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892109

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he has taken to reduce delays in processing applications for the basic payment scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	904958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Since the introduction of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in 2015, the Rural Payments Agency has made improvements in the processing of applications including the introduction of online applications, online land and entitlement transfers, reducing the time to process transactions, and further support and guidance to help farmers successfully submit their applications. This has led to improvements in the BPS payment performance with over 90% of eligible farmers being paid by the end of December for the 2016 and 2017 scheme years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/04/2018 17:12:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

889925

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the letter of 21 February 2018 from the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland on the time taken to process the Basic Payment Scheme application of a constituent.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	136977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Defra received the letter on 9 March 2018 and a reply was sent on 18 April 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/04/2018 11:49:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

889985

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visitor visas have been (a) applied for and (b) granted for each non-EU country in (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	137037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Applications for visit visas are considered against Appendix V of the Immigration Rules and on a case by case basis. Detailed information on how UK Visas and Immigration makes decisions on visitor cases is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visit-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visit-guidance</a>.</p><p>Information on total entry clearance visas applications (the majority of which are visitor visas) broken down by nationality and outcome (grants, refusals, withdrawals, lapsed) is published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics Visas volume 1 table vi_02_q at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017</a>.</p><p>Corresponding data for Q1 (January to March) 2018 is planned to be published 24 May 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/04/2018 12:07:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

885387

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Financial Action Task Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the agenda for the Financial Action Task Force plenary meeting in June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	136250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the international standard-setting body for Anti-Money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT). The FATF Plenary, its decision-making body, meets three times a year.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the sensitive nature of Plenary discussions, agendas are not made public ahead of meetings. As is usual, following the June Plenary we will place a letter in the House library to update on developments at FATF.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 23/04/2018 12:27:41 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

873589

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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
hansard heading	Burma: Rohingya
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative experts have been deployed to Bangladesh to work with Rohingya refugees.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	134703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Four members of the FCO’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative Team of Experts (PSVI ToE) have deployed to Bangladesh to support survivors of sexual violence among Rohingya refugees. This technical support has focused on assessing the situation and services available to survivors to inform funding and programming, and on building sustainable capacity among Bangladeshi organisations engaged in gathering and preserving evidence of sexual violence. This forms part of the UK’s wider humanitarian response to the crisis, where we have contributed £59 million, which includes funding for services to tackle violence against women and girls. ​</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 16/04/2018 16:17:00 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

873590

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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
hansard heading	Colombia: Election Observers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is planning to send election observers to the upcoming Colombian election.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	134704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>​Staff from our Embassy in Bogota took part in some monitoring during Congressional elections on 11 March, and will observe Presidential elections in May.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/04/2018 14:49:16 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

873591

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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
hansard heading	Mexico: Election Observers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is planning to send election observers to the upcoming Mexican election.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	134705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>​​We are not sending a formal observers mission to Mexico for the elections. However, officials at our Embassy in Mexico City have attended briefings on the electoral process presented by the National Electoral Institute and by the Electoral Tribunal, and will also informally observe the elections as accredited visitors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/04/2018 14:52:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

873592

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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
hansard heading	Brazil: Election Observers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department is planning to send election observers to the upcoming Brazilian election.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	134706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has no plans to send observers to monitor the Brazilian election.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 16/04/2018 14:54:12 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

872800

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Standards Agency: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test stations have closed in each constituency since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	134613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has closed nine driving test centres since 2010; this consists of four car driving test centres, one motorcycle driving test centre and four lorry driving test centres. The sites were closed either because the usage agreement was terminated by the landlord, the property was sold by the site landlord or the site was no longer suitable for testing. The following table shows the name of each driving test centre that has closed, the type of test that was carried out and the constituency:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Name of driving test centre</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Type of test</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Constituency</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberporth</p></td><td><p>Motorcycle</p></td><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashton-under-Lyne</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p>Ashton Under Lyne</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromsgrove</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p>Bromsgrove</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Congleton</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p>Congleton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>Lorry</p></td><td><p>Gloucester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islay Island</p></td><td><p>Lorry</p></td><td><p>Argyll and Bute</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath</p></td><td><p>Lorry</p></td><td><p>Neath</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutherglen</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p>Rutherglen and Hamilton West</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simonswood (Liverpool)</p></td><td><p>Lorry</p></td><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/04/2018 10:54:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

872802

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations (a) opened and (b) closed in each constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	134615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010, thirty seven stations have opened, and three have been closed. I attach a table for ease.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/04/2018 14:02:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone attachment 1 file name 134615 - Table - Stations.xlsx title List of Table showing stations opend and closed
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman