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1003772

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money has his Department allocated to the public health budget in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	189664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2018 11:30:57 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

999512

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Heroin: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate funding to local authorities that plan to implement heroin assisted treatment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	187009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for making decisions on how to spend their allocation of the public health grant based on the needs of their local population. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning drug treatment to meet those needs, including heroin assisted treatment services.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/11/2018 15:08:16 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

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

997617

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effect of the introduction of full service of universal credit on people that are self-employed.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	185567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit encourages all claimants with a work expectation to find and progress in work. The Minimum Income Floor (MIF) is intended to encourage claimants to grow their monthly earnings to what they could expect to earn at minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>The 2018 Autumn Budget announced a 12 month exemption period from the MIF for all gainfully self-employed claimants new to Universal Credit or new to self-employment. We plan to introduce this from July 2019 with full implementation from September 2020. We will also continue with the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) scheme from April 2019 onwards. The NEA provides support and mentoring for benefit claimants who are looking to start or develop their business.</p><p> </p><p>Plans are in place for an evaluation of the MIF and a large-scale tracking survey of self-employed Universal Credit claimants with a MIF applied to their claim.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 185568 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:46:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 83318 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

993586

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will introduce an exemption to permit students from low-income families to travel during a gap year without the family home incurring an under-occupancy penalty.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	182743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce an exemption from the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy to allow students from low income families to travel during a gap year without the household incurring a reduction in benefit due to under-occupancy.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/10/2018 14:01:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

992655

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC have (a) paid out to individuals overtaxed and (b) written off due to the Check employment status for tax service making incorrect employment status determinations.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	182128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) digital service is a part of a package of guidance and support that helps customers to determine employment status. Its use is not mandatory, however, if it is completed correctly and in accordance with our guidance and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will stand by the result. HMRC has not paid out or written off any tax due to determinations made by CEST.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are existing processes for workers to review employment status decisions. Off-payroll workers in the public sector, found to be within the off-payroll working rules (IR35), who believe they have been wrongly classified should first take this up with their engager whose responsibility it is to make the determination. The existing process can be found on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ir35-find-out-if-it-applies#further-help-with-the-off-payroll-working-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ir35-find-out-if-it-applies#further-help-with-the-off-payroll-working-rules</a></p><p> </p><p>In the last ten years HMRC has taken twelve IR35 cases to tribunal. They have lost in nine of the cases. The vast majority of the decisions on status are straightforward and do not involve litigation. It is right that HMRC litigates more finely balanced cases, particularly where they are complex or unusual.</p><p> </p><p>Off-payroll working litigation is carried out by a number of HMRC teams. These teams are also involved in other tax litigation and as a result, we do not hold specific information relating to the cost of off-payroll working court cases in the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 182129 182148 182149 question first answered 25/10/2018 15:06:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

986396

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the Government receives funding from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme while recipients have been advised of a deficit resulting in a reduced bonus.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	178492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government guarantees any deficit from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme and in return receives a share of any surplus. Following the most recent valuation in July, a significant surplus in the scheme will ensure that scheme members will receive an additional bonus pension for each of the next six years.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/10/2018 16:06:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

986406

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking support UK car manufacturing after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing incentives to strengthen domestic demand for new electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	178500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>In January 2018, the Government published its Industrial Strategy Automotive Sector Deal to support the continuing competitiveness of the UK’s automotive sector and its local supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Road to Zero Strategy – published in July – set out its ambitions for all new cars and vans to be effectively zero emission by 2040. The transition will be supported by a package of demand, supply and infrastructure measures, and £1.5 billion in funding. This includes assisting consumers in meeting the cost of ultra low emission vehicles with a variety of plug-in grant funding schemes for eligible ultra low emission cars, vans, taxis and motorcycles.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s recent international Zero Emission Vehicle Summit emphasised its ambitions to lead this global transition, bringing other nations along through the ‘Birmingham Declaration’. At the Summit the Prime Minister announced £106 million in an R&amp;D funding package for innovators in ultra low emission vehicle technology, including in new battery and low carbon technologies.</p><p> </p><p>By supporting new ultra low emission vehicles, the Government is also helping to build the second hand market in the UK, which already offers a wide range of more affordable models. Owners of used ultra low emission vehicles are able to take advantage of the favourable tax regime now in place, alongside local initiatives such as free parking and grant schemes to help with the cost of installing chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to introduce a vehicle scrappage or replacement scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 178498 178499 question first answered 22/10/2018 10:13:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

984463

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press Association of Colleges' release entitled AoC update on college pay, published in July 2018, if he will he take steps to close the £7000 a year pay disparity between teachers working in further education colleges compared with their counterparts in schools.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	177270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The further education (FE) sector – including FE colleges – has a different legal status and relationship to the government when compared with schools. FE colleges are private sector institutions, independent of the government. It is for individual FE employers to agree local pay structures with unions, based on local needs.</p><p>The department values all of our teachers and leaders in FE who change lives for the better. Since 2013, we have invested over £120 million in the FE workforce, including investing in workforce development through the independent Education and Training Foundation (ETF).</p><p>Having enough highly-skilled FE teachers in place to deliver high-quality, work-relevant skills training is essential, particularly for the successful delivery of T Levels and apprenticeships. This is why we have committed up to £20 million to help providers, teachers and leaders prepare to deliver T Levels. This includes launching Taking Teaching Further, a £5 million programme to attract industry professionals to teach in FE.</p><p>FE providers help to make sure people have the skills they need to get on in life, which is why we have protected base rate funding for 16 to 19 year olds until 2020. However, we acknowledge that FE faces cost pressures. This is why the department has been actively engaging with the sector to look closely at how we fund providers to ensure that the system supports sustainable, high-quality education. We will be looking carefully at these issues in the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/10/2018 16:33:38 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

971480

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department retains the capacity to revert to the legacy benefit systems.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	172595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>Reverting to legacy benefits would not only create massive disruption for claimants, but would leave them trapped in a complex and confusing system of multiple and overlapping benefits. The legacy benefits system consists of 6 different benefits, each with separate rules and criteria, interacting in complicated ways, creating perverse incentives and confusion, and additional administrative costs.</p><p> </p><p>Our staff have been trained in the more flexible and tailored Universal Credit system, which the projections in our published Universal Credit Full Business Case expect to put 200,000 more people into work in the UK. Our new system, will for the first time benefit people in work looking to progress, and enables us to provide extra personalised support and stronger work incentives to help people out of poverty and into work faster.</p><p> </p><p>As the National Audit Office noted in their recent report, as the changes have become increasingly embedded across the department, it would be both complex and expensive to revert to legacy benefits at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/09/2018 15:27:55 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris