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1109776

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro
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 2 April 2019 to Question 238325, if will establish a fund specifically for the extension of the Tyne and Wear Metro that can be drawn down by Nexus to improve connectivity and further develop a North East Regional Light Rail Mass Transit system.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	241016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>While the Government has no plans to establish a specific fund for the extension of the Tyne and Wear Metro, the North East city region has been shortlisted for a share of £1.22bn from the second tranche of the Transforming Cities Fund. We await formal receipt of their proposals later this year, which could include proposals for enhancing the Tyne and Wear Metro.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/04/2019 12:38:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1109778

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Durham Coast Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date pacer trains will be removed from the Northern Rail Durham Coast Line.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	241018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Northern have stated they still aim to retire all Pacers by the end of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/04/2019 12:48:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1109091

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Cricket: Females
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 steps he is taking to help support local cricket clubs to promote the participation of girls in that sport.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	239933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Sport England have invested £9 million in the England and Wales Cricket Board for the period 2017/21. A proportion of this investment will be used to drive the participation of girls’ cricket, for example developing flexible cricket formats to strengthen the pathway from absolute beginner through to performance level, and investing in coaching, officiating and sports science &amp; medicine.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that girls have access to the right sporting opportunities, both in and out of school. This is something government committed to tackle in the Sporting Future strategy, and which will be addressed through the new School Sport and Activity Action Plan.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/04/2019 10:02:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1109092

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	Cricket: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding from the public purse has been made available to cricket clubs in the Easington constituency to support the development of girls cricket in the most recent period for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	239934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Sport England invested £5,000 in 2010/11 into Sunderland AFC Foundation for Easington Football Development and Multi Sports Coaching, which included cricket. This funding was part of the Sportsmatch programme.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 08/04/2019 09:28:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1108715

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Working Links
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 29 March to Question 235318 on Working Links, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the process of awarding the (a) Work Programme Leavers and (b) Links to Work contracts Working Links (Employment) Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	239224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department has taken part (a) of the question to be in relation to The Work Programme provision let in 2011, there is no Work Programme Leavers programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has taken part (b) of the question to be in relation to the ESF Links to Work Provision let in 2016.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department complies with Public Procurement rules and Procurement Regulations in all sourcing activity. Internal governance, departmental assessment against Government Commercial Office Standards and Internal Audit reports monitor compliance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/04/2019 12:57:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1108716

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Working Links
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 29 March 2019 to Question 235320 on Working Links, over what period her Department’s Employment Category team carried out the due diligence process on Fedcap Employment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	239225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The DWP Employment Category team undertook initial due diligence on the Fedcap Group in August 2018 when Fedcap first entered the UK market. Since then they have kept that due diligence up to date and impacted the changes arising from the Working Links takeover in February 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/04/2019 13:04:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1108717

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Working Links
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 29 March 2019 to Question 235321 on Working Links, if she will introduce financial safeguards to protect the viability of the Community and Voluntary Sector in the event of a Department contractor collapsing with money owing to sub-contractors.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	239226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Administrator has statutory duties and obligations in relation to the management of a company and its property/assets during the period of any administration – these are covered by the Insolvency Act 1986. Any appropriate safeguards or commercial changes which DWP introduces will be subject to the normal application of insolvency law and procedure. DWP will seek to learn lessons as a result of the Working Links administration, and will implement appropriate commercial changes where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/04/2019 13:07:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1108718

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Working Links
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, at the time of Working Links (Employment) Ltd's collapse what contacts they held with her Department; what the total value was of each of those contracts; and how much her Department had paid to Working Links (Employment) Ltd in relation to each of those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	239227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>Working links held 3 Work Programme contracts, 5 Work Choice contracts, 6 European Social Fund contracts and were on the low value Dynamic Purchasing System.</p><p> </p><p>Work Programme and Work Choice were in exit mode, following cessation of referrals in March 2017 and November 2018 respectively, at the point of administration.</p><p> </p><p>Copies of the contract and contract values are accessible on the following site. <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p>In accordance with the Government transparency commitment I can confirm that the DWP publishes a list of all financial transactions over £500 and £25,000</p><p> </p><p>For spend over £25,000 follow the below link:-</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/ccdc397a-3984-453b-a9d7-e285074bba4d/spend-over-25-000-in-the-department-for-work-and-pensions" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/ccdc397a-3984-453b-a9d7-e285074bba4d/spend-over-25-000-in-the-department-for-work-and-pensions</a></p><p> </p><p>Explanatory notes on your findings on spend over £25000 can be found by following the below link:-</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-monthly-payments-explanatory-notes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-monthly-payments-explanatory-notes</a></p><p> </p><p>For spend over £500 follow the below link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/what-dwp-spends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/what-dwp-spends</a></p><p> </p><p>Explanatory notes on your findings on spend over £500 can be found by following the below link:-</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-government-procurement-card-monthly-payments-explanatory-notes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-government-procurement-card-monthly-payments-explanatory-notes</a></p><p> </p><p>Departmental contracts held by Working Links were on a payment by results basis and, therefore, actual spend will not align to the contract value as the latter is based on 100% performance.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/04/2019 13:23:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1107764

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Operation Brock (a) how many Highways England traffic officers have been redeployed to Kent and (b) how much money has been allocated to cover their accommodation costs for that Operation.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	238631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Highways England have plans to redeploy 80 Traffic Officers under arrangements to support Operation Brock in Kent. The package of hotel and food costs for these staff is £119 per officer per diem.</p><p> </p><p>The Traffic Officers will be carrying out their normal duties, but in an enhanced capacity in what is expected to be a highly congested area. Activities will include:</p><p>- Rapid attendance to incidents,</p><p>- Monitoring, operation and supervision of new traffic management arrangements,</p><p>- Reporting on queue lengths and responding to issues,</p><p>- Providing a visible presence to inspire confidence and encourage compliance.</p><p> </p><p>Under these plans there will be approximately 140 Traffic Officers working a 24/7 roster (30 on duty at any one time). These resources are being managed by a dedicated operational management team, from a shared multi-agency operating base in Maidstone.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/04/2019 10:33:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1107765

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what measures his Department has put in place to provide cover for the areas from which traffic officers have been redeployed to Kent as part of Operation Brock.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	238632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Highways England have carefully considered the impact of redeploying Traffic Officers to Kent from different parts of the country to assist in the management of Operation Brock in Kent. The agency has been taking appropriate measures to manage its staffing and resources effectively so as to ensure there is suitable resilience across all regions of the Strategic Road Network (SRN), and that required resourcing levels are achieved on every shift across the SRN.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/04/2019 10:04:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris