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988767

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bedford Prison: Wellingborough Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of closing HMP Bedford and transferring prisoners to HMP Wellingborough when it is operational.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	180281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Government is committed to the modernisation of the prison estate. This will be achieved by delivering up to 10,000 modern, safe and decent prison places as previously announced, and the reconfiguration of the existing estate, providing the physical conditions for Governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitative outcomes. The delivery of new places will enable the Prison Estate Transformation Programme to achieve a combination of replacing existing capacity and increasing current capacity so that we will be able to close the least fit for purpose prison accommodation while ensuring we continue to meet demand. Population and capacity of the prison estate is kept under careful review to ensure there is always sufficient capacity. Decisions on the size of the future prison estate will reflect the current and projected prison population, including an assessment of the necessary margin to manage population fluctuations. No decisions have been made about future prison closures (male or female) beyond those which have already been announced.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/10/2018 16:46:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

946851

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	AEA Group: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has (a) lost or (b) destroyed (i) files and (ii) information it held on the AEA Technology Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	167343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Records are reviewed in consultation with The National Archives to determine which should be permanently preserved and which should be securely destroyed. Departmental policy ensures that records in official systems are stored securely until this process has been completed. In line with departmental policy on 20-year-old records, a number relating to AEA Technology have been selected for destruction.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/09/2018 13:52:24 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

946864

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	AEA Group: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department holds pre-privatisation information on the AEA Technology pension scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	167344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold pre-privatisation information on the AEA Technology pension scheme. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has no plans to make a statement on this matter.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/09/2018 13:52:32 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

918520

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons are currently in special measures; and what are the reasons for each of those prisons being placed in special measures.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	150748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>For Question 150748, please see our response to 148963.</p><p> </p><p>Special Measures is an internal operational process undertaken by HM Prisons and Probation Service to provide additional support to prisons to improve performance. This process allows prisons to access wider support from available national resources.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the performance of prisons is published on gov.uk and the next set of annual performance outcomes will be published in Summer 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Honourable Members are already informed if a prison receives an Urgent Notification from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons as part of external scrutiny processes.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 150749 question first answered 15/06/2018 13:44:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

918521

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to ensure that hon. Members are notified when a prison in their constituency is placed in special measures.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	150749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>For Question 150748, please see our response to 148963.</p><p> </p><p>Special Measures is an internal operational process undertaken by HM Prisons and Probation Service to provide additional support to prisons to improve performance. This process allows prisons to access wider support from available national resources.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the performance of prisons is published on gov.uk and the next set of annual performance outcomes will be published in Summer 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Honourable Members are already informed if a prison receives an Urgent Notification from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons as part of external scrutiny processes.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 150748 question first answered 15/06/2018 13:44:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

917096

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
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	Stem Cells: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage BAME people to sign up to the stem cell donor register.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	149695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department funds Anthony Nolan and NHS Blood Transplant to improve equity of access to unrelated donor stem cell transplantation for Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) patients through targeted recruitment to the Anthony Nolan and the NHS Stem Cell Registry.</p><p> </p><p>More than £20 million has been provided to NHS Blood and Transplant and Anthony Nolan for stem cell donation since 2015, and this funding includes very specific stipulations about the numbers of newly registered bone marrow donors, and the proportion of umbilical cords stored in the UK Cord Blood Bank that must be from BAME backgrounds (35-40%). This includes specific funding to support recruitment of donors from BAME backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>In 2016 NHS Blood Transplant began a partnership with Team Margot and launched the Golden Ticket campaign. This project created 35,000 Golden Tickets which were circulated to existing BAME and mixed-race blood donors to encourage them to sign on to the stem cell donor register.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/06/2018 11:26:04 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

917100

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Trains: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on its negotiations with East Midlands Trains on compensation payments as a result of peak-time trains not stopping at Bedford.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	149696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>In the case of journeys from north of Bedford during the peaks when trains are not stopping at Bedford, East Midlands Trains has introduced a temporary 50% reduction for season ticket holders and there is also a 25% reduction on anytime fares for those passengers who are affected by the introduction of the rail replacement bus service for the duration of this operation. Passengers who have already bought a season ticket for travel to Bedford should contact <a href="mailto:CSC.manager@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk" target="_blank">CSC.manager@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk</a> to arrange a partial refund. The discount will automatically be applied to tickets bought after 20th May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of journeys between Bedford and London during the peaks, Thameslink are providing two fast services per hour to mitigate the loss of EMT services. These services come with an equivalent journey time to the fast EMT services which have been removed. Each of these services provide direct access to Farringdon, City Thameslink, Blackfriars and London Bridge.</p><p>This is a temporary arrangement whilst we deliver the biggest upgrade to the Midland Main Line since it was completed in 1870 and which will help deliver enhanced services from 2020<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/06/2018 14:40:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

917101

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential effect of the proposed works to Bromham Road bridge on journey times for passengers travelling on the replacement bus service from Wellingborough to Bedford.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	149697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has currently been made. Until all approvals have been granted, the timing for the proposed work remains unknown to enable a full assessment of any journey impact, which we would expect East Midlands Trains to undertake.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/06/2018 07:04:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

917102

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Thameslink Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train services from Bedford to London have not stopped at West Hampstead since 20 May 2018; and what discussions he has had with Govia Thameslink on those services no longer stopping at West Hampstead.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	149698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>As part of the new timetable, West Hampstead Thameslink is now classified as a metro station and Bedford as a main line station. The metro services that will call at West Hampstead during peak times will start from St Albans and Luton.</p><p> </p><p>A key part of the strategy for the new timetable is to deliver capacity and performance benefits by separating main line and metro services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport worked with the rail industry to specify the details of this timetable. This was consulted on three times by Govia Thameslink Railway, as the operator of Thameslink services, in one of the largest ever consultations to take place on the railways.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 12/06/2018 07:07:12 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

915013

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains servicing Bedford have been (a) cancelled and (b) delayed since the introduction of the new rail timetable on 20 May 2018; and what the average time was for the trains that were delayed.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	148994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold data on train cancellations and delays to this level of detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is currently too early to make a detailed assessment of any cost implications of the delays and cancellations since the timetable change. What is clear is that passengers on GTR are facing totally unsatisfactory levels of service and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>We are assessing whether GTR met their contractual obligations in the planning and delivery of this timetable change, and whether these issues could have been reasonably foreseen and different action taken to prevent the high levels of disruption passengers are experiencing. If it is found that GTR are materially in breach of their contractual obligations, the Department will take the appropriate enforcement action against them.</p><p> </p><p>On GTR services, passengers are encouraged to apply to their train operator for Delay Repay compensation for affected journeys. GTR passengers can claim delay repay for delays over 15 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this week, the Secretary of State announced a special compensation scheme for GTR passengers. It is to be funded by the rail industry and will ensure regular rail customers receive appropriate redress for the disruption they have experienced. The industry will set out more detail of the eligibility requirements and how season ticket holders can claim.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport cannot currently provide an assessment of the impact of the May 2018 timetable changes on overcrowding at Bedford station, as performance of the new timetable has been too unstable to allow for an accurate assessment to be made.</p><p> </p><p>The service provided since the start of the new timetable has been unacceptable and it is the Department’s number one priority to restore reliability on services at Bedford to an acceptable level as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 148995 148996 148998 question first answered 06/06/2018 16:48:32 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin