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805297

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date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	World Trade Organization
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the barring of civil society groups from this year's WTO summit; and if he will make statement.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	118969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>We have been working with international partners to express that the UK Government is committed to a transparent and inclusive approach to trade, and civil society must have the opportunity to engage with and contribute to trade policy. The UK cooperated with the EU on the issuing of a letter on 7<sup>th</sup> December 2017 to the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Marcelo Faurie and the Chairwoman of the 11<sup>th</sup> WTO Ministerial Conference, Susana Malcorra. This letter expressed concerns over the actions taken to revoke the accreditation of certain civil society representatives.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/12/2017 13:43:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

806462

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Prisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many external medical appointments have been missed by prisoners due to insufficient numbers of prison staff in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	119538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>This information is not held or published centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/12/2017 15:46:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

806467

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to which legislation his Department has applied the Family Test, published in August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	119543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government's guidance on the family test is available on Gov.uk and provides that the test should be taken into account, if sensible and proportionate, when considering all new policies that might have an impact on the family, including those set out in legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 08/03/2018 15:48:12 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

806471

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what relationship the Government has with (a) Cifas and (b) other fraud prevention organisations; and what steps the Government has taken to regulate the operation of such organisations.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	119547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The Joint Fraud Taskforce is a collaboration between Government, the financial sector, law enforcement, and civil society, which is working collectively to tackle fraud. CIFAS, alongside other fraud prevention bodies, such as Financial Fraud Action UK, are key members of the Taskforce, sitting on both the Management Board and Home Secretary Chaired Oversight Board. <br> <br>Membership of the Taskforce is non-compulsory, although at its launch, the most senior members committed to work in partnership to help protect the public from becoming victims of fraud and fraud scams, maximising opportunities to stop fraudsters from operating, and to catch and prosecute those who commit fraud</p><p><br>CIFAS is also listed as a Specified Anti Fraud Organisation (SAFO) under the Serious Crime Act 2007, and as such CIFAS’s policies and processes are audited by the Information Commissioners Office every two years.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/12/2017 10:51:21 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

806506

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stop and Search: Airports and Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will direct Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary to review (a) the use by the police of powers in Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2007 to stop and search people at ports and airports and (b) whether those powers are used disproportionately on ethnic minority groups.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	119582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Service (HMICFRS) runs an annual public consultation on its inspection programme through which we ensure the inspectorate is sighted on Ministerial priorities</p><p>The programme is approved by the Home Secretary before it is published.</p><p>The exercise of police powers such as Schedule 7 is already annually reviewed by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (IRTL), who reports on the operation of the Terrorism Act 2000 and powers including Schedule 7.</p><p>All police forces refer complaints alleging discriminatory use of Schedule 7 powers to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) for investigation. IPCC investigations are part of the evidence considered by the IRTL.</p><p>In his annual review of 2013 IRTL David Anderson QC reported that he had “no reason to believe that Schedule 7 powers are exercised in a racially discriminatory way”, a view he repeated in subsequent reports. The first report of the current IRTL Max Hill QC is yet to issue.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/12/2017 15:41:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

806555

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Greater Manchester
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 potential future capacity on the Chat Moss railway line as a result of the plans for the Northern Powerhouse Rail; and whether those plans include the opening of additional stations on that line.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	119631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Any assessment of the potential for future capacity on the Chat Moss line as a result of the plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail will depend on (i) the route options between Liverpool to Manchester, (ii) what intermediate destinations are served and (iii) how that option interacts with related portions of the classic rail network. These factors are being considered by Transport for the North as part of the development of the Strategic Outline Business Case for Northern Powerhouse Rail which is due to be developed by the end of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/12/2017 09:32:56 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

806556

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Thameslink Line: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support Thameslink Railways in its management of capacity on trains between Bedford and St Pancras as a result of East Midland trains not stopping at (a) Luton and (b) Bedford from May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
uin	119632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As a result of East Midlands Trains being unable to stop at Bedford or Luton at peak times, the Department expects approximately 1500 passengers from Bedford and 500 passengers from Luton to transfer to Thameslink services to London each day, from May 2018. However, passengers on this route will benefit from capacity improvements as a result of the Thameslink Programme which mean that GTR will provide around 2000 additional seats from Bedford and nearly 3000 extra seats from Luton, off-setting the extra demand.</p><p> </p><p>In order to continue to provide some faster services between Bedford, Luton and London, GTR will remove some intermediate stops from a total of 4 trains in the morning and 6 trains in the evening. However, the improvements to capacity across the peak periods mean that GTR will still be able to provide more seats at intermediate stations than it does today.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 119633 question first answered 21/12/2017 09:41:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806557

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Thameslink Line: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department made of the effect on capacity of the Thameslink line between Bedford and St Pancras of East Midland line trains not stopping at (a) Bedford and (b) Luton from May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
uin	119633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As a result of East Midlands Trains being unable to stop at Bedford or Luton at peak times, the Department expects approximately 1500 passengers from Bedford and 500 passengers from Luton to transfer to Thameslink services to London each day, from May 2018. However, passengers on this route will benefit from capacity improvements as a result of the Thameslink Programme which mean that GTR will provide around 2000 additional seats from Bedford and nearly 3000 extra seats from Luton, off-setting the extra demand.</p><p> </p><p>In order to continue to provide some faster services between Bedford, Luton and London, GTR will remove some intermediate stops from a total of 4 trains in the morning and 6 trains in the evening. However, the improvements to capacity across the peak periods mean that GTR will still be able to provide more seats at intermediate stations than it does today.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 119632 question first answered 21/12/2017 09:41:07 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806559

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Thameslink Line: Overcrowding
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 trends in the level overcrowding on Thameslink trains between Bedford and St Pancras during peak times.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
uin	119635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department publishes statistical information on levels of overcrowding on an annual basis. These statistics represent overcrowding levels during a typical autumn weekday peak and are available by train operator for central London stations and major cities in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the average passengers in excess of capacity (PiXC) for Thameslink services arriving and departing St. Pancras International in autumn 2016, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Passengers in excess of capacity (PiXC) for Thameslink services at St. Pancras International; autumn 2016</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>AM peak arrivals (07:00-09:59)</p></td><td><p>PM peak departures (16:00-18:59)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.3%</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Passengers in excess of capacity, or PiXC, shows the percentage of standard class passengers above a service’s capacity at its busiest point. For example, a train with a capacity of 90 carrying 100 standard class passengers has 10 passengers in excess of capacity, and its PiXC percentage is 10% (that is, 10 passengers out of 100 are over the train’s capacity).</p><p> </p><p>Further disaggregation of this data i.e. for particular services or routes are not published as they are deemed to be commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/12/2017 10:47:58 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

806561

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Trains: Overcrowding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers travelled to London from Bedford during peak hours on East Midlands trains in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Ms Nadine Dorries
uin	119637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>There is no published information on the number of passengers travelling between Bedford and London.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/12/2017 11:26:25 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries