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805517

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Burial: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will meet with Cabinet colleagues to discuss the merits of removing child burial fees in England in line with policy in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	902839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>I recognise the distress caused to families when organising a funeral for a child. I pay tribute to members who have campaigned on this important issue, particularly the honourable lady for Swansea East.</p><p>We are making it easier for parents to apply for financial support under the Funeral Expenses Payment Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 13/12/2017 16:58:56 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

800646

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
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 30 November 2017 to Question 115873, on helicopter flight hours, if he will publish the Civil Aviation Authority’s annual aggregate data for each helicopter model issued with an airworthiness certificate in each year since 2014; and on what the timetable is to publish the aggregate data for 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	117267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority publishes details of the total hours flown by each individual aircraft, which is collected as part of the process for maintaining the certificate of airworthiness, rather than aggregated by helicopter model. Data for 2017 will be collected at the point each aircraft’s airworthiness review certificate is validated in 2018, so aggregated data by helicopter model will not be available before the end of 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/12/2017 14:40:43 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

800648

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flight hours were recorded by the Civil Aviation Authority for helicopter models (a) S92, (b) AH175 and (c) AW189 in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	117269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority collects details of the total hours flown by each individual aircraft as part of the process for maintaining the certificate of airworthiness. The table below shows the number of aircraft of each type registered at 31 December of each year, and the total recorded hours flown by those aircraft. The hours flown data has been collected in different ways over time and the total hours flown during a particular year is an averaged amount that has been determined by various methods of calculation, and can be subject to change after data for subsequent years is received.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Type</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Registered aircraft</p></td><td><p>Total hours</p></td><td><p>Registered aircraft</p></td><td><p>Total hours</p></td><td><p>Registered aircraft</p></td><td><p>Total hours</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sikorsky S-92</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>26479</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>32524</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>40227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airbus EC175B</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agusta AW189</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1796</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>2602</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/12/2017 14:38:13 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

800651

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) S92, (b) AH175 and (c) AW189 helicopter models were issued with airworthiness certificates by the Civil Aviation Authority in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	117272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Aircraft are issued with a non-expiring Certificate of Airworthiness which is validated each year by an Airworthiness Review Certificate (ARC). The table below shows the number of ARCs validated each year for each aircraft type.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sikorsky S-92</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airbus Helicopters EC175B</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agusta AW189</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 11/12/2017 14:31:58 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

798665

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensioners: Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the Financial Conduct Authority’s interim report on the Retirement Outcomes Review.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	117059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published their interim Retirement Outcomes Review report in July 2017 and plan to publish their final report in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The government welcomes the FCA’s work in this area ensuring that the market supports consumer choice and consumers have the right information when making decisions on how to manage their retirement income. The government awaits the publication of the final report of the review, and will consider any recommendations carefully.</p><p> </p><p>The government notes the FCA’s interim report and believes it is right that individuals are trusted with their own hard-earned savings and that they should have choice about how to access their pension income rather than being forced to purchase an annuity.</p><p> </p><p>As the FCA’s interim findings show, the majority of pots that are fully withdrawn are smaller (90% worth less than £30,000) and the majority of individuals (94%) have other sources of income in retirement. This does not indicate that people are squandering their savings as a result of the pension freedoms.</p><p> </p><p>The pension freedoms have been very popular: as of October 2017 individuals have accessed over £14.2 billion through over 2.7 million payments.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/12/2017 12:00:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

797852

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensioners: Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people aged 65 or over paid income tax at the (a) higher and (b) additional rate in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	116759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>An estimate of numbers of taxpayers aged 65 or over who are liable at the higher or additional rates of tax in the year 2014-15 are shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>2014-15: income taxpayers liable at higher or additional rates of tax</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of individuals (Thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Higher Rate</p></td><td><p>Additional Rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65 and over</p></td><td><p>506</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/12/2017 16:10:26 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

797853

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Pensions: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with representatives of the pensions industry on improving guidance and information on pensions provided to people at retirement age.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	116760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials of the Department regularly meet with representatives from the pensions industry and will continue to do so ahead of the introduction of the new single financial guidance body and development of the pensions dashboard. The Single Financial Guidance Body aims to simplify the existing public financial guidance landscape, including pensions guidance, and will provide even more opportunities to support people to make better informed decisions about their pension. The Department is committed to ensuring that there is adequate provision of high quality information and guidance for those preparing to access their pension.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/12/2017 16:32:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

797856

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Pension Wise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making Pension Wise an opt-out service.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	116763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>We are considering all options for making sure people have access to whatever source of advice or guidance they feel is right for them.</p><p> </p><p>One of the core objectives of the new Single Financial Guidance Body will be to rationalise and build on the fantastic pensions guidance that is already available. The new body will bring the expertise of the existing services together to increase take up and engagement with guidance.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/12/2017 16:40:40 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

795774

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what regular assessments have been made by the Government of insurance underwriting trends for offshore helicopter operations since January 2009.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	116120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority monitors the ability of UK operators to obtain insurance. The ability of UK license holders to obtain insurance cover is dependent upon the insurer’s assessment of relevant risks in relation to an individual license holder. The CAA advises that such cover in the market in general has been readily obtainable over the period in question, and the overall market trend of such premiums has been downwards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 06/12/2017 16:47:33 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

795775

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to require the insurance industry to publish historic cost benefit analyses of under writing commercial helicopter flights in the offshore energy industry since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	116121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is responsible for monitoring and regulating the insurance industry.</p><p> </p><p>As a rule, insurers use their claims experience, other industry-wide statistics and detailed risk assessments to calculate the risks posed when underwriting an insurance contract. This enables them to price their insurance products accordingly. The Government does not generally intervene in these commercial decisions by insurers.</p><p> </p><p>If it becomes clear that intervention is necessary, the FCA is able to do so.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 06/12/2017 17:06:12 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham