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58429

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Bolton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid through working tax credits to people in Bolton North East constituency in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	199151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Table 1: Bolton North East constituency Working Tax Credit entitlement</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Total WTC entitlement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£19 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£18 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1<del class="ministerial">7</del><ins class="ministerial">6</ins> million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £ million.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/06/2014 14:42:34 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 12:39:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 939 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58424

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Gibraltar: Spain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of delays on the border from British Gibraltar territory into Spain on vehicles crossing that border.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	199447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The delays imposed by the Spanish authorities at the border with Gibraltar continue to have a significant impact, resulting in significant changes in behaviour at the border: visitor arrivals in Gibraltar are down and vehicle traffic has fallen. The Government is concerned about the impact that border delays are having on businesses in both Spain and Gibraltar.</p><p>Since the beginning of the disruption last summer, the Government has raised this issue regularly with the European Commission. We recently sent detailed information on the delays, supplied by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar, to the Director General for Home Affairs, together with an update on the steps taken by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar to address the recommendations made to them by the Commission. Ministers have also been in direct contact with the Commission, including the Commissioner for Home Affairs. In our conversations we stressed the need for the Commission to make follow-up visits to monitor the continuing delays. We continue to request that the Commission urge Spain to act on their recommendations and return border checks to reasonable and proportionate levels.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 199448 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:01:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58425

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Gibraltar: Spain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the European Commission in respect of petitions from the government of Gibraltar for a representative to monitor the border crossing.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	199448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The delays imposed by the Spanish authorities at the border with Gibraltar continue to have a significant impact, resulting in significant changes in behaviour at the border: visitor arrivals in Gibraltar are down and vehicle traffic has fallen. The Government is concerned about the impact that border delays are having on businesses in both Spain and Gibraltar.</p><p>Since the beginning of the disruption last summer, the Government has raised this issue regularly with the European Commission. We recently sent detailed information on the delays, supplied by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar, to the Director General for Home Affairs, together with an update on the steps taken by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar to address the recommendations made to them by the Commission. Ministers have also been in direct contact with the Commission, including the Commissioner for Home Affairs. In our conversations we stressed the need for the Commission to make follow-up visits to monitor the continuing delays. We continue to request that the Commission urge Spain to act on their recommendations and return border checks to reasonable and proportionate levels.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 199447 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:01:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58433

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Age: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated relating to age discrimination in (i) the work place and (ii) Jobcentre Plus.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	199242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department has not commissioned any research in the last two years specifically on age discrimination.</p><p> </p><p>(i) Previous research relating to age discrimination in the work place includes 'Attitudes to age in Britain 2010/11' – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214361/ihr7.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214361/ihr7.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>and 'Second Survey on employers' policies, practices and preferences relating to age, 2010' – <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2009-2010/rrep682.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2009-2010/rrep682.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This research was commissioned by the Department as part of wider research into the removal of the Default Retirement Age, including ‘Default Retirement Age – employer qualitative research' –</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2009-2010/rrep672.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2009-2010/rrep672.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Default Retirement Age was abolished in 2011, meaning most people can now retire when the time is right for them. Employers can now only set a fixed retirement age where it can be objectively justified in their particular circumstances, but this is open to challenge at tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>On 13 June we will be publishing ‘Fuller Working Lives – A Framework for Action'. The document outlines the business case for people to work longer at an individual, business, societal and economic level, and sets out a number of new actions the Department will be taking forward to promote fuller working lives.</p><p> </p><p>(ii) Relevant Departmental evaluations on this issue concerning Jobcentre Plus include 'How ready is Jobcentre Plus to help people in their 60s to find work?' – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-ready-is-jobcentre-plus-to-help-people-in-their-60s-find-work-ihr11" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/how-ready-is-jobcentre-plus-to-help-people-in-their-60s-find-work-ihr11</a> .</p><p> </p><p>Also, where possible surveys of benefit claimants are broken down by age, for example 'The Jobcentre Plus Offer: Final evaluation report' – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261656/rrep852.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261656/rrep852.pdf</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/06/2014 14:56:15 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58451

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Human Embryo Experiments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many human embryos have been (a) created for the purposes of experimentation and (b) created for the purposes of extermination and subsequently destroyed in each year since 1991.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
	uin	199195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has advised that it does not have a central repository of data on the number of embryos experimented on, nor the number of embryos created for research. However, it does hold data on the number of embryos stored for research, and the total number from 1 August 1991 to 30 June 2012 is 6,149.</p><p> </p><p>Embryos used in a research project must be allowed to perish as it is unlawful to use them in treatment services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2014 14:56:07 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

58522

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast Main Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, columns 517-8W, on railways: passengers, what the evidential basis is for the stated forecast of increases in passenger numbers on the West Coast Main Line over the next 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
	uin	199294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Chapter 4 of Network Rail's West Coast Route Utilisation Strategy describes the evidential basis and modelling approach of the anticipated changes in demand to 2024-25 which are contained in the same document. This is now available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/imagelibrary/downloadMedia.ashx?MediaDetailsID=4675" target="_blank">http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/imagelibrary/downloadMedia.ashx?MediaDetailsID=4675</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/06/2014 14:46:40 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

58523

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where the greatest overcrowding on the rail network is; and how High Speed 2 will reduce that overcrowding.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
	uin	199331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>DfT publishes statistics showing the levels of peak crowding in a number of major cities each year, based on the proportion of passengers in excess of capacity (PiXC) and the proportion of passengers standing at trains' busiest points. The latest publication from 2012 is published at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-passenger-numbers-and-crowding-on-weekdays-in-major-cities-in-england-and-wales-2012</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The PiXC statistics show that the highest levels of crowding are generally seen on peak London commuter services. In autumn 2012 the highest PiXC levels across the morning and afternoon peaks were on First Great Western services at Paddington, Chiltern services at Marylebone and London Midland services at Euston.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategic Case for HS2 (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-strategic-case" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-strategic-case</a>) sets out how HS2 has the capacity to triple the number of seats leaving Euston on the West Coast Main Line Corridor. By releasing capacity on the classic network, HS2 will ease crowding on crowded commuter routes into Euston, particularly London Midland services and potentially Chiltern services as well.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/06/2014 14:52:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

58524

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how he expects High Speed 2 to reduce overcrowding at London Waterloo.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
	uin	199332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>High Speed 2 is not intended to reduce overcrowding at London Waterloo, as it has been designed as a link between London Euston, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.</p><p> </p><p>The 2012 Rail Investment Strategy (HLOS) has asked the industry to provide additional peak capacity for 9,700 extra passengers into Waterloo by 2019 and has provided funding for Network Rail to expand Waterloo and other stations. Network Rail and South West Trains have set out plans to lengthen peak trains and South West Trains is now in discussions with the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/06/2014 15:06:51 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

58530

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 408W, on High Speed 2 Railway Line, what the evidential basis is for the practical limit to the expansion of capacity on the West Coast Mainline being lower than predicted growth for that line.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
	uin	199297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Evidence set out in the Strategic Case for HS2 (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-strategic-case" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-strategic-case</a>) demonstrates that parts of the West Coast Main Line are effectively full in terms of the number of trains; many of which are already full to overflowing at certain times of day and demand is expected to grow.</p><p> </p><p>Rail demand has grown by 54% over the last decade, which is the equivalent of annual growth rate of 4.4%. Chapter 3 of the Strategic case sets out that even with more modest growth of 2.5%, all of the additional peak seats provided by enhancing the line will be used up during the 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has considered a wide range of alternatives including upgrades to the existing West Coast Main Line. The most recent report, commissioned from Atkins can be found here (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/253456/hs2-strategic-alternatives.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/253456/hs2-strategic-alternatives.pdf</a>). This provides evidence that expanding capacity on the West Coast Main line would not be a robust long term solution to the capacity, connectivity and reliability challenges on the line. Not only would it not provide sufficient additional capacity to meet long term demand, but it would not offer a robust solution to the problem of poor service performance and would significantly disrupt services for many years during construction work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/06/2014 14:49:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

57932

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme: Huntingdon
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average age of buyers using the Government's Help to Buy scheme was in Huntingdon constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Djanogly
	uin	199063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding reply: Monday 9 June2014] </em></p><p>The area of Huntingdonshire District Council comprises all the Huntingdon constituency and part of the North West Cambridgeshire constituency. Separate figures for the Huntingdon constituency could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Figures for the numbers of sales under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme as at 30 April 2014 broken down by local authority and postcode sector are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics</a>. I have also placed a copy of the table in the Library of the House.</p><p>A figure for the average age of buyers in Huntingdonshire is not available because central government does not collect information on the ages of buyers under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme.</p><p>The average annual total applicant income of the 127 households that had bought a property within the area of Huntingdonshire District Council under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme as at 31 March 2014 was £49,181. During this period, the average purchase price of properties bought under the scheme in the same area was £213,573 and the total amount of equity loan payments made by central government was £5,424,768.</p><p>Central government does not collect figures on the numbers of applications that have been (a) successful or (b) unsuccessful under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme. A breakdown for Huntingdonshire is therefore not available.</p><p>The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme is a matter for the Treasury. Their most recent statistics show that the average value of the 23 properties in Huntingdonshire that had been sold under the scheme by 31 March 2014 was £162,228, and that the total value of loans supported by the scheme for these properties was £3,528,682. This information is available from Table 7 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 199059 199060 199062 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:02:13 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 247 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1425 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Djanogly