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756822

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Stafford
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 (a) tackle traffic congestion and (b) improve public transport in Stafford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	7581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Stafford area has benefitted from the following Government funded initiatives to tackle congestion and improve public transport:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Department for Transport has allocated over £23m to Staffordshire County Council in 2017/18 for routine road maintenance and small transport projects. That included £3.711m National Productivity Investment Funding for highways and public transport works in 2017/18 to help reduce congestion and improve or upgrade local highway infrastructure assets and unlock economic and job creation opportunities. The Council also succeeded in securing a Challenge Fund award of £5m for the maintenance of Burton upon Trent river crossings.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Government provided £87.5m towards the upgrading of the M6 to Smart Motorway status from Junction 10a (M54 interchange) to Junction 13 (Stafford), which was completed in February 2016.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Enterprise Partnership has been awarded £121m over 3 rounds of Local Growth Fund. Funded projects include £24.3m for Stafford Western Access Route to ease congestion into the town centre and £6.5m towards a local sustainable transport package to improve access opportunities to employment, education and training.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>HS2 trains will serve the current station in Stafford. This will become an integrated high speed station where passengers can benefit from accessing the high speed network towards the South.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Stafford Area Improvement Project has removed a major rail bottleneck through the Stafford area, facilitating the introduction of new timetables, creating the capacity to run two additional trains per hour in each direction between London and the north west of England, and one additional fast service per hour between Manchester and Birmingham in each direction.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2017 10:39:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

756825

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Business: Stafford
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 recent steps his Department has taken to support businesses in Stafford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	7575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>We are working hard to support businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK to ensure they can access finance and wider support to grow and the right conditions are in place for companies to invest for the long-term.</p><p>Small businesses in Stoke and Staffordshire can access support through GOV.UK and the Business Support Helpline. The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub also acts as the first port of call for local businesses seeking advice or support. Since its launch in May 2014, the Stoke and Staffordshire Growth Hub has engaged and supported 4340 businesses and it has helped 385 individuals to start up a new business.</p><p>Since November 2014, British Business Bank programmes have facilitated over £4.3m* to 87 businesses in the constituency of Stafford. This includes 54 Start-up Loans at a value of £415,957.</p><p>Stafford constituency is also part of the Midlands Engine. A key part of the Government’s strategy for fuelling growth in the region is the £250m Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), which is a result of close collaboration between the British Business Bank, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for Communities and Local Government and 10 Midlands Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). It aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands, accelerate economic growth and promote job creation. The Fund launched its first wave, £120m of Debt and Small Business funds, at the end of August.</p><p> </p><p><em>*This does not include ENABLE funding data as this is not available at a constituency level.</em></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 7578 7579 question first answered 07/09/2017 15:37:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

756826

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Business: Stafford
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 his Department has taken to increase the level of access to credit for businesses in Stafford constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	7578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>We are working hard to support businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK to ensure they can access finance and wider support to grow and the right conditions are in place for companies to invest for the long-term.</p><p>Small businesses in Stoke and Staffordshire can access support through GOV.UK and the Business Support Helpline. The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub also acts as the first port of call for local businesses seeking advice or support. Since its launch in May 2014, the Stoke and Staffordshire Growth Hub has engaged and supported 4340 businesses and it has helped 385 individuals to start up a new business.</p><p>Since November 2014, British Business Bank programmes have facilitated over £4.3m* to 87 businesses in the constituency of Stafford. This includes 54 Start-up Loans at a value of £415,957.</p><p>Stafford constituency is also part of the Midlands Engine. A key part of the Government’s strategy for fuelling growth in the region is the £250m Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), which is a result of close collaboration between the British Business Bank, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for Communities and Local Government and 10 Midlands Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). It aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands, accelerate economic growth and promote job creation. The Fund launched its first wave, £120m of Debt and Small Business funds, at the end of August.</p><p> </p><p><em>*This does not include ENABLE funding data as this is not available at a constituency level.</em></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 7575 7579 question first answered 07/09/2017 15:37:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

756827

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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	Small Businesses: Stafford
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 his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses in Stafford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	7579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>We are working hard to support businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK to ensure they can access finance and wider support to grow and the right conditions are in place for companies to invest for the long-term.</p><p>Small businesses in Stoke and Staffordshire can access support through GOV.UK and the Business Support Helpline. The Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub also acts as the first port of call for local businesses seeking advice or support. Since its launch in May 2014, the Stoke and Staffordshire Growth Hub has engaged and supported 4340 businesses and it has helped 385 individuals to start up a new business.</p><p>Since November 2014, British Business Bank programmes have facilitated over £4.3m* to 87 businesses in the constituency of Stafford. This includes 54 Start-up Loans at a value of £415,957.</p><p>Stafford constituency is also part of the Midlands Engine. A key part of the Government’s strategy for fuelling growth in the region is the £250m Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), which is a result of close collaboration between the British Business Bank, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Department for Communities and Local Government and 10 Midlands Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). It aims to transform the finance landscape for smaller businesses in the Midlands, accelerate economic growth and promote job creation. The Fund launched its first wave, £120m of Debt and Small Business funds, at the end of August.</p><p> </p><p><em>*This does not include ENABLE funding data as this is not available at a constituency level.</em></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 7575 7578 question first answered 07/09/2017 15:37:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

748291

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many houses in Stafford constituency have been purchased by (a) the High Speed 2 Exceptional Hardship Scheme and (b) other schemes since each such scheme was launched; and what the average cost is of each such purchase.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	2888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The number and average value of houses purchased in the Stafford constituency broken down by HS2 scheme is as follows</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of homes purchased</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average value of purchase</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exceptional Hardship Scheme (Note 1)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>£404,147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Need to Sell</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£277,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statutory Blight</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£606,667</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note 1 - In May 2016 the Exceptional Hardship Scheme was withdrawn for the Phase 2a section of HS2 when the Need to Sell scheme was confirmed for this part of the route.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/07/2017 16:33:51 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

720230

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to retain the UK's shareholding in the European Investment Bank after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	70372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>While the UK remains a full member of the European Union it retains all of the rights, obligations and benefits that membership brings. This includes the shareholding in European Investment Bank. The long-term relationship between the UK and the EIB will need to be resolved as part of the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/04/2017 15:28:44 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

720245

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to (a) retain or (b) increase the UK's shareholding in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	70705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the UK’s shareholding in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The UK remains firmly committed to membership of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which is an international organisation, and is therefore unaffected by the UK’s exit from the European Union.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/04/2017 15:26:52 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

720255

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Banks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to establish a United Kingdom Investment Bank.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	70930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The government has a strong institutional structure in place to make sure UK businesses can access the finance they need for key investment projects.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank improves access to finance for small and medium-size businesses. As of end-January 2017, British Business Bank programmes have supported more than £8.5bn of finance to more than 54,000 businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Guarantees Scheme provides a Treasury-backed guarantee for infrastructure bonds and loans to avoid delays to investment in UK infrastructure projects. It works by providing a sovereign-backed guarantee to help projects access finance. At Autumn Statement the government committed to keep the scheme open until at least 2026.</p><p> </p><p>London is also the world’s premier international financial centre, being home to over 250 foreign banks, more than any other financial centre. This allows private banks to lend to a wide range of businesses smoothly and efficiently.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/04/2017 15:59:10 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

720340

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what deployments have been made of the armed forces to (a) other EU member states, (b) other non-EU EEA member states and (c) states which are applying for membership of the EU since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	70366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The security and stability of the UK has long depended on our strong partnerships in the Euro-Atlantic area, including NATO. Indeed, NATO remains the cornerstone of UK defence. Our European neighbours represent some of our closest friends and NATO allies, and our defence engagement with them reflects this as routine business. We exercise with them regularly to bolster our interoperability. For example, the Defence Secretary was in Tallinn last week for the opening ceremony of Estonia's NATO enhanced Forward Presence deployment, for which UK is framework nation.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/04/2017 15:42:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

720366

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has made to her EU counterparts on the UK continuing to participate in the Erasmus programme after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	70364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department recognises the value of international exchange and collaboration in education, as part of our vision for the UK as a global nation. There may be European programmes in which we might want to participate. We will consider this as part of the negotiation.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 27/04/2017 08:16:36 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy