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386550

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Mayors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what statutory frameworks for democratic accountability his Department plans will apply to Metro Mayors.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>As provided for in the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill, metro mayors, who are directly accountable to the people through the ballot box, will be a clear and effective single point of democratic accountability, which will be further strengthened by being statutorily held to account throughout their term of office by strong and independent overview and scrutiny committees.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 06/07/2015 15:16:02 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

386650

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	EU Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on reform of (a) EU Social Policy, (b) EU Employment Policy, (c) the free movement of labour within the EU and (e) EU red tape and regulation.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), has been clear on the need to reform EU laws to reduce the incentives which have led to mass immigration from Europe, increase economic competitiveness and cut red tape to create jobs and growth for hard working families.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/07/2015 14:38:46 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

386737

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken on improving sanitation and access to clean water in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government committed to reach 60 million people in developing countries with our water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes by December 2015. We are on track to reach this target. Contributions come from projects managed by DFID offices in 15 countries, from a partnership with UNICEF to deliver improved WASH in nine countries, and from a challenge programme which funds three consortia working in 12 countries. To date, our bilateral WASH programmes have reached 54.1 million people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also have a renewed commitment to help at least 60 million people get access to clean water and sanitation by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 06/07/2015 16:58:01 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

386798

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has for implementation of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The national roll out of Universal Credit is on track and I enclose a link to the overall roll out and expansion plans:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/07/2015 11:08:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

386814

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Pensioners: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he has taken to assist pensioners in the use of communication technology.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>Currently, DWP provide access to State Pension (Statements and Claim) through telephony, digital and postal methods. For customers who use State Pension Online and State Pension Statement there is a dedicated DWP online helpdesk which is available to provide support to anyone who needs it to complete their claim or enquiry online.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is aware that not everyone who uses its services will have access to or be able to use digital services independently. As the Department builds more digital services we will provide support to access them, where necessary, in the appropriate non-digital way such as over the phone or face to face.</p><p>The Department also works closely with partners in a number of ways to increase the digital skills of elderly people or to better understand the barriers. This includes a network of Partner Support Managers, based in DWP Work Services Districts, who work closely with partners in the community supporting the most disadvantaged or vulnerable customers to access the full range of DWP services. The types of activities include digital demonstrations of how to utilise Carer’s On-line or State Pension On-Line.</p><p>DWP is a member of the <a href="http://ageactionalliance.org/" target="_blank">Age Action Alliance</a>. The work of the Alliance is taken forward through themed working groups. One of these groups leads on digital inclusion, working in partnership with a range of accessibility and technology based companies and organisations. Barclays is one such member and through its Digital Eagles Programme provides practical and helpful advice on all online issues. Members also include Local Authorities who provide digital training and practical support for older people.</p><p>DWP has also been undertaking research with local customer representative organisations to understand the barriers to older people using the digital State Pension Online service to claim their State Pension. Additionally DWP has consulted with customer representative organisations on plans to introduce digital self-service channels for older people wanting to trace lost pensions.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 10:03:41 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

386204

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in the adult further education budget on the participation rate on such courses.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Across all our grant, loan and capital support for adult further education, we are making available over £3bn in 2015-16. Our funding mechanism is designed to allow providers the freedoms and flexibilities to decide how best to use their allocation to respond to local learner and employer demand and it would be for individual colleges to determine what provision to offer based on this demand.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 06/07/2015 09:22:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

385764

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
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 positive economic benefits of lower fuel prices caused by the fuel duty freeze.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs published research analysing the dynamic effects of fuel duty reductions in a joint report in April 2014. This research can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/analysis-of-the-dynamic-effects-of-fuel-duty-reductions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 01/07/2015 14:09:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

385774

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Mayors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the structure of the relationship between metro mayors and local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the rt. hon. Member to the speech given by my rt. hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Manchester on 14 May, where he explained that when we transfer major powers to cities these must come with new city wide elected mayors who work with local councils.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 03/07/2015 13:01:56 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

385840

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Chemicals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with manufacturers of anti-freeze on the addition of bittering agents to reduce ingestion by animals.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>There have been no recent discussions between the Department and manufacturers of anti-freeze on adding bittering agents to reduce ingestion by animals. Some animal welfare groups and individuals have called for bittering agents to be added to anti-freeze but Cats Protection (a leading cat welfare organisation) point to research carried out in the US that suggests that such additions would not necessarily make any difference. Antifreeze products are already required to carry appropriate safety warnings under classification and labelling (CLP) regulations.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/07/2015 13:06:17 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

385860

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Local Government: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the proposed devolution of health care functions to Metro Mayors and Combined Authorities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Empowering local areas and communities to have more influence over the delivery of health and care services is a key part of the Government’s ambitions for locally integrated systems of care that lead to improved health and care outcomes, better experience and more efficient use of local resource.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The provisions in the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill will be exercised through the implementation of bespoke devolution deals, agreed with individual areas and reflecting each area’s proposals and ambitions for devolution. Whatever devolved arrangements are entered into Government is clear that existing accountabilities and national standards for NHS services will still apply in a manner that is consistent and comparable to the rest of the NHS, as set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between Greater Manchester partners and NHS England for example.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 03/07/2015 11:34:02 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown