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49520

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
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
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 recent progress has been made on the review of partnership funding for flood defences; and when the results of this review will be published.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	197579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The independent evaluation of the Flood and Coastal Resilience Partnership Funding approach was published on 23 April 2014. The report is available on the Defra R&amp;Dwebpages at the following the link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;ProjectID=18734&amp;FromSearch=Y&amp;Publisher=1&amp;SearchText=fd2663&amp;SortString=ProjectCode&amp;SortOrder=Asc&amp;Paging=10#Description" target="_blank">http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&amp;Module=More&amp;Location=None&amp;ProjectID=18734&amp;FromSearch=Y&amp;Publisher=1&amp;SearchText=fd2663&amp;SortString=ProjectCode&amp;SortOrder=Asc&amp;Paging=10#Description</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

49521

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the future of community hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	197580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>A search of the Department's Ministerial correspondence database has identified no recent representations on the future of community hospitals. This Government believes the National Health Service should improve discharge from acute hospitals and increase access to care and treatment in the community.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

48845

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received on the levels of rural crime; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	196873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Between January and April 2014, the Home Office received five written <br>Parliamentary questions on issues relating to crime in rural areas, not <br>including this question. We also received one letter from a member of the <br>public and a letter from the Member for Thirsk and Malton.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

48853

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set targets for the reduction of rural crime.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	196872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Coalition Government has abolished all central policing targets and <br>mandatory indicators to enable the police to discourage perverse incentives <br>and to allow them to focus on their clear objective, to cut crime. This applies equally <br>to crime in rural areas as it does to crime in our towns and cities and we have <br>no plans to create new central targets for reducing crime in rural areas. It is now the responsibility of directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners to ensure the police deal with the issues that really matter to the communities they serve, and the public will <br>hold them to account for this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

48127

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on illegal pump imports into the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	196444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.</p><p> </p><p>We have had no representations on illegal pump imports. The National Measurement Office (NMO) is the designated Market Surveillance Authority for the UK for products subject to regulations made under the Ecodesign for Energy -related Products Directive, including those for pumps. It takes an intelligence-led and risk-based approach to market surveillance; any evidence of illegal imports should be sent to the NMO (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/placing-energy-related-products-on-the-uk-market" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/placing-energy-related-products-on-the-uk-market</a>) for follow-up and appropriate enforcement action.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

48297

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of rural crime; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	196281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Across the country, crime has fallen by more than ten per cent since June <br>2010.The latest published data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales <br>shows that the proportion of adults who were victims of crime was substantially <br>lower in rural than urban areas, and has been falling since 2009/10. According <br>to the 2012/13 Crime Survey for England and Wales, 13.4 per cent of people in <br>rural areas were victims of crime, compared with 20.1 per cent in urban areas.<br><br>However, the latest findings from the Commercial Victimisation Survey of crimes <br>against businesses, which looked at crime affecting the agriculture, forestry and <br>fishing industry, showed that there were 130,000 incidents of crime against the <br>agriculture, forestry and fishing sector in 2013, affecting just under a third <br>(30 per cent) of premises. Of the six business sectors surveyed in 2012 and <br>2013, the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector experienced the lowest rate <br>of overall crime (1,475 incidents per 1,000 premises).<br><br>The Government recognises that rural communities are vulnerable to <br>certain crimes. The election of Police and Crime Commissioners has given <br>communities, including rural communities, a stronger voice in determining how <br>police resources are allocated to tackle the crimes that matter most to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

47374

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current number of job vacancies is in the Thirsk, Malton and Filey travel-to-work area.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	195486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Universal Jobmatch System was introduced in November 2012. The system does not provide data for travel-to-work areas. However, I can confirm the number of live jobs on the system in these towns at 8 April 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Town</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Live jobs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thirsk</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malton</p></td><td><p>134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Filey</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>327</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

46742

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations he has received on the regulatory regime associated with fracking.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	195089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department has received a number of comments and has been made aware of recommendations by a variety of interested parties, including Non-Governmental Organisations and members of the public, that are relevant to the UK's shale gas regulatory regime. The UK has a strong regulatory system which provides a comprehensive and fit for purpose regime for exploratory activities, but we want continuously to improve it. The Office for Unconventional Gas and Oil (OUGO) works closely with regulators and others to ensure that regulation is also fit for purpose for production; and that it remains robust enough to safeguard public safety and protect the environment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is presently conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) on further onshore licensing. The SEA consultation closed on 28 March. Some of the responses to this consultation are relevant to the UK's shale gas regulatory regime. All responses will be carefully considered before any decision is made on further licensing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

46770

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
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 next plans to meet the Ukranian Foreign Minister; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	195088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) is in regular contact with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Andriy Deshchytsia. He met him most recently on 31 March, in the margins of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Foreign Ministers' meeting. The Government will continue to maintain regular contact with the government of Ukraine at all levels, to support their efforts to deal with the serious economic, political and security challenges that they are facing.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

46203

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
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 local councillors who will resign as a result of new arrangements to allow the press and public to film local authority public meetings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	194608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>None. Council meetings are public meetings which already can be reported by the press. We are merely reforming the access rules to allow the press and public to report such meetings through digital and social media. It will help bring greater awareness of the good work that councillors do for their local communities.</p><p>I would observe that the cause of openness in council meetings was championed by Margaret Thatcher, in her maiden speech to this House. As a backbencher, she successfully introduced a Private Members' Bill – the Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act 1960 – to open up meetings to the press and public, spurred on by the practice of the print unions getting Labour councillors to kick out journalists from council meetings who had crossed picket lines.</p><p>Whilst that the 1960 Act did not expressly permit filming, I note from perusing the Bill Committee Hansard that Mrs Thatcher was firmly of the view that broadcast journalists should have the same rights as other members of the press and public (<em>Official Report</em>, Standing Committee C, 13 April 1960). We are updating those analogue rights for a digital age.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering