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99792

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date	20/10/2014
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	Help to Buy Scheme: Woking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) house buyers and (b) first-time buyers have been supported under the Government's Help to Buy scheme in Woking constituency.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting people’s aspirations to own their own home.</p><p> </p><p>Over 50,000 households have been supported by the Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Equity Loan schemes and around 80% of these are first-time buyers. The Department does not collect data on the number of first time buyers supported by Help to Buy: NewBuy. The Department does not publish data on the number of first-time buyers supported by the Help to Buy schemes at local authority or constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>Data at constituency level is only available for the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of Help to Buy sales at local authority and postcode level are published in the Open Data Communities portal for Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Help to Buy: Equity Loan, which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://opendatacommunities.org/def/concept/folders/themes/housing-market" target="_blank">http://opendatacommunities.org/def/concept/folders/themes/housing-market</a></p><p> </p><p>Statistics on Help to Buy: NewBuy sales at local authority level are published on the Department’s website, which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below breaks down the total Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Equity Loan sales in Woking and Guildford local authority areas:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Mortgage Guarantee</p><p>(to 30 June 2014)</p></td><td><p>Equity Loan</p><p>(to 31 August 2014)</p></td><td><p>NewBuy</p><p>(to 30 June 2014)</p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guildford</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 27/10/2014 17:11:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99921

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Euthanasia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the policy is of the Crown Prosecution Service in prosecuting cases of encouraging or assisting suicide.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	211043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>When prosecuting cases of encouraging or assisting suicide, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors make decisions in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors and the Director of Public Prosecutions Policy for Prosecutors in respect of cases of Encouraging or Assisting Suicide.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following the recent Supreme Court Judgement in the case of ‘Nicklinson and others’, the policy was updated on the 16 October 2014 to clarify issues raised regarding healthcare professionals (and others with similar responsibilities for individuals).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A copy of the updated policy is available on the CPS website at: <a href="http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/prosecution/assisted_suicide_policy.html" target="_blank">http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/prosecution/assisted_suicide_policy.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 27/10/2014 17:31:28 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

99924

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people who contracted HIV and hepatitis C following treatment with NHS-supplied blood products signed waivers renouncing their rights to press charges against the Department for Health in the 1980s and 1990s; and how many such individuals are alive.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	211081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>In 1988 a group of haemophilia patients infected with HIV brought litigation which was settled out of court for £42 million in 1991. A total of 1,437 people received payments from the settlement and a further 93 non-haemophilia patients infected with HIV later received equivalent payments to those made under the settlement. As a condition of receiving payments, these people were required to sign waivers stating that they would not bring any further proceedings against the Department of Health, the Welsh Office, the Licensing Authority, any District or Regional Health Authority, or any other Government body involving allegations concerning the spread of the HIV or hepatitis viruses through Factor VIII or IX (whether cryoprecipitate or concentrate), prior to 13 December 1990. It is not known how many of these people are still alive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/10/2014 17:26:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

99925

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in respect of how many alleged offences under section 2A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 proceedings are currently active in magistrates' courts in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
uin	211138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>As of 30 June 2014, the latest date for which data is available, there were 157 proceedings under Section 2A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 outstanding in magistrates’ courts in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 27/10/2014 14:58:32 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

99930

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the (a) Welsh Assembly and (b) Scottish Government on the proposed transfer of the Highways Agency to a Government owned company.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	211127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>There are regular official and ministerial discussions with the devolved governments on general Transport issues. We have written to the Welsh Assembly &amp; Scottish Government when the Infrastructure Bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on the 5<sup>th</sup> June 2014.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 27/10/2014 16:51:53 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

99931

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the wage restrictions and policies which apply to the Civil Service will apply to the Highways Agency following its transfer to a Government owned company.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	211126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The new Strategic Highways company will still need to conform to the requirements set out in Managing Public Money. The staff will no longer be civil servants, although terms and conditions will be protected for existing staff. We are considering the wider governance and controls framework and how central controls, including those on pay, should be applied to the new company.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 27/10/2014 16:48:32 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

99934

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Sierra Leone
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with charities and non-governmental organisations on the effects of removing the permit for direct flights from the UK to Sierra Leone.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has had no direct approaches either by any charities or non-government organisations on this matter. It is the role of the Department for International Development to work with such bodies. They are working with non-governmental organisations and wider partners to ensure responders to the ebola crisis are able to travel to and from Sierra Leone.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2014 17:24:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99935

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Sierra Leone
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reports he has received on the consequences of the decision to remove the permit for direct flights from the UK to Sierra Leone for humanitarian aid deliveries to Sierra Leone and West Africa.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport continues to work with the Department for International Development regarding the current situation in West Africa. The airline that had proposed operating direct services, Gambia Bird Airlines, were invited to make representations to the Department for Transport and these are currently under consideration. I recently met the Sierra Leone Minister of Transport and Aviation, Hon. Leonard Balogun Koruma, and discussed this and other issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2014 17:18:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99937

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, under what selection process his Department appointed Christine Emmett, Neil Massom and Baroness Jo Valentine as non-executive Directors of High Speed 2; and what (a) remuneration and benefits package they receive and (b) contracted hours they are employed for.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	211042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>All three appointments were made following an open competition carried out in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA) Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies.</p><p> </p><p>Non-Executive Directors at HS2 Ltd receive a remuneration of £950 per day based on an average time commitment of 2 days per month. They may also claim for travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with Department for Transport rules and may be reimbursed for any reasonable additional costs necessarily incurred in providing for the care of children or elderly or infirm people whilst attending HS2 Ltd meetings or events.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/10/2014 16:07:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

99947

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any savings an individual has accrued as a result of saving and investing lump-sum payments they have received from the Macfarlane and Eileen Trust, Macfarlane Trust, Eileen Trust or Skipton Fund are taken into account when deciding their eligibility for employment and support allowance and other welfare benefits; and whether the transfer of such savings to a dependant or partner, affects that dependant or partner's entitlement to benefits.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	211082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Payments received from Government funded Trusts and Funds may be disregarded for benefit purposes. This includes payments from the following Trusts/Funds: Macfarlane, Eileen Trust and Skipton Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Any capital resource which derives from a payment from these Trusts/Funds, such as interest, is also disregarded indefinitely.</p><p> </p><p>Money which derives from the Trusts/Funds which is transferred to a partner is disregarded indefinitely in any benefit claim made by the couple. It is also disregarded indefinitely in any claim made by the partner after the sufferer’s death providing that the couple were not estranged or divorced at the time of the death. However, money derived from the Trusts/Funds which is transferred to a dependent child or young person is not disregarded in any subsequent claim made in later life by that person.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 27/10/2014 17:55:45 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson