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1017308

registered interest
date	29/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on international co-operation on policing and justice of the UK leaving the EU .
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	197432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The government has published its assessment of the Future Security Part-nership (FSP) between the UK and the EU - ‘EU exit: an assessment of the security partnership’. It compares cooperation envisaged under the future UK-EU security partnership, as set out in the Political Declaration, with a no deal scenario.</p><p>This publication can be found on Gov.uk</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759760/28_November_EU_Exit_-_Assessment_of_the_security_partnership__2_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759760/28_November_EU_Exit_-_Assessment_of_the_security_partnership__2_.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/12/2018 11:33:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1027512

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department has plans to legalise longer heavier vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	203308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to increase the maximum length or weight of vehicles allowed in general circulation. The Department is running a trial of longer semi-trailers, which have the same maximum weight as a standard articulated lorry, but are longer. The Department has published annual evaluations of the trial, most recently in September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/12/2018 11:40:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1027515

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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	Widowed Parent's Allowance: Cohabitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to extend the eligibility for widowed parents' allowance to unmarried parents.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	203311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We are currently considering how to proceed following the recent Supreme Court judgement which ruled it incompatible with ECHR principles to provide that cohabitees with children are not entitled to Widowed Parent’s Allowance. When we have looked at all the options, I will update Parliament further on this matter.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/12/2018 10:27:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1027521

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Mersey Gateway Bridge: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will end the toll on the Mersey Gateway Bridge.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
uin	203317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to end tolling on the Mersey Gateway Bridge. This is a responsibility for Halton Borough Council.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/12/2018 09:47:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

1027716

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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	Independent Case Examiner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases submitted to her Department's Independent Case Examiner were upheld in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	203290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The table below details the number of complaints either partially or fully upheld in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Reporting Year</p></td><td><p>Partially upheld</p></td><td><p>Fully upheld</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>274</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19*</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Figures up to 30 November 2018.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 20/12/2018 10:33:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1027753

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: Tonnage Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of tonnage on the UK Ship Register in each year since 2010 was from the short sea ferry sector.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	203442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of tonnage on the UK Ship Register, at the end of March, in each year since 2010 from the short sea ferry sector was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>GT</p></td><td><p>% of Flag</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>605,484</p></td><td><p>3.67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>636,742</p></td><td><p>4.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>636,742</p></td><td><p>4.28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>683,284</p></td><td><p>4.89%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>683,284</p></td><td><p>4.44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>704,185</p></td><td><p>4.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>692,527</p></td><td><p>3.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>716,191</p></td><td><p>4.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>626,416</p></td><td><p>3.69%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/12/2018 11:52:52 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1027754

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of short sea ferries registered on the UK Ship Register in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	203443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The number of short sea ferries registered on the UK Ship Register, at the end of March, in each year since 2010 was:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/12/2018 11:30:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1028339

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Seating
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether to introduce, or revise, legislation governing the permitted extent of leg room between rows of airline seats; and what consideration has been given over the last eight years to the needs of outsize or very tall people.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
uin	HL12413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certify the maximum seating capacity of aircraft types to ensure that safety requirements and seat standards (e.g. fire resistance, strength) are met. The government does not have plans to introduce new regulations regarding the leg room available between rows of seats on different aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>Seat size and pitch is a commercial matter for airlines, provided that they meet the certification requirements around safety. Many airlines choose to make seats with more legroom available at extra cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 19/12/2018 16:25:01 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich

1027154

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that estimates of land and property costs for HS2 given to the House of Commons were wrong; and what estimate they have made of the actual costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL12336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The HS2 land and property budget has evolved as the programme has developed. The Government welcomed the National Audit Office (NAO) report in September 2018 into the HS2 Phase One property acquisition programme.</p><p> </p><p>The report found that the property cost estimate had increased significantly from 2012 to 2017 and set out that this kind of change was to be expected on a large complex project such as HS2. The NAO noted that the increase included route changes as a result of public consultation, in response to the requests of petitioners during the parliamentary process leading up to Royal Assent and the introduction of additional property compensation schemes.</p><p> </p><p>There is also the fact that detailed land cost assessments were not possible until after Royal Assent was achieved, and re-assessing land values from 2011 prices. The Government followed the correct process in terms of how it updated Parliament of the Phase One property costs.</p><p> </p><p>As reported by the NAO, HS2 Ltd has forecasted that the cost to acquire land and property for Phase One of the route would be £3,356 million</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 19/12/2018 12:45:23 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1027173

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement by the Secretary of State for Transport on 3 February on the feasibility study into the value of reopening the Skipton–Colne railway for passenger services and as a new freight connection between the North-West and North-East, what progress they have made on that study; whether the consultants have completed the study and delivered it to the Secretary of State and to Transport for the North; and when they expect to announce whether the proposal will be taken to the next stage.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL12355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The feasibility study into the reinstatement of the Skipton-Colne rail link as part of a route for passengers and freight, carried out in partnership with Transport for the North, has only very recently been completed and submitted to the Secretary of State. The Government is considering next steps and expects to make an announcement shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 19/12/2018 12:50:51 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves