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1121336

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date	11/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the (a) Government's clean air strategy and (b) roll-out of clean air zones of enabling the provision of (i) car clubs, (ii) daily car rental schemes and (iii) other alternatives to private vehicle ownership.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	244049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Defra did not assess the direct impact of car clubs, daily car rental schemes or other alternatives to private vehicle ownership on the Clean Air Strategy or the roll out of the Clean Air Zones.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Air Strategy was published in January this year and sets our approach for reducing emissions from a range of sources in order to improve air quality and reduce the impacts on human health and the environment. The policies in the Strategy were subject to extensive consultation, and estimates of the reduction in emissions delivered by these policies were published in April in the National Air Pollution Control Programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Air Zone Framework is designed to provide a consistent approach to the introduction of Clean Air Zones by local authorities in order to help businesses and individuals and support cities to grow and transition to a low emission economy. This will allow businesses and individuals to make straightforward economic decisions about which vehicles to purchase, and how and when they use them. The framework is also designed to encourage local authorities to explore promoting alternative modes of transport, including buses, cycling and walking, and other sustainable transport alternatives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 23/04/2019 11:19:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1121337

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Asthma: Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that prescription charges do not have an impact on health inequalities in people with asthma, following Asthma UK’s recent report Paying to Breathe: Why unfair asthma prescription charges must be stopped?.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	244090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Extensive arrangements are already in place to help people afford National Health Service prescriptions. These include a broad range of NHS prescription charge exemptions, for which someone with asthma may qualify.</p><p>To support those with greatest need who do not qualify for an exemption, prescription prepayment certificates are available. A holder of a 12-month certificate can get all the prescriptions they need for just £2 per week.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 24/04/2019 12:31:38 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1121340

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Community Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations she has received on the use of church facilities for community purposes at times when worship or church events are not taking place.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	244093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Church of England encourages its churches to consider making wider, more imaginative and more strategic use of their buildings, where this will help them to fulfil their purpose of being a Christian presence in every community. There is national guidance on selecting the right legal and funding model to develop church buildings for uses beyond worship, whether that is to tackle issues of social justice, or for a commercial partnership. Individual decisions on what is right for particular churches and communities are made by parishes.</p><p>National guidance is available here, along with a number of case studies: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/more/church-resources/churchcare/advice-and-guidance-church-buildings/sharing-your-building" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/more/church-resources/churchcare/advice-and-guidance-church-buildings/sharing-your-building</a></p><p>The Diocese of Hereford has produced a comprehensive resource on developing church buildings for additional uses, called Crossing the Threshold, available here: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/more/church-resources/churchcare/making-changes-your-building-and-churchyard" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/more/church-resources/churchcare/making-changes-your-building-and-churchyard</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 23/04/2019 07:18:10 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1121343

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of reducing the current £16,000 savings threshold for entitlement to Employment and Support Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	244145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>We have no plans to change the capital rule on income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).</p><p>Entitlement to contributory ESA is not affected by the amount of capital a person has.</p><p> </p><p>The current upper capital limit strikes a balance between protecting less well-off people and protecting the taxpayer, whilst at the same time recognising the conscientious efforts of people who have built up capital. This limit ensures that the help which comes from taxpayers, many of whom are themselves on low incomes and have limited capital, is directed to people who need it most.</p><p>The effect of reducing the savings threshold would be that fewer claimants would be entitled to ESA.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/04/2019 10:27:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1121388

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans are claimants of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	244162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to consider opportunities to improve our understanding of those claiming Universal Credit, including ways in which we might identify claims from veterans.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/04/2019 09:43:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1121389

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans are owed back-payments for employment and support allowance as a result of historical errors from her Department.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	244163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department only collects data which determines benefit entitlement or which contributes to the good management of a claim.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/04/2019 11:08:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1121390

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Personal Independence Payment: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans are owed-back payments of personal independence payment as a result of the the High Court ruling of 21 December 2017 on RF v Secretary of State for Work And Pensions [2017] EWHC 3375.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	244164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Information on owed-back payments of Personal Independence Payment to veterans as a result of High Court rulings is not held as the Department does not collect information on whether claimants on Personal Independence Payment are veterans.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/04/2019 11:02:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1121391

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of 9 April 2019, Official Report, column 159, which banks the Government is working with; how much funding has been made available; and what the process is for businesses to apply for that funding.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	244078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that should there be no deal, we would support the economy through whatever action is appropriate. Meanwhile, our modern industrial strategy will ensure that the UK remains one of the most competitive locations in the world for manufacturing investment.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers have regular engagement with a wide range of banks and other financial services providers to discuss a variety of matters, including support for businesses as the UK withdraws from the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>Individual banks’ lending commitments are commercial decisions for those organisations, and are in the public domain. Businesses should engage with lenders in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 244079 question first answered 24/04/2019 08:00:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1121393

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of 9 April 2019, Official Report, column 159, if he will publish the (a) organisations and (b) individual his Department is consulting with to establish (a) the level of need and (b) the most appropriate way to make that support available.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	244079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that should there be no deal, we would support the economy through whatever action is appropriate. Meanwhile, our modern industrial strategy will ensure that the UK remains one of the most competitive locations in the world for manufacturing investment.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers have regular engagement with a wide range of banks and other financial services providers to discuss a variety of matters, including support for businesses as the UK withdraws from the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>Individual banks’ lending commitments are commercial decisions for those organisations, and are in the public domain. Businesses should engage with lenders in the usual manner.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 244078 question first answered 24/04/2019 08:00:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1121396

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: National Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department's policy on the criteria for awarding people awaiting a decision on their refugee status a national insurance number.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	244159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Asylum Seekers are provided with a National Insurance number if they have permission to work. The rules allow those asylum seekers who have been waiting for 12 months through no fault of their own to take up employment in Shortage Occupation list roles.</p><p>Asylum Seekers who are granted leave to remain are provided with a National Insurance number by DWP as quickly as possible after their grant. We have worked with DWP to ensure National Insurance numbers are issued on the BRP to enable those with a right to work.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2019 12:26:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows