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424461

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date	28/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the evidential basis is for the proposition that freezing the repayment threshold for plan 2 student loans is likely to result in student loans being repaid to a greater extent than under the current terms.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	13854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Estimates of the impact of freezing the repayment thresholds for borrowers are illustrated in the consultation document, which has been published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold</a></p><p>These are based on analysis using the Department’s Student Loan Repayment Model: further details on the model are available at the Department’s website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplified-student-loan-repayment-model" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplified-student-loan-repayment-model</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/11/2015 11:06:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

424462

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's proposal to freeze the repayment threshold for plan 2 student loans on the amount of money likely to be paid back over the 30 year repayment period.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	13855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of additional loan repayments has been set out in the published consultation document which is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/11/2015 11:06:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

424580

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the EU Water Framework Directive on the level of water available in London.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	13830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Water Framework Directive aims to protect and improve surface waters and groundwater and promote sustainable water use so that we have a sufficient supply of good quality water for people and the environment. Actions to achieve this are set out in river basin management plans every 6 years.</p><p>On the 30<sup>th</sup> October, the Environment Agency published proposed updated plans which they submitted to the Secretary of State for approval, including the Thames plan which covers London. The preparation of the proposed plan has involved an assessment of current and future water availability in the Thames river basin.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/11/2015 08:12:47 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

424581

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Water Supply: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on creating a North-South water pipeline to bring water to London.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	13831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently not considering any specific proposals to create a North-South water pipeline. Though we do recognise that increasing interconnection in our water supply system to allow water to be traded and moved will help improve long-term resilience, water is heavy and expensive to move over long distances and its transfer can also have adverse environmental impacts. In the short-term, the transfers that are most likely to be beneficial are strategic interconnection projects to join up water supply zones within, and between, water company networks.</p><p>In the longer-term, greater join-up between these networks could allow for the more strategic management of water transfers over a wider area. With the industry, we are exploring ways to increase cross-company collaboration over the next water resources planning period.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 02/11/2015 08:26:53 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

424654

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bill of Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many drafts of a proposed British Bill of Rights his Department has produced in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	13827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The Ministry of Justice has not produced any drafts of a proposed Bill of Rights since 2010.</ins> This Government was elected with a mandate to reform and modernise the UK human rights framework. We will fully consult on our proposals before introducing legislation for a Bill of Rights and we will set out our proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 02/11/2015 14:44:13 question first ministerially corrected 18/11/2015 11:24:52 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 27037 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

424655

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Council Tax: Non-payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the decision in R (Nicolson) v Tottenham Magistrates' Court to declare the applicant's liability order unlawful, what steps HM Courts and Tribunals Service has taken to ensure that magistrates satisfy themselves that the amount claimed by way of costs by local authorities in any individual case summonsed for late or non-payment of council tax is no more than that reasonably incurred by the authority.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	13920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The decision as to whether to award costs in applications for liability orders and in what amount is a matter of judicial discretion in each individual case.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/11/2015 10:53:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

424666

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Elections: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to tackle electoral fraud in (a) Peterborough and (b) England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	13918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Commission provides advice to those who are involved on the frontline in identifying, investigating and prosecuting cases of electoral fraud. Before each set of elections the Commission provides advice to the police, electoral administrators and others on ways to prevent and detect electoral fraud, based on the best practice it has identified through working with partners across electoral administration and the justice system. Each year the Commission publishes data on allegations of electoral fraud that are reported to the police.</p><p>The Commission targets additional support for those on the front line in 18 areas in England where there is a higher risk of allegations of electoral fraud. This includes Peterborough and the Commission will be working again with these areas before the elections in May 2016 to build on what was done prior to the General Election. The Commission issued briefings to all honourable members in the last parliament on the work it was undertaking prior to the General Election to help tackle electoral fraud and will do so again before the elections in May 2016.</p><p>In its 2014 review of electoral fraud, the Commission recommended that voters in Great Britain should be required to produce ID at polling stations, although it is yet to receive a response to this recommendation from the Government. The Commission has submitted evidence to the review being undertaken by Sir Eric Pickles and hopes that he agrees with it and that the Government accepts the Commission’s recommendation.</p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 02/11/2015 07:58:09 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

424668

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Level Crossings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2015 to Question 2215, and with reference to the indicative timetable contained in his Department's Level Crossing Reform Action Plan, whether he will issue a public consultation on the reform of legislation relating to level crossings in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	13923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department continues to develop its response to the Law Commission’s recommendations on the reform of level crossing legislation.</p><br /><p>Initial discussions with stakeholders have raised a number of concerns which the Department will need to consider further.</p><br /><p>This is a highly complex area and we must ensure that any amendments to the legislative framework do not adversely impact on the UK’s position of having the best level crossing safety record in Europe.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/11/2015 14:05:15 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

424671

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Trains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2015 to Question 13080, whether a clause exists in the lease agreement referred to in that Answer that would enable Great Western Railway's Intercity 125 fleet to remain temporarily with that franchise if the introduction of the Intercity Express Programme fleet was delayed.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	13952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>This terms of the lease agreement are a commercial matter between the operator and the rolling stock leasing company.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/11/2015 14:11:31 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

424672

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release, Government to overhaul young driver rules in bid to improve safety and cut insurance costs, issued 25 March 2013, when heplans to publish the Green Paper on young drivers referred to in that press release.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	13953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Every death is a tragedy and is one too many. However, there is a difficult balance to strikebetween the safety and the freedom of our young drivers, and we are currentlyundertaking research into how to make our roads safer. We will explore optionsaround how to improve learning to drive and encouraging people to practice morebefore they take their test.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 02/11/2015 14:14:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood