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1011619

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date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Court of Justice of the European Union
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the Draft agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, for what reason it was agreed that the Court of Justice of the European Union can continue to exercise jurisdiction over the United Kingdom from (a) after the UK withdrawal from the EU on 29 March 2019, (b) at the end of the transition period and (c) after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	194218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will end as we leave the EU.</p><p>The Withdrawal Agreement ensures that the UK’s membership in the EU is wound down in an orderly way. It establishes a time-limited implementation period that provides a bridge to the future relationship, allowing businesses to continue trading as now until the end of 2020. As the implementation period is designed to ensure continuity and certainty for citizens and businesses, EU institutions, including the CJEU, will retain their current functions in respect of the UK. After the implementation period, UK courts will no longer be able to refer questions to the CJEU, other than for a time-limited period on the important matter of citizens rights and on very specific aspects of our exit from the EU budget. Disputes between the UK and the EU will not be resolved by the CJEU, but by a Joint Committee of the parties and an independent arbitration panel. The CJEU’s role will be strictly limited to the interpretation of EU law, consistent with the principle that the court of one party cannot determine disputes between the two.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 27/11/2018 11:11:54 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1012271

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to further enable local authorities to encourage and prioritise the use of public transport on the road network by civil enforcement of traffic contraventions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	194630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Almost all local authorities in England have now taken on civil enforcement powers for parking and bus lane contraventions, and the Department for Transport is engaged in discussions with several local authorities which have not yet adopted these powers but are interested in doing so. It is for each local authority to determine how it wishes to apply these powers, subject to the restrictions of legislation and statutory guidance. The Department has no current plans to enable local authorities outside London to take on civil enforcement powers for moving traffic offences, which are a matter for the police.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/11/2018 13:22:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1012280

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to recent data from the Office for Budget Responsibility, whether he plans to allocate the estimated underspend on tax-free childcare to the Department for Education to spend on early years education.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	194699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting families and we will be spending around £6 billion every year by 2019/20 on childcare support – more than ever before.</p><p> </p><p>We expect awareness and take-up of Tax-Free Childcare to increase in line with OBR forecasts as we continue to increase communications promoting the offer, including the launch of a national marketing campaign in September 2018</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/11/2018 13:40:10 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1012292

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Copyright: EU Action
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Trilogue process in relation to the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, whether the Government plans to support the inclusion of provisions to ensure that creators receive fair remuneration for the use of their works.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	194603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government supports the principle that creators should be fairly rewarded for their work whilst ensuring that we continue to encourage investment in new content and innovative services. We are engaging with our European partners to achieve these aims during Trilogue negotiations on this Directive.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/11/2018 14:50:26 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1012303

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2018 to Question 185590 on A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative, whether the upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing will not include private finance; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of that upgrade.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	194641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Pursuant to the answer to Question 185590 on A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private Finance Initiative, private finance will not be used for the upgrade of the A303 and the Lower Thames Crossing.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of developing and building the Lower Thames Crossing, as set out in Highways England’s public consultation on 10 October 2018, was between £5.3bn and £6.8 bn. The estimated cost of developing and building the A303 Stonehenge scheme, as set out at the Preferred Route Announcement in September 2017, was £1.6bn.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England continue to refine cost estimates as they develop the business cases for these schemes.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/11/2018 13:42:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1012310

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of civilian enforcement officers who have been employed by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in each quarter of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	194708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of civilian enforcement officers that were employed by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in each quarter for the last five financial years are listed below. Data prior to 2014-15 Q2 was recorded on an annual and not on a quarterly basis.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>FTE (Full time Equivalent)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 Q1 end</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 Q2 end</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>222.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 Q3 end</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>212.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 Q4 end</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>201.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16 Q1 end</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>193.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16 Q2 end</p></td><td><p>204</p></td><td><p>193.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16 Q3 end</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>185.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16 Q4 end</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>176.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17 Q1 end</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>171.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17 Q2 end</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>160.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17 Q3 end</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>154.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17 Q4 end</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>145.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 Q1 end</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>137.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 Q2 end</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>128.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 Q3 end</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>126.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18 Q4 end</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>120.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19 Q1 end</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>116.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19 Q2 end</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>108.71</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 27/11/2018 10:36:04 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1012323

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants
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 on the socio-economic background of civil servants employed in each Government Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	194607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office holds data on socio-economic background (SEB) in the following ways: from applications to the Fast Stream graduate programme and the centrally run accelerated development schemes, including the Future Leaders’ Scheme (FLS), the High Potential Development Scheme (HPDS) and the Senior Leaders’ Scheme (SLS) and is piloting other ways of gaining data, on a voluntary and anonymous basis, including from the annual People Survey, in future years.</p><p> </p><p>The SEB measures are questions which the Civil Service developed over two years to assess socio-economic background.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Fast Stream has been recording socioeconomic background data of its applicants since 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Future Leaders Scheme (FLS) and Senior Leaders Scheme (SLS) have been recording SEB data from its applicants since 2016. The Civil Service High Potential Development Scheme have been recording SEB data from its applicants since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Individual departments may have undertaken surveys of the socio-economic background of their employees, but this is not held by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 27/11/2018 11:22:33 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1012326

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the adequacy of funding for road safety initiatives by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	194713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently taking forward a number of road safety measures in accordance with its publicly stated road safety priorities, through the Road Safety Statement, which includes working closely with local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>In June successful bids for the Safer Roads Fund were announced. This was made available to enable local authorities to improve the 50 most dangerous stretches of ‘A’ roads in England. All bids from the local authorities concerned were successful for full funding and the Department will be investing £100 million to tackle these dangerous roads.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/11/2018 14:30:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1012329

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Bangladesh: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK sexual violence experts are currently deployed in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	194716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>​No members of the UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Team of Experts are currently deployed in Bangladesh to date. Six members of the PSVI Team of Experts have been deployed to Bangladesh by this Department in support of survivors of sexual violence among Rohingya refugees. These experts have been deployed, for example, to build the capacity of others, including through training on gathering and preserving evidence of sexual violence in line with the International Protocol on Investigation and Documentation of Sexual Violence in Conflict. There are 37 people with a range of skills in the PSVI Team of Experts, such as Criminal Lawyers, Gender Based Violence Experts, and International Investigating Officers. These deployments form part of the UK’s wider £129 million humanitarian response to the crisis.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 27/11/2018 14:17:21 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1012330

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Sexual Offences
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 an assessment of the adequacy of funding available for the UN Trust Fund for victims of sexual violence; and for what reason the UK has not contributed to that fund.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	194717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>​As I said in answer to the Rt Hon Emily Thornberry MP on 9 November, the UN does not have a specific trust fund for victims of sexual violence. However, In March 2016, the UN Secretary-General established the UN’s Trust Fund in Support of Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, to provide greater support to victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by UN and related personnel. We are studying this Fund’s effectiveness and whether it provides adequate support for victims of sexual violence before taking a decision on whether to contribute. The UK is committed to ending sexual exploitation and abuse by those who are entrusted with protecting some of the most vulnerable people in the world. That is why we have committed around $3m to supporting the UN’s work on this issue since 2016, and wholeheartedly support the efforts of the UN Secretary-General to tackle this issue robustly. The UK’s Safeguarding conference in October was an important milestone in advancing the international effort to eradicate sexual exploitation and abuse within the international development sector.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 27/11/2018 14:19:25 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty