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932285

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which offence or offences each current prisoner serving a sentence of 12 months or less was imprisoned.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	158712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/08/2018 answer text <p>The offence(s) for which each prisoner serving a sentence of less than 12 months was imprisoned, as at 31 March 2018, can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing is a matter for our independent courts, who take into account all circumstances of the case, including any aggravating and mitigating factors.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst there is persuasive evidence that short custodial sentences of less than 12 months do not help some offenders turn their backs on crime, protecting the public will always be our top priority. Under this government, the most serious offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer, helping protect the public and keep communities safe.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart previous answer version 68131 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart 72810 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ158712 Response Table.xlsx title Table for PQ 158712 question first answered 17/08/2018 09:31:17 question first ministerially corrected 11/12/2018 13:36:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name PQ158712 Response Table (Revised 28 November).xlsx title Revised Table for PQ 158712
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

931956

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Education: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the gender pay gap in the higher education sector.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	158336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Higher Education Statistics Agency publishes information on staff salaries in the higher education sector. The most recent publication can be found at: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/staff-2016-17" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/publications/staff-2016-17</a>. The government has made no estimate regarding the difference in earnings between the highest and lowest paid employees in the sector.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Higher education providers are autonomous and it is for them to set pay levels for their staff. Universities receive significant amounts of public funding, so it is only right that their senior staff pay arrangements command public confidence and deliver value for money for both students and taxpayers.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The government consulted on behalf of the Office for Students (OfS) on making arrangements for the publication of data on senior staff remuneration.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">From 2018 the OfS will require registered providers to disclose the relationship between the remuneration of the head of the provider and that of all other employees, expressed as a pay multiple. It will also require providers to publish the number of their staff paid more than £100,000 per annum, the total remuneration package of the head of the provider, and a justification for this remuneration package.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The transparency created through reporting, is crucial to accelerating progress to close the gender pay gap. The data on the gender pay gap in the higher education sector can be found at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/annualsurveyofhoursandearningsashegenderpaygaptables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/annualsurveyofhoursandearningsashegenderpaygaptables</a>.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">From 2018, the OfS will require registered providers to disclose the relationship between the remuneration of the head of the provider and that of all other employees, expressed as a pay multiple. It will also require providers to publish the number of their staff paid more than £100,000 per annum, the total remuneration package of the head of the provider, and a justification for this remuneration package.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Higher Education Funding Council for England, which preceded the OfS, commissioned a project that aims to equalise the gender balance and ethnic diversity of higher education governing bodies. This work will include establishing an online exchange to recruit board members.</ins></p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah previous answer version 68149 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah 68170 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 06/07/2018 14:01:27 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2018 14:16:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

931177

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Catering and Hospitality Industry: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the current number of vacancies in the (a) hospitality and (b) food preparation industries.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	157008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and will be depositing the response to the libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 28/06/2018 09:37:56 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2018 10:43:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ157008.pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 67062 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ157008 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

931197

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Water: South West
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 he is taking to decrease water wastage in the South West.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	157198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The 25 Year Environment Plan sets out our ambitions for reducing leakage. This includes supporting Ofwat’s challenge to the industry to reduce leakage by 15% by 2025.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Ofwat monitors progress against leakage targets and will take action if water companies do not meet them. For example, following an Ofwat investigation into Thames Water’s leakage performance, Thames Water agreed to pay £65 million back to customers as part of an overall package of payments and penalties worth £120 million.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">We expect water companies to set ambitious leakage reduction targets and make sure they meet these targets. Water companies are currently setting out their targets for leakage reduction in their long term water resources management plans.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The 25 Year Environment Plan sets out our ambitions for reducing leakage. This includes supporting Ofwat’s challenge to the industry to reduce leakage by 15% by 2025. </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2016/17, South West Water’s leakage rate was 102 litres per property per day, Bristol Water’s rate was 87 litres per property per day and Wessex Water was 112 litres per property per day. This compares with a national figure of 121 litres per property per day. </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">All water companies are currently setting out their targets for leakage reduction in their long term water resources management plans. </ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 03/07/2018 16:17:54 question first ministerially corrected 03/07/2018 16:46:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 67335 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

929363

registered interest
date	22/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) Government organisations and (b) departmental offices are based in (i) towns and (ii) cities in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	156622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and I would be depositing a copy in the Library of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 27/06/2018 13:20:44 question first ministerially corrected 08/10/2018 10:09:49 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ156622 (1).pdf title UKSA response previous answer version 66043 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ156622 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

926926

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government’s plans to move Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers onto the Alpha Pensions Scheme from April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	155365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has carried out extensive reforms of public service pension schemes to ensure that they are fair and sustainable, including the introduction of new pension schemes for the main public sector workforces in 2015. As part of these reforms the Government plans to move Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers into the Alpha Pension Scheme in due course. <ins class="ministerial">Officials are continuing to engage on this issue. </ins></p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 27/06/2018 15:33:05 question first ministerially corrected 28/06/2018 10:56:43 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden previous answer version 66146 answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

926993

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Official Engagements: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in how many Northern Ireland parliamentary constituencies she has had engagements since her appointment to that office.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	155239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has had engagements in twelve of the <del class="ministerial">sixteen</del> <ins class="ministerial">eighteen</ins> parliamentary constituencies since her appointment.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 26/06/2018 11:36:19 question first ministerially corrected 27/06/2018 11:03:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 65684 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

927364

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Public Health and Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what increases, in constant prices and on present funding plans, will be provided for (1) Public Health England, (2) local authority public health services, and (3) adult social care services, over each of the next five years; and what are the planned annual percentage increases for each of those service areas over that period.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL8805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The available figures are provided in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019-20 budget</p></td><td><p>2020-21 budget</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health England: operating expenditure £ million</p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">287 </ins><del class="ministerial">237</del></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">287 </ins><del class="ministerial">237</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Increase (£)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Increase (%)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2019-20 planned</p></td><td><p>2020-21 planned</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public health funding for local authorities £ billion</p></td><td><p>3.13</p></td><td><p>3.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Increase (£)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Increase (%)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Budgets for both Public Health England and local authorities beyond these years will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review settlement.</p><p> </p><p>Spending decisions on social care, including annual increases, are a matter for local government which know their local areas best. Overall, the Government has given access to £9.4 billion additional funding for social care between 2017-18 and 2019-20. Funding allocations for local government beyond 2019-20 are subject to the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 03/07/2018 11:11:53 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2018 10:43:05 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy previous answer version 67072 answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

926575

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of the additional jobs in the UK labour market have been filled by (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	154608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p><strong>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</strong></p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/06/2018 09:28:06 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2018 10:43:35 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ154608 PQ154609.pdf title UKSA response previous answer version 64806 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ154608 PQ154609 Holding Response.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

924683

registered interest
date	15/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of providing HM Courts and Tribunal Service cleaning and security services in-House; whether trade union recognition will form part of the tendered contracts; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that employees are paid the living wage as recognised by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	154180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has undertaken an assessment of the merits of providing services in-house but has determined that continued outsourcing of these services is the most efficient model and provides best value for the taxpayer. <ins class="ministerial">For such contracts, service providers are expected to observce Cabinet Office Guidance that &quot;service providers should actively communicate and, where appropriate, seek to build good relations with trade unions&quot;</ins><del class="ministerial">For all such contracts, trade union recognition is a requirement of service providers</del>.</p><p> </p><p>Rates of pay for employees delivering outsourced services are determined by their respective employers. All employers must comply with statutory legislation and pay at least the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/06/2018 15:22:10 question first ministerially corrected 08/10/2018 10:10:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 65433 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts