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657004

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2016 to Question 56146, how many people registering their identity have used the service to (a) report a medical condition that affects their driving, (b) renew a short-term medical driving licence, (c) check their income tax for the current year, (d) get a state pension statement, (e) sign into their personal tax account, (f) view or share driving licence information, (g) apply for universal credit, (h) claim for redundancy and monies owed, (i) file a self assessment tax return, (j) update rural payment details, (k) assist friends or family with their tax and (l) check or update company car tax details.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	57168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The number of new verified identity accounts used to register and access the following government services since <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify went into public beta on the 14th October <del class="ministerial">2016,</del> <ins class="ministerial">2014,</ins> is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Government service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New verified accounts used to register and access a service (LOA2)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New basic accounts used to register and access a service (LOA1)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claim for redundancy and monies owed</p></td><td><p>42,875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Update rural payment details</p></td><td><p>13,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>View or share driving licence information</p></td><td><p>24,482</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apply for universal credit</p></td><td><p>29,307</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Check or update company car tax details</p></td><td><p>49,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assist friends or family with their tax</p></td><td><p>1,929</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sign into their personal tax account</p></td><td><p>43,539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>File a self assessment tax return</p></td><td><p>234,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Check their income tax for the current year</p></td><td><p>24,961</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Get a state pension statement</p></td><td><p>62,587</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Report a medical condition that affects their driving</p></td><td><p>979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renew a short-term medical driving licence</p></td><td><p>545</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/12/2016 17:28:31 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2016 12:34:59 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 26763 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

657221

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many extra days imprisonment have been given to prisoners for assaults committed on (a) fellow prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	56955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>We want our prisons to be places of safety and reform, and so it is right that offenders who break prison rules are properly punished. Where this amounts to a criminal offence, prisoners should expect to be investigated by the police and face more serious sanctions.</p><p>We are committed to improving safety across the prison estate and are already taking action. This includes tackling the use of drugs, mobile phones and drones, while recruiting new staff and improving protection for staff.</p><p>Information on the number of additional days awarded to prisoners as a result of adjudications for assaults against staff and prisoners in each of the last five years can be found in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 15/12/2016 17:43:03 question first ministerially corrected 07/02/2017 13:57:50 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name 56955 - table.xlsx title assaults against staff & prisoners - adjudications previous answer version 26782 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

654383

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Farmers: Depressive Illnesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2016 to Question 55821, if she will make it her policy to provide support to farmers who are experiencing depression or anxiety related to delayed single payments and other financial issues.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	56464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>In 2015 the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) offered a hardship fund to help farmers with delayed payments and in financial need.</p><p> </p><p>For 2016, the RPA began making Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments when the payment window opened on 1 December. On 13 December the Agency announced that it had made payments, worth £8<del class="ministerial">8</del>2<ins class="ministerial">2</ins> million, to approximately 68% (around 59,000) of eligible claimants with a range of claim types and sizes, including those inspected and with common land. The RPA remains focused on paying 90% of eligible claims by the end of the month.</p><p> </p><p>The RPA is working with a range of farming help organisations such as the Farming Community Network and the Citizens’ Advice Bureau. Should the RPA need to make use of BPS Financial Support Payments to deal with hardship cases it will do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/12/2016 12:12:50 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2016 11:25:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice previous answer version 25605 answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

654463

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Restraining Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders imposed in England and Wales in 2014 and 2015 explicitly restricted online contact.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	56514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

654464

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Restraining Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders imposed in England and Wales in 2014 and 2015 restricted contact through the use of legal processes.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	56515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

654465

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Harassment: Restraining Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders were imposed as a result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales in 2014 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	56513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

654478

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of how frequently perpetrators of harassment or stalking seek indirectly to contact their victim through (a) civil and (b) family court action.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	56620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is clear that stalking and harassment, which cause misery for victims, are totally unacceptable. The fixated nature of stalking may result in a prolonged campaign sometimes lasting many years. So we are determined to do everything possible to protect all victims of stalking and stop perpetrators at the earliest opportunity – even before the stage at which a perpetrator might be prosecuted. That is why, following a public consultation, we have recently announced that there will be a new civil stalking protection order, to support victims of stalking at an earlier stage and address the perpetrator’s behaviours before they become entrenched.</p><p>The number of restraining orders imposed as result of stalking and harassment in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed in the table. Information on the specific restrictions included in a restraining order is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Nor do we hold data on how frequently perpetrators of these crimes seek to contact their victims through action in the civil or family courts. The courts do have powers to deal with unmeritorious claims and applications. The court may strike out the action as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims, either of its own motion or on request by a party to the proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 16/12/2016 12:51:16 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2017 17:42:13 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah attachment 1 file name Final table 56513-56515.xls title Table 56513-56515 previous answer version 26921 answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

654493

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South West Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the causes of signal and power failures on the South West main line between Woking and Eastleigh on 6 December 2016.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mrs Flick Drummond
uin	56634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not generally make an assessment of the causes of individual operational incidents. Network Rail, as the infrastructure provider, is best placed to do this. I am aware, however, that on this occasion the problems were caused by <del class="ministerial">two power surges from the National Grid</del> <ins class="ministerial">a failure of the power </ins>supply to the signalling centre in Basingstoke that damaged the signalling equipment which had to be repaired and reset.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/12/2016 14:06:30 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2016 11:24:12 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 26371 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4459 label Biography information for Mrs Flick Drummond

652646

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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	Packaging: Waste
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 estimate she has made of the proportion of packaging waste which will be recycled or recovered in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	56277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of packaging waste that was recycled or recovered in each year since 2010 was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recycled</p></td><td><p>60.7</p></td><td><p>60.8</p></td><td><p>61.4</p></td><td><p>64.6</p></td><td><p>59.2</p></td><td><p>59.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recovered</p></td><td><p>67.3</p></td><td><p>67.1</p></td><td><p>69.1</p></td><td><p>72.7</p></td><td><p>64.1</p></td><td><p>65.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of packaging waste that will be recycled or recovered in each of the next three years is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recycled</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>58-60</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">63-67</del> <ins class="ministerial">58-62</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% recovered</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>63-65</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">58-62</del> <ins class="ministerial">63-67</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 12/12/2016 15:01:48 question first ministerially corrected 20/12/2016 16:59:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey previous answer version 25796 answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

652732

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on travel that was not standard class in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	56233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>Total spend on travel that was not standard class (£<ins class="ministerial">m, rounded</ins>) is set out in the table below (this includes Eurostar Standard Premier):</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011-2012: <ins class="ministerial">0.9</ins> <del class="ministerial">900,000<del class="ministerial"></del></del></p><p>2012-2013: <ins class="ministerial">0.7</ins> <del class="ministerial">700,000</del></p><p>2013-2014: <ins class="ministerial">1.1</ins> <del class="ministerial">1,100,000</del></p><p>2014-2015: <ins class="ministerial">0.9</ins> <del class="ministerial">900,000</del></p><p>2015-2016: <ins class="ministerial">0.6</ins> <del class="ministerial">600,000</del></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/12/2016 13:26:07 question first ministerially corrected 16/01/2017 16:20:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 28350 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron