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928701

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the exemption from MOT testing of classic vehicles which are at least 40 years old.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	156364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>EU Directive 2014/45 enabled Member States to exempt vehicles over 30 years old from periodic roadworthiness testing. Following implementation of this Directive, changes to the MOT exemption criteria for vehicles of historic interest came into force on 20 May 2018, in Great Britain. These changes were made following public consultation and publication of an impact assessment. No further formal review of the effectiveness of these changes has been conducted.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/06/2018 16:07:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

928764

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money from the public purse has been provided to (a) Medway, (b) Kent and (c) the South East for the repair of potholes and the prevention of potholes.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	156409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing Medway Local Highway Authority £10.577 million from 2015/16 to 2018/19 for local highways maintenance. This funding includes £0.619 million from the Pothole Action Fund to allow the repair of potholes or stop them forming in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing Kent Local Highway Authority £113.334 million from 2015/16 to 2018/19 for local highways maintenance. This funding includes £6.764 million from the Pothole Action Fund to allow the repair of potholes or stop them forming in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing the South East’s highway authorities £619.145 million from 2015/16 to 2018/19 for local highways maintenance. This funding includes £36.503 million from the Pothole Action Fund to allow the repair of potholes or stop them forming in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department for Transport announced in January 2017 that it is undertaking an innovative trial on the way potholes are identified and managed, working in partnership with Thurrock, York and Wiltshire councils and two private sector SMEs, Soenecs and Gaist. This trial allows high-definition cameras to be mounted to refuse collection vehicles and by deploying innovative intelligent software will identify road surface problems before they become potholes. The trial recently won an award for the best use of new technology in the highways sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also announced, in March 2018, that it is investing more than £900,000 in innovations using connected vehicles to help councils manage and plan maintenance works more efficiently. These trials will ultimately help to provide councils with data to enable them to repair potholes before they occur as well as to maintain their other assets more effectively as part of their asset management plans.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the Department for Transport is providing funding to the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) to work on technological and innovative improvements to future-proof the local road network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/06/2018 16:14:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

927720

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iran: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2018 to Question 146957, and given that payment for medicines is not exempt from US sanctions, how UK entities will be able to sell medicine into Iran when payment cannot be made from Iranian to UK banks.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	155907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>​Payments for medical supplies are not subject to US sanctions. Whether to engage in transactions with Iran, including in sectors exempted from US sanctions – such as medical supplies – remains a commercial decision for individual banks. However, this Government encourages legitimate trade with Iran and continues to engage US and European counterparts to help facilitate this.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 25/06/2018 16:55:37 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

927722

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of progress on delivering the tax-free childcare new front end project; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	155823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The childcare service is working well, following HMRC’s improvements. This is demonstrated by over 80% parent satisfaction with the service since the start of the year. As with all new digital services, HMRC are continuing to improve the customer journey in response to customer feedback.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/06/2018 16:45:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

927723

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	United Kingdom Security Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requirement the UK Security Vetting Agency has to hand over vetting material to the police; how many such applications have been received by that agency; and how many such applications have been complied with by that agency in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	155681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) has an obligation to act in accordance with Data Protection legislation.</p><p>UKSV was created on 1 January 2017, since this date there have been five applications for data to be shared with police authorities, all requests have been responded to in accordance with Data Protection Legislation.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 25/06/2018 16:22:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

927727

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons there are differences in the length of time that it takes to process indefinite leave to remain applications and applications for other forms of leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	155908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain and other forms of leave to remain are subject to a maximum waiting time, the specific time for each route is published on gov.uk. The exact time taken to decide an individual case will depend on the specific circumstances of that case.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/06/2018 16:15:25 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

927739

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to collect information on the number of people (a) failing and (b) ceasing to claim universal credit as a result of the complexity of the process.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	155690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>We do not plan to collect this information.</p><p> </p><p>However, the latest Universal Credit Full Service Claimant Survey published on 8 June 2018, found that the majority of claimants found the claim process either very or fairly easy.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/06/2018 15:25:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

927744

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to grant discretionary leave to remain in the UK to asylum seekers who have waited a year or longer at immigration detention centres .
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	155670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Almost all asylum claims are processed in the community. Those who have their claim processed in detention are those who claim only after having been detained for removal, or who are detained for public protection reasons. We may also detain failed asylum seekers for removal if they refuse to leave the UK voluntarily.</p><p>In all cases, the appropriateness of detention is considered through regular reviews and whenever there is new evidence about removability or vulnerability. Detention is kept to the shortest period necessary. It may be maintained only whilst there is a realistic prospect of removal within a reasonable period of time.</p><p>There are no plans to review the Discretionary Leave policy.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/06/2018 16:17:45 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

927750

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of resources provided to local education authorities and Ofsted to monitor schools between Ofsted inspections and (b) the effectiveness of Ofsted boards of governors.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	155726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>Schools that receive two or more successive overall Requires Improvement grades, and academies judged to require special measures which are not rebrokered to a new sponsor trust, normally receive a monitoring visit from Ofsted within 30 months following publication of the last Ofsted report. Ofsted also carries out risk assessments of schools which informs the timing of any inspection. This work is resourced from Ofsted’s overall financial settlement, agreed at Spending Review, and published in Ofsted’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The Department, through Regional School Commissioners, is responsible for oversight of academies; local authorities are responsible for oversight of maintained schools. For local authorities, the Department introduced a £50 million per year brokering and monitoring grant in November 2016, for two years. This grant has been allocated to local authorities since September 2017 to allow them to continue to monitor the performance of maintained schools, broker school improvement provision and intervene as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s board reports directly to parliament, principally through Ofsted’s published annual performance report and Education Select Committee hearings. The effectiveness of the Chair is reviewed by the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education on behalf of the Secretary of State, taking account of a range of views. As set out in Ofsted’s Corporate Governance Framework, the Chair of the Ofsted Board is responsible for assessing the performance of individual board members.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/06/2018 16:01:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

927770

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing drink-driving limits in England and Wales in line with those in Northern Ireland and Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	155932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to lower the drink drive limit and considers rigorous enforcement and serious penalties for drink drivers to be effective deterrents.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/06/2018 16:10:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker