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621965

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in his Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	50393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was created in July 2016; therefore no data for the department exists prior to that date.</p><p>The number and proportion of our Senior Civil Service graded posts in the department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader or (iv) policy manager, as at 30 September 2016, are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Total number of Deputy Directors</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of Deputy Directors based outside London</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage of Deputy Directors based outside London</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/10/2016 14:10:47 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

622020

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Plastics: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to provide local authorities with the appropriate facilities to enable them to recycle all kinds of plastics.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	50320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government considers that local authorities are best placed to make decisions about the management of waste under their control, taking into account local needs, the waste hierarchy and the authority’s waste management strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Working through the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), the Government is developing and delivering activities in support of the use of recycled materials in new products and activities to stimulate its demand. For example, the Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan has identified key actions that need to take place across the whole supply chain to ensure that recycling plastics packaging can be done sustainably. This includes design for recyclability, collections and sorting, reprocessing and development of sustainable end markets. In September this year, WRAP and an industry advisory group published a framework for greater consistency in recycling. Actions from this framework aim to identify opportunities to rationalise packaging formats (in particular plastic packaging) to those that are recyclable and for which there is a steady market, and to help local authorities to recycle a greater variety of plastics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 31/10/2016 10:39:29 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

622062

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Oral Statement on Airport Capacity of 25 October 2016, Official Report, column 179, whether any public transport upgrades or public infrastructure will be required to facilitate the proposed additional runway at Heathrow.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	50531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Heathrow Airport will benefit from Government’s huge committed transport investment programme which will see the delivery of Crossrail, HS2, improvements to the M4 and M25, as well as increased capacity on the Piccadilly Line.</p><p> </p><p>Heathrow Airport Limited will finance the surface access infrastructure required for airport expansion, including re-alignment of the M25, the A4 and A3044, as well as airport and terminal access roads. In addition, it will contribute to the costs of building the proposed new Western Rail Link and Southern Rail Access. This reflects the ambition to have no more people arriving at the airport by private transport than they do today.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 31/10/2016 14:29:51 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

622098

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Halton Curve Railway Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Halton Curve to open.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	50351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Following its inclusion in the Liverpool City Region Growth Deal, Merseytravel is managing the development and delivery, via Network Rail of the devolved Halton Curve scheme on behalf of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. Construction work on the scheme is expected to begin in June 2017 and be complete by Spring 2018. Merseytravel anticipate that services will commence between Liverpool and Chester at the December 2018 timetable change, following the finalisation of agreements with operators and staff training.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 31/10/2016 14:39:48 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

622101

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fly-tipping: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to work with local authorities to increase the number of successful prosecutions for fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	50374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to tackling fly-tipping as set out in the Government’s manifesto. In May this year we gave local authorities in England the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small-scale fly-tipping. These new enforcement tools provide local authorities with an alternative to prosecutions and will assist them to take a proportionate enforcement response.</p><p>This builds on other actions to tackle fly-tipping, which has included:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>Working with the Sentencing Council on its guidelines for sentencing for environmental offences.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Working in partnership through the Defra-chaired National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to prevent and tackle illegal dumping. The group has representatives from central and local Government, enforcement authorities, the waste industry and private landowners. The group works to promote and disseminate good practice in the prevention, reporting, investigation and clearance of fly-tipped waste.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Publishing a series of fly-tipping prevention guides for householders, businesses, landowners and local authorities, including Fly-tipping responsibilities: Guide for local authorities and land managers. These documents can be viewed at <a href="http://www.tacklingflytipping.com/" target="_blank">www.tacklingflytipping.com</a>.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Publishing a revised, waste Duty of Care Code of Practice that provides guidance to local authorities, regulators, the waste industry and all those that produce, keep, import, treat, have control or dispose of controlled waste on how to comply with their Duty of Care obligations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p></li></ol> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 31/10/2016 11:35:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

622187

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment she has made of whether the EU referendum result will lead to changes in any of the Government's previously-announced policies.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	50449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth) on 21 July 2016, UIN 43109</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Maidenhead answering member printed Mrs Theresa May question first answered 31/10/2016 12:24:54 answering member 8 label Biography information for Mrs Theresa May
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

620864

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Office on the Government's review of S4C.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	50290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We strongly support S4C. We work closely and collaboratively with the Welsh Government on areas of common interest - including the proposed review of S4C.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 31/10/2016 10:34:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

620867

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	S4C Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the review of S4C.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	50293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department and Ministers meet regularly with the Welsh Government on areas of common interest - including the proposed review of S4C.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 31/10/2016 10:34:47 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

620911

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funds available to the Environment Agency to carry out routine riverbank maintenance work.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	50259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We are investing £2.5 billion over six years on capital flood defences (including major flood defences) up until 2021.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Statement 2015 we confirmed that we would protect the flood asset maintenance budget (this includes funding for riverbank maintenance), in real terms, until the end of the Parliament. We also stated that we would find 10% efficiencies in maintenance by the end of the Parliament and reinvest that money in more maintenance. In the Budget 2016 we announced that we would spend an extra £40 million per year on maintenance until the end of the Parliament. These commitments mean that we are spending over £1 billion on maintenance this Parliament. This is an increase of 29% above spending on maintenance in the previous Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We have assessed that this spending achieves an optimal balance between capital and maintenance spending.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 50257 question first answered 31/10/2016 11:41:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

620912

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department makes of the appropriateness of the relative priority given to major flood defences and routine riverbank maintenance measures by the Environment Agency.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	50257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>We are investing £2.5 billion over six years on capital flood defences (including major flood defences) up until 2021.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Statement 2015 we confirmed that we would protect the flood asset maintenance budget (this includes funding for riverbank maintenance), in real terms, until the end of the Parliament. We also stated that we would find 10% efficiencies in maintenance by the end of the Parliament and reinvest that money in more maintenance. In the Budget 2016 we announced that we would spend an extra £40 million per year on maintenance until the end of the Parliament. These commitments mean that we are spending over £1 billion on maintenance this Parliament. This is an increase of 29% above spending on maintenance in the previous Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We have assessed that this spending achieves an optimal balance between capital and maintenance spending.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 50259 question first answered 31/10/2016 11:41:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy