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806547

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Travellers: Bedfordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to oral contribution of the Minister for Housing and Planning on 24 October 2017, Official Report, column 53WH, what the timetable is for the consultation on the use of powers to move unauthorised encampments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
	uin	119623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As I stated in the House on 9 October 2017 (Official Report, Column 77), we will issue a consultation on the effectiveness of powers to deal with unauthorised development and encampments. We are finalising the document with the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, and we will publish the consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/12/2017 16:20:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806556

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Thameslink Line: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support Thameslink Railways in its management of capacity on trains between Bedford and St Pancras as a result of East Midland trains not stopping at (a) Luton and (b) Bedford from May 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
	uin	119632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As a result of East Midlands Trains being unable to stop at Bedford or Luton at peak times, the Department expects approximately 1500 passengers from Bedford and 500 passengers from Luton to transfer to Thameslink services to London each day, from May 2018. However, passengers on this route will benefit from capacity improvements as a result of the Thameslink Programme which mean that GTR will provide around 2000 additional seats from Bedford and nearly 3000 extra seats from Luton, off-setting the extra demand.</p><p> </p><p>In order to continue to provide some faster services between Bedford, Luton and London, GTR will remove some intermediate stops from a total of 4 trains in the morning and 6 trains in the evening. However, the improvements to capacity across the peak periods mean that GTR will still be able to provide more seats at intermediate stations than it does today.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 119633 question first answered 21/12/2017 09:41:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806557

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Thameslink Line: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department made of the effect on capacity of the Thameslink line between Bedford and St Pancras of East Midland line trains not stopping at (a) Bedford and (b) Luton from May 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
	uin	119633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As a result of East Midlands Trains being unable to stop at Bedford or Luton at peak times, the Department expects approximately 1500 passengers from Bedford and 500 passengers from Luton to transfer to Thameslink services to London each day, from May 2018. However, passengers on this route will benefit from capacity improvements as a result of the Thameslink Programme which mean that GTR will provide around 2000 additional seats from Bedford and nearly 3000 extra seats from Luton, off-setting the extra demand.</p><p> </p><p>In order to continue to provide some faster services between Bedford, Luton and London, GTR will remove some intermediate stops from a total of 4 trains in the morning and 6 trains in the evening. However, the improvements to capacity across the peak periods mean that GTR will still be able to provide more seats at intermediate stations than it does today.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 119632 question first answered 21/12/2017 09:41:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806559

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Thameslink Line: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level overcrowding on Thameslink trains between Bedford and St Pancras during peak times.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
	uin	119635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistical information on levels of overcrowding on an annual basis. These statistics represent overcrowding levels during a typical autumn weekday peak and are available by train operator for central London stations and major cities in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average passengers in excess of capacity (PiXC) for Thameslink services arriving and departing St. Pancras International in autumn 2016, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Passengers in excess of capacity (PiXC) for Thameslink services at St. Pancras International; autumn 2016</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>AM peak arrivals (07:00-09:59)</p></td><td><p>PM peak departures (16:00-18:59)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.3%</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Passengers in excess of capacity, or PiXC, shows the percentage of standard class passengers above a service’s capacity at its busiest point. For example, a train with a capacity of 90 carrying 100 standard class passengers has 10 passengers in excess of capacity, and its PiXC percentage is 10% (that is, 10 passengers out of 100 are over the train’s capacity).</p><p> </p><p>Further disaggregation of this data i.e. for particular services or routes are not published as they are deemed to be commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/12/2017 10:47:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806560

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Flitwick Station: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the feasibility of improving disabled access to platforms at Flitwick station; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
	uin	119636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to improving station accessibility and have continued with the Access for All programme which has delivered more than 160 accessible routes at stations. We will be making further funding available in the next Rail Control Period (2019-24) and will confirm the way in which we will deliver this as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>For schemes such as Flitwick to be considered for this future funding it will need strong support from the industry. A proportion of third party funding would also help to weight the station’s business case.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/12/2017 09:47:44 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806561

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Midlands Trains: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers travelled to London from Bedford during peak hours on East Midlands trains in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
	uin	119637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>There is no published information on the number of passengers travelling between Bedford and London.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/12/2017 11:26:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806562

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Thameslink Line: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average spare capacity was on Thameslink trains from Bedford to St Pancras during peak hours in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
	uin	119638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>There is no published information on the average spare capacity on Thameslink trains between Bedford and London St Pancras.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/12/2017 09:44:31 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806549

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his EU counterparts to support anti-corruption programmes in Ukraine.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
	uin	119625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK and our EU counterparts are supporting a range of anti-corruption programmes in Ukraine. The UK, through the Good Governance and Conflict, Stability and Security Funds, will this financial year provide between £7.5-8 million in funding for over 40 projects designed to improve Ukraine's governance and combat corruption.</p><p>The UK helped establish the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and we continue to provide it with both technical assistance and political support against attempts to undermine its effectiveness. The UK is also providing Ukraine with technical assistance to enable it to meet its Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area requirements, some of which are linked to increased transparency and accountability.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/12/2017 12:22:34 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806552

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Corruption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of recent steps taken by the Government of Ukraine to tackle anti-corruption; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
	uin	119628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Recent achievements have been the establishment of the ProZorro e-procurement system; the creation of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the asset e-declaration system for all those drawing a public salary. There is still much more to do and the UK has growing concerns about attempts to undermine successful reforms, including these flagship achievements.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/12/2017 12:27:05 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806553

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Ukraine: Politics and Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the Government of Ukraine's policies on (a) upholding the rule of law and (b) economic transition in that country.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
	uin	119629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK is providing both political and practical support to this, while urging the Ukrainian authorities to maintain progress. In July 2017 the UK hosted the Ukraine Reform Conference and a meeting between leading global businesses based in the UK and Ukrainian cabinet ministers. They discussed the business environment in Ukraine and the obstacles, particularly in the judicial sector, which inhibit Ukraine's ability to attract further foreign investment.</p><p>As well as this political engagement, the UK is funding a range of technical assistance projects, including support to anti-corruption institutions, the establishment of an intellectual property rights court, and help to reform the Ministry of Finance, the management of public finances and Ukraine's tax system. The UK is also supporting small and medium sized enterprises in Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/12/2017 12:28:01 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries