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1006112

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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, how many complaints have been revived from people left unable to access their childcare account as a result of technical difficulties in each year since the introduction of those accounts.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	190785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text The vast majority of parents apply for and use their childcare account without problems, including getting their 30 hours eligibility code. Where parents have experienced technical issues, HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that they do not miss out as a result. Manual codes are issued to enable parents to access a 30 hours place when they are eligible if they cannot get a digital code within the required timeline. The number of manual codes issued has been decreasing since September 2017 as the system has become embedded and enhanced.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has received 4,560 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has issued 35,370 codes manually to parents.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has paid out £200,000 in redress to parents for expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 18:01:08 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1003618

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on the Bank’s role in mobilising finance for the low-carbon transition.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	189843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers have meetings with a variety of public and private organisations, including the Bank of England, as part of the process of policy development.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>Green Finance is an important area of collaboration with the Bank of England, and we welcome the Bank’s recent announcement to set out, for consultation, supervisory expectations for banks and insurers to consider climate risks in their approach.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 189774 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:10:51 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1003621

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Motor Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the number of (a) light goods vehicles, (b) heavy goods vehicles and (c) private cars that access Heathrow airport on a daily basis.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	189624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>For goods vehicles, the Department draws upon the Airports Commission’s assessment of road freight numbers as published in their Appraisal Framework Module 4 - <em>Surface Access Freight Impacts Study.</em></p><p> </p><p>In October 2017, the Department published within its Updated Appraisal Report: Airport Capacity in the South East, details of the estimated surface access trips for both highway and public transport trips for each of the airport expansion options as inputs to its non-flight carbon assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the estimates for annual highway trips for the Heathrow Airport options are set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p>Annual highway trips (car and taxi) by passengers and employees at Heathrow, DfT17 central forecasts (millions)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Highway vehicle trips</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2026</p></td><td><p>2030</p></td><td><p>2040</p></td><td><p>2050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Expansion</p></td><td><p>57.5</p></td><td><p>59.4</p></td><td><p>62.7</p></td><td><p>66.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LHR Extended Northern Runway</p></td><td><p>67.7</p></td><td><p>75.2</p></td><td><p>78.2</p></td><td><p>82.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LHR Northwest Runway</p></td><td><p>67.7</p></td><td><p>77.7</p></td><td><p>80.7</p></td><td><p>85.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Department for Transport: Table A.2 Updated Appraisal Report: Airport Capacity in the South East (October 2017)</p><p> </p><p>As specified in the Airports National Policy Statement, it will be for an applicant for development consent for the Heathrow Northwest runway scheme to submit a surface access strategy to the Planning Inspectorate alongside their application.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 16:32:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1003625

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the risk to motorcyclists of inexperienced (a) HGV and (b) car drivers; and what plans he has to improve the driver education on motorcyclists.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	189742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>In the forthcoming refreshed Road Safety Statement, motorcyclists are one of the priority groups that the Department will be addressing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 2017, there were 124 accidents involving a motorcyclist and a car in which the Contributory Factor ‘learner or inexperienced driver/rider’ was allocated by a police officer to the car driver; and 661 accidents in which it was allocated to the motorcycle rider. There were no accidents involving a motorcyclist and a HGV, in which the Contributory Factor ‘learner or inexperienced driver/rider’ was allocated to the HGV driver; and 17 accidents in which it was allocated to the motorcycle rider.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 16:53:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1003626

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Accidents
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 on the number of motorcyclists (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in each year between 2014 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	189743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The tables below provide the number of motorcyclists killed and seriously injured between 2014 and 2017 and the weekly average which is derived from this. The annual data can be found in published table RAS30066 here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743654/ras30066.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743654/ras30066.ods</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Reported motorcycle user casualties, Great Britain, 2014-2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of casualties</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Weekly average</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,289</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>101</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,042</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>97</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,553</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>6</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>106</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,592</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>107</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Source: DfT Stats19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the number of serious injuries provided is as reported by the police. Since 2016, changes in severity reporting systems for a large number of police forces mean that serious injury figures, and to a lesser extent slight injuries, are not comparable with earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 189745 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:39:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1003627

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Accidents
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 on the proportion of motorcycle fatalities that occurred on (a) urban roads, (b) rural roads and (c) motorways in each year between 2014 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	189744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the number and percentage of motorcycle fatalities by road class in Great Britain for the years 2014 to 2017, which are available in published table RAS30018 at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743613/ras30018.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743613/ras30018.ods</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Reported motorcycle fatalities by road class, Great Britain, 2014 to 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number<em>/ Per cent</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2016</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p><em>Per cent</em></p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p><em>Per cent</em></p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p><em>Per cent</em></p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p><em>Per cent</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urban</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p><em>29</em></p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p><em>32</em></p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p><em>32</em></p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p><em>27</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p><em>70</em></p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p><em>66</em></p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p><em>66</em></p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p><em>71</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motorways</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><em>1</em></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><em>2</em></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p><em>2</em></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><em>2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All roads</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p><em>100</em></p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p><em>100</em></p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p><em>100</em></p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p><em>100</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Source: DfT STATS19</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 17:35:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1003628

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Accidents
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 on the average weekly number of (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries to motorcyclists from 2014 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	189745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The tables below provide the number of motorcyclists killed and seriously injured between 2014 and 2017 and the weekly average which is derived from this. The annual data can be found in published table RAS30066 here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743654/ras30066.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743654/ras30066.ods</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Reported motorcycle user casualties, Great Britain, 2014-2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of casualties</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Weekly average</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,289</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>101</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,042</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>97</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,553</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>6</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>106</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,592</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>107</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Source: DfT Stats19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the number of serious injuries provided is as reported by the police. Since 2016, changes in severity reporting systems for a large number of police forces mean that serious injury figures, and to a lesser extent slight injuries, are not comparable with earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 189743 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:39:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1003636

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on Welsh speakers and Welsh-speaking communities.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	189596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to securing a deal that works for the entire United Kingdom, including Welsh speaking communities. We continue to engage the devolved administrations, including the Welsh Government, fully in preparations for the UK's exit from the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 19/11/2018 09:48:53 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1003637

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) the Welsh Government, (c) the Welsh Language Commissioner and (d) the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee in the National Assembly for Wales on the potential effect on (i) Welsh speakers and (ii) Welsh-speaking communities of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	189597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with Cabinet colleagues, the Welsh Government, and other key stakeholders, including representatives of Welsh speaking communities, on issues affecting Wales, including the impact of EU exit.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 19/11/2018 09:49:59 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1003639

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Highways England is making on reducing levels of NO2 on the strategic road network.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	189797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Highways England have been undertaking extensive research into potential air quality solutions for the strategic road network that could reduce levels of NO2. They have explored a wide range of ideas including the effectiveness of different traffic management options, understanding obstacles to greater use of electric vans on the network and different types of barrier design.</p><p> </p><p>Based on all their research, they have robust evidence that a 9.5 metre high barrier can help reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide behind the barrier and have developed a programme to identify potential sites around the network.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 11:01:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith