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1128814

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme: Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Voluntary Right to Buy pilot scheme for housing associations in the Midlands, and whether he has plans to extend that pilot.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	259010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Voluntary Right to Buy pilot is giving thousands of housing association tenants in the Midlands the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of home ownership. The pilot will be fully evaluated after completion, and future policy decisions will be taken on the basis of that evaluation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/06/2019 09:31:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1128822

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has taken steps to enable English local authorities to claim back funding for childcare places for children living in England who access free childcare in Wales; and if he will make a statement .
	tabling member constituency	Ludlow
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Dunne
	uin	259118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have a statutory duty to secure free early education in their area for children who are eligible. Education and the entitlement to free childcare for pre-school children in Wales is devolved to the National Assembly for Wales, and I will be raising this issue with the Welsh Government Minister for Health and Social Services.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/06/2019 09:32:34 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne

1128963

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Livestock: Animal Welfare
	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 assessment he has made of the merits of a preventative approach to animal health in improving the productivity of agriculture; and what steps he will take to reward farmers that take such an approach.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	259123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is highly supportive of a resilient and preventative approach to livestock disease which supports higher productivity in farming and enables wider benefits. The approach was endorsed in responses to our consultation paper <em>Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit</em>. The potential was set out, for example, in ‘<em>Study to Model the Impact of Controlling Endemic Cattle Diseases and Conditions on National Cattle Productivity, Agricultural Performance and Greenhouse Gas Emissions’</em>.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>We are now working with industry and veterinary representatives to develop practical plans to further this approach and the Agriculture Bill is drafted to give the Secretary of State powers to make payments to protect and improve the health of livestock and to collect and share data relating to livestock health and traceability.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 259124 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:26:11 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1128964

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Livestock: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) take steps through the Agriculture Bill to increase animal health standards and (b) make an assessment of the merits of a resilient approach to disease management to reduce productivity losses and subsequent food shortages.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	259124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is highly supportive of a resilient and preventative approach to livestock disease which supports higher productivity in farming and enables wider benefits. The approach was endorsed in responses to our consultation paper <em>Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit</em>. The potential was set out, for example, in ‘<em>Study to Model the Impact of Controlling Endemic Cattle Diseases and Conditions on National Cattle Productivity, Agricultural Performance and Greenhouse Gas Emissions’</em>.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>We are now working with industry and veterinary representatives to develop practical plans to further this approach and the Agriculture Bill is drafted to give the Secretary of State powers to make payments to protect and improve the health of livestock and to collect and share data relating to livestock health and traceability.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 259123 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:26:11 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1129136

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2019 to Question 254199 on Buildings: Insulation, whether his Department has invited representatives of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee to witness the BS 8414 test of a High Pressure Laminate cladding system that is due to be carried out by the Fire Protection Association.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	259246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>No, members of the Select Committee have not been invited to witness this tests. A detailed report of the test will, as before, be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/06/2019 09:32:09 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1129703

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2019 to Question 247041 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, if he will publish the value for money analysis undertaken in relation to franchise competitions.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	259987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Rolling stock procurement is usually undertaken by train operators. Value for money assessments undertaken on individual bids for franchises are commercially confidential. The Department does not comment on live competitions.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2019 08:51:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1129704

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2019 to Question 247043, who has statutory or regulatory power in relation to rolling stock procurement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	259988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not have any statutory or regulatory powers in respect of rolling stock procurement. Procurement is undertaken through fair and open competition, usually by train operators as part of their franchise commitments.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2019 08:44:37 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1129705

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2019 to Question 247045, how he will ensure that the Rail Sector Deal promotes procurement practices that are supportive an innovative, highly skilled, and productive British rail supply chain and ensure value for money.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	259989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Government and industry are promoting improved procurement practices through the Sustainable Supply Chain pillar of the Rail Sector Deal.</p><p> </p><p>Improved practices may include more effective use of early contractor engagement, simplified tendering processes, and procurement balanced scorecards examining whole-life costs and benefits. Such practices may be used more widely by public and also private sector organisations, therefore enabling tier one suppliers and others to support their own supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>The Railway Industry Association (RIA) is currently taking forward work on this element of the sector deal on behalf of the rail industry. Rail companies that would like to contribute should contact either RIA or the Rail Supply Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2019 08:40:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1129801

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise
	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 strategic importance of rail services on the West Coast mainline to the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	260024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Rail services on the West Coast mainline have contributed to economic growth up and down the country and the line is now faster and busier than ever. The introduction of HS2 services will free up capacity across the West Coast mainline to ensure that this growth continues.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2019 08:56:56 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1129846

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Redrow Homes: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints his Department has received on Redrow Housing developments in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	259834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and residential freeholders and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. The Department does not collect data on complaints it receives relating to specific developers or management companies.</p><p>In the Government’s response to its consultation <em>Strengthening redress in housing </em>we committed to creating a new Housing Complaints Resolution Service to act as a single point of access to redress for housing consumers. In October 2018 we announced a New Homes Ombudsman for buyers of new build homes, and our intention to bring forward legislation to close the gaps in redress services for consumers including to require all private landlords to sign up to a redress scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 259835 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:28:21 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas