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1011616

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 190910, for what reasons he cannot indicate in which of the remaining weeks of the year he intends to place the immigration White Paper before the House.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	194215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government will publish a White Paper on the UK's future border and immigration system later this year.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/11/2018 15:36:01 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1011617

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) attempted prosecutions, (b) successful prosecutions and (c) penalties imposed for failing to pay the National Living Wage there have been in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland, and (iv) Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	194216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC reviews all National Minimum Wage (NMW) complaints that are referred to them, in order to ensure that workers receive what they are legally entitled to. Breaches of NMW legislation are normally a civil matter, and consequences for not complying with paying NMW can include fines of up to 200% of the arrears and public naming.</p><p> </p><p>For the most serious NMW breaches, HMRC will refer cases to the CPS who decide whether to prosecute. All HMRC NMW cases taken forward by the CPS have resulted in successful prosecution.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC records do not distinguish between National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage (NLW) cases, nor is data available by reference to individual countries of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>For the years 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, HMRC undertook a number of successful criminal and civil actions against employers who failed to pay NMW to their workers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>2017/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Successful prosecutions</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil penalties</p></td><td><p>815</p></td><td><p>821</p></td><td><p>810</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 26/11/2018 14:34:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1011618

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Brexit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) discussions and (b) meetings he has had with the Welsh Government on the draft Withdrawal Agreement for the UK leaving the EU since the announcement (i) of that draft Agreement (ii) that the Welsh Government does not support the draft Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	194217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Welsh Government on EU exit including at meetings of the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) which has met twice in the past two weeks; 13 November and 19 November. These meetings have provided an opportunity to discuss the draft Withdrawal Agreement and outline Political Declaration with the devolved administrations on a multilateral basis.</p><p>The Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office have also held several discussions with the First Ministers and Cabinet Ministers from the devolved administrations since the draft Withdrawal Agreement was announced.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 26/11/2018 17:33:28 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1011620

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Court of Justice of the European Union
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Draft agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, for what reason the provisions in Article 174 granting the Court of Justice of the European Union the jurisdiction to provide an interpretation of Union Law and of the Agreement was included.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	194219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Under the Withdrawal Agreement, if there is a dispute which involves a question on the interpretation of EU law, the panel will not decide on that question, but request the CJEU to give a ruling on it. It will, however, still be for the arbitration panel to rule on the dispute itself.</p><p>Under the EU Treaties, the CJEU is the only body which can deliver interpretations of EU law which bind the EU and its Member States. If the arbitration panel was empowered to interpret EU law and bind the EU and its Member States to this interpretation, it would be considered unlawful by the CJEU and prevent the EU from being able to sign up to such a provision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 27/11/2018 11:14:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1011621

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Homelessness: Older People
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 estimate he has made of the number of people over 65 years old that are are homeless in (a) the London Borough of Lewisham, (b) London and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	194220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>My Department publishes quarterly statistics on statutory homelessness, homelessness prevention and relief in England and the results of an annual rough sleeping count. These are published at local authority level. The detailed local authority level response tables in section 1 include '65-74 years' and '75 &amp; over' age brackets for the applicant of homeless households.</p><p>The latest statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-datasets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-datasets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 26/11/2018 16:54:12 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1011622

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Scottish Limited Partnerships: Ownership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Scottish Limited Partnerships have maintained that they are unable to declare their Persons of Significant Control in each month since July 2017 due to the SLP stating that (a) it has no PSC because none of its partners has more than a 20 per cent stake, (b) it has not completed taking reasonable steps to identify its PSC, (c) it has a PSC but the required particulars have not all been confirmed, (d) it has a PSC that is another company or partnership that has no PSC and (e) it declares a non-registrable PSC which is not subject to the PSC disclosure requirement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	194221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Hon Member raises five points. In relation to the first three, Companies House only holds information for the past 12 months, as detailed in the table below. With respect to her first question the information provided refers to SLPs with partners who have more than a 20% stake, whereas the nature of PSC control is based on partners who have 25% stakes.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="12"><p><strong>Number of SLPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PSC Statement Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov 17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec 17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun</strong> <strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul</strong> <strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug</strong> <strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep</strong> <strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct</strong> <strong>18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a)There is no PSC (partnership)</p></td><td><p>1183</p></td><td><p>1234</p></td><td><p>1309</p></td><td><p>1361</p></td><td><p>1412</p></td><td><p>1451</p></td><td><p>1531</p></td><td><p>1593</p></td><td><p>1631</p></td><td><p>1661</p></td><td><p>1663</p></td><td><p>1678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) The partnership has not yet completed taking reasonable steps to find their PSC</p></td><td><p>4932</p></td><td><p>4925</p></td><td><p>4920</p></td><td><p>4921</p></td><td><p>4913</p></td><td><p>4638</p></td><td><p>4488</p></td><td><p>4432</p></td><td><p>4341</p></td><td><p>4206</p></td><td><p>3731</p></td><td><p>3542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) The partnership has identified a PSC but their required particulars have not all been confirmed</p></td><td><p>722</p></td><td><p>725</p></td><td><p>722</p></td><td><p>712</p></td><td><p>686</p></td><td><p>706</p></td><td><p>728</p></td><td><p>667</p></td><td><p>659</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>645</p></td><td><p>635</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to the Hon Member’s fourth point, Companies House is not able to report this information.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the Hon Member’s fifth point, Companies House do not have figures available for the number of SLPs who have declared a non-registrable PSC. This is an area that Companies House are working closely with civil society groups on to identify possible inaccuracies. Any potential issues that are, or have been, identified or reported to Companies House are followed up to seek clarification and/or to correct filings. Any cases where compliance is not achieved will be considered for possible prosecution action.</p><p> </p><p>There are no SLPs that fall under the Hon Member’s fourth point (point d).</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/11/2018 17:18:02 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1011623

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposed EU Mobility Package 1 on the (a) posting, (b) driving and (c) rest time of workers in the UK road transport industry.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	194222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest proposals in the EU Mobility Package establish a road transport sector-specific regime for the posting of workers. This is intended to provide an enforceable and proportionate set of rules, based on harmonised administrative requirements for drivers and operators and on information exchange between Member State authorities. The Government’s assessment is that this will reduce administrative burdens that can be placed on UK-based drivers operating abroad. It is also proposed to introduce a limited exemption from posting rules for bilateral international operations. UK-based drivers may therefore in some circumstances be exempt from the prevailing local minimum wage rate while working in other Member States, although this would not be expected to entail a change to their contractual entitlement.</p><p> </p><p>The latest proposals in the EU Mobility Package are that the driving and rest time rules would be modified to enable a driver to return to their base at least once every four weeks. In this context, to enable more of a driver’s rest time to be taken at home, it is proposed to enable drivers to take two consecutive reduced weekly rests, provided the reduction is compensated for. The Government considers that these rules would have a very limited effect on UK-based drivers, whose working patterns do not normally entail multiple weeks away from home.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 29/11/2018 11:43:29 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1011624

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 1 and 21 November 2018 to Questions 183470 and 191425 on Railways and on Aviation: Fares, what proportion of the UK rail network will be covered by smart ticketing by the end of 2018.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	194223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough to the answer to PQ 191425 that I gave last week.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 29/11/2018 13:39:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1011625

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cross Country Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 1 and 15 November 2018 to Questions 183468 and 188838 on Cross Country Rail franchise, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of (a) overcrowding, (b) capacity and (c) congestion on that route of the Government's decision to review its options for the Cross Country franchise.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	194224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Analysis, undertaken on the Cross Country network, has shown that from Mondays to Thursdays, Cross Country trains are extremely busy in the morning and evening peak. On Fridays, crowding on Cross Country trains starts from lunchtime onwards and, on some routes, extends into the late evening. In addition Cross Country has unique issues, in that it suffers from commuter traffic even though it is a long distance TOC which accounts for current pinch points.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working with the franchisee to reduce overcrowding, increase capacity and ease congestion.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 29/11/2018 12:18:08 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1011626

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Jamal Khashoggi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether UK intelligence shares the conclusion of the US Central Intelligence Agency that the recent murder of Jamal Khashoggi was carried out on the orders of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	194090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/11/2018 16:59:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry