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223380

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date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to decide which local authorities receive monies from the challenge fund allocation; what weighting is given to highways management efficiency; and how information used in the process of decision is verified.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	225218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>As part of the Government’s announcement on 23 December 2014 in respect to local highways maintenance funding to highway authorities in England, outside London, the Department for Transport published guidance, an application form, as well as assessment criteria for the local highways maintenance challenge fund. The information is available at the following weblink:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-highways-maintenance-challenge-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-highways-maintenance-challenge-fund</a></p><p> </p><p>Assessment of all the bids received by close on 9 February 2015 is based on the published criteria and will help inform the decision on successful schemes based on the evidence supplied by local highway authorities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the assessment by the Department for Transport, each bid is being subject to a dual-assessment, and will also go through a moderation exercise plus an internal Department for Transport investment decision committee approval process before Ministers make final decisions on which schemes will be awarded funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/02/2015 11:10:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

223382

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tugboats: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the response times for tug boats assisting shipping incidents on the west of Scotland have been in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	225221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Over the past year there have been seven incidents across the Western Region of Scotland, from Cape Wrath to the North Channel, which have resulted in a tow being required to recover, or potentially recover casualty vessels.</p><p> </p><p>The RNLI Lifeboats, sister vessels such as fishing boats, commercial towage and the government-funded Emergency Towing Vessel on one occasion have provided towing.</p><p> </p><p>Response times have varied from 32 minutes, when the Tobermory Lifeboat aided the fishing vessel DIAMOND D, to 4 days 5 hours when the tug PACIFIC CHAMPION was deployed to assist the Bulk Carrier ELEANOR D, some 85 nautical miles west of St Kilda. During the latter incident, there were no safety of life issues, and all parties were in agreement with the response timescale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 27/02/2015 12:11:53 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

223392

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	UN Conference on Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when her Office plans to publish the results of its survey to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	225123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office launched a women’s engagement roadshow and online survey to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. We are inviting women’s organisations across the UK to tell us what progress has been made towards gender equality and priorities for future action.</p><p> </p><p>Findings from both the series of events and online survey will be published shortly to mark the twentieth anniversary.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 27/02/2015 10:18:18 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

223393

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made on implementing the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the UK's record on women's rights and services.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	225100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is firmly committed to delivering its obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). The UK’s <a href="http://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=6QkG1d%2fPPRiCAqhKb7yhsldCrOlUTvLRFDjh6%2fx1pWCZ2ExRBbyZjrlwi3Pzus9nuCu%2b8n7Fv%2bu26LKKyJw5U0xacLtmpcD%2fjNjdXq564yoWBdG73RfZ2Rpeb9R7BaJ5" target="_blank">seventh periodic report</a> to the committee was submitted in 2012.</p><p>Following the UK’s CEDAW examination in July 2013 the committee made a number of <a href="http://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/FilesHandler.ashx?enc=6QkG1d%2fPPRiCAqhKb7yhsldCrOlUTvLRFDjh6%2fx1pWB8bSlKfa34XmmIN3lG11hwWhjFqrEprJHQfoipZTwnVkhDALmzaR6gCklPapM2exTMh89SX7GUOJHbH%2bN8Qq9U" target="_blank">observations and recommendations</a>. The Government has been asked to respond to these in July 2017 in our 8th Periodic report. The Minister for Women and Equalities has written to her ministerial colleagues in relevant departments asking them to take forward the recommendations.</p><p>The committee asked the Government to respond to two of their recommendations before 2017 – they have sought a response to their recommendations on abortion in Northern Ireland and on legal aid and access to justice in November 2014 and 2015 respectively. The <a href="http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CEDAW/Shared%20Documents/GBR/CEDAW_C_GBR_CO_7_Add-1_15053_E.pdf" target="_blank">first of these responses</a> was submitted in November 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We are also currently working on extending CEDAW to the overseas territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, Gibraltar and the Cayman Islands.</p><p> </p><br /><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 27/02/2015 10:16:30 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

223395

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	UN Commission on the Status of Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government’s objectives are for the fifty ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	225271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Commission on the Status of Women is recognised worldwide as being the major international forum to progress women’s rights.</p><p>The UK ‘s objectives for CSW59 are to:</p><p>· Achieve a strong Political Declaration that publicly reaffirms commitment to the Beijing Platform for Action and calls for a strong and explicit commitment to achieve gender equality, the empowerment and the realisation of the human rights of women and girls in the post 2015 framework. Ensure the document does not include regressive language or roll back on progress;</p><p>· Ensure that the CSW Working Method Resolution reaffirms CSW as the principal global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to gender equality, the empowerment and the human rights of women and girls and that it is fit for purpose post-2015;</p><p>· In the run up to CSW build a positive negotiation climate with other member states, UN bodies and civil society;</p><p>· Enhance the UK’s reputation as an international leader in advancing the rights of girls and women.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the UK Statement and other means we will seek to progress the UK’s key domestic and international priorities for women which include preventing sexual violence in conflict situations, challenging social norms such as female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage, women's economic empowerment, access to education, violence against women and girls and sexual and reproductive health and rights.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 27/02/2015 10:17:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

223401

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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	Older Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to implement the commitments in Fuller Working Lives - a framework for action, published by his Department in June 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	225231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Since June 2014 this Government has:</p><p> </p><p>- Appointed Dr Ros Altmann CBE as the Business Champion for Older Workers to actively promote the business case and benefits of employing older workers, seeking to engage and influence both strategically and in terms of practical advice. Dr Altmann has engaged with over 80 organisations and attended numerous events and speaking engagements. Ministers have attended three meetings of Dr Altmann’s working group and have also met with her to discuss her emerging findings. She will shortly be making her recommendations to the Government.</p><p>- Announced new pilots that will be based on our current sector based work academies and Work Experience programmes, but tailored to the needs of older claimants.</p><p>- Extended the right to request flexible working, which can help older workers to stay in the labour market.</p><p>- Launched the advice element of Fit for Work, which helps with sickness absence and provides an occupational health assessment and health and work advice to employees, employers and GPs.</p><p>- Completed the first stage of the Inclusive Technology Prize to inspire innovation from individuals and small businesses to develop assistive living technology.</p><p>- Funded ‘Carers in Employment’ pilots in nine Local Authorities.</p><p>- Launched a small scale pilot in Gloucestershire, designed to support Carers Allowance claimants whose engagement with Jobcentre Plus is optional.</p><p>- Started working with Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). In September 2014 (partnering with Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP) we held a national conference on economic growth, focussing on retaining and recruiting older workers.</p><p>- Announced two trials that will explore what may provide effective support for older claimants looking at career reviews and IT and digital support.</p><p>- Announced the introduction of regional ‘Champions’ in Jobcentre Plus. These Jobcentre Plus staff will work with both Work Coaches and local employers to raise the profile of and highlight the benefits of employing older claimants.</p><p>- Carried out polling research to explore the attitudes of the over 50s, and employer attitudes to Fuller Working Lives to help shape policy and messaging. This also allowed us to further understand the perceived benefits and barriers to later life working. More information on attitudes-of-over-50s can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/attitudes-of-the-over-50s-to-fuller-working-lives" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/attitudes-of-the-over-50s-to-fuller-working-lives</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In Spring 2015 we will publish a new older workers employer toolkit, and NIACE’s final report on Mid-Life career review will be completed which will make number of recommendations based on the research findings.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 27/02/2015 13:09:04 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

223402

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average amount of funding provided by his Department to a local authority is for personal budgeting support when universal credit is implemented in a local authority area.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	225230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Funding for councils is developed on a local volumes basis, in the light of OBR forecasts an average has not yet been calculated.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 27/02/2015 12:59:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

223403

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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	Access to Work Programme: Peterborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have (a) applied for and (b) been granted assistance through the access to work programme in Peterborough constituency in each year since 2007; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	225252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on Access to Work applications is not available at a Parliamentary Constituency level. Below are the numbers of individuals helped by Access to Work in Peterborough Parliamentary Constituency in each financial year since 2007:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliamentary Constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007-08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 27/02/2015 13:33:29 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough