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1127306

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insurance Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to make sure that adequate interim payments to third parties are made promptly by insurance companies after those companies have accepted liability.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	255668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The FCA is an independent body responsible for regulating and supervising the financial services industry. It sets the conduct standards required of insurance firms in relation to their business.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA’s rules require insurers to handle claims fairly and promptly; provide reasonable guidance to help a policyholder make a claim, and appropriate information on its progress; not reject a claim unreasonably; and settle claims promptly once settlement terms are agreed. It is important that insurers treat customers fairly and the Government supports the FCA in carrying out its responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 255669 255670 question first answered 21/05/2019 14:42:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1127307

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insurance Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to stop insurance companies delaying interim payments to third parties to take advantage of potential changes to the Ogden discount rate.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	255669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The FCA is an independent body responsible for regulating and supervising the financial services industry. It sets the conduct standards required of insurance firms in relation to their business.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA’s rules require insurers to handle claims fairly and promptly; provide reasonable guidance to help a policyholder make a claim, and appropriate information on its progress; not reject a claim unreasonably; and settle claims promptly once settlement terms are agreed. It is important that insurers treat customers fairly and the Government supports the FCA in carrying out its responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 255668 255670 question first answered 21/05/2019 14:42:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1127308

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Insurance Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a legally binding code of conduct for insurance companies to protect (a) defendants and (b) claimants from the start of a third party claim to the final settlement.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	255670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The FCA is an independent body responsible for regulating and supervising the financial services industry. It sets the conduct standards required of insurance firms in relation to their business.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA’s rules require insurers to handle claims fairly and promptly; provide reasonable guidance to help a policyholder make a claim, and appropriate information on its progress; not reject a claim unreasonably; and settle claims promptly once settlement terms are agreed. It is important that insurers treat customers fairly and the Government supports the FCA in carrying out its responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 255668 255669 question first answered 21/05/2019 14:42:59 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1127309

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insurance Companies: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that greater numbers of insurance cases are resolved before they reach court proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	255671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The vast majority of claims against insurers in the civil justice system settle before court proceedings stage, as reflected in the statistics published by the Compensation Recovery Unit.</p><p> </p><p>Settlements are a matter for the parties to an individual dispute to reach agreement on, but the Government seeks to promote pre-court settlement – for example by the development of pre-action protocols.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of road traffic accident related personal injury claims under £5,000, the Government is introducing a new IT Platform, in April 2020, which will enable such claimants to communicate effectively with the at-fault insurer to efficiently progress and settle their claim during the pre-action stage without the need for court proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/05/2019 16:14:52 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1127310

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to establish an ombudsman with legal powers to enforce decisions on third party personal injury claims before court proceedings are initiated.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	255672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to bring forward such proposals.</p><p>It is for parties to personal injury claims to resolve their differences in the first instance, making use of pre-action protocols which put in place procedures designed to encourage earlier resolution of disputes.</p><p> </p><p>Currently there is a portal for lower value road traffic accident (RTA), public liability and employer liability claims which assists in achieving settlement of disputes. In addition, the Government is introducing a new IT Platform, in April 2020, which will enable RTA claimants to communicate effectively with the at-fault insurer to progress and settle their claim during the pre-action stage.</p><p> </p><p>Where disputes cannot be resolved by these means, the claimant has the option to pursue court proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/05/2019 16:19:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1126920

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure the accuracy of information provided to his Department by HMRC on the 2019 Loan Charge.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	254809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Treasury has worked very closely with HMRC throughout the development of the policy. Officials in both departments work within the framework of the Civil Service Code, which sets out the standards of behaviour, including objectivity and honesty, by which Civil Servants must abide. The code is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code</a>.</p><p> </p><p>More details on the tax policy making process are available here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130102201052/http:/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/junebudget_tax_policy_making.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130102201052/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/junebudget_tax_policy_making.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/05/2019 12:59:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1125486

registered interest
date	08/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Eastern Rail Franchise: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will immediately implement Delay Repay 15 compensation on the South Eastern franchise.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	252126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Delay Repay from 15 minutes (DR15) will be implemented when the new SouthEastern franchise starts.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/05/2019 10:51:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1107819

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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: Health Services
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 he is taking to ensure the NHS workforce is able meet rising referrals for suspected cases of cancer.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	238639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding, working closely with Sir David Behan, to lead a number of programmes to engage with key National Health Service interests to develop a detailed workforce implementation plan. These programmes will consider detailed proposals to grow the workforce rapidly, including staff working on cancer, consider additional staff and skills required, build a supportive working culture in the NHS and ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/04/2019 11:07:13 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1061293

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Horizon 2020: Finance
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 the funding that will be made available for the Horizon2020 underwrite in the event that UK leaves the EU without a deal is new, additional funding and will not affect existing science budgets.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	221767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s priority remains agreeing a deal with the EU. A ratified deal based on the provisions set out in the proposed Withdrawal Agreement would ensure that UK participants could continue to receive EU funding from EU Programmes committed under the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework for the lifetime of these projects. Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation funding Programme, is one such Programme.</p><p>At Spending Review 2015, the Government protected science funding, committing to invest £26.3 billion between 2016-21, and has since committed to an additional £7 billion by 2021-22 – the largest increase for 40 years. If we leave the EU without a deal in place, the underwrite guarantee and extension are Government commitments to provide funding required for the UK to participate in Horizon 2020 until the end of 2020 and for the lifetime of projects. In this scenario, HM Treasury will provide additional funding on top of existing departmental budgets – further demonstrating the Government’s commitment to the UK’s world-class research base.</p><p>Underwrite funding will be paid to UK beneficiaries in pounds sterling. BEIS continues to work closely with UKRI to ensure that all necessary systems are in place to deliver the underwrite guarantee and extension by exit day. The Government will be providing further guidance for stakeholders on underwrite delivery mechanisms in due course.</p><p>The Government has been clear that the underwrite guarantee and extension will cover all successful competitive UK bids to Horizon 2020 submitted before the end of 2020. This includes partnerships such as the EIT KICs.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 221768 221769 221770 question first answered 19/02/2019 17:43:37 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1061295

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Horizon 2020: Finance
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 the funding that will be made available for the Horizon2020 underwrite will be guaranteed in pounds or Euros.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	221768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s priority remains agreeing a deal with the EU. A ratified deal based on the provisions set out in the proposed Withdrawal Agreement would ensure that UK participants could continue to receive EU funding from EU Programmes committed under the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework for the lifetime of these projects. Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation funding Programme, is one such Programme.</p><p>At Spending Review 2015, the Government protected science funding, committing to invest £26.3 billion between 2016-21, and has since committed to an additional £7 billion by 2021-22 – the largest increase for 40 years. If we leave the EU without a deal in place, the underwrite guarantee and extension are Government commitments to provide funding required for the UK to participate in Horizon 2020 until the end of 2020 and for the lifetime of projects. In this scenario, HM Treasury will provide additional funding on top of existing departmental budgets – further demonstrating the Government’s commitment to the UK’s world-class research base.</p><p>Underwrite funding will be paid to UK beneficiaries in pounds sterling. BEIS continues to work closely with UKRI to ensure that all necessary systems are in place to deliver the underwrite guarantee and extension by exit day. The Government will be providing further guidance for stakeholders on underwrite delivery mechanisms in due course.</p><p>The Government has been clear that the underwrite guarantee and extension will cover all successful competitive UK bids to Horizon 2020 submitted before the end of 2020. This includes partnerships such as the EIT KICs.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 221767 221769 221770 question first answered 19/02/2019 17:43:37 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone