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446312

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade: Hanoi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Ministers and staff of her Department will be attending the Hanoi Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade in November 2016; and what the projected cost of that attendance will be in (a) staff salaries, (b) travel and (c) other costs.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	23306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to its global leadership role in helping to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. During his visit to Vietnam in July 2015, the Prime Minister confirmed that the UK would provide £200,000 to support Vietnam in hosting a third high level international conference on the illegal wildlife trade. The Conference, to be held on 24-25 November 2016, will build on the successful London and Kasane Conferences of 2014 and 2015. Decisions about who will represent the UK at the Vietnam Conference have not yet been made.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/01/2016 14:50:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

446315

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy to make funding available for woodland planting to help with water retention during times of flooding.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	23364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>Flood risk management is one of the targeting criteria for woodland creation funded through the new Countryside Stewardship scheme. The Forestry Commission also continues to undertake research into understanding what role woodlands can play in managing flood risk. Defra and the Environment Agency will continue to support investigations into the potential benefits of land management change on flood risk - including tree planting.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/01/2016 15:15:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

446326

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Farms: Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what government funding is available to pay farmers to allow parts of their land to flood to avoid flooding elsewhere.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	23442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>If land is flooded as part of a deliberate and managed scheme to avoid flooding elsewhere the authority responsible would need to buy a right to flood or make a similar binding agreement with the landowner. The prices paid for that agreement would be subject to negotiation between the authority and the landowner and take into consideration such matters as any loss of value caused by flooding and debris in fields</p><br /> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/01/2016 11:40:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

445851

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of per capita GDP in each of the nations of the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	23166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 22/01/2016 12:14:02 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 23166 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - GDP
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

445884

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
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	Housing Associations: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many disabled housing association residents moved out of their property in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	23121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The number of disabled social housing tenants (including housing association tenants) who have moved out of their property in each year since 2005-6 is shown in the attached table.</p><p>These figures show that the number of social tenants who have moved has fluctuated over time, but the proportion of social renters who have moved has remained relatively constant.</p><p>The reasons for these moves are not known although we expect some disabled social tenants will have moved to better (e.g. adapted) accommodation. Some will have moved from a different tenure i.e.from owner occupation or the private rented sector), while others will have moved from another social housing property.</p><br /> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 23148 question first answered 22/01/2016 15:19:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis attachment 1 file name PQ 23148.docx title Table
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

445995

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she intends to answer the letter to her dated 10 December 2015 with regard to Mr S Akhter.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	22988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>I wrote to the Rt. Hon. Member on 23 December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/01/2016 17:52:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

446018

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Domestic Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the recommendations of James Ewins' review of the overseas domestic workers visa.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Fiona Mactaggart
uin	23193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering carefully James Ewins’ recommendations and will announce its response in due course</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/01/2016 14:33:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	12 label Biography information for Fiona Mactaggart

445371

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they respond to the chief executive of Shell, who claims that oil and gas companies would be negatively affected in the event that the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is fighting hard to fix the aspects of our EU membership that cause so much frustration in the United Kingdom - so we can get a better deal for our country and secure our future.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 21/01/2016 15:49:08 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

445401

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he plans to take in response to the findings of the report, entitled Communicating with victims, published by HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate in January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	22960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>On the day of the report the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) agreed to act on each of the three recommendations made.</p><ul><li>The CPS is already conducting a review of overall support to victims and witnesses with the police and agreeing our respective roles in communication will form part of this review;</li><li>The CPS will ensure that the quality assurance checks of communications from the Victim Liaison Units (VLUs) are improved through guidance and training; and</li><li>The CPS will seek to improve both the flagging of substantial alterations in appropriate cases and the systems for notification of the VLUs.</li></ul><p>In addition, the CPS has already taken action to address a range of issues identified in the report. For example, they have redeployed more paralegal staff and managers to Crown Courts to ensure that there are sufficient staff to support victims and witnesses. When rollout is complete around 350 paralegal staff and managers will be based at Crown Courts across England and Wales. The CPS is also introducing new guidance on Speaking to Witnesses at Court which will improve the service provided and is currently operating in a number of pathfinder sites. It will be rolled out across the country by summer 2016.</p><p>The CPS is also reviewing the resourcing of VLUs to ensure that sufficient staff are in place to manage the workload of those units.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 22/01/2016 16:45:14 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

445423

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Landfill Communities Fund
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 financial effects of removing contributory third party funding from the Landfill Communities Fund.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	22873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>A policy costing for the changes to the LCF announced at Autumn Statement 2015 was published in <em>Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015: policy costings</em>. This document is available at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015-documents</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/01/2016 14:40:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie