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1000221

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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	Jeremy Corbyn
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 his Department has made of the potential implications for democracy in the UK of the US imposing sanctions on the official leader of the UK opposition.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	187325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>As far as we are aware no US sanctions are being considered against the Leader of the Opposition.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 12/11/2018 14:46:40 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

999683

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	Veterans: Unemployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans that joined the armed forces aged (a) 18 or under and (b) 19 or older have registered at Jobcentres in each region in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	187100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We have a network of Armed Forces Champions in each Jobcentre Plus district who support work coaches in understanding the range of support available to service leavers and ensure they are actively signposted to appropriate organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Our National Employer and Partnership Team also work with national employer and partner organisations to help ex-HM armed forces service leavers into employment. In addition, HM armed forces personnel are also one of the specified priority groups for the Work and Health Programme. This allows for early voluntary entry to the programme at the most appropriate time in their claim for those who would benefit from specialist employment support to find work.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 187103 question first answered 09/11/2018 09:25:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

999684

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional tax revenue that will accrue to the public purse from fixed odds betting terminals as a result of the delay in the introduction of the maximum stake from April 2019 to October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	187131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>There is no delay as this is the first time the government has announced the date for the introduction of the £2 maximum stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals.</p><p> </p><p>The government made clear in May that the timing of implementation does not make any difference to the public finances as Remote Gaming Duty will be increased at the same time to offset the foregone revenue.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/11/2018 15:26:47 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

998560

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Historic Buildings: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to protect heritage buildings.
tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
uin	907393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>We are responsible for ensuring that England’s historic environment is properly protected, promoted and conserved for the benefit of present and future generations. The principle way in which Government protects buildings of special architectural or historic interest is through the listing system.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, our arm’s length bodies provide valuable support to those looking after heritage and we continue to work closely with them to protect buildings all over the country.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/11/2018 15:34:07 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

999242

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Regeneration: Belfast
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the £2 million allocated in Budget 2018 for the city centre in Belfast following the fire at Bank Buildings in August 2018 will be distributed.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	186359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>Funding will be added to the Northern Ireland block grant. It will then be allocated to Belfast City Council according to the Northern Ireland Civil Service’s own processes.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/11/2018 16:01:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

999296

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Birth Rate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the (a) birth and (b) infant mortality rate in (i) England, (ii) London and (iii) the London Borough of Lewisham for each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	186401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</del> <ins class="ministerial">The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and their response will be <strong>placed</strong> in the <strong>Library</strong>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/11/2018 16:11:45 question first ministerially corrected 20/11/2018 10:15:59 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington attachment 1 file name PQ186401.pdf title UKSA response previous answer version 83529 answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington attachment 1 file name PQ186401.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

999336

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Cameroon: Crimes against Humanity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of recent reports by the International Rescue Committee of atrocities in South Cameroon and the displacement of 250,000 people in that region.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	186312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The UN have recorded that over 460,000 people have been displaced by recent violence in Cameroon’s Anglophone North-West and South-West regions and we are closely monitoring the situation. We have a humanitarian adviser based in Cameroon working with partners on humanitarian issues in the country and we are also funding a protection adviser in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs working in the region on the Anglophone Crisis.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/11/2018 16:42:26 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

999401

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Employment: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many large businesses have adopted the enhanced standards set out in the report, Thriving at Work: a review of mental health and employers, published by her Department in October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	186310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government responded to <em>Thriving at Work: Stevenson/Farmer Review of mental health and employers</em> in the command paper <em>Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability</em> which was published on 30<sup>th</sup> November 2017. The joint DWP and DHSC Work and Health Unit is now overseeing progress across 40 recommendations that range from short term deliverables to longer term reform.</p><p> </p><p>We have made significant progress on ensuring the public sector leads the way: the NHS is implementing the mental health standards through the new single NHS Workforce Health and Wellbeing Framework, which was published on 16<sup>th</sup> May 2018 and shared with NHS organisations, and the Civil Service has benchmarked all main government departments and their agencies/NDPBs against the core and enhanced mental health standards to identify best practice and areas requiring further action. We also held a Public Sector Summit on 18<sup>th</sup> July 2018 which brought together public sector leaders and experts to share best practice on mental health support and how the review’s recommendations are being implemented and championed.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been progressing a range of policy work on which we will report in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We have promoted the standards to private sector employers through a range of communication channels and supported Mind in the development of their mental health at work online gateway, but data on numbers of businesses who have adopted the core and enhanced standards is not held centrally. We will continue to work with key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors to ensure that employers of all sizes act to implement the core and enhanced standards and help them, and their employees, realise the benefits of healthy, inclusive workplaces.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 186308 186309 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:06:31 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

997625

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	China: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations he has made to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on its decision to terminate the refugee status of Chin refugees from Burma in (a) Malaysia and (b) India.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Scully
uin	185625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Since August 2018 UK officials have consulted the Burma office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, and the UNHCR office in Geneva for clarification on the needs assessment process for Chin refugees residing in other countries, and UNHCR's proposed process for ensuring their safe return to Burma.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will continue to monitor this process in line with our objectives of ensuring the safety of all those displaced by violence in Burma and a safe return process for all groups forced to flee to other countries.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 06/11/2018 15:33:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully

997670

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many international treaties with third countries the UK is party to as a result of the UK's membership of the EU; and how many of those treaties the Government plans to (a) alter and (b) renegotiate after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	185559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The EU Treaties Office Database lists Treaties relating to our EU membership: http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/default.home.do.</p><p>Not all of these require action as the UK leaves the EU. We are seeking to replicate the effects of our international treaties, as far as possible and where relevant, and we are engaging closely with third parties to deliver this continuity as we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/11/2018 16:18:05 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond