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805124

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date	12/12/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will make issue guidance on (a) registering to vote and (b) participating in elections for parents and families of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	118796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>There should be no barriers to voting for any person with a disability. The Commission has prepared an Easy Read form which people with a learning disability are able to use to apply to register to vote. The form is available on the Commission’s website and promoted to Electoral Registration Officers via the Commission’s bulletin for administrators.</p><p>The Commission has ongoing partnerships with Mencap, Mencap Cymru, Mencap Northern Ireland and Enable Scotland; it is committed to providing ongoing support to these partners with joint Easy Read guides and other resources, to provide information on how to register and take part in elections for parents and families of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 14/12/2017 16:13:23 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

805125

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fracking: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will ensure funding from the public purse is provided for the full cost of the policing of the fracking site in Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	118797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Lancashire PCC has submitted an application for Special Grant funding for the costs of policing the anti-fracking protests in Lancashire. This is currently being reviewed by HMICFRS and a decision will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 18/12/2017 12:42:40 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

805126

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Polling Stations: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what training and guidance polling station staff receive before elections on the (a) challenges faced by and (b) support available to people with a learning disability.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	118798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Ahead of any election, the Commission provides resources for Returning Officers including training material, to ensure anyone who is eligible to vote is able to do so with confidence. It is the responsibility of Returning Officers to deliver training to polling station staff.</p><p>The Commission’s Polling Station Handbook contains specific guidance for polling station staff on what support any person with a learning disability can request in order to be able to cast their vote.</p><p>The Commission’s recent ‘Elections for Everyone’ report – which looks specifically at issues of access to elections for those with disabilities – contains a number of recommendations to ensure there are no barriers to any person with a learning disability being able to cast their vote.</p> answering member constituency Houghton and Sunderland South answering member printed Bridget Phillipson question first answered 14/12/2017 16:16:30 answering member 4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

805127

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Elections: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that people on a disability register can be contacted by electoral administrators in advance of an election to check that (a) they are registered to vote and (b) that adequate support is available to ensure they can exercise their right to vote.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	118799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Following my recommendation a change was made to the Certificate of Visual Impairment in England by the Department of Health to allow local authorities to contact those on sight registers to ask if support could be given to assist them to participate in electoral events, facilitated through an amendment to care and support statutory guidance.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/12/2017 10:39:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

805128

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many females who were resident in Wales are serving jail sentences.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	118800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>On 30 September 2017, 227 women with a Welsh origin address are serving a custodial sentence.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to stress that it is not possible to infer from an address in Wales that an individual considers themselves Welsh. HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) cannot identify English and Welsh prisoners as information is not collated in this way.</p><p> </p><p>Around 97% of prisoners have an origin location - i.e. addresses that are recorded in our central IT system. If no address is given, an offender’s committal court address is used as a proxy for the area in which they are resident.</p><p> </p><p>The numerical information provided has been drawn from administrative IT systems, which as with any large scale recording system are subject to possible error with data entry and processing.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 20/12/2017 11:16:02 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

805129

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether it is the policy of her Department to always use the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya with Burmese Government officials and Ministers.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	118801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK does not have a specific policy about using the word Rohingya in discussions with the Burmese authorities. The UK recognises the rights of all communities to self-identify, including the Rohingya. We continue to urge the Burmese authorities to ensure basic rights for all people of Burma.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/12/2017 17:30:42 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

805130

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of changes to the availability of the early legal help component of legal aid on the expenditure of other Government departments.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	118802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The Lord Chancellor recently announced the beginning of the Government’s Post-Implementation Review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), which will fulfil our commitment to Parliament to assess the legal aid changes made by the Act. This will include an analysis of data collected by the Legal Aid Agency and other institutions in order to ensure that the public is receiving both value for money and access to a world leading legal system.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/12/2017 14:33:24 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 30512 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

805131

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Nuclear Power: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he expects the establishment of a domestic civil nuclear safeguards regime on leaving Euratom to involve an increase in charges by the Office for Nuclear Regulation to the industry.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	118803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>In establishing a domestic civil nuclear safeguards regime, there are two associated costs: the cost of establishing the new regime and the cost of its operation by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). As set out in answers to questions UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-10-20/108904/" target="_blank">108904</a> and <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-10-26/109996/" target="_blank">109996</a>, the Department will allocate to the ONR the funding necessary to set up the regime.</p><p> </p><p>In regards to the operation of this new regime, no decision has yet been made on whether it will be appropriate, at some point, to put in place charging arrangements similar to those that exist for regulatory work carried out by the Office for Nuclear Regulation on safety and security. Any such decision will be informed by consultation, including with industry, on the secondary legislation that we propose to make using the powers in the Nuclear Safeguards Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/12/2017 14:16:36 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

805132

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in what ways his Department treats clerical cases differently to other cases.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	118804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not treat clerical cases differently to other cases. The outcomes for the customer will be the same although, while cases are being managed on a clerical basis, there will be small differences in the way the cases are managed due to differences in the level of technology support available at a point in time.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/12/2017 17:25:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

805133

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have their records with HM Revenue and Customs recorded clerically; and what procedures are in place for such clerical cases to be moved to newer computer systems.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	118805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>All HMRC customers have computerised records and most can access their records digitally using their Personal Tax Account or Business Tax Accounts. Over 3 million businesses have used their Business Tax Accounts in the past 12 months; and 13.7 million customers use their Personal Tax Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/12/2017 16:50:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant