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61397

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) new passports and (b) passport renewals there have been in the last year; and what the annual change in such figures has been.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	200217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During the period between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014, Her Majesty's Passport Office <br />received <del class="ministerial">1,446,983</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,425,885</ins> first time passport applications and <del class="ministerial">4,528,751</del> <ins class="ministerial">4,461,343</ins> passport <br />renewal applications.<br /><br />This compares with 1,346,246 first time applications and 4,036,267 passport <br />renewal applications during the period between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/07/2014 14:03:02 question first ministerially corrected 02/09/2014 14:35:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8681 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

752622

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Rowanoak Waste Services: Dudley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has met HM Revenue and Customs to discuss the business dealings of the landowners of the site operated by Rowan Oak Waste at Shaw Road in Dudley.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	5394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Environment Agency have met Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Environmental Health and Planning Departments four times between November 2016 and July 2017 to discuss Rowan Oak Waste. At each meeting the Environment Agency have provided the latest information on their action against the clearance of the site and their enforcement action against the operator. The Environment Agency have also discussed and agreed how amenity complaints from the site would be dealt with.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Councillor Steve Waltho and Councillor Ali Shaukat have also attended these meetings. They have taken the information shared back to their local communities to keep them updated.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Environment Agency has spoken with HM Revenue and Customs on this matter. The Environment Agency have provided them with details regarding the criminal investigation into the site. The investigation is ongoing and we cannot, at this stage, provide the details of what information was shared as this could undermine our enforcement action.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/07/2017 12:23:13 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2017 16:12:03 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 6714 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

752623

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Rowanoak Waste Services: Dudley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has met HM Revenue and Customs to discuss the business dealings of the operators of Rowan Oak Waste site at Shaw Road in Dudley.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	5395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Environment Agency have met Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Environmental Health and Planning Departments four times between November 2016 and July 2017 to discuss Rowan Oak Waste. At each meeting the Environment Agency have provided the latest information on their action against the clearance of the site and their enforcement action against the operator. The Environment Agency have also discussed and agreed how amenity complaints from the site would be dealt with.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Councillor Steve Waltho and Councillor Ali Shaukat have also attended these meetings. They have taken the information shared back to their local communities to keep them updated.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Environment Agency has spoken with HM Revenue and Customs on this matter. The Environment Agency have provided them with details regarding the criminal investigation into the site. The investigation is ongoing and we cannot, at this stage, provide the details of what information was shared as this could undermine our enforcement action.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/07/2017 12:25:39 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2017 16:11:43 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 6718 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

752626

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Rowanoak Waste Services: Dudley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions the Environment Agency has had with West Midlands Police on (a) the site operated by Rowan Oak Waste at Shaw Road in Dudley and (b) Rowan Oak Waste Services Limited.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	5396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Environment Agency have met Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Environmental Health and Planning Departments four times between November 2016 and July 2017 to discuss Rowan Oak Waste. At each meeting the Environment Agency have provided the latest information on their action against the clearance of the site and their enforcement action against the operator. The Environment Agency have also discussed and agreed how amenity complaints from the site would be dealt with.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Councillor Steve Waltho and Councillor Ali Shaukat have also attended these meetings. They have taken the information shared back to their local communities to keep them updated.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have made all Emergency Services, including West Midlands Police, aware of the site through the West Midlands Local Resilience Forum (WM LRF) meeting. We have advised West Midlands Police that we are undertaking a criminal investigation into the company.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have shared information and raised awareness of this site, along with other sites within the West Midlands Conurbation, to all the partners of the WM LRF detailing the high risk of fire from these sites and what action we have taken to reduce this risk. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have separately met with West Midlands Fire Service to ensure that fire risk has been appropriately assessed and a suitable incident response plan has been produced for this site.</ins></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/07/2017 12:26:09 question first ministerially corrected 27/07/2017 14:58:24 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 6722 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

752638

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Rowanoak Waste Services: Dudley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions the Environment Agency has had with (a) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and (b) the Health and Safety Executive on risks posed by the site operated by Rowan Oak Waste at Shaw Road in Dudley.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	5342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Environment Agency have met Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Environmental Health and Planning Departments four times between November 2016 and July 2017 to discuss Rowan Oak Waste. At each meeting the Environment Agency have provided the latest information on their action against the clearance of the site and their enforcement action against the operator. The Environment Agency have also discussed and agreed how amenity complaints from the site would be dealt with.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Councillor Steve Waltho and Councillor Ali Shaukat have also attended these meetings. They have taken the information shared back to their local communities to keep them updated.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Environment Agency have not had reason to contact the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy nor the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regarding Rowan Oak Waste.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">At present the property is secure except when waste is being removed and from regular visits to the site The Environment Agency have not found unsafe working practices. The Environment Agency would contact the HSE if they became aware of a risk to the sites workers.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/07/2017 12:28:28 question first ministerially corrected 25/07/2017 16:12:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 6726 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

42036

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in Dudley Metropolitan Borough.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	191132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.</p><p> </p><p>Results for all wards are available on the Commission's website here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The ward results for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ward</p></td><td><p>Green matches</p></td><td><p>Amber matches</p></td><td><p>Red matches</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amblecote</p></td><td><p>85.3%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>13.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belle Vale</p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p>1.8%</p></td><td><p>13.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brierley Hill</p></td><td><p>81.6%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>16.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brockmoor &amp; Pensnett</p></td><td><p>85.6%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>13.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castle &amp; Priory</p></td><td><p>83.7%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>14.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coseley East</p></td><td><p>86.2%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>12.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cradley &amp; Wollescote</p></td><td><p>83.9%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gornal</p></td><td><p>87.9%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>11.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halesowen North</p></td><td><p>84.7%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>13.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halesowen South</p></td><td><p>87.6%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>11.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hayley Green &amp; Cradley South</p></td><td><p>88.7%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>10.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingswinford North &amp; Wall Heath</p></td><td><p>89.0%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>9.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingswinford South</p></td><td><p>89.4%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>9.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lye &amp; Stourbridge North</p></td><td><p>84.0%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td><td><p>14.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherton, Woodside &amp; St Andrews</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p>2.1%</p></td><td><p>14.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norton</p></td><td><p>88.0%</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td><td><p>10.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pedmore &amp; Stourbridge East</p></td><td><p>86.8%</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>11.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Quarry Bank &amp; Dudley Wood</p></td><td><p>85.8%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>13.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sedgley</p></td><td><p>88.3%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>10.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St James's</p></td><td><p>83.7%</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>14.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Thomas's</p></td><td><p>80.6%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>17.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Upper Gornal &amp; Woodsetton</p></td><td><p>87.6%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>11.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wollaston &amp; Stourbridge Town</p></td><td><p>84.6%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>14.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wordsley</p></td><td><p>87.0%</p></td><td><p>1.0%</p></td><td><p>12.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter previous answer version 2095 answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

42037

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission
	answering dept id	36
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the electoral registration figures were in each ward in the recent confirmation dry run conducted in (a) Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, (b) Walsall Metropolitan Borough, (c) Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough and (d) Birmingham City.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	191130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that the confirmation dry run involved matching all entries on the electoral registers against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Customer Information System database. Entries would be marked as green if they matched with DWP, amber if they were a partial match or red if there was no match.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Results for all wards are available on the Commission's website here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0003/163146/Confirmation-dry-run-2013-Results-Wards.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The ward results for Sandwell Council, Walsall Council, Wolverhampton City Council and Birmingham City Council will be deposited in the Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter previous answer version 2093 answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

44474

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the revenue raised in each of the last four years through the use of premium rate public enquiry lines by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	193012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP does not use premium rate numbers and does not directly receive any revenue from telephone service providers for 0845 numbers. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

44475

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of complaints made to his Department about lost correspondence in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	193013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department takes its responsibilities to protect information very seriously. Where instances of lost correspondence arise and are reported to the Department, they will be investigated and dealt with by local management as appropriate. Records of such cases are not collated centrally, and to provide the information requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

44852

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on whether receiving parents should be responsible for estimating the weekly expenses of the paying parent in the calculation of child maintenance entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	193357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Section 14 of the Child Support Act 1991 and the Child Support Information Regulations 2008 provide the Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance Service with wide powers to obtain information from parents and third parties for the purpose of making decisions relating to child maintenance, including those decisions which relate to establishing the child maintenance of a Paying Parent.</p><p> </p><p>The Receiving Parent is not responsible for estimating the weekly expenses of a Paying Parent. The Child Maintenance Service, which administers the 2012 Scheme, is built to make best use of taxable income information that is regularly and reliably available from HMRC. However, in the 1993 and 2003 schemes, administered by the Child Support Agency, the Receiving Parent can sometimes be asked to provide evidence of expenditure in order to support an application for a variation on the grounds of “lifestyle inconsistent with declared income”.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 193306 question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley