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985784

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: National Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to provide support for national service veterans to attend remembrance events.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	178293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>All veterans, including National Service veterans, are able to arrange attendance at remembrance events through their local branch of the Royal British Legion. For this year's Remembrance Day, the National Service Veterans Alliance have registered a group with The Royal British Legion at the Cenotaph to take part in the Remembrance Sunday Service and participate in the march past.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/10/2018 13:40:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

932310

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
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	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the housing association Right to Buy pilot schemes.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	158750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The forthcoming Midlands pilot will give thousands more housing association tenants the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of home ownership. The pilot will enable us to test key aspects of the voluntary agreement with housing associations not tested in the initial small-scale pilot, including the portable discount and one for one replacement. It will also allow us to better understand the level of demand, which will provide important evidence to inform the design of the main scheme.</p><p>Under the terms of the voluntary agreement between the Government and the National Housing Federation, housing associations will deliver an additional home through new supply nationally for every home sold hence increasing overall supply.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 03/07/2018 15:41:43 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

895516

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
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 timetable is for the roll out of Right to Buy to all Housing Association tenants.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	140070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring housing association tenants have the opportunity to own their homes, and the Midlands pilot announced at Autumn Budget 2017 is a clear demonstration of that. The pilot will launch in the Summer, and will give thousands more housing association tenants the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of home ownership.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 08/05/2018 16:37:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

884888

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Broadband: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to review tax rates applicable to the telecommunications industry for SMEs investing in broadband fibre.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	135876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The government keeps all tax rates under review, and is already introducing a five-year business rates relief for new full-fibre infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also launched a £190m Challenge Fund, the £67m nationwide Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme and the Digital Infrastructure Investment Fund with £400m of public investment to stimulate the market to build full-fibre infrastructure and connect more homes and businesses than ever before.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/04/2018 14:58:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

882581

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Telecommunications: Taxation
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 assessment he has made of the revenue accrued to the public purse from Fibre Tax in each tax year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	135643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information about business rates yield by type of property.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/04/2018 10:21:47 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

882582

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to abolish the Fibre Tax.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	135644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The government is introducing a five-year business rates relief for new fibre infrastructure to support the rollout of new fibre broadband infrastructure and future 5G communications to homes and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of their rates liability on existing fibre, telecom networks will benefit from recent measures to reduce the burden of business rates by over £10bn by 2023.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 23/04/2018 15:57:13 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

856954

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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	Affordable Housing
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 steps he is taking to ensure that public sector workers are prioritised in the purchase of affordable housing that has been developed through the sale of public sector land.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	131466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework, which was published for consultation on 5 March 2018, makes clear that essential local workers should be taken into account in planning for affordable homes. It defines a broad category of essential local workers for this purpose, as public sector employees who provide frontline services such as health and education.</p><p>This change will help ensure that the needs of key public sector workers are reflected in planning policies and development decisions, including schemes involving the sale or development of public sector land.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/03/2018 17:24:33 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 46695 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

857090

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
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	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 discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on lowering the taper rate for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	131602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>We have made the taper more generous by reducing the rate from 65 per cent to 63 per cent in April last year. This lowered the rate at which Universal Credit payments reduce when a claimant starts working, meaning claimants can keep more of every pound they earn. We expect this to benefit 3 million families once Universal Credit is fully rolled out.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As the Chancellor set out in the 2017 Autumn Budget, we keep these matters under review.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 16/03/2018 11:41:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

802999

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce a right to bid for assets held by local authorities to release land for housing.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	118419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Right to Contest already provides a mechanism by which local people can challenge public bodies, including local councils, to release unused and underused land for housing.</p><p>The Government has no current plans to change this approach but would give consideration to any specific proposals which come forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/12/2017 12:01:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 29543 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

776187

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Influenza
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 severity of the 2017-18 influenza season.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	108940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>International surveillance data identifies trends in seasonal influenza across different parts of the world. While this provides useful information, it cannot be assumed that influenza activity observed in other countries predicts the influenza strains which might circulate in the United Kingdom nor the level of seasonal influenza activity.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England is responsible for monitoring data on influenza activity on a weekly basis during the winter months, and this data is carefully assessed on an ongoing basis. Current data shows low levels of flu activity.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 31/10/2017 14:08:56 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland