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964498

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Chief Security Officer: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the post of Government Chief Security Officer has been filled; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	169860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The recruitment process for the role of Government Chief Security Officer is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/09/2018 16:39:24 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964502

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are employed by the Government Digital Service.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	169863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>At 31st of July 2018, the Government Digital Service employed 740 Civil Servants. Included in that figure are seventeen summer interns.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/09/2018 16:17:55 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964714

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the financial effect on victims of contaminated blood of recent changes benefits.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	169879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The value of ex-gratia support that the England Infected Blood Support Scheme (EIBSS) pays to beneficiaries historically infected with hepatitis C and/or HIV from National Health Service blood or blood products is not taken into account as income when a benefit assessment is carried out.</p><p> </p><p>If an individual beneficiary’s income is reduced for any reason, such as a cut to benefit payments, they may be eligible for additional help from EIBSS through discretionary support payments.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/09/2018 15:44:18 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964944

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Pensions: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent current progress she has made on the roll-out of a pensions dashboard.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	169881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>On Tuesday 4 September 2018, I published a written statement providing an update on pensions including the pensions dashboard. This can be found here: : <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-04/HCWS933/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-04/HCWS933/</a></p><p> </p><p>We will shortly report on the findings of the Feasibility Study, and will engage with industry, consumer groups and other stakeholders to agree timelines for delivery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 169307 169355 169653 169654 169812 question first answered 06/09/2018 11:53:00 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964501

registered interest
date	15/08/2018
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	Government Departments: Information Sharing
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 any Government departments charge other such departments for the transfer or sharing of data; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	169862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text Data sharing arrangements are established between government departments where necessary for a range of reasons such as improving public services, combating fraud and reducing public burden in providing data more than once. Where required a department may look to recover costs for sharing data for reasons such as feasibility, development and delivery of technical solutions that enable the secure sharing of data.<p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/09/2018 11:50:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

947369

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Service Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help protect tenants from increasing property maintenance charges.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	168128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government's position is that service charges should be transparent, communicated effectively, and there should be a clear route to challenge or redress if things go wrong. That is why on 1 April, we set out a number of commitments in response to the call for evidence on <em>'Protecting consumers in the letting and managing agent market’</em> to regulate and professionalise the managing agents sector. We will be establishing a working group to take this forward, which will also consider how service charges and fees should be presented to consumers and to explore the best means to challenge fees which are unjustified. As part of this work, consideration will also be given to standards around service charges and how to include them in a statutory code of practice.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/09/2018 14:17:53 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

947379

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165182, by what means HMRC plans to distinguish between a good settled in its final destination in the UK and a good destined to travel on to the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	168130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2018 answer text <p>Under the Facilitated Customs Arrangement, the UK will apply the EU’s tariffs and trade policy for goods intended for the EU; while applying its own tariffs and trade policy for goods intended for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Where a good reaches the UK border, and the destination can be robustly demonstrated by a trusted trader, it will pay the UK tariff if it is destined for the UK and the EU tariff if it is destined for the EU. This is most likely to be relevant to finished goods, and we will seek to maximise the number of trusted traders who can pay the correct tariff at the border.</p><p> </p><p>Where the destination of the good cannot be demonstrated at the point of import, the higher of the UK or EU tariff will be due. Where the good’s destination is later identified to be the lower tariff jurisdiction, it will be eligible for a repayment from the UK equal to the difference between the two tariffs. This is most likely to be relevant to intermediate goods.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA, including how goods destined for the UK and the EU will be distinguished, will be designed to make it as simple as possible for businesses to engage with. The final details will be subject to negotiations with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/09/2018 09:37:33 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

943075

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 16b on page 17 of the white paper, The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, cm. 9593, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) financial cost and (b) potential job losses resulting from the Government's policy to require refunding of tariffs on four per cent of UK goods trade.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	165181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>On 12 July, the government published a White Paper setting out a clear proposal for the future relationship the UK wants to build with the European Union. In this paper the government proposed a new Facilitated Customs Arrangement (FCA) with the EU. The FCA seeks to ensure that we promote the greatest possible trade with both the EU and the rest of the world.</p><p> </p><p>The government is seeking to maximise the number of traders who will not need to interact with a voluntary repayment mechanism. For businesses that would be eligible for a tariff repayment, the government assesses that this would lead to neither net costs nor job losses for these businesses. This is because businesses would only enter into the voluntary repayment mechanism if they stand to benefit overall from the UK’s independent trade policy. The Government assesses that the eligibility for a repayment is most likely relevant to imports of intermediate goods from non-EU countries for which a tariff differential could arise which is equivalent to around 4% of total UK trade in goods. Further detail is set out in section 1.2.1 of the publication.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/07/2018 15:49:46 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

943077

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, page 49, paragraph 162, what preparations are being made to create an enforcement system to prevent the wrongful payment of tariffs; and how much the Government has allocated to fund those preparations.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	165182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Under the Facilitated Customs Arrangement, where there is a material risk of circumvention of the higher UK tariff, the UK would make it illegal to pay the wrong tariff.</p><p> </p><p>To enforce this, HMRC would carry out risk-based and targeted checks across the country, rather than at the border, according to intelligence and threat assessment that draw on a variety of information sources. This would protect against fraud, ensure that the UK has an effective trade remedies regime and strengthen the UK’s position in trade negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a strong track record in tackling all kinds of avoidance, evasion and non-compliance and already has an established approach to customs compliance involving pre and post clearance activity away from the border, and would use this approach for the Facilitated Customs Arrangement.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has been allocated £260m of funding in 2018-19 to support the department in preparing for departure from the EU. The finalised allocation for 2018-19 will be confirmed at Supplementary Estimates in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/07/2018 15:51:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

943078

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 44, paragraph 139 of the White Paper, The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union cm. 9593, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the timely completion of the interconnectors to Belgium, Norway and Denmark; and what the estimated completion date is of each of those interconnectors.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	165183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Interconnectors are a key part of a flexible energy system, which the UK and EU have a shared interest in. The UK has a market-led approach to interconnection, regulated by Ofgem, that has succeeded in bringing interconnectors forward that are in the interests of GB consumers. We are in regular dialogue with interconnector developers and with the governments in each of the countries.</p><p> </p><p>The Nemo Link interconnector to Belgium and the NSL interconnector to Norway are already under construction; National Grid is targeting completion dates of 2019 and 2021, respectively. The VikingLink project to Denmark has received initial regulatory approvals from Ofgem and in Denmark; National Grid currently expects the project to complete in 2023. A further project to Norway, NorthConnect, has received initial regulatory approval by Ofgem and is currently seeking approvals in Norway.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/07/2018 14:44:28 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt