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450779

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date	04/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the police take to ensure the safety of people sleeping rough.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	25846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting the most vulnerable in society. One person without a home is one too many, which is why we will increase central investment over the next four years to £139 million for innovative programmes to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p>We also want to help local authorities provide advice and assistance to those at risk of homelessness which is why we have protected the homelessness prevention funding for local authorities through the provisional local government finance settlement, totalling £315 million by 2019-20.</p><p>Decisions about frontline policing, and how resources are best deployed, are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable Police and Crime Commissioners. We have seen forces make significant changes to frontline policing to reflect the priorities of local people, including the most vulnerable. For example, several forces have established multi- agency teams to work collaboratively with other local public and voluntary sector services to tackle rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/02/2016 17:20:56 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

450802

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) officials, (b) other staff and (c) contracted workers in his Department are working on taxi and private hire vehicle policy.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	25870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>There are currently (a) two officials, (b) one further official on secondment to the Department and (c) no contracted workers working on taxi and private hire vehicle policy in the Department for Transport. All work in the Buses and Taxis division. The subject forms one part of the officials’ roles. This level of staffing for work on taxis and private hire vehicles is essentially consistent with that going back to 2009/10.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 25871 question first answered 12/02/2016 13:01:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

450803

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) officials, (b) other staff and (c) contracted workers in his Department are working on licensing of taxi and private hire vehicles in the Buses and Taxis division.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	25871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>There are currently (a) two officials, (b) one further official on secondment to the Department and (c) no contracted workers working on taxi and private hire vehicle policy in the Department for Transport. All work in the Buses and Taxis division. The subject forms one part of the officials’ roles. This level of staffing for work on taxis and private hire vehicles is essentially consistent with that going back to 2009/10.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 25870 question first answered 12/02/2016 13:01:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

450805

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: South of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve rail infrastructure and service in the south of England.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	25849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>As part of our Rail Investment Strategy, the Government is investing over £15 billion in enhancements to the rail network. This includes the modernisation of the Great Western Main Line, and investing £700 million on infrastructure in the most congested routes in London and the South East. In addition, we are delivering the £14.8bn Crossrail and £6.5bn Thameslink projects.</p><p> </p><p>Further, our franchising programme is delivering valuable passenger benefits, such as smart ticketing and faster services.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/02/2016 11:37:25 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

450806

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Brakes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of autonomous emergency braking systems in reducing the number of road traffic accidents.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	25845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not made any detailed assessment of the effectiveness of autonomous emergency braking systems, but we are aware that a number of studies have highlighted the potential for a reduction in collisions. Most trucks exceeding 8 tonnes and coaches registered after 1 November 2015 are fitted with it, and we support measures by EuroNCAP to encourage its fitment in new cars.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/02/2016 11:42:52 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

450813

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Wealden
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many holders of full driving licences in Wealden constituency are people aged over 70 who have renewed their licence.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	25967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>On 30 January 2016, there were 28,703 holders of full driving licences in the Wealden constituency postal code areas over the age of 70.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/02/2016 11:01:00 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

450814

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Wealden
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in Wealden constituency have a full driving licence.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	25968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>On 30 January 2016, there were 188,244 full driving licence holders in the Wealden constituency postal code areas.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/02/2016 11:31:19 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

450815

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
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	New Enterprise Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the new Enterprise Allowance scheme.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	25970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>Latest statistics show that 76,960 new businesses have been set up with the support of the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA).</p><p> </p><p>A cohort study of the initial participants in the scheme showed that 78% of the first 2,960 NEA participants who started to trade remained off benefits for 52 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2016 we published an evaluation report which showed that business established with the support of NEA had a sustainability rate of 80%, with over 90% of these trading for over 12 months. Around half of the respondents to the survey reported an expansion in their customer base or an increase in turnover. The majority of respondents were planning to expand their business in the future.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/02/2016 13:44:38 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

450817

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
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	New Enterprise Allowance: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have applied to the National Enterprise Allowance scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	26011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>Claimants who are interested in participating in the New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) are referred by their work coach to a provider so that they can explore the self-employment options. Participation is voluntary.</p><p> </p><p>The take up of the NEA is closely linked to the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, which begun to drop in 2013 – 2014. It is also worth noting that during 2013 the Department ran a high profile marketing campaign to promote the NEA, using posters &amp; leaflets in jobcentres, YouTube videos, Webinars etc. which may also have influenced take up of the scheme in that year.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows how many starts there were with a business mentor in each financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>NEA mentor starts by financial year (<sup>1</sup>)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number <sup>(2,3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011 - March 2012</p></td><td><p>15,170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012 - March 2013</p></td><td><p>31,880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013 - March 2014</p></td><td><p>47,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014 - March 2015</p></td><td><p>39,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015 - September 2015 (six months)</p></td><td><p>18,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Data Source - DWP LMS opportunities evaluation database October 2015 for all quarters, DWP PRaP database October 2015 for Jan-Sept 2015.</p><p>(2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>(3) It is possible that an individual may start to work with a mentor more than once and therefore appear more than once in these figures.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/02/2016 14:39:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

450819

registered interest
date	04/02/2016
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	New Enterprise Allowance: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many National Enterprise Allowance advisers are employed as part of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	25956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The NEA is delivered by contracted providers who use a combination of paid and volunteer mentors to deliver business mentoring support. The exact number of mentors used by providers is not known.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/02/2016 13:38:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands