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987831

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date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a review of the effectiveness of driving (a) offences and (b) penalties.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	179087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government continues to keep offences and penalties under review to ensure that the courts are able to deal with driving offences appropriately and proportionately.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also recognises that there are concerns about sentencing for driving offences. In October 2017, the Ministry of Justice published its response to a consultation on driving offences and penalties relating to causing death or serious injury. The response confirmed proposals to increase the maximum penalty for the offences of causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs, from 14 years to life and to create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving. Proposals for changes in the law will be brought forward as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/10/2018 14:52:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

988621

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the (a) duties and (b) responsibilities are for a Government Local Plan Inspector.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	180140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 sets out that Inspectors are appointed by the Secretary of State to carry out an independent examination to assess whether a local plan is sound. The National Planning Policy Framework tests of soundness require the plan to be positively prepared, justified, effective and consistent with national policy. If the plan does not meet those tests, the Local Planning Authority can request that the Inspector recommends main modifications to make the plan sound. These could cover any matter within the scope of the tests of soundness, which could include the level of housing allocation within the locality. All proposed main modifications are subject to public consultation</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 180141 question first answered 22/10/2018 14:21:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

988622

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, under what circumstances a Government Local Plan Inspector is able to recommend the alteration of a Local Plan; and whether an inspector is able to recommend such an alteration when it will have an effect on the level of housing allocation in a locality.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	180141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 sets out that Inspectors are appointed by the Secretary of State to carry out an independent examination to assess whether a local plan is sound. The National Planning Policy Framework tests of soundness require the plan to be positively prepared, justified, effective and consistent with national policy. If the plan does not meet those tests, the Local Planning Authority can request that the Inspector recommends main modifications to make the plan sound. These could cover any matter within the scope of the tests of soundness, which could include the level of housing allocation within the locality. All proposed main modifications are subject to public consultation</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 180140 question first answered 22/10/2018 14:21:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

988623

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Objectively Assessed Need criteria includes population growth as a result of immigration.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	180142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework expects councils to identify their objectively assessed need for housing and other uses. The new Framework, published in July, expects a standard method to be used for assessing housing need, which is based on national projections of population and household growth. The population projections take into account anticipated changes in net migration based on past trends.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/10/2018 14:23:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

988624

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Coventry University and University of Warwick: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what research funding the (a) UK Government and (b) EU have given (i) the University of Warwick and (ii) Coventry University in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	180095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The information you have requested is routinely published annually by the Higher Education Standards Agency (HESA) as a part of the HE Finance Plus publication.</p><p> </p><p><strong>UK and EU Government Funding of the Universities of Coventry and Warwick, 2010/11-2016/17</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>(£ thousands)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>University</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK Government Research Income<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>EU Government Research Income<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Coventry University</strong></p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>5,167</p></td><td><p>1,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>4,814</p></td><td><p>1,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>5,289</p></td><td><p>2,674</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>5,318</p></td><td><p>3,578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>5,856</p></td><td><p>3,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>7,936</p></td><td><p>2,502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>13,760</p></td><td><p>3,014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>The University of Warwick</strong></p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>98,705</p></td><td><p>6,595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>95,277</p></td><td><p>8,210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>92,059</p></td><td><p>9,412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>93,107</p></td><td><p>11,847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>99,086</p></td><td><p>13,404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>115,242</p></td><td><p>14,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>111,596</p></td><td><p>16,321</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: HESA Finance Records 2010/11-2016/17</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1. Includes funding from Research Councils, academies, other central government funding and research tax credits</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2. EU Government research income covers funding from EU government institutions. Other funding is received from within the EU which is not included, such as from businesses or charities.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 24/10/2018 16:46:35 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

988625

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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	Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the single use carrier bag charge; and whether he has plans to expand the scheme to other single use items.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	180096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The single use carrier bag charge introduced in 2015 has seen plastic bag sales in major supermarkets drop by 86%. This is equivalent to 19 bags per person in 2016/17 in England, compared with 140 bags each before the government introduced the charge. It has taken 13 billion plastic bags out of circulation in the last two years and last year alone generated over £51.6 million for charities and other good causes.</p><p> </p><p>The HMT call for evidence on tackling single use plastic waste through the use of fiscal measures or new charges closed in May. A summary of responses was published in August ahead of the Chancellor’s Budget on 29 October.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/10/2018 12:19:02 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

988626

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Assessments: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of requests for exam re-marking for (a) GCSE, (b) BTEC, and (c) A-Level exams by students at (i) community and academy comprehensive schools, (ii) community and academy grammar schools, and (iii) private schools in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	180097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sally Collier, to write to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 22/10/2018 13:49:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

988627

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of funding allocated to (a) Step Up to Social Work (b) other programmes that promote diversity in the social work profession; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	180098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to continuing investment in the education and training of social workers and securing a diverse workforce representative of service users. A further round of applications to Step Up to Social Work will launch in February next year with up to 700 participants starting training in January 2020. The department is also currently procuring provision of fast-track social work education in 2020 and 2021 following the successful Frontline programme. Separately, the government supports proposals for a new graduate apprenticeship which will provide a route into social work for a broader range of people. This is in addition to existing investment in bursaries for social work students attending traditional university social work degree programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/10/2018 13:58:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

988628

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce geographical variation in (a) funding and (b) performance between and within Cancer Alliances.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	180311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>In 2018/19, the National Cancer Programme established the National Support Fund for Cancer Alliances. The purpose of the National Support Fund is to address geographical variation in the transformation funding bids submitted by Cancer Alliances in 2017/18. The Fund is being used by Cancer Alliances to:</p><p>- improve, and sustain, performance against the 62-day cancer waiting-time standard; and</p><p>- underpin delivery of the relevant 2018/19 Planning Guidance priorities in a consistent way across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, NHS England is providing an additional £10 million this financial year to improve and reduce variation in operational performance. This work will focus on:</p><p>- a nationwide initiative (particularly focused on urology) to grow capacity and support improvement activity across the county; and</p><p>- engaging with especially challenged areas to diagnose the root causes of their poor performance and to implement actions enabling the better management of additional patient demand.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 24/10/2018 12:34:48 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

988629

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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	Torture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether it is his policy to (a) reassess UK security (i) assistance to and (ii) co-operation with Governments that appoint individuals accused of involvement in torture to senior positions on security bodies and (b) withdraw that assistance when those allegations are deemed credible.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	180063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government applies its Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) guidance to any assistance provided overseas. The OSJA guidance is a framework to assess and manage any human rights risks associated with UK assistance . OSJA assessments completed for specific projects or cases are regularly reviewed and updated in line with developments in the country concerned. This informs how the assistance is pursued.</p><p>In countries where Her Majesty's Government is regularly engaged in security and justice assistance, the relevant diplomatic mission maintains an in-country assessment and provides it to all interested departments or agencies to aid them and provide consistency in the OSJA process.</p><p>The OSJA guidance was updated in January 2017. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office engaged with a number of human rights organisations (including members of the Foreign Secretary's Advisory Group on Human Rights), as part of the revision. I am confident that the new OSJA process remains the most comprehensive and demanding tool of its type anywhere in the world.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 23/10/2018 11:35:13 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt