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100512

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date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Maritime and Coastguard Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the conclusions of its review of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's survey and inspection capability.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	211527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency will be implementing internal plans over the next 12 months to match the resources available for the conduct of marine surveying and ship inspection activities to fulfil national and international obligations.</p><p> </p><p>This will involve improving efficiency, targeting activities based on risk, different ways of working to capitalise on technology, and maximising potential income.　 This is normal management activity to match resources to tasks and will not result in a formal report.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 29/10/2014 14:49:29 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

100513

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy that the Highways Agency, following its transfer from being a civil service agency to a government-owned company will be liable to pay (a) corporation tax and (b) additional payments of VAT.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	211500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Honorable Gentleman to my earlier replies about VAT [DN: please insert correct reference]. Special provisions apply to Government Departments and health authorities that refunds VAT incurred on certain non-business activities. These are set out in section 41(3) of the VAT Act 1994.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>New bodies are not automatically covered by the above provisions. However, the Department for Transport and HM Treasury are considering this issue.</p><p> </p><p>Government departments are exempt from Corporation Tax, while Non-</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental Public Bodies (which the Highways agency will become) are subject to Corporation Tax on any trading and investment income and on any capital gains.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/10/2014 16:27:25 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

100514

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ships the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has detained following an inspection conducted in line with the MCA's port state control responsibilities in each of the last five years; and what the (a) reasons for detention and (b) flag registry were in each such case.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	211528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The attached table shows the International Maritime Organization (IMO) number and flag of each ship, in every year between 2009 and 2013, which has been detained in UK ports following a port state control inspection by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.</p><p> </p><p>There are many reasons why a ship can be detained. Details about the detentions for each ship can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.parismou.org/inspection-search" target="_blank">https://www.parismou.org/inspection-search</a></p><p /> <p /> <p>and searching using the ship’s IMO Number.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>In the case of a detention, the Port State Control inspector has found serious deficiencies which demonstrate that the ship does not comply substantially with the applicable requirements of the relevant International Conventions for the ship. These serious deficiencies are considered to affect the safety of the ship, or the crew or the environment or the living and working conditions on board such that the inspector has to return to the ship to verify that all the deficiencies have been rectified before departure of the ship from the UK.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 29/10/2014 14:48:17 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes attachment 1 file name 211528 - table - Detentions by year and flag.pdf title 211528 - table of detentions by year and flag
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

100515

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, where, when and how often the job of HS2 Resident's Commissioner will be advertised.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	211589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The job is currently advertised on the HS2 website by clicking on the link to ‘Jobs’. The advert has been placed in the following media:</p><p> </p><p>From Thursday 23 October 2014: The Guardian newspaper and The Lawyer websites</p><p> </p><p>Friday 24 October 2014: Property Week publication – it will also appear on the Property Week website from 24 October</p><p> </p><p>Sunday 26 October 2014: Sunday Times – in print and online and on the Sunday Times iPAD version.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2014 17:14:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

100516

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support his Department provides to British lorry drivers to prevent people seeking to enter the UK illegally accessing their vehicles at (a) Calais and (b) other ports of entry to the UK.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	211639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes guidance advising hauliers on vehicle security, but also what they should do if they believe somebody is hiding in their vehicle. This guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/secure-your-vehicle-to-help-stop-illegal-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/secure-your-vehicle-to-help-stop-illegal-immigration</a>. <br><br>This website also includes contact details for Border Force’s Clandestine Entrant Civil Penalty Team, from whom hauliers also receive advice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2014 14:51:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

100517

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to issue guidance to (a) Network Rail and (b) train operating companies that they should implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in their premises.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	211602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Network Rail is responsible for managing its estates in an operationally- effective and cost-efficient way. The choice of lighting used in Network Rail’s premises is an operational matter for the company.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no locus to mandate the type of lighting that train operating companies use on their premises. Many depots are owned by the train manufacturers rather than by Network Rail or the train operators, as the contracts for the rolling stock often include maintenance. At stations, when lighting systems are due for renewal, they would normally be replaced with the current modern equivalent standard of lighting.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/10/2014 15:54:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

100518

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lights throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	211601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport will consider installation of LED lights during major refurbishment projects where cost effective to do so. Information on the proportion of lighting which is currently LED is not centrally recorded and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/10/2014 14:10:43 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

100520

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on short term benefit advances for claimants of universal credit in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	211598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Short Term Benefit Advances (STBA) are only available against legacy benefits. Universal Credit has it's own system of benefit advances. The equivalent support to STBA is provided by either the Universal Credit (new claim) advance or the Universal Credit (change of circumstance) advance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Currently these costs are not reported separately. UC benefit expenditure is published in the table in the attached link</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 29/10/2014 17:40:28 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

100521

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Incapacity Benefit: South Yorkshire
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 in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority and (c) South Yorkshire are in receipt of incapacity benefit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	211599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of people receiving Incapacity Benefit in Barnsley East constituency, Barnsley local authority and South Yorkshire area, as at February 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Barnsley East constituency</p></td><td><p>Barnsley local authority</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-14</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>1,160</p></td><td><p>4,920</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p> </p><p>DWP 100% WPLS.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>2. Data is up to February 2014 which is the latest data available.</p><p> </p><p>3. Figures for South Yorkshire is the sum of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Local Authorities.</p><p> </p><p>4. These statistics are published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2014 14:48:25 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

100522

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of paying in-work benefits to non-UK citizens from (a) other EU countries and (b) the rest of the world in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	211618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>While the Government checks the immigration status of benefit claimants to ensure the benefit is paid properly and to prevent fraud, traditionally that information has not been collected as part of the payment administrative systems.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is looking at ways to reform the current administrative system under Universal Credit so that it will systematically record nationality and immigration status of migrants who make a claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made a radical series of changes over the last year to restrict the access by non-UK citizens from the European Economic Area to UK benefits and tax credits. This is in order to protect the UK’s benefit system and discourage people who have no established connection with the UK from moving here, unless they have a job or a genuine prospect of work, or have savings to support themselves until they do.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/11/2014 17:39:50 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 24559 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope