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1007188

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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	Natural Gas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to answers provided to questions 106 and 117 at the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee Oral evidence session on gas storage on 31 October 2018, HC 1666, whether his Department is conducting a review of the UK's gas security.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department constantly monitors the UK’s gas security of supply. The Department and Ofgem conduct an annual statutory security of supply report that was most recently submitted to Parliament on 6<sup>th</sup> November 2018 (Can be found <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/753170/BEIS_Ofgem_Statutory_Security_of_Supply_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>). In addition, in October 2015, the then Secretary of State for Energy &amp; Climate Change committed to a 5-year cycle of reviews of the UK’s gas security of supply. The most recent publication in this series was in October 2017 (Can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/651297/gas-security-supply-assessment.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>).</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/11/2018 15:41:45 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1007181

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of new recruits to the Army from each (a) parliamentary constituency, (b) region of the UK and (c) constituent part of the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested will take time to collate and I will write to the hon. Member when it is available.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/11/2018 17:30:18 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1007179

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent staff of his Department are working on (a) early years' policy and (b) policy on provision of 30 hours of free childcare for three and four year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>As of 15 November 2018, there were around 60 full-time equivalent members of staff working on early years’ policy and this includes the delivery of 30 hours of free childcare for three and four-year olds. Other staff members in the funding and analysis teams also contribute to the early years’ policy development as part of their work.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/11/2018 17:07:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

1007163

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Double Taxation: Crown Dependencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department took steps to seek to include an increase in transparency for beneficial ownership registers in the negotiations for the double taxation treaties with Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Beneficial ownership registers are outside of the scope of a double taxation treaty and so did not feature in the negotiations with Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man. Double taxation treaties are based on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Model Tax Convention, which does not include beneficial ownership registers.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 19/11/2018 15:54:53 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1007162

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Companies: Ownership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken since the passing of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 to encourage Crown dependencies to introduce public registers of beneficial ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office leads on the Government’s relationship with the Crown Dependencies on beneficial ownership. The Crown Dependencies have confirmed they will develop public registers of company beneficial ownership once it has been established as a global norm.</p><p>The Government recently launched the global beneficial ownership transparency campaign to shift the global norms on beneficial ownership transparency by 2023.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 19/11/2018 16:55:12 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1007160

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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	British Overseas Territories: Companies
	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 his Department has taken since the passing of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 to ensure that British Overseas Territories introduce public registers of beneficial ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has assured the Overseas Territories of our commitment to working collaboratively with them on the introduction of public registers. Minister of State Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has already proposed the establishment of a UK- Overseas Territories technical working group to meet in early 2019 and will discuss more formally the implementation timetable and any initial requests for support at the Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council next month.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 19/11/2018 15:56:13 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1007159

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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	Universal Credit: Students
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason a student maintenance loan is classed as income in respect of applications for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Laura Pidcock
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the reply to UIN <a href="https://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=179316" target="_blank">179316</a> on 18 October.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/11/2018 12:15:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4665 label Biography information for Laura Pidcock

1007155

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has provided to Child and adolescent mental health services on acceptable waiting times for clinical assessments from the date of referral.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Consultant-led non-urgent mental health treatments are covered by the general National Health Service 18 week waiting time standard.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, in 2016 NHS England published the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health which includes the following waiting times targets for mental health services, to be achieved by 2020/21:</p><p>- For accessing ‘Improving Access to Psychological Therapies’ services 75% of referrals should be seen within six weeks and 95% should be seen within 18 weeks;</p><p>- For eating disorder services 95% of referrals should be seen within four weeks for routine cases and 95% of urgent referrals should be seen within one week; and</p><p>- For the Early Intervention in Psychosis programme 50% of people experiencing a first episode of psychosis should start a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended package of care within two weeks of referral, rising to 60%.</p><p> </p><p>We are on track to meet these targets, which are tracked on the Five Year Forward View dashboard, available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/mental-health-five-year-forward-view-dashboard/</a></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/11/2018 17:38:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1007153

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money was reallocated from the Dedicated Schools Grant towards the High Needs Block in each local authority area in England in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Prior to 2018-19, local authorities were free to determine the balance of funding between their schools, high needs and early years budgets, all funded from the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). It is not possible to give figures for transfers from the schools block to high needs, as the precise amounts spent by local authorities will also be affected by transfers to and from DSG reserves, and any funding from other sources (for instance, local authorities’ general funds) spent on educational purposes.</p><p>In 2018-19, with the introduction of the national funding formulae for schools and high needs, we have limited this flexibility in order to ensure that the majority of schools funding that local authorities receive is going directly to schools.</p><p>Local authorities are able to move up to 0.5% of their funding from the schools block to the high needs block, with agreement of their schools forum. This is explained in the high needs operational guide, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-funding-arrangements-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-needs-funding-arrangements-2019-to-2020</a>. Where a local authority wishes to move more funding, or the forum does not agree to the transfer, the local authority will be required to seek recourse to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education. Last year, after thorough consideration, 13 local authorities were granted the ability to move funding under these circumstances.</p><p>We will publish data shortly showing the amount of schools block funding the local authorities has allocated this year, compared to the amount they received, thereby providing an indication of funding directed to other areas, such as high needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 19/11/2018 17:18:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1007102

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on the northern powerhouse project since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Blackburn
	tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Since the Northern Powerhouse was launched in 2014, we have seen increased investment, enhanced international profile for the North and devolved new powers to the North. Since 2014, we have:</p><ul><li>Released £3.4 billion of Local Growth Funding to locally-determined projects across the North. The Lancashire Growth Deal - £320 million – is the largest of its kind outside of city regions. This has included 17 transport schemes, including £9million for the Clitheroe to Manchester Rail Line.</li><li>Created the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, worth £400 million, to support SME’s to grow and scale-up. To date, this has supported 280 businesses.</li><li>This Government has delivered unprecedented levels of investment in better transport across the North – over £13 billion (between 2015/16 – 2020/21) – more than any Government in history. We’ve given Transport for the North, £260 million, and equipped them with statutory powers to develop a Strategic Northern Transport Plan. The new Northern franchise will deliver new trains through the Northern Connect service, linking Accrington, Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley and Chorley.</li><li>Supported improvements in education in the North with £70 million for the Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy.</li><li>Boosted the international profile of the Northern Powerhouse through a commitment of £15 million to support Northern Powerhouse Trade Missions and £7 million for a Northern Powerhouse Taskforce to boost trade and investment – completed over 50 missions, 18 in the last year alone.</li></ul><p>We seek to build on this success and have committed to refresh the Northern Powerhouse Strategy at Autumn Budget 2018.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 19/11/2018 17:29:09 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern