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601082

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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	China: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, at what (a) ministerial (b) official level the Government will be represented in the next round of the human rights dialogue with the Chinese authorities.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	48563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>​I intend to open the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue later this month. As in previous years, the UK delegation will be led by the Director of Asia Pacific Directorate in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/10/2016 13:48:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

601083

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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	Gedhun Choekyi Nyima
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he last raised the detention of the Panchen Lama with the Chinese authorities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	48564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>We raised the case of the Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, at the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue in 2014. The Chinese authorities stated in September 2015 that the Panchen Lama was &quot;leading a normal life&quot; in China.</p><p>We urge China to ensure that any restrictions on the Panchen Lama's freedom of movement and communication are lifted, so that he may select the career, education or religious life of his choosing. We will continue to support calls by the UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief for the relevant authorities to facilitate a meeting between the Panchen Lama and independent international observers.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/10/2016 13:52:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

601084

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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	Tibet: Dams
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the (a) Chinese and (b) Indian authorities on the damming of rivers in Tibet and the effect of that action on water supplies to India.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	48565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>​We have had no discussions with the Chinese or Indian authorities on the damming of rivers in Tibet.</p><p>The UK supports sustainable economic development in Tibet. Decisions about the management of shared regional resources, like water, are best taken in consultation with neighbouring countries.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/10/2016 13:49:45 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

601085

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
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	Tibet: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when a UK (a) Minister and (b) official last visited (i) the area designated by the Chinese government as the Tibetan Autonomous Region and (ii) the areas of Tibet subsumed by the Chinese government into China in the 1960's; what requests for such visits are outstanding; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	48566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>​I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer given by the former Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for East Devon (Mr Swire), to the Hon. Member for Dundee West (Mr Law), on 4 May 2016 (PQ 35590), copied below for ease of reference:</p><p>The Hon. Member for Bury South (Mr Lewis) was the last serving Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) minister to visit the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), in September 2009. An FCO official last visited the TAR in June 2014. We continue to press the Chinese authorities for further access.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/10/2016 13:45:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

584029

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the surplus/deficit in the National Insurance Fund is.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	46560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>There are two separate National Insurance Funds (NIF) one for Great Britain and a significantly smaller Northern Ireland Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The balance on the GB NIF as at 31 March 2015 was £20.9bn and the Northern Ireland NIF was £0.5bn. These balance can be found in the accounts which were published on 29 October 2015, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-insurance-fund-accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The NIF accounts for the year ending 31 March 2016 are currently in the process of being audited prior to publication.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 10/10/2016 15:27:27 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

584080

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority children's services departments subject to improvement notices have been visited by Ministers of her Department in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	46556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>Since my appointment in September 2012, as the relevant minister, I have visited and/or met with councillors and/or officers from 15 local authorities that were subject to Improvement Notices and/or Statutory Directions. I have also visited and/or met with councillors and or/officers from nine local authorities that have been subject to intervention since 2010. A list of these appointments is in the attached document.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 46557 question first answered 10/10/2016 16:26:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families, Edward Timpson MP, meetings with local authorities subject to intervention.doc title List of meetings and visits
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

584081

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which directors and other equivalent post holders of children's services subject to improvement notices (a) she and (b) Ministers of her Department have met on what dates in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	46557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>Since my appointment in September 2012, as the relevant minister, I have visited and/or met with councillors and/or officers from 15 local authorities that were subject to Improvement Notices and/or Statutory Directions. I have also visited and/or met with councillors and or/officers from nine local authorities that have been subject to intervention since 2010. A list of these appointments is in the attached document.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 46556 question first answered 10/10/2016 16:26:07 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families, Edward Timpson MP, meetings with local authorities subject to intervention.doc title List of meetings and visits
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

584169

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much in compensation payments has been paid by Network Rail to Govia Thameslink Railway since the start of that franchise.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	46558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The latest information is published on Network Rail’s website - <a href="http://www.networkrail.co.uk/transparency/datasets/" target="_blank">http://www.networkrail.co.uk/transparency/datasets/</a> - covering the years 2011-12 to 2014-15.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/10/2016 11:00:21 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

584170

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much in compensation payments has been paid by Govia Thameslink Railway to customers since the start of that franchise.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	46559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The delay repay compensation figures for all Train Operating Companies covering the years 2009-10 to 2014-15 are published on the GOV.UK website at – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/train-operating-companies-passenger-charter-compensation-between-2009-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/train-operating-companies-passenger-charter-compensation-between-2009-to-2015</a>. Figures for the 2015-16 financial year for all Train Operating Companies are expected to be published on the GOV.UK website later this year. Releasing all the figures at the same time will allow everyone to see them together which will provide a clear and consistent publication and help avoid misinterpretation and confusion.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/10/2016 11:03:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

576802

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-Slavery Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to mark Anti-Slavery Day 2016; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	45299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Anti-Slavery Day on 18 October is an important opportunity to continue to raise awareness of this appalling crime. We have made good progress in tackling it, but there is more to do. A range of events will mark the day and I will announce my own plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/09/2016 14:19:41 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton