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622271

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Asylum: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the average cost in the last 12 months of an asylum appeal in the (a) First-tier and (b) Upper-tier Tribunal.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	50355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has estimated the average unit cost of an asylum appeal in the First-tier as £1245 in financial year 2015/16 and £1237 in 2016/17 year to date.</p><p> </p><p>The average unit cost of any appeal to the Upper Tribunal is estimated at £2257 in financial year 2015/16 and £2467 in 2016/17 year to date.</p><p> </p><p>These are operational costs only, excluding corporate overheads.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 31/10/2016 16:54:11 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

621029

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will put in place a legal ban on the construction of a fourth runway at Heathrow Airport.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	50204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government agrees with the Airports Commission’s recommendation that a fourth runway at Heathrow Airport should be ruled out, and intends to take this forward as part of a draft National Policy Statement.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 28/10/2016 11:43:50 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

621030

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: M25
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which body will finance changes to the M25 resulting from the decision to expand Heathrow Airport.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	50201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government have been clear that the promoter, Heathrow Airport Limited, will meet the cost of the surface access improvements necessary to allow expansion of the airport, including the costs of re-aligning the M25 motorway.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 28/10/2016 09:43:24 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

621031

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Night Flying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed six and a half hour ban on night flights to and from Heathrow Airport will be given legal force.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	50202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government requires that a legally binding ban on night flights of six and a half hours at an expanded Heathrow. Consideration of any ban will also be subject to the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Balanced Approach to noise management, including specific consultation with local communities and other interested parties.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 28/10/2016 12:49:09 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

621032

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much financial support the Government will contribute towards the cost of surface access to Heathrow Airport in the event that a new third runway goes ahead.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	50203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that the promoter, Heathrow Airport Limited, will meet the costs of the surface access improvements necessary to allow expansion of the airport.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s 2013 Aviation Policy Framework makes clear that developers will pay the costs of upgrading or enhancing road, rail or other transport networks or services where there is a need to cope with additional passengers travelling to and from expanded or growing airports. Where the scheme has a wider range of beneficiaries, and are not specific to the addition of a new runway, the Government will consider, along with other relevant stakeholders, the need for public funding on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 28/10/2016 09:38:24 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

621038

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Air Routes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms the Government will use to guarantee that an expanded Heathrow Airport reserves a set percentage of its slots for flights to other UK airports.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	50200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that expansion at Heathrow will not only protect existing routes, but also provides additional connectivity across the UK, with new routes from Scotland, Northern Ireland as well as the South West and North East of England. We are currently preparing a draft National Policy Statement, which will be published in the new year.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 28/10/2016 12:51:15 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

601108

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Chickenpox: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to advice published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the effect of varicella vaccination on shingles, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policy on mandatory varicella vaccination of the findings of that report.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	48617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>In 2010, the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations (JCVI) considered the addition of varicella (chickenpox) vaccine in the childhood vaccination programme. After carefully considering all the available evidence, JCVI concluded that offering a universal varicella (chickenpox) vaccination programme would not be cost effective as it could lead to an increase in shingles (herpes zoster) in adults.</p><p> </p><p>JCVI keeps all its recommendations under review and is currently in the process of reviewing the latest scientific evidence to establish whether a routine childhood varicella vaccination programme would be effective and of benefit in England; this includes evidence from other countries that have introduced a vaccination programme. JCVI will make its recommendations, once it has considered all the necessary evidence.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 18/10/2016 15:43:51 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

601109

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Royal Brompton Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will undertake a consultation with patients, staff and the public on the proposed closure of congenital heart services at Royal Brompton Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	48616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong>The national review of congenital heart disease services is an NHS England led review.</p><p>NHS England will run a service change process in relation to the proposed changes to congenital heart disease services at Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and other trusts affected by the review’s proposals before finally deciding on and implementing any change. This process will include full public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 18/10/2016 10:46:45 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

598446

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Helmets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of making the wearing of cycle helmets compulsory for cyclists on UK roads.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	47879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>Government policy is that cycle helmets offer a degree of protection for cyclists in the event of a fall from a bicycle and some types of collisions. This is in line with the Highway Code rule 59 which states <em>“you should wear a cycle helmet which conforms to current regulations, is the correct size and securely fastened”</em></p><p> </p><p>We encourage the use of helmets by all cyclists and in particular by children.</p><p>However, people and parents are free to choose whether to follow this advice and we have no plans to legislate to introduce a mandatory requirement for the wearing of cycle helmets.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/10/2016 10:27:03 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

595560

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCSE: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students who have not achieved at least a C grade in English and mathematics GCSE will be required to resit those exams as many times as it takes them to achieve that grade.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	46941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>Departmental funding rules require full time students with prior attainment of a D to work towards achieving a C grade or higher in GCSE English and maths. Students who achieve lower than a D grade at 16 may study other qualifications such as Functional Skills as a ‘stepping stone’ towards GCSE.</p><p> </p><p>For those opting to retake their GCSE(s) or being required to do so due to having previously attained a grade D, there is no requirement for them to repeatedly re-sit the GCSE exam. Schools and colleges have the freedom to determine when a student is ready to re-sit their GCSE. This is because our 16-19 English and maths requirements relates to enrolments rather than exam entries. This provides a school or college the flexibility to determine when best for a student to be entered for and sit an exam. For some students that might be the following November, while other students may require</p><p>a year, or two years study and tuition before they are ready to re-sit the exam.</p><p> </p><p>If students resit their GCSE part way through their programme and fail to gain a grade C then they are expected to continue studying for the GCSE.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 12/10/2016 11:49:04 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias