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1144998

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure a long-term approach to infrastructure investment as recommended in the National Infrastructure Assessment.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	287583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>As set out in Spending Round 2019, the Government will announce its ambitious plans for future capital spending later in the autumn, including through the publication of the National Infrastructure Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>This Strategy will set out the Government’s plans to deliver a step change in infrastructure investment to support the UK economy and will provide the Government’s official response to the National Infrastructure Assessment, which set out an assessment of the UK’s long-term infrastructure needs<strong>. </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2019 15:00:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145004

registered interest
date	05/09/2019
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	Spain: Espionage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect hon. Members in response to reports of spying by the Spanish Government.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	287589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>​​It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/09/2019 13:22:00 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1144811

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of data via the Data Hub since the introduction of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	286784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Data Hub is a secure mechanism for sharing data with local authorities not only for Universal Credit purposes, but for wider data share requirements across central and local Government and has been effective in doing so.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has plans to iterate and enhance the current data shared in the future and are working with local authority colleagues to support this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 09/09/2019 10:54:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1144812

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
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, what the process is for (a) Skills Development Scotland and (b) other employment support agencies to be provided with access to data on claimants aged (i) 18 and (ii) 19 years that come off universal credit at the same level as they were prior to the roll-out.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	286785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department has been sharing data with Skills Development Scotland’s (SDS) since 2012 to support the Scottish Government’s commitments to 16-19 year olds and its Opportunities for All programme.</p><p>We have continued to work collaboratively with SDS to extend this data share to meet SDS needs – initially this was to extend to 18-24 year olds and then to include destination data. This is due to the Scottish Government’s commitment to ensure that the majority of places on the National Training Programmes, such as Modern Apprenticeships, are aimed at 16-24 year olds; and to maintaining priority in university and college places for young people.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/09/2019 13:35:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1144828

registered interest
date	04/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Transport: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendation of the National Infrastructure Assessment to provide devolved, long-term transport funding to all city regions.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	286791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The government is carefully considering the National Infrastructure Commission’s recommendations, including on transport funding for cities. It is already investing significantly in intra-city transport with the £2.5 billion Transforming Cities Fund set up in 2017 which provides devolved funding to six Mayoral Combined Authorities outside of London and competitive funding to up to twelve shortlisted city regions.</p><p>The National Infrastructure Strategy will be published later in the autumn setting out the government’s assessment of the NIC’s recommendations, alongside ambitious plans for future capital spending.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:20:42 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1139763

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 274560, what the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is; what the locations are of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with; and which test centres those closed test centres have merged with.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	278524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is as shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Level</p></td><td><p>Average population for a local authority</p></td><td><p>Tests generated by candidates</p></td><td><p>Road distance from test facility</p></td><td><p>Attainment based on road distance and estimated capacity of test centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service level 1</p></td><td><p>1,250 or more people per square kilometre</p></td><td><p>783,276</p></td><td><p>7 miles</p></td><td><p>84.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service level 2</p></td><td><p>Between 100 and 1,249 people per square kilometre</p></td><td><p>610,410</p></td><td><p>20 miles</p></td><td><p>97.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service level 3</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 100 people per square kilometre</p></td><td><p>86,709</p></td><td><p>30 miles</p></td><td><p>98.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The distance between the closed test centre and the merged test centre, in all 19 cases, met the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, and the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with</p></td><td><p>The test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bredbury</p></td><td><p>Bredbury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyde</p></td><td><p>Hyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redditch</p></td><td><p>Redditch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>Bradford (Heaton)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chadderton (2)</p></td><td><p>Chadderton (2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Glasgow (Anniesland)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheetham Hill</p></td><td><p>Cheetham Hill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morden</p></td><td><p>Morden (London)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancing</p></td><td><p>Lancing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking</p></td><td><p>Barking (Tanner Street)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avonmouth</p></td><td><p>Avonmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge (2)</p></td><td><p>Cambridge (Brookmount Court) (2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llantrisant</p></td><td><p>Llantrisant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mitcham</p></td><td><p>Mitcham (London)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Skye</p></td><td><p>Isle of Skye (Portree)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingstanding</p></td><td><p>Kingstanding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>Featherstone</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 14:02:42 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1137618

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres have closed in each constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	274560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of driving test centres, which conducted practical car tests that closed in each of the last five years, and the constituencies that were affected.</p><p> </p><p>In all cases where the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has closed a test centre it has continued to provide a testing service provision to its customers.</p><p> </p><p>30 of the closed test centres were relocated and re-opened at another location within the service standard travel distance criteria.</p><p> </p><p>19 of the closed test centres merged with another test centre.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/07/2019 15:43:30 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis attachment 1 file name No of drving test centre closures - constituency.docx title Table of no of driving test centre closures
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1126208

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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 representations he has made to his Israeli counterparts on the future of the village Khan al-Ahmar; and what steps he plans to take to prevent further threats to villages in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	253601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>We regularly raise our concerns with the Israeli authorities at senior levels, including with the Israeli Prime Minister and Israeli Attorney General, urging them not to go ahead with the proposed demolition of Khan al-Ahmar. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv discussed this issue with the Israeli National Security Council on 7 March and the Israeli Office for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories on 3 January. Officials from our Consulate General in Jerusalem continue to visit the Khan al-Ahmar community regularly, most recently on 28 March. The UK repeatedly calls on Israel to abandon demolition plans entirely, and instead provide a transparent route to construction for Palestinians in Area C.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 21/05/2019 14:40:26 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1124687

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many safety-related incidents that have occurred during the transportation of nuclear weapons have resulted in the convoy transporting those weapons temporarily halting; and what assessment she has made of the potential environmental effect of those incidents.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	250767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The transportation of Defence Nuclear Material, which includes nuclear weapons, is carried out to the highest standard in accordance with stringent safety regulations. Any potential issue with a convoy vehicle, no matter how minor, is treated seriously and may result in a short unscheduled stop to carry out vehicle checks to ensure that safety is maintained.</p><p>Since 2000 there have been 57 unscheduled stops of this nature. None posed any risk to the public, environment, or to any material being transported.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/05/2019 14:57:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1124542

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator: Annual Reports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department changed its policy towards the publication of Annual Reports from the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator since its last publication in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	250491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>We have taken the step to not publish the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator's Annual Assurance Reports as it has been assessed to do so would impact national security. This step has not prevented the effective management and independent assessment of the Defence Nuclear Programme being reported to Ministers, nor has it prevented its duty holders being held to account, but we cannot accept any compromise of our capabilities in the current security climate.</p><p>The Government recognises that there is legitimate interest in nuclear safety, but we would not publish information that could be exploited by potential adversaries, compromising our national security. Overall, the Defence Nuclear Programme achieves the required standards of nuclear and radiological safety. The safety of the public, our submarine crews, the defence workforce and the protection of the environment remain the Department's priority.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 250492 250493 question first answered 13/05/2019 14:56:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman