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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

989540

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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	Chemicals: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of continued participation in the EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals programme in (a) any withdrawal agreement with the EU and (b) the event that the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Government’s White Paper on the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union we are aiming for a UK-EU free trade area on goods, including chemicals, to ensure trade is as free and frictionless as possible. We are seeking participation in the European Chemical Agency, accepting its rules including the REACH Regulation and contributing to its costs.</p><p>As part of this, we would be seeking to secure access to relevant IT systems and data. This approach will enable us to meet our objective of ensuring that chemicals only need to be approved once in either market and ensure that UK businesses can continue to register chemical substances directly, rather than working through an EU-based representative.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/10/2018 10:45:36 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

850639

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the collapse of Carillon on construction projects in the Hendon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	129893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has established the Carillion Taskforce, to advise on the impact on small businesses and employees affected by Carillion insolvency. The Taskforce’s attendees included representatives from leading business bodies, the construction trade sector, unions, banks and government. This has already led to useful collaborations, in particular in relation to ensuring firms and employees have access to support from Government and the banks.</p><p> </p><p>The nature of Carillion’s business was to sub-contract significant proportions of its work and a significant number of those sub-contractors have sub-contracted further elements. The complexity of the contracting structure is such that it is not possible for the Official Receiver at this stage in the liquidation process to have a complete picture of companies and therefore projects affected across the UK. He is continuing to work through Carillion’s systems to identify all contracts. To date, we are not currently aware of any Carillion related redundancies in Hendon.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/03/2018 10:56:39 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

792982

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acts of bank fraud against an individual were recorded in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	114767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>Data for banking and credit card industry fraud are published by ONS on a quarterly basis. These data will cover frauds against individuals as well as industry bodies. The latest data are for year to June 2017 and are available in Table A5 at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables</a></p><p> </p><p>The way in which fraud offences are reported and subsequently recorded has changed in recent years. Previously, police forces were responsible for recording fraud offences, however, from April 2011 Action Fraud began gradually taking over the recording of fraud offences on behalf of individual police forces, completing in March 2013. Action Fraud is the UK’s national fraud and cybercrime reporting centre. The industry bodies Cifas and FFA UK also record data on fraud offences committed against their members.</p><p> </p><p>Information on fraud offences prior to the switch to Action Fraud can be found in Table A4 in the same link as provided above.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/11/2017 17:36:08 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

757500

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Act 1988: Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 to ensure that cyclists are bound by that legislation.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Protecting pedestrians and all road users is a key priority. We have some of the safest roads in the world but are always looking at ways to make them safer.</p><p>There are road traffic offences already that apply to cyclists, but the Department is carefully considering the implications of the recent tragic case of Mrs Briggs, who died after a collision with a cyclist, including as to whether current legislation is adequate.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 11:03:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

755694

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Monuments: Occupied Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will establish a permanent memorial to British servicemen and women who lost their lives in Palestine during the lead-up to Israel's independence.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	7073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, Staffordshire, already hosts a memorial to those British Service personnel who served in Palestine, erected by the Palestine Veterans' Association in 2001. The Government has no plans to create a further memorial at any other location.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/09/2017 13:57:09 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

712369

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her Department's rationale was for introducing a sliding scale of probate fees based on the worth of an estate.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	68494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government set out its rationale for reforming the fees for grants of probate in its response to consultation on the fees published on Friday 24 February.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to providing a modern, world-leading justice system which is proportionate and accessible. The best way to protect access to justice is with a properly funded courts and tribunals service.</p><p> </p><p>Fees are necessary to support an effective courts and tribunals system that supports victims and vulnerable people, and is easy for ordinary people to use. In 2015/16, the Government spent around £1.9 billion on our courts and tribunals and recovered only around £700m through fees and other income. We do not believe that the taxpayer should continue to meet all of this cost.</p><p> </p><p>We are getting rid of flat fees and replacing them with a fair, banded, structure related to the value of the estate. This includes raising the fee threshold from £5,000 to £50,000 and lifting an extra 25,000 estates out of fees altogether.</p><p> </p><p>More than half of estates in England and Wales will pay no probate fee and over 90 per cent of estates will pay £1,000 or less. The fees will be implemented on a banded structure, increasing in line with estate values, meaning higher fees are paid by those who can afford to do so. No one will pay more than 1 per cent of the total estate value.</p><p> </p><p>Using the authoritative ONS projections, we have recently improved our estimates of the number of estates in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>With this more accurate data, we have produced a refreshed distribution of the estate values table. We have also updated our estimates to take account of HMRC’s most recent data on the distribution of estate values. <em> </em>These minor adjustments to Table 1 (page 11) of the consultation response do not alter the substance of, or rationale for, the proposals on which we consulted, or the Government’s decision to proceed with the changes. I have placed amended versions of the Government response to consultation in the libraries of the Houses.<em> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Value of estate (before inheritance tax)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of All estates in England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proposed Fee</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Up to £50,000 or exempt from requiring a grant of probate</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £50,000 but does not exceed £300,000</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>£300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £300,000 but does not exceed £500,000</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>£1,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £500,000 but does not exceed £1m</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £1m but does not exceed £1.6m</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>£8,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceeds £1.6m but does not exceed £2m</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Above £2m</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 18/04/2017 08:26:46 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

642953

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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 and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of pausing planned reductions in the employment and support allowance work-related activity group rates on the rate of employment for disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	54543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that the changes to Employment and Support Allowance should proceed as legislated for so that people have access to the best support to move closer to the labour market and, when they are ready, into work. New funding of £60m in 2017/18 rising to £100m a year in 2020/21 has been provided for additional practical employment support for new claimants who have limited capability for work from April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/12/2016 16:35:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

91641

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Police Air Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the change in the number of flying hours above London that will take place if the Metropolitan Police Service joins the National Police Air Service.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	209145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>In April 2012, the Home Office mandated that the National Police Air Service (NPAS) would be a national service which served all forces and communities. The financing of the (NPAS) and operational issues, such as flying hours provided to police forces, are matters for NPAS and its strategic board to consider, in working with chief constables and police and crime commissioners to provide air support to the police. <br><br>In the event of a terrorism-related incident, NPAS would provide air support as required, under the operational control of the police force or forces concerned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 209144 209146 question first answered 13/10/2014 10:55:37 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord