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170297

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Scottish Power
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he received reports from the MacDonald Partnership in relation to mis-sold Scottish Power Power Plan warranties; what the titles of such reports were; and when he plans to respond to those reports.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The initial report from Mr MacDonald was received on 17 July 2014 for review by the Insolvency Service. Further information including another more detailed report was received from him during September and October 2014, and these again have been reviewed by the Insolvency Service. The reports are confidential.</p><p> </p><p>The reports themselves do not require a direct response but I can confirm that the Insolvency Service has completed its review of this material and is in communication with Mr MacDonald.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 17/12/2014 11:11:20 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100116

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications have been made to the Government Funeral Payment scheme since May 2010; and how many such applications have been rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	211293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>From the latest data available, 280,780 applications have been made for Funeral Payments in Great Britain between May 2010 and September 2014. In the same period there have been 139,560 refusals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><p>1. These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p> </p><p>2. The figures given are the number of applications and initial refusals in the given time period and not the number of people who made applications or received awards. An individual may make more than one application in a year. Information on the number of people who made applications and received awards is not available.</p><p> </p><p>3. The refusal figures given are based on the initial decisions made on each case and may include cases where an award was later made on review.</p><p> </p><p>4. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/10/2014 13:48:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100241

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Harassment: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average custodial sentence was for people found guilty of (a) stalking and (b) harassment in 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	211252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (PHA) makes it a criminal offence for someone to pursue a course of conduct which amounts to harassment (section 2) or causes someone to fear that violence will be used against them (section 4).</p><p> </p><p>The PHA was amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 to insert two specific offences of stalking - sections 2A (stalking) and 4A (stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress).</p><p> </p><p>The average custodial sentence for people found guilty of harassment and stalking in between 2009 and 2013 can be viewed in the table.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 24/10/2014 13:50:43 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes attachment 1 file name PQ 211252 ( table).xls title harassment and stalking - custodial sentences
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100428

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Hospitals: Mortuaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time was a deceased body spent in the mortuary of an English hospital in each year since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	211473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/10/2014 17:16:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100502

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase gang-related intelligence for prison officers prior to prisoner arrivals in order to prevent mixed gang wings.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	211643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>On arrival in an establishment, the risk a prisoner presents to others and themselves, and their risk of harm from other prisoners will be assessed. Where appropriate, this will include a Cell Sharing Risk Assessment to assess a prisoner’s suitability to share accommodation. The risk assessment will consider information and intelligence from a number of sources, including known gang affiliations and conflicts if appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2014, NOMS completed the implementation of a nationally networked intelligence system - ‘Mercury’. Through the Mercury system staff are able to access intelligence linked to prisoners where a prisoner has previously been held in custody, on or in advance of a prisoner’s arrival (where a prisoner is being sent from another establishment). In addition where a prisoner has previously been held in custody, the National Offender Management Information System (NOMIS) will hold warnings to alert staff to particular risks and behaviours.</p><p> </p><p>A number of law enforcement agencies, including the police, regularly share information about prisoners to support the identification of risk. This includes prisoners with gang affiliations and conflicts.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that prisoners are held in safe, decent and secure conditions, the risks to and from prisoners remain constantly under review. Where risks become known, establishments take appropriate steps to mitigate these risks, which may include relocating a prisoner to another wing or establishment.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/10/2014 17:52:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100503

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Restraint Techniques
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many control and restraint techniques have been used in prisons in each year since 2004.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	211642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>A specialised system of restraint known as control and restraint (C&amp;R) has been developed over many years to ensure that prisoners can be controlled with minimum risk of injury to staff or prisoners. C&amp;R is a system of techniques used by a team of three officers as a last resort to bring a violent or unmanageable prisoner under control. Wherever possible staff are instructed to avoid use of force and de-escalate the situation by persuasion or negotiation. If the techniques are applied they are used for as short a time as possible.</p><p> </p><p>All prisons submit a central monthly return providing the number of times force has been used in the prison, and specifically the number of uses of C&amp;R. While this has been collated centrally since late 2009, to provide details since 2004 could only be achieved at disproportionate cost, as it would require contacting every prison individually and tracing data from prisons that have closed since 2004.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/10/2014 17:50:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100505

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve first night accommodation for prisoners in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	211652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>There are no building projects planned or in delivery that are specifically intended to improve first night accommodation across the estate. Where individual first night accommodation has been identified as requiring improvement, this is taken forward locally by the Governor/Director.</p><p> </p><p>Prison Service Instruction 74/2011 Residential Services requires that prisoners have access to living accommodation, furnishings, fittings and equipment that are safe, decent and secure and which meet their individual needs, as far as practicable. Living accommodation and communal areas are also to be kept clean and maintained. Where a fault is reported residential prison staff are responsible for reporting the problem to the appropriate person for the issue to be resolved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/10/2014 17:49:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100538

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	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	Social Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average wait for a decision on a social fund application was in each year since 2003.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	211466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Table 1 below shows the average wait (in days) for decisions on a Social Fund application for each year from 2003 and a breakdown by application type.</p><p> </p><p>No data is provided for 2014. This is because the number of applications and waiting times vary seasonally, meaning that an average only covering part of the year is not comparable with whole year averages shown from 2003-2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Average wait (days)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funeral Payments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Community Care Grants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Crisis Loans</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Budgeting Loans</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sure Start Maternity Grants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2003</strong></p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004</strong></p></td><td><p>13.5</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>5.1</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>14.6</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>17.1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1. These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p> </p><p>2. No average wait time is reported for Community Care Grants or Crisis Loans in 2013. This is because these payments were replaced by Local Welfare Provision in March 2013.</p><p> </p><p>3. The clearance time for an individual Social Fund loan or grant is measured in whole working days from the date the application is received until the date the decision is taken. The minimum clearance time recorded for an individual case is one working day, even if the application is cleared immediately.</p><p> </p><p>4. Cold Weather Payments are not included in Table 1. These are made automatically if the claimant is eligible at the time of the cold weather trigger, so there is no decision to be made.</p><p> </p><p>5. All figures are provided to 1 decimal place.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 27/10/2014 13:51:34 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

100539

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	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	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made to the Social Fund to cover the cost of funerals in each year since 2010; and how many of those applications were rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	211468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>From the latest data available, 305,840 applications have been made for Funeral Payments in Great Britain between January 2010 and September 2014, the latest data available. In the same period there have been 151,620 refusals.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of applications and refusals for each year. Note that 2014 data only extends to September thus far.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014 (Jan-Sep)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications</p></td><td><p>66,780</p></td><td><p>70,990</p></td><td><p>66,390</p></td><td><p>62,200</p></td><td><p>39,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Refusals</p></td><td><p>33,350</p></td><td><p>36,330</p></td><td><p>34,540</p></td><td><p>29,200</p></td><td><p>18,190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1. These figures do not include applications which were processed clerically and have not yet been entered on to the Social Fund Computer System.</p><p> </p><p>2. The figures given are the number of applications and initial refusals in the given time period and not the number of people who made applications or received awards. An individual may make more than one application in a year. Information on the number of people who made applications and received awards is not available.</p><p>.</p><p>3. The refusal figures given are based on the initial decisions made on each case and may include cases where an award was later made on review.</p><p> </p><p>4. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 27/10/2014 13:57:49 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

101450

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual public health budget is for (a) Birmingham City Council, (b) Manchester City Council, (c) Leeds City Council, (d) Newcastle City Council, (e) Bristol City Council, (f) Southampton City Council, (g) Sunderland City Council and (h) the London Assembly.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	212270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available in the format requested. The information is provided for the upper tier and unitary local authority for the areas requested and for London boroughs within the Greater London Authority area. The allocations are below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Public health allocation to upper tier and unitary local authorities in 2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office for National Statistics Local Authority Name</p></td><td><p>2014-15 allocation<br> £'000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>80,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>44,116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>40,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle Upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>21,301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol, City of</p></td><td><p>29,122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>15,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>21,234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>Greater London Authorities:</p></td><td><p>577,514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>1,698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>14,213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>14,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bexley</p></td><td><p>7,574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>18,848</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>12,954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>26,368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>18,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>21,974</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>14,257</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>19,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>29,818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>20,855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>18,189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>9,146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>9,717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>15,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>14,084</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>25,429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td><td><p>21,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>9,302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>26,437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>20,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p>9,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>26,112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>11,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond upon Thames</p></td><td><p>7,891</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>22,946</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>8,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>32,261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>12,277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>25,431</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>31,235</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The annual public health budget for 2014-15 is £2.79 billion provided to upper tier and unitary local authorities, we are providing local authorities with £8.2 billion ring- fenced public health funding over three years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/11/2014 17:44:55 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

155818

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Economic Growth: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what progress he has made on the Northern Futures project.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	906052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Northern Futures project has been a great success, introducing a more open and inventive style of policy making and engaging thousands of people across the North in the process.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Nearly 2,000 people are following the Northern Futures twitter account. More than 300 have attended town hall events with me in Sheffield, Leeds and Stockport. 170 gave up their time to join ‘open ideas days’ in eight cities across the North, including in Liverpool. More than 300 people attended our Northern Futures Summit in Leeds on November 6<sup>th</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, TechNorth will be established to support the region’s tech businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 18/11/2014 15:32:54 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

164115

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2014
	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	Scottish Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how he plans to keep the people who lost money following the failure of firms involved in Scottish Power's cashback warranty scheme updated on progress on the review of whether there will be further investigations of that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	215591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The outcome and recommendations of the review have just been passed to me and I will need to consider them. Any enquiry into this matter may be by way of a publicly announced inspection or a confidential investigation. If a public inspection is to be carried out this will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/11/2014 15:22:25 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

165979

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	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	Bahrain
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions he has met Prince Nasser bin Hamad of Bahrain in an official capacity; and when the next such meeting is planned.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	215826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2014 answer text <p>I have not previously met Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain and I do not currently have any meetings with him planned.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 28/11/2014 13:57:56 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

166022

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Independent Monitor for the Disclosure and Barring Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Independent Monitor for the Disclosure and Barring Service has overturned decisions made by the police since 1 December 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	215824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>From 1 December 2012 to 30 November 2014, the Independent Monitor reviewed 576 cases. Of these, the Independent Monitor has deleted police discretionary information entirely in 29 cases, partially deleted information in 36 cases and has amended wording in 10 cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 16/12/2014 14:33:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 30606 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

166045

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Altcourse Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase prisoner safety at HM Prison Altcourse.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	215825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government does not tolerate violence of any kind within the prison estate, and prisoner safety is treated extremely seriously. Tackling violence in prisons is a priority for this Government, and steps are being taken to manage levels of violence within a complex and challenging prison population. We will be issuing new guidance to public sector and contracted prison providers on managing violence early next year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The recently announced joint national protocol between National Offender Management Service (NOMS), the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on the appropriate handling of crimes in prison strengthens existing policy and requirements on the reporting of serious assaults or other serious crime occurring in custody so that this type of crime can be targeted. The protocol will be published before the end of the financial year following final consultation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>G4S, who manage HMP Altcourse, are preparing an action plan to address any strategic weaknesses, to be overseen by Phil Wheatley, formerly Director General of NOMS. They are in the process of revising HMP Altcourse’s local Incentive and Earned Privilege (IEP), Violence Reduction and Safer Custody strategies. They are also arranging for the provision of additional resources to support local management in security and residential functions.</p><p> </p><p>NOMS regularly carries out operational audits and assessments of all aspects of prisoner safety at all prisons and will continue to monitor HMP Altcourse’s progress closely.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 02/12/2014 16:34:56 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

166252

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will respond to the letter of 17 November 2014 from the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	216083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Hon. Member will receive a reply in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 02/12/2014 17:23:10 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

169012

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Altcourse Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects to receive the action plan produced by G4S on strategic weaknesses at HM Prison Altcourse.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	217817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The National Offender Management Service has received the action plan and will monitor its progress closely.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 17/12/2014 13:51:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

169587

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Altcourse Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many financial penalties G4S has been issued with for failures in its performance standards at HM Prison Altcourse; what the reasons for those penalties were; and on what dates they were issued.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Please see the attached table showing financial penalties for 2013/2014 and quarter 1 of 2014/2015</p><p>It is important to note that performance points are essentially about operational efficiency, and at no point has public safety been at risk.</p><p>The Contract for HMP Altcourse sets out a strict performance framework, consisting of prescriptive performance targets and performance points to be levied against the Contractor for failure to meet prison standards. Performance points are proportionate to the severity of failure and, depending on the total number of points accrued for the performance quarter or year, liquidated damages are applied against the Contractor in accordance with the Contract.</p><p>It is important to stress that the Contractor’s performance is monitored and managed closely by MoJ staff on a daily basis and failure by the Contractor to meet performance targets results in performance points being applied. Any emerging or sustained performance failures are discussed in detail with the Contractor in order to rectify performance shortfalls as quickly as possible.</p><p>It is fair to say that HMP Altcourse achieve the majority of their contractual targets with proportionately low levels of performance points and financial remedies applied as a result.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 06/01/2015 15:06:30 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous attachment 1 file name 218218 - Table.xls title financial penalties 2013/14 - quarter 1 of 2014/15
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

169588

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Altcourse Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take HM Prison Altcourse back into public ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>There are no plans to return HMP Altcourse to public ownership. As a contracted-out prison, Altcourse has generally been a high-performing establishment. In the most recent performance ratings (published 31 July 2014), it was rated Level 3 (out of four levels, of which Level 4 is the highest). The National Offender Management Service is working closely with the contractor to ensure that issues in relation to recent events at the prison are fully and swiftly addressed, and will continue to monitor the prison’s progress closely.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/12/2014 15:41:15 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

169589

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Altcourse Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the contract with G4S to manage HM Prison Altcourse.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The contract for HM Prison Altcourse is available in the House of Commons Library. In addition the contract will be published on Contracts Finder on or before the end of January 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 15/12/2014 15:35:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

169590

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Altcourse Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number was of (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff at HM Prison Altcourse in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained within the timescale. I will write to the hon Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 218221 question first answered 15/12/2014 16:29:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

169591

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Altcourse Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff vacancies there are at HM Prison Altcourse; and for how long each position has been vacant.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested could not be obtained within the timescale. I will write to the hon Member in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 218222 question first answered 15/12/2014 16:29:58 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

170296

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Scottish Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on implementing the findings of the original report compiled by the Office of Fair Trading and Department of Trade and Industry regarding the collapse of Scottish Power's Power Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>Statutory investigations by the Department of Trade and Industry (now Business, Innovation and Skills) using Companies Act powers are confidential and their findings cannot be disclosed outside strict statutory gateways.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) did not directly investigate the collapse of Scottish Power’s Power Plan. In 2003 an investigation was undertaken by the OFT into the terms and conditions used in contracts with consumers purchasing goods under the PowerPlan scheme sold by Scottish Power plc. As a result a series of recommendations regarding those terms and conditions were made to the companies who operated the scheme, and I understand that the recommendations were implemented by the companies before they entered insolvency.</p><p> </p><p>More generally, the OFT investigated the market for extended warranties in the UK in 2002 and, having found that competition in the market did not appear to be working effectively, referred the market to the Competition Commission (CC). Following the CC’s report in 2003, the DTI implemented the Supply of Extended Warranties on Domestic Electrical Goods Order which came into force in April 2005. The OFT undertook a further study of the market for extended warranties in 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 06/01/2015 17:15:43 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

170298

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Scottish Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what meetings he has had with his ministerial colleagues on what steps to take in response to allegations that Scottish Power mis-sold cashback warranties in the 1990s.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No meetings have been held between myself, my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills or other ministerial colleagues concerning this matter. The Secretary of State and I have both met with the Insolvency Service for briefing on their conclusions following review of material submitted by liquidators of two companies involved in administering the cash-back warranty scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 18/12/2014 12:11:50 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

170299

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Scottish Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how he plans to keep the people who lost money following the failure of firms involved in Scottish Power's cash back warranty scheme updated on progress on the review of whether there will be a further investigation of that matter.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Investigations conducted under section 447 Companies Act 1985 are confidential, therefore it is not possible to announce whether or not such an investigation is taking place, or to report on the investigation outside of strict statutory gateways.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whether or not an investigation under section 432 Companies Act 1985 is being undertaken is something which can be announced, and I am able to confirm that such an investigation will not be commenced at this stage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Because the liquidation of the companies involved in the scheme is still under way, I do not propose to make a public announcement about the outcome of any review. However the creditors of those companies will receive reports from the liquidators if they are to be paid further dividends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 18/12/2014 12:10:36 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

170300

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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	Company Investigations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Insolvency Service plans to conduct any inquiries under sections 432 or 447 of the Companies Act 1985 in the next six months.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>For the financial year 2014-15 The Insolvency Service anticipates conducting between 140 and 160 investigations under section 447 Companies Act 1985. This is part of the normal function of the Insolvency Service so I can confirm that investigations will be conducted using this power in the next six months, though it is not possible to say how many.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The circumstances giving rise to an investigation using section 432 Companies Act 1985 are much less common, and I cannot at present state whether any such investigations will be commenced within the next six months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 18/12/2014 12:08:00 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

170314

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Flanagan Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution by the Exchequer Secretary, of 4 December 2014, Official Report, column 518, on the FCA redress scheme, if he will investigate the case of the Flanagan Group in Liverpool, Walton constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority is best placed to consider individual cases. As such, I have recently written to the FCA requesting that the cases raised in the debate on 4 December are considered as part of the wider lessons learnt exercise that the FCA will be undertaking shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/12/2014 17:32:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

170445

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Christmas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies plan to spend on Christmas (a) cards, (b) postage, (c) parties and (d) decorations and trees in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	218618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has identified there is no planned expenditure set aside to fund Christmas cards, postage and parties in 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For decorations and trees, as separately identified from our Facilities Management suppliers (EMCOR), there are no plans to purchase Christmas decorations or trees from them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Spend as identified from the Department’s non-departmental public bodies and its agencies is separately reported below:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>NHS England confirm they hold no planned expenditure for any of these categories.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Monitor’s planned 2014 expenditure is contained in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christmas cards</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Postage</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parties</p></td><td><p>£4,695.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decorations and trees</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£4,695.50</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Care Quality Commission confirm they hold no planned expenditure for any of these categories.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Public Health England confirm they hold no planned expenditure for any of these categories.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre’s planned 2014 expenditure is contained in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christmas cards</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Postage</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parties</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decorations and trees</p></td><td><p>200 (+vat)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£200 (+vat)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s planned 2014 expenditure is contained in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christmas cards</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Postage</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parties</p></td><td><p>£1,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decorations and trees</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£1,556</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency confirm they hold no planned expenditure for any of these categories.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority confirm they hold no planned expenditure for any of these categories.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Human Tissue Authority’s planned 2014 expenditure is contained in the table below<strong>:</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christmas cards</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Postage</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parties</p></td><td><p>£1,155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Decorations and trees</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£1,155</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 18/12/2014 17:12:13 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

171309

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Altcourse Prison
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the G4S strategic plan on HMP Altcourse that has been received by the National Offender Management Service.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	219177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There are no plans to do so. The National Offender Management Service will monitor its progress closely.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 17:20:11 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

172041

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Economic Growth: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent progress he has made on the Northern Futures project.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	906793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>Supporting economic growth in the north of England is vital to the long term success of our economy. At the Autumn Statement the Government committed £7 billion to replacing pacer trains and to improving the road network across the North.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have also agreed devolution deals with Manchester and Sheffield and negotiations with Leeds are progressing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sheffield, Hallam answering member printed Mr Nick Clegg question first answered 06/01/2015 17:02:38 answering member 1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

172294

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Liverpool and (b) England were subject to sanctions in the week commencing 22 December 2014; and how many of those people had benefits withheld for that period.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	219936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department publishes Official Statistics on Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) and Employment Support Allowance (ESA) sanction decisions and information on these statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest set of Official Statistics was released on 12 November 2014 and covers all decisions made to 30 June 2014. A summary of this data can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-sanctions-decisions-made-to-june-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics contain a wide set of geographical areas, sanction reason, sanctions appeals and outcomes and if required this information can be extracted using Stat-Xplore via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required from Stat-Xplore can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is not yet available. The latest data available can be found at the links above.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 14/01/2015 14:06:07 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 37793 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

223346

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit had a meeting with the Consulting Association in 2008; and if she will publish any minutes or documents relating to that meeting.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	225291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/02/2015 14:26:36 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

223347

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Surveillance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any police force currently has operational staff working within trade unions.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	225292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/02/2015 14:26:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

223348

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Surveillance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish all of the information her Department holds on Special Demonstration Squad activity within trade unions between 1996 and 1998.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	225290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>On 10 March 2014, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Home Secretary commissioned Stephen <br>Taylor, a former Director of Audit at the Audit Commission, to carry out a <br>forensic review to establish the full extent of the Home Office’s knowledge of <br>the Special Demonstration Squad for the 40 year period from 1968 to 2008. <br>This review will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/02/2015 14:24:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

223933

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	University Technical Colleges: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department's funding for a university technical college on the side of the former Anfield Comprehensive School was withdrawn.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	225671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>In August 2014, approval for the UTC Liverpool Engineering and Logistics project was withdrawn, and the associated funding cancelled. This decision was taken because the Universal Technical College project had made insufficient progress to give the Department for Education confidence that a good quality school would open and flourish. At the time of withdrawal of approval, the preferred location for the UTC was the former Anfield Comprehensive School site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 03/03/2015 17:26:16 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

224754

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mark Jenner
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, and in what capacity, Mark Jenner is currently employed by a UK police force.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	226045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. The employment of individual officers and staff is an operational matter for individual forces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/03/2015 14:07:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

224755

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mark Jenner
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether public funds were used to facilitate payments of UCATT subscription fees by Mark Jenner when he joined that union between 1996 and 1998.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	226046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/03/2015 14:06:29 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

225216

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Mark Jenner
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the decision to send Mark Jenner of the Special Demonstration Squad into a covert long-term surveillance operation in the 1990s was approved by (a) officials and (b) Ministers in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	226443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. On 10 March 2014 the Permanent Secretary commissioned Stephen Taylor, a former Director of Audit at the Audit Commission, to carry out a forensic review to establish the full extent of the Home Office’s knowledge of the Special Demonstration Squad for the 40 year period from 1968 to 2008. This review will be published soon.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/03/2015 15:10:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 48548 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

226219

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Mark Jenner
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the decision to send Mark Jenner of the Special Demonstration Squad into a covert long-term surveillance operation in the 1990s was approved by (a) officials and (b) Ministers of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	226977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement by the Home Secretary on 12 March 2015 at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2015-03-12/HCWS381/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2015-03-12/HCWS381/</a></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 16/03/2015 16:06:56 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

226341

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Special Demonstration Squad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2015 to Question 226443, on what date the review commissioned by the Permanent Secretary into the extent of her Department's knowledge of the Special Demonstration Squad from 1968 to 2008 will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	226978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Stephen Taylor’s independent review into the Home Office’s knowledge of the Special Demonstration Squad was published on 12 March 2015. A copy has been made available on Gov.uk and placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/03/2015 15:06:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

226374

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Mark Jenner
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, whether the decision to send Mark Jenner of the Special Demonstration Squad into a covert long-term surveillance operation in the 1990s was approved by (a) officials of 10 Downing Street and (b) the then Prime Minister.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	226976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Statement made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) on 12 March 2015, <em>Official Report</em>, column 43WS-44WS, HCWS381.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 16/03/2015 15:43:17 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

391194

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Vocational Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the provision of technical education.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	901110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>We will put in place clear professional and technical routes to employment, building on the work of the last parliament to ensure only high quality qualifications are approved for performance tables.</p><p> </p><p>For post-16 students we have introduced Tech Levels and Technical Certificates, all of which are backed by employers, trade or professional bodies and cover most practical careers. Employers will be involved in the delivery or assessment of all technical qualifications from September 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/07/2015 15:57:35 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

40057

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many warrants to undertake surveillance on British nationals were issued by her Department between 1989 and 1992.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	189333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As indicated in the debate on 12th February 2014, Official Report, column 858, both the <br>Independent Police Complaints Commission and the Investigatory Powers Tribunal <br>provide an avenue for investigating concerns in this area. <br><br>As a matter of long-standing practice, we do not routinely comment on the <br>detailed use of interception and surveillance, or provide a breakdown of the <br>number of warrants signed in relation to specific circumstances or <br>nationalities.<br><br>Figures for the overall number of interception warrants authorised by the Home <br>Secretary during the period 1989-1992 were published in the Annual Report to <br>the Prime Minister by the Interception Commissioner under the legislation then <br>in force (the Interception of Communications Act 1985). The published figures <br>are as follows:</p><p>Figures for the overall number of interception warrants authorised by the Home Secretary under the Interception of Communications Act 1985 during the period 1989-1992 are shown in the tables below. They provide separate figures for warrants covering telecommunications (which exclude letters), warrants covering letters (letters were relatively more important as a mode of communication than they would be today), and a total for both categories of these warrants.</p><p> </p><p>Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1988 and b) issued during the course of 1988:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Telecommunications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Letters</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrants</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1989 and b) issued during the course of 1989:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Telecommunications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Letters</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrants</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>485</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1990 and b) issued during the course of 1990:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Telecommunications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Letters</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrants</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>473</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>515</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1991 and b) issued during the course of 1991:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Telecommunications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Letters</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrants</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>732</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Warrants (a) in force on 31 December 1992 and b) issued during the course of 1992:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Telecommunications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Letters</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrants</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td><td><p>(a)</p></td><td><p>(b)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>756</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>847</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

422364

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	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	Universal Credit: Liverpool
	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 claimants in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) Liverpool have appealed against sanctions; what the average length of sanctions in those areas was in the last 12 months; and how many such appeals were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	12456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 11863 asked on 14 October 2015</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 12398 question first answered 22/10/2015 09:59:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

422366

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	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	Universal Credit: Liverpool
	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 claimants have been sanctioned in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) Liverpool since the implementation of that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	12398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 11863 asked on 14 October 2015</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 12456 question first answered 22/10/2015 09:59:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

422371

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	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	Universal Credit: Liverpool
	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 claimants there have been in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) Liverpool city region since that policy's implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	12397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/10/2015 09:56:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

422557

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	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: Wheelchairs
	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 his Department has made of the number of wheelchair accessible (a) homes, (b) flats and (c) bungalows which will be built in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	12632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are best placed to understand the housing needs in their area. We expect them to work closely with key partners and their local communities in deciding what type of housing is needed.</p><p>National policy sets out clearly the need for local authorities to plan for the housing needs of all members of the community and that planning should encourage accessibility. The introduction of optional requirements for accessibility in the Building Regulations provides local authorities with the tools needed to ensure that new homes are accessible and that in particular the needs of disabled people are met.</p><p>At the same time as introducing these new optional requirements, we amended planning guidance to provide further advice on how they should be applied through local planning policy. We also published a data sheet setting out information and statistics on older and disabled peoples’ needs to act as a starting point for local authorities wishing to develop suitable policies.</p><p>An impact assessment supporting implementation of the Housing Standards Review estimated, for appraisal purposes, an indicative rate of construction of accessible housing in the period 2015 to 2025 - the impact assessment and accompanying documents can be found at the link below;</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-standards-review-final-implementation-impact-assessment.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/10/2015 12:38:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

422711

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Wheelchairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that all railway stations in (a) Liverpool Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool City region and (c) England and Wales are wheelchair accessible.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	12700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>Whenever the rail industry carries out infrastructure work at stations it is required to meet the latest UK and EU accessibility standards.</p><br /><p>We have also extended the Access for All programme, which will have provided step free access at over 200 stations by 2019. In Liverpool Walton both Fazkerley and Orrel Park have been completed. In the wider Liverpool City area Liverpool Central, Sandhills, Birkenhead North, Formby, Hooton, Meols and Waterloo have also been included in the programme.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/10/2015 10:28:06 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

422718

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	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	Disability: Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to close the pay gap between disabled workers and other workers.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	12631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all disabled people have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. Work is an important part of this, which is why we committed to halving the disability employment gap in our manifesto – we want to ensure that many more disabled people who can and want to work have that opportunity.</p><p>Equality Act 2010 protects disabled people (and other groups) from discrimination at work, including unequal pay (in relation to the disabled person's gender) and less favourable treatment, which may require the employer to provide a reasonable adjustment.</p><p>The National Living Wage - which will ensure that all low wage workers, including those with disabilities, can take a greater share of the gains from growth - will come into force from 1 April 2016.</p><p>Disability Confident works with an increasing number of employers to promote the benefits of employing disabled people, encouraging good practice, challenging prejudicial attitudes, increasing understanding of disability, removing barriers, and helping to ensure that disabled people have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.</p><p>Access to Work provides support above and beyond employers’ reasonable adjustments. Every year, Access to Work supports tens of thousands of disabled workers to enter or retain employment and progress in their careers.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/10/2015 14:00:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

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	registered interest
	date	22/10/2015
	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	Non-domestic Rates: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's proposed changes to business rates on (a) Liverpool Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool City Council, (c) the North West and (d) the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
	uin	13094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>Liverpool City Council is forecast to collect £190 million in 2015/16, while for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Area the total forecast is £466 million. The 45 local authorities that comprise the North West are expected to collect £2,588 million in 2015/16.</p><p>The Government intends to move to 100% business rates retention for the local government sector across England by the end of this Parliament. As part of the new system, there will continue to be a redistribution of local tax revenue between authorities, with protections in place for authorities that might see their business rates income fall significantly. Over the coming months we will work with local government on the detail of these reforms.</p><br /> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 27/10/2015 16:30:23 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram