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1172547

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date	22/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will consult on establishing a military federation to represent serving armed forces personnel on pay, pension and conditions similar to the Police Federation.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no plans for a consultation on the creation of a military federation. I am satisfied that the interests of members of the Armed Forces as employees are suitably represented by the Chain of Command, the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA), the Royal Naval Association, the Royal Air Force Association, the Veterans Association and a great many more Regimental Associations and groups around the country. Many of these associations also represent the veterans' community. Along with the various Service-facing charities, the above-mentioned associations will all have regular access to the Chain of Command and Ministers to represent their members' interests.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 27/01/2020 17:44:22 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1172550

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Fuel Poverty: Easington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of households in fuel poverty in Easington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>Improving energy efficiency is the best long-term solution to tackle fuel poverty and the Energy Company Obligation Scheme provides such support for low income and vulnerable households. Since ECO launched it has delivered energy efficiency measures to more than 2 million households.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>ECO has delivered improvements to more than 4000 homes in Easington, representing 11% of households in the area.</p><p> </p><p>Tenants living in energy inefficient properties are some of the most at risk of fuel poverty. The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards now require landlords spend up to £3500 improving their properties to energy efficiency Band E before renting them out.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to support to improve energy efficiency the Warm Home Discount provides support to more than 2 million low income and vulnerable households each year through a £140 rebate. Over £2.7 billion has been provided by the scheme over the last nine years.</p><p> </p><p>Our 2020 Fuel Poverty Strategy will set out further detail around our future plans to tackle fuel poverty.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 27/01/2020 14:32:23 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1172552

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will bring forward legislative proposals for the introduction of statutory targets to (a) reduce and (b) end child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to action that delivers a sustainable long-term solution to child poverty, including reforming the benefits system so that it supports employment and higher pay. Universal Credit is designed to help people move into work faster, stay in work longer and spend more time looking to increase their earnings and, when fully rolled out, we expect Universal Credit will boost employment by 200,000, lifting people out of poverty and generating £8 billion in economic benefits every year.</p><p>The child poverty targets introduced in 2010 were replaced with two statutory measures of parental employment and children’s educational attainment, the two areas which can make the biggest difference to children’s long-term outcomes. We have no current plans to reintroduce a target-based approach that focuses on income alone.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/01/2020 17:56:53 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1172291

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Parliamentary constituencies were allocated funding for the free holiday activities and meals for disadvantaged families scheme; and how much funding was allocated to each project.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>In December 2018, we announced £9 million for the Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2019 and invited organisations to bid to coordinate free holiday provision for disadvantaged children in a local authority area during the 2019 summer holidays.</p><p>92 bids were received and each bid was assessed against the criteria published in our “Invitation to Bid”, which has been attached.</p><p>Each bid was then ranked according to their score and we selected the highest scoring bid from each of the nine English regions for funding, along with two further high scoring bids. The level of funding allocated to each successful bid was in line with the scale and nature of their proposed programme, as detailed in their respective bids.</p><p>For the North East region, the StreetGames programme in Newcastle was selected as the highest scoring bid, with an allocation of £1,028,000. Our allocations to the other successful areas were as follows:</p><ul><li>Gateshead - £204,000</li><li>Leeds - £507,000</li><li>Bradford - £799,000</li><li>Cheshire West and Chester - £555,000</li><li>Leicestershire - £799,000</li><li>Birmingham - £1,999,000</li><li>Suffolk - £999,000</li><li>Croydon - £657,000</li><li>Hampshire - £766,000</li><li>Plymouth - £604,000</li></ul><p>We received a bid from Durham County Council which included coverage of the Easington and County Durham constituencies but the bid was unsuccessful as it scored lower than a number of other bids in the North East region, including those in Newcastle and Gateshead. Officials provided feedback to Durham County Council in May 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 6081 6082 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:32:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 6080_6081_6082_Holiday_Activities_and_Food_2019_Invitation_to_Bid.doc title 6080_6081_6082_Invitation_To_Bid
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1172293

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria his Department used to determine which regions received funding from the free holiday activities and meals for disadvantaged families scheme.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>In December 2018, we announced £9 million for the Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2019 and invited organisations to bid to coordinate free holiday provision for disadvantaged children in a local authority area during the 2019 summer holidays.</p><p>92 bids were received and each bid was assessed against the criteria published in our “Invitation to Bid”, which has been attached.</p><p>Each bid was then ranked according to their score and we selected the highest scoring bid from each of the nine English regions for funding, along with two further high scoring bids. The level of funding allocated to each successful bid was in line with the scale and nature of their proposed programme, as detailed in their respective bids.</p><p>For the North East region, the StreetGames programme in Newcastle was selected as the highest scoring bid, with an allocation of £1,028,000. Our allocations to the other successful areas were as follows:</p><ul><li>Gateshead - £204,000</li><li>Leeds - £507,000</li><li>Bradford - £799,000</li><li>Cheshire West and Chester - £555,000</li><li>Leicestershire - £799,000</li><li>Birmingham - £1,999,000</li><li>Suffolk - £999,000</li><li>Croydon - £657,000</li><li>Hampshire - £766,000</li><li>Plymouth - £604,000</li></ul><p>We received a bid from Durham County Council which included coverage of the Easington and County Durham constituencies but the bid was unsuccessful as it scored lower than a number of other bids in the North East region, including those in Newcastle and Gateshead. Officials provided feedback to Durham County Council in May 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 6080 6082 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:32:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 6080_6081_6082_Holiday_Activities_and_Food_2019_Invitation_to_Bid.doc title 6080_6081_6082_Invitation_To_Bid
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1172294

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Holiday Activities and Food Programme: County Durham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department decided not to allocate funding from the free holiday activities and meals for disadvantaged families scheme to (a) Easington constituency and (b) County Durham.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	6082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>In December 2018, we announced £9 million for the Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2019 and invited organisations to bid to coordinate free holiday provision for disadvantaged children in a local authority area during the 2019 summer holidays.</p><p>92 bids were received and each bid was assessed against the criteria published in our “Invitation to Bid”, which has been attached.</p><p>Each bid was then ranked according to their score and we selected the highest scoring bid from each of the nine English regions for funding, along with two further high scoring bids. The level of funding allocated to each successful bid was in line with the scale and nature of their proposed programme, as detailed in their respective bids.</p><p>For the North East region, the StreetGames programme in Newcastle was selected as the highest scoring bid, with an allocation of £1,028,000. Our allocations to the other successful areas were as follows:</p><ul><li>Gateshead - £204,000</li><li>Leeds - £507,000</li><li>Bradford - £799,000</li><li>Cheshire West and Chester - £555,000</li><li>Leicestershire - £799,000</li><li>Birmingham - £1,999,000</li><li>Suffolk - £999,000</li><li>Croydon - £657,000</li><li>Hampshire - £766,000</li><li>Plymouth - £604,000</li></ul><p>We received a bid from Durham County Council which included coverage of the Easington and County Durham constituencies but the bid was unsuccessful as it scored lower than a number of other bids in the North East region, including those in Newcastle and Gateshead. Officials provided feedback to Durham County Council in May 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan grouped question UIN 6080 6081 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:32:37 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan attachment 1 file name 6080_6081_6082_Holiday_Activities_and_Food_2019_Invitation_to_Bid.doc title 6080_6081_6082_Invitation_To_Bid
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1171918

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of Smart motorways on trends in the number of fatal motorway accidents on those motorways.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport announced in October an evidence stocktake to gather the facts on the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. That work is being undertaken at pace.</p><p> </p><p>While I wouldn’t want to pre-judge the results of that work, which we will be publishing very soon, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 5403 5404 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:02:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1171919

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will increase the frequency of emergency refuge areas on Smart motorways.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport announced in October an evidence stocktake to gather the facts on the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. That work is being undertaken at pace.</p><p> </p><p>While I wouldn’t want to pre-judge the results of that work, which we will be publishing very soon, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 5402 5404 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:02:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1171920

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to finding by Highways England in the report entitled Stationary Vehicle Detection, published in March 2016, what steps he has taken to ensure the safety of users of Smart motorways.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport announced in October an evidence stocktake to gather the facts on the safety of smart motorways and make recommendations. That work is being undertaken at pace.</p><p> </p><p>While I wouldn’t want to pre-judge the results of that work, which we will be publishing very soon, what I can say is that we will continue to prioritise improving safety – making conditions safer for everyone on our roads.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 5402 5403 question first answered 27/01/2020 17:02:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1172094

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to allocated funding from the public purse to enable schools in Easington constituency to establish mental health and wellbeing teams to support pupils.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	5405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>Our Green Paper on children and young people’s mental health aims to improve the provision of services through its key proposals, one of which is to create new Mental Health Support Teams in and near groups of schools and colleges in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2018, we announced 25 Trailblazer sites to run the first wave of 59 Mental Health Support Teams. The first of these teams are now becoming fully operational.</p><p> </p><p>On 12 July 2019, we announced that further Mental Health Support Teams are to be set up across 57 sites. Easington, through Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield Clinical Commissioning Group, is one such site.</p><p> </p><p>The teams form part of the National Health Service’s commitment in the NHS Long Term Plan, which commits at least a further £2.3 billion a year to mental health services by 2023/24.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 24/01/2020 12:22:47 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 2662 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris