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63976

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: 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 franchise specifications for rail passenger services on the (a) TransPennine and (b) Northern lines contained in his Department's consultation document published on 9 June 2014 will lead to a reduction in services for passengers in the North East.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	202433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The specifications for both the Northern and TransPennine Express franchises have not yet been decided. A public consultation exercise is being conducted, which will inform these specifications. The consultation can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-northern-and-transpennine-express-rail-franchises</a>. No decisions on services will be made until the consultation process has finished.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 03/07/2014 13:55:56 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

65792

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether rolling stock to be delivered to Northern Rail and TransPennine Express over the next six years will be configured to allow the option of retaining the operational role of the guard.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	203919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>A public consultation exercise is being conducted which will inform the franchise specifications. The consultation can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/320806/northern-transpennine-consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/320806/northern-transpennine-consultation.pdf</a>. No decisions have yet been made. However we expect it will be for the winning bidders of the Northern and TransPennine Express franchise competitions to decide what rolling stock to use and whether to configure this rolling stock to allow for retaining the operational role of the guard.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/07/2014 15:06:38 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1010308

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Maternity Services: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether pregnant asylum seekers with no leave to remain are charged different amounts for maternity services in different parts of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	192900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Asylum seekers and those failed asylum seekers supported by the Home Office under section 4(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 or a local authority under section 21 or Part 1 (care and support) of the Care Act 2014 (Regulation 15(d) are exempt from charge under the Charging Regulations. Charges for overseas visitors and migrants are set in accordance with national tariff and rules as laid out in the published guidance: ‘Guidance on implementing the overseas visitor charging regulations’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on the number of pregnant asylum seekers or failed asylum seekers who have been charged for maternity care for the years requested.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 192901 192902 192903 question first answered 22/11/2018 15:25:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1010309

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Maternity Services: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pregnant failed asylum seekers have been charged for maternity care between January and November 2018; and what the average amount of that charge was.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	192901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Asylum seekers and those failed asylum seekers supported by the Home Office under section 4(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 or a local authority under section 21 or Part 1 (care and support) of the Care Act 2014 (Regulation 15(d) are exempt from charge under the Charging Regulations. Charges for overseas visitors and migrants are set in accordance with national tariff and rules as laid out in the published guidance: ‘Guidance on implementing the overseas visitor charging regulations’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on the number of pregnant asylum seekers or failed asylum seekers who have been charged for maternity care for the years requested.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 192900 192902 192903 question first answered 22/11/2018 15:25:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1010310

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Maternity Services: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse of invoicing pregnant asylum seekers with no leave to remain for maternity care in 2017-2018 was.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	192902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Asylum seekers and those failed asylum seekers supported by the Home Office under section 4(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 or a local authority under section 21 or Part 1 (care and support) of the Care Act 2014 (Regulation 15(d) are exempt from charge under the Charging Regulations. Charges for overseas visitors and migrants are set in accordance with national tariff and rules as laid out in the published guidance: ‘Guidance on implementing the overseas visitor charging regulations’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on the number of pregnant asylum seekers or failed asylum seekers who have been charged for maternity care for the years requested.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 192900 192901 192903 question first answered 22/11/2018 15:25:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1010311

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Maternity Services: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the proportion was of pregnant asylum seekers who paid in full their invoices for maternity care in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	192903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Asylum seekers and those failed asylum seekers supported by the Home Office under section 4(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 or a local authority under section 21 or Part 1 (care and support) of the Care Act 2014 (Regulation 15(d) are exempt from charge under the Charging Regulations. Charges for overseas visitors and migrants are set in accordance with national tariff and rules as laid out in the published guidance: ‘Guidance on implementing the overseas visitor charging regulations’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on the number of pregnant asylum seekers or failed asylum seekers who have been charged for maternity care for the years requested.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 192900 192901 192902 question first answered 22/11/2018 15:25:23 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

58362

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of seafarer fatigue on maritime safety; and what steps his Department is taking to enforce manning levels on vessels.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	199411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch were active participants in the multi-partner HORIZON research project, an EC-funded study, which used simulators to identify the effect on seafarers of working hours and interrupted rest. The project report demonstrates conclusively the links between certain watch keeping patterns and the performance of seafarers (looking particularly at “sleepiness”).</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reducing the effects of fatigue on maritime safety and the health of seafarers. The output from HORIZON has been used to provide practical guidance to seafarers. The MCA remains involved with research on seafarer fatigue with other industry stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>MCA Surveyors routinely inspect UK ships and foreign flag ships in UK waters and verify hours of work records for compliance with the regulations, and check ships are safely manned in accordance the requirements of the International Maritime Organisation convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is leading the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control Concentrated Inspection Campaign to ensure compliance with the hours of rest requirements of watchkeepers under STCW which will run from 1 September 2014 to 30 November 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/06/2014 14:33:02 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

61810

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary Session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	200596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport gave a substantive answer to all parliamentary questions by the time of the 2014 prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/06/2014 12:29:03 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

64849

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licences were withdrawn on the basis of alcohol abuse (a) following a road traffic accident and (b) at the request of a GP or medical practitioner in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	203098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold information on the number of driving licences withdrawn on the basis of alcohol abuse following a road traffic accident.</p><p> </p><p>No driving licences have been withdrawn on the basis of alcohol abuse at the request of a General Practitioner or a medical practitioner in the last five years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/07/2014 16:50:19 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

1014363

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Air Ambulance Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that air ambulance trusts are adequately resourced.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
	uin	907857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the vital role air ambulances play in getting those with life-threatening injuries and illnesses to the expert hospital care they need.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Budget announced £10 million of capital funding support to air ambulance charities, helping to maintain these critical services for patients in need.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/11/2018 16:00:15 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie