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348947

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date	08/06/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will commission an independent review of the benefit sanctions system.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 03 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-05-27/170/" target="_blank">UIN 170</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2015 13:52:48 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

348966

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to abolish the two-week waiting period before claimants who are designated as not vulnerable may receive a hardship payment.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 9 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=QuestionsWithAnswersOnly&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=1243" target="_blank">UIN 1243</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 11/06/2015 13:24:59 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

348985

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to suspend benefit sanctions for families with children and for people suffering from mental ill health.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 5 June 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=QuestionsWithAnswersOnly&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2015-06-05&amp;answered-to=2015-06-05&amp;uin=176" target="_blank">UIN 176.</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/06/2015 15:29:32 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

348746

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve access for disabled people at National Rail stations.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>By the end of this year the Access for All programme, launched in 2006, will have provided step free routes to more than 150 stations and smaller scale improvements at over 1,100. A further £160m has been allocated to extend the programme until 2019 and the 68 stations to benefit from this were announced last year.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to access improvements delivered by other major projects or the industry itself, which must meet UK and EU standards for accessibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/06/2015 14:11:32 question first ministerially corrected 10/06/2015 14:43:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 3604 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

348747

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on taxis and private hire vehicles making additional charges for helping wheelchair users; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is committed to ensuring that everyone has the same access to transport services and opportunities to travel.</p><p> </p><p>Both taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) are a particularly valuable form of transport for people with disabilities and I would therefore strongly discourage the practice of making additional charges to assist a disabled passenger. I would remind all Taxi and PHV operators of their obligations under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2015 15:49:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

348748

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure taxi and private hire drivers undergo disability awareness training.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Although there is no statutory requirement for Taxi and PHV drivers to undertake disability awareness training, the Department for Transport’s best practice guidance on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing in England and Wales recommends local licensing authorities work with operators, drivers and trade bodies in their area to improve drivers’ awareness of the needs of disabled people. This includes encouraging their drivers to undertake disability awareness training. A separate licensing regime regulates taxi and private hire vehicles in Scotland and the Scottish Government publishes its own Best Practice guidance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Law Commission recently undertook a wide ranging review of taxi and private hire legislation in England and Wales and published their final report and a draft Bill on 23 May 2014, in which it recommended mandatory disability awareness training for drivers. The Government will respond to the report shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2015 15:55:09 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan