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934950

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Members
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has imposed a requirement upon constituents to give their consent before matters taken up on their behalf by hon. Members are dealt with; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	161101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office handles information collected and processed as part of the borders and immigration system in accordance with the Home Office’s Personal Information Charter. This can be found on the HO at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about/personal-information-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about/personal-information-charter</a></p><p>Our requirements have not changed. We recognise the need to provide MPs with information in order that they can effectively represent their constituents. In doing this in line with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulations then, as before, we must be satisfied that the MP has authority to act for the individual whose information has been requested prior to releasing that information</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/07/2018 15:23:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

873693

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated net cost to the public purse in England is of gun licensing and certification.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	134807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring an efficient and effective firearms licensing system and to achieving full cost recovery for the police and Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>Fees for firearm and shotgun licences issued by the police were last increased in 2015 and were calculated with a view to enabling police forces to achieve full cost recovery. These fees are currently being reviewed to assess any changes in police costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office administers applications for firearms licences made by museums with gun collections, approved shooting clubs, and dealers wishing to possess prohibited firearms. The Policing and Crime Act 2017 created a power to charge new fees for these licences. We sought views on proposals for new fees in a public consultation in 2017. Alongside the consultation, we published an impact assessment, which set out the estimated net costs of the system. We received around 5,000 responses to the consultation, which we have considered carefully. We undertook to review the proposed level of fees before they were finalised and officials are currently in discussion with groups representing licensed firearms holders. A Government response will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 134808 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:32:15 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

873694

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on ensuring that the costs to the public purse of gun licensing and certification are covered by the fees charged to the public for those licenses and certificates.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	134808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring an efficient and effective firearms licensing system and to achieving full cost recovery for the police and Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>Fees for firearm and shotgun licences issued by the police were last increased in 2015 and were calculated with a view to enabling police forces to achieve full cost recovery. These fees are currently being reviewed to assess any changes in police costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office administers applications for firearms licences made by museums with gun collections, approved shooting clubs, and dealers wishing to possess prohibited firearms. The Policing and Crime Act 2017 created a power to charge new fees for these licences. We sought views on proposals for new fees in a public consultation in 2017. Alongside the consultation, we published an impact assessment, which set out the estimated net costs of the system. We received around 5,000 responses to the consultation, which we have considered carefully. We undertook to review the proposed level of fees before they were finalised and officials are currently in discussion with groups representing licensed firearms holders. A Government response will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 134807 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:32:15 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

760720

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refusals of indefinite leave to remain were overturned on appeal between March 2016 and March 2017; how many of these appeals were not challenged by her Department; how many of those cases have been processed; and how many of those cases have been processed where her Department offered no challenge.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	105140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>The information on appeals is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost through the examination of individual case files.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on appeals that have been determined by HM Courts and Tribunals Service are published quarterly. The most recent edition (Tribunals and gender recognitions certificates statistics quarterly: January to March 2017 and 2016 to 2017) is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognitions-certificates-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017-and-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognitions-certificates-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017-and-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/10/2017 09:10:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

692659

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to introduce new rules which will not require reassessments for employment and support allowance for people with severe life-long conditions; and if he will publish the criteria by which severe life-long conditions are defined as such for the purposes of exemption from those assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	64797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>This change will come into effect in Autumn 2017 and will apply to those placed in Employment and Support Allowance’s Support Group and the Universal Credit equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working with stakeholders to develop the new criteria and, when finalised, the amended guidance will be incorporated in to the next update to the Work Capability Assessment Handbook published on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/02/2017 12:53:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

838503

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what account will be taken in the review of PIP entitlements where a person becomes entitled to the upper rate care component and has a living carer and who has previously paid the spare room subsidy to refund that subsidy.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	127323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The review of Personal Independence Payment entitlement has no impact on the Removal of the Spare Room Subsidy where a person has a carer resident in their accommodation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/02/2018 12:15:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

829786

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the surface of the improved road connection between Sheffield and Manchester as proposed by Transport for the North will be constructed using all weather materials.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	124572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Trans-Pennine Tunnel Study will, as part of its brief, consider the potential standard of the road link (motorway, expressway, all-purpose road). The Study is at an early stage, and matters of detailed design have not been fully developed. However, any design will be expected to take account of the climatic conditions prevailing in the Peak District.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/01/2018 09:38:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

839201

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential financial merits of including in the Hope Valley improvement scheme an increase in express trains from Sheffield to Manchester from 2 to 4 trains an hour.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	127758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s value for money assessment includes assumptions about the financial merits of increasing the number of fast trains on this route. This assessment will need to be refreshed as part of taking forward further work on this scheme. Decisions about future franchise changes will be assessed on their merits as part of this further work.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/02/2018 17:12:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

839202

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Hope Valley Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the Hope Valley line improvement scheme on economic growth in the area.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	127759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>On 13 February 2018, the Secretary of State announced his decision to provide Network Rail Infrastructure Limited with the legal powers to construct, operate and maintain new passing facilities and associated railway infrastructure on the Hope Valley route between Bamford and Hathersage and at Dore. The Department’s value for money assessment guidance includes guidance for the assessment of benefits to the economy.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/02/2018 17:09:09 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

839195

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Hope Valley Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the publication of the results of the 2016 public enquiry into the Hope Valley line improvements.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	127753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The decision to provide Network Rail Infrastructure Limited with the legal powers to construct, operate and maintain new passing facilities and associated railway infrastructure on the Hope Valley route between Bamford and Hathersage and at Dore was issued on 13 February 2018. A copy of the decision letter and the Inspector’s report, following the public Inquiry, can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/twa-inspector-reports-and-decision-letters" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/twa-inspector-reports-and-decision-letters</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/02/2018 10:48:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts