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1024610

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to reduce gambling-related harm.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	908185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text The government published the Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures in May. This set out measures to strengthen protections around gaming machines, including cutting the maximum stake on B2 machines from £100 to £2, and on online gambling and gambling advertising. It also set out action on treatment and support for those who experience harm, including initiatives to improve the evidence on treatment needs and effectiveness, expand access to existing services and strengthen the voluntary system for funding support. We take gambling-related harm very seriously and will work closely across Government and with the Gambling Commission to build on the actions outlined in the Review. answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 908186 908188 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:40:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1024611

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to reduce gambling-related harm.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	908186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text The government published the Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures in May. This set out measures to strengthen protections around gaming machines, including cutting the maximum stake on B2 machines from £100 to £2, and on online gambling and gambling advertising. It also set out action on treatment and support for those who experience harm, including initiatives to improve the evidence on treatment needs and effectiveness, expand access to existing services and strengthen the voluntary system for funding support. We take gambling-related harm very seriously and will work closely across Government and with the Gambling Commission to build on the actions outlined in the Review. answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 908185 908188 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:40:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

1024612

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to reduce gambling-related harm.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	908188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2018 answer text The government published the Review of Gaming Machines and Social Responsibility Measures in May. This set out measures to strengthen protections around gaming machines, including cutting the maximum stake on B2 machines from £100 to £2, and on online gambling and gambling advertising. It also set out action on treatment and support for those who experience harm, including initiatives to improve the evidence on treatment needs and effectiveness, expand access to existing services and strengthen the voluntary system for funding support. We take gambling-related harm very seriously and will work closely across Government and with the Gambling Commission to build on the actions outlined in the Review. answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 908185 908186 question first answered 13/12/2018 17:40:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1024733

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2018 to Question 196680 on Human trafficking: victim support schemes, whether there will be a public consultation on any future decisions on subsistence rates paid to people supported through the Victim Care Contract.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	202032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p><br>Government is committed to ensuring that potential victims of modern slavery receive the right amount of financial and material support to meet their needs during their reflection and recovery period.</p><p>There are no current plans to do a public consultation on the future subsistence rates.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/12/2018 17:29:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1024780

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of access to superfast fibre broadband in (a) Birmingham Northfield, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands; and what steps he is taking to improve such access.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	202035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>According to Thinkbroadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/england), 96.8% of premises in Birmingham Northfield constituency currently have access to Superfast Broadband. Similarly, 96.8% of premises in the city of Birmingham has access to Superfast broadband.</p><p> </p><p>The West Midlands area is slightly higher with 97% of premises having this access. This is up from 60% in 2010. All three areas currently sit above the UK average.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/12/2018 13:26:57 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

1024815

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, what process was used to choose the 15 local authority areas that will pilot the 75 per cent business rate retention in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	202143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>All applications for the 2019-20 business rates retention pilot programme were assessed against the criteria that was laid out in the ‘Invitation to Local Authorities in England to pilot 75 per cent Business Rates Retention in 2019/20’, published in July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/12/2018 14:23:38 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1024798

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long the average period of immigration detention was for minors seeking asylum in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	202134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Almost all asylum claims are processed in the community. Individuals will have their claim processed in detention only if they have claimed asylum after having been detained for removal, or if they present public protection concerns. Accompanied or unaccompanied asylum seeking children are not detained in these circumstances.</p><p>Information on people entering detention by age, sex and place of initial detention (as at year ending September 2018) is available in table dt_01_q of the detention tables, which can be found in the latest release of ‘Immigration Statistics’, available from the Home Office website at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#detention" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#detention</a></p><p>The table shows the figures broken down by those people who have claimed asylum at some point in the past.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 202135 question first answered 18/12/2018 14:23:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1024799

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long the average period of immigration detention was for unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	202135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Almost all asylum claims are processed in the community. Individuals will have their claim processed in detention only if they have claimed asylum after having been detained for removal, or if they present public protection concerns. Accompanied or unaccompanied asylum seeking children are not detained in these circumstances.</p><p>Information on people entering detention by age, sex and place of initial detention (as at year ending September 2018) is available in table dt_01_q of the detention tables, which can be found in the latest release of ‘Immigration Statistics’, available from the Home Office website at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#detention" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#detention</a></p><p>The table shows the figures broken down by those people who have claimed asylum at some point in the past.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 202134 question first answered 18/12/2018 14:23:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1024759

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Bases: Bramley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what conditions were stipulated under the conditions of sale when his Department disposed of land from Bramley Training Area particularly in relation to purposes of (a) forestry and (b) building developments.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	202117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>An area of the Bramley Training Estate was sold in 1992 to Wimpey Homes. The freehold transfer contains the following restrictions on title in relation to forestry and building development:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Except where already constructed not to erect build or place or permit to be erected built or placed on the Specified Land or any part thereof any building or other structure or erection whether permanent or temporary without the previous consent in writing of the Vendor or other the owner or owners for the time being of the Retained Land.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Not to (without the like consent) carry out any excavations or plant any trees or permit the same to be carried out or planted or to grow on the Specified Land or in such a position adjoining thereto as might endanger or cause damage to the Media in the Specified Land or make access thereto for maintenance purposes more difficult.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/12/2018 15:31:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1024785

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of trains that are (a) delayed, (b) cancelled and (c) subject to incomplete journeys.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	202038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Analysis is undertaken by industry with Network Rail being responsible for rail performance. Franchised operators have benchmarks for delays (Delay Minutes), cancellations and part cancellations (combined as Cancellations) within the Franchise Agreement. Franchised operators provide industry period (4-weekly) results to the Department against the FA benchmarks that set Moving Annual Average targets (13 rolling periods), these are monitored by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/12/2018 12:20:56 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden