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1134452

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the results of the recent fire tests on non-ACM cladding demonstrated; how many blocks those tests found to be affected; and when those blocks will be made safe in the same way as blocks affected by ACM cladding.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	268957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>We expect the final results of Non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) testing to be available by the Summer. The research findings will be published in due course. The findings will help determine, in consultation with the Independent Expert Advisory Panel, if any additional action is necessary over and above the extant Advice Note, which can be found here:<br> <br> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2019 16:21:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1132481

registered interest
date	17/06/2019
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	Greyhounds: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of greyhounds exported from the UK to Ireland in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	265414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) does not record information on the specific breed of any dog exported from the UK. However, the total numbers of dogs exported using Export Health Certificates to the Republic of Ireland for the years 2018 and 2019 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2018 - 5</p><p>2019 - 15</p><p> </p><p>Please note that APHA does not record information relating to the number of pets travelling from Great Britain with a passport under the Pet Travel Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 25/06/2019 11:50:21 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1130557

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a bursary scheme to fund the training costs of new Teachers of the Deaf.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	261087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>I am determined that all children and young people, including those who are deaf or have a hearing impairment, receive the support they need to achieve the success they deserve.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are best placed to judge local priorities and to make local funding decisions. It is therefore for local authorities, in consultation with local people and having regard to the range of statutory responsibilities placed on them, to determine the exact nature of provision in their areas, including services for supporting children and young people with hearing impairment.</p><p> </p><p>The Whole School Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Consortium is being funded by the department to embed SEND into school improvement in order to equip the workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND, including children and young people with hearing impairment.</p><p> </p><p>I have met with the National Deaf Children’s Society and asked my officials to consider their proposal for a central bursary scheme for teachers of the deaf. They will report to me once they have collected all the relevant information.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 261088 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:57:43 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1130559

registered interest
date	06/06/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that there are adequate numbers of teachers of the deaf to support deaf children, their families, and their education settings.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	261088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>I am determined that all children and young people, including those who are deaf or have a hearing impairment, receive the support they need to achieve the success they deserve.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are best placed to judge local priorities and to make local funding decisions. It is therefore for local authorities, in consultation with local people and having regard to the range of statutory responsibilities placed on them, to determine the exact nature of provision in their areas, including services for supporting children and young people with hearing impairment.</p><p> </p><p>The Whole School Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Consortium is being funded by the department to embed SEND into school improvement in order to equip the workforce to deliver high quality teaching across all types of SEND, including children and young people with hearing impairment.</p><p> </p><p>I have met with the National Deaf Children’s Society and asked my officials to consider their proposal for a central bursary scheme for teachers of the deaf. They will report to me once they have collected all the relevant information.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 261087 question first answered 11/06/2019 16:57:44 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1129337

registered interest
date	03/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold: Unfair Practices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department will publish its response to the consultation on unfair leasehold practices which concluded on 26 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	258950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and freeholders and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. We will publish the Government's response to the technical consultation on Implementing reforms to the leasehold system in England shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/06/2019 15:52:08 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1127696

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
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	Greyhounds: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports that UK-born and trained greyhounds are being kept in poor conditions for breeding in China; whether his Department has plans to prevent the future export of greyhounds from the UK to China; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	256194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government takes the welfare of all racing animals very seriously, including once their racing careers have ended.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal Plant and Health Agency (APHA), which grants certification for the commercial exports of dogs and records information regarding the commercial movement of animals, has confirmed that they do not have any records of greyhounds being exported to China for commercial purposes during 2017 or 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Greyhound Board of Great Britain have made clear that they do not support the export of greyhounds to countries where welfare standards cannot be verified. They keep records of all dogs running and once a dog is retired the owner or trainer is required to state where the dog will be relocated to.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/05/2019 15:02:17 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1127318

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on (a) improving the availability of electric car charging points and (b) funding for those charging points.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	255647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2018 Office for Low Emission Vehicle Ministers wrote to Local Authority leaders encouraging them to support the uptake of electric vehicles and apply to the On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme. This scheme provides grant funding to Local Authorities to install chargepoints at on-street locations for residents that lack off-street parking. Ministers also announced a further £4.5m for the scheme (£2m for 18/19 and £2.5m for 19/20). In addition, OLEV and the Energy Savings Trust have hosted a series of on-street charging workshops providing over 200 Local Authorities with more information on the scheme. The Office for Low Emission Vehicles have regular discussion with Local Authorities on recharging infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>We have also provided £40m to eight Go Ultra Low Cities, around £20 million for dedicated taxi infrastructure and recently announced over £12.5 million for bus recharging infrastructure under the ultra low emission bus scheme.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/05/2019 13:19:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1127101

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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	Universal Credit: Tower Hamlets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets' Housing Scrutiny Sub-Committee, published 26 February 2019, which found that in 2018-19 the local authority had referred 539 universal credit cases back to her Department due to accuracy queries, of which 197 were still outstanding.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	255255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The vast majority of Universal Credit (UC) claimants’ claims are administered in real time and accurately. Every UC award is calculated based on the circumstances of individuals during each assessment period, taking into account savings, assets and income.</p><p> </p><p>All claimants have a responsibility to notify the Department about changes in their circumstances, as this could alter the monthly award and/or the responsibilities associated with receiving UC.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/05/2019 12:47:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1126237

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) fatal crashes caused by uninsured drivers and (b) speed cameras activated by uninsured drivers in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	253473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not hold data on either the insurance status of drivers involved in accidents or from speed cameras in relation to uninsured drivers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/05/2019 10:56:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1126241

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the economy of road crashes resulting in (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	253474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The latest figures available for the total cost elements of reported accidents are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Deaths</p></td><td><p>Serious injuries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£3,571M (at 2017 prices)</p></td><td><p>£5,490M (at 2017 prices)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A full breakdown on accident and casualty costs by year has been published on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> (see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras60-average-value-of-preventing-road-accidents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras60-average-value-of-preventing-road-accidents</a> - Table RAS60003 has the total value of prevention for accidents of all severity, by cost element.)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/05/2019 14:07:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick