HM Revenue &amp; Customs will consider what action to take on a case-by-case basis according to the facts of the particular case.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/07/2019 12:41:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1137737

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support self-employed professionals and consultants.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	275231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting self-employed professionals and consultants. From April 2019, the UK will have increased its Personal Allowance by over 90% in less than a decade. The self-employed have also been given access to the full rate of the new State Pension, worth over £2,000 a year more to a self-employed individual than under the previous system.</p><p> </p><p>Budget 2018 announced that the Government is extending the New Enterprise Allowance, to help people start a business; introducing a £10m pilot to support self-employed training; and equalising the treatment of all self-employed people with respect to the Universal Credit Minimum Income Floor.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/07/2019 10:04:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1137741

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Yemen: Military Intervention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Emirati military personnel based in Yemen in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 9 July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	275110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>​There has been a downward trajectory in the number of Emirati military personnel based in Yemen since 2017. Our Emirati counterparts have recently expressed their commitment to the phased and partial redeployment of troops from Yemen as part of their strategy moving away from a military led to a more politically led action. In this context they have also made clear their support for the UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and UN-led peace process.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/07/2019 15:52:21 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1137752

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Employment: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to increase employment in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) Haltemprice and Howden constituency.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	275116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Industrial Strategy is our long-term plan to boost productivity by backing businesses to create high-quality, well paid jobs throughout the United Kingdom, with investment in skills, industries and infrastructure. The Government is supporting businesses in both the Yorkshire and Humber and Haltemprice and Howden constituencies. For example, the Government-backed British Business Bank’s Start-Up Loans programme provides loans to entrepreneurs seeking to start and grow their own businesses. Since 2012, 5,482 loans have been issued in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, totalling over £45m, and with an average loan amount of £8,249. In the Haltemprice and Howden constituency, 103 loans have been issued, totalling £926,277 (as at end-June 2019).</p><p>The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, which brings together world class UK research with business investment to develop the technologies that will transform existing industries and create entirely new ones, has allocated to date £49,970,387.29 grants to establishments registered within Yorkshire and Humber.</p><p>The Government is investing over £1.3 billion through Yorkshire and Humber Local Enterprise Partnership Growth Deals This is providing financial assistance to local businesses to help create jobs, as well as improving infrastructure and skills. It has also established Enterprise Zones across the region, including the largest award in the country to the Humber, which are attracting business investment and new jobs to the region.</p><p>Also, £13.6m has been awarded through Local Growth Funding for projects in this area to safeguard jobs from flood risks and for road improvements.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 17/07/2019 15:35:01 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1137773

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which non-UK EU member states have not announced unilateral arrangements for (a) the rights of resident UK nationals and (b) UK nationals to work in those countries in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Following extensive engagement by the Government, we are pleased that all Member States have now made commitments to protect the residence rights of UK nationals in a no deal scenario, albeit to varying degrees of detail. The EU Commission has published details at: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/brexit/brexit-preparedness/citizens-rights_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/info/brexit/brexit-preparedness/citizens-rights_en</a>.</p><p>Member States have also made some unilateral commitments to protect the right to work, study, and access to benefits and services in a no deal scenario. For example Poland has committed to offering permanent residency covering the right to work and Malta will create a new ‘ad hoc’ status allowing UK nationals to work without a permit. To understand the extent to which each Member State has put in place protections, UK nationals should visit the FCO “living in guides” on gov.uk and the relevant web pages of their host countries.</p><p>We continue to engage our EU counterparts to encourage full reciprocity of our offer to EU citizens in the UK, in which they will continue to be able to work, study, and access benefits and services in a no deal exit as they can today.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 17/07/2019 10:39:12 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137775

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what unilateral arrangements for the rights of UK citizens living in other EU member states have been put in place in each of those other member states.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK government has been clear that in any scenario, including no deal, EU citizens and their family members living here by exit day will be able to stay. EU citizens resident in the UK by exit day are able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to secure their status. The scheme fully opened on 30 March and so far over 800,000 applicants have applied. Applications to the scheme are free.</p><p>Following extensive engagement by the Government, we are pleased that all Member States have now made commitments to protect the rights of UK nationals in the EU and have guaranteed that UK nationals legally resident by exit day will be able to stay. We continue to encourage Member States to fully reciprocate our offer and communicate plans as soon as possible.</p><p>The EU Commission have published details of each Member State’s unilateral measures on <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/brexit/brexit-preparedness/citizens-rights_en" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/info/brexit/brexit-preparedness/citizens-rights_en</a>. Furthermore, UK nationals can find details of each system on the FCO “living in guides” on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 17/07/2019 10:42:05 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137778

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	GATT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which countries have used GATT Article XXIV to ensure tariff-free access to their markets in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	275257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The WTO maintains a list of all agreements that WTO Members have entered into in order to eliminate tariffs on trade between them. A full list of such agreements concluded since 1995 can be found on the Regional Trade Agreements database on the WTO website, at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frtais.wto.org%2FUI%2FPublicAllRTAListAccession.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CHugo.Spink%40trade.gov.uk%7C688fee8f668649be997408d705f00b2e%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C636984400854350843&amp;sdata=qx%2FP%2FVxI65gkIKKIpssLFFvycwzq2dC%2Fv8w82Trza8Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicAllRTAListAccession.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 17/07/2019 10:32:11 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1137789

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
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	Air Pollution: Kent
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 his Department is taking to improve air quality in (a) Medway, (b) Tonbridge and Malling and (c) Maidstone.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	275174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>Air pollution is reducing in the UK, as set out in the annual National Statistics report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/air-quality-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>There are 169 national automatic monitoring stations in the UK, of which 2 stations are in Medway. Chatham Roadside measures hourly concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5); Rochester Stoke measures concentrations of ozone and sulphur dioxide in addition to these pollutants. Near real-time measurements from these sites and further data tools can be found on the UK-AIR website (<a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p>There are no national automatic monitoring stations in Tonbridge and Malling or Maidstone.</p><p> </p><p>All local authorities also carry out their own air quality monitoring activities and produce annual status reports on air quality within the local authority boundaries.</p><p>Each of the local authorities has air quality management areas which can be found online at <a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/aqma/maps" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/aqma/maps</a></p><p> </p><p>Councils have statutory duties to tackle air pollution and already have considerable powers.</p><p> </p><p>Defra’s Air Quality Grant Programme provides funding to local authorities for projects in local communities to tackle air pollution and reduce emissions. The scheme has awarded over £60 million in funding to a variety of projects since it started in 1997 and over £3 million will be awarded this year.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward provisions on air quality in 2019 in the forthcoming Environment Bill.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 275175 question first answered 17/07/2019 15:54:18 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1137367

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Productivity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons for the decline in UK productivity over the last three successive quarters; and of the comparative performance of other advanced economies whose productivity is increasing.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL16974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The fall in productivity in 2019 Q1 was predominantly due to a fall in manufacturing productivity of -0.9%. Productivity in the services sector grew by 0.2% over the same period. A similar pattern was observed in 2018 Q4, with services productivity outperforming manufacturing; growing by 0.4% compared to a fall of -1.1% for the latter.</p><p>In terms of international comparisons, based on OECD data, all G7 countries excluding the US (for which data are not yet available) experienced a slowdown in productivity growth in 2018. The UK's productivity growth rate of just over 0.5% in 2018, was the second highest in the G7.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 17/07/2019 13:30:38 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt