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77235

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	A64
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what central funds are available for the maintenance of the A64; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	204993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the current 2014/15 financial year, the Highways Agency has an allocation of £11.25 million for maintenance of the A64.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Agency's Managing Agent Contractors are paid a &quot;lump sum&quot; for a wide range of general maintenance duties, which includes works on the A64. The proportion of the costs that is spent on the A64 cannot be specified as the Agency does not disaggregate this &quot;lump sum&quot; budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/07/2014 14:37:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

77211

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he last intervened in a decision taken by a parole board; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	204994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Parole Board is an independent body with the statutory power to direct the release of recalled prisoners, indeterminate sentence prisoners whose tariff has expired and those determinate sentence prisoners who are subject to discretionary release arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Once the Parole Board has directed release, the Secretary of State must give effect to the direction. Exceptionally, the Secretary of State can apply to the High Court to have a Parole Board release direction quashed if he considered it to be irrational although to date he has not sought to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 01/09/2014 07:48:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

77165

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Community Hospitals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on the role of community hospitals.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	204995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets with NHS England on a regular basis and discusses a range of issues, both formally and informally, including the role of community hospitals.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/07/2014 14:44:44 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

77109

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Natural Gas: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance the Government is offering rural communities to connect to mains gas supplies where no such infrastructure currently exists.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	204996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Ofgem, the regulator for the gas and electricity markets, administers two schemes that assist customers wishing to connect to the gas grid.</p><p>All households are eligible for the Domestic Load Connection Allowance if they are situated within 23 metres of an existing gas distribution network. The cost of the first ten metres of connection on public land is borne by the gas network operator.</p><p>The Assisted Gas Connection Scheme is aimed at consumers who live in fuel poverty. Ofgem announced earlier this year that they would continue with the scheme for the 2013-2021 price control period, with an objective to connect 80,000 new vulnerable households to the gas network. The amount of money available for each connection is capped at a level set by Ofgem to ensure cost-effectiveness of the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 13:16:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

77034

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to allow child tax credit awards to continue for children over the age of 19 where their school education has been delayed by ill health.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Mr Adrian Sanders
	uin	204997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Child Tax Credit is payable in respect of young people in full time non-advanced education providing that it started before their 19<sup>th</sup> birthday.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/07/2014 14:25:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	237 label Biography information for Mr Adrian Sanders

77129

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Burma: Ceasefires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Burmese government on a ceasefire in conflict zones and the withdrawal of military forces.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
	uin	204998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>We are supporting the continued peace talks between the Burmese government and ethnic armed groups and the agreement to work towards a nationwide ceasefire and political dialogue. However, we remain concerned by continued fighting in Kachin State and Northern Shan State, and reports of human rights violations.</p><p>I discussed the peace process with the Burmese government and the military Commander in Chief during my visit to Burma in January 2014, and in Kachin with the army's Northern Commander and ethnic and religious leaders. Our Ambassador in Rangoon regularly raises both our concerns and our support for a sustainable peace through ceasefire and political dialogue with Burmese government ministers, officials and ethnic leaders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 17/07/2014 15:29:23 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
	tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

77127

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Floods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on making the full amount of flood funds available to local communities.
	tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
	tabling member printed	Jake Berry
	uin	204999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the flood recovery progress report published on 27 November, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/12/2014 09:33:48 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

77250

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to move vulnerable people without the capability for work from jobseeker's allowance onto a more permanent form of benefit.
	tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
	tabling member printed	Jake Berry
	uin	205000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>It is already the case that people who have limited capability for work receive Employment and Support Allowance rather than Jobseeker's Allowance. However, we should not see this as a permanent form of benefit as it is our policy that nobody should be written off.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/07/2014 14:16:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

77108

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy Company Obligation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Energy Company Obligation on (a) the numbers of households in fuel poverty, (b) the aggregate fuel poverty gap and (c) the average fuel poverty gap.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	205001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The latest and most comprehensive assessment of the impact of the Energy Company Obligation on fuel poverty is set out in the Assessment of Impacts document published alongside the Government's consultation on ECO in March 2014. This document contains all the currently available material.</p><p>An updated estimate of the impact of this policy on fuel poverty will be included as part of the final impact assessment to be published shortly, alongside the Government response to the consultation on “The Future of the Energy Company Obligation.”</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey grouped question UIN 205064 question first answered 17/07/2014 13:26:40 answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

77168

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation and Extradition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that people deported or extradited from the UK and who pose a threat to national security are unable to return to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	205002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>A person who has been deported faces a mandatory refusal of entry under Paragraph 320(2) of the Immigration Rules until or unless the deportation order is revoked by the Secretary of State. This is generally not considered until a minimum of ten years have elapsed. <br><br>A person may be extradited from the UK to stand trial or to serve a sentence. This information is taken into account in decisions whether to grant or refuse re-entry to the UK. Where there is an overseas conviction entry will be considered in accordance with Paragraph 320(2) of the Immigration Rules, which provide for a mandatory refusal depending on the age and seriousness of the sentence imposed. <br><br>In addition, where an individual is a threat to national security, the Secretary of State may exercise her discretion to personally exclude that person from the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 16:54:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn