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1023106

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Block Grant: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of recent budgetary decisions on the Scottish block grant.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	908140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>At Budget we announced a £700m increase in the Scottish block grant for 19/20 because of the additional money we are spending across the country.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/12/2018 14:36:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1023109

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress has been made on the creation of local industrial strategies.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	908143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We will work with all Local Enterprise Partnerships and Mayoral Combined Authorities across England to develop Local Industrial Strategies.</p><p> </p><p>We have already been working with Greater Manchester, West Midlands, and partners across the Oxford-Cambridge Arc to develop ‘trailblazer’ Local Industrial Strategies, which we expect to be completed in the first half of next year.</p><p> </p><p>We will then be working with a second ‘wave’ of places including the Leicester &amp; Leicestershire LEP that covers Harborough.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 11/12/2018 14:56:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1020574

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will accompany a person with disabilities on public transport in order to gain first-hand experience of the difficulties disabled people can face when accessing public transport.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	199889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that disabled people have the same access to transport and opportunities to travel as everyone else. Throughout my time as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State responsible for this matter, I have regularly met with disability organisations and disabled people to gain a better understanding of the barriers that can make travel by public transport more difficult than it should be. These meetings, and the Department’s engagement with a wide range of disability groups and other stakeholders, helped shape the Government’s Inclusive Transport Strategy, which was published in July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/12/2018 15:41:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1020575

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve assisted travel for disabled people across public transport.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	199890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Inclusive Transport Strategy, published in July 2018, summarises the various steps the Department is taking to make it easier for disabled people to travel by public transport. Among the commitments in the Strategy are that in 2019, the Department will launch a major campaign in England to raise awareness of disabled passengers’ rights when using the transport system and to promote a supportive travelling experience for disabled people. The Department will also develop and launch an accreditation scheme for transport operators to recognise those which show leadership in improving disabled passengers’ experiences, including through providing appropriate disability awareness training.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will also work closely with the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) to ensure the successful roll-out of a new Passenger Assist application to enable customers to book assistance through a single click. The RDG plan a full roll-out across the rail network from January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/12/2018 15:48:57 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1020587

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with online media providers on preventing fake news from being placed on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet with the major tech and social media companies to discuss their progress in tackling disinformation and other online harms. We will continue to have robust dialogue with the companies and press them to be transparent about the scale of the problem on their platforms and the steps they are taking to address it.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/12/2018 16:21:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1020588

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Dogs: Electronic Training Aids
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 the change in the number of dogs with electronic collars has been in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	199791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Electronic Collars Manufacturers Association, an industry representative group, estimates that there are currently around 500,000 e-collars in the UK. We do not hold information on how much the estimated number of e-collars in the UK has changed over the last two years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/12/2018 14:42:40 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1020589

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
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	Curlews: Special Protection Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the report entitled The status of UK SPAs in the 2000s: the Third Network Review, published by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee in 2016, what representations have been received by (a) his Department, (b) his Department's agencies and (c) his Department's non-departmental public bodies on completing the network of Special Protection Areas for Curlew in the breeding and non-breeding seasons.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	199770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/12/2018 15:31:03 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1020591

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to include in proposals for a Domestic Abuse Bill, provisions to ban the cross-examination of victims by perpetrators of domestic abuse in the family courts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	199893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of the family cross-examination provisions and is committed to introducing them as soon as parliamentary time allows. We continue to consider a range of possible legislative options, including the Domestic Abuse Bill.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 11/12/2018 11:58:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1020592

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to restart Project Pegasus.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	199830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>No decision has been made on the restart of Project Pegasus, which remains under review.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/12/2018 16:43:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1020594

registered interest
date	06/12/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Facebook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2018 to Question 188822 on Department for Exiting the European Union: Facebook, which geographies including the details of any postcodes used have been targeted by his Department to ensure that their adverts are optimised to reach the right audience.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	199866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has previously confirmed (Question 188822) that a geographical targeted approach was used to ensure effective communication through social media.</p><p>Social media campaigns, including Facebook, have targeted EU citizens to communicate the progress of the UK’s EU exit. This has included the following countries:</p><p>UK</p><p>Hungary</p><p>Luxembourg</p><p>Estonia</p><p>Latvia</p><p>Slovenia</p><p>Lithuania</p><p>Croatia</p><p>Romania</p><p>Slovakia</p><p>Finland</p><p>Denmark</p><p>Bulgaria</p><p>Austria</p><p>Sweden</p><p>Portugal</p><p>Czech Republic</p><p>Greece</p><p>Netherlands</p><p>Poland</p><p>Ireland</p><p>Belgium</p><p>Italy</p><p>Spain</p><p>France</p><p>Germany</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 11/12/2018 13:28:10 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy