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1147536

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	5G: Brecon and Radnorshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date she plans to start the roll-out of 5G in Brecon and Radnorshire constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
	tabling member printed	Jane Dodds
	uin	293005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to becoming a world leader in 5G, and to provide access to a 5G signal for the majority of the population by 2027. The Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review set out the Government’s plan to create the right conditions for the deployment of 5G across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that the vast majority of commercial rollout of 5G services will be delivered by industry, according to their own timeframes. All four Mobile Network Operators have confirmed plans to launch 5G services this year and will extend coverage to 50 towns and cities by the end of 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Government is committed to ensuring that world-class connectivity is provided across the UK, wherever people live, work and travel. Good 4G mobile coverage will be central in laying the foundation for 5G rollout across the entire country.</p><p> </p><p>Government is also taking action to build the business case for 5G by investing in a nationally coordinated testbed and trials programme. As part of this programme Government is testing 5G use cases across a range of sectors including in rural settings.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 07/10/2019 12:45:33 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	4718 label Biography information for Jane Dodds

1147966

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	A14: Freight
	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 1 October 2019 to Question 291480 on A14: Freight, whether Highways England has carried out a formal assessment of disruptions to freight traffic on any of the UK's strategic freight routes.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	293733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Highways England assesses the performance of, and constraints on, the Strategic Road Network for all road users in order to compile its route strategies, which help inform decisions on future investment. The most recent strategies were published in 2017. Highways England deals with incidents on the network every day and has robust contingency plans in place to minimise disruption.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 07/10/2019 12:17:25 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1146713

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	A34: Accidents
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many accidents involving death or serious injury have occurred in each of the last five years for which figures are available on the A34 section of the junction with the M40 to its southern end; and in how many such accidents heavy goods vehicles were involved.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL17855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The number of fatal and serious accidents occurring on the A34 section of the junction with the M40 for the last five years for which figures are available is given in the table below. There is no geographical definition of the southern end, so the whole junction and the 100m section of the A34 leading to the junction have been included.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Number of fatal or serious reported road accidents on the A34 section of the junction with the M40<sup>1</sup>, 2014 to 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Source: DfT Stats19</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>1. Includes the 100m section of the A34 leading to the junction.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The serious accident which occurred at this junction in 2014 involved a car and a goods vehicle of unknown weight.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 07/10/2019 16:34:49 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1145709

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Aberthaw Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date for Aberthaw GT Power Station is.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	290730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned. Following consultation in November 2016 the Government confirmed its commitment to put an end to unabated coal power generation in GB from 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 290728 290731 290732 290733 290734 290736 290737 290738 290739 290740 290741 290743 question first answered 07/10/2019 16:28:43 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1147523

	registered interest
	date	01/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department will take to ensure the timely publication of (a) GCSE and (b) other test results by multi-academy-trust run schools.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	293003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Results for academies in multi-academy trusts (MATs) are published in the same way as other schools via the school and college performance tables. Results can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Key stage 4 results – which include GCSEs – will be published in October 2019 (provisional) and January 2020 (revised). Key stage 2 results will be published in December 2019, and 16-18 in October 2019 (provisional), January 2020 (revised) and March 2020 (additional measures).</p><p> </p><p>The Department also publishes MAT performance measures alongside school-level performance measures. MATs must have at least three schools that have been with the MAT for at least three years to be included in the measures. Key stage 2 MAT measures will be published in December 2019, KS4 in January 2020, and 16-18 in March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 15:33:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1147719

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Finance
	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 review the 3000 pupil threshold for academy capital funding; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	293702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Schools and those responsible for school buildings receive condition funding through different routes depending on their size and type. All schools receive funding to spend on their capital priorities through an annual Devolved Formula Capital allocation. In addition, local authorities and larger multi-academy trusts (MATs) receive a School Condition Allocation (SCA) to invest in their priorities across the schools for which they are responsible. MATs are eligible for SCA if they have five or more academies and at least 3,000 pupils. The Department also offers an allocation to academy chains (groups of more than one trust) where they meet the size criteria as a group and have opted in. Smaller or stand-alone academy trusts and sixth form colleges can bid for funding to the Condition Improvement Fund (CIF). The funding available through CIF and SCA is calculated on the same basis per pupil.</p><p>For financial year 2020-21, condition allocations, the eligibility threshold for SCA will remain the same. The Department keeps funding policy under review, and we are undertaking a new school Condition Data Collection (CDC), due to complete later this year. The CDC will provide a high-level assessment of the condition of state funded schools in England and will help inform future capital funding policy.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 07/10/2019 16:29:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1146516

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Action Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria must reports submitted to Action Fraud meet in order to be investigated.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	291218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>291218: All reports submitted to Action Fraud are subject to risk assessments, which take into account the following:</p><ul><li>Vulnerability of the victim(s)</li><li>Priority crime types i.e. those assessed as the highest harm across multiple categories</li><li>Financial harm of individual or linked cases</li><li>Lines of inquiry for investigations on suspect information or identifiers, i.e. account information, email addresses, telephone numbers, websites</li><li>Crime or not under Home Office Counting Rules</li><li>Other risk indicators through an assessment of key words which vary over time</li><li>Links with other reports of similar offences</li></ul><p><strong>291223:</strong> Action Fraud is working in conjunction with Victim Support in London to identify vulnerable victims and provide them with additional advice and support to stop them becoming repeat victims.</p><ul><li>All forces receive details of victims in their area each week, which enables them to deliver victim support and provide advice and guidance on crime prevention</li><li>Particularly high risk reports with victim care needs are prioritised and sent to forces for further action</li><li>The National Economic Crime Victim Care Unit (NECVCU) pilot delivers victim care for victims whose cases have not been referred to a local police force for investigation, covering specific force areas: City of London Police, Metropolitan Police, Nottinghamshire, West Midlands, Kent and Greater Manchester.</li><li>NFIB Protect Alerts are issued to the public and local neighbourhood policing teams based on reporting trends and intelligence</li><li>NFIB disrupts websites, emails and telephone numbers reportedly engaged in fraud to prevent further offending</li></ul><p>NFIB’s Project Recall alerts banks when reports of recent fraudulent transactions are made, which often results in payments being stopped or returned to the victim.</p><p>Action Fraud is the national reporting point for fraud and cyber crime. Since April 2013, it has taken reports of these crimes on behalf of all police forces in England and Wales. Once Action Fraud has received a crime report, that information is considered by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). Where there is enough evidence available and a viable lead, actionable intelligence packages are created and sent to the appropriate police force to consider whether enforcement activity should take place. Neither Action Fraud nor the NFIB are investigatory agencies. It is still for local forces to consider enforcement activity. Both Action Fraud and the NFIB are run by the City of London Police, which is the national lead force for fraud.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 291223 question first answered 07/10/2019 17:03:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1145732

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Action Fraud: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what due diligence her Department has taken to ensure that the funding provided for the Action Fraud contact meets the demand of the service.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	290747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the funding requirements for the Action Fraud service under regular review to ensure that resources can meet the demand from victims. However, the Home Office remains committed to improving the law enforcement response to fraud. That is why we requested that Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) conduct a thematic inspection on fraud to ensure our response is meeting the needs of fraud victims</p><p>The City of London Police (as the National Lead Force for fraud) is currently implementing recommendations within HMICFRS’ inspection report, which was published on 2<sup>nd</sup> April.</p><p>The Home Office will monitor delivery of HMICFRS’ recommendations through its Economic Crime Delivery Board (chaired by the Permanent Secretaries of the Home Office and HMT) and Economic Crime Strategic Board (chaired by the Home Secretary and the Chancellor).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/10/2019 16:14:26 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1146977

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption
	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 introduce a statutory register of children who have not found adoptive parents within three months.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	292282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The contract to administer the statutory Adoption Register came to an end in March 2019. Since the Register stopped operating, the government has not received any feedback to suggest local authorities and adoption agencies are having difficulties in matching children because the statutory register has closed. The department continues to monitor matching of children with families and robust action will be taken if this changes.</p><p> </p><p>As we set out on 18 June, we want to improve information and systems across fostering and adoption sectors. We are exploring the feasibility of introducing a system that can bring data together to support better communication and present it in one place that is user-friendly. We are working with the sector and software providers to test the best digital infrastructure to support adoption and fostering.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 292281 question first answered 07/10/2019 06:29:59 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1147112

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption Support Fund: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for future funding of the Adoption Support Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
	tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
	uin	292067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>​We are currently finalising the department’s spending plans for 2020-21 and the Adoption Support Fund is being considered as part of this work. In March 2019, ahead of budgets being finalised, we put in place transitional funding for families whose recommended packages of support ran into 2020-21 so they could continue to access therapy for up to 9 months at a time. Funding for the Adoption Support Fund beyond 2021 will be considered as part of the full Spending Review planned in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 07/10/2019 15:21:35 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon