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62168

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to publicise information on changes to child maintenance.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	200763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since the Child Maintenance Service launched in December 2012 we have been talking to clients (via caseworkers and through our Child Maintenance Options service) about the planned introduction of charging, and letters to Child Maintenance Service clients have made reference to the charges.</p><p> </p><p>More widely we have engaged with stakeholders, partners, MP caseworkers and intermediaries to share information about the reforms to the child maintenance system.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of existing Child Support Agency cases closing, a regional media trial is currently running in the Manchester area. The media activity includes digital, radio and press advertising to let parents know that the Child Support Agency is changing and to reassure them that they don't need to take any action until they receive a letter. We will evaluate the results of this media activity before confirming plans to run this campaign nationally later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 19/06/2014 12:11:57 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

90233

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the difference between changes in (a) carers' benefits, (b) disability benefits and (c) older people's benefits and the rate of inflation in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	207636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Carers’ and disability benefits, and the additional State pension, must by statute be up-rated in line with prices. So the increase in those benefits over the last three years has reflected the increase in the Consumer Price Index.</p><p>The basic State pension has been increased with the triple lock (by the highest of average earnings, CPI or 2.5%), and the Standard Minimum Guarantee in Pension Credit has been up-rated in line with the cash increase in the basic State pension. In each of the last three years, this means that the Standard Minimum Guarantee has increased by more than the minimum requirement of the increase in average earnings. The resulting over-indexation of the Standard Minimum Guarantee has been funded through an increase in the savings credit threshold and the associated reduction in the Savings Credit maximum.</p><p>The table indicates the percentage increases in CPI; basic State Pension; average earnings; and the Standard Minimum Guarantee in each of the past three years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPI</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basic State pension</p></td><td><p>5.2%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td><td><p>2.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average earnings</p></td><td><p>2.8%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pension Credit Standard Minimum Guarantee</p></td><td><p>3.9%</p></td><td><p>1.9%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 05/09/2014 12:59:01 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58303

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Carers: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government Minister for Transport and Veterans on the possibility of providing free or discounted travel for carers in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Concessionary Travel is a devolved policy area and the Secretary of State has not discussed carer discounts with Keith Brown MSP, the Scottish Minister for Transport and Veterans.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/06/2014 14:27:58 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

61035

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Biofuels: Carcinogens
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the annual amount of carcinogens that are released by biofuels activity in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	200012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Transport has not made any annual estimates of carcinogens that are released by biofuels activity. This data is not required to meet the mandatory sustainability criteria under the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED), which is applicable to biofuels supplied in the UK under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO).</p><p> </p><p>Voluntary schemes approved by the European Commission can set criteria for aspects of biofuel production aimed at minimising adverse environmental impacts associated with agricultural production, including on air quality, in addition to setting sustainability criteria. In 2012/13 eighty one per cent of biofuel supplied in the UK under the RTFO was covered by an approved voluntary scheme, the vast majority of which include additional aspects aimed at minimising the impact on air quality of the cultivation and harvesting of biofuel feedstocks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' Air Quality Expert Group has considered the potential impacts of increased biofuel use on air pollutants, such as particulate matter, and concluded that these should fall with most biofuel uptake scenarios. The Group's Report <em>Road Transport Biofuels: Impact on UK Air Quality,</em> is published at:</p><p><a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/110322_AQEG_Biofuels_advice_note.pdf" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/110322_AQEG_Biofuels_advice_note.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In respect of the biofuel supply chain the European Commission produced a staff working document accompanying its renewable energy progress report to the European Parliament in 2013 which is published at:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/reports/doc/swd_2013_0102_res_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/reports/doc/swd_2013_0102_res_en.pdf</a></p><p>It concluded that between 2008 and 2010, there was limited change in threats to air quality from EU biofuel demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/06/2014 14:45:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

44146

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2014, Official Report, column 851W, on social security benefits, for what reason information from his Department's document Incapacity Benefits: Death of Recipients published in July 2012 was not included in the response; and whether the information contained in that document is still collected.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	192948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The reason that the referred document was not included in the previous answer is that it does not answer the question as asked. </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does monitor requests we receive for new statistics and consider whether we can produce and release analysis that will helpfully inform public debate. The Department is therefore looking at this issue with a view to seeing what statistics could be produced on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

57907

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Carers: Income
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the real-terms income of carers in each of the years from 2010 to 2014; and what estimate he has made of the real-terms income of carers in 2015 in a) Glasgow North West constituency, b) Glasgow, c) Scotland, and d) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	198897
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/06/2014 16:59:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

57908

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Carers' Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will conduct an assessment of the effect on carers of the implementation of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Universal Credit Impact Assessment was published in December 2012, full details of the report can be found here</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/welfare-reform-act-2012-impact-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/welfare-reform-act-2012-impact-assessments</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199018 question first answered 11/06/2014 16:56:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

57909

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Carers' Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects on carers of (a) each change and (b) all changes to the benefits system since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Universal Credit Impact Assessment was published in December 2012, full details of the report can be found here</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/welfare-reform-act-2012-impact-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/welfare-reform-act-2012-impact-assessments</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199019 question first answered 11/06/2014 16:56:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58304

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of employment and support allowance applicants who have been waiting to be given an assessment appointment for more than (a) three, (b) four, (c) five, (d) six and (e) seven months.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199352 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:25:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58305

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the time between applications for employment and support allowance and an assessment appointment for people who applied in (a) September 2013, (b) October 2013, (c) November 2013, (d) December 2013, (e) January 2014, (f) February 2014, (g) March 2014 and (h) April 2014 in (i) Glasgow North West constituency, (ii) Glasgow, (iii) Scotland and (iv) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 199153 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:25:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

61037

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	Wood: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the health dangers of wood dust.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	200011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I have been asked to respond as this falls under the remit of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).</p><p> </p><p>Wood dust can cause non-reversible health problems including skin disorders, obstruction of the nose and rhinitis, asthma and nasal cancer. There are appropriate workplace controls and HSE provides comprehensive guidance for employers on these.</p><p> </p><p>Exposure to wood dust in workplaces is regulated by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended) which require exposures to be reduced as far below the Workplace Exposure Limit as is reasonably practicable. Suitable control measures may include local exhaust ventilation, on-tool extraction systems and in some cases respiratory protective equipment. Workers will usually require health surveillance checks.</p><p> </p><p>HSE has recently commissioned a new study to update the evidence base for wood dust exposure and health effects in the UK construction and woodworking industries. The study will run over the next 2-3 years and is being undertaken by the Health and Safety Laboratory with support and assistance from industry.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/06/2014 15:27:09 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64312

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	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	Oil: Refineries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what deadline has been set by his Department for former oil refineries being converted to bulk storage and distribution terminals to make the necessary upgrades to meet post-Buncefield standards; and how rigorously such standards are being enforced by the Environment Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p><strong> </strong>The COMAH Competent Authority (CA), comprising HSE and the environment agencies, is responsible for ensuring that oil refineries and fuel storage and distribution terminals meet new safety and environmental standards introduced in 2009 following the Buncefield fire and explosion. The standards were developed jointly by industry and the CA and published by the Process Safety Leadership Group (PSLG).</p><p> </p><p>Refineries were required to produce risk-based action plans to implement the PSLG safety standards at their existing fuel storage facilities. HSE led the assessment of these plans during 2011 and has been inspecting sites to ensure the planned improvements are made. The timings of upgrades to containment standards at refineries' existing fuel storage facilities is based on risk and will vary for each site. Agreed improvements are embedded in environment inspection plans for each site and followed up to ensure measures are implemented on time.</p><p> </p><p>The CA is working with refineries undergoing conversion to fuel storage and distribution terminals to ensure the PSLG standards are applied in full to their new facilities.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 202807 question first answered 03/07/2014 14:40:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64313

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	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	Oil: Refineries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that former oil refineries being converted to bulk storage and distribution terminals meet post-Buncefield health and safety requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p><strong> </strong>The COMAH Competent Authority (CA), comprising HSE and the environment agencies, is responsible for ensuring that oil refineries and fuel storage and distribution terminals meet new safety and environmental standards introduced in 2009 following the Buncefield fire and explosion. The standards were developed jointly by industry and the CA and published by the Process Safety Leadership Group (PSLG).</p><p> </p><p>Refineries were required to produce risk-based action plans to implement the PSLG safety standards at their existing fuel storage facilities. HSE led the assessment of these plans during 2011 and has been inspecting sites to ensure the planned improvements are made. The timings of upgrades to containment standards at refineries' existing fuel storage facilities is based on risk and will vary for each site. Agreed improvements are embedded in environment inspection plans for each site and followed up to ensure measures are implemented on time.</p><p> </p><p>The CA is working with refineries undergoing conversion to fuel storage and distribution terminals to ensure the PSLG standards are applied in full to their new facilities.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 202808 question first answered 03/07/2014 14:40:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58301

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of information for carers on affordable energy.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>DECC Ministers and officials meet energy company representatives on a regular basis to discuss market issues.</p><p>It is important that all consumers, including carers, have access to information to help them make informed decisions about their energy use. That is why Ofgem introduced a new simpler tariff framework consisting of a tariff information label and tariff comparison rate to make it easier for consumers to compare tariffs across the market. In April Ofgem launched the ‘Be An Energy Shopper' campaign to empower consumers to shop around for a better deal for their energy.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199156 question first answered 12/06/2014 14:05:21 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58302

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with energy companies on the affordability of energy tariffs for carers.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>DECC Ministers and officials meet energy company representatives on a regular basis to discuss market issues.</p><p>It is important that all consumers, including carers, have access to information to help them make informed decisions about their energy use. That is why Ofgem introduced a new simpler tariff framework consisting of a tariff information label and tariff comparison rate to make it easier for consumers to compare tariffs across the market. In April Ofgem launched the ‘Be An Energy Shopper' campaign to empower consumers to shop around for a better deal for their energy.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199155 question first answered 12/06/2014 14:05:21 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

60640

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Profits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average profit made by energy companies on the energy bills of households in each constituency in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Data on the average profit made by energy companies at the level of households in each constituency is not available.</p><p>The average pre-tax profit made per household consumer in 2012 was £53 or 4.3%. (Source: “Making the Profits of the six largest energy suppliers clear” factsheet, Ofgem). Ofgem also estimates pre-tax margins over the next 12 months using current data in their Supply Market Indicator. Their latest estimate of pre-tax margins for May 2014-April 2015 was £96 or 7% (Source: Understanding energy bills, Ofgem).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 16/06/2014 13:22:05 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

61036

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Green Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of investment by the Green Investment Bank has been given to biofuels to date.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	200013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has yet to finance any projects in the biofuels for transport sector. To date, GIB has committed a total of £1.3billion to green projects including the following projects that involve use of biomass for energy generation:</p><p>· £100m to one coal to biomass conversion project (Drax power station);</p><p>· £40.1m to three projects (in Northern Ireland, Birmingham and Port Talbot) that involve generating energy from recovered waste wood;</p><p>· £19.7m to a number of energy efficiency projects which involve the use of biomass boilers at enterprises such as distilleries, schools and farms.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 17/06/2014 12:59:26 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

61946

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Exports: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value of exports from businesses in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow and (c) Scotland to other EU member states in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	200757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The value of goods exported by businesses in Scotland to other EU countries in each of the last five years is given in Table 1 below. Figures are not compiled for areas below Government Office Region (NUTS 1) level, such as Glasgow and Glasgow North West.</p><p>These figures relate to exports of <strong>goods</strong> only. Regional data on exports of <strong>services</strong> is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 24/06/2014 15:52:36 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon attachment 1 file name Scottish Exports.docx title Value of Scottish exports of goods to EU countries
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64314

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the duration in days that airports in the south east of England would be able to run at full aviation fuel demand capacity in the event of an emergency on the scale of the Buncefield explosion in 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>UK supplies of aviation fuels are resilient to most hazards and additional protections have been put in place since the incident at Buncefield in 2005. Any impact upon supplies would depend entirely on the nature of any incident.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 202805 question first answered 02/07/2014 15:39:36 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64315

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Oil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to monitor the amount of available capacity in the UKOP, GPSS and MLP UK pipeline systems.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Both the UKOP and MLP pipeline systems are privately owned and operated. Currently there are no statutory provisions that require private pipeline owners and operators to make available commercial information on spare capacity.</p><p>The GPSS is a government owned pipeline and DECC is able to obtain information regarding available capacity on request.</p><p>Following the recent cross- government review of the role of both the UK refining and import sectors in UK, and in recognition of pipe-line access being cited as an issue by some stakeholders, the new independently chaired Midstream Oil Government and Industry Task Force will take forward further work on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/07/2014 15:40:09 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64316

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Oil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to ensure equality of access to the UKOP, GPSS and MLP UK pipeline systems.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Both the UKOP and MLP pipeline systems are privately owned and operated and commercial decisions on access are taken by the companies concerned. The Pipelines Act 1962 contains provisions for owners/operators to offer third party access and for any spare capacity to be made available to anyone who wishes to apply for it.</p><p>The GPSS is a government owned pipeline operated by the Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA), a public corporation sponsored by the Ministry of Defence. The OPA lets commercial contracts on a similar basis to operators of private pipelines provided these are consistent with Defence requirements. Access to the GPSS may require the agreement of private companies which control ingress points, egress points or other pipelines connected to the network.</p><p>Following the recent cross- government review of the role of both the UK refining and import sectors in UK, and in recognition of pipeline access being cited as an issue by some stakeholders, the new independently chaired Midstream Oil Government and Industry Task Force will take forward further work on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/07/2014 15:42:20 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64317

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what strategic level his Department has agreed with industry for the amount of motor gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel products required to meet the compulsory stock oligations.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>EU Member States are required under EU Directive 2009/119/EC to hold oil stocks at the higher of 90 days of average net daily imports or 61 days of average daily inland consumption in order to mitigate a substantial supply disruption. At present, the UK is obligated at 61 days of average daily inland consumption. The UK meets this obligation by directing substantial suppliers of oil products to the UK market to hold stocks.</p><p>In order to meet the requirements of EU Directive, the UK requires that at least one-third of this obligation is held by industry in the form of gas/diesel oil, motor gasoline and Kerosene-type jet fuel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/07/2014 16:24:06 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64318

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion as a percentage of the compulsory stock obligations for motor gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel products are currently being held physically on the UK mainland; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Obligated companies in the UK are required to hold at least one-third of their obligation as finished products of petrol, diesel and jet-fuel. The remaining two-thirds of the obligation can be met with a wider range of oil products and crude oil, known as ‘Any Oil', potentially including additional stocks of petrol, diesel and jet-fuel. Companies are able to hold stocks both in the UK and in facilities within the European Union.</p><p>In April 2014 in total companies held 104% of the obligation for finished products of petrol in the UK, while for jet fuel this was 96% and diesel 78%. The higher figure for petrol is a result of stocks of this product also being held by obligated companies in the UK toward the ‘Any Oil' obligation.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/07/2014 16:35:37 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64319

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the duration in days that the South East of England fuel demand could run at full capacity based on current stock levels of (a) refined petrol and (b) diesel products in the event of an emergency on the scale of the Buncefield explosion in 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>UK supplies of aviation fuels are resilient to most hazards and additional protections have been put in place since the incident at Buncefield in 2005. Any impact upon supplies would depend entirely on the nature of any incident.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 202806 question first answered 02/07/2014 15:39:36 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

167190

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	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	Nigeria
	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 he has made of the effectiveness of international support for the Nigerian authorities in tackling Boko Haram.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	906387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>While attacks by Boko Haram continue across the North East of Nigeria, UK and other international support is assisting the Nigerian authorities to improve the coordination and effectiveness of their security operations. I led the UK delegation to the last meeting of regional Foreign Ministers in Abuja on 3 September where I stressed the importance of regional and international cooperation to help Nigeria end the threat from Boko Haram.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 02/12/2014 15:28:55 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

166046

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment: Discrimination
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of whether the level of tribunal fees acts as a disincentive to women bringing a sex discrimination claim.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	906308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Fees were introduced in Employment Tribunals on 29 July 2013 to reduce the burden on the taxpayer and to encourage parties to use alternative methods for resolving disputes. It is not the Government’s intention to deter anyone from bringing a valid claim to the tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to carry out a comprehensive review of the introduction of Employment Tribunal fees. An announcement on the scope and timing of the review will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 27/11/2014 09:57:36 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

173272

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of social care budget changes on A&E attendances.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	906970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>There has been no assessment made of the effect of social care budget changes on accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances. However, the Government has legislated to establish the Better Care Fund from 2015-16 to provide better integrated care. One of the conditions of the Better Care Fund is to improve the delivery of health and social care by preventing people reaching crisis point, and to reduce the quantity of non-elective admissions to acute care, which may serve to ease the pressures on A&amp;E departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 13/01/2015 15:13:07 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

101501

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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	Oil: Refineries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former refineries that have been converted to import and distribution terminals are currently under review by the Health and Safety Executive to meet post-Buncefield compliance regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	212191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Since 2005 two refineries have indicated a transition to fuel import and distribution operations. One refinery conversion is nearing completion, and the other is at the planning stage.</p><p> </p><p>All new and substantially modified fuel storage sites storing large quantities of gasoline (petrol) should meet the standards set out in the Process Safety Leadership Group (PSLG) Final Report published in 2009 before operations commence.</p><p> </p><p>None of the former refineries are currently under review by HSE. They are subject to routine regulatory scrutiny under the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 (COMAH) by the COMAH Competent Authority.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 07/11/2014 13:50:10 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

79449

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	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	Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average amount of time it takes for terminally ill people to receive a decision on their benefits claim.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	206941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We have taken your question to refer to Personal Independence Payment. Statistics on clearance times for Personal Independence Payment are intended for future publication and the Department's analysts are currently considering what information will be included in the release.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 01/09/2014 12:49:59 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

79450

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	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	Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on fast-tracking benefits for terminally ill people.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	206932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the Hon.Member to the written answer that the previous Minister for Disabled People gave on 14 July 2014, Official Report, column 589w, to the Hon. Member for East Lothian, Fiona O’Donnell.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Previous answer:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Fiona O'Donnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will classify motor neurone disease as a terminal illness which qualifies for a fast-track assessment for welfare claims. [204826]</p><p> </p><p>Mike Penning: Claims to attendance allowance, disability living allowance, employment and support allowance, incapacity benefit and personal independence payment from people who are terminally ill, as defined in law, are fast tracked. Claimants are considered to be terminally ill if they have a progressive disease as a result of which they are not expected to live longer than six months. Motor neurone disease is considered to be a progressive disease.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 01/09/2014 15:35:34 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

90232

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	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	Carer's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of information available to carers about (a) the existence of carer's allowance and (b) the rules on who is able to claim it.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	207622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>Information and advice about entitlement to Carer's Allowance is available from a range of outlets including Jobcentre Plus offices, the Government website (www.gov.uk), local authorities, Citizens Advice, public libraries, health clinics, doctors' surgeries and health visitors. Advice can also be sought from voluntary organisations such as Carers UK. In addition to this the Carer’s Allowance Unit have a regular out reach programme for the caring community.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 04/09/2014 15:06:47 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

57905

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the minutes of the meetings of the HM Revenue and Customs' Board and associated sub-committees for a) 2013 and b) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	198899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>It is HMRC's policy to publish Board and Executive Committee minutes annually. The HMRC website is due to be updated with these in the next month. HMRC's Annual Report contains a summary of the key areas of work for each sub-Committee over the previous year.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/06/2014 15:56:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

57906

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what issues the HM Revenue and Customs' Scrutiny Committee has addressed since its establishment in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	198900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>The remit of the Scrutiny Committee is to advise the Board and Principal Accounting Officer on issues referred by the Board for in-depth review, challenge or assurance. Since its establishment in 2013, the Committee has reviewed the departmental security strategy as well as the department's complaints handling processes.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 11/06/2014 15:57:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

173544

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Scotland Office
	answering dept id	2
	answering dept short name	Scotland
	answering dept sort name	Scotland
	hansard heading	Oil: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what estimate he has made of the effect on tax revenue from Scotland of the recent fall in the price of oil.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	906927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government’s primary concern is to support the Scottish oil industry, which is so key to our economy.</p><p>The UK economy is equipped to deal with volatile revenues, but the recent fall this morning to $45.81 per barrel would have left an independent Scotland’s finances with an £19.9 billion black hole.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orkney and Shetland answering member printed Mr Alistair Carmichael question first answered 14/01/2015 14:57:22 answering member 1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

101376

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Oil: Refineries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many former refineries have been converted to import and distribution terminals.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	212181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Of the peak 22 refineries operating in Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1974, seven are still operating as refineries and seven are now principally operating as oil import and distribution terminals.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/11/2014 16:00:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58300

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the average broadband speed in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The Independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries (Ofcom) publishes broadband coverage data for the UK; its 2013 UK fixed-line broadband performance report indicates the following average modem synchronisation speed for the Glasgow City, Scotland and the UK. Data by Constituency area is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Average modem sync speed 2013 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow City</p></td><td><p>17.2 Mbit/s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>15.8 Mbit/s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>17.6 Mbit/s</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/06/2014 10:54:21 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

156511

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government Digital Service.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	906078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>We have designed and created the award-winning and world-leading <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a>, the central web domain for Government information. We are redesigning 25 major Government services to make them simpler, clearer and faster to use. That will not only provide savings to the taxpayer, but improve delivery for the public, focused on user need, not Government convenience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 19/11/2014 17:52:13 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

168976

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Poultry Meat
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that consumers are protected from high levels of campylobacter in poultry.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	906573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>The United Kingdom Food Standards Agency (FSA) is working in partnership with industry to tackle <em>Campylobacter</em>, exploring a range of interventions targeted at different points in the food chain to reduce contamination levels before the meat reaches the consumer. Also, in publishing the quarterly results of its UK-wide microbiological survey of <em>Campylobacter</em> contamination in fresh whole chilled chickens at retail sale, the FSA is maintaining consumer awareness of the issue and encouraging retailer action.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The FSA has provided guidance for consumers on the safety measures that they can take to reduce their risk of spreading and contracting <em>Campylobacter</em> from raw poultry in the home and this featured in its Food Safety Week campaign earlier in the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/12/2014 16:19:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

60638

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discusssions she has had with the Passport Office about the updating of advice on timescales during busy periods for (a) the renewal of a passport and (b) the time it will take for staff to call an applicant back.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ministers have held frequent recent discussions with Her Majesty's Passport Office.<br><br>Current advice for customers on expected service standards is published on <br>https://www.gov.uk.<br><br>The current guideline for returning calls to customers is to do so within 48 <br>hours. Her Majesty's Passport Office gives priority to those with the most immediate <br>travel plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 15:43:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

60639

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average waiting time for people (a) applying for a passport renewal and (b) waiting for a call back from the Passport Office.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is as follows:<br><br>(a) Expected service standards for passport renewals are published at <br>https://www.gov.uk.<br>(b) The current guideline for returning calls to customers is to do so within <br>48 hours. Her Majesty's Passport Office gives priority to those with the <br>most immediate travel plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 15:41:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

40936

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of and interest in politics among young people aged 16 to 24 years old.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	190282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 5<sup>th</sup> February, the government announced that all 363 local authorities and valuation joint boards in Great Britain and 5 national organisations will be sharing &pound;4.2 million of funding aimed at ensuring every eligible person in the country, including young people, is signed up to the electoral register and has their chance to vote.</p><p> </p><p>To improve registration levels for young people, The Government has made the Rock Enrol! learning resource available, which promotes democratic engagement and encourages young people to register to vote.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also manages a student forum that brings together key people within the Higher/Further Education (HFE) sector, the National Union of Students and local authorities with the highest student populations. The forum aims to reinforce the maximum registration of students and increases Individual Electoral Registration awareness across the HFE sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 06/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

40937

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged 18 to 24 years who vote in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	190283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has made no such estimate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 06/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

61971

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with charities on implementation of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act 2014 since that act received Royal Assent.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	200761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission is producing guidance to explain the rules on non-party campaigning. The Commission has held four roundtable discussions for charities and other campaigners across the UK and Electoral Commission officials have spoken at events hosted by charity sector umbrella bodies.</p><p>The Commission will publish its full guidance on the new rules in the summer, in advance of the regulated period which starts on 19 September 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 23/06/2014 11:48:45 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64320

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	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	Dredging
	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 estimate his Department has made of the number of marine dredging applications that will be dealt with by the Marine Management Organisation using the online marine licensing system in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since the beginning of 2014-15 the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has dealt with five 15 year marine licences for aggregate dredging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For non-aggregate dredging Defra's Impact Assessment on exemptions and navigational dredging predicted 872 applications ranging from simple, routine and complex applications for 2014-15 (Ref: IA No DEFRA 1118 – The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order 2013). The actual annual number of applications being received so far is currently running at between 10-20% of the forecast.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/07/2014 11:04:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64321

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	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	Dredging
	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 estimate his Department has made of the average length of time taken by the Marine Management Organisation to approve a marine dredging application using the outline marine licensing system since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The online marine licensing system came into force on 6 April 2011 following the formation of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in 2010. From the start of the licensing system the estimated average time taken by the MMO to approve marine dredging applications are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Aggregate dredging</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Average length of time to licence a 15 year aggregate application is estimated at 300 hours (200 hours during application and 100 hours of pre-application advice)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Non-aggregate dredging</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Description of activity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average MMO hours per case</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simple navigational dredging</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Routine navigational dredging</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Routine capital dredging</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Complex navigational dredging</p></td><td><p>13.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Complex capital dredging</p></td><td><p>11.88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/07/2014 11:10:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64323

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	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	Dredging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many marine dredging applications have been dealt with by the Marine Management Organisation using the online marine licensing system since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The online marine licensing system came into force on 6 April 2011 following the formation of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in 2010. To date the MMO have dealt with the following numbers of marine aggregate and non-aggregate dredging applications:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Aggregate dredging</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>1 x 15 year dredging permission</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>25 x short term marine licences;</p></td><td><p>14 x 15 year marine licences;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 x 15 year marine licences</p></td><td><p>1 x aggregate trial dredging</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Non-aggregate dredging</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There was a transitional period from 6 April 2011 to 5 April 2014 for non-aggregate dredging. This activity mainly included navigational dredging which become licensable from 6 April 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Disposal dredged material at sea</p><p> </p><p>(figures below represent MMO licensing up to April 2014)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/07/2014 14:54:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

60641

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children in poverty in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each year until 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>The Government does not produce forecasts of the number of children living in income poverty either locally or nationally. The number of children in poverty is dependent on a number of factors which cannot be reliably predicted, including the median income.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not believe it is possible to accurately project child poverty to 2020. Poverty projections are rarely accurate. For example, IFS projections in October 2011 suggested the number of children in relative poverty would fall by 100,000 in 2010/11, whereas in fact it fell by 300,000.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/06/2014 16:37:54 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

60642

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	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	Children: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of welfare reforms since May 2010 on levels of child poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the effect of welfare reforms on levels on child poverty. Given the large number of reforms and variables involved, the impact of welfare changes cannot be seen in isolation.</p><p>However, the guiding principles of all of this Government's welfare reforms are to get more people into work by making work pay.</p><p>A key component of the Welfare Reform is Universal Credit. Universal Credit is expected to improve work incentives by allowing individuals to keep more of their income as they move into work, and by introducing a smoother and more transparent reduction of benefits when they increase their earnings.</p><p>We estimate this new reform will lift around 300,000 children out of poverty.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/06/2014 16:42:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

62166

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	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	Employment Schemes: Glasgow
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with Glasgow City Council on the Glasgow Guarantee.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	200754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Secretary of State has not had recent discussions with Glasgow City Council on the Glasgow Guarantee.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/06/2014 14:59:36 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

79393

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Motor Neurone Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department has allocated to research into motor neurone disease in each of last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	206942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Prior to the establishment of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in April 2006, the main part of the Department's total health research expenditure was devolved to and managed by national health service organisations. From April 2006 to March 2009, transitional research funding was allocated to these organisations at reducing levels. The organisations have accounted for their use of the allocations they have received from the Department in an annual research and development report. The reports identify total, aggregated expenditure on national priority areas but do not provide details of spend on research into specific diseases including motor neurone disease (MND).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on MND research by the NIHR from 2009-10 through research programmes, research centres and units, and research fellowships is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>£ million</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total spend by the NIHR on MND research is higher than this because expenditure by the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) on this topic cannot be disaggregated from total CRN expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health (Jeremy Hunt) has had no discussions on funding for MND research with the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 206931 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:35:42 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson