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1131986

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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, whether he plans to assess socio-economic weighting in future rolling stock procurement.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	264353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the investment in the UK through the awarding of rolling stock contracts by franchised train operators to UK based manufacturers. Through the Rail Sector Deal government is working with industry to promote procurement practices that support an innovative, highly-skilled, and productive British rail supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>The William’s Rail Review will, however, consider rail franchising as part of the root and branch review of the railway to ensure that rail delivers benefits for passengers and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/06/2019 10:20:53 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1131993

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Noise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will update the Survey of Noise Attitudes 2017 report to include areas that have experienced a three decibel or greater change in the noise environment.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	264426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>My department has discussed the need to commission a further Survey of Noise Attitudes with the Airspace and Noise Engagement Group, which is a formal channel of communication between the department and airspace and airport noise stakeholders, and also with the Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise (ICCAN). The scope of any further study will be agreed in consultation with these bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 21/06/2019 10:58:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1131994

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Ovarian Cancer: Contraceptives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing on use of the contraceptive pill to reduce the chances of ovarian cancer.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	264404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place. Any treatment available on the National Health Service is in line with the appropriate clinical guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/06/2019 10:32:36 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1132014

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Chief Scientific Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many meetings she has held with her Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	264367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions held no meetings with the Department’s Chief Scientific Advisor between 1 March 2019 and 31 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/06/2019 13:04:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1132034

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Primary Care Networks: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has carried out a rural proofing review of the implementation of primary care networks.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
	uin	264405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>Recognising the specific circumstances faced by some rural practices, there are additional flexibilities. NHS England has explicitly allowed rurality as an exception for meeting the definition of a Primary Care Networks. As set out in the Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service (DES) (under paragraph 3.2) commissioners may waiver the 30,000 minimum population “where a PCN serves a natural community which has a low population density across a large rural and remote area”. Further information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/network-contract-des-specification-2019-20-v1.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/network-contract-des-specification-2019-20-v1.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 21/06/2019 11:16:38 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1132044

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department will use when deciding whether to extend the National School Breakfast Programme.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	264359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer The hon. Member for North Durham to the answer I gave on 4 June 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-04/259855/" target="_blank">259855</a>.</p><p>Decisions regarding funding beyond March 2020 will be taken as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 264360 264361 question first answered 21/06/2019 11:24:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1132047

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to extend the National School Breakfast Programme to cover (a) more schools and (b) more children.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	264360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer The hon. Member for North Durham to the answer I gave on 4 June 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-04/259855/" target="_blank">259855</a>.</p><p>Decisions regarding funding beyond March 2020 will be taken as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 264359 264361 question first answered 21/06/2019 11:24:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1132048

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Food Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to lower the number of children at risk of starting the school day too hungry to learn.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	264361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer The hon. Member for North Durham to the answer I gave on 4 June 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-06-04/259855/" target="_blank">259855</a>.</p><p>Decisions regarding funding beyond March 2020 will be taken as part of the upcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 264359 264360 question first answered 21/06/2019 11:24:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1132051

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Bahrain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of UK companies in developing Bahrain's oil and gas sector.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	264372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>Our assessment is that UK companies should be in an excellent position to compete for suitable projects.</p><p> </p><p>UK Export Finance stands ready to provide support.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/06/2019 09:33:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

1132054

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that universal credit claimants paying rent weekly do not face a one-week shortfall in their universal credit housing element in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	264450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>No-one will face a one-week shortfall in their Universal Credit (UC) housing element in 2020 as no year contains 53 weeks. This perceived issue of there being a one-week shortfall due to there being 53 weeks in a year arises where a landlord charges rent weekly on a Monday and, because of the way the calendar falls every 5 or 6 years, requiring 53 rent payments in a year, with the 53<sup>rd</sup> payment in part covering the tenancy for the first few days of the following year.</p><p> </p><p>Where a tenant makes a 53<sup>rd</sup> rent payment in a given year, this payment will cover some days in the subsequent year. This will mean the following month only has four payment dates and, as such, the claimant will be ‘overpaid’ for their housing and their shortfall will be recovered.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit payments are designed to mirror the world of work, with monthly payments reflecting the way many working people are paid. This model of monthly payments allows claimants to take responsibility for budgeting their own income and helps prepare them for getting back to work.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware of a separate issue with respect to the way the calculation in the Universal Credit regulations converts a weekly liability into a monthly allowance. The conversion is achieved by multiplying the weekly rent by 52 and then dividing by 12. This effectively means one day’s rent a year (two days in a leap years) are not covered by UC. We are currently considering whether this formulation around weekly rents, and potentially other weekly amounts in the UC calculation, should be amended.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 21/06/2019 11:44:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore