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802924

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date	08/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that no parents, particularly those on low incomes, will receive less financial support with tax-free childcare than they would with childcare vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	118344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting working families with the cost of childcare. We are doubling the free childcare available to working parents of 3&amp;4 year olds to 30 hours a week, saving them around £5,000 a year per child. In 2019/20 we will be spending around £6bn on childcare support – a record amount.</p><p>Childcare vouchers are only offered by a minority of employers and are unavailable to self-employed parents, or those who do not earn enough to participate in salary sacrifice schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is designed to be fairer and better targeted. It will have a far wider reach than vouchers and is expected to benefit over 1 million working households. The minimum income level of just over £120 a week will support those parents earning the National Living Wage who are unable to use childcare vouchers. Under Tax Free Childcare many self-employed parents can get help with childcare costs for the first time.</p><p> </p><p>Parents currently using vouchers will be able to continue using them, if they prefer, while they continue to work for the same employer and that employer continues to offer them.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/12/2017 15:03:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

802925

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Road Traffic
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans take to reduce travel disruption caused by slow traffic through and around the Dartford Tunnel.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	118345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>In April, the Government committed £10 million to improve the traffic flow at and around the Dartford crossing. This was as part of the preferred route announcement for the new Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) which will help reduce demand at the Dartford Crossing, while also improving links to London and the south coast.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, a Dartford - Thurrock study will identify ideas to reduce congestion that could be delivered in advance of the construction of the LTC. In addition, improvement work to M25 Junction 2 is due to start in Spring 2018 to help reduce congestion south of the Dartford crossing.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/12/2017 15:32:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

802926

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the value of using recruitment agencies to recruit teachers.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	118346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>It is for schools to decide how they recruit their staff but the government wants to help schools do so in the most efficient way possible.</p><p>In the manifesto we committed to creating a national teacher vacancy service for schools to publish vacancies, in order to reduce costs and help them find the best teachers. The aim is to reduce both the time schools currently spend on publishing vacancies and the cost of recruiting new teachers. The service will also make it easier for aspiring and current teachers to find jobs quickly and easily.</p><p>Dependent on the outcome of our current development phase, we could expect to start building this service in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/12/2017 17:34:59 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

802927

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to support GP services in (a) Sevenoaks and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	118347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local commissioners, overseen by NHS England, to ensure that general practitioner (GP) services meet the needs of local people.</p><p> </p><p>In line with its strategic vision, Mapping the Future, that was approved by West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in July 2017 a Local Care Plan that describes the model of GP care, the infrastructure required and what will change for local people was published.</p><p> </p><p>In this local care model, the system is organised at four different levels – general practice, cluster, local care hubs and west Kent-wide services. There are seven ‘clusters’ of general practices in West Kent. The cluster model is being implemented in three phases across the seven clusters. The Sevenoaks cluster lead GP, Dr Vicky O’Neill, is leading the development of a bid on behalf of local practices to secure GP Five-Year Forward View funding to help ensure that local GP care is sustainable.</p><p> </p><p>Several practices in Sevenoaks are finalising practice premises development plans to allow them to expand their services. The Sevenoaks cluster is also working to prepare for delivering the enhanced access requirements for general practice and West Kent CCG expects the cluster to be compliant by the target date of March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2016, the General Practice Forward View set out a package of investment in English general practice. This included a number of reforms which will support general practice through increased investment in general practice, recruitment and retention of GPs and the wider workforce, and investment in extended access to GP services.</p><p> </p><p>By 2020 the Government has committed to supporting general practice by incrementally increasing investment up to £12 billion (an additional £2.4 billion compared to 2015/16); an additional 5,000 GPs and 5,000 other staff working in general practice; and by March 2019 everyone having access to GP services, including sufficient routine appointments at evenings and weekends to meet locally determined demand.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 15/12/2017 14:27:13 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

802928

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Coastal Communities Fund: Golf
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether funding from the Coastal Communities Fund can be allocated to golf courses that are at risk from coastal erosion.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	118348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Coastal Communities Fund is a competitive bid-led programme and all applications are assessed against agreed criteria and programme priorities. Projects that address issues of coastal erosion or flood risk management which threaten the development of the coastal economy are potentially eligible for help provided they can demonstrate they will deliver jobs and growth as part of an integrated regeneration initiative.</p><p>The administration of the Coastal Communities Fund in Scotland is the responsibility of the Scottish Government. My Hon Friend should contact them for further information about the next competitive bidding round for the Fund (Round 5) in Scotland for which funding will be available from April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/12/2017 16:47:18 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

802929

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	European Capital of Culture: Dundee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the (a) eligibility of and (b) support for Dundee's bid to be European City of Culture.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	118349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>I regularly discuss matters of interest to Scotland with Cabinet colleagues and have expressed my support for Dundee’s bid to the DCMS Secretary of State and ministers at every available opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is in discussions with the European Commission about the position it has taken on UK participation and is also in discussions with the five cities that submitted bids to host the European Capital of Culture 2023.</p><p> </p><p>I would be happy to meet with the honourable Member to discuss this in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 14/12/2017 15:38:58 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

802930

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that train operating companies are compensated for any losses incurred as a consequence of the introduction of the proposed 26-30 discount railcard.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	118350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>We expect that the railcard will bring more passengers, and therefore more revenue, to the railway.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 13/12/2017 15:55:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

802931

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Eastern Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 35 of the paper, South East Rail Franchise Stakeholder Document what proportion of people from the Metro area (a) opposed reducing the choice of London destinations (b) wanted to retain services to (i) Charing Cross, (ii) Cannon Street and (iii) Victoria; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	118351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Invitation to Tender (ITT) sets out the minimum requirements of the next franchise. The priority of the ITT is to improve the reliability of services across the network including the Metro area.</p><p> </p><p>93.6% of people in the Metro area (who responded to the consultation and also provided their postcode) were opposed or strongly opposed to reducing the choice of central London destinations from individual stations to enable the simplicity of a regular service to a single London terminal throughout the day to benefit both regular and occasional passengers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Metro Only</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strongly Oppose</p></td><td><p>88.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oppose</p></td><td><p>5.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neutral</p></td><td><p>2.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strongly Support</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Respondents with postcodes</p></td><td><p>7,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of total</p></td><td><p>67.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Since the consultation did not ask which terminals respondents wished to retain services to, we are unable to state what proportion of respondents wished to maintain services to each specific London terminal.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/12/2017 15:35:35 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

802932

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse will be of developing the new reception baseline assessment announced in September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	118352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Standards and Testing Agency is currently seeking a contractor to develop and deliver the new reception baseline assessment. The contract will cover the development, pilot and first two years of statutory delivery of the assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The total value of the contract is estimated to be no more than £9.8 million over four academic years from September 2018 to August 2022. The majority of costs will be for the annual delivery of the assessment rather than its development.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/12/2017 17:17:18 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

802933

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the £100 million announced in Budget 2016 to deliver 2,000 low-cost second stage accommodation for rough sleepers and domestic abuse victims has been allocated; and how many such units of accommodation have been built.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	118353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Greater London Authority were in a position, working with the Department for Communities and Local Government, to quickly mobilise with the fund and so the fund has already been launched there. Details of the bidding process in London have been announced. Information can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/ahp_2016-21_move-on_further_guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/ahp_2016-21_move-on_further_guidance.pdf</a></p><p>We are working with providers and key stakeholders in the homelessness and domestic abuse sectors to inform the roll-out of a fund for the rest of England. Further details will be available in due course.</p><p>This builds on the work of our £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme which has funded 84 projects across England to deliver an end-to-end approach to homelessness prevention. For victims of domestic abuse we have announced 80 projects across the country will receive a share of the 2016-18 £20 million fund to support victims of domestic abuse, creating more than 2,200 bed spaces and giving support, including for move on, to over 19,000 victims.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 21/12/2017 15:44:11 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 29541 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey