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889875

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Ombudsman
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 Rail Ombudsman to commence operations.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	136927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Rail Delivery Group is finalising the procurement of a specialist ombudsman provider to run the Rail Ombudsman. The identity of the successful bidder is expected to be announced shortly, following which the timetable for the commencement of the scheme will be clearly established. However, we have been clear we are expecting it to be up and running by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/05/2018 16:24:59 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

889876

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to her Answer of 22 March 2018 to Question 133837, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of tendering a contract with a taxi company to enable vulnerable claimants to travel to assessments without having to pay travel costs upfront.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	136928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department expects the assessment providers to explore all possible options to ensure that an assessment can be carried out.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/05/2018 16:23:30 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

884868

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK will have completed all preliminary steps to allow ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products before 2 July 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	135856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The government is fully committed to the Protocol and its ratification and I can confirm that the preliminary steps to achieve this have begun. Subject to Parliamentary approval, the government plans to complete the ratification process before 2 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/04/2018 12:11:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

884873

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Natural Gas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to support off-grid households to connect to the gas network.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	135861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Gas Act 1986 already confers a duty on my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State to ‘secure that, so far as it is economical to meet them, all reasonable demands in Great Britain for gas conveyed through pipes’. This duty is exercised through obligations and licence conditions placed upon gas operators.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Gas Act 1986 (ss.9 &amp; 10) also confers on Gas Distribution Network operators the obligation to comply with requests to be connected to their gas mains, so far as it is economical to do so, and where the premises to be connected are within 23 metres of a relevant main.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/04/2018 16:09:05 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

884883

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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	Social Media: Data Protection
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 steps he is taking to ensure that social media companies are complying fully with the Data Protection Act 1998 and associated General Data Protection Regulations.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	135871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is responsible for regulating compliance with data protection legislation.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of tools available to the ICO to ensure compliance. These include criminal prosecution, non-criminal enforcement and audit. The Information Commissioner also has the power to serve a monetary penalty notice on a data controller. Further details of the actions which can be taken can be found on <a href="http://www.ico.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.ico.org.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The government's Data Protection Bill will strengthen legislation around data protection and give the Commissioner tougher powers to ensure that organisations comply.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/04/2018 11:56:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

884884

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
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: Data Protection
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who use online platforms are aware of the nature and volume of their data that is retained by the companies responsible for those platforms as a result of that use.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	135872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>We take both the protection of personal data and the right to privacy extremely seriously. Our new data protection legislation is going to make our laws fit for the digital age in which an ever increasing amount of data is being processed. Organisations will need to be clearer with people how their data will be used and ensure that any consent obtained is clear, unambiguous and purposeful. It will empower people to take control of their data, strengthening their rights to move or delete personal data.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/04/2018 12:02:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

869315

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effect of the 18 week limit for bereavement support payments on the time available to families to grieve before returning to work.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	134049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Bereavement Support Payment (BSP) is paid as an initial larger payment followed by up to 18 smaller monthly instalments. It provides targeted support to help with the immediate costs of bereavement rather than being an income replacement for on-going living expenses. The period of payment is not intended to equate to the period of grief following a bereavement.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made a commitment to review the impacts of BSP once sufficient evidence is available to assess all aspects of the policy.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/04/2018 15:03:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

872218

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Local Press
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 steps his Department has taken to protect the independence of regional press organisations.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	134132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to a free and independent press, and only intervene in cases where publishers have broken the law. This is vital to a strong and fully functioning democracy where the powerful can be held to account without fear.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/04/2018 12:32:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

869316

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Car Washes: Warnings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce legislative proposals to create a mandatory requirement that maximum vehicle height warnings be clearly displayed for automated car washes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	134050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>This Department has no plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 04/04/2018 15:04:24 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

869323

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Work Capability Assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of (a) the effect on vulnerable benefit claimants of the requirement to pay in advance for front travel costs for attendance at assessments and (b) the potential merits of introducing pre-paid travel arrangments for such claimants.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	133837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Any claimant who is required to attend an Employment and Support Allowance or Personal Independent Payment assessment will be reimbursed for any reasonable travel costs associated with attending the assessment. The Department and its assessment providers do not pay travel costs in advance and we have no plans to change the current policy which is consistent with other areas of Government such as the NHS Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants who are required to attend an assessment are advised in their appointment letter to contact the relevant provider if they have any difficulty in attending the assessment. Where such situations arise, the Department expects the assessment providers to explore all possible options to ensure that an assessment can be conducted. For example, this may include changing the location of an assessment or undertaking a home visit where a person’s health condition indicates that either they cannot travel to an assessment, or where travel would require high levels of support or cause significant distress.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 28/03/2018 15:54:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day