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1180859

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Parking: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the (a) lowest and (b) average car parking price in council owned car parks in town centres was in 2018-19 in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	21230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not collect this information. However, as part of our work to implement the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 and support local authority provision of off-street parking, we are working closely with both local government and private parking stakeholders to gather data and information to inform policy-making in this area.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 21233 question first answered 05/03/2020 11:22:18 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1179536

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeframe is for the coming into force of the provisions of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	18604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>On 3 November 2019 we announced we were contracting with the British Standards Institution (BSI) to develop the Code of Practice as a British Standard. Work with BSI commenced in December 2019, and they are now convening a group of key stakeholders, representing consumers and the industry, to write the Code. We have committed to developing the Parking Code of Practice this year. A public consultation will take place within six months, to give the parking industry, the public and other interested parties the opportunity to have a say. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2020 17:37:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1179589

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of people who surrendered their war widow's pension on remarrying or cohabiting before before 1 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	18622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Plymouth, Moor View answering member printed Johnny Mercer question first answered 27/02/2020 16:04:55 answering member 4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1178415

registered interest
date	13/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the EU has instigated infringement proceedings against the UK over its post production dilution duty regime; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	1971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Budget 2018 announced the Government’s intention to introduce legislation prohibiting the practice of post duty point dilution (PDPD). This change is due to take legal effect from April 2020. The Government’s announcement followed a review by HM Revenue &amp; Customs, which considered a wide range of information from businesses across the drinks industry and their representative bodies.</p><p> </p><p>The review concluded that the practice, which is not adopted across the alcohol sector, leads to certain products enjoying an unjustifiable competitive advantage in the UK market place and that this advantage comes at a significant cost to the Exchequer.</p><p> </p><p>The EU Commission has not instigated formal infringement proceedings against the UK on the matter of PDPD. However, under the EU’s pre-infringement process the Commission did request the UK’s observations regarding the PDPD and its compatibility with EU Law.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/02/2020 14:06:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1177413

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who transferred from (a) severe disability premium and (b) enhanced disability premium payments to universal credit are waiting for their payments to be (i) reinstated and (ii) backdated.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	14695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>Disabled people are some of the biggest beneficiaries of Universal Credit, with around 1 million disabled households having on average around £100 a month more on Universal Credit than they would have had on the legacy benefits. When designing Universal Credit, a choice was made not to replicate every aspect of the disability provision in the previous system, including the Enhanced Disability Premium.</p><p> </p><p>The Severe Disability Premium (SDP) gateway has been in place for over a year to prevent those claimants entitled to the SDP as part of their legacy benefit from claiming Universal Credit. We have successfully identified eligible former SDP claimants who have already moved to Universal Credit due to a change in circumstances, providing them with monthly payments and a lump sum in arrears, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>As of 17 January 2020, 15,397 claims have been paid an SDP transitional payment. The median value of the lump sum payments is £2,280. To date, over £51.5m has been disbursed to support former SDP claimants, including the recurring payments that have now commenced.</p><p> </p><p>Positive progress has been made and caseload growth has now slowed, however, in the event a new case is discovered payments will be in place quickly. It is not possible to estimate when we will have paid everyone who is entitled as some people become entitled to these payments retrospectively, and therefore the caseload is not a fixed number.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 14696 question first answered 17/02/2020 17:35:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1177414

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	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 the timescale is for all universal credit claimants who previously received (a) severe disability premium and (b) enhanced disability premium to (i) have their payments reinstated and (ii) receive backdated payments.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	14696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2020 answer text <p>Disabled people are some of the biggest beneficiaries of Universal Credit, with around 1 million disabled households having on average around £100 a month more on Universal Credit than they would have had on the legacy benefits. When designing Universal Credit, a choice was made not to replicate every aspect of the disability provision in the previous system, including the Enhanced Disability Premium.</p><p> </p><p>The Severe Disability Premium (SDP) gateway has been in place for over a year to prevent those claimants entitled to the SDP as part of their legacy benefit from claiming Universal Credit. We have successfully identified eligible former SDP claimants who have already moved to Universal Credit due to a change in circumstances, providing them with monthly payments and a lump sum in arrears, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>As of 17 January 2020, 15,397 claims have been paid an SDP transitional payment. The median value of the lump sum payments is £2,280. To date, over £51.5m has been disbursed to support former SDP claimants, including the recurring payments that have now commenced.</p><p> </p><p>Positive progress has been made and caseload growth has now slowed, however, in the event a new case is discovered payments will be in place quickly. It is not possible to estimate when we will have paid everyone who is entitled as some people become entitled to these payments retrospectively, and therefore the caseload is not a fixed number.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 14695 question first answered 17/02/2020 17:35:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1177415

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	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 the cost to the public purse was of legal challenges to her Department's policy to remove (a) severe disability premium and (b) enhanced disability premium payments from claimants transferring to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	14697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to ensuring everyone receives the support they need, which is why we currently spend a record £55 billion a year to support people with disabilities. Universal Credit is a simpler system than its predecessor. By not replicating the SDP and other premiums, we have been able to target additional support to a wider group of claimants and create a more streamlined system. It is important that the Government can design policy and challenge court decisions, where appropriate, that seek to change that policy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 13 February 2020, the Department has spent £215,846.89 on legal costs defending and appealing the cases in relation to people formerly in receipt of Severe Disability premium that have transferred to Universal Credit. These figures include Government Legal Department litigation fees, counsel’s fees and other disbursements, as well as VAT where payable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/02/2020 16:14:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1177417

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of NHS preparedness for an outbreak of the coronavirus in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	14699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is extremely well prepared for these types of outbreaks – we are one of the first countries in the world to develop a test for the new virus. The National Health Service is always ready to provide world class care to patients whether they have a common illness, or an infectious disease never seen here before.</p><p>The NHS has expert teams in every ambulance service and a number of specialist hospital units with highly trained staff and equipment ready to receive and care for patients with any highly infectious disease. Since April 2013, NHS England has commissioned a total of 15 adult respiratory extra corporeal membrane oxygenation beds from five providers in England, with further provision in Scotland. In periods of high demand, capacity can be increased.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/02/2020 16:24:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1177418

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional funding is being allocated to NHS trusts in preparation for a potential outbreak of the coronavirus.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	14700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>We are investing £40 million in vaccine research, are working with international efforts on therapeutics, as well as the immediate launch of a capital facility to support any urgent works the National Health Service needs for the coronavirus response, such as the creation of further isolation areas and other necessary facilities. The United Kingdom is also ramping up efforts to fund ground-breaking research into vaccines, diagnostics and cures to fight against the threat of future viruses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 18/02/2020 16:23:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1173951

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the people recruited by the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in 2019 resided in (i) Chesterfield constituency, (ii) Derbyshire and (iii) the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	8991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Intake to the Untrained Regular Armed Forces from Chesterfield, Derbyshire and the East Midlands, 1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Enlistment Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Navy/Royal Marines (RN/RM)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>British Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force (RAF)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>520</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 in line with disclosure control policy. Figures ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid bias, 5 or fewer is represented by '~'.</li><li>For the RN/RM and RAF, Parliamentary Constituency, County and Region have been identified from known full contact postcodes as recorded in the Defence Recruitment System (DRS).</li><li>For the Army, Local Authority has been derived using the Postcode District only, not the full postcode. Due to this, there could be instances where a Postcode District covers more than one Local Authority.</li><li>The figures for Chesterfield are a subset of those for Derbyshire, which are in turn a subset of the figures provided for the East Midlands.</li><li>There are around 600 Army personnel, 800 Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel and 40 Royal Air Force personnel who did not have a postcode on entry and some of these may come from the Chesterfield, Derbyshire or the East Midlands region.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 05/02/2020 16:03:01 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins