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873693

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated net cost to the public purse in England is of gun licensing and certification.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	134807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring an efficient and effective firearms licensing system and to achieving full cost recovery for the police and Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>Fees for firearm and shotgun licences issued by the police were last increased in 2015 and were calculated with a view to enabling police forces to achieve full cost recovery. These fees are currently being reviewed to assess any changes in police costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office administers applications for firearms licences made by museums with gun collections, approved shooting clubs, and dealers wishing to possess prohibited firearms. The Policing and Crime Act 2017 created a power to charge new fees for these licences. We sought views on proposals for new fees in a public consultation in 2017. Alongside the consultation, we published an impact assessment, which set out the estimated net costs of the system. We received around 5,000 responses to the consultation, which we have considered carefully. We undertook to review the proposed level of fees before they were finalised and officials are currently in discussion with groups representing licensed firearms holders. A Government response will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 134808 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:32:15 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

873694

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on ensuring that the costs to the public purse of gun licensing and certification are covered by the fees charged to the public for those licenses and certificates.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	134808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring an efficient and effective firearms licensing system and to achieving full cost recovery for the police and Home Office.</p><p> </p><p>Fees for firearm and shotgun licences issued by the police were last increased in 2015 and were calculated with a view to enabling police forces to achieve full cost recovery. These fees are currently being reviewed to assess any changes in police costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office administers applications for firearms licences made by museums with gun collections, approved shooting clubs, and dealers wishing to possess prohibited firearms. The Policing and Crime Act 2017 created a power to charge new fees for these licences. We sought views on proposals for new fees in a public consultation in 2017. Alongside the consultation, we published an impact assessment, which set out the estimated net costs of the system. We received around 5,000 responses to the consultation, which we have considered carefully. We undertook to review the proposed level of fees before they were finalised and officials are currently in discussion with groups representing licensed firearms holders. A Government response will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 134807 question first answered 16/04/2018 10:32:15 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

851756

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2018 to Question 128437, on High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention, for what reasons that Answer does not indicate whether (a) class 0 (national class) and (b) class B-s3, d2 must be composed only of materials that are of limited combustibility.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	130519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Approved Document B uses a series of national and European classifications in describing the reaction of construction products to fire (see table below and explanation in Appendix A of Approved Document B). As the table shows, Class 0 and Class B-s3, d2 materials would not meet the definition of ‘material of limited combustibility’ (defined, for the purposes of Approved Document B, in Table A7 of Approved Document B) because these are different, less onerous classifications. Class 0 and Class B-s3, d2 materials would therefore not necessarily meet the requirements in paragraph 12.7 of Approved Document B for insulation products, filler materials etc to be of limited combustibility for buildings over 18 metres.</p><p> </p><p><strong>National European</strong></p><p>Non Combustible Class A1</p><p>Material of Limited Combustibility Class A2</p><p>Class 0 Class B</p><p>Class 1 Class C</p><p>Class 2 Class D</p><p>Class 3 Class E</p><p>Class 4 Class F</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/03/2018 12:03:26 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 44858 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

844095

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Law of War
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish his Department's (a) legal framework and (b) guidance on the use of lethal force.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	128435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The use of military force is governed by applicable UK and International Law. The UK Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict sets out UK practice and is available at the following internet address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/jsp-383-the-joint-service-manual-of-the-law-of-armed-conflict-2004-edition.</p><p>As the Government has stated previously there is no separate policy or legal guidance on the use of force outside of an armed conflict. Rather it has a policy to protect the UK and its citizens against both armed attacks and imminent threats of armed attack. In implementing this policy it may draw on a wide range of options including, in extremis, the use of lethal force. As such a decision to use lethal force outside of an armed conflict would be conducted on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 22/02/2018 16:56:45 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

844096

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January to Question 124261, and with reference to paragraph 12.6 and Diagram 40 of Approved Document B, whether materials that are not of limited combustibility are permitted on the external wall surface of a building with a storey of 18 metres or more above ground level.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	128436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Guidance in paragraph 12.6 of Approved Document B, which references diagram 40, states that the external surface of a wall should meet Class 0 (British Class) or class B – s3, d2 (European class) or better. This is a different requirement from that in paragraph 12.7 which refers to insulation products, filler materials etc being of limited combustibility for buildings over 18 metres. External wall construction must meet both of these requirements, unless they have met the performance criteria set out in BRE 135 using full scale test data from a BS 8414 test.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/02/2018 17:19:55 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

844097

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January to Question 124261, and with reference to paragraph 12.6 and Diagram 40 of Approved Document B, whether (a) class 0 (national class) and (b) class B-s3, d2 must be composed only of materials that are of limited combustibility.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	128437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Paragraph 12.6 of Approved Document B, which references diagram 40, refers to Class 0 (national class) and class B-s3, d2 (European class). These are different classes to those referenced in table A7 (Appendix A) as required by paragraph 12.7 for insulation products, filler materials etc to be of limited combustibility for buildings over 18 metres.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/02/2018 17:20:46 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

839195

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Hope Valley Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the publication of the results of the 2016 public enquiry into the Hope Valley line improvements.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	127753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The decision to provide Network Rail Infrastructure Limited with the legal powers to construct, operate and maintain new passing facilities and associated railway infrastructure on the Hope Valley route between Bamford and Hathersage and at Dore was issued on 13 February 2018. A copy of the decision letter and the Inspector’s report, following the public Inquiry, can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/twa-inspector-reports-and-decision-letters" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/twa-inspector-reports-and-decision-letters</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/02/2018 10:48:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

839196

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Hope Valley Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for Network Rail's design work on the improvements to the Hope Valley line be concluded.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	127754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>On 13 February 2018, the Secretary of State announced his decision to provide Network Rail Infrastructure Limited with the legal powers to construct, operate and maintain new passing facilities and associated railway infrastructure on the Hope Valley route between Bamford and Hathersage and at Dore. Network Rail have completed the single option design for the railway infrastructure scheme proposed in the Hope Valley and, following last week’s decision, the timetable for further work on this scheme will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/02/2018 15:53:45 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

839201

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential financial merits of including in the Hope Valley improvement scheme an increase in express trains from Sheffield to Manchester from 2 to 4 trains an hour.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	127758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s value for money assessment includes assumptions about the financial merits of increasing the number of fast trains on this route. This assessment will need to be refreshed as part of taking forward further work on this scheme. Decisions about future franchise changes will be assessed on their merits as part of this further work.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/02/2018 17:12:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

839202

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Hope Valley Line
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 effect of the Hope Valley line improvement scheme on economic growth in the area.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	127759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>On 13 February 2018, the Secretary of State announced his decision to provide Network Rail Infrastructure Limited with the legal powers to construct, operate and maintain new passing facilities and associated railway infrastructure on the Hope Valley route between Bamford and Hathersage and at Dore. The Department’s value for money assessment guidance includes guidance for the assessment of benefits to the economy.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/02/2018 17:09:09 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts