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385942

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department has made available for the provision of women's sanitary products, razors, shaving foam and other hygiene products for homeless shelters in (a) Preston constituency (b) the rest of Lancashire (c) Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and (d) the rest of the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	4422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>It is for hostels to determine what services are required to meet the needs of their clients, including homeless women. We do not collect this data centrally. Hostels receive funding to deliver their services through a variety of sources, including local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/07/2015 11:57:05 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

385943

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have to visit (i) the Guild Wheel, (ii) Preston North End Football Club, (iii) the Harris Museum and Art Gallery and (iv) other sites in Preston in an official capacity in the next year.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	4421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <blockquote><blockquote>A regional visit plan has not been finalised. However, at this time there are no current plans for myself, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism and Heritage or the Secretary of State to visit Preston.</blockquote></blockquote> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 12:09:46 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

385944

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which women's (a) rugby, (b) cricket and (c) football matches (i) he and (ii) Ministers of his Department have attended in an official capacity since taking office.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	4419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <blockquote><blockquote>Since the new Government has been formed, both I, the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, and the Secretary of State have yet to attend any women’s rugby, cricket and football matches in an official capacity. The Minister for Sport and Tourism has attended the Kent Girls and Ladies League Final and she is scheduled to attend the Ladies Ashes in August.</blockquote></blockquote> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/07/2015 13:08:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

385946

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that digital resources and services provided by his Department are accessible to people with sensory losses.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	4486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>Government recognises the importance of Digital Inclusion. The Government Digital Service launched the Government’s Digital Inclusion Strategy in April 2014. The Strategy sets out actions that Government and partners from the public, private and voluntary sector will take to reduce digital exclusion.</p><p> </p><p>All departments will undertake end-to-end service redesign of all transactional services with over 100,000 transactions each year. All new or redesigned transactional services will meet a new Digital by Default Service Standard. It is important Government does not leave anyone behind in this move to a digital by default approach. We will provide appropriate support for people to use digital services, as well as other ways to access services for people who need them.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/07/2015 14:16:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

385983

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the policy is of HM Courts and Tribunals Service on sending reminders by (a) text message and (b) email to defendants reminding them of the time and date of (i) court hearings and (ii) bail conditions.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	4420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is committed to ensuring all parties to court proceedings are notified of any future hearing dates and where relevant bail conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Our current practice is when parties are present in court the information is provided orally and in written form. When parties are not present in court, HMCTS will write informing parties of the new hearing date. Telephone contact is also used. Currently Criminal Courts do not use text or email as the primary means of passing information to parties.</p><p> </p><p>We are building a justice system which is simpler, swifter and more efficient. By using modern technology we can meet the needs of everyone who uses our services now and in the future. For the criminal courts this will mean moving away from archaic IT systems to digitally enabled working where information is exchanged digitally with defendants and other court parties.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/07/2015 13:46:15 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

385989

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Tyne and Wear
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 improve local cycle infrastructure in cities and towns in Tyne and Wear.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	4477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>While decisions on funding for cycle infrastructure improvements are primarily the responsibility of the relevant local transport authority, the Department for Transport is supporting cycle improvements in the Newcastle city area through the Cycle City Ambition programme. We are investing £16.3m in local schemes that seek to kick-start a cycling revolution in Newcastle. When combined with local funding contributions, this programme is seeing over £10 per head spent on cycling in Newcastle.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to this, the Department has provided £13k through the Cycle-Rail programme. This has seen the installation of 122 additional cycle parking spaces with related signage and CCTV at Newcastle Central station. Tyne and Wear Integrated Transport Authority are also receiving £3.85m in funding through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund in 2015/16. The &quot;Go Smarter&quot; package will implement measures that encourage uptake of alternative transport options, such as bike, for the school run and commute.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 02/07/2015 11:45:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

385991

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to prevent bus companies reducing bus routes and services in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	4476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The bus market outside London is deregulated and decisions regarding the provision of individual bus services is primarily a commercial matter for bus operators.</p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>Local authorities also have powers to subsidise services they consider socially necessary and spend over £300m per year doing so. They are best placed to decide how to support non-commercial bus services, taking into account local priorities.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 02/07/2015 11:49:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

385998

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which women's (a) rugby, (b) cricket and (c) football matches she has attended in an official capacity since taking office.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	4418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Both the Secretary of State for Education and Minster for Women and Equalities and I have yet to attend any women’s rugby, cricket or football matches since taking office. I have regular dialogue with the Minister for Sport, and I have recently met with the coach of a women’s cricket team. I look forward to supporting our other women’s teams when their sporting seasons begin.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/07/2015 13:16:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage previous answer version 11175 answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

386003

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Lewisham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many privately rented households in the London Borough of Lewisham were in receipt of housing benefit in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	4444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested to answer both the questions above, up to February 2015, is published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 4447 question first answered 02/07/2015 13:19:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

386010

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department's website and digital services are accessible to people with sensory losses.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	4485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>All Department for Work and Pensions’ digital services are designed and built in line with Government Digital Service guidelines, and two international standards for IT accessibility (ISO 9241-171:2008 and WCAG version 2.00). The intention is to make the services usable by as many people as possible without the use of assistive technology, and to be compatible with screen reading and magnifying tools for those people requiring them.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that they meet these standards, the services are tested during the development process and prior to implementation. This includes both a range of technical tests and assessment of their usability by intended end users.</p><p> </p><p>Feedback from users of the services is encouraged and acted upon.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/07/2015 14:06:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson