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780372

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what products have been sold through Common Technology Services; to which Departments those products have been sold; and what the value is of each such product.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	110275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on the range of services available under the Crown Commercial Service’s Technology Services Framework (RM1058) can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm1058" target="_blank">http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm1058</a></p><p> </p><p>A total of £92, 568, 225 has been spent on services through this framework.</p><p> </p><p>The following organisations have used this framework:</p><p>Aberdeen City Council</p><p>Aneurin Bevan University Health Board</p><p>Arena and Convention Centre Ltd</p><p>Army Training Department</p><p>Bank of England</p><p>Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>Barnfield West Academy</p><p>Barts Health NHS Trust</p><p>Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>BBC</p><p>BBC Procurement</p><p>Bedford Borough Council</p><p>Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board</p><p>Big Lottery Fund</p><p>Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Bracknell Forest Borough Council</p><p>Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Trust</p><p>Bristol City Council</p><p>British Transport Police</p><p>Cabinet Office</p><p>Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service</p><p>Cardiff Council</p><p>Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service</p><p>Cleveland College of Art and Design</p><p>Community Health Partnerships</p><p>Competition Commission</p><p>Corby Business Academy</p><p>Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust</p><p>Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority</p><p>Criminal Justice Inspectorate</p><p>Defence Electronics and Components Agency</p><p>Defence Equipment and Support (Bath)</p><p>Defence Equipment and Support Information Services and Systems</p><p>Department for Business Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy</p><p>Department for Education</p><p>Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs</p><p>Department for International Development</p><p>Department for Transport</p><p>Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Derbyshire Constabulary</p><p>Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency</p><p>East Ayrshire Council</p><p>East Cheshire NHS Trust</p><p>East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust</p><p>East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust</p><p>Eden District Council</p><p>Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>Essex Police</p><p>Frimley Park Hospital Nhs Trust</p><p>Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Government Actuary's Department</p><p>Government Commercial Function</p><p>Great Ormond Street Hospital</p><p>Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Hanover Housing Association</p><p>Health and Safety Executive</p><p>Health Research Authority</p><p>Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Highways England</p><p>Historic England</p><p>HM Prison Service Shared Services</p><p>Home Office</p><p>Home Office Scientific Development Branch</p><p>Homes and Communities Agency</p><p>HS2 Limited</p><p>Information Centre for Health and Social Care</p><p>James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Kent County Council</p><p>Kent Police</p><p>Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Land Registry</p><p>Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Council</p><p>London Borough of Lambeth Council</p><p>Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust</p><p>Manchester City Council</p><p>Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency</p><p>Medway NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Met Office</p><p>Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust</p><p>Mid Essex NHS Trust</p><p>Midland Heart</p><p>Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit</p><p>MINISTRY OF DEFENCE</p><p>Ministry Of Defence Director Financial Management</p><p>Ministry of Justice</p><p>Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust</p><p>National Archives</p><p>National Audit Office</p><p>National Library Of Scotland</p><p>National Museums Of Scotland</p><p>NHS Blood And Transplant</p><p>NHS Connecting for Health</p><p>NHS Digital</p><p>NHS Forth Valley</p><p>NHS Hertfordshire</p><p>NHS Hillingdon Clinical Commissioning Group</p><p>NHS North and East London Commissioning Support Unit</p><p>NHS South East London</p><p>North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>North East London NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>North Lanarkshire Council</p><p>North West London Commissioning Partnership</p><p>North Yorkshire Police</p><p>Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust</p><p>Northern Lighthouse Board</p><p>Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>Nottinghamshire County Council</p><p>Ordnance Survey</p><p>Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>Public Health England</p><p>Registers of Scotland</p><p>Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council</p><p>Royal Bournemouth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust The</p><p>Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>Rural Payments Agency</p><p>Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council</p><p>Scottish Police Authority</p><p>Scottish Prison Service</p><p>Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust</p><p>Shropshire Council</p><p>Skills Development Scotland</p><p>South Ayrshire Council</p><p>South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>South Wales Police</p><p>St Georges Healthcare NHS Trust</p><p>Stockport NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Stratton Upper School</p><p>Student Loans Company</p><p>Supplier Nil Return</p><p>Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust</p><p>Surrey County Council</p><p>Telford and Wrekin Council</p><p>The National Archives</p><p>The Pensions Regulator</p><p>The Water Services Regulation Authority</p><p>UK Atomic Energy Authority</p><p>UK Hydrographic Office</p><p>UK Shared Business Services Limited</p><p>University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust</p><p>University Hospitals of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p><p>University of Aberdeen</p><p>University of Gloucestershire</p><p>Victoria Health Centre</p><p>Wakefield MDC</p><p>Warrington Borough Council</p><p>Watford Borough Council</p><p>West Midlands Police Authority</p><p>Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council</p><p>Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust</p><p>York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust</p><p>Zero Waste Scotland</p><p> </p><p>To provide information on the cost of each item provided would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>RM1058 was replaced by Technology Services 2 (RM3804), which came into effect on 6 September 2017. Information on the range of services available under this framework can be found at</p><p><a href="http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3804" target="_blank">http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/contracts/rm3804</a></p><p> </p><p>As this is a new agreement, no spend data is available at present.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/11/2017 16:09:19 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

780373

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the cost to the public purse has been of the analyses undertaken to assess the potential effect on different sectors of the UK economy in the event that no deal is reached in negotiations for the UK to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	110256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>We are confident of securing a deal which is in the interests of both the UK as a whole and our European partners. However, a responsible Government should prepare for all potential outcomes, and that is exactly what we are doing across the whole of Government.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As part of our work preparing to make a success of our departure from the European Union, we are carrying out a wide range of analysis. Officials in DExEU and other Departments across Whitehall continue to work to provide the most up to date evidence to inform our negotiations with the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This work is undertaken as business as usual and so is paid for out of the Department’s budget. The Department does not hold information centrally concerning other Department’s expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 22/11/2017 10:56:50 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

780382

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Evasion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed to investigate tax evasion in the HM Revenue and Customs (a) affluent unit and (b) high net worth unit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	110432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have brought together their High Net Worth Unit and Affluent teams to form a single Wealthy team. This organisational change will ensure that HMRC deploy their specialist, highly skilled resource on those wealthy individuals that present the highest compliance risk.</p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2017, the team had approximately 1040 full time equivalent staff engaged in customer compliance activity. Their roles focus on promoting tax compliance and tackling non-compliance amongst the wealthy population, including, where evidence is found, investigating potential tax evasion. The team works closely with Counter Avoidance and Fraud Investigation Service to ensure HMRC effectively tackle avoidance and evasion within this customer segment. Customer compliance activity as a whole forms is the largest part of HMRC by staff numbers.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/11/2017 16:39:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

780409

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources available to local authorities to fulfil the additional duties placed on them under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	110376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Homelessness Reduction Act requires local authorities to carry out additional duties to prevent and relieve homelessness and to intervene earlier to prevent homelessness.</p><p>The Government committed to fund the Act in line with the longstanding ‘new burdens’ doctrine. We announced funding of £61 million in January 2017 and, following further discussions with local authorities on the new duties, have provided an additional £11.7 million. This takes the total amount of new burdens funding to £72.7 million.</p><p>A new burdens assessment has been completed and can be found at the following link: <br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-reduction-act-new-burdens-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-reduction-act-new-burdens-funding</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/11/2017 13:47:21 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

780411

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 750, on building regulations: fires, when the Government plans to publish the outcome of the review of fire safety guidance as a result of the fire at Lakanal House in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	110353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Coroner’s report into the Lakanal House fire recommended that the fire safety guidance in Approved Document B be reviewed to provide clearer guidance. In February of this year, the Department published a report into the usability of the guidance. The Department has been working on a revision of the guidance in Approved Document B in line with the Plain English principles.</p><p>The Government has subsequently asked Dame Judith Hackitt to lead an independent review of the Building Regulations and fire safety, and will determine what further action is needed in light of her recommendations, which was recommended by the Coroner, following the Lakanal House fire.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/11/2017 16:44:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

780428

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Single Source Regulations Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will break his Department's link with the Single Source Regulations Office and make it an independent body.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	110196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>As an executive, non-departmental public body, the Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) is set up such that the day to-day decisions are independent and are removed from Ministers and Civil Servants. Ministry of Defence Ministers are, however, ultimately responsible to Parliament for its independence, effectiveness and efficiency.</p><p>We have no plans to change this.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2017 17:38:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

780440

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates: Antisubmarine Warfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what anti-submarine warfare capability he plans to include on the Type 31e General Purpose Frigate; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	110430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>We are currently considering a range of capability requirements based on the role of the Type 31e, their operating environment and likely future threats that will be faced. Final decisions on Type 31e capabilities will be made closer to the Main Investment Decision point.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 07/11/2017 17:41:53 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

780462

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	National Curriculum Tests: Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assistance is available for children with dyslexia and learning difficulties to support them during key stage 2 assessment.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	110200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Statutory key stage 2 national curriculum assessments are intended to assess pupils’ abilities in a fair and comparable way, with as many pupils as possible able to access them. They are designed so that most pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), including dyslexia and other learning difficulties, can participate but some pupils may require extra assistance.</p><p> </p><p>Access arrangements are adjustments that schools can make to support specific pupils during the tests, as long as they are based on normal classroom practice and do not advantage or disadvantage the specific pupil. Assistance available to support pupils with dyslexia or learning difficulties may include one or more of the following: additional time; a word processor or technical aid; an adult to act as a reader, scribe or prompter; and rest breaks.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance on the specific types of access arrangements available to schools was last published in January 2017, and an updated version will be released shortly:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/key-stage-2-tests-how-to-use-access-arrangements" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/key-stage-2-tests-how-to-use-access-arrangements</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/11/2017 16:16:13 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

780470

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Antarctic: Snow and Ice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on ice reduction in the Antarctic in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	110401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on changes in Antarctic ice is held by British Antarctic Survey, which includes datasets collected using satellite techniques, airborne and in situ radar methods, ice drilling, seismic measurements and GPS (Global Positioning Systems).</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 18<sup>th</sup> September to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-09-11/9992/" target="_blank">9992</a>.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 08/11/2017 13:55:27 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

780488

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the shortages of medical supplies, food and water in Yemen on the humanitarian situation in Yemen; and what support he plans to provide to authorities in Yemen to mitigate ill effects of those shortages.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	110448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Addressing the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is a key priority for the UK. In 2017/18 we are committing £155 million in aid to Yemen, making us the third largest humanitarian donor, and the second largest to the UN appeal. We are prioritising life-saving interventions including food and nutrition support to 1.7 million people and clean water and sanitation for an expected 1.2 million people. In line with the UK-sponsored UN Security Council Presidential Statement, agreed on 15 June, the Government continues to lead in lobbying across the international community, urging all parties to the conflict to take action to ensure rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/11/2017 16:28:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins