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947040

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date	23/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to help mitigate delays on (a) Thameslink, (b) Northern and (c) other commuter trains into London.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Performance on Thameslink and Great Northern services was very poor following the timetable change on 20 May. The large number of delays, cancellations and long gaps in service was unsatisfactory and left passengers understandably frustrated.</p><p> </p><p>A new timetable was introduced on these routes on 15 July, has brought increased stability to the service and reduced the number of cancellations across much of the network. Further improvement is, however, still needed, in particular on Great Northern services. Ministers and Departmental officials continue to monitor performance.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/09/2018 16:27:49 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947041

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Air Pollution: Greater London
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 further steps he plans to take to improve air quality for residents of London.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Mayor of London is responsible for air quality in the capital and has reserve powers under Part IV of the Environment Act 1995 to reflect this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These powers enable the Mayor to take a broad range of actions, particularly in relation to transport – this includes the introduction of the “T-Charge” and the proposed Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Mayor of London has received a comprehensive funding settlement from the Government, worth more than £5 billion, which includes measures to deliver compliance with air quality limits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>London and Londoners have also received £137million funding from the government’s £3.5 billion plan to improve air quality and reduce harmful emissions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has also published the Clean Air Strategy consultation setting out a national approach to tackling air pollution focused on broader emissions beyond road transport aiming to cut air pollution and save lives. This will have beneficial effects across the country, including in London.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has also published a consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood. This focuses on a range of options to phase out the sale of the most polluting fuels therefore enabling consumers to switch to less polluting alternatives. The deadline for responses is 12 October.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 06/09/2018 11:41:16 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947042

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that policing budgets maintain alignment with inflation year-on-year; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>Following the Government’s decision to protect police grant in cash terms and provide additional flexibility to raise precept, each PCC is seeing their direct resource funding protected in real terms in 2018-19. The Home Secretary has made clear that the police will be a priority for him at the next Spending Review, which will set budgets for the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/09/2018 18:33:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947043

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Stations: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the planned closure of half of London's police stations does not impact negatively on work to reduce crime levels.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes in local policing accountable to local communities. This is why decisions on the number of police stations and their locations are for Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Mayors with PCC functions. They are best placed to make these decisions based on their local knowledge and experience.</p><p>Before making decisions on the 2018/19 police funding settlement, I spoke to every police force in England and Wales to understand how demands on them were changing. This year, police funding is increasing by £460m including a £280m increase in funding for police forces from precept.</p><p>The Mayor of London has announced that funding for the Metropolitan Police Service will increase by £110 million in 2018/19, including funding from increased precept and business rates.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/09/2018 18:37:43 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947044

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Temporary Accommodation: Greater London
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of putting in place provisions for temporary housing to reduce homelessness in London.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Temporary accommodation provides an important safety net and means that nobody has to be without a roof over their heads.</p><p>But the Government remains clear that one person without a home is one too many. We are committed to do more to prevent more people becoming homeless in the first place. That’s why we’ve implemented the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will ensure that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>We have replaced DWP’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £615 million over three years from 2017/18.</p><p>£40 million of this grant has been retained for London to look at improving collaboration on temporary accommodation between boroughs to increase the quality of temporary accommodation in the Capital and deliver greater efficiency in procurement. In April 2017, the Department commissioned a joint study, with London Councils and the Greater London Authority, to consider options. The Department is currently considering the recommendations.</p><p>We have also announced a new £30 million Rough Sleeping Initiative to tackle rough sleeping. It is focussed on implementing measures that will have a rapid impact from this year as we work to deliver our manifesto commitment to halve it by 2022 and eliminate it altogether by 2027. In addition, we will be publishing a Rough Sleeping Strategy shortly to support this work.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 04/09/2018 15:15:21 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947045

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Help to Buy Scheme
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 steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility of the Help to Buy scheme for lower-income citizens.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Help to Buy: Equity Loan has helped almost 159,000 households buy a new-build home from its launch in spring 2013 until December 2017. The scheme enables prospective homeowners to buy a home with a deposit of 5 per cent. 81 per cent of sales have been to first-time buyers.</p><p>The majority (59 per cent) of the households using the scheme have had household incomes of £50,000 or less.</p><p>For people unable to afford to purchase a home fully, there is the option of shared ownership, by which they can purchase 25 per cent to 75 per cent of a home, with the option to buy further shares in their homes in minimum 10 per cent instalments, and in most circumstances, up to full ownership.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/09/2018 14:58:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947046

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Affordable Housing: Greater London
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 proportion of homes built in London in the last twelve months his Department classes as affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>2017/18 statistics for both ‘Affordable Housing Supply’ and ‘Housing supply; net additional dwellings’ have been pre-announced for publication in November 2018.</p><p>Statistics on the total additional affordable dwellings provided by local authority for 2016/17 (including London boroughs) can be found in Live Table 1008C which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p>Statistics on net additional dwellings by local authority for 2016/17 (including London boroughs) can be found in Live Table 123, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/09/2018 12:02:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947047

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the tri-borough merger among the police forces in Havering, Redbridge and Barking and Dagenham.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>Decisions on the operational structures of police forces are taken at a local level by Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), or Mayors with PCC functions.</p><p>The Government believes that the police should be accountable to the communities they serve. Chief officers, PCCs and Mayors are best placed to make these decisions based on their knowledge, experience and local democratic mandate.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/09/2018 18:32:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947048

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Home Care Services: Drugs
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 has made an assessment of the implications of allowing home care assistants to administer controlled drugs without supervision; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 sets out the circumstances in which individuals, including home care assistants may administer drugs.</p><p>Managers of residential and domiciliary care providers have a responsibility to ensure the proper and safe use of medicines, and that staff responsible for the management and administration of medication are suitably trained and competent. Furthermore, the Care Quality Commission expects all adult social care providers to induct staff in line with the standards set out in the Care Certificate. As a minimum, new workers must be able to:</p><p>- describe the agreed ways of working in relation to medication;</p><p>- describe the agreed ways of working in relation to healthcare tasks; and</p><p>- list the tasks relating to medication and healthcare procedures that they are not allowed to carry out until they are competent.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 10/09/2018 15:48:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947049

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Private Prosecutions: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated on covering the legal costs of private prosecutors in the event that the private prosecution fails in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Prior to October 2014 Legal Aid Agency payment data did not separately identify private prosecution costs from other costs awarded from central funds. Data is available for the last three years for private prosecution costs, but these figures do not distinguish between costs awarded in successful and unsuccessful prosecutions. Total payments to private prosecutors were:</p><p> </p><p>2015-16 £4,263,000</p><p>2016-17 £1,821,000</p><p>2017-18 £3,674,000</p><p> </p><p>Central Funds policy is kept under regular review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 167198 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:51:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell