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857665

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	River Lea: Pollution Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Environment Agency in preventing oil spills in the River Lea; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	904264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the replies previously given on 6 March 2018, PQs 129872, 129873, 129874 and 129875. Whilst it is not possible to prevent all oil spills into the river, in this incident, the Environment Agency have traced the waste oil to a potential polluter, details of which cannot currently be released due to the ongoing investigation. In previous incidents where oil pollution was not traced to a particular source, the Environment Agency carried out pollution prevention visits at industrial premises which drain to the Pymmes Brook.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/03/2018 16:07:32 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

857797

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	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	Support for Mortgage Interest
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the ability of Support for Mortgage Interest claimants to afford financial advice on whether to take out a loan to replace the benefit that they are currently receiving.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	131698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department anticipates that many Support for Mortgage Interest claimants may not be able to afford commercial financial advice. All existing recipients of Support for Mortgage Interest will be contacted and given information about the changes. The information leaflet and Frequently Asked Questions booklet point claimants to organisations who can offer impartial, free support such as Money Advice Service. We believe that this will provide claimants with the information that they need to assess their options and make an informed decision on an SMI loan.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2018 17:13:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

857840

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	European Aviation Safety Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support the Government is offering to UK pilot licence holders in the five year transfer period for registering for an EASA licence.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	131740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Under the EASA Aircrew Regulation pilots of EASA aircraft are required to hold an EASA licence. However, certain non EASA aeroplane and helicopter licences remain valid until 8 April 2018 to enable a smooth transition to the new requirements. The CAA publicised the requirement when the Aircrew Regulation was adopted and has been actively advising licence holders of this requirement through a variety of channels. Those seeking further information will find it on the CAA website.</p><p> </p><p>All pilots who hold a licence issued under the Joint Aviation Requirements that preceded the Aircrew Regulation and who have a valid medical certificate, without which they cannot fly an EASA aircraft, have now been issued with an EASA licence. This is the vast majority of pilots who hold such licences.</p><p> </p><p>The holders of other licences that wish to fly EASA aircraft will need to convert their licence to an EASA licence. However, there is no obligation on pilots to convert their licences. Those that do not convert their licences will still be able to fly non-EASA aircraft such as historic, homebuilt or very light aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/03/2018 14:20:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

857814

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Motor Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles his Department (a) owns and (b) leases.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	131715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport consists of a central department and four executive agencies as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Government Car Service (GCS) a division of the central department.</p><p>Driver &amp; Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)</p><p>Driver &amp; Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)</p><p>Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency (MCA)</p><p>Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)</p><p> </p><p>The table below lists how many vehicles are in each fleet with totals for (a) owned and (b) leased:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Owned</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Leased</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>GCS</strong></p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DVSA</strong></p></td><td><p>329</p></td><td><p>846</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DVLA</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MCA</strong></p></td><td><p>429</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>VCA</strong></p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Totals</strong></p></td><td><p>861</p></td><td><p>878</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/03/2018 17:21:09 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

857816

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Electric Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars in central Government departmental fleets are electric.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	131717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Each department is responsible for its own car fleet and this information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Car Service (GCS) provide cars to departments for use by ministers. There are currently six electric and one hydrogen fuel cell car in the GCS fleet.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/03/2018 17:23:28 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

857837

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is after the issue date of the judgment for prisoners who have been granted release to directed premises by Parole Boards (a) being found suitable premises and (b) being released from prison in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	131737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Case management systems cannot readily distinguish between releases that are made to “directed” premises and those that are not. 2017 saw the release of over 2100 prisoners who were serving indeterminate or determinate parole eligible sentences. To obtain the requested information would require a manual check of all records for the prisoners directed to be released in this period.</p><p> </p><p>Where the release plan of a prisoner requires accommodation in National Probation Service approved premises then the prisoner cannot be released until a place in those premises becomes available, allowing the prisoner to be safely released. Where possible, HMPPS aim to release prisoners within 14 days of receipt of the Parole Board’s decision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/03/2018 17:41:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

857745

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) names of providers and (b) value of each of the bids was of tenders submitted for (a) lot 1, (b) lot 2, (c) lot 3 and (d) lot 4 for the prison facilities management contracts awarded in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
	tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
	uin	131646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The names of providers who submitted tenders are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Lot 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lot 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lot 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lot 4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Regions</strong></p></td><td><p>North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>East Midlands, West Midlands, Wales</p></td><td><p>East of England, London</p></td><td><p>South West, South Central, Kent and Sussex</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Successful bidder</p></td><td><p>Amey</p></td><td><p>Amey</p></td><td><p>Carillion</p></td><td><p>Carillion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unsuccessful bidders</p></td><td><p>Mitie, Sodexo, Carillion</p></td><td><p>Mitie, Sodexo, Carillion</p></td><td><p>Mitie, Sodexo, Amey</p></td><td><p>Mitie, Sodexo, Amey</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All Tender prices were entered into a permutation table which calculated the most economically advantageous submission for each Package Order or combination of Package Orders. The most economically advantageous permutation of tenders are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Package Order E: £117,861,047 (Amey)</p><p>Package Order F: £ 93,429,773 (Amey)</p><p>Package Order G: £ 98,790,002 (Carillion)</p><p>Package Order H: £ 100,195,572 (Carillion)</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not publish the value of unsuccessful bidders due to commercial sensitivity.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/03/2018 17:43:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

857744

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what scoping of the state of the prison estate was conducted prior to the formulation of (a) lot 1, (b) lot 2, (c) lot 3 and (d) lot 4 and before the declaration of preferred bidders for the prison facilities management contracts awarded by the Government in 2014; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
	tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
	uin	131645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The four prison facilities management contracts referred to were awarded by the Department in January 2015 and services commenced in June 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Prospective bidders were permitted to undertake site visits to establishments during the procurement process to familiarize themselves with the estate.</p><p> </p><p>Prospective bidders were provided with information on the number and type of assets in establishments that they were required to maintain. Following the award of the contract the successful bidders were allowed a six month period to verify the number and type of assets in establishments with the information provided by the Department during the procurement.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/03/2018 17:37:44 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

857791

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Brixton Prison: Ministers of Religion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) resignations and (b) dismissals there have been from the Chaplaincy Service at HMP Brixton in each of the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest West
	tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
	uin	131692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Other than one sessional chaplain (who resigned in October in order to take up a post in the police force), there have been no resignations or dismissals from the Chaplaincy Service at HMP Brixton during the last six months.</p><p> </p><p>Regular Christian classes are held throughout the week, including several Bible study classes. The Alpha course has not been provided at the prison for a number of years – records show the most recent session as having been held on 27 January 2010. Plans are in place, however, to restart the course.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the importance of faith and the positive impact that it can have on the lives of offenders, which is why there are multi-faith chaplaincy teams in every prison.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 131696 question first answered 13/03/2018 17:38:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

857785

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of the offence of illegal working since the introduction of that offence.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	131686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Centrally held court proceedings data indicates that no offenders were found guilty of illegal working up to the end of 2016. Court proceedings data for 2017 will be available in May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to identify how much has been collected in fines from persons convicted of this, or any other, offence as our systems enable us to capture the total amount of financial imposition but do not allow that to be broken down by offence type. To extract information on financial imposition by offence type we would need to conduct a manual search of all current financial penalty accounts within our fine database.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 131687 question first answered 13/03/2018 17:50:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield