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50316

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metals: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of applicants for scrap metal dealer's licences who were not known to their local authority under the previous registration system.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	198269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No estimate has been made of the proportion of applicants for scrap metal <br>dealer's licences who were not known to their local authority under the <br>previous registration system</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

50317

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the export of stolen scrap metal.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	198210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and <br>EU counterparts as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As <br>was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to <br>provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

50318

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice her Department has issued to police forces on working with the UK Border Force in preventing the export of stolen scrap metal.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	198211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office has not issued guidance on this point to police forces. <br>However, work is underway in UK Border Force and other law enforcement <br>organisations to tackle this problem, including the better profiling and <br>identification of containers that may contain stolen metal. They are also <br>looking at whether there are technological solutions that can be used to better <br>secure our borders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

50319

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what organisation will take over the competencies of the National Metal Theft Taskforce once funding for that body ends.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	198212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office will continue to contribute to the funding of the National <br>Metal Theft Taskforce until 30 September 2014. The decision to provide funding <br>until that date ensures the Taskforce operates concurrently with the first year <br>of the new licensing scheme under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013. After that <br>date, future enforcement activity will become the responsibility of individual <br>police forces based on their local crime priorities. It was never the <br>intention that the Taskforce would continue indefinitely.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

50320

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of stolen scrap metal exported for sale abroad.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	198268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office has not undertaken an assessment of the level of stolen scrap <br>metal exported for sale abroad.<br><br>We are aware of the risk that stolen metals may be directly exported and so <br>work is underway with UK Border Force and other law enforcement organisations <br>to deal with this, including the better profiling and identification of <br>containers that may contain stolen metal. We are also looking to see whether <br>there are any technological solutions we can use to better secure our borders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

48963

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total private investment in rail has been in each region of the UK in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	197012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Between 2006/07 and 2012/13 the private investment in Great Britain's railways amounted to £3,573 million. This includes all enhancements in relation to tracks and signalling, rolling stock and stations and other investments</p><p> </p><p>This information is not available on a regional basis.</p><p> </p><p>Further details of this funding are available on ORR's website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/5cc4eb14-fe68-4b72-aebf-81625df90d86" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/5cc4eb14-fe68-4b72-aebf-81625df90d86</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

48964

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department collects on private investment in (a) rail infrastructure and (b) rolling stock in each region.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	197013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information about private investment in rail infrastructure or rolling stock on either a National or Regional basis.</p><p> </p><p>ORR publishes data regarding private investment broken down by expenditure type: tracks and signalling; rolling stock; stations and other investment. However, this information is only published for Great Britain as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Further details of this funding are available on ORR's website at the following link:</p><p>https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/5cc4eb14-fe68-4b72-aebf-81625df90d86</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

47348

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) local authorities and (b) hon. Members in Lancashire on rolling stock in Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	195651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Discussions have taken place with Lancashire County Council on the provision of rolling stock for a new Manchester to Burnley and Blackburn via Rochdale service. A number of representations have been received from hon. Members concerning rolling stock in Lancashire, including at the Westminster Hall debate on rolling stock provision in the North of England on 12 March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

46739

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of his proposed changes to energy company obligation funding on families in fuel poverty who were in flood risk areas.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	195119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The impact of the proposed changes to the Energy Company Obligation was estimated in the Assessment of Impacts published alongside the consultation document on 5<sup>th</sup> March:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-of-the-energy-company-obligation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-of-the-energy-company-obligation</a></p><p> </p><p>No specific estimate was made for those fuel poor families specifically living areas of flood risk.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change intends to complete a full Impact Assessment as part of the Government's response to the consultation later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

46740

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his proposed changes to the energy company obligation will reduce funding availability for flood-risk homes which are automatically defined as hard-to-treat.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	195120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>Homes at risk of flooding are not automatically defined as having hard-to-treat cavity walls, however flood-risk homes with hard-to-treat cavity walls are eligible for funding under the Energy Company Obligation. Proposed changes to the scheme will enable more homes to receive funding for energy efficiency measures, including those homes that are at risk of flooding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones