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869270

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Wildlife: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle the illegal wildlife trade.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	904598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK is taking a leading role in ending the illegal wildlife trade globally. The Government is funding practical action to reduce demand, strengthen enforcement and develop sustainable livelihoods in the communities affected by the illegal wildlife trade. We will host an ambitious high-level international conference in October to push for further progress.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/03/2018 15:44:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

868349

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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	National Insurance: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children who are living in families where the parent has indefinite leave to remain but has yet to receive a National Insurance number; and how many of those children are living in absolute poverty.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	133569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>National statistics on low income are set out in the annual &quot;Households below Average Income&quot; publication. The number of children in absolute low income is not available for families where the parent has indefinite leave to remain in this publication. Estimates for 2016/17 show that there were 300,000 fewer children in absolute low income than in 2010 - a record low.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/03/2018 15:44:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

868350

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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	National Insurance: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have indefinite leave to remain and have reached the end of their eligibility for asylum support are waiting to receive a national insurance number.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	133570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>DWP are unaware of the numbers of asylum seekers who have been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK however when, the Home Office grant the application for indefinite leave they forward the personal details to NINo operations and a NINo is allocated within 48 hours.</p><p> </p><p>From 15 January 2018 this process is applicable to the principle family member and any adult dependants aged 16 or over in the refugees family. With the NINo being allocated within 48 hours this facilitates the smooth transition from asylum support to mainstream benefits.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/03/2018 15:44:53 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

868351

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what incentives the Government plans to provide for the purchase of electric cars; and what step his Department plans to take to stimulate the used electric car market.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	133571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is investing nearly £1.5bn‎ between April 2015 and March 2021 in one of the most comprehensive global programmes of support for electric vehicles, with grants available for new plug in cars, vans, lorries, buses, taxis and motorcycles, and schemes to support charging point infrastructure at homes and workplaces and on residential streets. The Government’s forthcoming zero emission road transport strategy, which will be published after the local elections, will set out its plans to support the UK transition to zero emission vehicles. There is a developing market for second hand electric vehicles. Used electric vehicle motorists are able to take advantage of the favourable tax regime the Government has put in place and local initiatives such as free parking, as well as the Government’s grant schemes to assist with the cost of installing chargepoints.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2018 10:45:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

868352

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £300 million allocated by his Department to Network Rail for improvement works on the Southern and Thameslink networks will be paid to Govia Thameslink Railway in compensation for disruption during those works.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	133572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>No compensation will be paid to Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). Some of the money will be used to pay for additional costs incurred by GTR as a result of the disruption to passengers, for example bus replacement services – according to usual industry processes. For other franchises, some compensation would normally be paid to franchisees to reflect the loss of revenue resulting from the engineering work impact. Again this is part of standard industry practice. For the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise, as the Department for Transport takes revenue risk, this compensation will not be paid to GTR.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 28/03/2018 14:41:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 49836 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

868354

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Import Duties: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what information he has received from the US Administration on the criteria by which requests for exemptions from the tariffs on steel and aluminium imports will be evaluated.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	133574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade has spoken on several occasions to the Commerce Secretary and to the US Trade Representative about the investigation, including when he travelled to Washington last week for face-to-face meetings with both to make the case for the UK as part of the EU.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/03/2018 16:09:43 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 49843 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

868355

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the right to freedom of religion and belief will (a) be discussed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and (b) included in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Joint Communiqué.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	133575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>We are working with fellow member states to negotiate the communiqué for next month's Commonwealth Heads of Government. We do not comment on those negotiations while they are underway. The UK considers freedom of religion and belief to be one of the Commonwealth's core values.</p><p>Encouraging member states to uphold the values and principles enshrined in the Commonwealth Charter – which include freedom of religion as well as democracy, freedom of expression, the rule of law and opposition to all forms of discrimination – will be an important part of April's summit.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/03/2018 14:29:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

868356

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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	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 her Department's internal review in 2009 of the descriptors in the work capability assessment, if she will publish the evidential basis for the choice of descriptors used in the work capability assessment; and whether her Department (a) consulted external bodies and (b) commissioned independent research when deciding on those descriptors.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	133576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The review engaged with medical experts, stakeholders and employers in expert case analysis and group descriptor analysis.</p><p> </p><p>Details of how the review was conducted and what evidence was taken into account before the group proposed descriptors for the Work Capability Assessment can be found in the published report:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110601194444/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/work-capability-assessment-review.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110601194444/http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/work-capability-assessment-review.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In November 2010, Professor Malcolm Harrington published his Independent Review of the Work Capability Assessment, the first of five annual Independent Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 15:44:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

868357

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many private sector organisations hold level (a) one, (b) two and (c) three accreditation under the disability confident scheme; and whether there has been an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	133577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>We do not breakdown the businesses signed-up up to Disability Confident by Private / Public sector. The figures as at 23 March 2018 are:</p><p> </p><ul><li><p>5, 964 Disability Confident businesses</p></li></ul><p> </p><ul><ul><li><p>3,217 Disability Confident Committed employers (level 1)</p></li><li><p>2,630 Disability Confident Employers (level 2)</p></li><li><p>117 Disability Confident Leaders (level 3)</p></li></ul></ul><p> </p><p>A full list is published on the Disability Confident website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-employers-that-have-signed-up" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-confident-employers-that-have-signed-up</a>. This is updated on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p>We are constantly looking at ways to improve Disability Confident and have introduced a Professional Advisers Group (PAG). The PAG works with my officials to evaluate the impact of aspects of the scheme and suggest amendments and developments where appropriate. For example, we have introduced a Specialist Thematic approach, which has so far delivered two programmes focused on mental health and workplace adjustments. These programmes have been evaluated by the PAG, and suggested improvements will be incorporated into further specialist themed programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The PAG has also considered the impact of the scheme itself, and has recommended a number of changes which have been incorporated and disseminated recently.</p><p>We have also appointed a Disability Confident Business Leaders Group (BLG), comprising senior leaders from significant British businesses across all sectors. The BLG is helping to increase engagement with employers, promoting the business benefits of disability employment, and working with my officials to identify any changes or developments that will improve the effectiveness of the scheme.</p><p>We plan to conduct a more formal and robust evaluation of the Disability Confident scheme, and will be discussing this with the PAG, BLG, and other key stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 15:44:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

868361

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Companies: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of bespoke tax agreements between the Government and UK companies on the total tax take in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	133581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The concept of a “bespoke tax agreement” does not exist in law. HMRC deals with individual and corporate taxpayers in accordance with its published Litigation and Settlement Strategy:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655344/HMRC_Resolving_tax_disputes.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655344/HMRC_Resolving_tax_disputes.pdf </a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 133582 question first answered 29/03/2018 11:05:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds