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690201

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what engagement his Department has had with the working group set up by LINK scheme members to consider how to place the LINK system on a sustainable footing.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	64270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers in the UK. To this end, the Government is engaging with LINK and its members, including banks and Independent ATM Deployers, to ensure that widespread free access to cash is maintained. The Government is encouraged to hear that LINK’s members have committed to further work to find a solution to the dispute.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working closely on the issue with the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which was established in 2015 to promote competition, innovation and the needs of end users within payment systems. The PSR is in regular contact with LINK, and is monitoring the situation closely.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has the power to act if LINK or any of its members act in a way that conflicts with any of its objectives.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 64271 64272 question first answered 27/02/2017 14:06:51 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

690202

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with banks and independent ATM operators on steps being taken to place the LINK system on a sustainable footing.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	64271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers in the UK. To this end, the Government is engaging with LINK and its members, including banks and Independent ATM Deployers, to ensure that widespread free access to cash is maintained. The Government is encouraged to hear that LINK’s members have committed to further work to find a solution to the dispute.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working closely on the issue with the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which was established in 2015 to promote competition, innovation and the needs of end users within payment systems. The PSR is in regular contact with LINK, and is monitoring the situation closely.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has the power to act if LINK or any of its members act in a way that conflicts with any of its objectives.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 64270 64272 question first answered 27/02/2017 14:06:51 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

690466

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M1: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2017 to Question 62124, whether there will be further public consultation on measures to mitigate increases in air pollution before the smart motorway, between junctions 32 to 35a of the M1 opens.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	64245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans for any further public consultation before the smart motorway opens between junctions 32 to 35a of the M1.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 22/02/2017 17:38:02 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

690467

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2017 to Question 62120, on High Speed Railway Line 2: South Yorkshire, what the increase has been in the estimated cost of the Meadowhall route since the first estimate was made; and for what reasons that estimated cost has risen.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	64247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The Chancellor’s Spending Review announcement in November 2015 set out an updated funding envelope of £55.7bn in 2015 prices for delivering the HS2 project. The envelope was previously £50.1bn in 2011 prices as set out in the 2013 Spending Round. The cost of building HS2 has not changed since the 2013 Spending Round, as the long-term funding envelope has simply been uprated to 2015 prices to take account of inflation. Cost estimates for specific sections of route were revised in accordance with these figures. We do not provide further funding breakdowns for specific items due to commercial sensitivities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2017 10:51:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

690468

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2017 to Question 62138, on High Speed Railway Line 2: South Yorkshire, what the alternative routes to Meadowhall are that HS2 Ltd has carried out work into (a) in the past, (b) more recently and (c) currently.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	64248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>In developing proposals for HS2 before the 2013 consultation, HS2 Ltd published a large number of alternative routes in South Yorkshire (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/options-for-phase-two-of-the-high-speed-rail-network" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/options-for-phase-two-of-the-high-speed-rail-network</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Subsequently, HS2 Ltd has reviewed these and some other alternatives in preparing recommendations to the Secretary of State before the November 2016 Command Paper. The ‘M18’ route and the spur to Sheffield are two of these alternatives. To prevent unnecessary blight, details of other alternatives have not been published.</p><p> </p><p>As HS2 Ltd develops the programme, including in response to the current consultation, it will continue to look at route refinements to meet engineering, environmental, stakeholder and other factors.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2017 10:45:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

692659

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to introduce new rules which will not require reassessments for employment and support allowance for people with severe life-long conditions; and if he will publish the criteria by which severe life-long conditions are defined as such for the purposes of exemption from those assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	64797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>This change will come into effect in Autumn 2017 and will apply to those placed in Employment and Support Allowance’s Support Group and the Universal Credit equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working with stakeholders to develop the new criteria and, when finalised, the amended guidance will be incorporated in to the next update to the Work Capability Assessment Handbook published on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 24/02/2017 12:53:24 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts