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970893

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Syria: Chemical Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 16 April 2018 on Syria, Official Report columns 39-44, what the evidential basis is for the assertion that Russia and Syria delayed the access of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to Douma.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	172062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) notified Syria on 10 April of its intention to deploy its Fact-Finding Mission to Douma. The team arrived in Damascus on 14 April, following an invitation from Syria which was supported by Russia, but their deployment to Douma was delayed for a week until 21 April. The Director General of the OPCW reported that they had been prevented from deploying to Douma by Russia and Syria, who cited security concerns. Russia instead offered to bring witnesses to Damascus, but the OPCW rightly insisted on access to Douma itself, which was later granted.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 17/09/2018 15:20:41 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

971309

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Food Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, who will provide expertise and advice to commercial companies under the UK-Aid food trade and resilience programme.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	172502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Technical advice to commercial companies will be provided by IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative, a Dutch and Nairobi-based non-profit public private partnership, both directly and through specialised local companies.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/09/2018 16:21:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

971310

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Food Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) multinational and (b) sub-Saharan African companies her Department plans to allocate funding from the Food Trade and Resilience Programme.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	172503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>As the Africa Food Trade and Resilience Programme is still in design phase, it is not possible to say yet which companies will receive support. Companies will be selected following detailed market analysis and based on: their impact on local food security; number of women and men farmers in their supply chain; commitment to sustainable, inclusive and gender-sensitive business models; and willingness to contribute their own funds to programme activities.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/09/2018 16:16:06 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

971319

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Flood Control
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 assessment his Department has made of the flood defence capacity in postcodes affected by Storm Desmond in 2015-2016 to prevent flooding in (a) 100 year weather event (b) a 30 year weather event and (c) and a 10 year weather event.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	172490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The Environment Agency (EA) does not asses flood defence capacity by postcode. Maps showing flood risk throughout England can be found online here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/long-term-flood-risk/map" target="_blank">https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/long-term-flood-risk/map</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The maps indicate where flood risk is high, medium and low; taking into account existing flood defences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The EA targets investment to reduce the risks of flooding and coastal erosion to as many people as possible, and to get the best outcome for every pound spent. Details of the EA’s programme of flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes can be found online here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/programme-of-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-schemes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/programme-of-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-schemes</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/09/2018 12:30:41 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

971322

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Flood Control
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 powers his Department has to require water companies to invest in flood defences in areas affected by flooding; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	172492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s broad approach to resilience of infrastructure from natural hazards (including flooding) is that responsibility lies principally with owners and operators. While there are no specific requirements for water companies to invest in flood defences to ensure their assets are flood resilient, they are required to ensure clean drinking water supplies and so should protect their assets from hazards accordingly. They are also responsible for managing the risks of flooding from surface water and foul or combined sewer systems providing drainage from buildings and yards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 2016 National Flood Resilience Review requires water utilities to develop plans for permanently improving resilience of service provision to significant local communities from the most severe flood events. “Resilience in the round” is a key theme of the water sector Price Review 2019 (PR19), with Ofwat’s methodology and performance expectations for water companies including specific commitments on resilience to drought and flooding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra expects Ofwat to challenge water companies to make sure that they assess the resilience of their system and infrastructure against the full range of potential hazards and threats and take proportionate steps to improve resilience where required. This could include promoting, adopting or maintaining sustainable drainage systems or co-investing in flood risk management, investing in permanent defences to protect key assets, as well as working creatively with partners “upstream” as a means of effectively draining their area and delivering multiple benefits where possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/09/2018 12:35:08 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

971328

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's news story of 28 June 2018, Rail passengers in the north to start being compensated in early July, what plans he has for compensation to be provided for passengers who are not season ticket holders affected by recent disruptions to train services in Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	172497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>All passengers are entitled to and encouraged to apply for Delay Repay compensation from their train operator. Both train operators, Northern and TransPennine Express will also be opening an additional compensation scheme to ensure that people who travelled regularly on the disrupted routes, but without a season ticket, will be eligible for compensation. This was announced at the end of July by Transport for the North, which is leading on the design of the scheme. Further details will be announced shortly by Transport for the North and the train operators.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/09/2018 10:45:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

971329

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many operational bus services have been running in Cumbria in each of the last 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	172498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Bus operators must register their services with a traffic commissioner in the traffic area in which the service operates. The traffic commissioner operates a live system. The number of bus services at a local authority level is only provided for the current point in time. However, data is held for previous years at a regional level.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the data is not held to the level and time period requested, the table below shows the number of live local bus registrations in the North Western Traffic Area as at 31 March of each year.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Live local bus service registrations in the North Western Traffic Area, as at 31 March, 2008 to 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Live local bus registrations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>4,241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>4,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4,144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,926</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>3,274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>3,544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>3,353</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Traffic Commissioners' annual reports</em></p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are best placed to manage changes in their local bus network. The Bus Services Act 2017 gives them additional powers to do so through partnership working with commercial operators. It also gives Mayoral Combined authorities the automatic right to franchise their bus network and the Department for Transport can also grant these powers to other local authorities who make a satisfactory business case. The Department is also developing regulations to require bus operators and local transport authorities to provide data, in open formats, about local bus services including routes and timetable data; fares and ticket data; and real time information. We are working closely with industry to develop the regulations and it is intended the requirements will be phased in over the next few years.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/09/2018 11:22:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

971338

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Farms: Public Footpaths
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to provide funding from the public purse to provide farmers with payments for fulfilling their legal duties to keep paths on their land clear after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	172462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>In England, the cornerstone of future agriculture policy will be the payment of public money for environmental public goods. The Agriculture Bill includes public access in the list of purposes that the Secretary of State may pay for in the future. Paths that provide access to farmers’ land enable people to access and spend time in the natural environment. Infrastructure is required for recreational walking, cycling and horse-riding and providing access to greenspace and countryside for disabled people. This is important for maintaining and improving physical and mental health and wellbeing and therefore provides public benefits. <br> <br> There are a number of requirements relating to Public Rights of Way that are currently set out in legislation across the UK. We expect land managers to comply with these regulatory obligations, irrespective of whether financial assistance is to be received or not. As we leave the EU we will be assessing how best to deliver outcomes, including through regulation, enforcement and incentives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 18/09/2018 17:08:59 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

971340

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Israel: Bedouin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has he made of the effect of recent judgments in the Israeli courts on Khan al-Ahmar on Bedouin settlements in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
uin	172517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>​The UK remains gravely concerned by proposals to demolish the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar which the UN has said could amount to 'forcible transfer', in violation of International Humanitarian Law. Following the decision of the Israeli Supreme Court on 5 September the Foreign and Commonwealth Office issued a statement with France, Germany, Spain and Italy reiterating our call to the Israeli Government not to go ahead with its plan to demolish the village – including its school – and displace its residents. Khan al-Ahmar is located in an area of strategic importance for the continuity of a future Palestinian state. It's demolition would strike a major blow to prospects for a two-state solution with Jerusalem as a shared capital by paving the way for settlement building in E1.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 18/09/2018 13:31:10 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

971345

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working households in receipt of tax credits will receive (a) a lower award and (b) no award at all, under the capital rules for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	172441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>As announced on 7 June 2018, for claimants with capital exceeding £16,000 who are moved onto Universal Credit by the Department, any capital which exceeds the limit will be disregarded for 12 months, which means they are entitled to Universal Credit. This protection period for claimants is contingent on parliamentary approval of the required legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Our most recent estimate for the number of tax credit claimants with capital in excess of £16,000 likely to be managed migrated, across Great Britain, is around 50,000. Analysis shows that approximately 80% of these are estimated to have capital over £20,000, with approximately 50% estimated to have capital greater than £40,000.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/09/2018 15:39:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead