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1029510

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date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Criminal Investigation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the current average waiting time for fraud cases to be allocated for investigation by police forces in England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	204418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the length of time taken to allocate fraud cases to police forces for investigation. The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau is responsible for determining whether there are sufficient grounds to allocate a fraud case to the police for investigation. It is then a matter for receiving forces to determine if they are going to undertake an investigation, which is driven by local resourcing and priorities.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/01/2019 15:50:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1029511

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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: Insulation
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 Written Statement of 29 November 2018 on Grenfell Update, Official Report HCWS1126, what types of dangerous cladding local authorities are able to remove from high-rise buildings under new measures on enforcement and remedial action.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	204419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>As highlighted in the written statement, the Housing Health and Safety Rating System operating guidance has been bolstered by an addendum, with specific guidance on the assessment of high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding.</p><p>The Housing Act 2004 and secondary legislation which underpin the Housing Health and Safety Rating System provide powers to local housing authorities to identify, assess hazards, and take enforcement action against owners of residential buildings in their area where those owners are not acting responsibly in respect of hazards. This includes unsafe cladding systems of whatever type.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/01/2019 15:54:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1029512

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Water Voles: Conservation
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 recent assessment his department has made of the reasons for the decline in the number of water voles in England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	204420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>In June 2018 Natural England published ‘A Review of the Population and Conservation Status of British Mammals’, which assessed the reasons for population decline in water voles, and identified and confirmed areas of work where resources should continue to be targeted to conserve and enhance water vole populations.</p><p>The review identified that a combination of intensification of agriculture, wetland drainage, the encroachment of cultivated land into riparian and wetland habitats, overgrazing, degradation of banks and predation by the American mink have had significant impacts on water vole populations.</p><p>The Government is committed to providing opportunities for species recovery as part of the 25 Year Environment Plan. Since 2010 the Environment Agency has delivered 328 projects that included habitat creation or improvement for the benefit of water voles, restoring 6,725 hectares and creating 6,330 hectares of priority habitat in rivers, lakes and coastal waters.</p><p>In addition, the Forestry Commission is currently undertaking a flagship project with a number of Trusts to restore water vole populations and habitats in the North Tyne catchment, and has already released hundreds of water voles in the area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/01/2019 15:24:10 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1029514

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	British Counties Campaign
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from the British Counties Campaign; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	204421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>During the course of this Parliamentary session we have received four representations about the British Counties Campaign’s proposal for legislation to promote and give special status to the historic counties.</p><p>Whilst traditional counties are rightly no longer part of today’s administrative arrangements, which need to reflect where people live and work today, they are an important element of our heritage which supports the identity and cultures of so many of our local communities.</p><p>That is why I recently asked my officials to draft new guidance for English local authorities on promoting their traditional county links.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 08/01/2019 15:46:47 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1029518

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for appeals to the Tribunal against (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment and support allowance assessments to be heard in (i) Leeds and (ii) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	204422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Information about the average waiting time for (a) personal independence payment (PIP) and (b) employment and support allowance (ESA) appeals, to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about waiting times for PIP and ESA appeals for hearing venues covering (i) Leeds and (ii) England for the period July – September 2018, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of the appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier for its final disposal.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to June 2018) indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made, and of these, 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals. For ESA, 3.5m ESA (post Work Capability Assessment) decisions have been made between April 2014 and March 2018 and of these, 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/01/2019 15:17:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1029520

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Defibrillators
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on having defibrillators available in all her Department's premises.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	204423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Following the Estates contract changes in April 2018, DWP reviewed its policy on defibrillators. As a result of that review, a Defibrillator will be installed in each DWP site. The rollout programme is planned to commence in February.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/01/2019 15:57:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn