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390466

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to require heavy goods vehicles satellite navigation system providers to remove weight-restricted roads from their routes.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	7366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>All road users benefit from clear directions, including HGV drivers. It is clearly not in the interests of HGV drivers to rely upon inaccurate information, which may make them late or even involve them in accidents. Nevertheless, we believe that legislation would be a costly, bureaucratic and inappropriate way of dealing with the problem. Instead we have made significant efforts to link together freight associations, local authorities and satnav companies to ensure that HGV drivers are aware of the issue and have the latest information available to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Councils already have the means to set height and weight restrictions for roads, which are enforced by the police, and HGV satnav devices increasingly include up-to-date routing information that takes account of such restrictions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Decisions on all aspects of traffic management policy are the responsibility of local traffic authorities, and how they and the police enforce this once they are in place it is a matter for them. We believe the necessary enforcement powers are available for this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 7365 question first answered 20/07/2015 14:46:34 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

390468

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of whether the powers local councils and police have to enforce restrictions on heavy goods vehicles driving on weight-restricted roads are sufficient to protect rural roads and surrounding environments.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	7365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>All road users benefit from clear directions, including HGV drivers. It is clearly not in the interests of HGV drivers to rely upon inaccurate information, which may make them late or even involve them in accidents. Nevertheless, we believe that legislation would be a costly, bureaucratic and inappropriate way of dealing with the problem. Instead we have made significant efforts to link together freight associations, local authorities and satnav companies to ensure that HGV drivers are aware of the issue and have the latest information available to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Councils already have the means to set height and weight restrictions for roads, which are enforced by the police, and HGV satnav devices increasingly include up-to-date routing information that takes account of such restrictions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Decisions on all aspects of traffic management policy are the responsibility of local traffic authorities, and how they and the police enforce this once they are in place it is a matter for them. We believe the necessary enforcement powers are available for this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 7366 question first answered 20/07/2015 14:46:34 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

65791

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Network Rail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Framework Agreement between his Department and Network Rail on the reclassification of Network Rail will ensure that the Freedom of Information Act 2000 applies to Network Rail.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	203914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 17th December 2013, the ONS announced that under new EU statistical rules (ESA10) which come into force on 1st September 2014, Network Rail will be reclassified to the public sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is currently working with Network Rail to decide on the details of how Network Rail will operate in the public sector. A Framework Agreement explaining these decisions will be published before 1st September.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Framework Agreement will address a number of issues, and this is likely to include our intended approach to the FOIA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/07/2014 15:06:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

671974

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the condition of local roads.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	908133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s road condition statistics highlight that local classified roads are improving, with fewer requiring maintenance. The Government is providing local highway authorities with over £6 billion between 2015 and 2021 for highways maintenance. We will soon be announcing how we will allocate a further £185 million for 2017/18 financial year, in addition to over £1 billion already committed, to improve the condition of local roads.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/01/2017 15:12:42 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

626686

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Witnesses: Video Recordings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to start the national roll-out of pre-recorded cross-examination for young vulnerable witnesses following the pilot of section 28 of the Youth and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	51414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The roll-out of pre-trial cross examination for all vulnerable witnesses, including children, will commence in January 2017. The roll-out across all Crown Courts should be complete by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/11/2016 17:15:04 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

627424

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to limit the potential re-traumatisation of vulnerable 16 and 17 year old victims of sexual abuse or exploitation in the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	51605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that vulnerable and intimidated victims and witnesses get the support they need and have the confidence to come forward. A range of measures already exist to help reduce their anxiety, including giving evidence through live-link to the courtroom from a different room in the court, or away from the court building altogether, and the use of a Registered Intermediary. We doubled the number of Registered Intermediaries at the end of 2015 to increase the number available to help vulnerable and intimidated victims and witnesses give evidence.</p><p> </p><p>We are also rolling out recorded pre-trial cross-examination in the Crown Courts from next year so that vulnerable witnesses do not have to give their evidence at trial. In addition to this, we are requiring publicly-funded advocates in sexual offences cases to undertake specialist training on working with vulnerable victims and witnesses.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 10/11/2016 15:31:32 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

171306

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Central African Republic
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will contribute to the European Trust Fund for the Central African Republic.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	219178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK is not a current contributor to the EU Trust Fund for CAR. We welcome the leadership of the EU on the humanitarian response in CAR and on programmes linking relief, recovery and development. The UK has committed £30 million in humanitarian funds to CAR and CAR refugees since July 2013, funding a range of NGOs and UN agencies to provide protection, water, health, shelter and food security. We are keeping the international response to the CAR crisis under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/01/2015 17:45:08 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

751821

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Fisheries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many projects her Department is currently supporting are aimed specifically at reducing the impacts of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	4813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department contributes to reducing the impacts of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing through two multilateral programmes.</p><p>DFID core funding to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation includes support to the activities of its Fisheries and Aquaculture Department and the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. UK support to the Global Environment Facility helps strengthen the management of fisheries and marine protected areas.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/07/2017 16:46:55 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

751822

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Sustainable Development: Marine Environment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding is currently allocated by her Department to projects aimed at achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	4814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department supports activities aimed at achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14 through our funding to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF). For example FAO hosts the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. The GEF has funded marine protected areas across the world that are more than twice the size of Alaska.</p><p>The UK’s core support to FAO in Financial Year 2016-17 was £17,681,203. DFID’s contribution to the Global Environment Facility in Financial Year 2016017 was £52,500,000. Neither FAO nor the GEF publish a breakdown of spending specifically on SDG14.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/07/2017 16:47:53 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

100194

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the Government's benchmark waiting time is to see a General Practitioner for a routine appointment; and how that benchmark was set.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Pauline Latham
	uin	211311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not set a benchmark for waiting times to see a general practitioner (GP) for a routine appointment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The 48 hour waiting time target was removed because it as seen as too inflexible in meeting the needs of patients. The GP patient survey showed that the proportion of people who wanted to get an appointment within 2 days (and were able to) actually fell between 2008-09 and 2009-10 i.e. when the target was in place.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 27/10/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham