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750728

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Aerials: Rural areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding under the Emergency Services Mobile Communications programme the Government plans to spend on the construction of masts which can be shared by all mobile network operators to improve coverage in rural area.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme is forecast to spend £71.1m of investment costs, and £135.7m of operating costs, on providing additional rural coverage as part of its Extended Area Service for the 15 year life of the business case.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 4388 question first answered 19/07/2017 11:17:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

750731

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Mobile Radios
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding under the Emergency Services Mobile Communications programme the Government plans to spend on Emergency Area Service masts that can be shared by all operators to improve rural mobile coverage.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme is forecast to spend £71.1m of investment costs, and £135.7m of operating costs, on providing additional rural coverage as part of its Extended Area Service for the 15 year life of the business case.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 4387 question first answered 19/07/2017 11:17:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

750758

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the per capita funding was to each (a) combined and (b) local authority fire authority; and whether such funding to local authorities is provided as a discrete budget.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Seely
uin	4427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Core Spending Power is the Government’s preferred measure of local authority income as it is a broader measure of the resources available to a local authority including income that can be raised locally. This data can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593183/Core_Spending_Power_summary_including_per_dwelling.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593183/Core_Spending_Power_summary_including_per_dwelling.xlsx</a></p><p>The Department does not publish core spending power on a per capita basis but does publish core spending power per dwelling, which is available at the same link.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 19/07/2017 14:35:28 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

750761

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Workers: Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to eliminate zero hour contracts for social care workers.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the concerns about employers who may be breaching the rules or otherwise exploiting their position. The Government wants to make sure that everyone is paid properly and receives the employment rights to which they are entitled.</p><p>The Prime Minister commissioned Matthew Taylor to undertake a review of the rights of employees. In his review Matthew Taylor describes the United Kingdom’s flexible labour market as one of the economy’s biggest strengths and said a blanket ban on zero hours would create more “cliff edges” for employers and workers.</p><p>Social care providers are overwhelmingly independent private or charitable organisations and make their own employment decisions about their staff. Zero hours contracts allow employees to access the labour market who cannot or do not want to commit to standard, regular work.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to work closely with Skills for Care to support good recruitment and retention practices by social care organisations.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/07/2017 10:41:00 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

750765

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Tyres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public service vehicles inspected by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency were identified as having tyres that exceed the 10-year age limit in each year since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) conducts statutory annual inspections and roadside enforcement checks. During statutory annual inspections, DVSA identified 2 instances of public service vehicles with tyres that had exceeded the 10-year age limit since January 2014; both instances were in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst carrying out roadside enforcement checks, DVSA has not identified any public service vehicles with tyres that have exceeded the 10-year age limit since January 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/07/2017 13:58:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

750766

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Tyres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 1855, how many inspections into the age of public service vehicle tyres were carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each year since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The following figures show the number of public service vehicle (PSV) encounters carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in each year since January 2014 under each inspection type; tyres are inspected as part of each encounter.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Roadside</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Testing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>13774</p></td><td><p>89732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6417</p></td><td><p>89057</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>9186</p></td><td><p>87488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (six months to June)</p></td><td><p>5737</p></td><td><p>45869</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A memo, first issued in April 2014, to all DVSA testing and roadside examination staff requested notification to the presenter and/or driver proportionate to the condition of the vehicle, which included the age of tyres fitted to the front axle of PSVs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/07/2017 13:53:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

750768

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of legislation related to parking on pavements in ensuring pedestrian safety.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing the needs of all road users in their areas and for implementing appropriate traffic management measures. If a local authority considers that the safety of pedestrians in a particular location is compromised by pavement parking they have the powers necessary to deal with it through a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO).</p><p> </p><p>As part of our discussions with local authorities and other stakeholders, my department is planning to launch a survey in autumn 2017 in order to gather evidence about the TRO procedure, the costs and timescales for processing TROs, and information about options for change.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4417 question first answered 19/07/2017 16:24:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

750769

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of parked cars obstructing pavements on the safety of visually impaired and blind pedestrians.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing the needs of all road users in their areas and for implementing appropriate traffic management measures. If a local authority considers that the safety of pedestrians in a particular location is compromised by pavement parking they have the powers necessary to deal with it through a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO).</p><p> </p><p>As part of our discussions with local authorities and other stakeholders, my department is planning to launch a survey in autumn 2017 in order to gather evidence about the TRO procedure, the costs and timescales for processing TROs, and information about options for change.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4418 question first answered 19/07/2017 16:24:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

750770

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many new international trade agreements the Government has concluded since 1 January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	4270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government cannot negotiate and conclude trade agreements whilst we are still members of the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 19/07/2017 16:28:08 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

750771

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Recognition: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to review policies regarding the retention of documents relating to applications made under the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	4369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The policy regarding the retention of documents relating to applications made under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 was last reviewed in 2015, and there are no immediate plans to review it at the time of this reply.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/07/2017 14:34:12 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens