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60601

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	A120
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will add to the National Infrastructure Plan a scheme to upgrade and improve the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	199719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of transport infrastructure to support the economy and, as set out in the National Infrastructure Plan 2013, has already announced over £28 billion of funding for enhancements and maintenance of national and local roads</p><p> </p><p>The specific schemes identified in the National Infrastructure Plan 2013 have the ability to complete or begin their construction in the next Parliament. Proposals for improvements to the A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey are not yet sufficiently developed to be included in the Highways Agency pipeline of future projects, and are therefore not currently included in the National Infrastructure Plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the A120 is being looked at by the Highways Agency as part of its work on the East of England Route Strategy, which will look to determine the nature, need and timing of future investment that might be required. I would encourage you to engage with the Highways Agency's route strategy process.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 16/06/2014 14:41:17 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

60609

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding from the public purse was provided to support victims' services in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	199717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government is committed to ensuring victims of crime are fully supported and is making more money available than ever before for victims' services. The table below shows the funding provided by the Ministry of Justice to organisations supporting victims of crime since the Department was formed in 2007.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total funding to victim's services<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p>£38.17m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p>£39.32m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>£40.52m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>£48.43m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>£49.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>£50.45m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>£55.57m<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><sup>1</sup></strong> includes receipts from offenders through the Victim Surcharge (since 2007/08), increased Penalty Notices for Disorder and motoring Fixed Penalty Notices (since 2013/14), and Prisoners' Earning Act Income (since 2011/12).</p><p><sup>2</sup>This figure does not include the PEA contribution as this has not yet been finalised and published. In addition, £20.8 million was made available to Police and Crime Commissioners in 2013/14, because it was provided late in the financial year only £4.95m of funding was able to be spent, however, the unspent amount remains available for PCCs to spend in 2014/15. Additionally, a small number of payments due to be made in 2013/14 had to be accrued for and were paid at the beginning of 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 17/06/2014 13:47:11 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

60613

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the practice of Palestinian youths being tried by military courts and sentenced to prison for minor offences.
tabling member constituency	Beckenham
tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
uin	199749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is concerned over the dual court system that is employed in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, under which all Palestinians, except those living in East Jerusalem, are subject to trial in military courts irrespective of the charges against them while Israeli youths are tried in civil courts. We also have serious concerns about the treatment of Palestinian children under the Israeli military court system, which we raise regularly with the Israeli authorities. More details can be found at: <a href="http://www.hrdreport.fco.gov.uk/israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories/" target="_blank">http://www.hrdreport.fco.gov.uk/israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories/</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 16/06/2014 11:32:55 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart

60639

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average waiting time for people (a) applying for a passport renewal and (b) waiting for a call back from the Passport Office.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	199574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is as follows:<br><br>(a) Expected service standards for passport renewals are published at <br>https://www.gov.uk.<br>(b) The current guideline for returning calls to customers is to do so within <br>48 hours. Her Majesty's Passport Office gives priority to those with the <br>most immediate travel plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/07/2014 15:41:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

60642

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of welfare reforms since May 2010 on levels of child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	199576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the effect of welfare reforms on levels on child poverty. Given the large number of reforms and variables involved, the impact of welfare changes cannot be seen in isolation.</p><p>However, the guiding principles of all of this Government's welfare reforms are to get more people into work by making work pay.</p><p>A key component of the Welfare Reform is Universal Credit. Universal Credit is expected to improve work incentives by allowing individuals to keep more of their income as they move into work, and by introducing a smoother and more transparent reduction of benefits when they increase their earnings.</p><p>We estimate this new reform will lift around 300,000 children out of poverty.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/06/2014 16:42:05 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

60643

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	Public Houses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department met to discuss regulation of pub companies in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014; and on what dates those meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	199739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has taken an even handed approach to speaking with stakeholders from all sides of the debate in developing our proposals for statutory intervention in the pubs sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2013, BIS Ministers met the following organisations:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Minister</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 January</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable with licensee groups including:</p><p> </p><p>British Institute of Innkeeping; GMB Union; Federation of Licensed Victuallers Associations; Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers; Brighton &amp; Hove Licensees Association; Campaign for Real Ale; Fair Pint Campaign; Independent Pub Confederation; Federation of Small Businesses; Guild of Master Victuallers.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 January</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>British Beer and Pub Association; Punch Taverns; Star Pubs and Bars.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 February</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>Greene King; Shepherd Neame; Everards Brewery; Admiral Taverns; Hook Norton Brewery; Independent Family Brewers of Britain.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 February</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Scottish Licensed Trade Association.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 February</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Enterprise Inns</p></td><td><p>Michael Fallon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 June</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>Everards Brewery; Fuller Smith &amp; Turner; Admiral Taverns; Hook Norton; McMullen &amp; Sons; Shepherd Neame; Wadworth &amp; Co; Trust Inns; Greene King; Titanic Brewery; Westerham Ales; Society of Independent Brewers.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 June</p></td><td><p>Ministerial Roundtable including:</p><p> </p><p>British Beer and Pub Association; Enterprise Inns; Marston's; Mitchells &amp; Butlers; Punch Taverns; Spirit Pub Company; Star Pubs and Bars; Wellington Pub Company.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 July</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Greg Mulholland MP and the Independent Pub Confederation.</p></td><td><p>Jo Swinson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 September</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the British Beer and Pub Association.</p></td><td><p>Vince Cable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29 October</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Federation of Small Businesses (pubs were discussed as part of a wider meeting).</p></td><td><p>Vince Cable</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014, BIS Ministers met the following organisations:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Minister</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 January</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Federation of Small Businesses.</p></td><td><p>Vince Cable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 February</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Sir Peter Luff MP and Admiral Taverns; Hook Norton Brewery.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17 March</p></td><td><p>Meeting with Greene King.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 March</p></td><td><p>Meeting with representatives of the British Beer and Pub Association; Punch Taverns; Shepherd Neame.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 March</p></td><td><p>Meeting with the Campaign for Real Ale.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 April</p></td><td><p>Meeting with S A Brains.</p></td><td><p>Jenny Willott</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to meetings with organisations, Ministers met with a number of tied tenants. Officials also met with stakeholders before, during and after the consultation process to discuss our proposals to establish a Statutory Code and an independent Adjudicator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 16/06/2014 15:56:29 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

60645

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
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	New Businesses: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many Start Up Loans applications have been supported by each approved provider of Start Up Loans mentoring services in each region in which the new company was based or planned to be based.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	199740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All loan recipients in all regions receiving a start-up loan are offered mentoring, although take up of support services is not a mandatory condition of making the facility available. The number of loans made in each region will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/06/2014 16:49:08 question first ministerially corrected 17/06/2014 14:06:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name aTTACHMENT TO 199740.docx title Start up Loan applications previous answer version 1697 answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon answering member 88 attachment 1 file name aTTACHMENT TO 199740.docx title Start up Loan applications
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

60647

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Home Care Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the commissioning of homecare services by the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	199709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>It is important that patients, including those with cystic fibrosis, get those high cost drugs provided through homecare services on time.</p><p> </p><p>The Department commissioned a review of homecare medicine supply arrangements to ensure they deliver the best value for patients, the National Health Service and the provider market. The review report, <em>Homecare Medicines: </em><em>Towards a Vision for the Future,</em> was published in December 2011 and is available at:</p><p> </p><p>http://media.dh.gov.uk/network/121/files/2011/12/111201-Homecare-Medicines-Towards-a-Vision-for-the-Future2.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The outcome of subsequent improvement work is summarised in the further report, <em>Homecare Medicines: Towards a Vision for the Future - Taking Forward the Recommendations</em>, published in May 2014 and available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.uhns.nhs.uk/AboutUs/NHSHomecareMedicinesinEngland.aspx</p><p> </p><p>NHS England issued a patient safety alert on minimising the risks of omitted and delayed medicines for patients receiving homecare services on 10 April 2014. This recommended that all healthcare organisations that commission clinical homecare services:</p><p>- establish if medicine homecare services were used by their organisation and if incidents of omitted and delayed medicines had occurred;</p><p>- consider whether immediate action needed to be taken locally and, if required, develop an action plan, to reduce risk and the potential risk to patients;</p><p>- disseminate the alert to all medical, nursing, pharmacy and other staff involved in the care of homecare patients; and</p><p>- report patient safety incidents concerning homecare to the National Reporting and Learning Service.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the patient safety alert is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/psa-omitted-delayed-meds.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to work with NHS England, homecare companies, pharmaceutical suppliers and the NHS to ensure that homecare arrangements are safe and deliver value for the NHS and improved outcomes for patients.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 199708 question first answered 16/06/2014 13:15:27 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

60657

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will assess the merits of introducing tax-rate floors to contracts involving Private Finance Initiative arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	199713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>In December 2012, the Government launched Private Finance 2 (PF2). PF2 introduces significant reforms to the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and gives a new approach to the delivery of public infrastructure. It is based on the outcomes of a wide call for evidence held across both the public and private sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The Government seeks to ensure that the UK tax system is competitive for all companies and that the UK is an attractive place to do business, while retaining proportionate anti-avoidance protection.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A special purpose vehicle set up for the purposes of delivering a PFI project is no different from any other corporate entity and is therefore required to pay corporation tax in accordance with government rules.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 16/06/2014 14:43:06 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

60674

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Circuses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the possible implementation in Wales of a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	199555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We remain committed to discussing with counterparts in all the Devolved Administrations whether a bill introducing a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses could be a Great Britain or even United Kingdom Bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 16/06/2014 16:50:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard