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830329

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
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
hansard heading	Hill Farming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to support the livelihood of English and Welsh upland farmers in the event that the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	903548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p>Leaving the EU presents a major opportunity for us to design new policies which are based on public money for public goods. Traditional upland landscapes provide many environmental and cultural benefits which we value. The Government is looking at the implications of proposed policy changes and will consult before the introduction of the Agriculture Bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/01/2018 13:21:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

829786

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	Roads: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the surface of the improved road connection between Sheffield and Manchester as proposed by Transport for the North will be constructed using all weather materials.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	124572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Trans-Pennine Tunnel Study will, as part of its brief, consider the potential standard of the road link (motorway, expressway, all-purpose road). The Study is at an early stage, and matters of detailed design have not been fully developed. However, any design will be expected to take account of the climatic conditions prevailing in the Peak District.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/01/2018 09:38:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

829793

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Sports: Hearing Impairment
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 measures are in place to ensure that professional athletes who suffer from hearing impairments and cannot register under the British Paralympic Association are not at a disadvantage when having to compete alongside other athletes who do not have hearing impairments.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	124577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of sport and physical activity for disabled people who take part at both grassroots and the elite level. We would expect national governing bodies of sport (NGBs) to identify hearing impaired athletes through their talent pathway programmes and put a support plan in place. NGBs also work with the relevant International Federation, where necessary, to help ensure that hearing impaired athletes can compete alongside those who do not have hearing impairments.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 29/01/2018 14:12:54 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

829794

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employment: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to encourage employers as a result of the closure of the Employer Supported Childcare vouchers scheme to engage with and support employees who are parents.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	124578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is investing a record amount on childcare support – around £6 billion per annum. It is important that that investment is properly targeted. Tax-Free Childcare targets support at those parents with the highest childcare costs, which is usually those with younger children. We recognise the additional childcare costs for parents of children with disabilities so they can continue to receive Tax-Free Childcare until the child is 17.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is designed to be fairer and better targeted than childcare vouchers. We estimate that 1.5 million families will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, and have childcare costs, whilst there are 600,000 families currently receiving childcare vouchers. This means we estimate that TFC potentially supports 900k more families with the cost of childcare.</p><p> </p><p>We have been gradually rolling out Tax-Free Childcare and over 170,000 parents now have a Tax-Free Childcare account. From 14 February 2017 all eligible parents will be able to apply. Having put in place service improvements we have started marketing activity to encourage more parents to take up the support they are entitled to.</p><p> </p><p>For the number of self-employed parents using Tax-Free Childcare I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 29 November 2017 to the honourable member for Batley and Spen (116593). An estimate of the number of applications we expect from self-employed parents is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The introduction of Tax-Free Childcare is an opportunity for all employers to engage with working parents, not just the minority who offer childcare vouchers. HMRC are working with employers so that they understand, and can advise their employees about, the benefits of Tax-Free Childcare.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 124788 124790 124793 124795 question first answered 29/01/2018 14:42:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

829864

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Presidents Club
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether any Ministers in his Department attended the Presidents Club Charity Dinner run by the Meller Educational Trust in an official capacity.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	124628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>None of the Ministers in my Department attended the dinner.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 29/01/2018 11:22:17 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

829882

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Presidents Club
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether any Ministers in his Department attended the Presidents Club Charity Dinner run by the Meller Educatonal Trust in an official capacity.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	124640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>No Department for International Trade Ministers have attended the Presidents Club Charity Dinner.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 29/01/2018 14:54:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

829886

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Board of Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, who has to date confirmed their attendance at the next meeting of the Board of Trade in the first quarter of 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	124643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The new Board of Trade is led by the President of the Board of Trade. The Secretaries of State for the Territorial Offices and other Department for International Trade Ministers have a standing invitation to attend the meetings. The work of the Board of Trade is supported by a group of advisers, who are also invited to the meetings. A full list of the advisers to the Board of Trade can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/international-trade-secretary-dr-liam-fox-convenes-a-new-board-of-trade-to-ensure-the-benefits-of-free-trade-are-spread-throughout-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/international-trade-secretary-dr-liam-fox-convenes-a-new-board-of-trade-to-ensure-the-benefits-of-free-trade-are-spread-throughout-the-uk</a></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 29/01/2018 14:23:47 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

829935

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2018 to Question 123035, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of introducing an automated system for universal credit claimants to reset their login details.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	124678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>In line with programmes of this size, it is not our policy to cost individual features. Costs are managed at a programme level.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 29/01/2018 13:02:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

829957

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
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	Surgery: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what records his Department holds on (a) how many patients have had operations postponed since 1 January 2018 and (b) what the average waiting time was to reschedule those operations.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	124694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of patients who have had operations postponed following the recommendation from the National Emergency Pressures Panel that non-urgent inpatient elective care is deferred until 31 January 2018 is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England publishes quarterly performance data on cancelled elective operations, which includes national, regional and provider level activity, and this can be accessed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancelled-elective-operations/cancelled-ops-data/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/cancelled-elective-operations/cancelled-ops-data/</a></p><p> </p><p>The data covering quarter 4, 2017/18 will be published on 8 June 2018. This will provide figures for the number of last minute cancellations for non-clinical reasons (where the operations was cancelled on the day the patient was due to arrive, after the patient has arrived in hospital or on the day of the operation or surgery); and the number of those last minute cancellations where the provider did not offer an alternative admission date within 28 days.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 29/01/2018 12:25:43 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

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