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648937

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Agriculture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps he plans to take during the UK's negotiations to leave the EU to ensure that (a) the financial and competitive position of UK agriculture is maintained and (b) UK agriculture can provide national food security after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	907597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>We are focused on growing our world-leading food and farming industry, and we want the best possible arrangement for UK agriculture and for consumers. The department is therefore working across government to analyse the impacts of our withdrawal from the EU, including on agriculture and food security. This will inform the UK’s negotiating position; but we are not going to not speculate on what that looks like at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones question first answered 01/12/2016 13:22:57 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

453923

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	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	India: Foreign Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the strength of diplomatic and economic relations between India and the UK.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	903712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>As, respectively, the world’s oldest and largest democracies, the United Kingdom and India have a strong friendship, which Prime Minister Modi’s visit has enhanced. We continue to work together to strengthen our defence and security partnership and expand trade and investment.</p> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 23/02/2016 16:25:15 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

433830

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
	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 effectiveness of the Vaccine Damage Payment scheme.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	902566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>Policy responsibility for the Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme transferred to the Department of Health from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in May 2014 although DWP continues to administer this scheme. The scheme was last revised in 2007 and no assessment of effectiveness has been made since that date.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 07/12/2015 13:53:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

416412

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to tackle expensive hospital car parking charges since the publication of its ground rules in August 2014.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	8619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Decisions on hospital car parking, including charging, are taken locally as National Health Service organisations have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances. However the NHS patient visitor and staff car parking principles published by the Department on 23 August 2014 provide clear direction and leadership and require NHS organisations to publish details of their car parking arrangements including financial information relating to the charges and income which allows patients and the public to hold the NHS locally to account where unfair parking charges occur.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Information about the cost and availability of car parking across the NHS is published annually as part of two data collections - the Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment and the Estates Return Information Collection. This information is publicly available and will also help people hold their local hospitals to account.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 14/09/2015 15:58:32 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

390813

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Bacterial Diseases: Mortality Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215524, when Public Health England intends to publish data on the mortality rate for deaths in 2013 involving (a) C. difficile and (b) MRSA in (i) England and (ii) each NHS trust.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	7619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England intends to publish 30-day all-cause mortality following methicillin resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> (MRSA) bacteraemia, methicillin sensitive <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> (MSSA) bacteraemia, <em>Escherichia coli</em> bacteraemia and <em>Clostridium difficile</em> infection in the autumn. Data will be broken down by National Health Service region and patient age and gender.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/07/2015 15:52:20 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

390760

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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	River Ouse: Renewable Energy
	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 she has made of the potential use of the River Ouse as a source of renewable energy.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	7547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Rivers can supply renewable energy in two main ways: they can provide hydro-electric power, and they can provide heat for water-sourced heat pumps.</p><p>The Department published a digital water source heat map in March 2015. The map estimates the potential thermal capacity of rivers, estuaries, canals and coastal sites in England. The map seeks to raise awareness of this potential source of renewable heat which can be utilised through the deployment of water source heat pumps supplying district heating networks and other users.</p><p>The map estimates the total heat capacity from the River Ouse at 505 Megawatts, enough to potentially heat 74,000 homes, subject to environmental and other location-specific consents.</p><p>Water source heat pumps are eligible for support through the Renewable Heat Incentive and heat network projects taken forward by Local Authorities can apply for support from the Heat Network Delivery Unit.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/07/2015 11:04:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

390878

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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	Local Government: Pensions
	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 make it his policy to increase the £30,000 threshold for the Local Government Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	7546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Defined benefit pension arrangements offer a high level of security and, in some cases, very valuable guarantees. Therefore it is important that individuals carefully consider the implications of giving these guarantees up before proceeding with a decision to transfer out to access their benefits flexibly.</p><p> </p><p>The independent financial advice £30,000 threshold applies to transfers out of all funded defined benefit schemes, including public sector schemes such as the Local Government Pension Scheme. The Government has no plans to create a separate threshold for funded public sector schemes.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/07/2015 11:29:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

642998

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	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	Mobile Broadband: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 3.20 of the Autumn Statement 2016, if she will take steps to address broadband not spots in York and North Yorkshire with funding allocated for fibre broadband and 5G technologies.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	54617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>At the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that the Government would be investing an additional £1billion in the UK's digital infrastructure by 2020-21. The funding will support the market to roll-out full-fibre and future 5G communications, and, in partnership with local authorities, will help connect more homes and businesses across the UK. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/11/2016 14:05:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

642963

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to announce any further successful bids to the latest competition round of the Local Majors Fund in addition to those announced in the Autumn Statement 2016 transport projects policy paper.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	54528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has today announced the remaining successful bids from the current round of the Large Local Majors Fund. The full list of successful schemes, including those announced in the Autumn Statement is as follows:-</p><p> </p><ul><li>Suffolk Energy Gateway new road</li><li>A1079/A164 Jocks Lodge Junction</li><li>Shrewsbury North West Relief Road</li><li>Tees Valley East-West connections</li><li>Sheffield Mass Transit Scheme</li><li>Warrington Waterfront western link</li><li>Sheffield City Region Innovation Corridor</li><li>Manchester Metrolink airport extension to Terminal 2</li><li>Melton Mowbray Eastern Distributor Road</li><li>New Tees Crossing</li><li>A500 Dualling (Cheshire)</li><li>South Coventry Link Road</li></ul> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 28/11/2016 17:35:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

638301

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of how many starter homes the Government's starter home scheme will deliver by 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	53566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to its manifesto pledge to build starter homes to help young first- time buyers into home ownership. We have made strong progress on delivery, through the Housing and Planning Act, planning reforms, and working through the Homes and Communities Agency to deliver the first starter homes. We are working on a White Paper to set out our future plans for housing, including starter homes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 24/11/2016 16:30:25 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy