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982451

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of reforms to the probation system.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	907000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>We have a diverse range of providers delivering probation services, and an additional 40,000 offenders each year receiving supervision and support after release from custody.</p><p> </p><p>While Community Rehabilitation Companies have reduced reoffending by two percentage points since 2015, we have been clear that probation needs to improve.</p><p> </p><p>We set out in our consultation in July our intention to end the current CRC contracts in 2020 and put in place new structures which will enable private, public and third-sector providers to help further reduce reoffending.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/10/2018 16:47:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

982467

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Europe and the Americas of 2 July 2018, Official Report column 26, if the Government will hold a judge-led independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in post-9/11 human rights abuses; and for what reason the Government did not update the House within 60 days of the publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee reports on detainee mistreatment and rendition.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the answer given by the Minister of State for Europe and the Americas on 12 September 2018, (reference 171734). Under the Memorandum of Understanding agreed with the ISC, the Government aims to respond substantively to their reports within 60 days, but in this case it has informed the ISC that it has decided to take more time to give careful consideration to the issues set out in the Committee’s reports.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/10/2018 12:21:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982469

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Companies: Location
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 businesses have informed his Department that they will relocate their business operations outside the UK in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Business decisions on investment reflect a range of factors. The department is aware through regular engagement with businesses that they are concerned to ensure that future trade with the European Union remains as frictionless as possible; and that many have contingency arrangements in the unlikely event of no deal, supported by the Technical Notices that the UK Government has published.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/10/2018 13:21:35 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982472

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	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 assessment the Government has made of the revocability of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that as a matter of firm policy we will not revoke Article 50. A clear majority of the electorate voted to leave the EU and we must respect both the will of the British people, and the democratic process which delivered this result.</p><p>We will leave the European Union on 29 March 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 11/10/2018 08:28:12 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982473

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if the Government will legislate unilaterally and immediately to provide full rights to EU citizens.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Citizens’ rights has been our first priority since the very beginning of this process.</p><p>While the Government is preparing for a range of scenarios, including the unlikely event that we reach March 2019 without agreeing a deal, the Prime Minister stated to EU citizens on 21 September “I want to be clear with you that even in the event of no deal your rights will be protected. You are our friends, our neighbours, our colleagues. We want you to stay.”</p><p>We will set out all the details shortly. We are also urging the EU and all its member states to step up and give UK citizens on the continent the same reassurances.</p><p><strong></strong><br><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 11/10/2018 08:31:05 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982478

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	NHS: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report, Leak reveals worst case scenario for nursing after Brexit, published by the Health Service Journal on 6 April 2017, what modelling his Department has conducted on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on NHS staffing levels.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	176069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on specific leaks and the Government takes such incidents very seriously. Leaks are investigated thoroughly and effectively, with established policies and procedures in place.</p><p> </p><p>Notwithstanding this, the Department continues to monitor and analyse overall staffing levels across the National Health Service, and we are working across Government to ensure there will continue to be sufficient staff to deliver the high quality services on which patients rely following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Our overall programme of work is comprehensive, thorough and continuously updated.</p><p> </p><p>Our plans include working with NHS and social care employers to ensure that the 167,000 EU nationals working across health and care are aware of the straightforward and user friendly EU settlement scheme which will allow them to secure long-term status in the UK and enjoy broadly the same rights and benefits as they do now.</p><p> </p><p>From the NHS Digital monthly Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics, as at June 2018, there are over 4,300 more EU27 nationals working in the NHS and clinical commissioning group’s since the referendum.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 176070 question first answered 11/10/2018 16:06:48 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

982479

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report, Leak reveals worst case scenario for nursing after Brexit, published by the Health Service Journal on 6 April 2017, whether (a) he and (b) other Ministers of his Department had sight of the modelling by his Department referenced in that report before that report was published.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	176070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive Governments not to comment on specific leaks and the Government takes such incidents very seriously. Leaks are investigated thoroughly and effectively, with established policies and procedures in place.</p><p> </p><p>Notwithstanding this, the Department continues to monitor and analyse overall staffing levels across the National Health Service, and we are working across Government to ensure there will continue to be sufficient staff to deliver the high quality services on which patients rely following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Our overall programme of work is comprehensive, thorough and continuously updated.</p><p> </p><p>Our plans include working with NHS and social care employers to ensure that the 167,000 EU nationals working across health and care are aware of the straightforward and user friendly EU settlement scheme which will allow them to secure long-term status in the UK and enjoy broadly the same rights and benefits as they do now.</p><p> </p><p>From the NHS Digital monthly Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics, as at June 2018, there are over 4,300 more EU27 nationals working in the NHS and clinical commissioning group’s since the referendum.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 176069 question first answered 11/10/2018 16:06:48 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

982482

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Tax Yields
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the tax revenue that has accrued to the public purse from businesses with (a) 0-9 employees, (b) 10-49 employees and (c) a turnover of £1 million or less.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	175946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p><strong>I</strong> refer the hon member to the answer that I gave on 9 October 2018 to PQ 173981 and PQ 173982.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to estimate the tax revenue that has accrued to the public purse from businesses with (a) 0-9 employees, (b) 10-49 employees and (c) a turnover of £1 million or less as the information is not readily available but could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>It is possible to identify tax liabilities for businesses with a turnover of £1 million or less for corporation tax and value added tax.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate corporation tax liabilities for 2016-17 was £50 billion of which around £12 billion (24%) was contributed by companies with turnover of £1 million or less.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate Home VAT liabilities for 2016-17 was £100 billion of which around £16 billion (16%) was contributed by companies with a turnover of £1 million or less.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/10/2018 15:53:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

982483

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Business: Tax Yields
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) overall amount and (b) proportion of tax revenue from the contributions of businesses with 0-49 employees in terms of (i) employer national insurance contributions, (ii) corporation tax, (iii) value added tax and (iv) business rates in the most recent year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
tabling member printed	Sir Graham Brady
uin	175947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to the answer that I gave on 9 October 2018 to PQ 173981 and PQ 173982.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to estimate the (a) overall amount and (b) proportion of tax revenue from the contributions of businesses with 0-49 employees in terms of (i) employer national insurance contributions, (iii) value added tax and (iv) business rates as the information is not readily available but could be provided only at disproportionate cost. HMRC does not collect business rates.</p><p> </p><p>It is possible to identify tax liabilities for businesses with 0-49 employees for corporation tax.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate corporation tax liabilities for 2016-17 were £50 billion, of which around £26 billion (52%) was contributed by companies with 0-49 employees.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government statistics on national non-domestics rates are available using the following link below. Business rates collected is aggregated data by local authority and not by individual business size.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils-in-england-forecast-for-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils-in-england-forecast-for-2018-to-2019</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 11/10/2018 15:49:59 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

982486

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water: Phosphates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September to Question 170381, what the level of phosphates is in the water supply for each regional water authority.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	176421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>This information is not available, as there is no requirement for water companies to report levels of phosphate in treated water supplies. There is no prescribed standard or specific monitoring requirement for phosphates in our national legislation for drinking water standards, or in the Drinking Water Directive; or guideline value in the World Health Organisation guidelines on drinking water quality standards.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/10/2018 15:54:49 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell