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1020362

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Christ Church Cathedral Oxford and Christ Church College
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Right Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what is the process for the legal separation of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford and the college of Christ Church.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	199380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The institution of Christ Church was founded as both a cathedral of the Diocese of Oxford and as a college of the University in 1546. The Statutes then conferred were revised under the 1867 Christ Church (Oxford) Act and later modified by successive Commissions in 1882 and 1926, and by various Orders of Her Majesty in Council, with major revisions in 1963 and in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>An Act of Parliament or a Measure would be required to legally separate Christ Church Cathedral Oxford and the college of Christ Church. There is no move to legally separate College and Cathedral.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 10/12/2018 16:52:19 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1020364

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Christ Church College
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Right Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the employment rights of the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, are the same as those of a Dean of a stand-alone Anglican cathedral.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	199381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Christ Church Oxford is unique. The Dean of Christ Church is not subject to the same terms of service as deans of other cathedrals within the Church of England. The terms of service of the dean and the residentiary canons of the cathedral are set out in the Statues of Christ Church.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 10/12/2018 16:52:51 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1017355

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2018
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Christ Church College
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Rt. Hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, with reference to her oral contribution of 29 November, Official Report, what status the suspension of the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, from his role as Dean of the Anglican cathedral has as a result of the complaint being an internal matter for the college and neither the Church Commissioners nor the wider Church of England has any role in that process.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	197459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Christ Church Oxford is a joint foundation comprising both College and Cathedral. The post of Dean being indivisible, the different aspects of his or her duties cannot be separated. Under the statutes of Christ Church, where a complaint is referred to a Tribunal, the Senior ex-Censor may choose to suspend the Dean from his or her duties without loss of salary.</p><p>The statutes of Christ Church Oxford may be read here: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chch.ox.ac.uk%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FStatutesofChristChurchOxford.27.4.16.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7Cc460da4ba1d44ed1bf2108d6591c835f%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C636794376331365011&amp;sdata=fnFtCHdfidpqBVelc9bCx0%2FbOMF2v%2BM5V93H0gq0b9s%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/StatutesofChristChurchOxford.27.4.16.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 05/12/2018 11:38:33 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1016127

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Income Tax: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment the Government has made of the effect on the Scottish economy of the devolution of powers to set the rates and bands of income tax payable by Scottish taxpayers.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	907845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has delivered on its promise to devolve increased control over Income Tax to Scotland.</p><p>As a result, changes to the higher rate threshold announced since April 2017 do not apply to the main income of Scottish higher or additional rate taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 28/11/2018 15:33:19 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

1011526

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Christ Church College
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Right Honourable Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what support is being provided to the dean of Christ Church college Oxford in his dispute with the college and cathedral authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	194169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Christ Church is a complex institution and, uniquely in the Church of England, the Dean is also the head of an Oxford college. The complaint against the Dean is an internal matter for the college, and neither the Church Commissioners nor the wider Church of England have any role in that process. The Bishop of Oxford remains in close contact with the Dean and is monitoring the situation closely.</p><p>A statement made to the Oxford Diocesan Synod by the Bishop of Oxford can be read here: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxford.anglican.org%2Fdiocesan-synod-statement-dean-of-oxford-martyn-percy%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Csimon.stanley%40churchofengland.org%7C01ffffa8bf48458a3c9008d653abccbc%7C95e2463b3ab047b49ac1587c77ee84f0%7C0%7C0%7C636788394678291856&amp;sdata=v2C5Jpb%2FhFT4NtBXBAD1safzCWsMYDrGihGiJQklAPM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.oxford.anglican.org/diocesan-synod-statement-dean-of-oxford-martyn-percy/</a></p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 26/11/2018 16:32:22 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

964856

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Republic of Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on aviation in Northern Ireland of the abolition of Air Passenger Duty in the Republic of Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	169264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The government recognises that Northern Ireland faces unique challenges due to its geography. In order to better understand these challenges, the government ran a call for evidence on ‘VAT, Air Passenger Duty and tourism in Northern Ireland’ which closed in June. It is the government’s intention to report at Budget.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/09/2018 14:31:07 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

964857

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Air Passenger Duty: Regional Airports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the imposition of Air Passenger Duty on regional airports in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	169265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Like all taxes, Air Passenger Duty remains under review and officials regularly engage with stakeholders, including representatives from regional airports. Last year regional airports handled approximately 113 million passengers, around 40% of the UK total, and airports across the regions of the UK continue to grow.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/09/2018 14:29:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

946974

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Housing: Lifts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that buildings constructed for (a) elderly and (b) vulnerable people have more than one lift and such people are not trapped in their homes if one lift breaks down; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	167238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Building Regulations guidance in Approved Document M states that a passenger lift is the most suitable form of access for people moving from one story to another. Government is expecting to receive advice from the Building Regulations Advisory Committee on the scope of a review of this guidance in Approved Document M.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/09/2018 16:14:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

918276

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Industry: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps the Government is taking to ensure that Scotland benefits from the modern industrial strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	905620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government has been working collaboratively with the Scottish Government to implement the Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>We have announced sector deals in Life Sciences, Creative Industries, Artificial Intelligence, Automotive and Construction. I am also aware of further proposals for sector deals from the oil and gas, and food and drink sectors which have the potential to make a significant contribution in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 905623 question first answered 06/06/2018 14:10:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

910200

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a train operator has an obligation under its Disabled People’s Protection Policy to ensure that ramps which are fit for purpose are made available to facilitate the boarding or leaving of a train by wheelchair users whether assistance has been booked in advance or not.
	tabling member constituency	Henley
	tabling member printed	John Howell
	uin	147425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The provision of manual boarding ramps for access and egress to a passenger train is mandatory for regulated rail vehicles where the step/gap between the train and the platform is greater than the permitted maximums. As a condition of an operator’s licence, a train company must publish a Disabled People’s Protection Policy (DPPP), which is approved by the Office of Rail and Roads.</p><p> </p><p>The DPPP must demonstrate commitments to provide assistance to disabled passengers who need a ramp, booked in advance and not.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/06/2018 14:47:30 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell