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384768

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that the National Infrastructure Plan of 2014 is implemented in full.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	3453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has committed to delivering the National Infrastructure Plan alongside a commitment to invest over £100 billion of public spending over the course of this Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/06/2015 15:12:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

385951

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2015
	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	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans she has to address the effects of the Renewable Heat Incentive on the ground source industry; and what consultation she plans to undertake with that industry on that incentive.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	4483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHPs) are supported under both the non-domestic and domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). We have increased the non-domestic tariff for GSHPs to 8.7 pence per kilowatt hour (p/kWh) for tier 1 (i.e. the first 1,314 hours of renewable heat produced per year) and 2.6p/kWh for tier 2 (subsequent heat produced). The level of support for GSHPs under the domestic scheme is 19.1p/kWh.</p><p>We are aware of the industry’s concerns that the RHI is not supporting as many GSHPs as might be expected; and we are considering what action could be taken. My officials are already discussing this issue with industry, and will continue to do so as options are developed. However, any decisions which involve changes to RHI support will be dependent on the outcome of the Spending Review later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/07/2015 13:56:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 10614 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

385972

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Huntington's Disease: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has for regional or national multi-disciplinary care teams to incorporate aspects of Huntington's disease care; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	4481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS England commissions adult specialised neuroscience services, including those for people with complex neurological diseases. Although some of this specialised care would be related to Huntington's Disease, much of the care that patients require can be accessed through local hospital and general practitioner (GP) services which are funded by clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Patients with Huntington's Disease have access to a range of NHS services including those provided by GPs and associated health professionals, neurology services, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, local mental health services and palliative care where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Neurosciences Clinical Reference Group (CRG) is continuing to work on the development of a draft neuropsychiatry service specification which will be of relevance for patients with Huntington’s Disease. The service specification will outline the multi-disciplinary approach to caring for patients with long term conditions who require assessment and help in managing a neurological problem.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CRG is also tasked to consider the current service specification and describe in detail where services are specialised and can only be delivered in a tertiary centre and where services can be part of a hub and spoke arrangement with secondary care (in a hospital closer to home). This should assist in the day to day care and access as care closer to home for some conditions, will be supported by advice where needed from the specialised centre and delivered in the local hospital.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 01/07/2015 13:15:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

386722

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2015
	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	Terrorism: Tunisia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will encourage tour operators to give a full refund to anyone who has booked a package holiday to Tunisia, who now believes that their personal safety would be compromised if they were to travel to that area.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	4936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>All package holidays are subject to the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992. In the event that a tour operator cancels a package the consumer is entitled to a full refund or to take a substitute package of the same or higher quality, if offered. If the consumer is offered a replacement of lower quality the consumer is entitled to receive a refund of the difference in price. It is the consumer’s choice as to whether to accept a replacement or a full refund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Tour operators have a general duty of care towards their customers and the Regulations also make them liable for contractual failure in respect of any of the services being provided as part of a package. I understand that the industry is reacting to the situation in Tunisia responsibly. Holidays have been cancelled in the shorter term, and refunds and alternatives offered. Longer term, consumers are being offered the chance to change their arrangements with no alteration fees.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 06/07/2015 09:15:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

388293

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has been monitoring the level of pensions-related scams and fraud since April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	6045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of crimes that involve pension fraud from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau on a quarterly basis.</p><p>These data are published by the ONS as part of their ‘Crime in England and Wales’ quarterly crime statistics bulletins. The first quarter of data for 2015/16 will be published on 15th October 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/07/2015 09:42:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

388309

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle doorstep and telephone scams against vulnerable older people.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	5950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes fraud extremely seriously. The Serious and Organised Crime Strategy, published in 2013, places a strong focus on protecting those most at risk. The Home Office works with the City of London Police to help police forces to understand better who is vulnerable to fraud in their areas, and to work with local partners including the voluntary sector to help protect vulnerable people from the threat from fraud. This has included specific targeted activity with the vulnerable and the elderly, for example, a public campaign.</p><p>The Care Act 2014 also places a new statutory requirement for all local areas to have a Safeguarding Adults Board, comprised of the police, the local authority and Clinical Commissioning Group to protect the most vulnerable in their communities from all forms of harm, including financial harm.</p><p>We are also working closely with Financial Fraud Action UK and the British Bankers Association who have issued advice to consumers on telephone scams. This includes helping consumers know when they may be a target to these fraudsters, and advice on what information should never be shared, e.g. PIN number.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 5951 question first answered 14/07/2015 16:01:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

388310

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to encourage partnership working between local authorities, police, health and social care and voluntary sector services to address the problem of scams and fraud against more vulnerable older people.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	5951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes fraud extremely seriously. The Serious and Organised Crime Strategy, published in 2013, places a strong focus on protecting those most at risk. The Home Office works with the City of London Police to help police forces to understand better who is vulnerable to fraud in their areas, and to work with local partners including the voluntary sector to help protect vulnerable people from the threat from fraud. This has included specific targeted activity with the vulnerable and the elderly, for example, a public campaign.</p><p>The Care Act 2014 also places a new statutory requirement for all local areas to have a Safeguarding Adults Board, comprised of the police, the local authority and Clinical Commissioning Group to protect the most vulnerable in their communities from all forms of harm, including financial harm.</p><p>We are also working closely with Financial Fraud Action UK and the British Bankers Association who have issued advice to consumers on telephone scams. This includes helping consumers know when they may be a target to these fraudsters, and advice on what information should never be shared, e.g. PIN number.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 5950 question first answered 14/07/2015 16:01:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

388652

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud: Older 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 the Government has made of the financial and health effects of doorstep and telephone scams on vulnerable older people.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	6164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>There has not been a comprehensive assessment of the overall financial and health effects of fraud. However, Action Fraud assesses the vulnerability of victims based on the financial and health impact of the reported fraud, and provides this information to forces. This enables police forces to make targeted interventions with those most at risk. Action Fraud are currently developing a victim strategy which will provide an enhanced service to all victims of fraud.</p><p>The Care Act, introduced this year, also places a new statutory requirement for all local areas to have a Safeguarding Adult Board, the police, local authority and Clinical Commissioning Group are the core statutory members of these boards. The Safeguarding Adults Board’s remit is to work to protect people with care and support needs from all forms of harm, including financial harm. Being the victim of fraud can have a serious detrimental effect on health and well-being. The Safeguarding Adult Board are tasked with understanding the situation locally and developing preventative strategies.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/07/2015 16:04:46 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

390423

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Insolvency: Conditional Fee Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs on the delay in commencing reforms to conditional fee agreements for insolvency litigation in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	7186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward the Coalition Government’s commitment to review this issue and it will set out further details later in the year. As part of that process, the Government will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders, including Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Insolvency Service and insolvency practitioners and their representatives.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 7187 7197 question first answered 22/07/2015 10:30:48 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

390424

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Insolvency: Conditional Fee Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Insolvency Service on the delay in commencing reforms to conditional fee agreements for insolvency litigation in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	7187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward the Coalition Government’s commitment to review this issue and it will set out further details later in the year. As part of that process, the Government will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders, including Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Insolvency Service and insolvency practitioners and their representatives.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 7186 7197 question first answered 22/07/2015 10:30:48 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon