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982467

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date	08/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Europe and the Americas of 2 July 2018, Official Report column 26, if the Government will hold a judge-led independent inquiry into the UK’s involvement in post-9/11 human rights abuses; and for what reason the Government did not update the House within 60 days of the publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee reports on detainee mistreatment and rendition.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	175797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the answer given by the Minister of State for Europe and the Americas on 12 September 2018, (reference 171734). Under the Memorandum of Understanding agreed with the ISC, the Government aims to respond substantively to their reports within 60 days, but in this case it has informed the ISC that it has decided to take more time to give careful consideration to the issues set out in the Committee’s reports.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/10/2018 12:21:22 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

982703

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Eastern Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason is the award of the South Eastern rail franchise delayed; what the revised timetable is for that award; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	176252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department continues to make progress evaluating bids for the South Eastern franchise. The Department will make an announcement on the intention to award in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/10/2018 14:00:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

982761

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing Associations: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement, PM to address the National Housing Federation Summit, made by the Prime Minister on 19 September 2018, whether the £2 billion in additional funding for housing associations will come from existing budgets in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	176223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>These funds will not come from existing budgets at the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. This is new funding available from 2022, and is in addition to our current £9bn Affordable Homes Programme which runs until March 2022.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/10/2018 13:39:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

982807

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Radioactive Materials
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 establish a State System of Accounting and Control for Nuclear Material and then negotiate a formal agreement with Euratom after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	176158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>As the White Paper on the UK’s Future Relationship with the EU makes clear, the UK is seeking a close association with Euratom through a broad and comprehensive Nuclear Cooperation Agreement between the UK and Euratom. The Government has also been clear that, irrespective of the outcome of negotiations, it will take legal responsibility for the application of nuclear safeguards in the UK once Euratom arrangements no longer apply. The new regime will be implemented by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).</p><p> </p><p>Parliament has passed the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 which provides the legal framework for setting up a domestic nuclear safeguards regime. Using these new powers, the Government intends to make the Nuclear Safeguards Regulations this year, which set out the proposed detail of the regime, following a public consultation which ran from July to September.</p><p> </p><p>The ONR will implement a UK State System for Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material (SSAC) as part of the new domestic regime. The ONR is working to ensure it will have in place by 29 March 2019 the IT systems and safeguards inspectors needed to operate the UK SSAC, meet international standards and to build, over time, to equivalent effectiveness and coverage to Euratom.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/10/2018 13:22:23 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

983126

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) businesses that will benefit from the workplace electric vehicle charging benefit-in-kind exemption.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	176478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s estimate of the impacts from the workplace electric vehicle charging benefit-in-kind exemption was set out in the policy paper published on the 6<sup>th</sup> of July “Workplace charging for all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles”. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workplace-charging-for-all-electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-vehicles/workplace-charging-for-all-electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-vehicles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workplace-charging-for-all-electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-vehicles/workplace-charging-for-all-electric-and-plug-in-hybrid-vehicles</a>). This change is expected to affect a small number of those individuals who use an electric/plug-in hybrid vehicle which are not subject to the car or van benefit charge and impact on a small number of businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/10/2018 14:05:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

983292

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M56: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of upgrading to a smart motorway the M56 adjacent to junctions six and seven; and what assessment he has made of the effect of upgrading that stretch of motorway on (a) safety and (b) journey times.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	175948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The latest estimate for the cost of the M56 junction 6-8 smart motorway scheme is between £62m - £120m.</p><p> </p><p>The economic assessment for this scheme indicates that it will lead to an overall reduction in collisions and casualties on the network over the 60 year appraisal period. Traffic modelling indicates that the scheme will divert vehicles from the surrounding road network, releasing the pressure on that network. This will improve journey time reliability and contribute to a reduction in the number of people killed and seriously injured (KSIs) on the road network as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>This scheme is also expected to deliver journey time savings in both directions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/10/2018 15:06:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

983348

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many audits on health assessments have been undertaken for (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independence payments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	176388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Please find attached numbers as requested. We’ve interpreted the request as audits for all WCA and PIP assessments given that the request is a) ESA b) personal. The numbers below relate to audits undertaken in order for the department to measure contractual quality service levels. The providers also conduct internal auditing to assure quality and these figures are not included.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of health assessments randomly audited is available from the commencement of the independent audit process. This was from March 15 for WCA audits (which include ESA, UC and IBR) and from June 16 for PIP audits.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>From March 2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018 to August</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WCA</p></td><td><p>7185</p></td><td><p>8590</p></td><td><p>8647</p></td><td><p>5423</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>DWP Independent Audit MI</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>from June2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018 to August</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PIP</p></td><td><p>10289</p></td><td><p>17285</p></td><td><p>11705</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>DWP Independent Audit MI</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 11/10/2018 14:33:58 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows