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1168883

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date	06/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Money Laundering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on preventing banks in the UK being used as depositories in the laundering of state funds from other nations.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p><strong>H</strong>M Treasury is responsible for the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (‘the Regulations’). The Regulations set out the high-level requirements on regulated firms to combat money laundering and ensure that key professionals identify their customers and understand the purpose behind transactions, including the source of funds. The Regulations are designed to combat illicit finance, while minimising the burden on legitimate customers.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations require firms in scope of the regulations to have in place appropriate risk-management systems and procedures to determine whether a customer (or their beneficial owner) is a Politically Exposed Person (PEP), family member of a PEP or close associate of a PEP.</p><p> </p><p>PEPs are individuals entrusted with a prominent public function. This definition includes but is not limited to heads of state, heads of government, ministers and deputy or assistant ministers, members of parliament or of similar legislative bodies.</p><p> </p><p>PEPs can pose a high money laundering risk because they may be able to abuse their position for private gain. Not all PEPs, however, pose the same money laundering risk; there is a hierarchy depending on country of origin and rank, from middle tier officials to individuals with significant or absolute control over the levers, patronage and resources in a given area. For example, the Financial Conduct Authority’s guidance states that UK PEPs should be considered as lower risk.</p><p> </p><p>Where a firm has identified that a customer (or their beneficial owner) is a PEP, family member or close associate of a PEP, it must conduct an appropriate range of Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) measures. When carrying out EDD on PEPs, firms must take adequate measures to establish the source of wealth and source of funds which are involved in the proposed transaction or business relationship, get approval from senior management to establish or continue a relationship with that person and carry out enhanced monitoring of the business relationship.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/01/2020 12:37:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168888

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to vary the EU Settlement Scheme to guarantee EU citizens' right to remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The EU Settlement Scheme already provides resident EU citizens with the UK immigration status they will need to continue living here after the end of the implementation period on 31 December 2020. The status granted under the scheme will guarantee them the same rights to work, study and access benefits and services as they have now.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/01/2020 17:23:36 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168891

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications there have been to the Windrush Scheme; what proportion of those applications resulted in documentation being supplied free of charge; and how many people have received British citizenship free of charge under the Windrush Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Secretary provides the Home Affairs Select Committee with updates on the work of the department in connection with Windrush. This includes information on decisions made by the Taskforce under the Windrush Scheme. The correspondence can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/correspondence-on-the-work-of-the-home-office-windrush</a></p><p>The published Windrush guidance confirms what documentation is provided to the applicant dependent on the individual’s circumstances, and that there is no charge for an application under the Windrush Scheme. The guidance can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807384/windrush-scheme-v3.0-ext.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807384/windrush-scheme-v3.0-ext.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 14/01/2020 16:59:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168892

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Answer of 3 September 2019 to Question 286275 on Scotland Office: Freedom of Information, if he will take steps to ensure that all future responses to Freedom of Information requests are published.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>There is no obligation to publish responses to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Where requests relate to matters of wider public interest we consider publishing the responses on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 14/01/2020 10:53:44 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168893

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2018 to Question 136969 on Scotland Office: Freedom of Information, if he will publish his Department's review of its practices on publication of Freedom of Information responses.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>In 2018, the Office considered carefully whether or not it should retrospectively seek to publish online all of the responses to FOI requests since August 2014. We concluded that we did not have the resources to do so, and that the benefit to the public would not be proportionate to the cost.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 14/01/2020 10:55:07 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168894

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much his Department spent on social media advertising in each month since June 2019; and on which platforms that money was spent.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department spent the following on social media advertising since June 2019:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2019-2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Twitter</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Facebook &amp; Instagram</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,861.02</p></td><td><p>£1,777.52</p></td><td><p>£3,638.54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July</strong></p></td><td><p>£747.30</p></td><td><p>£807.06</p></td><td><p>£1,554.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August</strong></p></td><td><p>£239.60</p></td><td><p>£1,340.96</p></td><td><p>£1,580.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September</strong></p></td><td><p>£768.74</p></td><td><p>£595.78</p></td><td><p>£1,364.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October</strong></p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£1,924.11</p></td><td><p>£1,924.11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November</strong></p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£1,307.89</p></td><td><p>£1,307.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December</strong></p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 14/01/2020 10:57:52 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168895

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, with reference to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 230101 and the Answer of 3 September 2019 to Question 286276, for what reasons the cost of his Department's communications team rose from £108,439 in 2010-11 to £819,640.02 in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Office is resourced to deliver all of the communications functions and activities expected and required of a Government Department in its own right and on behalf of the UK Government in Scotland. The number of staff in communications reflects this requirement.</p><p> </p><p>As well as frontline communications functions, such as media handling, the Government Communications Service Modern Communications Operating Model requires UK Government communications divisions to deliver the following functions: campaigns, digital, internal communications, strategic communications and external affairs - such as organising ministerial visits, events, committee meetings and stakeholder engagement activities.</p><p> </p><p>The number of staff working at the Office is recorded in the Annual Report and Accounts, which are available online at gov.uk/scotland.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 14/01/2020 11:01:40 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168896

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the travel costs for his Department have been in each quarter since January 2018 by (a) mode of travel and use by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The costs incurred in each quarter for travel by Ministers and officials in the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland is enclosed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 14/01/2020 15:14:42 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack attachment 1 file name Table - PQ 415.DOCX title Table - PQ 415
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168306

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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	Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 13 December 2017 to Question 118331, what progress has been made on getting the best possible deal that allows the UK to continue to have tariff-free and frictionless access for goods and services into the European market.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The principles underpinning any future trade deal with the EU were set out in the Political Declaration which accompanied the Withdrawal Agreement. We would expect formal discussions on the Political Declaration to commence after we leave the EU at the end of this month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/01/2020 13:26:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1168307

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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	Seed potatoes: Exports
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 plans her Department has to support seed potato exporters in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>Both the UK and the EU have committed in the Political Declaration to reaching an agreement on our future relationship by the end of 2020. Defra will continue to work closely with seed potato businesses as the Withdrawal Agreement is signed and discussions on the future relationship start.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/01/2020 15:25:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock