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100116

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/10/2014
	date	21/10/2014
	date tabled	21/10/2014
	ddp created	21/10/2014 21:00:49
	ddp modified	08/02/2015 03:00:57
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	identifier	211293
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	24/10/2014 13:48:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made to the Government Funeral Payment scheme since May 2010; and how many such applications have been rejected.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 211293
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	211293
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>From the latest data available, 280,780 applications have been made for Funeral Payments in Great Britain between May 2010 and September 2014. In the same period there have been 139,560 refusals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><p>1. These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p> </p><p>2. The figures given are the number of applications and initial refusals in the given time period and not the number of people who made applications or received awards. An individual may make more than one application in a year. Information on the number of people who made applications and received awards is not available.</p><p> </p><p>3. The refusal figures given are based on the initial decisions made on each case and may include cases where an award was later made on review.</p><p> </p><p>4. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p> question first answered 24/10/2014 13:48:18
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

91222

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/09/2014
	date	09/09/2014
	date tabled	09/09/2014
	ddp created	09/09/2014 21:41:18
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 22:31:47
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Asbestos
	house id	1
	identifier	208726
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	12/09/2014 10:43:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time Health and Safety Executive officers were employed to monitor asbestos removal in each month since May 2010.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208726
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208726
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The information requested is not held. All HSE construction inspectors are trained to enforce the management and control of asbestos by duty holders and routinely deal with asbestos issues in their everyday work. The majority of construction inspectors are further trained to inspect notified licensed asbestos removal work. The table provides the average number of full-time equivalent operational inspectors who visited construction sites on a day-to-day basis for the years 2010/11 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr></tbody></table> question first answered 12/09/2014 10:43:19
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

91224

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/09/2014
	date	09/09/2014
	date tabled	09/09/2014
	ddp created	09/09/2014 21:41:19
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 22:31:59
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Asbestos
	house id	1
	identifier	208728
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	12/09/2014 11:21:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what records his Department holds on the number of occasions on which Health and Safety Executive asbestos removal inspectors have undertaken visits to sites outside normal business working hours.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208728
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208728
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text HSE does not hold records on the number of occasions when site visits occur outside normal business working hours. question first answered 12/09/2014 11:21:20
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

90261

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2014
	date	02/09/2014
	date tabled	02/09/2014
	ddp created	02/09/2014 20:31:01
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 21:02:42
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Tyres
	house id	1
	identifier	207824
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	05/09/2014 12:58:13
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he plans to publish the conclusions to research into tyre-ageing on buses and coaches that he commissioned in December 2013.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 207824
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207824
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p>My officials have consulted with experts from the British and the European tyre manufacturing industry who have provided consistent advice that chronological age is not an indicator of a tyre’s mechanical properties. Further research is currently being planned and the outcomes will be available next year.</p><p> </p> question first answered 05/09/2014 12:58:13
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

76934

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/07/2014
	date	09/07/2014
	date tabled	09/07/2014
	ddp created	09/07/2014 21:52:23
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 16:04:01
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Tyres
	house id	1
	identifier	204878
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/07/2014 16:33:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of part-worn tyres sold in the UK in each of the last five years.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 204878
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204878
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not routinely collect information on the number of part-worn tyres sold in the UK.</p><p> </p> question first answered 14/07/2014 16:33:56
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

76921

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/07/2014
	date	09/07/2014
	date tabled	09/07/2014
	ddp created	09/07/2014 21:52:18
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 16:02:43
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Safety
	house id	1
	identifier	204709
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/07/2014 16:32:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met the traffic commissioners to discuss safety standard adherence by bus or coach companies.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 204709
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204709
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p>The Secretary of State and his Ministerial colleagues have periodic meetings with the Senior Traffic Commissioner to discuss a range of issues. The Secretary of State last met with the Senior Traffic Commissioner on 8 July this year.</p><p> </p> question first answered 14/07/2014 16:32:43
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

76922

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/07/2014
	date	09/07/2014
	date tabled	09/07/2014
	ddp created	09/07/2014 21:52:18
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 16:02:51
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Safety
	house id	1
	identifier	204707
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/07/2014 16:42:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions traffic commissioners have sanctioned (a) bus operators and (b) coach operators for failing to meet safety standards since 2000.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 204707
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204707
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p>The data that is currently recorded for action taken against bus and coach operators does not identify specifically where the action has been as a result of failing to meet safety standards. The following data shows the number of public inquiries that were heard in relation to bus and coach operators where regulatory action was taken. This data is therefore where operators have failed to meet “licence” standards, such as financial standing, repute, undertakings as well as those relating to vehicle and driver safety standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>11/12</p></td><td><p>10/11</p></td><td><p>09/10</p></td><td><p>08/09</p></td><td><p>07/08</p></td><td><p>06/07</p></td><td><p>05/06</p></td><td><p>04/05</p></td><td><p>03/04</p></td><td><p>02/03</p></td><td><p>01/02</p></td><td><p>00/01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regulatory action</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>172</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The traffic commissioners recognise that additional data would be useful for completing the compliance picture and are already working with the Department and Driver &amp; Vehicle Standards Agency through the Compliance Forum to deliver against that aim.</p><p> </p> question first answered 14/07/2014 16:42:00
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

90260

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2014
	date	02/09/2014
	date tabled	02/09/2014
	ddp created	02/09/2014 20:31:00
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 21:02:37
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Merseyrail
	house id	1
	identifier	207806
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	05/09/2014 13:03:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether Merseyrail has an appropriate emergency response plan to deal with a terrorist attack on the rail network; and on what date the last Merseyrail emergency response drill was carried out.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 207806
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207806
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The National Railways Security Programme (NRSP) requires all Train Operating Companies, including Merseyrail, to have response procedures in place to respond to any security incidents on their station and trains and to review these contingency plans annually. It also recommends that they exercise these plans on an annual basis. The Department does not collect information on the frequency of exercises because this is a matter for decision by the rail operators within the framework set by the NRSP.</p><p> </p> question first answered 05/09/2014 13:03:32
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

76923

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/07/2014
	date	09/07/2014
	date tabled	09/07/2014
	ddp created	09/07/2014 21:52:18
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 16:02:56
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Safety
	house id	1
	identifier	204706
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	14/07/2014 16:28:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions traffic commissioners have (a) revoked a bus or coach operator's licence and (b) curtailed the number of vehicles which an operator is allowed to run under its licence for failing to meet safety standards since 2000.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 204706
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204706
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The data that is currently recorded for action taken against bus and coach operators does not identify specifically where the action has been as a result of failing to meet safety standards. The following data shows the number of licences where the operator had their licence revoked or had the authorisation reduced. This data is therefore where operators have failed to meet &quot;licence&quot; standards, such as financial standing, repute, undertakings as well as those relating to vehicle and driver safety standards.</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Revoked</td><td>Reduction authorisation</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>75</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>61</td><td>35</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>71</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>57</td><td>34</td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>63</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td>64</td><td>49</td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td>55</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td>2006/07</td><td>38</td><td>44</td></tr><tr><td>2005/06</td><td>49</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>2004/05</td><td>68</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td>2003/04</td><td>53</td><td>78</td></tr><tr><td>2002/03</td><td>63</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td>2001/02</td><td>67</td><td>67</td></tr><tr><td>2000/01</td><td>55</td><td>49</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The traffic commissioners recognise that additional data would be useful for completing the compliance picture and are already working with the Department and the Driver &amp; Vehicle Standards Agency through the Compliance Forum to deliver against that aim.</p><p> </p> question first answered 14/07/2014 16:28:25
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

90369

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/09/2014
	date	02/09/2014
	date tabled	02/09/2014
	ddp created	02/09/2014 20:40:55
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 21:13:03
	answering body	Prime Minister
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	house id	1
	identifier	207924
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	05/09/2014 09:51:22
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with the (a) Home Secretary and (b) the Secretary of State for Defence on protection from terrorism in northern cities following the most recent rise in the terrorism threat level.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 207924
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207924
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Defence.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's first priority is to make sure we do everything possible to keep our people safe.</p> question first answered 05/09/2014 09:51:22
	creator	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram