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1166826

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/10/2019
	date	28/10/2019
	date tabled	28/10/2019
	ddp created	29/10/2019 00:52:37
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	29/10/2019 01:01:50 31/10/2019 14:34:01
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Midlands
	house id	1
	identifier	6257
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	31/10/2019 14:02:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Midlands Engine policy focuses on the densely populated areas that surround big cities.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 6257
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	6257
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As part of levelling up the regions the government is committed to a Midlands Engine Strategy to stimulate growth and increase productivity across the whole of the Midlands Engine region including densely populated areas that surround big cities. For example, we made commitments in the 2017 Midlands Engine Strategy to launch 5G tests beds to enhance digital connectivity in the region, including a Worcestershire test bed; to support the eight Enterprise Zones across the Midlands, including the Ceramic Valley Enterprise Zone in Staffordshire; and to allocate £392m of Local Growth Fund funding which is supporting a wide range of projects including £8.5 million for first phase improvements to the Hanley-Bentilee link road, and £6.9 million to support the formation of an Advanced Manufacturing Hub in Stoke and Staffordshire.</p> answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1166832

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/10/2019
	date	28/10/2019
	date tabled	28/10/2019
	ddp created	29/10/2019 00:53:00
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	29/10/2019 01:02:07 31/10/2019 14:47:04
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance
	house id	1
	identifier	6258
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	31/10/2019 14:15:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to devise a new funding formula for local authorities which (a) adequately reflects need and (b) does not disadvantage areas with low levels of business rate revenue.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 6258
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	6258
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government’s aim is to increase local government’s retention of business rates from 50 per cent to 75 per cent in 2021-22. However, we recognise that redistribution of business rates between local authorities will continue to be necessary where locally retained business rates do not meet their needs.</p><p>We have listened to calls for a simpler, up-to-date, evidence-based funding formula and we will aim to deliver this alongside an increase in business rates retention. We are working closely with local government representatives to consider the drivers of local authorities’ costs, the resources available to them to fund services, and how to account for these in a way that draws a more transparent and understandable link between local circumstances and local authority funding.</p> answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1166833

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	30/10/2019
	date	28/10/2019
	date tabled	28/10/2019
	ddp created	29/10/2019 00:53:02
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	29/10/2019 01:02:10 05/11/2019 12:09:03
	hansard heading	Coalfields Regeneration Trust
	house id	1
	identifier	6259
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	05/11/2019 11:37:24
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to reintroduce funding for the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 6259
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	6259
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government no longer has a funding relationship with the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT), as our final investment into the organisation from 2010 to 2015 was designed to assist it to become self-sustaining. This will support the CRT to respond to needs and opportunities in coalfield communities at a local level.</p><p>At the heart of the government’s commitment to places is recognising the crucial role of local leadership – such as the CRT - in directing investment to the priorities of their communities. In England, we have empowered communities to take decisions over investment by devolving over £9 billion of funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) between 2015 and 2021. We have also agreed nine devolution deals with core cities across England and introduced eight metro mayors. Furthermore, we have worked with devolved administrations and local partners throughout Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to negotiate ambitious City and Growth deals, creating strong partnerships to deliver investment throughout the UK.</p><p>We support organisations such as the CRT to discuss funding proposals with the relevant LEPs and Mayoral Combined Authorities, including for the forthcoming UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). Wider responsibility for regeneration in coalfield communities in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland is a responsibility largely devolved to the governments of those nations.</p><p>Final decisions on the overall quantum for the UKSPF will be made at a multi-annual Spending Review.</p> answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1156163

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/10/2019
	date	24/10/2019
	date tabled	24/10/2019
	ddp created	24/10/2019 17:59:46
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	24/10/2019 18:09:03 29/10/2019 13:15:03
	hansard heading	Plastics: Tobacco
	house id	1
	identifier	4945
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	29/10/2019 12:43:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with cigarette manufacturers on eliminating plastic in cigarette butts.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 4945
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4945
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government published the Resources and Waste Strategy last year, setting out our plans to reduce, reuse and recycle more plastic than we do now. Our target is to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste throughout the life of the 25 Year Environment Plan, but for the most problematic plastics we are going faster.</p><p>We pledged £20 million to the Plastics Research and Innovation Fund which aims to reduce the environmental costs of plastic and litter. Our sights are set on problematic plastics such as cigarette filters which contain single-plastic polymers and blight our streets and seas. The fund will seek to deliver strategic networking and research that will coordinate existing knowledge across the UK, catalysing new ideas and rapid solutions.</p><p>Ministers have met twice with the Tobacco Manufacturers Association in the last three years, but the Government has not held discussions with any individual tobacco companies about eliminating plastic in cigarette butts.</p> answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1151855

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2019
	date	23/10/2019
	date tabled	23/10/2019
	ddp created	23/10/2019 19:13:59
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	23/10/2019 19:26:29 28/10/2019 14:09:02
	hansard heading	Universities: Racial Harassment
	house id	1
	identifier	4286
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/10/2019 13:37:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's report entitled, Tackling harassment: universities challenged; and what steps he is taking to ensure that university staff receive adequate training to deal effectively with racial harassment.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 4286
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4286
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Racial harassment is unacceptable and we cannot tolerate staff and students being victims of it at our world-leading universities. There is no place in our society - including within higher education (HE) – for hatred or any form of harassment, discrimination or racism. Universities have clear responsibilities in this regard.</p><p>As independent institutions, HE providers are responsible for training and development opportunities available for their staff. We encourage providers to make use of tools such as the Race Equality Charter and the Race at Work Charter to identify and address institutional and cultural barriers that affect minority ethnic staff and students.</p><p>We will continue to work closely with partners, including Universities UK and the Office for Students on matters of harassment and hate crime in HE.</p><p>The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers recognises the need to create and develop positive environments and cultures in which all researchers can flourish and achieve their full potential. This includes having effective policies and practice for tackling discrimination, bullying and harassment and providing appropriate support for those reporting issues.</p><p>By improving the representation, progression and success of minority ethnic staff within HE we can ensure that everyone who has the potential to thrive at university, both as a student and as a member of staff, does so.</p> answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1151877

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2019
	date	23/10/2019
	date tabled	23/10/2019
	ddp created	23/10/2019 19:14:58
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	23/10/2019 19:27:20 04/11/2019 16:13:01
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	4287
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/11/2019 15:41:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing rent freezes to maintain affordable housing for low-income households.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 4287
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	4287
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The government does not favour the introduction of caps on private rents as this could restrict investment in the private rented sector. From 1915 to the late 1980s, successive governments implemented policies to control or restrict private rents, which coincided with the decline in the private rented sector from nine-tenths of the housing stock in 1915 to one tenth in 1991. <br> <br> Rent caps have lead to worse property conditions for tenants by discouraging investment in existing accommodation.</p> answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1151435

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2019
	date	22/10/2019
	date tabled	22/10/2019
	ddp created	22/10/2019 20:02:20
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	22/10/2019 20:13:00 04/11/2019 16:13:03
	hansard heading	Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	identifier	3602
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/11/2019 15:41:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government is taking steps to limit the number of properties bought as investments rather than as homes or rental properties.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 3602
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3602
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>This government is determined that the housing market works for everyone. That is why we are considering all levers at our disposal, including reforms to the planning system, to increase the supply of discounted homes for local people to buy, as well as increasing the supply of homes overall.</p><p>We have also taken steps to reduce the numbers of long-term empty homes in England by bolstering local authorities powers and incentives to tackle empty homes. Local authorities have the discretion to increase the maximum level of premium charged on properties that have been empty for more than two years from 50 per cent to 100 per cent extra council tax. There are now 83,813 fewer empty homes than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1151473

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2019
	date	22/10/2019
	date tabled	22/10/2019
	ddp created	22/10/2019 20:04:11
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	22/10/2019 20:14:49 28/10/2019 14:21:06
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: VAT
	house id	1
	identifier	3603
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/10/2019 13:50:59
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of scrapping VAT on the purchase of new electric cars.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 3603
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3603
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has set an ambitious, legally binding target to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the UK by 2050. Although there are no plans at present to reduce the VAT charge on electric vehicles, the Government keeps all taxes under review including against this target and other fiscal considerations.</p><p> </p> answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1151479

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2019
	date	22/10/2019
	date tabled	22/10/2019
	ddp created	22/10/2019 20:04:28
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	23/10/2019 14:45:18 28/10/2019 15:15:09
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Visual Impairment
	house id	1
	identifier	3604
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/10/2019 14:43:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report entitled Left out of learning: FOI 2019 report published by RNIB in October 2019, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) adequate and (b) equitable provision of specialists to support children with vision impairment throughout the UK.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 3604
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3604
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We want all schools to have a workforce fully equipped to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and are working with various organisations, including the National Sensory Impairment Partnership, to make sure that is the reality.</p><p> </p><p>The Children and Families Act 2014 requires local authorities to work with parents, young people, and providers to keep the provision for children and young people with SEND under review, including its sufficiency. We have recently announced a £780 million increase to local authorities’ high needs funding, boosting the budget by 12% and bringing the total spent on supporting those with the most complex needs to over £7 billion for 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>We do not prescribe in detail how local authorities should allocate their high needs funding. In consultation with schools and other services, local authorities should consider carefully how best to meet the needs of children and young people in their area, including those with vision impairment.</p> answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1151481

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/10/2019
	date	22/10/2019
	date tabled	22/10/2019
	ddp created	22/10/2019 20:04:34
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	22/10/2019 20:15:16 28/10/2019 14:37:02
	hansard heading	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	identifier	3702
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/10/2019 14:05:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by the Resolution Foundation entitled A fraying net, what steps the Government is taking to (a) reform and strengthen the social security safety net for young adults and (b) ensure that parents under the age of 25 do not lose out financially when moving from the previous benefit system to universal credit.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 3702
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3702
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing targeted support for young people. We aim to ensure that everyone, no matter what their start in life, is given the very best chance of getting into work. To support this, the Department delivers the Youth Obligation Support Programme, Jobcentre Plus Support for Schools and the recently introduced Mentoring Circles for young people.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit is designed to replicate the world of work through the introduction of a range of measures such as monthly assessment periods. Setting a clear benefit rate for claimants under the age of 25 reflects the lower wages that younger workers typically receive. This is intended to maintain the incentive for younger people to find work.</p><p> </p><p>The lower rates for younger claimants who are under the age of 25 years reflects the fact that they are more likely to live in someone else's household and have lower living costs and lower earnings expectations. It also reinforces the stronger work incentives that Universal Credit creates for this age group. Universal Credit also includes separate elements to provide support for housing costs, children and childcare costs and support for disabled people and carers.</p><p> </p><p>Those who naturally migrate to Universal Credit will do so because they will have had a significant change in their circumstances which previously would have led to a new claim to another existing benefit. In these situations, it has always been the case that the assessment of their new benefit will be based on their new circumstances and under the rules of their new benefit without regard to their previous entitlement. As their circumstances will have changed it is not possible to make a meaningful comparison between their previous entitlement to their existing benefit and their new entitlement to Universal Credit.</p> answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	creator	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly