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711832

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made by his Department on helping members of the plumbing and mechanical services industry pension scheme to manage their employment liabilities.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	68247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Green Paper “Security and Sustainability of defined benefit pension schemes” asks if new measures are needed to help schemes like the Plumbers manage pension liabilities. This is a highly complex area and the Green Paper seeks to start an informed debate and build consensus on what, if any, changes to legislation may be needed.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/03/2017 13:54:25 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

710647

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Jobcentres: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on proposed jobcentre closures in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	67515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>My Department and I are fully engaged with DWP on this issue. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales is scheduled to meet with the Minister of State for Employment this week to discuss the proposals as they impact Wales.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 21/03/2017 15:11:33 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

710648

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on proposed changes to national insurance contributions for the self-employed in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	67517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Following the oral statement made by the Chancellor in the House of Commons last week, the Government will no longer be proceeding with the changes announced at Spring Budget 2017 to increase Class 4 National Insurance contributions (NICs).</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 21/03/2017 15:12:58 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

710658

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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	Jobcentres: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on proposed jobcentre closures in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	67516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>DWP has received a number of communications regarding the proposed limited number of jobcentre closures in Wales. This has included representation from the Welsh Government. Responses will be considered as we continue to develop plans for DWP’s future estate.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/03/2017 14:34:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

710662

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: EEA Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Department for Exiting the European Union on the future of the state pensions top-up scheme for which European Economic Area citizens are currently eligible.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	67514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The State Pension top up scheme is open for applications until 5 April 2017. Once the contribution has been made, the individual’s State Pension payment is increased. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide but they are uprated abroad only where there is a legal requirement to do so. The reciprocal rights and entitlements that will apply following the UK’s exit from the EU are subject to the wider negotiations on our future relationship with the EU. We have not yet begun these negotiations, so it is not possible to set out any positions in advance.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/03/2017 14:26:18 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

684069

registered interest
date	03/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dual Nationality: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of UK citizens who have applied for dual Irish-UK nationality since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	63020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>No statistical information is available showing whether British citizens hold another citizenship.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/02/2017 13:35:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

684071

registered interest
date	03/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dual Nationality: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Irish citizens have applied for UK citizenship since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	63029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>Information on applications for British citizenship by nationality is published quarterly here:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2016/list-of-tables#citizenship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2016/list-of-tables#citizenship</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/02/2017 13:33:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

677055

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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, what progress her Department has made on bringing vulnerable refugee children to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	908297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to the UK from Europe. More children will be transferred under the Immigration Act and we will continue to meet our obligations under the Dublin Regulation.</p><p>Outside of Europe, approximately half of the 4,400 Syrians resettled under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme are children, and we will resettle up to 3,000 vulnerable children and their families to the UK by the end of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/01/2017 16:37:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

672109

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the target number of days within which written correspondence from (a) Parliamentarians and (b) the general public should be answered; whether those targets have been changed since 23 June 2016; and to what extent those targets are currently being met.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	59733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) aims to respond to all correspondence from parliamentarians and members of the public within 20 working days of receipt. These targets have not changed since 23 June 2016.</p><p>The Cabinet Office publishes an annual Written Ministerial Statement (WMS) on ministerial correspondence performance across Government. The WMS on 2015 correspondence performance was made by my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Ben Gummer) on 21 July 2016 (HCWS118).</p><p><a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-21/debates/16072152000019/MembersCorrespondence" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-07-21/debates/16072152000019/MembersCorrespondence</a></p><p>The WMS states that, in 2015, FCO Ministers received 8,021 items of correspondence from parliamentarians and responded to 87 per cent of this correspondence within 20 working days.</p><p>Statistics on the FCO's performance on correspondence from members of the public are published in the FCO's <em>Annual Report and Accounts</em>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-and-commonwealth-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-and-commonwealth-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>In 2015 the FCO received 3,293 letters from members of the public and responded to 71.4 per cent of these letters within 20 working days.</p><p>In addition to hard copy correspondence, the FCO received 12,584 emails from members of the public in 2015. Performance statistics for 2016 correspondence are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 18/01/2017 16:39:11 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

668855

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	NHS: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Department of Health's departmental expenditure limit affects the level of the NHS in Wales' block grant allocation.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	58997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The Barnett Formula is applied to changes in the Department of Health’s Departmental Expenditure Limit, which lead to changes to the overall block grant available to each devolved administration. It is for the devolved administrations to determine allocations to individual budgets within their devolved responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 16/01/2017 13:44:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams