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843532

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date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to upgrade the train line between Plymouth and Totnes.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	127873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Development of projects that deliver journey time improvements in the southwest peninsula are included in Network Rail’s recently published Strategic Business Plan for Control Period 6 (2019-2024).</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail will also explore other opportunities for further improvements with their customers and the Peninsula Rail Task Force.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will however determine any new rail infrastructure enhancements proposed for CP6 using a new process, details of which are expected to be announced shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/02/2018 16:45:03 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

843542

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Jobcentres: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place in the House of Commons Library a lookup file of every (a) postcode and (b) postcode sector in the UK to its nearest JobCentre Plus office.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	127883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to put this information in the House of Commons Library as the information is in the public domain. A search facility is available on <a href="http://los.direct.gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> which enables the public to find the nearest Jobcentre Plus office for the specific post code entered in to the search tool.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 22/02/2018 11:24:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

843546

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides on the provision of nursing rooms in prisons for the use by breastfeeding mothers who attend domestic visits.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	127887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>All prisons are expected to facilitate requests from nursing mothers to breastfeed their child during the course of a prison visit and must make every possible effort to accommodate these requests.</p><p>There is currently no central policy which sets out detailed arrangements for breastfeeding mothers who are visiting prisons and decisions on such matters are made locally. However, Prison Service Instruction 16/2011 (Providing Visits and Services to Visitors) requires prisons to take account of, inter alia, the needs of pregnant women and nursing mothers when leaving and returning to a prison establishment during a visit.</p><p>Information on the nursing facilities available at prisons across the prison estate is not centrally held and could be obtained only at disproportionate costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 127888 question first answered 22/02/2018 17:32:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

843548

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Voting Rights: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	127889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s staff networks will be holding a number of events and activities throughout the year to mark the centenary. These include celebrating International Women's Day and several events celebrating the centenary itself and the contributions that women have made, and continue to make, to the improvements in the fields of health and social care. In addition to this, the Department is taking part in the civil service suffrage flag relay and will host the flag in Leeds and London.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/02/2018 14:19:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

843549

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Voting Rights: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department plans to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	127890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade is dedicated to achieving gender equality in the workplace. The department plans to participate in the nationwide Suffrage Flag Relay, organised by the Cross-Government Women's Network as part of the Civil Service celebrations for the suffrage centenary.</p><p>The Permanent Secretary, Antonia Romeo, participated in the Civil Service launch event of cross-government centenary celebrations on 7th February 2018 at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.</p><p>The Women's Network within the Department for International Trade is working with our central communications directorate to organise a series of events to celebrate and commemorate the centenary of women's suffrage as well as International Women's Day on 8th March 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 27/02/2018 14:25:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

843550

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Voting Rights: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department plans to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	127891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development plans to mark the centenary of women’s suffrage. This includes flying the suffrage flag at DFID offices. Officials are collaborating with counterparts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Government Equalities Office on the preparations for an International Women’s Conference of MPs to be hosted at the House of Commons in November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, my department is working globally to enable more women around the world to exercise their right to vote and to stand as elected representatives.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 22/02/2018 17:38:44 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

843551

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Voting Rights: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to mark the centenary of women getting the right to vote in 1918.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	127892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office is coordinating the Government’s work on marking the centenary. As part of this the Department is working with the Greater London Authority to deliver a statue of leading suffragist Dame Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square to be unveiled later this spring.</p><p>We are encouraging existing projects to mark the centenary, and have launched a new nationwide schools-focused project to celebrate inspirational women from the First World War, including suffrage campaigners. We are encouraging communities to mark the centenary locally by raising awareness of the funding available to support local events. More broadly we have been working with the local government sector to understand how we break down barriers preventing women engaging in local politics.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/02/2018 17:00:46 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

843555

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Charitable Donations: VAT Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received relief from VAT on supplies to charities in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	127896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The details that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide the number of people benefiting from this relief. HMRC does not require this level of detail because it would place a considerable administrative burden on businesses.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 127897 question first answered 22/02/2018 16:13:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

843556

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Aircraft and Shipping: VAT Exemptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received relief from VAT on certain ships and aircraft in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	127897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The details that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) collects from taxpayers on their VAT returns are not specific enough to provide the number of people benefiting from this relief. HMRC does not require this level of detail because it would place a considerable administrative burden on businesses.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 127896 question first answered 22/02/2018 16:13:31 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

843558

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Rothamsted Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps have been taken by Rothamsted Research to ensure that conflicts of interest arising from its strategic framework agreement with Bayer are managed and that there is no risk to the perception of independence of Rothamsted’s advice to Government.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	127899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Rothamsted Research is an independent organisation and therefore we are unable to comment on specific procedures that the charity may have in place to ensure the independence of advice. Rothamsted Research receives income from many sources. In the case of research grants received from BBSRC, Rothamsted is subject to Research Councils UK’s terms and conditions (<a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/grantstcs/" target="_blank">http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/grantstcs/</a>) including adhering to best research practice, data sharing polices and access to research outputs.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/02/2018 14:16:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy