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1177637

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date	11/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to establish new rail links (a) in Liverpool West Derby constituency and (b) the North West.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Ian Byrne
uin	621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>To help communities across the country, we have pledged £500m to start reopening lines closed following the Beeching report, reconnecting smaller towns, regenerating local economies and improving accessibility to jobs, homes and education.</p><p> </p><p>I encourage MPs, to work with local authorities and community groups in their constituency to come forward with proposals to reinstate axed local services and stations. This funding will help develop these proposals, and accelerate the delivery of schemes that are already being considered for restoration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 17/02/2020 15:30:31 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4831 label Biography information for Ian Byrne

1177658

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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: Animal Breeding
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 steps her Department is taking to tackle the farming of puppies.
tabling member constituency	Bosworth
tabling member printed	Dr Luke Evans
uin	640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>In October 2018, The Animal Welfare (licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 came into force which updated and improved the laws on the breeding and selling of dogs in England.</p><p> </p><p>The new regulations require dog breeders and sellers to adhere to strict statutory minimum welfare standards linked to the welfare needs set out in the Animal Welfare Act 2006. This includes prohibiting the sale of puppies below the age of 8 weeks; preventing licensed breeders from selling dogs not bred by them and preventing breeders from breeding dogs if it can be reasonably expected on the basis of their genotype, phenotype or health that this would lead to welfare problems for the mother or the puppies. In addition, licensed breeders must show puppies to purchasers in the presence of the mother and licensed pet sellers must complete the sale of a dog in the presence of the purchaser on the licensed premises. This prevents online sales of puppies.</p><p> </p><p>Any licensed breeder advertising puppies for sale must include their licence number in the advert to improve traceability. In addition, from 6 April 2020, the regulations will prohibit the commercial third party sale of puppies and kittens to directly tackle low welfare, high volume breeding, known as puppy farms. In advance of this ban coming into force, the Government will launch a public awareness campaign on the responsible sourcing of puppies and kittens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/02/2020 14:20:25 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4781 label Biography information for Dr Luke Evans

1177666

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the resilience of infrastructure in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>I have discussed a range of issues with the Welsh Government including how we can work together on infrastructure in Wales. I reaffirmed the Government’s commitment and desire to see the M4 relief road go ahead which I know would have a major impact in the Newport West constituency.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 17/02/2020 10:45:05 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1177668

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on low-income families of the roll-out of universal credit in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit will provide an extra £2.1bn a year once full rolled out, compared to the legacy benefits it replaces. Claimants receive better support to prepare for work, move into work, or to increase earnings. The Universal Credit Work Allowance was increased by £1,000 in April 2019 and means that 2.4m households will keep an extra £630 of income each year.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/02/2020 16:44:56 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1177736

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Lanes: Ambulance Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward a nationwide exemption to permit ambulances to use bus lanes.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Ambulances on emergency business are already generally allowed to use bus lanes through an exemption in the underlying Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) which creates a bus lane. Local authorities can extend this to ambulances on non-emergency business if they wish, but will need to consider whether the vehicles are easily identifiable for enforcement purposes, and the impact on the operation of the lane for buses.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are best placed to judge how best to operate bus lanes on their road networks. Bus lanes are provided to give buses priority over other traffic, particularly at congested times of day, and to provide bus passengers with a more reliable service. Allowing more vehicle types to use a bus lane may start to erode this priority.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 17/02/2020 15:35:39 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1177752

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2020 to Question 13559 and with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2018 to Question 181292 on Mental Illness: Children and Young People, for what reasons his Department was able to provide the data requested to Question 181292 but not to Question 13559.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>Data is held by number of attendances rather than the number of patients. Attendances do not represent the number of patients, as a person may attend a National Health Service hospital on more than one occasion within the period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 17/02/2020 11:43:21 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1177787

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many people aged (a) 16 and under and (b) over 16 years old undertook work experience in his Department in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>During the last three years there has been no formal work experience undertaken in the Northern Ireland Office by anyone over 16 years old.</p><p>Informal work experience for people below the age of 16 was undertaken on seven occasions over the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 17/02/2020 11:31:15 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1177795

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Dstl: Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2020 to Question 9721, on Porton Down: Animal Experiments, on which species of animal were scientific procedures conducted in each year from 2009 to 2018; and how many scientific procedures were conducted on each species.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Number of scientific procedures, by species, for the years 2009 to 2018</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Dog</p></td><td><p>Domestic fowl</p></td><td><p>Guinea Pig</p></td><td><p>Hamster</p></td><td><p>Macaque (primate)</p></td><td><p>Marmoset (primate)</p></td><td><p>Mouse</p></td><td><p>Pig</p></td><td><p>Rabbit</p></td><td><p>Rat</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>7,982</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>8,452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>197</p></td><td><p>8,553</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>9,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>652</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>8,801</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>9,722</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>8,205</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>8,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>5,641</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>6,461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>3,411</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>4,124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>2,894</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>3,249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>2,167</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>2,747</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>3,905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>1,738</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>1,941</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 17/02/2020 14:29:05 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1177805

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Housing Benefit: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support older renters and (b) increase the uptake of pension age housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>The rates of pensioner benefits, including Housing Benefit (HB), tend to be higher than some working-age income-related benefits, as pensioners as a group are likely to be reliant on benefits for a longer period and less able to change their circumstances or improve their income through work.</p><p>Local Authorities are responsible for administering HB and the take up of HB by pensioners is shown to be higher than the take up of Pension Credit.</p><p>The Department publishes an annual report detailing latest available statistics regarding the estimated take-up of HB and other income-related benefits.</p><p>The latest version can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-related-benefits-estimates-of-take-up-financial-year-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>The next report containing 2017/18 data will be published in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/02/2020 16:51:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1177808

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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 she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving in-work universal credit claimants the option to move their assessment period to reflect more closely the dates on which they receive their earnings.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department has been working closely with HMRC since Universal Credit went live in 2013 to support and inform employers who report earnings to emphasise the importance of timely reporting via RTI system.</p><p> </p><p>Employers should already record on HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Real Time Information (RTI) system the date a salary is scheduled to be paid, rather than the date it is paid, where it is earlier due to a weekend, bank holiday or at Christmas.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have updated their guidance to reiterate to employers the importance of reporting accurate dates and the impact on payment cycles; the Financial Secretary to the Treasury is also working closely with HMRC and employers to do this.</p><p>Universal Credit takes earnings into account in a way that is fair and transparent. The amount paid reflects, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period. This allows Universal Credit awards to be adjusted on a monthly basis, ensuring that if claimant’s incomes falls, they do not have to wait several months for a rise in their Universal Credit award. Currently there are no plans to change assessment periods.</p><p>Claimants can discuss queries about how fluctuating income effects Universal Credit with their case managers and work coaches, who can also signpost to services appropriate to individual circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 17/02/2020 17:03:25 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck