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783325

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Legatum Institute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Legatum Institute, or any representative from that Institute, has taken part in any meetings in Brussels as part of a UK Government delegation in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	111416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>I can confirm that in respect of the Department for Exiting the European Union, neither the Legatum Institute nor representatives of that organisation have taken part in meetings in Brussels as part of a UK Government Delegation.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 15/11/2017 16:41:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

782809

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homelessness: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homeless EU citizens have been offered voluntary assisted return in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	111161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>Please find attached a link to the published statistics on the take up of voluntary returns over the period requested, including by EU nationals:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638602/returns1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638602/returns1-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods</a></p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on whether individuals were rough sleepers in a reportable format. Such information could not be retrieved except by a manual inspection of every applicable personal record. This is likely to incur costs over the cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/11/2017 14:31:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

782811

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homelessness: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many homeless EU citizens have been arrested and deported in each (a) month since January and (b) nation of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	111162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information you have requested in a reportable format. The Government publishes Immigration Statistics which details the number of enforced returns of EU citizens to June 2017.</p><p>This can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#enforced-returns-of-eu-nationals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june-2017/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned#enforced-returns-of-eu-nationals</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/11/2017 14:27:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

777669

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Scotland
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 bring forward secondary legislation to enable Scottish local authorities to accept unaccompanied minors from the National Transfer Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	109511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to extending the transfer provisions in the Immigration Act 2016 to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We intend to bring forward draft regulations at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/11/2017 13:29:25 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

777690

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of decisions on whether employment and support allowance claimants will not have to undergo further work capability assessments as a result of a lifelong, progressive, degenerative or incurable condition will be made as a result of a paper-based assessment.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	109515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Only Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit equivalent claimants, with the most severe and lifelong health condition or disabilities, who are unlikely to ever be able to move in to work, will fall within this criteria. We expect the majority of these claimants will be assessed on paper, and will not need a face to face assessment</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 30/10/2017 11:09:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

771488

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Iranian Government on the new charges being brought against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe; and what steps the Government has taken to secure her release.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	107988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>We are urgently seeking clarification from the Iranian authorities on reports that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is subject to further charges. I called the Iranian Ambassador to express my concerns, as did the Foreign Secretary in a call to Foreign Minister Zarif and a meeting with Vice-President Salehi on 11 October. But the scope of any additional charges remains unclear. Our Ambassador is continuing to press the Iranian authorities for further information. Iran’s position on dual-nationality makes progress on our consular cases difficult; nonetheless we continue to raise these cases with the Iranian authorities at the highest levels and at every available opportunity. We assess that our current approach is the one most likely to be in the best interests of our dual-national prisoners in Iran.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 19/10/2017 15:14:05 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

769628

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
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	Agriculture: ICT
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 estimate he has made of the cost of (a) improved and (b) new IT systems to administer support to the agriculture sector after 2020.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	107521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Leaving the EU presents a major opportunity for UK agriculture. We will be able to design new policies which specifically benefit the agriculture sector, the countryside and the environment. As part of this, we will determine what new systems we may need to implement these policies effectively, how existing IT infrastructure could be adapted, and the costs of doing so.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/10/2017 13:52:44 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

769935

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the response by the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work of 12 September 2017 to the letter from the hon. Member for Edinburgh East, on stopping of repeated work capability assessments for people who have lifelong, progressive, degenerative or incurable conditions, how that status will be determined; and whether people with such conditions who are already in receipt of employment and support allowance will be required to undergo a further work capability assessment to determine that status.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	107522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>We will consider whether a claimant meets the criteria for stopping routine assessments as part of our existing WCA process, which involves assessing individuals against a set of functional descriptors to determine how their illness or disability affects their ability to work. The criteria are being considered as part of a claimant’s initial or next WCA.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/10/2017 14:07:09 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

760795

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Brexit
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 the Civil Service workforce required to administer a transitional period when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	105337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each department. The Civil Service constantly reviews its capabilities in order to deliver the Government's commitment to leave the EU and get the best deal for the UK. Civil Service HR is working with all departments across the Civil Service to better understand their capacity and capability requirements.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/11/2017 14:38:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

760796

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Sick Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost of sickness pay to staff in his Department was in each of the 10 years prior to June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	105338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below sets out the cost of sickness pay paid to staff in my Department each year from 1 April 2009 to 30<sup>th</sup> June 2016. Information about the cost of sickness pay paid to staff in my Department before April 2009 is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016**</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statutory Sick Pay</p></td><td><p>£269</p></td><td><p>£1,567</p></td><td><p>£5,163</p></td><td><p>£2,063</p></td><td><p>£4,903</p></td><td><p>£3,266</p></td><td><p>£6,628</p></td><td><p>£4,928</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Occupational Sick Pay</p></td><td><p>£139,535</p></td><td><p>£203,025</p></td><td><p>£528,810</p></td><td><p>£406,837</p></td><td><p>£405,908</p></td><td><p>£439,844</p></td><td><p>£465,716</p></td><td><p>£290,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£141,813</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£206,602</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£535,984</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£410,911</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£412,824</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£445,124</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£474,358</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£297,025</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><sub>* From 1 Apr 2009 </sub></strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><sub>**To 30 Jun 2016</sub></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Information about sickness absence in the Cabinet Office is published on the Cabinet Office website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-absence-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-absence-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures show that for the year to 30 June 2017, the Cabinet Office has one of the lowest recorded sickness rates across the Civil Service at 2.9 average working days lost when compared to the latest Civil Service average of 7.0 .</p><p> </p><p>My Department is committed to reducing work related absence due to mental illness and has a number of services in place to support members of staff suffering from such conditions. Our Workwell community is staffed by volunteers who aim to make Cabinet Office a happy and healthy workplace through a number of interventions including a listening service for staff. We also offer a 24 hour counselling support helpline through our Employee Assistance Programme provider and advocate early referral to our occupational health service where appropriate, for advice on a number of conditions including mental health.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 29/11/2017 11:13:14 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 13900 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard