Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the use of catapults as offensive weapons.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Minister for Policing and Crime Prevention chaired a meeting with concerned MPs and the Minister for Biosecurity, Borders and Animals at DEFRA to discuss this issue.

We are clear that catapults should not be used against wildlife, property or people, and we are convening a roundtable to understand the problem better and to identify what more can be done.

We are conducting a round table to consider the matter further.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if there are any biological men in HMP Bronzefield.

Answered by Jake Richards - Assistant Whip

As of 1 November, no biological males were being held at HMP Bronzefield.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an armed forces pension is treated as unearned income for the purpose of calculating Universal Credit.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Regular, unearned income payments that are paid to meet living costs cause reductions in the customer’s Universal Credit entitlement pound for pound. This includes occupational pensions such as Armed Forces Pensions.

War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Payments are not taken into account in Universal Credit. Guaranteed Income Payments, Service Attributable Pensions and service-attributable, non-taxable Service Invalidity Pensions are also not taken into account.

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