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808794

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	Energy Company Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide assistance for those currently off-grid to receive the Energy Company Obligation.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	119903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Households off the gas grid already receive assistance under the Energy Company Obligation and there are incentives within the scheme to deliver measures to off-gas grid homes.</p><p>Early next year we intend to consult on proposals for the future Energy Company Obligation which are expected to run from October 2018 to March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/12/2017 16:41:36 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

808869

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to encourage banks to provide rural communities with access to ATM.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	119978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK, and will continue to work with industry to ensure that this access continues. Since 1998, the number of free to use ATMs has more than doubled, from 24,600 to over 53,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to reduce interchange fees in isolation, or in combination with bank branch closures. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up in 2015 with the statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing internal work on the impact that changes may have on ATM provision. Government is confident that the PSR will use its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is engaging regularly with LINK and its members, and they have assured us that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intend to bolster their Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and have recently also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM. The Government expects this additional commitment to be of particular benefit to rural areas.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 119905 120174 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:53:32 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

808961

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to exempt from making monthly National Insurance contributions people who will be under the annual threshold but who are in erratic employment and so may be on occasion over the monthly limit.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	120070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The government has no plans to move the basis of assessing National Insurance contributions (NICs) from a pay period to an annual basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) considered this and related issues thoroughly in its two reports on aligning income tax and NICs published in 2016. The Chancellor responded on 23 November 2016 that although there are potential gains from moving NICs onto an annual basis, the reform would also be a major upheaval, with consequences for the labour market and a large number of individuals and businesses. The response concluded that it was not the right time to make this major reform and this remains the government’s view.</p><p> </p><p>The OTS reports can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closer-alignment-of-income-tax-and-national-insurance-contributions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closer-alignment-of-income-tax-and-national-insurance-contributions</a> and at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ots-publishes-further-report-on-the-closer-alignment-of-it-and-nics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ots-publishes-further-report-on-the-closer-alignment-of-it-and-nics</a> . The government’s response can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571265/OTS_NICS_CX__letter.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571265/OTS_NICS_CX__letter.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 21/12/2017 11:29:02 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

808964

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of how many recipients by parliamentary constituency will receive less in financial support as a result of the replacement of childcare vouchers by tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	120073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The data available does not allow such an estimate to be made.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting working families with the cost of childcare. We are doubling the free childcare available to working parents of 3&amp;4 year olds to 30 hours a week, saving them around £5,000 a year per child. In 2019/20 we will be spending around £6bn on childcare support – a record amount.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/12/2017 13:54:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

808966

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to help mitigate the potential effect of the replacement of childcare vouchers by tax-free childcare in cases where one parent becomes unemployed.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	120075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare is intended to support parents to return to work, or work more if they choose to. Parents who are due to return to work can apply for Tax-Free Childcare up to 31 days before starting a new job.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/12/2017 12:56:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

809010

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to ensure that the increases in the number of staff recruited as a result of the Government’s cancer plan are in line with local implementation plans so as to guarantee equality of provision across the country.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	120119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>On 5 December 2017 Health Education England (HEE) published its Cancer Workforce Plan. The plan outlined how HEE working with other arm’s length bodies will lead the workforce planning process for cancer at a national and local level.</p><p> </p><p>Workforce plans are to be submitted as part of, and aligned to Operational and Sustainability Transformation Plans (STPs) by March 2018 (unless otherwise agreed). STPs bring National Health Service providers, commissioners, local authorities, and other health and care services together to propose how they, at local level, can improve the way that health and care is planned and delivered in a more person-centred and coordinated way.</p><p> </p><p>To support this process, HEE will share regional data and host a national peer-learning event in January 2018 between Cancer Alliances and local HEE teams.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/12/2017 11:43:43 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

805990

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the evidence that suggests the greater employment of disabled people is a significant drag upon the British level of productivity as stated in his oral evidence to the Treasury Select Committee on 6 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	119200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text The Chancellor is extremely proud of our record of helping over 600,000 disabled people into employment over the last four years. At the Treasury Committee, he made a broader point about workforce productivity. Both the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Office for Budget Responsibility have suggested that increasing overall employment may have had an effect on measures of productivity. The Chancellor was not suggesting – and does not believe – that increased participation by people with disabilities has had any negative impact on the economy. It has helped to increase economic growth and it is something we can be very proud of as a country. answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/12/2017 13:20:34 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

805991

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accountable Care Organisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has received representations from NHS Trusts to allow them to create accountable care organisations.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	119201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not received representations from National Health Service trusts. It is for local commissioners working with NHS England to decide who can use the draft contract. We believe it is right that local NHS leaders and clinicians have the autonomy to decide the best solutions to improve care for the patients they know best.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/12/2017 16:39:44 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew