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998563

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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	Broadband: Hampshire
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 assessment he has made of his Department's ability to meet the universal service obligation for superfast broadband coverage in Hampshire.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	907406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Universal Service Obligation was set in secondary legislation in March 2018 and is now being implemented by Ofcom so that by 2020 everyone will have the legal right to high speed broadband of at least 10Mbps. It is designed as a safety-net to ensure no-one is left behind.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of superfast broadband coverage, thanks to £1.7bn investment of public money in the Broadband Delivery UK Superfast programme, 95% of Hampshire now has access to at least 24 Megabits per second.</p><p> </p><p>We also have ambitions for full fibre coverage, which will deliver future-proof broadband connections. We announced £200 million of funding in the Budget to trial a model to deliver full fibre to premises in rural and remote areas. This is the first step of an ‘outside-in’ approach which seeks to ensure rural areas will be connected at the same pace as the rest of the country.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 01/11/2018 18:01:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

999116

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Herons: Conservation
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 representations he has received on protecting the bittern under phase one of the 2016 Special Protection Area Review; and what steps he is taking to implement the recommendations of that review.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	186211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>We have not received any representations on protecting the bittern under phase one of the 2016 Special Protection Area (SPA) Review.</p><p> </p><p>We have however received an SPA review phase two report from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, which sets out potential options to address the insufficiencies identified in the phase one report. Officials are currently considering the implications of the report in liaison with Natural England, noting that work to refine these options will need to be prioritised in order to make best use of resources.</p><p> </p><p>For the bittern, the report highlights that there are SPA insufficiencies, which may be addressed by adding the species as a feature of other existing SPAs, where it is present in sufficient numbers. This confirms that the species has expanded in numbers and range, indicating that our conservation measures, including the SPA network, are proving effective.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/11/2018 12:33:29 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

999121

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Education: Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children and care leavers went on to key stage 5 in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	186405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The number of care leavers aged 17 and 18 years old who were in education other than higher education in the year ending 31 March 2017, was 4,610. Information on care leavers aged 17 and 18 years old was collected for the first time for the year ending 31 March 2016 and is published as experimental statistics.</p><p>These figures were published in 2017 in table F3 of the statistical release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption: 2016 to 2017 (SFR 50/2017)’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p>Education other than higher education means all studies excluding degrees, diplomas in higher education, teaching and nursing qualifications, HNDs, ONDs, and BTEC levels 4-5, all of which fall under the category higher education.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/11/2018 10:51:09 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

999122

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
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 support the recommendation in the Greater Manchester clean air plan to replace all buses that are not compliant with clean air standards; and if he will make a statement
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	186443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>When the Government receives the Great Manchester Clean Air Plan, it will be able to assess its proposals. We have committed £495 million for local authorities to implement and mitigate their plans.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the £88.9 million invested in new greener buses via the Green Bus Scheme, including £19.6 million for Manchester, and a further £41 million invested in low emission buses via the Low Emission Bus Scheme, we have committed an additional £48 million for the Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme. We expect to announce the successful bidders in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/11/2018 17:14:38 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

999124

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Multiple Occupation: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the level of risk of landlords bypassing rules licensing houses in multiple occupation by (a) acquiring bed and breakfast accommodation and (b) using outbuildings to house tenants.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government sees the risk of landlords circumventing this legislation by acquiring bed and breakfast (B&amp;B) accommodation as low and is unaware of any cases of it. It is not unlawful for landlords to change from being an HMO landlord to a B&amp;B provider. Landlords would simply be changing from one arrangement to another, and would have to abide by the appropriate framework accordingly.</p><p>A small number of landlords who are rogue or criminal, knowingly rent out unsafe and substandard accommodation, including outbuildings. This is not specific to HMO regulation, but a wider issue about substandard accommodation upon which we are determined to crackdown.</p><p>The Housing &amp; Planning Act 2016 introduced a range of measures to deal with such landlords and they were implemented in 2017. Measures include: banning orders for the most serious and prolific offenders; civil penalties of up to £30,000 as an alternative to prosecution; and extension of Rent Repayment Orders to cover illegal eviction, breach of a banning order or failure to comply with a statutory notice.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/11/2018 11:45:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999126

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the time taken for decisions to be made on asylum seekers claims before being eligible to find employment.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	186296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it and this Government is committed to delivering a fair and humane asylum system.</p><p>Whilst the Government has not made such an estimate, our current policy is consistent with EU law and permits asylum seekers to work, in jobs on the Shortage Occupation List, if they have been waiting for a decision on their claim for 12 months or more and the delay is through no fault of their own. We are tackling delays in decision-making and have plans in place to improve the speed at which outstanding claims are decided.</p><p>If an asylum seeker would otherwise be destitute they are provided with free accommodation and a cash allowance of £37.75 per week to cover their other essential living needs.</p><p>It is important to focus on providing support for those who are recognised as refugees, to help them to integrate and find employment, so that they can rebuild their lives here.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/11/2018 15:25:29 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

999129

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for reducing the mean average gender pay gap in his Department to (a) 10 per cent and (b) zero.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	186307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is working to reduce its gender pay gap in support of the Government’s ambition to close the gender pay gap within a generation. An update on our gender pay gap will be published by the end of the year which will set out our plans in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 08/11/2018 15:36:38 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

999131

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	National Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 23rd July 2018 to Question 165033 on the National Fund, whether he has received a hearing date from the High Court on his application to release the money held by the National Fund.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	186228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Fund was set up by a trust deed in 1928. The Fund is held on trust for the purpose of reducing the National Debt. According to expert evidence, there is no realistic prospect of the Fund ever amounting to a sum sufficient to pay off the whole of the National Debt. On 22<sup>nd</sup> May 2018 the former Attorney General made an application to the High Court to vary the terms of the charitable trust.</p><p>While we expect the substantive hearing to take place in 2019, we have not yet received a hearing date from the High Court.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 05/11/2018 14:23:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

999143

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	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Crown Commercial Service's Transparency data, CCS prompt payment data 2018-19, whether the aggregated totals figure of 196.88 per cent for the percentage of invoices paid within five days is correct; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	186191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Commercial Service fully complies with all regulatory requirements set out in Section 113(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations (2015).</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service will remove “aggregated totals” fields from future prompt payment data publications.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/11/2018 16:34:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

999145

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	Government Departments: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release of 10 April 2018, New changes to encourage small businesses to apply for government contracts, what progress he is making on excluding suppliers from major Government procurements if they cannot demonstrate fair and effective payment practices with subcontractors.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	186192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>On the same day as the referenced press release, the Cabinet Office announced a consultation to gather views on whether it would be appropriate to exclude suppliers from major government procurements if they cannot demonstrate a fair, effective and responsible approach to payment in their supply chain management. This consultation closed on 5 June. We have been reviewing responses and will publish the outcome shortly.</p><p> </p><p>In the meanwhile, Government strongly encourages businesses to report poor payment practice and instances of late payment in public sector contracts, including late payment through the supply chain, to the Mystery Shopper service in the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 06/11/2018 14:50:54 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett