Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
type
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1011440

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of defendants seeking to use section 76(8) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 as a key form of defence within criminal trials.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/11/2018 10:31:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1011442

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle online scams which rely on the individual voluntarily transferring money.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that fraudulent transactions of this manner, commonly known as Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams, can significantly impact those affected.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, the Government set up the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) with a statutory objective to, among other things, ensure that payment systems are operated in a way that takes account of users’ needs. The PSR is addressing these kinds of scams as part of a programme of work announced in December 2016, following a Which? Super-complaint on the issue.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2018, the PSR established a steering group of consumer representatives and banks to draft an industry code to help protect consumers against these kinds of scam. The code was published for consultation in September 2018, with the intention for the final code to be in place in 2019. The aim of this code is to reduce the incidence of APP scams, and it will set out rules on how industry should reimburse consumers in certain scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>It is right that industry takes the necessary steps to protect consumers against this kind of fraud. The Government supports the work the PSR is driving forward to tackle these kinds of scams in conjunction with industry, consumer groups and other regulatory and government bodies.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 28/11/2018 13:04:16 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1011443

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	Women against State Pension Inequality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to accept recommendations made by the Ombudsman's investigation into complaints regarding WASPI.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The process of any Ombudsman investigation is effectively unchanged since their creation by the Labour Government in 1967.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Ombudsman is currently considering whether to investigate, and if so, the scope of that investigation. Should he decide to investigate, the DWP will co-operate in full with that process.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/11/2018 15:03:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1011445

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Typhoon Aircraft: Safety Measures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 189831 on European Fighter Aircraft: Safety Measures, and with reference to Regulatory Article 1205 para 1b, on what basis the operating duty holder's tolerable and ALARP safety statement for the Typhoon aircraft is made when considering the mid-air collision risk.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Douglas Ross
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The requirements of Regulatory Article (RA) 1205 para 1b are fully met as part of the Operating duty holder's Tolerable and ALARP safety statement consideration of mid-air collision risk.</p><p>The Typhoon Safety Case explicitly states what is Reasonably Practicable and Tolerable in terms of fitment of Collision Warning Systems and the other systems detailed in RA1205 for this platform. The RA states that the 'Collision Warning System' term is intentionally used to allow flexibility in identifying the optimal solution for platforms, including those currently under development.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/11/2018 15:50:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4627 label Biography information for Douglas Ross

1011446

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Healthy Pupils Capital Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to publish a report on how the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund has been spent by schools.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Existing mechanisms for school condition funding are being used to report on Healthy Pupils Capital Fund (HPCF) expenditure. We plan to collect data on HPCF spend during 2018/19 in 2019 and include it in our published report on capital spend by local authorities and multi- academy trusts on the school estate, which will be published in 2020.</p><p>Successful HPCF projects funded through the Condition Improvement Fund 2018-19 have been published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/condition-improvement-fund-2018-to-2019-outcome</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 29/11/2018 16:42:46 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1011447

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	Social Rented Housing: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 20 November 2018 to Questions 190336 and 190337, whether he has made an estimate of how much of the £4.8bn spent by social housing providers was spent on increasing the energy efficiency of (a) the housing stock and (b) houses occupied by persons in fuel poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no such estimates.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/11/2018 15:14:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1011448

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons his Department is not running in-house bids for the operation of (a) HMP Wellingborough and (b) HMP Glen Parva.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a diverse market of prison operators and competition for custodial services remains an important way of achieving that and driving quality of operations and innovation across the system. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service will not be bidding in the competition to operate the new prisons at Wellingborough and Glen Parva but will instead provide a ‘public sector benchmark’, against which against which potential operators’ bids can be assessed. It is right that the prison service focuses on getting the basics right in prisons, however where bids do not meet sufficient quality or value for money thresholds it will act as the provider.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS will soon launch a competition to establish a framework of prison operators, from which the operator for the new prison at Wellingborough and potentially further prisons will be selected. This process will enable us to undertake rigorous financial and operational assessment of bids put forward by any existing or potential operator to ensure they are of sufficient quality, value and affordability.</p><p> </p><p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places. The Chancellor reaffirmed this commitment in the Budget, announcing that we intend to build the new prisons at Wellingborough, which is due to open in 2021 and Glen Parva, which we expect to open in 2022, through public capital.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 194130 194146 question first answered 26/11/2018 15:46:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1011449

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to issue invitations to tender for the operation of (a) HMP Wellingborough and (b) HMP Glen Parva.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a diverse market of prison operators and competition for custodial services remains an important way of achieving that and driving quality of operations and innovation across the system. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service will not be bidding in the competition to operate the new prisons at Wellingborough and Glen Parva but will instead provide a ‘public sector benchmark’, against which against which potential operators’ bids can be assessed. It is right that the prison service focuses on getting the basics right in prisons, however where bids do not meet sufficient quality or value for money thresholds it will act as the provider.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS will soon launch a competition to establish a framework of prison operators, from which the operator for the new prison at Wellingborough and potentially further prisons will be selected. This process will enable us to undertake rigorous financial and operational assessment of bids put forward by any existing or potential operator to ensure they are of sufficient quality, value and affordability.</p><p> </p><p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places. The Chancellor reaffirmed this commitment in the Budget, announcing that we intend to build the new prisons at Wellingborough, which is due to open in 2021 and Glen Parva, which we expect to open in 2022, through public capital.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 194129 194146 question first answered 26/11/2018 15:46:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1011450

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 20 November 2018 to Questions 190336 and 190337, what estimate he has made of the expenditure by private registered providers of social housing on maintenance and repairs in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Expenditure on maintenance and major repairs by private registered providers of social housing was £5.1 billion in 2014, £5.2 billion in 2015 and £5.1 billion in 2016.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/11/2018 16:24:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1011451

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	Incinerators: Health Hazards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate the Chief Medical Officer has made of the cost to the NHS of emissions from waste incinerators.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	194029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of cost to the National Health Service of emissions from incinerators.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England’s position is that well run and regulated modern municipal waste incinerators are not a significant risk to public health. This is because modern, well managed incinerators make only a small contribution to local concentrations of air pollutants. It is possible that such small additions could have an impact on health but such effects, if they exist, are likely to be very small and not detectable.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/11/2018 14:14:31 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew