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896575

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Doctors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas were made for prospective consultants by medical discipline at each of the foundation hospitals in 2017; and how many of those applications were approved by medical discipline for (a) Airedale General Hospital, (b) Bradford Royal Infirmary and (c) St Luke's Hospital Bradford.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	140573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available in statistics published by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 09/05/2018 16:55:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

894771

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
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	National Park Authorities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of each of the boards of National Park authorities live in (a) London, (b) Tyne and Wear, (c) Merseyside, (d) West Yorkshire, (e) South Yorkshire, (f) West Midlands and (g) Greater Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	139386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of members of England’s national park authorities whose main address is given as being in (a) London, (b) Tyne and Wear, (c) Merseyside, (d) West Yorkshire, (e) South Yorkshire, (f) West Midlands and (g) Greater Manchester is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tyne and Wear</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This data has been provided by national park authorities.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/05/2018 18:18:42 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

890522

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Kosovo: Rendition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations has he made to the Government of Kosovo on the rendition of six Turkish citizens from that country to Turkey; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	137428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>​Our Embassy in Pristina has raised with the Government of Kosovo the arrest and deportation of six Turkish nationals from Kosovo to Turkey. We have made clear to the Government of Kosovo that as a supporter of democratic values, Kosovo must prioritise the Rule of Law and international human rights standards in all its institutions.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 01/05/2018 12:47:55 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

890526

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	TransPennine Express
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the proposals of Trans Pennine rail submitted to him on the provision of train services on Boxing Day 2018.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	137429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The report has been received from TPE and contains commercially confidential information and is therefore unsuitable for public publication. The proposals contained within the report have been considered by a technical working group, under confidentiality agreement, within Rail North / Transport for North and options will be considered that could see Boxing Day services introduced within the current franchise (running 2016 to 2023).</p><p> </p><p>However, there are a number of issues relating to the introduction of Boxing Day services, most notably the infrastructure works required to deliver capacity improvements that are often undertaken during Christmas / Boxing Day closures. It should also be noted that Boxing Day services are not contracted through the existing TPE Franchise Agreement and additional funding is expected to be needed to deliver such services.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/05/2018 14:53:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

890532

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Personal Independence Payment: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeals there were against personal independence payments determinations in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) Bradford district in 2017; and how many of those appeals were upheld.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	137430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals by outcome in 2017 for (a) Yorkshire and the Humber, (b) Bradford.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><em>Number of PIP appeals by outcome, 2017</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of appeals</p></td><td><p>Number where the decision was overturned at appeal</p></td><td><p>Number where the decision was upheld at appeal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>7,510</p></td><td><p>4,770</p></td><td><p>2,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>290</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data has been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>Appeals data is taken from the DWP PIP computer system’s management information. Therefore this appeal data may differ from that held by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) for various reasons such as delays in data recording and other methodological differences in collating and preparing statistics.</p><p>PIP data includes normal rules and special rules for the terminally ill claimants, and is for both new claims and DLA reassessment claims.</p><p>The Local Authority and Region geography relates to the origin of the claim rather than the location of where the tribunal was held.</p><p>Decisions overturned at appeal may include a small number of appeals that have been lapsed (which is where DWP changed the decision after an appeal was lodged but before it was heard at Tribunal).</p><p>The figures do not include withdrawals or strike outs.</p><p>Official statistics on appeals based on HMCTS data are published by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 01/05/2018 14:26:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

890533

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	National Parks: Public Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much each national park authority spent on programmes to improve public transport access to national parks in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	137431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>The total spent by the ten national park authorities in England (including the Broads Authority) on programmes to improve public transport access to national parks in the financial year 2017-18 is shown in the table below. These figures include ongoing support for transport services as well as projects to improve existing access.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>National park authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 spending (£)<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broads Authority</p></td><td><p>732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartmoor</p></td><td><p>2,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exmoor</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lake District</p></td><td><p>21,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Forest</p></td><td><p>52,015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North York Moors</p></td><td><p>26,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peak District</p></td><td><p>4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Downs</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire Dales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>118,433</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In addition to this total, national park authorities report £49,001 of indirect spend aimed at users of public and sustainable transport in national parks</p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures provided by national park authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 04/05/2018 13:39:31 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

890534

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Nationality: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to paragraph 52 of the Joint report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government on progress during phase 1 of negotiations under Article 50 TEU on the United Kingdom's orderly withdrawal from the European Union, whether the commitment made in that paragraph includes all EU rights normally associated with residents in a Member State; and if he will list those rights.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	137432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK and the EU acknowledge that the Belfast (‘Good Friday’) Agreement recognises the birth right of all the people of Northern Ireland to choose to be Irish or British or both and be accepted as such. They also recognise that the people of Northern Ireland who are Irish citizens will continue to enjoy rights as EU citizens, including where they reside in Northern Ireland. The UK and the EU therefore agree that the Withdrawal Agreement should respect and be without prejudice to the rights, opportunities and identity that come with European Union citizenship for such people.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been clear that we are committed to turning all of the commitments made under the Joint Report into legally binding text - that includes those on citizenship rights for the people of Northern Ireland under the terms of the Belfast Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 02/05/2018 12:51:41 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

890536

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fires: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fatalities resulting from fire there were in Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	137433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish fire statistics by government office regions but by Fire and Rescue Authority (FRA) regions.</p><p>Published figures for fire-related fatalities by FRA can be found in table FIRE0502 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679603/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire0502.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679603/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire0502.xlsx</a></p><p>Defining Yorkshire and the Humber as comprising the Humberside, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire FRAs, then the fire-related fatalities in each year since 2009/10 were:</p><p>2009/10 – 45</p><p>2010/11 – 33</p><p>2011/12 – 23</p><p>2012/13 – 15</p><p>2013/14 – 27</p><p>2014/15 – 30</p><p>2015/16 – 47</p><p>2016/17 – 24</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 02/05/2018 17:00:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

890539

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Colne-Skipton Railway Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the terms of reference of the feasibility study into the restoration of the Skipton to Colne railway link.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	137434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The study is being progressed under the Government’s new approach to railway enhancements. We are creating a rolling programme of investment, focused on outcomes that deliver real benefits to passengers, freight users and the economy. This new approach was set out in the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) published in March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The study, on which we are working closely with Transport for the North, will evaluate the costs, value and funding options for reopening the line for passengers and freight, as part of a freight route across the Pennines. It will build on previous work commissioned by the local authorities and local campaign group. We expect to receive the results later this year in the form of a Strategic Outline Business Case prepared in line with the RNEP approach and other Government guidance on transport business cases. We will engage with wider stakeholders as the study progresses and on the conclusions before any decisions on next steps.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/05/2018 14:49:15 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

820818

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Christmas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which railway franchise holders are contractually obliged to put forward proposals to provide a Boxing Day train service; and when such proposals should be made.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	122236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>Of the published franchise agreements, two franchises are currently required to provide proposals for Boxing Day services.</p><p> </p><p>Within 12 months of the start of their franchises, First Transpennine Express and Arriva Rail North are contractually obliged to prepare and submit a report to the Secretary of State which sets out proposals for operating Boxing Day services.</p><p> </p><p>Both Arriva Rail North and First Transpennine Express have submitted the required reports to Rail North, who work in conjunction with the Secretary of State within the terms of the Rail North Partnership Agreement, to assess such proposals for Boxing Day services.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/01/2018 17:42:57 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan