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1183378

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Local Housing Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of local housing allowance rates.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	901399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>Local Housing Allowance (LHA) is designed to ensure a fair balance between public spending and supporting vulnerable people to meet their housing costs.</p><p>LHA rates are not intended to meet all rents in all areas.</p><p>From April 2020 LHA rates will be increased by CPI, for people in particular circumstances who may require more support, discretionary housing payments are available.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/03/2020 17:24:27 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1183379

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment her Department has made of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on referrals to food banks.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	901400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not keep official statistics on food bank use, so no such assessment has been completed.</p><p> </p><p>There are many reasons people use food banks and their growth cannot be linked to a single cause.</p><p> </p><p>Some food aid providers produce statistics on the number of food parcels distributed, but the Government has no plans to require individual food banks to keep records, as this would place a significant burden on charitable organisations.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/03/2020 17:14:45 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1183380

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of personal independence payment assessors.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	901404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>We set our assessment providers challenging targets, we monitor performance closely and manage contracts robustly. All Health Professionals are subject to on-going quality checks to ensure they continue to deliver high quality assessments. A quality assurance audit process, following the consultation, is in place. The department is continually working alongside assessment providers to further improve the quality of assessments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/03/2020 16:25:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1183381

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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	Universal Credit: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that universal credit claimants benefit financially from moving into work.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	901405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made significant investment to improve work incentives including: the reduction in the Universal Credit taper rate from 65% to 63% in 2017, and an extra £1.7 billion a year put into work allowances for working parents and disabled claimants to increase them by £1,000 a year from April 2019. This is providing a boost to the incomes of the lowest paid and result in 2.4 million families keeping an extra £630 per year of what they earn.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/03/2020 18:09:04 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1183064

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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	Natural England: Public Appointments
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 the timetable is for the appointment of a permanent chief executive at Natural England.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	25644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Cabinet office advertisement for the vacancy of Natural England Chief Executive closed on Friday 6 March. Sifting and candidate assessments are expected through March and Natural England plan to complete interviews early April 2020. A decision will be made shortly afterwards and the permanent Chief Executive should be in post as soon as possible, dependent on contractual arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 09/03/2020 16:35:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1183084

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people working on the Parliamentary estate are earning less than the London living wage of £10.75 an hour.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	25686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The House of Commons is accredited by Citizens UK as a London Living Wage Employer. Payment of the London Living Wage or the UK Living Wage is included as a condition within our Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract of all our contracts.</p><p>In addition, the terms of the accreditation licence require that contractors and sub-contractors with dedicated staff who are based on parliamentary premises are paying those staff at least the London Living Wage; and contractors and sub-contractors which provide services in relation to our contracts but who are not based on parliamentary premises are required to pay dedicated staff at least the London Living Wage, or the UK Living Wage if based outside London.</p><p>We can confirm that, to our knowledge, no directly employed or contracted workers are paid less than the London Living or the UK Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 09/03/2020 18:25:19 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1182587

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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	Digital Technology: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the remit of the Digital Identity Unit is; and what steps he is taking with the Cabinet Secretary to help ensure coherence between that Unit’s work and the digital identity policy responsibility of that Department.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	25096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Digital Identity Unit brings together officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the the Government Digital Service. It is tasked with developing a trusted digital identity market in the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>GDS is responsible for the use of digital identity in government and DCMS is responsible for digital identity for the whole economy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 09/03/2020 17:23:20 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1182588

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is that the increased use of technology and automation by employers will be able to reduce the demand of migrant workers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	25097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>In delivering on its manifesto commitments for a new points-based system, the Government has considered relevant views, evidence, and analysis.</p><p>We need to shift the focus of our economy away from a reliance on cheap labour from Europe, with immigration being considered alongside investment in technology, innovation, automation and the development of the UK’s domestic labour force.</p><p>Immigration must be considered alongside investment in and development of the UK’s domestic labour force.</p><p>There are over eight million economically inactive people in the UK, nearly two million of whom say they want a job. Employers need to invest in the people already here and make jobs more attractive for UK workers, whilst looking to schemes like disability, confident to expand their potential to recruit.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 09/03/2020 17:15:17 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1182590

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Exports and Imports: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2020 to Question 13946 on Exports and Imports: Republic of Ireland, what proportion of GDP the import figures for (a) 2009 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	25222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 09/03/2020 11:31:02 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ25222.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1182591

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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	Broadband: Tenants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Telecoms Infrastructure Bill enables tenants to make a request for broadband under the terms of the bill; and what the definition of tenant is.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	25098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>Where a “lessee in occupation” within a multiple dwelling building requests an electronic communications service from an operator, the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Bill sets out the procedure and circumstances under which an operator can seek to obtain access to common areas in the building (e.g. corridors, basements or stairwells) in order to be able to fulfil the request.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The term “lessee in occupation” refers to a person who occupies a property under the terms of a lease. This could include Assured Shorthold Tenancy or Assured Tenancy agreements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 09/03/2020 17:17:53 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah