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1144653

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Lancashire Constabulary
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with Lancashire Constabulary on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	286708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It is the duty of any responsible Governmnet to prepare for every eventuality including the scenario that we leave the EU without agreeing a deal.</p><p>We are working closely with operational partners - including the police - on contigency planning so we can ensure the safety and security of our citizens in all scenarios.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/09/2019 14:29:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1144654

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	286709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department is working with its partners across Government, arm’s length bodies, local authorities, industry and the wider health and care system to ensure that all relevant parties are prepared for exiting the European Union. The quality and safety of patient care is paramount in our preparedness plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, alongside NHS England and NHS Improvement, is ensuring that there is regular communication with frontline National Health Service organisations and stakeholders in the health and social care sector regarding EU Exit preparations. NHS England will be holding EU Exit Roadshows in the lead up to 31 October building on the regular communication that the Department and NHS England has with the frontline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 14:56:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1144346

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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: Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to recalculate universal credit payments to take account of recipients who are required to make 53 rent payments in a year.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	286189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Neither tenants or landlords lose a week’s rent in a 53 weekly rent payment year as has been alleged; no year contains 53 weeks. The problem is alignment between weekly and monthly cycles. Each month the UC housing element is a constant figure but claimants with weekly tenancy agreements will be required to make either four or five rent payments within this period. If the claimant always pays their rent on time, in five payment months they are effectively making payment for part of the following month. That month will always be a four rent payment month, so the combination of the advance payment and the ‘overpayment’ of housing support during that month will get the claimant back on track.</p><p>Where a landlord charges rent weekly on a Monday, because of the way the calendar falls every 5 or 6 years, they will seek 53 rent payments in a year, with the 53rd payment in part covering the tenancy for the first few days of the following year. The effect of this is that, over the course of the next housing association rental year, a tenant’s UC payments will accurately reflect their liability, irrespective of the 53 payment weeks.</p><p>There is 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 09/09/2019 12:45:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1144347

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Antisocial Behaviour: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to allocate additional funding to Lancashire constabulary to tackle anti-social behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	286190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It is important that the police and local agencies have the powers they need to tackle local issues quickly and effectively. That is why we reformed the tools and powers available to tackle Anti-Social Behaviour through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p><p>In 2019/20 Lancashire Police are receiving £285.1 million of funding, an increase of £18.4 million, on 2018/19. Funding for 2020-21 for individual forces will be announced as part of the provisional police settlement later this year. Decisions about the allocation of police resources are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable Police and Crime Commissioners, who are best placed to meet the needs of their local community.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/09/2019 16:52:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1143315

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Pensions: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to raise the pension tax allowance above the current rate of 25 per cent.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	284754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government wishes to encourage pension saving, to help ensure that people have an income, or funds on which they can draw, throughout retirement. This is why, for the majority of savers, pension contributions are tax-free. Furthermore, investment growth of assets in a pension scheme is not subject to tax. Up to 25% of the pension pot can be taken tax-free. After this, payments of pensions are subject to income tax at an individual’s marginal rate, to reflect the fact that these are a form of deferred income and have not been previously taxed.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is committed to keeping taxes low to ensure people keep more of what they earn.</p><p> </p><p>In April of this year, the Government met its commitment to raise the personal tax-free allowance to £12,500, one year early. This means the Government has now raised the personal allowance by over 90% in less than a decade. In 2019-20, over 32 million individuals will see their income tax bill reduced and 1.74 million people on the lowest incomes will have been taken out of income tax altogether since 2015-16. A typical basic rate taxpayer will pay £1,205 less income tax compared to 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken as part of the annual Budget process in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 05/09/2019 12:59:55 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1143316

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to review how Clare's Law is implemented by police forces in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	284545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Domestic abuse is a devastating crime and the Government is committed to doing everything we can to tackle it.</p><p>The Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS, also known as “Clare’s Law”) was rolled out across all 43 police forces in England and Wales in March 2014, and recent data shows that applications and disclosures made under the scheme are increasing.</p><p>In the year ending March 2018, there were a total of 5,649 disclosures made under the scheme, representing a 66% increase on the previous year. In the year ending March 2018, applications under the “Right to Know” element of the scheme increased by 47%, and “Right to Ask” applications increased by 111%.</p><p>We will continue to work with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing to ensure that the DVDS and the guidance underpinning it are being used consistently and effectively to prevent harm and to keep potential victims of domestic abuse and their families safe.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/09/2019 15:19:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1143353

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit
	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 discussions he has had with the leader of Lancashire County Council on the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	284824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>We have stepped up our preparedness significantly and are speaking regularly to councils and partners, including through a delivery board and a network of nine regional lead chief executives. Every council has designated a Brexit Lead Officer to work with central government to intensify their local preparations and, in total, we have made £77 million available to help local areas get ready for Brexit.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/09/2019 15:38:07 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1143369

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people under 21 years old have claimed housing support entitlement as part of universal credit since the ending of means testing for that component in March 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	284834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The housing costs element, in line with all other elements in Universal Credit, has always been subject to means testing for all Universal Credit claimants.</p><p>Numbers of people under 21 years claiming housing support entitlement as part of Universal Credit since March 2018 is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/09/2019 09:53:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1143548

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to help ensure that more public charging points are provided for electronic vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	285252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>We want to encourage private sector investment to build and operate a self-sustaining public network that is affordable, reliable and accessible.</p><p> </p><p>Government funding and leadership, alongside private sector investment, has supported the installation of more than 21,000 public chargepoints, 2,100 of which are rapid – creating one of the largest networks in Europe. In August the Secretary of State announced that funding for this year’s on street residential charging scheme, which offers grants to local authorities to support investment at a local level, would be doubled from £2.5 to £5 million. Highways England has also committed £15m to ensure there are chargepoints (rapid where possible) every 20 miles on 95% of the Strategic Road Network by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the £400m Chargepoint Infrastructure Investment Fund announced at the Autumn budget in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/09/2019 15:14:20 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1142074

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M65
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to work with Transport for the North to expand the M65 to Bradford and Leeds.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
	uin	282295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department announced in March 2019 that Highways England would work with Transport for the North on a study looking at options for improving road links between the M65 and north and west Yorkshire. The output of this study will inform consideration of the case for future investment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/09/2019 16:37:12 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones