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registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to ensure that Wales is not adversely affected by trade deals negotiated when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	1000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Welsh economy approaches its departure from the EU in a strong position. Such strength is demonstrated in Wales’s ability to attract globally recognised brands such as Aston Martin and Qatar Airways.</p><p> </p><p>As we leave the EU we are seeking to take advantage of all opportunities available to us. We want to ensure that Britain becomes a global leader in free trade, and Ministers and officials in DIT are working with counterparts in a range of markets to promote the UK, including Wales as a great place to do business and with which to trade.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is developing a trade policy that will work for every part of the United Kingdom, and will continue to champion the interests of companies and citizens across the UK, including in Wales.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 03/07/2017 10:00:58 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

732365

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Listed Buildings: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has assessed the potential merits of adopting a reduced VAT rate for goods and services required for the essential repair and maintenance of listed buildings.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>EU VAT rules do not allow the introduction of a reduced rate of VAT for goods and services required for the repair and maintenance of listed buildings. While the UK remains a member of the EU, we will continue to abide by our rights and obligations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 03/07/2017 13:08:06 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

732373

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department provides to local authorities to increase the roll-out of charging points for electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) ‘On-street Residential Scheme’ is providing up to £2.5m for Local Authorities to fund the installation of chargepoints in residential streets where homeowners have no access to off-street parking. £22.9m is being provided to Local Authorities for electric vehicle infrastructure through OLEV’s ‘Go Ultra Low Cities’ scheme and a further £14m through their ultra low emission taxis scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2010 and 2014 more than 6400 chargepoints were installed in 8 local authority regions though the Plugged in Places support scheme. Between 2013 and 2015, following a competitive bidding process open to all UK Local Authorities, more than 580 fast chargepoints and 250 rapid chargepoints were installed under the National Infrastructure Grant Schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2017 14:22:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

732374

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to increase funding for public libraries to enable more libraries to become digital community hubs.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has provided support for library authorities throughout England to deliver library services that are accessible, modern and meets local needs. This included funding a £2.6 million programme to support the installation or upgrade of wifi in public libraries in England; benefitting around 1,000 libraries, and enabling over 99% of public libraries to offer free wifi. In addition, DCMS financed the £3.9m Libraries: Opportunities for Everyone fund to support innovative library service activity to benefit disadvantaged people and places in England. Around 60% of the successful local authority applicants are using digital means to support delivery of their projects. The Government will continue to encourage local authorities to invest in libraries to ensure that they remain relevant and meet the needs of the community.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/07/2017 14:57:46 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

732375

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse has been of installing charging points for electric vehicles in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Please find below a breakdown of funding provided by the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) to support the installation of electric vehicle chargepoints in each financial year since 2010/11:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total OLEV Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£2.23m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£2.58m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£9.71m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£14.86m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£41.65m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£16.88m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£7.06m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, £22.9m of funding under the Government’s £40m Go Ultra Low City Scheme is for charging infrastructure, and is being awarded across four years from 2016.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2017 14:36:41 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

732376

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many charging points for electric vehicles there are in (a) Wales, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland at the latest date for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Public chargepoints funded by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles must be registered on the Government’s National Chargepoint Registry, an open source data set containing information on the type and geographical location of chargepoints. The registry is available online at: <a href="http://www.national-charge-point-registry.uk/" target="_blank">www.national-charge-point-registry.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Operators of public chargepoints can also choose to add other chargepoints to this dataset. The Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill is due to include new powers that could require operators of public chargepoints to make openly available key information about all chargepoints that they operate, including geographic location.</p><p>The current dataset from the National Chargepoint Registry shows the following statistics for chargepoints in the UK:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>Wales - 37</p></li><li><p>England - 4909</p></li><li><p>Scotland - 997</p></li><li><p>Northern Ireland - 346</p></li></ol><p> </p><p>Additional chargepoints will also have been installed with support from the private sector that are not listed on this data set but can be found on websites such as Zapmap (<a href="http://www.zap-map.com/" target="_blank">www.zap-map.com</a>)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2017 14:30:59 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

732377

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to ensure that the roll-out of charging stations for electric vehicles is spread evenly across all regions and parts of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supporting an increase in provision of electric vehicle chargepoints as part of its programme for ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs). At Autumn Statement 2016, the Chancellor announced additional funding of £80m for charging infrastructure for the period to 2020 and Government is considering how best to allocate this funding to meet the needs of drivers across the UK and deliver value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, Highways England has £15m to expand the existing rapid chargepoint network to ensure that across 95 per cent of the strategic road network there will be a chargepoint at least every 20 miles.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is proposing to take forward powers under the forthcoming Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill that will enable the Government to require Motorway Service Areas, and large fuel retailers to install sufficient provision of electric vehicle chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>Additional grant funding is also available UK-wide to support the installation of chargepoints at workplaces, at homes, and on residential streets. Further detail of how to apply is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-grants-for-low-emission-vehicles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-grants-for-low-emission-vehicles</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2017 14:33:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

732378

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to cease collection of tolls for the Severn Bridges.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government consulted on future tolls at the Severn Bridges from January to March this year. We have listened carefully and will announce next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/06/2017 13:55:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

732384

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was recharged to (a) EU and (b) non-EU countries for health treatment by the NHS in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department on behalf of the United Kingdom Government reimburses other European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland for the cost of providing treatment to people we are responsible for under European Union law, irrespective of nationality. In the same way, other EEA countries and Switzerland reimburse the UK for the cost of the National Health Service providing treatment to people they are responsible for under European Union law, including UK nationals insured in another EEA country or Switzerland.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the complexities associated with collecting and aggregating information on costs and treatment, claims for EEA medical costs are typically submitted by EEA member states (including the UK) up to three, and sometimes more, years in arrears. Therefore, claims for any 12 month period do not necessarily reflect treatment provided in that period.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table provides information about how much was paid to the UK, nearest to the pound, for NHS provided treatments for 2015-16 broken down by country of destination.</p><p> </p><p>For non-EEA countries without a reciprocal agreement in place with the UK, it would be for the individual to pay for any healthcare needed and for that reason appropriate travel and medical insurance is highly advisable. Similarly, for those non-EEA countries with whom the UK does have a reciprocal healthcare agreement, no money changes hands between the parties to the agreement. The basis of these agreements is reciprocity – that is, necessary healthcare is provided in most cases free of charge to the visitor and the associated costs are absorbed by either side.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/07/2017 16:31:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name PQ973 attached table.docx title PQ973 attached table
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

732385

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	General Election 2017: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect on Wales of the confidence and supply agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The agreement is about delivering for the whole of the United Kingdom so we can get on with our plan to get the best Brexit deal for our country and create an economy that works for everyone.</p><p> </p><p>It is part of the Government’s commitment to support growth across all parts of the UK which includes commitments to investment in City Deals in Wales and the introduction of a Barnett floor to provide Welsh Government with a fair level funding for the long term.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 03/07/2017 09:58:38 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn