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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

999148

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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of universal credit on the funding available to providers of accommodation through the Severe Weather Emergency Protocol.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>Neither DWP nor MHCLG collect data on how Local Authorities fund Severe Weather Emergency Protocol so are unable to comment on any impact Universal Credit may have on funding.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/11/2018 10:29:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999165

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	New Age (African Global Energy): Cameroon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled International visits pay off for British business, published on 8 June 2018, what estimate he has made of size of the revenue stream for the public treasury of the Government of Cameroon that is forecast to as a result of the natural gas deal between New Age (African Global Energy) Ltd and the Cameroonian Government announced in that press release.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	186257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The £1.5b investment deal concluded in June 2018 is a commercial agreement between New Age and the Government of Cameroon to develop the Etinde offshore bloc along the Atlantic coast of Cameroon. The Department for International Trade is responsible for supporting British businesses around the world and promoting trade ties with country partners. New Age is one of the companies we support in Cameroon.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/11/2018 16:51:14 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

999167

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Modern Working Practices Review
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 progress has been made on identifying a set of metrics to measure the quality of work as recommended by the Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	186253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has received over 400 detailed responses to the four consultations launched in February. We are very grateful to everyone who took the time to respond. Their insights have been invaluable in informing our policy development. We will be publishing our response to these consultations in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 186254 186256 question first answered 05/11/2018 16:29:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

999173

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women were employed in his Department in each year since 2000.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	186363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The total number of female civilian employees in the Ministry of Defence in each year since 2004 is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (as at 1 April)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female Civilian Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>31,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>31,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>29,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>27,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>26,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>25,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>25,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>24,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>20,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>18,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>18,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>18,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>18,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>18,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>18,990</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The total number of female Regular personnel in the Armed Forces in each year since 2000 is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year (as at 1 April)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female Regular Armed Forces Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>16,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>16,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>17,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>17,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>18,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>18,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>17,870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>17,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>17,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>17,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>18,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>17,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>17,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>16,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>15,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>15,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>15,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>15,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>15,270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures exclude Gurkhas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/11/2018 14:18:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

999176

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Saudi Arabia: Conferences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2018 to Question 179180 on Saudi Arabia: Conferences, whether representatives of the UK Government attended the future investment initiative conference in Riyadh.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	186303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister said on Wednesday 24 October, no Ministers or government officials attended the Future Investment Initiative Conference.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/11/2018 17:02:47 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

999182

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	UK Relations with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government is seeking cooperation and coordination with the (a)EU and (b)other multilateral actors on its civilian-military humanitarian and peacekeeping missions in the event of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	186371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Government’s ‘Foreign Policy, Defence and Development Future Partnership’ paper, the UK is unequivocally committed to European security and will continue to work closely with the EU on external security following exit from the Union. It is the UK’s intention to pursue a close partnership with the EU, including the possibility of the UK continuing to contribute to EU missions of mutual interest. Non-EU personnel in such missions remain under the full command of their national authorities. Our future participation in these missions will be subject to the Withdrawal Agreement negotiations. The UK remains committed to effective engagement in UN peacekeeping, where we have 325 contingent troops deployed as part of the UN Mission in South Sudan and 265 contingent troops deployed as part of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. We will continue to play an active role in UN peacekeeping missions following our exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/11/2018 10:28:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

999186

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	Migration Impacts Fund
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 potential merits of reinstating the Migration Impact Fund.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	186421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>We launched the Controlling Migration Fund in October 2016, with £100 million available over four years, to provide additional support to local areas that are facing pressure as a result of recent migration. To date we have funded £74 million.</p><p>The deadline for bids from local authorities for a share of the remaining £26 million in the Fund was 1 October 2018. My officials are assessing the applications that were submitted and successful projects will be announced in the new year. We will consider how best to continue to provide support for areas in response to the impacts of recent migration as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 09/11/2018 12:05:27 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan