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348530

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow widows and widowers of police officers who died as serving officers to keep their full pension entitlements when remarrying; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	1218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government announced at the Budget on 18 March 2015, that we will allow widows, widowers and surviving civil partners of police officers who have died on duty to keep their survivor’s benefits if they remarry, form a civil partnership or cohabit. This will not apply to all survivors in the 1987 Police Pension Scheme. The Home Office will consult the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales shortly on proposals to implement this change.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/06/2015 13:32:08 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

348540

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Nationals: British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU citizens from each EU member state have taken British citizenship in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	1171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is given in the table below. The latest Home Office immigration statistics, on grants of British citizenship by previous nationality, are published in Immigration Statistics January to March 2015, table cz_06 (Citizenship tables), which is available from the Department’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a></p><p>A copy will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/06/2015 11:53:49 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 1171 Table.xlsx title Grants of British citizenship
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

348541

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Nationals: British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the qualifying requirements are for an EU citizen to take British citizenship.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	1172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>EU nationals who wish to become British citizens must apply for naturalisation under the British Nationality Act 1981. They are required to meet the same requirements as all other foreign nationals. This includes requirements to have sufficient knowledge of language and life in the United Kingdom -as measured by the &quot;Life in the UK&quot; test which we reformed in the last Parliament- and be of good character. The residential requirements are based on a period of lawful residence in the United Kingdom: 3 years for spouses and civil partners of British citizens and 5 years for others, without excess absences. A person must also be free of immigration time restrictions in the UK, and must have been free of those restrictions for at least 12 months before applying if not the spouse or civil partner of a British citizen. An EEA national becomes free of immigration time restrictions after five years' residence in the United Kingdom in accordance with EEA Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/06/2015 11:52:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

348619

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Department for Business Innovation and Skills: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Prime Minister's press release of 18 August 2014, what steps he is taking to assess the impact of his Department's policies on the family.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	1187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Assessing the impact of the Department’s policies on families is an integral part of policy development in the Department.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/06/2015 10:25:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

348621

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's press release of 18 August 2014, what steps he is taking to assess the impact of his Department's policies on the family.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	1189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014, through the publication of guidance for officials - which can be found online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf</p><p>The objective of the Test is to introduce a family perspective to the policy making process, specifically to make the potential impacts on family functioning and relationships explicit.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is working with the Department for Work and Pensions, and other government departments, to embed the Test in the policymaking process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 08/06/2015 14:51:24 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

348624

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's press release of 18 August 2014, what steps he is taking to assess the impact of his Department's policies on the family.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	1192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Armed Forces families are an integral and valued part of the Armed Forces community. We ask a great deal of our Service personnel and, in return, they deserve to have confidence that their families are appropriately supported.</p><p>Over the last five years this Government has achieved significant successes in this area; we amended the schools admissions code to allow schools in England to allocate a place in advance of a Service family arriving in the area, and enabled infant schools in England to admit Service children over the class size of 30. In addition, we allocated £20 million in LIBOR money in Financial Year 2014-15 to support childcare infrastructure for Service families.</p><p>One of the key tools we use to understand how Armed Forces families feel about the policies which affect them is the annual Families Continuous Attitude Survey (FAMCAS) which monitors the views of spouses and civil partners of Service personnel in key welfare areas, including employment, schooling, healthcare and accommodation. The results of the survey are used to help develop and track military personnel policies. In excess of 7,000 people completed the 2014 FAMCAS survey, with the responses showing improvements in areas such as full-time employment rates for spouses which increased from 33% in 2010 to 40% in 2014 and the numbers owning their own home, which increased from 55% to 58% in the same period.</p><p>In addition to the use of FAMCAS, officials work closely with each Service, the Service Families Federations and Armed Forces charities to understand and respond to family issues. At a senior level, the Families Forum meetings and Service Charities Partnership Board meetings provide regular opportunities for family issues to be raised and monitored with Ministers and the Chief of Defence People.</p><p>I recognise that there is more we can do to support families, which is why I am determined to drive forward projects such as the New Employment Model which aims to produce a modernised offer that reduces the impact of Service life on individuals and their families.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 09/06/2015 15:18:28 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

348630

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Prime Minister's press release of August 2014, what steps she is taking to assess the impact of her Department's policies on the family.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	1198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>As part of the policy development process Home Office officials are expected to consider the published Family Test guidance when assessing the impacts of the Department’s policies. The Family Test is actively being considered for a number of Home Office policies currently in development. The guidance can be found here -</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/06/2015 11:54:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

348635

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Prime Minister's press release of 18 August 2014, what steps he is taking to assess the impact of his Department's policies on the family.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	1203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test was announced by the Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014 through the publication of guidance for officials - The Family Test - Guidance for Government Departments available at gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The objective of the Test is to introduce a family perspective to the policy making process, specifically to make the potential impacts on family functioning and relationships explicit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has been working with the DWP to embed the Test in the policymaking process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/06/2015 14:05:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

348647

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's responsibilities are on digital government and wider digital and technology policy; and which Minister in his Department has day-to-day responsibility for those issues.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is responsible for the Government Digital Service (GDS) and it falls within my portfolio as Minister for the Cabinet Office.</p><p>GDS design, build and run digital platforms and infrastructure in conjunction with Departments. GDS also work to improve the technology and digital skills of the civil service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/06/2015 14:58:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

348668

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Kids Company: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds about the number of children the charity Kids Company supports in (a) the London Borough of Southwark and (b) all London boroughs.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	1141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 09/06/2015 14:59:44 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman