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752516

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice he has sought from Local Resilience Forums on ensuring building safety following the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	5242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>Since the Grenfell Tower fire the Department has worked in partnership with multiple agencies. Officials have continued to support local resilience forums and have participated in meetings with key emergency planning stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 24/07/2017 15:57:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

752523

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government plans to take to address the gender pay gap in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	5316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 came into force on 31 March 2017 and requires specified employers in the public sector to publish their gender pay gap data by 30 March 2018. These regulations work alongside those regulations that apply to employers in the private and voluntary sectors, ensuring that large employers from all sectors will need to publish their data on an annual basis.</p><p>The Department for Education was the first Government Department to publish its gender pay gap. The Department is committed to reducing its pay gap and has introduced a range of initiatives to support women in the workplace. More broadly, recently published data from the Office of National Statistics shows that the gender pay gap across the Civil Service has fallen from 13.6% in 2016 to 12.7% in 2017.</p><p>We are talking to employers in the public sector to encourage early reporting and to take action to close any gender pay differences identified.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/07/2017 13:46:47 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

752524

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	National Lottery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many people received small lottery exemptions in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	5387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Exempt lotteries (raffles) includes incidental lotteries, private lotteries, customer lotteries and small society lotteries registered with local authorities. Only small society lotteries require any form of formal approval, and this is at a local level.</p><p> </p><p>As exempt lotteries are not centrally licensed, we do not hold information on the numbers of lotteries promoted</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/07/2017 10:33:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

752541

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assist households facing financial difficulties as a result of errors or delays in the rollout of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	5464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>We have a number of safeguards in place to help claimants transition to Universal Credit including Advances and Budgeting Support. Claimants can apply for an advance immediately and can receive up to 50 percent of their indicative award shortly afterwards. Personal Budgeting Support is also discussed at the claimant’s initial work search interview to gauge their potential support needs and can include money advice. We continue to work closely with landlords, Local Authorities and other organisations to ensure claimants are supported throughout the assessment process.<strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2017 16:18:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

752542

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assist households facing financial difficulties as a result of benefit sanctions.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	5463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Sanctions are only used in a minority of cases when people fail to meet each of their requirements that they agreed in their Claimant Commitment without good reason.</p><p> </p><p>We have a well-established system of hardship payments, available as a safeguard if a claimant demonstrates that they cannot meet their immediate and most essential needs, including accommodation, heating, food and hygiene, as a result of their sanction.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2017 16:19:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

752543

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to assist households facing financial difficulties as a result of the time taken to process social security applications and payments.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	5462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Claimants can request a Short Term Benefit Advance or a Universal Credit Advance before they receive their first payment of benefit.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 20/07/2017 16:17:25 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

752627

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the environment of potential changes in electric car sales after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	5135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>This Government has a number of initiatives in place to encourage electric vehicle ownership and has committed to invest more than £600m to 2020 to make the UK a leader not only in their use, but in their development and manufacture. The UK’s network of rapid charge points is the largest in Europe and has helped the UK become the largest market for electric vehicle sales in the EU.We have an established programme of policies in place to support the UK’s growing market for electric vehicles. In 2016 the UK had the highest sales of ultra low emission vehicles in the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The UK's exit from the EU will not reduce our ambition to be at the global forefront of the transition to electric vehicles and we remain committed to meeting our national and international climate change targets.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/07/2017 13:51:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

752628

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of updating UK law in line with EU food safety regulations in the period after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	5129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill 2017 will ensure that the body of existing EU food safety law continues to have effect in United Kingdom law. This will provide businesses and stakeholders with maximum certainty as we leave the EU. We will then have the opportunity, over time, to ensure our legislative framework maintains food safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>The Food Standards Agency’s statutory objective is to protect public health and consumers’ other interests in relation to food while maintaining access to a range of goods that are trusted and safe.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/07/2017 14:41:42 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

752756

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forced Marriage: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there have been for forced marriage in England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	5398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The police do not publish/record the number of suspected cases of Forced Marriage which have been investigated.</p><p>However, data from the CPS annual violence against women and girls reports on police referrals and prosecutions is set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Referrals</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>51</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>82</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prosecutions completed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>42</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>41</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>45</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, between 2009 and March 2017 over 1,250 Forced Marriage Protection Orders were issued to protect those at risk and assist with repatriating victims.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 5077 question first answered 20/07/2017 16:04:40 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

752812

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Wrexham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of people in Wrexham constituency worked in the public sector in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	5273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/07/2017 15:11:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ5273 v.02.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ5273
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas