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224722

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) public dividend capital and (b) other non-tariff payments have been made to the Mid-Stafforshire NHS Foundation Trust in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13, (v) 2013-14 and (vi) 2014-15 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	225961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department holds records of the total capital allocated to the respective recipient bodies as a result of the transfer of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust services but does not have details of the breakdown by individual hospital site.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The capital provided to date is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,109,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,153,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£28,262,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding provided to date is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</ins></p><p> </p></td><td><p>£32,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</ins></p></td><td><p>£5,480,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£37,900,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount of public dividend capital issued to the Trust by the Department is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£214,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£21,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£21,385,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£30,397,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£64,425,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold central records of non-tariff payments made by local commissioning bodies to NHS providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work of the trust special administrators (TSAs) to secure safe and sustainable services at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust cost Monitor almost £19.5 million, including VAT, over 18 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The first phase of trust special administration cost £9 million, including expenses and VAT. During this phase there was a team of up to 30 members of staff who carried out three core tasks - to help to run the Trust, to design the future of services provided at Stafford and Cannock hospitals, and to run a large public consultation involving thousands of responses and a series of public meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The second phase cost £10.5 million, including expenses and VAT. We are informed by Monitor that this second phase included a team of up to 50 people, which was required to continue to help run the hospital and implement the TSA’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also informed by Monitor that trust special administration at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust amounted to the rounded figure of 10,900 person-days for teams working on both phases of the process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the table below, expenses incurred during the TSA process are split by the two phases of the TSA and totals are also provided. These expenses include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) accommodation;</p><p> </p><p>(b) travel (car, taxi and train);</p><p> </p><p>(c) subsistence; and</p><p> </p><p>(d) other expenses incurred; and what other costs to the TSA were incurred</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Breakdown of expenses, these exclude VAT:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>TSA1</p></td><td><p>TSA2</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accommodation</p></td><td><p>£82,242.89</p></td><td><p>£170,622.67</p></td><td><p>£252,865.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel</p></td><td><p>£144,122.38</p></td><td><p>£226,600.29</p></td><td><p>£370,722.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Subsistence</p></td><td><p>£16,171.73</p></td><td><p>£43,176.88</p></td><td><p>£59,348.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (incidentals such as printing, room hire and meeting refreshments)</p></td><td><p>£1,939.11</p></td><td><p>£3052.73</p></td><td><p>£4991.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£244,476.11</p></td><td><p>£443,452.57</p></td><td><p>£687,928.68</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 17:13:10 question first ministerially corrected 17/03/2015 16:58:22 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 49060 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

224723

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants have been employed by the Trust Special Administration (TSA) of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust since its inception; how many person-days they have worked; what (a) accommodation, (b) travel, (c) subsistence and (d) other expenses they have incurred; and what other costs to the TSA they have incurred.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	225962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department holds records of the total capital allocated to the respective recipient bodies as a result of the transfer of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust services but does not have details of the breakdown by individual hospital site.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The capital provided to date is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,109,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,153,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£28,262,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding provided to date is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</ins></p></td><td><p>£32,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</ins></p></td><td><p>£5,480,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£37,900,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount of public dividend capital issued to the Trust by the Department is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£214,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£21,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£21,385,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£30,397,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£64,425,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold central records of non-tariff payments made by local commissioning bodies to NHS providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work of the trust special administrators (TSAs) to secure safe and sustainable services at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust cost Monitor almost £19.5 million, including VAT, over 18 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The first phase of trust special administration cost £9 million, including expenses and VAT. During this phase there was a team of up to 30 members of staff who carried out three core tasks - to help to run the Trust, to design the future of services provided at Stafford and Cannock hospitals, and to run a large public consultation involving thousands of responses and a series of public meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The second phase cost £10.5 million, including expenses and VAT. We are informed by Monitor that this second phase included a team of up to 50 people, which was required to continue to help run the hospital and implement the TSA’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also informed by Monitor that trust special administration at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust amounted to the rounded figure of 10,900 person-days for teams working on both phases of the process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the table below, expenses incurred during the TSA process are split by the two phases of the TSA and totals are also provided. These expenses include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) accommodation;</p><p> </p><p>(b) travel (car, taxi and train);</p><p> </p><p>(c) subsistence; and</p><p> </p><p>(d) other expenses incurred; and what other costs to the TSA were incurred</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Breakdown of expenses, these exclude VAT:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>TSA1</p></td><td><p>TSA2</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accommodation</p></td><td><p>£82,242.89</p></td><td><p>£170,622.67</p></td><td><p>£252,865.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel</p></td><td><p>£144,122.38</p></td><td><p>£226,600.29</p></td><td><p>£370,722.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Subsistence</p></td><td><p>£16,171.73</p></td><td><p>£43,176.88</p></td><td><p>£59,348.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (incidentals such as printing, room hire and meeting refreshments)</p></td><td><p>£1,939.11</p></td><td><p>£3052.73</p></td><td><p>£4991.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£244,476.11</p></td><td><p>£443,452.57</p></td><td><p>£687,928.68</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 17:13:10 question first ministerially corrected 17/03/2015 17:12:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 49061 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

224727

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has provided to implement the recommendations of the Trust Special Administration of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust on (a) capital investment in Stafford Hospital, (b) capital investment in Royal Stoke University Hospital, (c) capital investment in Cannock Hospital, (d) capital investment in New Cross Hospital, (e) other capital investment, (f) revenue support for the University Hospitals of the North Midlands NHS Trust, (g) revenue support for the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust and (h) other revenue support.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	226012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department holds records of the total capital allocated to the respective recipient bodies as a result of the transfer of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust services but does not have details of the breakdown by individual hospital site.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The capital provided to date is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,109,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,153,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£28,262,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding provided to date is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</ins></p></td><td><p>£32,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</ins></p></td><td><p>£5,480,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£37,900,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount of public dividend capital issued to the Trust by the Department is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£214,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£21,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£21,385,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£30,397,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£64,425,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold central records of non-tariff payments made by local commissioning bodies to NHS providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work of the trust special administrators (TSAs) to secure safe and sustainable services at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust cost Monitor almost £19.5 million, including VAT, over 18 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The first phase of trust special administration cost £9 million, including expenses and VAT. During this phase there was a team of up to 30 members of staff who carried out three core tasks - to help to run the Trust, to design the future of services provided at Stafford and Cannock hospitals, and to run a large public consultation involving thousands of responses and a series of public meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The second phase cost £10.5 million, including expenses and VAT. We are informed by Monitor that this second phase included a team of up to 50 people, which was required to continue to help run the hospital and implement the TSA’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also informed by Monitor that trust special administration at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust amounted to the rounded figure of 10,900 person-days for teams working on both phases of the process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the table below, expenses incurred during the TSA process are split by the two phases of the TSA and totals are also provided. These expenses include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) accommodation;</p><p> </p><p>(b) travel (car, taxi and train);</p><p> </p><p>(c) subsistence; and</p><p> </p><p>(d) other expenses incurred; and what other costs to the TSA were incurred</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Breakdown of expenses, these exclude VAT:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>TSA1</p></td><td><p>TSA2</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accommodation</p></td><td><p>£82,242.89</p></td><td><p>£170,622.67</p></td><td><p>£252,865.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel</p></td><td><p>£144,122.38</p></td><td><p>£226,600.29</p></td><td><p>£370,722.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Subsistence</p></td><td><p>£16,171.73</p></td><td><p>£43,176.88</p></td><td><p>£59,348.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (incidentals such as printing, room hire and meeting refreshments)</p></td><td><p>£1,939.11</p></td><td><p>£3052.73</p></td><td><p>£4991.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£244,476.11</p></td><td><p>£443,452.57</p></td><td><p>£687,928.68</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 17:13:10 question first ministerially corrected 17/03/2015 16:58:03 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 49059 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

772068

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	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	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on implementing a right to buy scheme for tenants of housing association properties in England.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	108167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 3273 on 10 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/10/2017 11:28:37 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 16615 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

1024607

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	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	Cultural Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to promote cultural diplomacy.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	908182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my response during Topical questions today in the Chamber.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 908184 question first answered 13/12/2018 13:05:21 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

756825

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Business: Stafford
	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 recent steps his Department has taken to support businesses in Stafford constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	7575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>We are working hard to support businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK to ensure they can access finance and wider support to grow and the right conditions are in place for companies to invest for the long-term.</p><p>Small businesses in Stoke and Staffordshire can access support through GOV.UK and the Business Support Helpline. The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub also acts as the first port of call for local businesses seeking advice or support. Since its launch in May 2014, the Stoke and Staffordshire Growth Hub has engaged and supported 4340 businesses and it has helped 385 individuals to start up a new business.</p><p>Since November 2014, British Business Bank programmes have facilitated over £4.3m* to 87 businesses in the constituency of Stafford. This includes 54 Start-up Loans at a value of £415,957.</p><p>Stafford constituency is also part of the Midlands Engine. A key part of the Government’s strategy for fuelling growth in the region is the £250m Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), which is a result of close collaboration between the British Business Bank, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for Communities and Local Government and 10 Midlands Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). It aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands, accelerate economic growth and promote job creation. The Fund launched its first wave, £120m of Debt and Small Business funds, at the end of August.</p><p> </p><p><em>*This does not include ENABLE funding data as this is not available at a constituency level.</em></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 7578 7579 question first answered 07/09/2017 15:37:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

756826

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Business: Stafford
	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 steps his Department has taken to increase the level of access to credit for businesses in Stafford constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	7578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>We are working hard to support businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK to ensure they can access finance and wider support to grow and the right conditions are in place for companies to invest for the long-term.</p><p>Small businesses in Stoke and Staffordshire can access support through GOV.UK and the Business Support Helpline. The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub also acts as the first port of call for local businesses seeking advice or support. Since its launch in May 2014, the Stoke and Staffordshire Growth Hub has engaged and supported 4340 businesses and it has helped 385 individuals to start up a new business.</p><p>Since November 2014, British Business Bank programmes have facilitated over £4.3m* to 87 businesses in the constituency of Stafford. This includes 54 Start-up Loans at a value of £415,957.</p><p>Stafford constituency is also part of the Midlands Engine. A key part of the Government’s strategy for fuelling growth in the region is the £250m Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), which is a result of close collaboration between the British Business Bank, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for Communities and Local Government and 10 Midlands Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). It aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands, accelerate economic growth and promote job creation. The Fund launched its first wave, £120m of Debt and Small Business funds, at the end of August.</p><p> </p><p><em>*This does not include ENABLE funding data as this is not available at a constituency level.</em></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 7575 7579 question first answered 07/09/2017 15:37:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

756827

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Small Businesses: Stafford
	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 steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses in Stafford constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	7579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>We are working hard to support businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK to ensure they can access finance and wider support to grow and the right conditions are in place for companies to invest for the long-term.</p><p>Small businesses in Stoke and Staffordshire can access support through GOV.UK and the Business Support Helpline. The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub also acts as the first port of call for local businesses seeking advice or support. Since its launch in May 2014, the Stoke and Staffordshire Growth Hub has engaged and supported 4340 businesses and it has helped 385 individuals to start up a new business.</p><p>Since November 2014, British Business Bank programmes have facilitated over £4.3m* to 87 businesses in the constituency of Stafford. This includes 54 Start-up Loans at a value of £415,957.</p><p>Stafford constituency is also part of the Midlands Engine. A key part of the Government’s strategy for fuelling growth in the region is the £250m Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), which is a result of close collaboration between the British Business Bank, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for Communities and Local Government and 10 Midlands Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). It aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands, accelerate economic growth and promote job creation. The Fund launched its first wave, £120m of Debt and Small Business funds, at the end of August.</p><p> </p><p><em>*This does not include ENABLE funding data as this is not available at a constituency level.</em></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 7575 7578 question first answered 07/09/2017 15:37:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

683098

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Home Zones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the establishment of new Home Zones.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	62770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Home Zones are residential areas with streets designed for very low vehicle speeds which better suit the needs of pedestrians and cyclists. The aim is to change the way streets are used in order to improve quality of life by reducing the dominance of motor traffic. Local authorities are free to install them using powers under the Transport Act 2000 without reference to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Zones Challenge Fund, set up in April 2001 to encourage the development of home zones in England, funded 59 schemes across 56 authorities. These are listed in the table below. The Department does not hold information on how many other Home Zones are in place, or where they are located, as local authorities do not have to inform the Department when they install them.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scheme location</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>Haymarket Green</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>Cavell Road, Norwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>New England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>Cambridge Road, Lowestoft</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>Pateley Moor Crescent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>Tyne Park</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>Gresham Area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>The Triangle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>Cowpen Quay, Blyth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>Cleadon Park</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>Talbot and Brunswick</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>Oldham’s Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>Aston Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>Egerton Street Area, Chester</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>Poulton Area, Morecambe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Area, Burnley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Grafton Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>Northmoor Phase 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>Wardleworth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>Bidston Avenue</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>Ashton West End</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>Addiston Crescent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>Whitecross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>Browning Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>Dundonald &amp; Methuen Streets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>Town Farm Estate, Hailsham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>Castle Grove, Porchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>Northcourt Estate, Denton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>Saxton Road, Abingdon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Kingsbridge Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>Radcliffe Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>Nutley Lane, Reigate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>North West Bognor Regis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>Albert Avenue, Peasedown St John</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Southville</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>North Close Estate, Redruth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>Wonford Estate, Exeter</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>Morice Town</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>College Community Area, Trowbridge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westleigh Area, Warminster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>Pitts farm, Erdington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>Silkmore, Stafford Wilmot Drive, Newcastle under Lyme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford and Wrekin</p></td><td><p>West Woodside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>Fordhouses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>Duke of Edinburgh Way, Malvern</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>Normanton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Kennington Road Area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>Albany Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>Moorside Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Littlemoor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>Crosby/Frodingham, Scunthorpe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Rookery Gardens, St Mary Cray</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>Lupton Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>Deptford Green</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>Linden Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>Cavendish Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>Cranberry Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>Sutherland Square</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Department has not made any recent assessment of Home Zones. The design of streets in their care is a matter for local authorities. In recent years there has been a significant step change in attitudes to street design, with the focus increasingly on creating streets that function as places and communities. Home Zones are one tool that can help achieve these aims. We promote this approach more generally through design guidance such as the Manual for Streets.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Government provides maintenance funding to local authorities, the Department provides no specific funding for the maintenance of Home Zones. Local authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. It is for each individual authority to assess which parts of its network are in need of repair and what standards should be applied, based on their local knowledge and circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 62771 62772 62773 question first answered 06/02/2017 11:47:43 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

683096

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Home Zones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds the Government has provided to local authorities for the maintenance of Home Zones.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	62772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Home Zones are residential areas with streets designed for very low vehicle speeds which better suit the needs of pedestrians and cyclists. The aim is to change the way streets are used in order to improve quality of life by reducing the dominance of motor traffic. Local authorities are free to install them using powers under the Transport Act 2000 without reference to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Zones Challenge Fund, set up in April 2001 to encourage the development of home zones in England, funded 59 schemes across 56 authorities. These are listed in the table below. The Department does not hold information on how many other Home Zones are in place, or where they are located, as local authorities do not have to inform the Department when they install them.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scheme location</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>Haymarket Green</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>Cavell Road, Norwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>New England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>Cambridge Road, Lowestoft</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>Pateley Moor Crescent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>Tyne Park</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>Gresham Area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>The Triangle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>Cowpen Quay, Blyth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>Cleadon Park</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>Talbot and Brunswick</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>Oldham’s Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>Aston Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>Egerton Street Area, Chester</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>Poulton Area, Morecambe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Area, Burnley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Grafton Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>Northmoor Phase 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>Wardleworth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>Bidston Avenue</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>Ashton West End</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>Addiston Crescent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>Whitecross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>Browning Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>Dundonald &amp; Methuen Streets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Sussex</p></td><td><p>Town Farm Estate, Hailsham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>Castle Grove, Porchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>Northcourt Estate, Denton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>Saxton Road, Abingdon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Kingsbridge Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>Radcliffe Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>Nutley Lane, Reigate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>North West Bognor Regis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>Albert Avenue, Peasedown St John</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Southville</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>North Close Estate, Redruth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>Wonford Estate, Exeter</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>Morice Town</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>College Community Area, Trowbridge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westleigh Area, Warminster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>Pitts farm, Erdington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>Silkmore, Stafford Wilmot Drive, Newcastle under Lyme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford and Wrekin</p></td><td><p>West Woodside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>Fordhouses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>Duke of Edinburgh Way, Malvern</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>Normanton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Kennington Road Area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>Albany Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>Moorside Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Littlemoor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>Crosby/Frodingham, Scunthorpe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Rookery Gardens, St Mary Cray</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>Lupton Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>Deptford Green</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>Linden Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>Cavendish Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>Cranberry Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>Sutherland Square</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Department has not made any recent assessment of Home Zones. The design of streets in their care is a matter for local authorities. In recent years there has been a significant step change in attitudes to street design, with the focus increasingly on creating streets that function as places and communities. Home Zones are one tool that can help achieve these aims. We promote this approach more generally through design guidance such as the Manual for Streets.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Government provides maintenance funding to local authorities, the Department provides no specific funding for the maintenance of Home Zones. Local authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. It is for each individual authority to assess which parts of its network are in need of repair and what standards should be applied, based on their local knowledge and circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 62770 62771 62773 question first answered 06/02/2017 11:47:43 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy