Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

596064

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of over-staging by bus companies on journeys undertaken using a concessionary bus pass in England.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	47508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The destination printed on a bus ticket should not have any effect on the amount of reimbursement that the bus operator receives for carrying concessionary passengers.</p><p> </p><p>This is because reimbursement paid to operators is not based on the full commercial adult fare for a typical journey, but on the average equivalent full fare – taken from a “basket of fares” – that each concessionary traveller would have paid in the absence of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Reimbursement payments are also subject to audits of ticket sales data and, if required, ‘on-bus’ surveys of patronage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 47509 question first answered 14/10/2016 12:38:22 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

596065

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) educate bus passengers about over-staging and (b) help them to report cases of over-staging.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	47509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The destination printed on a bus ticket should not have any effect on the amount of reimbursement that the bus operator receives for carrying concessionary passengers.</p><p> </p><p>This is because reimbursement paid to operators is not based on the full commercial adult fare for a typical journey, but on the average equivalent full fare – taken from a “basket of fares” – that each concessionary traveller would have paid in the absence of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Reimbursement payments are also subject to audits of ticket sales data and, if required, ‘on-bus’ surveys of patronage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 47508 question first answered 14/10/2016 12:38:22 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

596158

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Small Businesses: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses have contacted the Business Support Helpline as a result of the Do More Online campaign in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	47186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The ‘Do More Online’ campaign launched in November 2014 is promoted by means of content on the ‘Business is GREAT’ website. The Business Support Helpline logs referrals from the whole website, not individual pages, so does not capture the number of businesses contacting the Helpline specifically from the campaign.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/10/2016 12:55:57 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

573424

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total value of the repayments issued by the Student Loans Company to people who had overpaid their student loan was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	44085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student loans for each of the UK Government Administrations. It collected £1.79 billion in the 2015-16 financial year in repayments on loans made in England. Statistics covering English loan borrowers are published annually by the SLC in the Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Student Loans in England’: <a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/full-catalogue-of-official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/full-catalogue-of-official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the value of English loan over-repayments that have been refunded by the SLC in each financial year can be found in Table 1 of the SFR.</p><p> </p><p>Latest management information (as at April 2016) from the SLC shows that, in the tax year 2014-15, there were 66,100 English domiciled borrowers who had over-repaid their loans through PAYE tax collection.</p><p> </p><p>The SLC informs borrowers who are within two years of completing repaying their loans that they may opt to make loan repayments by direct debit, rather than through the tax system.</p><p> </p><p>Borrowers who take up the option to repay by direct debit will not over-repay their loans. If borrowers choose not to repay by direct debit, it is possible that they may over repay, as the SLC receives details of repayments made by borrowers from HMRC on an annual basis. We would encourage more borrowers to take up the direct debit option when they are near to the end of their loans.</p><p> </p><p>Where borrowers have over-repaid, the SLC will contact them to tell them that they have a refund due and make arrangements to pay the money back to them. Any borrower who has over repaid can also contact the SLC at any point to have the money refunded to them.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 44086 question first answered 20/09/2016 14:07:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

573425

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people who have already repaid their student loan in full are having loan repayments deducted from their pay.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	44086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The Student Loans Company (SLC) administers student loans for each of the UK Government Administrations. It collected £1.79 billion in the 2015-16 financial year in repayments on loans made in England. Statistics covering English loan borrowers are published annually by the SLC in the Statistical First Release (SFR) ‘Student Loans in England’: <a href="http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/full-catalogue-of-official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/full-catalogue-of-official-statistics/student-loans-debt-and-repayment.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the value of English loan over-repayments that have been refunded by the SLC in each financial year can be found in Table 1 of the SFR.</p><p> </p><p>Latest management information (as at April 2016) from the SLC shows that, in the tax year 2014-15, there were 66,100 English domiciled borrowers who had over-repaid their loans through PAYE tax collection.</p><p> </p><p>The SLC informs borrowers who are within two years of completing repaying their loans that they may opt to make loan repayments by direct debit, rather than through the tax system.</p><p> </p><p>Borrowers who take up the option to repay by direct debit will not over-repay their loans. If borrowers choose not to repay by direct debit, it is possible that they may over repay, as the SLC receives details of repayments made by borrowers from HMRC on an annual basis. We would encourage more borrowers to take up the direct debit option when they are near to the end of their loans.</p><p> </p><p>Where borrowers have over-repaid, the SLC will contact them to tell them that they have a refund due and make arrangements to pay the money back to them. Any borrower who has over repaid can also contact the SLC at any point to have the money refunded to them.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 44085 question first answered 20/09/2016 14:07:06 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

573452

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electrical Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether any NHS bodies offer advice to parents that electrical safety socket covers or inserts should be installed in the home.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	44123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>On 30 June 2016 the Department issued an Estates and Facilities Alert (EFA) 2016/002 advising that electrical socket inserts should be removed from all premises where National Health Service care is delivered. The alert also advises NHS organisations against providing electrical socket inserts for use in the home. The safety Alert can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.cas.dh.gov.uk/ViewandAcknowledgment/ViewAlert.aspx?AlertID=102494" target="_blank">https://www.cas.dh.gov.uk/ViewandAcknowledgment/ViewAlert.aspx?AlertID=102494</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/09/2016 16:20:46 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

573544

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Electrical Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) benefits and (b) risks of using electrical socket safety covers or inserts.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	44124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the benefits and risks of using electrical socket covers or inserts.</p><p>Under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 all products placed on the UK market must be safe and any products that do not comply can be removed from sale by Trading Standards.</p><p>There are no reports of death or injury as a result of the use of socket covers.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/09/2016 11:49:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

573545

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Electrical Safety
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 representations he has received on the potential introduction of a ban on electrical socket safety covers or inserts.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	44125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department has received representations from FatallyFlawed.org.uk putting forward their view that socket covers should be banned as they believe them to be unnecessary and dangerous due to the safety shutter system installed as standard in UK electrical sockets.</p><p>Under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005, all products placed on the UK market must be safe and any products that do not comply can already be removed from sale by Trading Standards. There are no reports of injuries or death as a result of the use of socket covers.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/09/2016 11:48:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

573588

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support local authorities can provide to British families returning to the UK after a long period living abroad.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	44422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Above the statutory duties which they must fulfil, local authorities can provide families and individuals with what additional support they judge appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 12/09/2016 15:58:49 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

573649

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support to find school places is available for British families with school-age children returning to the UK after a long period of time.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	44424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>Any British national has the right to apply for a school place irrespective of where they live and any state-funded school must admit their child if they have space. Local authorities must provide information about all schools and available places in their area.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 09/09/2016 16:07:45 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson