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998895

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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	EU External Trade: Burma
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the impact of the proposed withdrawal of EU Everything But Arms trade privileges on (1) Burma, (2) the Burmese military, and (3) civilian workers in Burma.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL11148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>We are working with Member States and are in discussions with the Commission on this issue. The assessment must ensure that a thorough consideration of the impacts is made before any decision is taken.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012, when the EU granted Burma duty-free, quota-free market access on “Everything But Arms”, EU imports from Burma rose by almost ten times to €1,558 million in 2017. Most of the EU’s imports are of textiles and apparels, which have created substantial employment opportunities for women in Burma, and which would be subject to tariffs if the EU withdraws ‘Everything But Arms’ preferences.</p><p> </p><p>Any decision to suspend preferences would need to be thoroughly assessed, bearing in mind the impact it could have on Burma’s poor.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Fairhead question first answered 14/11/2018 16:49:36 answering member 4690 label Biography information for Baroness Fairhead
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

998896

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	Burma: EU External Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the impact of the proposed withdrawal of EU Everything But Arms trade privileges from Burma on the leadership of the Burmese military, including Commander in Chief Min Aung Hlaing; and what sanctions have been imposed that are specifically targeted at the leadership of the Burmese military.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL11149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Since 2012, when the EU granted Burma duty-free, quota-free market access on &quot;Everything But Arms&quot;, EU imports from Burma have risen almost ten-fold, to €1,558 million in 2017. Most of the EU's imports are of textiles and apparel. This has substantially expanded employment opportunities for women in Burma. The direct impact of a decision to suspend preferences and re-introduce tariffs would not be on the military, but on the textile businesses and their employees, including many vulnerable women employed in Burma's garment sector. We are working with Member States, and are in discussions with the Commission, to ensure that the likely impacts are thoroughly considered before any decision is made. The UK was instrumental in renewing and expanding the EU arms embargo on Burma earlier this year, and securing targeted EU sanctions on seven senior members of the Burmese military.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/11/2018 15:43:53 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

997575

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the annual spend by state bodies for their own legal representation at article two inquests in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold information about expenditure by other Government departments or state bodies on legal representation at inquests. Any expenditure by the Ministry of Justice on legal representation at inquests would not be separately recorded from other expenditure on legal costs.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 188193 question first answered 15/11/2018 17:33:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997629

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has allocated to policing in preparation for the UK leaving the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	185648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>For the financial year 2018-19, the department will receive an allocation of £395m to continue preparing for the UK to leave the EU. This funding will cover both deal and any no deal scenario.</p><p>As part of its planning for a no deal scenario the Home Office will be providing support in 2018-19 to the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and ACRO Criminal Records Office.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/12/2018 16:15:57 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

997631

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Finance
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 increase in the operational budget for counter-terror policing for 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	185650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an additional £160m funding for counter-terrorism policing in 2019-20 in the Budget statement on 29<sup>th</sup> October 2018 (Hansard Vol. 648, Column 657). This takes counter-terrorism police funding for next year to over £800m. The entirety of this £160m additional funding is new money not previously announced or agreed.</p><p>The effect of this additional investment will be that counter-terrorism police budgets increase by £59m, from £757m in 2018-19 to £816m in 2019-20.</p><p>CT police funding since 2015-16 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baseline budget (as SR 2015)</p></td><td><p>564</p></td><td><p>708</p></td><td><p>707</p></td><td><p>686</p></td><td><p>656</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional investment (since SR)</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total funding</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>564</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 708 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 735</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 757 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 816 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 13/02/2019 16:56:48 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

997650

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information the Department holds on the number of children assessed as being at risk of Child Sexual Exploitation in the latest year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	185657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>It is difficult to measure the number of children at risk of child sexual exploitation with confidence because methodologies vary and because most child sexual abuse remains unreported.</p><p>In its report, Measuring the Scale and Changing Nature of Child Sexual Abuse Child Sexual Exploitation, published in August 2018, the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse refers to several studies which have sought to assess the number of children at risk of sexual exploitation in England using different methodologies and data sources. These include a survey of 100 local authorities in 2016 which identified 13,466 children at risk, and a study by the Office of the Children's Commissioner in 2012 which estimated 16,500 children to be at risk.</p><p>The Department for Education published statistics on “Characteristics of children in need: 2017/18: England” on 25 October 2018. These show nearly 20,000 assessments carried out by children’s services where child sexual exploitation was identified as being a factor that contributed to the child being in need. However, these figures count numbers of assessments, not number of children, so if a child has more than one assessment where child sexual exploitation is identified as a factor then they will be counted more than once in these figures.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/11/2018 17:07:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

997659

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish (a) the change in his Department's budget in real terms in each year since 2010; and what the projected change will be in real terms in each year to 2022.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	185688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the annual change in the Ministry of Justice’s available funding from HM Treasury and Income in real terms to 2019/20. Budgets for the years 2020/21 and 2021/22 will be set in the next Spending Review. The figures below represent actual funding received for 2010/11 – 2017/18, and forecast figures for 2018/19 – 2019/20.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010/ 11</p></td><td><p>2011/ 12</p></td><td><p>2012/ 13</p></td><td><p>2013/ 14</p></td><td><p>2014/ 15</p></td><td><p>2015/ 16</p></td><td><p>2016/ 17</p></td><td><p>2017/ 18</p></td><td><p>2018/ 19<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>2019/ 20<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fiscal Resource DEL Funding<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Funding (restated in 2018/19 prices)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Annual real terms increase/(decrease)</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td><td><p>-5%</p></td><td><p>-6%</p></td><td><p>-5%</p></td><td><p>-4%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>-10%</p></td><td><p>-3%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Cumulative real terms decrease</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td><td><p>-6%</p></td><td><p>-12%</p></td><td><p>-16%</p></td><td><p>-20%</p></td><td><p>-19%</p></td><td><p>-19%</p></td><td><p>-27%</p></td><td><p>-29%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p><sup>1</sup> Includes funding from HM Treasury and Income (inc. fees, fines and income from OGDs). Excludes depreciation and capital spend. <sup>2 </sup>Based on the SR15 Settlement, with revisions as agreed at AS16. The Ministry continues to engage with HM Treasury on the department’s funding requirements ahead of the Spending Review in 2019.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/11/2018 17:02:41 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997762

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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of disabled people who previously received a disability premium that have been migrated onto universal credit without transitional protections.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	185631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We are not currently migrating any claimants from legacy benefits to Universal Credit. Claimants only move from existing benefits to Universal Credit through natural migration when they experience a significant change in their circumstances that triggers a new claim to benefit. Their entitlement is then calculated on the rules of their new benefit. This is a long-established principle which we maintain for Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Subject to Parliamentary approval of the Managed Migration regulations, we will be spending £3.1 billion on transitional protections to ensure that no one loses out at the point of transition. This includes those currently receiving Severe Disability Premium (SDP). These regulations will prevent these claimants from moving over before the managed migration process, and provide financial protection for those who have already moved over.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on all disabled people receiving all disability premiums that have moved onto Universal Credit; however, published data shows that of the 42,000 people who were on Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and started a claim on Universal Credit Full Service within one month of closing their claim between May 2015 and February 2018, 15,000 were on ESA (Income Related) with Enhanced Disability Premium (EDP) and/or SDP. Of those, 1,000 were in receipt of SDP only, 11,000 in receipt of EDP only and 3,000 in receipt of EDP and SDP.</p><p> </p><p>This is published here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/714479/ad-hoc-statistics-income-related-employment-and-support-allowance-february-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/714479/ad-hoc-statistics-income-related-employment-and-support-allowance-february-2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 20/12/2018 12:03:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 83317 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

997774

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department are paid less than £10.20 per hour.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	185778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>From April 2018, all employers in the UK were required to pay a new National Living Wage of £7.83 per hour. The Home Office pays all direct employees at least the statutory National Living Wage, regardless of age.</p><p>There are 987 direct employees of the Home Office who earn less than £8.75 per hour. This includes 103 apprentices and 884 staff on the National and London Provincial pay rates. No employees on the London Pay Rates receive less than £10.20 per hour.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/12/2018 16:44:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

997788

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department are paid less than £10.20 per hour.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	185790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>In my Department, no staff working outside London are paid less than UK Living Wage of £8.75 per hour and no staff working in London are paid less than the London Living Wage of £10.20 per hour.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/11/2018 09:50:14 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden