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1141851

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Local Government Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what information his Department holds on demographic composition of (a) teaching staff and (b) non-teaching staff in England by (i) gender and (ii) age.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	281818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281819 281820 281821 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1141852

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Local Government Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what the average income of people classed as (a) teaching staff and (b) non-teaching staff is.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	281819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281818 281820 281821 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1141853

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Local Government Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what assessment he has made of which alternative pension schemes those non-teaching staff that are not offered the LGPS would be eligible for.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	281820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281818 281819 281821 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1141854

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Local Government Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what assessment he has made of the potential economic effect on non-teaching staff of joining pension schemes other than the LGPS.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	281821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281818 281819 281820 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1140817

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Horn of Africa: EU Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which components of Better Migration Management programs under the Khartoum Process have been suspended; and if there are any projects remaining which involve the Sudan Interior Ministry.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	280368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>​All Better Migration Management Programme activities involving the Sudanese authorities have been suspended since March. There are no projects remaining that involve the Sudanese Ministry of Interior.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/07/2019 14:58:53 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1140818

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his policy is on risks to individuals from the Darfur or Nuba ethnicities in Sudan.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	280369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it. Each case is carefully considered on its individual facts and merits in ac-cordance with our international obligations under the Refugee Convention and European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).</p><p>Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw.</p><p>Our assessment of the situation in Sudan is set out in the relevant country policy and information notes, which are available on the Gov.uk website.</p><p>Where someone establishes a well-founded fear of persecution or serious harm in their country they are normally granted protection and are not expected to return there.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/07/2019 15:35:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1140819

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
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 have worked in the Country of Origin Information Team in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	280370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of staff in the Country Policy and Information Team as at 1<sup>st</sup> April for each year since 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>As at</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>No of staff</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>1 April 2014</em></p></td><td><p><em>16</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>1 April 2015</em></p></td><td><p><em>17</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>1 April 2016</em></p></td><td><p><em>17</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>1 April 2017</em></p></td><td><p><em>15</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>1 April 2018</em></p></td><td><p><em>17</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>1 April 2019</em></p></td><td><p><em>19</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/07/2019 15:57:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1140831

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK aid to developing countries goes towards loan repayments.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	280374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>The Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) provides full relief on eligible debt owed by countries which have reached Completion Point of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative, to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank, and the African Development Fund (AfDF) of the African Development Bank. The UK contributed £107 million to the MDRI in 2017 and this is all official development assistance (ODA).</p><p> </p><p>When necessary, the UK also provides relief on loans made bilaterally by the Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD) to developing countries, through the coordinated process of the Paris Club of creditors. In 2017 the UK provided £3 million of ODA as such debt relief on ECGD loans.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore in 2017 the total UK debt relief, through the MDRI and bilaterally, represented 0.78% of total UK ODA in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 05/08/2019 16:21:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1140832

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Double Taxation: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on average how long the Government takes to negotiate double taxation treaties.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	280375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government would expect a full negotiation of a double taxation agreement to take between one and two years. However, there are so many variables involved in the process and Government does not keep records of the average length of negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>Negotiations are usually split into “rounds”, with one country visiting the other for a week to discuss the negotiated text. A negotiation may have just one round where the positions of both countries are largely aligned, but where there are particularly complex issues involved it might require several rounds.</p><p> </p><p>The time between rounds will also vary, depending on such factors as the resources and availability of negotiators in both countries as well as the political environment, which can occasionally reset a country’s negotiating position.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 25/07/2019 15:27:07 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1140833

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with SWIFT on access to their database to help tackle economic crime.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	280376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>On 12 July, the government published a joint public-private Economic Crime Plan. In developing the Plan, the government held 37 consultation events engaging with over 100 stakeholders including the SWIFT Institute.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 25/07/2019 15:30:56 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds