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765255

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date	06/10/2017
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	Nepal: 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, if he will make representations to the Government of Nepal to amend Article 26(3) of the Nepalese constitution to uphold freedom of religion or belief in line with Nepal's obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	105561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Constitution of Nepal guarantees freedom of religion and belief under article 26 (1) as a fundamental right. However sub-article 3 and the new 2017 Penal Code include provisions which could limit that right. I raised the importance of ensuring freedom of religion and belief in line with international obligations and standards when I met the Nepali Ambassador on 9 October. The British Embassy in Kathmandu has also urged the Nepali Government to ensure the final wording and implementation of the new Penal Code is consistent with the rights enshrined in the international laws that Nepal has ratified.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 16/10/2017 16:09:45 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

765258

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Nepal: Religion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for religious organisations and places of worship of having to register as non-governmental organisations in Nepal.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	105557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The reforms to Nepal's 2017 National Penal Code require most religious groups to register as non-governmental organisations. However, non-governmental organisations in Nepal are not permitted to promote or preach religion. This risks threatening freedom of religious expression.</p><p><br>I raised my concerns about freedom of religious expression with the Ambassador of Nepal on 9 October with particular reference to Christian minorities. The British Embassy in Kathmandu has also raised this matter with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We will continue to press the Government of Nepal to ensure the legal framework governing this freedom fully complies with international standards.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 16/10/2017 16:08:21 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

765656

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people presented as homeless in each local authority area in England and Wales in each month from January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	106128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government publishes regular statistics on rough sleeping, statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief in England. These are published at a local authority level.</p><p>The latest statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a>.</p><p>The Government remains committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why we are aiming to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027. To achieve this, we will set up a new homelessness reduction taskforce that will focus on prevention and affordable housing, and we will pilot a Housing First approach to tackle entrenched rough sleeping.</p><p>We are also implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will ensure that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/10/2017 16:23:17 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

765657

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Public Libraries: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the number of council-funded library sites in the South East which have closed in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	106053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport monitors proposed changes to library service provision throughout England, however the Department does not hold complete figures on the number of public library closures in each local authority in the South East of England in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/10/2017 12:45:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

765658

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Public Libraries: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the number of council-funded library sites across England in each local authority which have closed in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	106052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport monitors proposed changes to library service provision throughout England, however the Department does not hold complete figures on the number of public library closures in each local authority in England in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/10/2017 12:42:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

765659

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: 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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the work capability assessment with separate assessments for employment support and for financial support; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	106211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>We consulted on this model of reform for the Work Capability Assessment in the <em>Improving Lives</em> Green Paper. We received around 6,000 consultation responses, supported by 166 accessible events across the country. Our officials have been working hard since the Green Paper consultation to analyse that fantastic response. We are working towards an autumn publication, which will provide an update on the recent work we’ve been doing, respond to the consultation, and set out our next steps.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/10/2017 14:07:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

765660

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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: Rents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will collect and publish quarterly data on the number and proportion of universal credit claimants who fall into rental arrears each month.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	106208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>We do not currently have this information but we will shortly be publishing a report which analyses rent payment data with DWP Universal Credit payment records.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 106675 question first answered 12/10/2017 16:28:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

758875

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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, how many universal credit claimants received advance payments in each month from January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	9501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Any need for an advance payment or other financial or budgeting support should be established at the outset of a claim for Universal Credit. This includes existing benefit claimants who move to Universal Credit through a change of circumstances. In the initial new claim interview, work coaches are trained to offer personal budgeting support and assess whether claimants need help to manage until their first Universal Credit payment. If so they are advised to apply for an advance. Furthermore, additional work has been done by the Department to raise awareness of advances nationally, including providing options on the UC Helpline, and signposting through the new “Universal Credit &amp; you” guide for claimants and on the new online Money Manager tool offered by the Money Advice Service. We will shortly be publishing data on advances.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 7326 7497 7616 7617 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:26:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

758876

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of universal credit claimants have fallen into rent arrears in each month from January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	9500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is not currently available. However, in order to address the issue of rent arrears in Universal Credit DWP are undertaking a number of initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>Following successful pilots of the ‘Trusted Partner’ scheme and the ‘Landlord Portal Service’, DWP will rollout both initiatives together. We will start enrolling more landlords in stages from October, in tandem with the expansion of the Universal Credit Full Service. We will start with the largest landlord groups, in order to ensure the highest possible number of tenants are able to benefit from the schemes, as early as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Trusted Partner scheme allows social landlords to play a key role in engaging with their tenants who are Universal Credit claimants, helping those who can’t manage their housing payments to access the support available. The Landlord Portal provides social landlords with the ability to submit information directly to the Universal Credit online system, which supports timely and accurate payment of housing costs to Universal Credit claimants. The next stage of rollout for both initiatives means that all Trusted Partner landlords will have access to the Landlord Portal and we have already introduced this to the landlords involved in our Trusted Partner pilot.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/09/2017 12:21:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

758877

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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 the average time for first payments to be made to new claimants of universal credit between application and receipt of payment was in each month from January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	9499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Members to the answer I gave on 18 July 2017 to question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=4898" target="_blank">4898</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 9190 question first answered 15/09/2017 12:08:26 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd