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852518

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Snow and Ice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to prepare transport infrastructure for severe winter weather.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
uin	904124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Significant efforts have been made this year across the transport sectors, including road, rail and air, to boost resilience and preparedness.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work closely with all key transport operators, the local government sector, salt suppliers and other key partners to ensure that disruption to our transport network are kept to a minimum.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 01/03/2018 11:51:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

852519

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether his Department plans to respond to the Peninsula Rail Task Force report and set out a rail strategy for the South West.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Johnny Mercer
uin	904121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>I wrote to the Chair of the Peninsula Rail Task Force this week setting out the Governments response to the Task Force report.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 01/03/2018 12:04:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer

850557

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	Roads: City of Westminster
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether, following several recent closures of Abingdon Street to through-traffic for vehicles, he has any plans to initiate discussions with the Mayor of London, Transport for London, Westminster City Council and other stakeholders to propose its permanent closure to vehicle traffic.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The House of Lords Commission has agreed to support work led jointly by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Westminster City Council (WCC) to consider the feasibility of improvements to the Streetscape around the Palace of Westminster. This work is at very early stages and the GLA and WCC would conduct a public consultation before any detailed design is commenced.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 01/03/2018 15:28:26 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

850883

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Borders: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions the Government has had with the Irish Government on preventing a hard border in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	130102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Northern Ireland Ministers and Government colleagues have regular conversations with the Irish Government on a range of issues, including our commitment to the avoidance of a hard border.</p><p> </p><p>In the Joint Report published in December 2017, we reached a balanced set of commitments that reiterate both our commitment to avoid a hard land border, including any physical infrastructure or related checks and controls, and our clear position on preserving the constitutional and economic integrity of the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/03/2018 11:24:56 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

849955

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Health Professions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made whether all medical professionals should be included on the shortage occupation list; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	129523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) advises the Government on changes to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL). The MAC has determined that a number of medical professionals, including all nurses, paramedics and various doctors, including posts in emergency medicine, clinical radiology and old age psychiatry, are in national shortage and they appear on the published SOL in Appendix K of the Immigration Rules.</p><p>The SOL sits under Tier 2, our main immigration route for non-EEA workers. Applications for jobs on the SOL receive the highest priority – and the highest number of points – when allocating a Tier 2 (General) place.</p><p>The SOL is kept under regular review, with the most recent changes made to it last April.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/03/2018 16:15:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

849959

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much of the funding from his Department to underwrite the costs of Carillion’s receiver has been spent to date; and what costs have been covered by that funding.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	129527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has been provided with £150m of funding to underwrite the Official Receiver in respect of Carillion in liquidation in the current financial year. A supplementary estimate was presented to the House for this provision on 7th February 2018.</p><p>The Official Receiver will be looking to raise funds from recovering trade debts owed to Carillion, settlement of claims owed to Carillion and from the sale of assets. These will be applied in line with statutory duties of the Official Receiver and used to offset funding</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/03/2018 10:36:17 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

849961

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect on value for the taxpayer of a small number of large companies dominating the market for tendered government contracts.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	129529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government awards contracts through fair and open competition, in line with principles of equal treatment, transparency and non-discrimination. To encourage competition and more access by SMEs to government contracts, we now require public buyers to divide contracts into more accessible lots (or explain why not) so that tender requirements can be matched to smaller businesses’ specialisms.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/03/2018 10:40:41 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

849965

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks and Tobacco: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the tax gap was on (a) beer, (b) wine, (c) spirits and (d) tobacco in the financial tax years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 and (iv) 2016-2017; and what steps he is taking to tackle those tax gaps.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	129533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The tax gap for (a) beer, (b) wine, (c) spirits in the financial tax years (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, (iii) 2015-16 is available in Chapter 3 of ‘Measuring Tax Gaps 2017’ at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655097/HMRC-measuring-tax-gaps-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655097/HMRC-measuring-tax-gaps-2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates for the alcohol tax gaps for 2016-17 will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The tax gap was for tobacco tax all financial years including 2016-17 is available in ‘Tobacco tax gap estimates 2016-17’, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tobacco-tax-gap-estimates</a>.</p><p> </p><p>There are two strategies in place to tackle these tax gaps: one for alcohol, and one for tobacco.</p><p> </p><p>The HM Revenue and Customs Alcohol Strategy is available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmrc-alcohol-strategy. This is designed to tackle all forms of fraud throughout the supply chain, working with other enforcement agencies and industry. Measures to tackle alcohol duty fraud include:</p><ul><li>Full implementation of Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme on 1 April 2017. This requires businesses to meet rigorous standards to receive approval from HMRC in order to trade. Where standards are not met approval may be refused or revoked.</li><li>The Joint Alcohol Anti-fraud Taskforce, which brings together the alcohol industry and law enforcement agencies</li><li>Sharing HMRC data with alcohol producers to restrict access by fraudsters to UK-sensitive brands, and the introduction of a ‘due diligence’ condition requiring traders to consider the risk of excise duty evasion in their supply chains.</li></ul><p> </p><p>For tobacco<em>,</em> HMRC’s strategy is detailed in “Tackling illicit tobacco: From leaf to light”, a joint publication with Border Force, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418732/Tackling_illicit_tobacco_-_From_leaf_to_light__2015_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418732/Tackling_illicit_tobacco_-_From_leaf_to_light__2015_.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This strategy aims to:</p><p>• Create a hostile global environment for tobacco fraud through intelligence sharing and policy change.</p><p>• Tackle the fraud at all points in the supply chain from production to retail.</p><p>• Change perceptions - Raising public awareness of the links between illicit tobacco and organised criminality to reduce tolerance of the fraud in the UK.</p><p>Optimise the use of the sanctions available and, where necessary, develop tougher ones.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/03/2018 17:02:01 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

849967

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 126941, on Social Security Benefits: Correspondence, if the Government will take steps to address the disparity whereby Capita may use second class post to send a seven-day notification of an assessment to a claimant while Maximus and Atos-operated bodies do not use second class.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	129535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>It is departmental policy that claimants are given sufficient notice of any appointment to attend for an assessment. DWP do not specify what class of postage Assessment Providers must use. Every case returned by Capita where the claimant has not attended the PIP assessment is checked to ensure that they have had the full 7 days notice, ensuring that no one is penalised where this has not been the case.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/03/2018 10:46:25 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

849968

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in (a) Dwyfor Meirionnydd, (b) Wales and (c) the UK will not receive the new state pension as a result of failing to meet the National Insurance Contributions threshold.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	129536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The new State Pension (nSP) was introduced for people reaching State Pension age from 6<sup>th</sup> April 2016 onwards. To qualify, people usually need to have a minimum of ten years on their National Insurance record when they reach State Pension age. Our latest data on the number of qualifying years people have are for the 2015/16 financial year, so we do not yet have any data on the numbers of people reaching State Pension age under the new State Pension with less than 10 years of National Insurance contributions.</p><p> </p><p>Our analysis published in January 2016 forecast that around 2% of women in Great Britain reaching State Pension age by 2020 would have less than 10 qualifying years. Subject to qualification, Pension Credit may be available for people who are not eligible for the new State Pension.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/03/2018 14:20:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts