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1143176

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: Annual Investment Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many manufacturing firms have received help from the annual investment allowance in each year since that allowance was introduced; and what the total value of savings is accrued by those firms that have received such help.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	284596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>By introducing the AIA, the Government has made tax simpler for the majority of UK businesses that invest in eligible plant and machinery below the AIA limit each year.</p><p> </p><p>The total value of capital allowances received by manufacturing firms making AIA claims in the period 2011-12 to 2016-17 inclusive is £11.2bn. Full information, including data for earlier years, is available in Table 11.10 of each year’s National Statistics Publication “Corporation Tax Statistics”, accessible online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/analyses-of-corporation-tax-receipts-and-liabilities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/analyses-of-corporation-tax-receipts-and-liabilities</a></p><p> </p><p>The total number of manufacturing companies claiming under the AIA each year is as follows: 32,110 (2011-12); 34,154 (2012-13); 34,418 (2013-14); 36,060 (2014-15); 36,807 (2015-16); 36,756 (2016-17).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2019 14:56:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1143327

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Schools: Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from all items of school and PE clothing after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	284634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government currently applies a zero rate of VAT on clothing and footwear which is designed for children under the age of 14. This is the maximum relief allowed under EU law.</p><p> </p><p>While there may be more flexibility in the future, introducing a VAT relief for all school uniforms and PE clothing would come at a cost to the Exchequer, and that cost would have to be balanced by increased taxes elsewhere, or reductions in government spending.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2019 14:31:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1046817

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Mersey Tunnels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing the Mersey Tunnels into the national road network.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	211666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Mersey Tunnels were constructed by the local authorities in the area and, since opening, have been managed locally. Following the establishment of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, it has assumed responsibility for the management, operation and funding of the Mersey Tunnels. The Tunnels are therefore not the responsibility of the Department for Transport and there has been no recent assessment by the Department of any change to this arrangement.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/01/2019 12:16:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045989

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which service providers are contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for his (a) Department and (b) executive agencies; if he will list all of the services delivered by third party contractors to his (i) Department and (ii) executive agencies; and how many people working for those third party contractors are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	211152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Third party cleaning contracts are undertaken by Interserve FM for the central Department for Transport (DfT(C)), Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency (MCA), Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA). The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) third party cleaning contract is undertaken by Sodexo Ltd as part of a Private Finance Initiative Agreement with Telereal Trillium.</p><p> </p><p>The central Department for Transport, MCA, DVSA, VCA and DVLA all utilise fully encompassing Total Facilities Management contracts which can provide the following services: -</p><p>Cleaning;</p><p>Catering;</p><p>Security;</p><p>Reception;</p><p>Grounds Maintenance;</p><p>Planned Maintenance;</p><p>Reactive Maintenance;</p><p>Porterage;</p><p>Reprographics and</p><p>Post Room.</p><p> </p><p>Neither the central Department nor its executive agencies hold information on the earnings of outsourced workers. However, the Department for Transport Total Facilities Management contract with Interserve FM requires all staff employed by the service provider to be paid at least the National Living Wage. DVLA believe, following contact with Telereal Trillium, that no staff working on their contract receive below the National Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/01/2019 16:31:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1045757

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, when the DVLA plans to update its guidance on diabetes testing and driving to allow the testing of interstitial fluid.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	210487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is currently amending the Assessing Fitness to Drive guidance on the use of new monitoring technologies for people with diabetes. The revised guidance is due to be published in February. This will allow the testing of interstitial fluid for driving licensing purposes for people with diabetes who drive cars or motorcycles. Drivers of goods vehicles and buses must continue to monitor blood glucose levels.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/01/2019 17:29:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1007085

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications he has received from local authorities for funding to implement their Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan; and how many of those applications were (a) successful and received the funding in full and (b) unsuccessful.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	191309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) are not applications for funding. Rather, they are designed to help local authorities to develop and decide on local priorities for investment for cycling and walking infrastructure from all relevant local funding streams, and from national streams such as the Transforming Cities Fund, Future High Streets Fund, Housing Infrastructure Fund and Clean Air Fund. The Department is providing technical support on LCWIPS to 46 local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/11/2018 11:30:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1006200

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Road Traffic Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will consider the potential merits of widening the remit of the consultation on proposed new cycling offences to include other road traffic offences.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	190791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on new offences for causing death or serious injury by dangerous or careless cycling launched on 12 August and closed on 5 November. The Department is now considering submissions and will publish a response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/11/2018 17:32:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead