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174360

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Low Pay: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of women earned less than two-thirds of the median hourly pay, excluding overtime, of all full and part-time female employees in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	221252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 22/01/2015 09:12:24 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 221252 ONS 13.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Median Hourly Pay
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

174401

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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	Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Colombia urging action on recent death threats to former Colombian Senator, Piedad Cordoba.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	221285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>We are aware of death threats to former Colombian Senator Piedad Córdoba made on 12 January, Mrs Córdoba and other members of congress have since met President Santos, to request an investigation. As a result the Attorney General announced the creation of inter-agency groups in charge of investigating the threats.</p><p> </p><p>Our Ambassador in Bogota met the President’s Minister-Counsellor for post conflict and human rights, Oscar Naranjo, on 15 January where they discussed the case of Piedad Córdoba and the importance of security for human rights defenders in general. Our Ambassador received assurances that the necessary security measures were already in place in order to mitigate any risk to former Senator Cordoba.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 22/01/2015 13:01:40 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

174405

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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	Colombia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received on recent death threats to former Colombian Senator, Piedad Cordoba.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	221234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>We are aware of death threats to former Colombian Senator Piedad Córdoba made on 12 January. Mrs Córdoba and other members of congress have since met President Santos, to request an investigation. As a result the Attorney General announced the creation of inter-agency groups in charge of investigating the threats.</p><p>Our Ambassador in Bogota met the President’s Minister-Counsellor for post conflict and human rights, Oscar Naranjo, on 15 January where they discussed the case of Piedad Córdoba and the importance of security for human rights defenders in general. Our Ambassador received assurances that the necessary security measures were already in place in order to mitigate any risk to former Senator Cordoba.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 22/01/2015 12:57:43 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

174446

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 220654, what indirect costs were incurred by her Department in connection with policing Black Friday.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	221167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office has not made any specific assessment of the indirect policy costs, including managing correspondence, in connection with policing Black Friday although these will be minimal. Outside of this any indirect costs to <br>the Home Office would be in the form of operational policing costs met from central Government funding. These costs are a matter for individual Police and Crime Commissioners and are therefore not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/01/2015 14:15:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

174453

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Private Infrastructure Development Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what monitoring of Private Infrastructure Development Group her Department undertakes to ensure value for money.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	221186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>Ensuring Value for Money is central to all of DFID’s work. Alongside robust monitoring arrangements there are stringent criteria on demonstrating clear need and anticipated development impact before any funds are released. In addition, all projects worth over £5m are now signed off by Ministers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding to the Private Infrastructure Development Group in the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>2013/14</strong></td><td>£148m</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2012/13</strong></td><td>£102m</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2011/12</strong></td><td>£93m</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2010/11</strong></td><td>£12m</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2009/10</strong></td><td>£21m</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 221187 question first answered 22/01/2015 11:32:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

174454

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Private Infrastructure Development Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department provided to the Private Infrastructure Development Group in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	221187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>Ensuring Value for Money is central to all of DFID’s work. Alongside robust monitoring arrangements there are stringent criteria on demonstrating clear need and anticipated development impact before any funds are released. In addition, all projects worth over £5m are now signed off by Ministers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding to the Private Infrastructure Development Group in the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>2013/14</strong></td><td>£148m</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2012/13</strong></td><td>£102m</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2011/12</strong></td><td>£93m</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2010/11</strong></td><td>£12m</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2009/10</strong></td><td>£21m</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening grouped question UIN 221186 question first answered 22/01/2015 11:32:00 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

174461

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operators offer compensation to passengers travelling on services delayed by (a) 30 to 60 minutes and (b) 60 minutes or longer.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	221209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The following Train Operating Companies (TOCs) provide 50% compensation of the fare paid for the journey to all passengers delayed between 30 minutes and 59 minutes 59 seconds, and 100% compensation for delays of 60 minutes or longer:</p><p>Southeastern, Southern, East Coast, London Midland, CrossCountry, East Midlands Trains, Govia Thameslink Railway, Abellio Greater Anglia, Chiltern Railways, Virgin Trains, c2c</p><p> </p><p>On the following TOCs, passengers with season tickets valid between 1 month and 1 year are compensated based on the previous year’s performance versus pre-defined trigger levels for Punctuality or Reliability and are not entitled to claim compensation for individual delays. Compensation is available to passengers with single, return and weekly season tickets as shown:</p><p>- Arriva Trains Wales, 20% for delays of 30 – 59 minutes, 100% for delays of 60 minutes or longer</p><p>- First Great Western: 100% for delays of 60 minutes or longer (High Speed services);</p><p>50% for delays of 60 minutes or longer on journeys of 60 minutes or more, and 50% for delays of 30 minutes or longer on journeys of less than 60 minutes (former First Great Western Link services);</p><p>50% for delays of 60 – 119 minutes, 100% for delays of 120 minutes or longer (former Wessex services),</p><p>- First TransPennine Express: 100% for delays of longer than 30 minutes</p><p>- Northern: 50% for delays of 60 minutes or longer</p><p>- South West Trains: 100% for delays of 60 minutes or longer except for Island Line where 100% for delays of longer than 30 minutes</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of total passengers eligible to claim compensation for delays of 30 to 60 minutes is not known, but given that compensation for delays from 30 minutes applies on the majority of TOCs, including many of the larger operators, it will be the majority.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 221207 question first answered 21/01/2015 11:41:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

174463

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Woking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many seats are available on trains from Woking to London Waterloo during morning weekday peak hours.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	221211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>There were 29,200 seats on services from Woking arriving at London Waterloo in the 3 hour morning peak (7-10am) on a typical weekday in autumn 2013, the most recent period that statistics are available for.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/01/2015 11:49:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

174465

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South West Trains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid by Network Rail to South West Trains because of delays to train services of (a) 15 to 30, (b) 30 to 60 and (c) 60 minutes or more in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	221213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held by the Department. Payments for delays and unplanned disruption are contracted between the companies through Schedule 8 of the Track Access Agreement, governed by the Office of Rail Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/01/2015 11:54:27 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

174466

registered interest
date	19/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South West Trains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will require South West Trains to offer compensation to passengers delayed by more than 30 minutes whilst travelling on its trains.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	221208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>South West Trains current Passenger’s Charter will apply for the remainder of the current franchise. We are currently looking at the levels of compensation to be offered to passengers for the next contract.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/01/2015 11:30:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord