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825810

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of LINK’s proposed reduction of the interchange fee on (a) consumers and (b) small businesses.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	123877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers, small businesses, the North Dorset constituency or other rural communities. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured us and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 123789 123790 123793 123878 123880 123881 question first answered 29/01/2018 11:37:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

825811

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the number of ATMs that will be withdrawn as a result of a 20 per cent reduction in the LINK interchange fee.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	123878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers, small businesses, the North Dorset constituency or other rural communities. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured us and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 123789 123790 123793 123877 123880 123881 question first answered 29/01/2018 11:37:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

825813

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of ATM closures resulting from LINK’s proposed reduction in the interchange fee on (a) North Dorset constituency and (b) other rural communities.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	123880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers, small businesses, the North Dorset constituency or other rural communities. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured us and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 123789 123790 123793 123877 123878 123881 question first answered 29/01/2018 11:37:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

825814

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with LINK on (a) the proposed reduction in the interchange fee and (b) the Financial Inclusion Programme.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	123881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers and businesses in the UK. Government has been engaging and will continue to engage with industry, including LINK, to ensure that this access is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not made any formal assessment of the potential effect of LINK’s proposals to change the interchange fee rate on consumers, small businesses, the North Dorset constituency or other rural communities. However, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which Government set up as an independent regulator in 2015 with a statutory objective to ensure that the UK’s payment systems work in the interests of their users, is monitoring developments within ATM provision, and is conducting ongoing work on the impact that changes may have. The PSR has recently published a summary of their work to date, which can be found at https://www.psr.org.uk/psr-focus/the-UK-ATM-network.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has committed to using its powers to act should any of the firms it regulates behave in a way that conflicts with its statutory objectives.</p><p> </p><p>LINK has assured us and the PSR that industry is committed to maintaining an extensive network of free-to-use cash machines, and to ensuring that the present geographical spread of ATMs is maintained. LINK intends to bolster its Financial Inclusion Programme, which ensures the provision of ATMs in areas of deprivation, where demand would not otherwise make one viable, and has also committed to protecting all free-to-use ATMs which are a kilometre or more from the next nearest free-to-use ATM.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 123789 123790 123793 123877 123878 123880 question first answered 29/01/2018 11:37:37 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

808785

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the universities sector on mitigating any negative effect on the sector after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	119894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</a></p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to maintaining the position of our world-class universities and is listening closely to the sector as we implement the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 and begin the exit process from the European Union. The Chancellor has recently met the Russell Group in this regard.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/12/2017 16:39:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

802273

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the net contribution foreign students studying in the UK made to the economy in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	117960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the estimated contribution international students have made to the UK economy, in tuition fees and living expenditure, for the last three years of available data. The estimates for 2015 will be published in early 2018 and the estimates for 2016 will be published in Autumn 2018.</p><p><strong>International student’s<sup>1</sup> contribution to the UK economy in tuition fees and living expenditure, 2012 to 2014, current prices</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£13.2 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£13.4 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£14 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>This estimate includes Higher Education, Further Education, Independent Schools and English Language Training students.</p><p>[Source: Department for Education Research Report, July 2017, UK revenue from education related exports and transnational education activity 2010-2014.]</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/12/2017 12:49:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

710565

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Aerials: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential link between the location of mobile telephone masts and the increased incidence of (a) cancers and (b) migraines.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	67620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>Government policy is that exposures to electromagnetic fields from mobile phone masts and other radio-transmitting equipment should comply with the guidelines on limiting exposure from the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection.</p><p> </p><p>The former Health Protection Agency published a comprehensive review of the evidence prepared by its independent Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation (AGNIR) in 2012. The Group’s overall conclusion was that although a substantial amount of research has been conducted in this area, there is no convincing evidence that electromagnetic field exposures below guideline levels cause health effects in either adults or children.</p><p> </p><p>Included within the AGNIR report are chapters covering the evidence as to whether there is a link between exposures and symptoms such as headaches/migraines (Chapter 6) and cancer (Chapter 8). As implied by AGNIR’s overall conclusion above, the evidence does not support the existence of such links. The AGNIR report can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/radiofrequency-electromagnetic-fields-health-effects</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 16/03/2017 08:57:02 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

709973

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Aerials: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department provides guidance to the Department for Communities and Local Government on the potential health effects of mobile telephone masts.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	67443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>Government policy is that exposures to electromagnetic fields from mobile phone masts and other radio-transmitting equipment should comply with the guidelines on limiting exposure from the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). This policy is reflected in the National Planning Policy Framework for England, which contains provisions in respect of ICNIRP compliance.</p><p> </p><p>The former Health Protection Agency published a comprehensive review of the evidence prepared by its independent Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation (AGNIR) in 2012. The Group’s overall conclusion was that although a substantial amount of research has been conducted in this area, there is no convincing evidence that electromagnetic field exposures below guideline levels cause health effects in either adults or children.</p><p> </p><p>Included within the AGNIR report are many measurements that have been published showing that exposures of the general public living near to mobile phone masts are well within the ICNIRP levels. Public Health England (PHE) advises such exposures are not expected to pose a hazard to the public.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has committed to keeping emerging evidence under review and preparing another comprehensive review when sufficient new evidence has accumulated.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 67444 question first answered 16/03/2017 09:01:51 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

709974

registered interest
date	10/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Aerials: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of radiation levels from mobile telephone masts and the effect of those masts on health.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	67444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>Government policy is that exposures to electromagnetic fields from mobile phone masts and other radio-transmitting equipment should comply with the guidelines on limiting exposure from the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). This policy is reflected in the National Planning Policy Framework for England, which contains provisions in respect of ICNIRP compliance.</p><p> </p><p>The former Health Protection Agency published a comprehensive review of the evidence prepared by its independent Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation (AGNIR) in 2012. The Group’s overall conclusion was that although a substantial amount of research has been conducted in this area, there is no convincing evidence that electromagnetic field exposures below guideline levels cause health effects in either adults or children.</p><p> </p><p>Included within the AGNIR report are many measurements that have been published showing that exposures of the general public living near to mobile phone masts are well within the ICNIRP levels. Public Health England (PHE) advises such exposures are not expected to pose a hazard to the public.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has committed to keeping emerging evidence under review and preparing another comprehensive review when sufficient new evidence has accumulated.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 67443 question first answered 16/03/2017 09:01:51 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare

687155

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation on the post office network which closed on 21 December 2016.
tabling member constituency	North Dorset
tabling member printed	Simon Hoare
uin	63638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The recent consultation on the Post Office network received over 31,000 responses. This compares with 2,500 responses to the last consultation in 2007. The Government is reviewing the detailed issues raised in these responses and expects to be in a position to publish a response in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/02/2017 11:25:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare