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834233

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of problem gambling (a) in betting shops, (b) in casinos, (c) in pubs, (d) in clubs, (e) in bingo halls, (f) on the National Lottery (g) at racecourses and dog tracks (h) on line and (i) at other venues.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	125866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>In August 2017 NatCen, commissioned by the Gambling Commission, published a report using 2015 Health Survey data into gambling behaviour in Great Britain, including problem gambling prevalence rates. The report identified 0.8% of the adult population as problem gamblers, which is a similar rate to that found in the British Gambling Prevalence Survey published in 2012. The NatCen report does not provide a breakdown by venue, but problem gambling rates by activity are available in table 4.5. The report can be found here:<a href="http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Gambling-behaviour-in-Great-Britain-2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/PDF/survey-data/Gambling-behaviour-in-Great-Britain-2015.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 05/02/2018 11:27:37 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

830384

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Hyde Park
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has held any discussions with the Legal Aid Agency about the application for legal aid, reference TIP.00288.FUN.LAA, to bring a case in connection with the Hyde Park Bombing.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	124950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Over thirty years later families and friends are still suffering from the horrific consequences of the Hyde Park bombings. I would like to express my deepest sympathies to those affected by this terrorist crime.</p><p>All individual case funding decisions are taken by the Legal Aid Agency. Ministers are prevented by law from intervening in this process. It is important that these decisions are, and are seen to be, free from political and Government influence.</p><p>This matter is currently ongoing, and as such it would be inappropriate for me to comment further at this time.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/01/2018 14:28:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

829970

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been allocated Legal Aid funding to pursue (a) exceptional and complex cases and b) other cases, in the most recent three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	124703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The information is already available in the Legal Aid Agency’s published National Statistics at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-july-to-september-2017</a> (table 8.1).</p><p> </p><p>However please note that we do not have a separate category for “complex” cases, and that our figures relate to number of grants and not the number of individuals assisted (as one person can have multiple certificates).</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/01/2018 11:25:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

829976

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of providing Legal Aid in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	124707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>This information is published by the Ministry of Justice in its Annual Report and Accounts, the most recent version of which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630239/moj-annual-report-2016-17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630239/moj-annual-report-2016-17.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>This is the total Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit (RDEL) and is taken from page 148 of the MoJ Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/01/2018 11:25:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

829983

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the most frequently given grounds for refusal of Legal Aid.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	124712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>The Legal Aid Agency assesses each application on its own individual circumstances against the relevant statutory criteria.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/01/2018 11:26:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

829997

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent from the public purse on the High Speed 2 project to date.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	124721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Expenditure on delivery of HS2 from 2009/10 until 2016/17 was £2.3bn. This consists of expenditure by both HS2 Ltd on delivering the programme and by the Department for Transport on land and property.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 29/01/2018 11:31:50 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

824626

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding have local authorities in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire received from the New Homes Bonus scheme since the inception of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	123427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The New Homes Bonus was introduced in 2011/12 to provide an incentive for local authorities to encourage housing growth in their areas. Allocations for local authorities in England and Gloucestershire to 2017/18 are as follows:</p><p>England - £6,073,404,201</p><p>Gloucestershire - £122,645,809</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/01/2018 17:56:53 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

823399

registered interest
date	16/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of DVSA testers available to test commercial vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	122880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) priority is to help people keep their vehicles safe to drive. It is working hard to ensure there is sufficient testing resources across the network to meet demand.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA has set up a specialist team to address the concerns of authorised testing facilities (ATF), and is holding a series of local events across the country from January to April 2018 to work with ATFs to improve the efficiency of testing.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The DVSA is in the process of making employment offers to an additional 26 new entrant staff to join the agency by April 2018, and plans to launch a further recruitment campaign in early February to ensure it has the right people with the right skills in the right areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/01/2018 12:47:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

823046

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve the opportunities for NHS staff to receive on-going education and training; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	122729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Different organisations have a range of responsibilities for training and development. Individual employers have responsibility for supporting staff with courses which are required to fulfil duties to work in their organisation and core employment requirements.</p><p> </p><p>National funding through Health Education England (HEE) has historically been used to support development of the National Health Service workforce. HEE invests up to £300 million per year on supporting individuals in NHS employment achieve registered qualifications and a further £80 million on workforce transformation projects agreed locally, some of which has prioritised training courses for ongoing development.</p><p> </p><p>HEE is considering alternative models for traditional continual professional development funding; for example exploring routes for apprenticeships for post graduate qualifications that previously may have been funded directly at a national level.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 23/01/2018 17:28:42 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

823050

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Ancillary Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of non-clinical, non-patient facing staff who are employed in the NHS; and what proportion of those staff were employed in the NHS in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	122733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and we have defined non-clinical, non-patient facing staff as those working in National Health Service Infrastructure support. As of September 2017 there are 164,584 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) infrastructure support staff working in the NHS in England. This is 2,848 more than in September 2016. As of September 2017 there are 1,285 FTE infrastructure support staff working in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups in Gloucestershire. This is 55 more than in September 2016.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 23/01/2018 17:31:43 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson