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776919

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the replacement of Pacer carriages covering local services with modern rolling stock on rail services in the North of England.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	109238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department recognises that Pacers fall short of passengers’ expectations and so required bidders for the Northern franchise to phase them out.</p><p> </p><p>Arriva Rail North are investing £400 million in 281 brand new air-conditioned carriages, more than double the minimum required in the government’s invitation to tender, and remain on track to deliver the complete removal of the outdated and unpopular Pacers by the end of 2019 at the latest.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 31/10/2017 10:50:48 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

776250

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Affordable Housing: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built in (a) the North of England, (b) Bolton and (c) Wigan in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	109102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the number of additional affordable homes supplied are available in live table 1008C: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 31/10/2017 15:01:12 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

776252

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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	Empty Property: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of empty homes in (a) the North of England, (b) Bolton and (c) Wigan.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	109101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the numbers of empty homes are available in live table 615: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 31/10/2017 15:00:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

776256

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government has allocated to transport capital infrastructure projects in the North West of England in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	109103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Figures on public sector spend at a regional and national level are part of the Government’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics. These statistics attempt to allocate the spending according to where the benefits of that spend are accrued.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for public capital expenditure on transport for the North West of England for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 are given below:</p><p> </p><p>2014-15: £1.355 billion</p><p>2015-16: £1.853 billion</p><p> </p><p>These figures include spend on transport by all public sector organisations (including Local Authorities and Public Corporations).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2017 15:01:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

776257

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of congestion on roads in (a) Bolton and (b) Wigan.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	109104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the trends in the level of congestion on all roads in (a) Bolton and (b) Wigan.</p><p> </p><p>Information is held on average delay on locally managed ‘A’ roads and the most recent data provided by the Department is as follows.</p><p> </p><p>CGN0502b: Average delay on locally managed ‘A’ roads by local authority</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Average delay (seconds per vehicle per mile)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% change</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>58.5</p></td><td><p>57.6</p></td><td><p>-1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>58.5</p></td><td><p>58.5</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>44.6</p></td><td><p>45.9</p></td><td><p>+2.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Average delay is commonly used as a measure of relative congestion. A decrease in average delay indicates a reduction in the level of congestion.</p><p>These statistics are the most up to date figures published by the Department and come from the table CGN0502b, which is published annually in February. The full table can be accessed using the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/average-speed-and-delay-on-local-a-roads-cgn05%23table-cgn0502" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/average-speed-and-delay-on-local-a-roads-cgn05#table-cgn0502</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not produce statistics for congestion at the local authority level for the Strategic Road Network or for minor roads.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England keeps the trunk road and motorway network in England under constant review, but has made no recent specific assessment of trends in the level of congestion through Bolton and Wigan.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/10/2017 16:32:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

771367

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Employment: Bolton West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the working population of Bolton West constituency is employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	108071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I<br>have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/10/2017 14:43:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ108071 v.02.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

771369

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which local authorities have expressed interest to his Department in conducting a voter ID pilot in polling stations for the May 2018 local elections.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	108068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The May 2018 voter ID pilot schemes are part of a programme of reform that will enhance<br>public confidence in our elections and strengthen electoral integrity. The opportunity to<br>pilot voter ID in May 2018 was offered to all local authorities in Great Britain and on 16<br>September we announced that Woking, Gosport, Bromley and Watford have committed to<br>do so. In addition, Tower Hamlets will be piloting measures to improve the integrity of the<br>postal vote process.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/10/2017 14:50:49 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

771370

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government has taken to implement the recommendations of Sir Eric Pickles' review of electoral fraud entitled Securing the ballot, not including the voter ID pilots planned for the May 2018 local elections.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	108084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s view is that electoral fraud is unacceptable on any level. Sir Eric Pickles’ review made a number of recommendations for strengthening the integrity of the electoral process. In addition to the voter ID pilots taking place in the May 2018 elections, Tower Hamlets will also pilot changes to postal voting. The Government is also seeking to end the practice of postal vote harvesting through measures that will prohibit party campaigners from handling postal votes, and apply a limit to the number of postal ballots that any one individual can hand in at a polling station. Additionally, the Electoral Commission has addressed 7 recommendations through guidance in response to the Pickles Review.</p><p>The Government is considering the way forward on the other recommendations made by Sir Eric Pickles, and will continue to consider how to improve the integrity of electoral processes more generally.</p><p><strong><strong><strong></strong><br></strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/10/2017 11:20:18 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

771372

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universities: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department plans to make of the contribution of European Structural and Investment Funds to UK universities; and if he will takes steps to ensure that there will not be a funding gap for universities.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	108069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The government has guaranteed funding for all European Structural and Investment Fund projects signed before we leave the EU – provided they are value for money and in line with domestic priorities.</p><p> </p><p>These guarantees are designed to ensure projects are not disrupted, communities do not miss out and gives British organisations, and potential investors, the certainty and stability they need to continue to bid for funding and help us make a success of Brexit.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/10/2017 11:00:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

771468

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Bolton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the most recent estimate is of the funding required to establish a free school in Bolton.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	108074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The capital cost of establishing a free school varies, depending on the type and size of the school and the site available. There is an approved primary free school project in Bolton (Great Lever Primary) but a suitable site has not yet been secured.</p><p>The Department has provided Bolton Council with £27 million to fund new school places between 2011 and 2017 and a further £18 million for 2017 to 2020.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/10/2017 15:23:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green