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631057

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	EU Exit and Trade Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings of the EU Exit and Trade Cabinet Committee have been (a) held and (b) attended by the Secretary of State for (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	52055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees, including how often they have met and which Ministers have attended, is generally not disclosed as to do so could harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 14/11/2016 14:13:44 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

631229

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Belfast Agreement: Bill of Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the proposal for a British Bill of Rights and its potential implications for the Good Friday Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	52054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>I am aware of the importance of human rights in the Belfast Agreement and the Government remains committed to that Agreement.</p><p>My officials continue to work closely with colleagues in the Ministry of Justice on these issues and we will engage fully with the devolved administrations in advance of any reforms.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/11/2016 17:54:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

631230

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Politics and Government: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with (a) the government of the Republic of Ireland and (b) Northern Irish political parties since the All Island Civic Dialogue meeting in Dublin on 2 November 2016 on the outcomes of that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	52053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>I have met and will continue to meet both the Northern Ireland political parties and counterparts in the Irish Government to discuss a range of issues related to EU Exit.</p><p>Since 2 November, I have spoken to the First and deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland, and with the Tánaiste, Frances Fitzgerald.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/11/2016 11:32:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

631231

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	EU Exit and Trade Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, if she will make the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland a permanent member of the EU Exit and Trade Cabinet Committee.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	52056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>A list of members of the European Union Exit and Trade Cabinet Committee is available in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 14/11/2016 13:26:06 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

623472

registered interest
date	28/10/2016
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	Energy: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure energy imported from the EU is not subject to tariffs after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	50888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The current EU applied tariff rate on imports of crude oil, natural gas and coal is zero.</p><p>The decision on whether energy imported into the UK should be subject to tariffs once the UK has left the EU will be for the UK only to make. For reasons of economic competitiveness and energy security and consistent with our support for an open trade policy regime, it is unlikely that the Government would wish to impose tariffs on energy imports.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/11/2016 14:33:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

622121

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans unilaterally to grant China market economy status in the event of the UK leaving the EU and its single market.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	50493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK remains a full member of the EU until we formally exit and all rights and obligations under the EU, including trade defence measures, still apply. We will continue to support the EU’s trade agenda and we look forward to the Commission’s proposals on Market Economy Status later in the Autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 31/10/2016 16:41:03 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

622122

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	Migrant Workers: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the number of employers who have prevented migrant workers from joining a union during their time working in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	50494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold this information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/10/2016 15:07:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

622123

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	Migrant Workers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2016 to Question 48990 and the correction to that Answer of 21 October 2016, whether he has received representations on migrant employees in the UK being forced to repay funds to their employers which had been paid to such employees as a result of shortfalls in wages upon return to their country of origin.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	50502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy is not aware of any representations on migrant employees in the UK being forced to repay funds paid to them as a result of shortfalls in wages to their employers upon return to their country of origin.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/10/2016 15:10:05 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

620859

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the level of arts spending per head in each of the regions of England has been in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	50091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>Funding decisions are a matter for the Arts Council England. The Government has been clear that the right balance of funding between London and the regions continues to require attention as part of our commitment to build a country that works for everyone. It is important that regardless of location, everyone should be able to access great arts and culture. Arts Council England continue to work on this and recently announced that the proportion of the national portfolio budget spent outside London will increase from 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Spending in individual regions fluctuates from year to year and is heavily affected by individual large scale capital funding projects. However as the attached table shows, 2015-16 saw the largest proportion of spending outside London than in any of the previous 10 years – including five years of a Labour government.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 04/11/2016 10:19:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name PQ 50091- Spend per head by region 2005-16 26.10.16 (1).xlsx title Spend per head by region 2005-16
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

620970

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the average travel distance to GP services for patients in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Redcar and Cleveland, (d) Middlesbrough and (e) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	50090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>Information on average travel distance to general practice services for patients is not collected by the Department or by NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 28/10/2016 13:47:11 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop