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760851

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date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of impact of the closure of Army Reserve centres on levels of recruitment.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	105418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 18 July 2017 to Question 4377 to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent (Mr Smith). We continue to make good progress with recruitment into the Army Reserve. The total strength of the Army Reserve was 30,140 as at 1 August 2017, which is an increase of 960 since 1 August 2016.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/10/2017 11:40:12 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 18 July 2017 HOC 4377.docx title Armed Forces: Recruitment
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760882

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of (a) disinfectant and (b) bleach on the incidence and severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	105422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has not conducted any assessment on the effects of disinfectant or bleach on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Preliminary research by scientists at Harvard University and the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research found an association between an increase in the incidence of COPD in nurses that frequently used bleach and other cleaning products. This is the first to report such an effect. PHE will monitor any further developments and research in this area.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/10/2017 11:27:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760905

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Obesity: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the relationship between the number of fast food outlets in any neighbourhood and the levels of childhood obesity in those neighbourhoods since the report of Public Health England of 31 March 2017 on Health matters: obesity and the food environment.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	105423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>No national assessment has been made since the March 2017 publication ‘Health matters: obesity and the food environment’.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016, prior to the Health Matters publication, Public Health England (PHE) published findings of an analysis which indicated an association between the density of fast food outlets and areas of deprivation, with the poorest areas of the country having a higher density of takeaways. This intelligence sits alongside health survey data showing that prevalence of child overweight and obesity rises with deprivation. More information can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/obesity-and-the-environment-briefing-regulating-the-growth-of-fast-food-outlets" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/obesity-and-the-environment-briefing-regulating-the-growth-of-fast-food-outlets</a></p><p>In July 2017 the Government updated the Planning Practice Guidance on health and wellbeing (<a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/health-and-wellbeing" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/health-and-wellbeing</a>) to include a new section detailing how local planning authorities, when considering how to promote healthier weight environments, could have regard to locations where children and young people congregate, as well as to evidence indicating high levels of obesity and deprivation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 09/10/2017 11:17:17 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760973

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2017 to Question 9573, what discussions he has had with those EU companies which are investing most significantly in Wales after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	105359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade and other Ministers regularly meet with companies that invest in the UK, including on visits abroad, to the regions, and in London. This includes companies investing in regions across the whole of the UK, including Wales.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 10/10/2017 09:57:22 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760064

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many households received broadband speeds of less than 5mb in each constituency in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	10423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not have data on premises that receive speeds of less than 5Mbps. The Department has deposited in the House of Commons Library results of its modelling and analysis of broadband coverage by constituency, including figures for sub 2 and sub 10 Mbps premises. Similar information, by constituency, is also available from Think Broadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/).</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2017 12:19:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760204

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding the Government has (a) given and (b) undertaken to provide to car manufacturers in each region of the UK in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	105038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>There are numerous public funds that go towards supporting the automotive sector, including research and development, regional growth funds, local growth funds and skills funding. We do not collect data on overall spending by region.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/10/2017 15:45:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760274

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Wales Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department will save by cancelling the Cardiff to Swansea electrification project.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	105064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. member to my response to PQ 8933 answered on 11 September.</p><p> </p><p>From the end of this month, passengers in Wales will benefit from new Intercity Express trains which will each deliver over 130 extra seats, faster journey times and improved connectivity for South Wales to London with 40% more seats in the morning peak once the full fleet is in service. There will be more seats for South Wales passengers by virtue of longer trains and (more frequent services to Bristol and Cheltenham thereby releasing space on London to Cardiff and Swansea services.</p><p> </p><p>Passengers will benefit sooner and experience less disruption compared with putting up intrusive wires and masts along routes where they are no longer required.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2017 14:58:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760277

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to electrify the north Wales railway line.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	105066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>We continue to work with the rail industry, the Welsh Government and regional stakeholders, including the North Wales and Mersey Dee Rail Task Force and Transport for the North, to see what more can be accomplished to deliver better journeys for passengers and freight customers in the North Wales corridor.</p><p> </p><p>The rail industry’s Welsh Route Study published in March 2016 looked at the case for electrification of the North Wales Main Line (NWML) - including the link from Chester to Warrington - and concluded it had a benefit to cost ratio of 0.35 to 1 if evaluated on the basis of current train services, or 0.58 to 1 if evaluated against an enhanced level of train services for which funding has not yet been identified.</p><p>The Welsh Government has recently with our agreement issued an Invitation to Tender for the next Wales and Borders franchise seeking a step change in the quality of rail travel in Wales and the borders region. The competition for the new franchise for the West Coast, the West Coast Partnership, is also underway. This provides vital connections between London, Crewe, Chester and North Wales. We expect the next franchise to be a far more punctual and reliable service and offer better connections between the towns and cities it serves to enable economic growth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/10/2017 14:03:09 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760278

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of improvement to rail infrastructure in Wales were funded by (a) the Government and (b) Welsh government in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	105067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I have asked Network Rail to collate the information and provide this directly to the Honourable Member.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/10/2017 14:12:38 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760279

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Vale of Clwyd
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for personal independence payment tribunals in Vale of Clwyd constituency was in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	105068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The volume of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals made to the Tribunal has built up since it was introduced as a new benefit in 2013. As the number, and age, of appeals lodged increased so has the average waiting time.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times generally can fluctuate temporarily and geographically, owing to a number of variable factors, including volumes of benefit decisions made locally, availability of medical/disability members, and venue capacity. Any disparity in waiting times is monitored and investigated locally.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has been working with the Tribunal judiciary to identify initiatives with potential to increase the capacity and performance of the Tribunal, including reviewing current listing practices to increase the number of PIP cases being able to be listed on a session. We are also in the process of recruiting over 350 judicial officer holders to provide long term capacity in the Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>The average waiting time for PIP appeals in each of the last four years, in the Vale of Clwyd constituency, is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>The average time (weeks) from receipt in HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to outcome for PIP<sup>1 </sup>Appeals <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Vale of Clwyd<sup>4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qtr 1 2017/18</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em><sup>1 </sup></em>PIP (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance from 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments). <sup>2 </sup>Appeals includes those cleared with and without a tribunal hearing. They may include time spent at the upper tribunal. <sup>3</sup> Full Financial year to date; Quarter 1 April – June 2017. <sup>4 </sup>Data on SSCS cases are attributed to the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. For those living in Vale of Clwyd these are the Prestatyn and Llandudno venues. <table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 105065 question first answered 09/10/2017 15:16:55 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane