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1131249

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Churches: Coal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment she made of the economic effect on churches and vicarages of the ban on house coal.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	263116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The economic effect on churches and vicarages of the ban on the use of house coal has been negligible.</p><p> </p><p>Bishops’ see houses and vicarages have not used house coal for many years and the Church Commissioners are not aware of any churches that still use coal as a form of heating.</p><p>The Church of England supports the aim of the Government to improve air quality and public health; the Church has launched several initiatives to support this policy, which include planting more trees on its properties and encouraging churches to increase the biodiversity of their churchyards and green spaces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 13/06/2019 13:54:40 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1130351

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on (a) inspection and (b) regulation of semi-independent accommodation for looked-after 16 and 17 year-olds.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	261235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Ofsted is responsible for regulating and inspecting settings that provide both care and accommodation, such as children’s homes (including secure children’s homes) and fostering services, in which the majority of children in care are accommodated.</p><p> </p><p>Where it is judged to be in the child’s best interests, local authorities are also permitted to accommodate children in care and care leavers aged 16 or 17 in ‘other accommodation’. This includes a range of settings such as semi-independent units, supported accommodation, hostels, foyers and supported lodgings. These settings provide accommodation with either on-site or floating support. ‘Other accommodation’ settings can provide a useful stepping-stone for young people who are increasingly able to make decisions for themselves but are not fully ready for the challenges of maintaining an independent tenancy. As these settings provide support, rather than care, Ofsted does not regulate them.</p><p> </p><p>Where a local authority places a young person in unregulated provision, it must ensure that the accommodation is ‘suitable’. Suitable accommodation is defined in regulations, which state that, with regard to settings used to accommodate children in care the responsible authority should ensure that:</p><ul><li>the accommodation is suitable for the child in light of their needs, including their health needs;</li><li>it has satisfied itself as to the character and suitability of the landlord or other provider;</li><li>the accommodation complies with health and safety requirements relating to rented accommodation; and</li><li>it has taken into account the child’s wishes, feelings and education, training or employment needs in respect of the responsible authority, so far as reasonably practicable.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further advice on suitable accommodation is provided in the Children Act Volume 2 statutory guidance, a copy of which is available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441643/Children_Act_Guidance_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441643/Children_Act_Guidance_2015.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Where a local authority places a young person out of area in unregulated provision there are additional safeguards in place. These require the placing authority to inform the host authority of their intention to place a young person with a provider in the host authority’s area, before confirming the placement. This provides an opportunity to check whether the host authority is aware of any concerns about the setting. This requirement is designed to ensure that poor quality providers are identified and exporting local authorities stop placing children in them.</p><p> </p><p>It is a long-standing principle that the local authority that took the child into care is responsible for supporting them, whether they are placed in that authority or outside the area. This enables the local authority to take into account the full range of needs of the young person and to ensure that if meets all of those needs. Moving to a system of shared accountability could create confusion about who is responsible for providing which services and runs the risk that young people placed out of area are not properly supported by either local authority.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 261236 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:51:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1130352

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Children in Care: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that the receiving authority has shared responsibility with the home authority for looked after children and young people who are placed out of area.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	261236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Ofsted is responsible for regulating and inspecting settings that provide both care and accommodation, such as children’s homes (including secure children’s homes) and fostering services, in which the majority of children in care are accommodated.</p><p> </p><p>Where it is judged to be in the child’s best interests, local authorities are also permitted to accommodate children in care and care leavers aged 16 or 17 in ‘other accommodation’. This includes a range of settings such as semi-independent units, supported accommodation, hostels, foyers and supported lodgings. These settings provide accommodation with either on-site or floating support. ‘Other accommodation’ settings can provide a useful stepping-stone for young people who are increasingly able to make decisions for themselves but are not fully ready for the challenges of maintaining an independent tenancy. As these settings provide support, rather than care, Ofsted does not regulate them.</p><p> </p><p>Where a local authority places a young person in unregulated provision, it must ensure that the accommodation is ‘suitable’. Suitable accommodation is defined in regulations, which state that, with regard to settings used to accommodate children in care the responsible authority should ensure that:</p><ul><li>the accommodation is suitable for the child in light of their needs, including their health needs;</li><li>it has satisfied itself as to the character and suitability of the landlord or other provider;</li><li>the accommodation complies with health and safety requirements relating to rented accommodation; and</li><li>it has taken into account the child’s wishes, feelings and education, training or employment needs in respect of the responsible authority, so far as reasonably practicable.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further advice on suitable accommodation is provided in the Children Act Volume 2 statutory guidance, a copy of which is available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441643/Children_Act_Guidance_2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441643/Children_Act_Guidance_2015.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Where a local authority places a young person out of area in unregulated provision there are additional safeguards in place. These require the placing authority to inform the host authority of their intention to place a young person with a provider in the host authority’s area, before confirming the placement. This provides an opportunity to check whether the host authority is aware of any concerns about the setting. This requirement is designed to ensure that poor quality providers are identified and exporting local authorities stop placing children in them.</p><p> </p><p>It is a long-standing principle that the local authority that took the child into care is responsible for supporting them, whether they are placed in that authority or outside the area. This enables the local authority to take into account the full range of needs of the young person and to ensure that if meets all of those needs. Moving to a system of shared accountability could create confusion about who is responsible for providing which services and runs the risk that young people placed out of area are not properly supported by either local authority.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 261235 question first answered 13/06/2019 13:51:27 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1130530

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adult Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adult education providers in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	261227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The tables below show the number of providers that we allocated funds to in each of the funding years.</p><p> </p><p>Note that in 2014/15 and 2015/16, the Adult Skills budget was part of the Apprenticeship budget and allocated as such. The Adult Education Budget was created in 2016/17, separate from apprenticeships. For the years 2014/15 and 2015/16 therefore, the number of providers includes those with Adult Skills and Adult Apprenticeship allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Adult Skills Budget and Adult Apprenticeship Allocations </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Funding Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Providers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>923</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Adult Education Budget Allocations</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Funding Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Providers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>646</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/06/2019 13:36:25 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1129553

	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	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the findings of the 2019 Annual Local Authority Road Maintenance Survey, published by the Asphalt Industry Alliance in March, which reported that the roads repair backlog stands at over £9 billion, what steps they are taking to (1) resource councils to address this backlog, and (2) provide additional funding for road maintenance budgets as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL16038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is providing over £6.6 billion of capital funding between 2015 and 2021 for local highways maintenance in England, outside of London. This includes funding of over £296 million through a dedicated Pothole Action Fund and £420 million for highways maintenance as announced in the Budget 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on additional funding for local highways maintenance will be considered as part of the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 13/06/2019 13:44:45 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

1129555

	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	Bicycles: Hire Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation to give local authorities greater powers to control the establishment of bicycle hire schemes and to set standards on how such schemes should be run.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
	uin	HL16040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities already have powers to deal with hire bicycles if they are causing an obstruction or nuisance, and are also able to introduce local byelaws as appropriate. The Government will continue to monitor the impacts of bike hire schemes and to work with local authorities and scheme operators as appropriate on ways of addressing any problems that arise.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 13/06/2019 13:53:07 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1130449

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what key performance indicators his Department uses to assess the performance of Open Banking; and what recent assessment he has made of the performance of Open Banking.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	261179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The independent Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) is responsible for assessing the performance of Open Banking, and HM Treasury’s view is informed by their assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The OBIE’s latest published assessment of Open Banking performance, made in March 2019, shows that in that month the average availability of Open Banking APIs was 97%, the average response time was 798 milliseconds, and that 38.2 million successful API calls had been made, representing over 97% of the total number of calls made to APIs.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/06/2019 13:36:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1130450

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	261180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text The Government established the Cryptoassets Taskforce – comprised of HM Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England – in 2018 to explore the risks and potential benefits of cryptoassets and the underlying distributed ledger technology (DLT). The Taskforce’s final report<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> concluded that benefits associated with the use of cryptoassets may arise in the future, but that the most immediate priorities for the authorities are to mitigate the risks posed by cryptoassets to consumers and markets, and to prevent the use of cryptoassets for illicit activity. As part of this, the Government will consult on its approach to cryptoassets this year. In addition, the authorities continue to encourage the responsible development of legitimate DLT and cryptoasset-related activity in the UK.<p> </p><p>[1] Full version of the report is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752070/cryptoassets_taskforce_final_report_final_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/752070/cryptoassets_taskforce_final_report_final_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/06/2019 13:40:32 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1130467

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that people without internet access can continue to receive paper bills and statements from their banks.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	261294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the firm view that consumers must be able to easily access clear and transparent information about their accounts with banks and other financial service companies.</p><p> </p><p>UK banks’ and building societies’ treatment of their customers is governed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in its Principles for Businesses. This includes a general requirement for firms to provide a prompt, efficient and fair service to all of their customers. The FCA’s Handbook requires firms to identify particularly vulnerable customers, and to deal with such customers appropriately. This includes older people, the disabled, and those who do not have access to the internet. If a customer does not have access to the internet, then the FCA would expect the customer’s bank to provide or make available paper statements to them instead.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under changes to the Payment Services Regulations (PSRs) which came into force 13 January 2018 and govern the rules around payment accounts, banks are required to provide their customers with certain information, including a monthly statement (so long as there has been a transaction on the account). However, a customer’s terms and conditions must also include a condition that they can require their monthly statement to simply be ‘made available’ on a durable medium, for example through a secure website, rather than in the form of a physical statement.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/06/2019 13:44:28 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1130468

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Personation: Credit Rating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure the credit ratings of victims of identity fraud are protected.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	261141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>In 2014, the Government transferred regulatory responsibility for consumer credit from the Office of Fair Trading to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), including regulatory responsibility for Credit Reference agencies (CRAs). CRAs are a key part of the credit market and enable lenders to assess whether an individual has the ability to repay any credit that is offered.</p><p>CRAs can advise consumers to add a Notice of correction (of up to 200 words) to their credit report explaining any special circumstances. The content of the Notice should be taken into account alongside the information on the consumer’s report.</p><p>Furthermore, the Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance System (CIFAS) is an independent fraud prevention service which has developed a system used by the credit industry and other organisations to prevent fraud. If a lender believes it may have detected a fraud or attempted fraud, a CIFAS marker may be put on an individual’s credit reference file. No one should be refused credit just because of a CIFAS marker, and these markers are not included in a credit score. It is intended to warn lenders and to protect innocent consumers.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/06/2019 13:48:56 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell