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788653

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit sanctions were appealed on the grounds that a claimant's child had died or been stillborn within the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	112497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the reasons for appeals within its statistical datasets.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/11/2017 17:11:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

788654

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance and training is available to work coaches to advise them on the circumstances in which they can temporarily switch off a universal credit claimant's work search and availability (a) in the case of a bereavement and (b) otherwise.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	112498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>All Work Coaches complete learning designed specifically for their role. This learning combines the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to coach claimants effectively so that they are able to identify for themselves what they need to do to find work and how best to do it.</p><p>Work Coaches are expected to recognise and consider the impact of complex circumstances, including emergency situations. By using the guidance available to them, along with their own discretion, Work Coaches are able to adjust the requirements they expect from claimants.</p><p>A copy of the Universal Credit Full Service guidance on ‘Switching off work availability and work related activities’ has been placed in the House of Commons library, and is available at the following link: <a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2017-0556/24_CC-_Switching_off_work_availability_and_work_related_activities.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2017-0556/24_CC-_Switching_off_work_availability_and_work_related_activities.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/11/2017 17:17:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

731459

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much will be spent on railway upgrade work in the South West in (a) Control Period 5 and (b) Control Period 6.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>We are investing more than £400 million in the network in the South West, including continuing funding to deal with resilience near the Dawlish sea wall and the Dawlish cliffs. This is on top of the benefits that will be delivered from new trains coming into service from next year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We intend to set out the outcomes we want from the rail network in Control Period 6 (CP6 – 2019 to 2024) during the remainder of 2017, starting with the High Level Output Specification (HLOS), which is expected to be published in July.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/06/2017 14:33:38 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

731833

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M5
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has any plans to extend the M5 from Exeter to the Tamar Bridge in Plymouth.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>We are currently preparing for the second Road Investment Strategy that will cover new investments in the strategic road network after 2020. As part of our consideration we shall be examining the evidence relating to the A38 gathered by Highways England through its South West Peninsula Route Strategy, published earlier this year. We shall also take account of the economic importance of the network in providing access to port cities like Plymouth.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/06/2017 14:49:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

751449

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to the Peninsula Rail Task Force report.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	4465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport welcomes the Peninsula Rail Task Force report and the contribution it makes to the consideration of longer term improvements to the rail network in the South West.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing more than £400 million in the network in the South West, including an extra £10 million for the line from Exeter to Newton Abbot via Dawlish that we announced in November 2016. We will continue to work with Network Rail and the Task Force to explore the potential for longer-term improvements in 2019 and beyond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/07/2017 13:49:29 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

765370

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Exeter-Plymouth Railway Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to fund increases in line speed on the railway between Plymouth and Exeter.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	105471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport intends to set out the outcomes we want from the rail network in Control Period 6 (CP6 – 2019 to 2024) during the remainder of 2017, following on from the High Level Output Specification (HLOS) that was published in July.</p><p> </p><p>The work of the Peninsula Rail Task Force, which includes aspirations for line speed increases between Exeter and Plymouth, continues to be a valuable part of the process for defining our priorities for investment after 2019.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 16/10/2017 13:42:01 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

776235

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs linked to the general aviation sector in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	108967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Government published research that the Department for Transport commissioned from York Aviation entitled “The Economic Value of General Aviation in the UK”.</p><p> </p><p>That research contained an estimate of the jobs linked to the general aviation sector in the UK being 38,000.</p><p> </p><p>We are commissioning research on what a strategic network of general aviation airfields might look like and this research may review that calculation.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 26/10/2017 10:51:49 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

776236

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution from general aviation in the UK to growth and employment in the STEM sector.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	108966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>In March 2015 the Government published research that the Department for Transport commissioned from York Aviation entitled “The Economic Value of General Aviation in the UK”. That research contained an estimate of the jobs linked to the general aviation sector in the UK being 38,000. York Aviation did not separate out the contribution from the Government’s STEM (Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics) education programmes.</p><p> </p><p>We are commissioning research on what a strategic network of general aviation airfields might look like and this research may review that calculation.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 26/10/2017 10:54:46 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

754177

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Married People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications of the judgment of the Supreme Court of 22 February 2017 in MM (Lebanon) and others v SSHD [2017] UKSC10 for immigration applications.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	6259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The changes in Immigration Rules referred to in the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS95 give effect to the findings of the Supreme Court judgment in MM (Lebanon) &amp; Others in respect of exceptional circumstances and children’s best interests.</p><p>The temporary hold in place since 22 February 2017 on applications falling for refusal under the Immigration Rules with which the judgment was concerned will be lifted on 10 August when these changes take effect. As of 30 June 2017, there were around 5,000 such applications on hold.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 6255 question first answered 11/09/2017 13:33:28 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

754178

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration applications have been paused while her Department assesses the implications of the judgment of the Supreme Court on 22 February 2017, in MM (Lebanon) and others v SSHD [2017] UKSC10; and what is the (a) longest and (b) average length of time for which those immigration applications have been paused.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	6255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The changes in Immigration Rules referred to in the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS95 give effect to the findings of the Supreme Court judgment in MM (Lebanon) &amp; Others in respect of exceptional circumstances and children’s best interests.</p><p>The temporary hold in place since 22 February 2017 on applications falling for refusal under the Immigration Rules with which the judgment was concerned will be lifted on 10 August when these changes take effect. As of 30 June 2017, there were around 5,000 such applications on hold.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 6259 question first answered 11/09/2017 13:33:28 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard