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825376

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect on road users of the Severn Bridges being taken into public ownership.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	903380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Road users will have noticed no difference following the switch of operation from Severn River Crossings PLC to public ownership and Highways England management on 8 January 2018, except for the reduction in cost. VAT has already been scrapped and there will be no charges at all by the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/01/2018 13:27:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

825377

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Kettering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If the Rail Minister will meet the Kettering Rail Users Group.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	903384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>I would be delighted to meet representatives from the Kettering rail users group, and my hon. Friend.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 18/01/2018 13:07:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

825378

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential benefits of High Speed Two for the Midlands and the north.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	903387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>HS2 will help transform the UK economy, directly creating 25,000 new jobs - 70 percent of which will be outside of London. It will directly link 8 of the UK’s 10 largest cities and provide a step change in the country’s railway capacity. The Government regularly assesses the benefits of HS2 through the economic and strategic business cases.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/01/2018 13:32:44 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

822812

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will change the rules for the audio recording of medical assessments for employment and support allowance, personal independence payments, and universal credit to allow claimants to record assessments on digital devices.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	122495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Parliamentary questions have been previously asked on this topic including PQ 117493 and PQ 115569. Provided they give advance notice, claimants of Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit can ask for their medical assessment to be recorded and the equipment will be supplied by the provider. Claimants may also use their own equipment to audio record their face-to-face consultation provided they meet certain conditions required by DWP. To protect the individual and the healthcare professional, two copies of the recording must be created, one for the individual and one for the provider. As a complete and accurate copy of the audio recording must be provided at the end of the consultation, at the moment the only acceptable formats for recording assessments are CD and audio cassette. However we are considering how we might make the recording of assessments more easily available.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/01/2018 15:54:25 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

822813

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Manufacturing Industries: Easington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the company INEOS on the suitability of Easington constituency as a location for (a) advanced manufacturing and (b) the automotive industry.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	122496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>As part of our industrial strategy, the Department maintains close dialogue with key businesses including INEOS about investment and other issues. Decisions on the location for specific potential investments are a commercial matter for the companies concerned.</p><p>Our Industrial Strategy White paper sets out how we are building a Britain fit for the future, how we will help businesses create better, higher-paying jobs in every part of the United Kingdom with investment in the skills, industries and infrastructure of the future.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/01/2018 16:50:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

822815

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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: Email
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide an email address for the submission of personal independence payments claim forms and medical evidence.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	122498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to his previous question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-01-08/121453/" target="_blank">UIN 121453</a> .</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 18/01/2018 15:50:00 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

822832

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Redundancy Pay
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 assessment he has made of the extent of the practice of insolvent companies failing to pay redundancy payments to staff they have dismissed.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	122515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has made the relevant statutory payments from the National Insurance Fund under the provisions of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to the former employees of insolvent employers, as listed below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>In the year 2016 – 2017 </strong></p><p>Number of claims from employees received: 63,589</p><p>Number of insolvent cases: 6,994</p><p>Total amount paid: £250,846,496</p><p>Of which were:</p><p>Redundancy, arrears of pay and holiday pay: £179,898,774</p><p>Compensatory Notice Pay: £46,955,219</p><p>Protective Awards: £20,333,935</p><p>Pension payments: £3,933,676</p><p> </p><p><strong>For the year to date </strong>(up until end of December 2017)</p><p>Number of claims from employees received: 45,784</p><p>Number of insolvent cases: 4,940</p><p>Total amount paid: £187,577,458</p><p>Of which were:</p><p>Redundancy, arrears of pay and holiday pay: £140,026,948</p><p>Compensatory Notice Pay: £33,697,391</p><p>Protective Awards: £12,931,388</p><p>Pension payments: £2,992,746</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 18/01/2018 15:58:03 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

822833

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to tackle the loyalty penalty faced by consumers who do not switch bank providers.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	122516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that it is important to improve competition in the banking sector and ensure consumers have the information they need to make sensible decisions about their money. The Government has established competition and conduct-focussed regulators which have broad and robust powers to enforce breaches of their rules.</p><p> </p><p>On current accounts, the Government has worked with industry to deliver the Current Account Switch Service (CASS) so customers can switch where they see a better deal. Customers have switched over 4.2 million times since CASS was launched in 2013. The Government is currently supporting industry to put in place additional measures to build on and improve CASS, as part of the package of remedies proposed by the Competition and Markets Authority to improve competition in the banking sector.</p><p> </p><p>On cash savings accounts, following a 2015 study of the market, which concluded that competition in the sector was not working as effectively as it could be, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) developed a series of measures to improve the information firms make available to consumers and to make it easier for them to switch accounts. For example, the FCA trialled a ‘sunlight’ remedy to bring to light firms’ strategies towards their longstanding customers by publishing the lowest interest rates offered on easy access cash savings accounts and easy access cash ISAs on the FCA’s website. The FCA is currently evaluating the effectiveness of the ‘sunlight’ remedy trial and considering whether any other actions may be needed to achieve more effective competition.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/01/2018 17:36:12 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

822834

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities children's services departments are exempt from statutory guidance; what those exemptions are; and what steps his Department takes to monitor and review those exemptions.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	122517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>Six local authorities are currently exempt from statutory guidance. These are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Hackney;</li><li>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham;</li><li>Hartlepool;</li><li>Kensington &amp; Chelsea;</li><li>Wandsworth; and</li><li>Westminster.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>These local authorities are testing a more flexible assessment process with the aim of delivering improved outcomes and focussed interventions for children and families. Each local authority is subject to conditions including if any concerns arise about the safety of children, the flexibility may be withdrawn. These exemptions relate to the following timescales from ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ statutory guidance:</p><ul><li>45 working days for completion of social work assessments;</li><li>15 working days between the strategy discussion and the initial child protection conference; and</li><li>10 working days from the initial child protection conference to the first core group meeting if a child becomes the subject of a child protection plan.</li></ul><p>Exemption from these timescales allow for local authority innovation in service delivery and empower social workers and their managers to determine the complex balance between ‘thoroughness and depth’ and the ‘timeliness and proportionality’ of each assessment.</p><p>These trials were instigated post the 2011 Munro Review of Child Protection.</p><p>All local authorities are monitored through regular Ofsted inspection regimes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/01/2018 15:23:02 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

822836

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list the titles of all assessments undertaken by his Department relating to the impact of the UK's departure from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	122519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>As the Chancellor made clear in front of the Treasury Select Committee on Wednesday 6 December, the department has undertaken a variety of analysis and continues to do so. This ongoing analysis continues to inform our negotiation position with the EU.</p><p>The government has committed to keep Parliament informed provided that doing so would not risk damaging our negotiating position.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 18/01/2018 17:34:50 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt