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347598

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date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Todmorden Curve Line: Overcrowding
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have regarding overcrowding on the new rail service between Manchester, Burnley and Accrington via the Todmorden curve, and what discussions they have had with Northern Rail and Lancashire County Council about relieving overcrowding.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Following investment of £10m, the new rail services between Blackburn, Burnley Manchester Road and Manchester Victoria via the Todmorden curve commenced operation on 17<sup>th</sup> May 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Northern has not provided any information on passenger loadings to the Department at this early stage and would not be expected to do so.</p><p> </p><p>This project has been sponsored by Lancashire County Council and Burnley Borough Council to deliver economic benefits by reducing journey times for people travelling between Manchester and East Lancashire.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/06/2015 12:02:49 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

347643

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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
hansard heading	Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people are classed as living in fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The estimated number and proportion of households which are fuel poor in 2013 under the Low Income High Costs indicator in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Number of households in fuel poverty (thousands)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Proportion of households in fuel poverty within the area (%)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>2,347</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/06/2015 16:01:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

347644

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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
hansard heading	Fuel Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many children live in households that are classed as being in fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is measured at the household level rather than the individual level and detailed data on the age of household occupants is not available at the sub-regional level. The table below shows the number and proportion of fuel poor households which contain at least one child under the age of 16 in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber, in 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Fuel poor households with at least one child under 16 (000s)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Proportion of fuel poor households with at least one child under 16 (%)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1,064</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough the total number of households in fuel poverty was estimated to be six thousand, representing 14 per cent of all households in the region.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/06/2015 09:18:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

347667

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects the TTIP negotiations between the EU and the US to be concluded.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government remains strongly committed to completing an ambitious EU-US Free Trade Agreement (EU-US FTA), also known as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). We are pressing for an agreement under the current US Administration, which means we need to see tangible progress by end-2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the most recent negotiating round which took place between 20 and 24 April in New York, there continues to be good progress on the technical work which would underpin the final deal. However, in order to reach an agreement in principle this year, the European Commission, EU Member States and the US will need to work closely together over the coming months. The next negotiating round is due to take place in July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/06/2015 12:32:08 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

347668

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Constituencies
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, which parliamentary constituencies have electorates more than 10 per cent (a) greater and (b) smaller than the UK average.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission recently published data relating to the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election results on its website. The requested information is set out in the attached table.</p><p>These results should be treated as provisional as they are based on data collected separately by the BBC, ITV, Sky News, and the Press Association. The Commission will publish a range of data for the 2015 UK Parliamentary general election in its report on the administration of those elections this summer. This will include the verified electorate figures by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 04/06/2015 09:53:33 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter attachment 1 file name Electorate Data - Consitutencies with Electorates 10 Per Cent Higher or Lower than UK Average.docx title Constituencies 10% outside the UK average
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

347672

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gospel Oak-Barking Railway Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated to Network Rail for the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport and Transport for London have respectively allocated £90m and £25m towards the electrification of the line (2013 prices).</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/06/2015 11:44:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

347673

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gospel Oak-Barking Railway Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work to (a) start and (b) be completed on the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Enabling works are due to commence in October 2015, with major on site works due to commence in June 2016. Passenger services on the electrified route are due to be available for use by passenger operators by 30 June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/06/2015 12:11:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

347680

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Direct Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that elderly people without sufficient means can block calls from call centres on PPI claims, accident claims and claims against banks without cost.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (as amended) (PECR) it is a legal requirement that companies do not make unsolicited marketing calls to numbers registered on the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). Individuals can register their telephone number with the TPS and there is no charge for doing so. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) enforces the PECR and has powers to issue monetary penalties of up to £500,000 against non-compliant firms.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is ICO’s sponsoring Department. MoJ also has a dedicated unit, which regulates companies offering claim services, including for PPI, accidents and financial products.</p><p> </p><p>While call blockers are available on the open market for consumers to purchase, the government is exploring options to provide free devices to people identified as being at higher risk of financial damage and personal distress as a result of nuisance calls.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 04/06/2015 11:21:46 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

347681

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	FIFA: Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions the Sports Minister has had with FIFA on the recent FBI investigation.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>I have not had any recent discussions with FIFA regarding the recent FBI investigation. However, I am in regular contact with The FA on matters related to the governance of FIFA.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 04/06/2015 08:07:57 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

347684

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Honours: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nominations for honours were made through the Northern Ireland Assembly in each year since its inception; and whether the nomination was successful in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Since 2012, no honours nominations are recorded as being from the Northern Ireland Assembly. For the period 1998 and 2012, the information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/06/2015 07:19:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon