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824594

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Funerals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce legislative proposals to strengthen the regulation of the funeral plan market and improve consumer protection.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	123395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The provision of a funeral plan is defined as a regulated activity and falls within the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory remit unless specific exemption criteria are met. This arrangement and these exemption criteria are set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001.</p><p> </p><p>This legislation exempts funeral plan providers from the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory remit where the following financial arrangements are conducted, which are designed to ensure that the customer’s payments are secure:</p><p> </p><ol><ol><li><p>the customer’s money is held in a trust fund, where more than half of the trustees are unconnected with the funeral plan provider. This trust must be managed by an authorised fund manager and be overseen by a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries; or</p></li><li><p>the customer’s money is placed in a life insurance policy, issued by an authorised insurer.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury sets the legislative framework for the regulation of financial services, including the provision of funeral plans, and continues to keep such exemptions under review to ensure the maintenance of effective prudential and conduct standards.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury regularly engages with external stakeholders and has heard views relating to the funeral plan market from a range of sources, including consumer groups and funeral plan providers.</p></li></ol></ol> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 123396 question first answered 24/01/2018 13:42:55 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

824595

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Funerals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on strengthening the regulation of the funeral plan market.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	123396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The provision of a funeral plan is defined as a regulated activity and falls within the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory remit unless specific exemption criteria are met. This arrangement and these exemption criteria are set out in the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001.</p><p> </p><p>This legislation exempts funeral plan providers from the Financial Conduct Authority’s regulatory remit where the following financial arrangements are conducted, which are designed to ensure that the customer’s payments are secure:</p><p> </p><ol><ol><li><p>the customer’s money is held in a trust fund, where more than half of the trustees are unconnected with the funeral plan provider. This trust must be managed by an authorised fund manager and be overseen by a Fellow of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries; or</p></li><li><p>the customer’s money is placed in a life insurance policy, issued by an authorised insurer.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury sets the legislative framework for the regulation of financial services, including the provision of funeral plans, and continues to keep such exemptions under review to ensure the maintenance of effective prudential and conduct standards.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury regularly engages with external stakeholders and has heard views relating to the funeral plan market from a range of sources, including consumer groups and funeral plan providers.</p></li></ol></ol> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 123395 question first answered 24/01/2018 13:42:55 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

819963

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Orthodox Christians seeking asylum in the UK from Syria for persecution are given fair and appropriate treatment and consideration.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	122035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>All claims for asylum are considered on their individual merits, and where people establish a genuine need for protection, or a well founded fear of persecution, refugee status will be granted.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/01/2018 12:57:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

802696

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military houses his Department owned in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016 and (h) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	118245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) properties owned by the Ministry of Defence between 1 April 2010 and 1 April 2017 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of SFA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2010</p></td><td><p>6,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2011</p></td><td><p>6,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2012</p></td><td><p>6,866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2013</p></td><td><p>7,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2014</p></td><td><p>7,547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2015</p></td><td><p>7,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2016</p></td><td><p>8,285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2017</p></td><td><p>8,232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/12/2017 17:05:10 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

802358

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on whether the UK’s Credit Reference Agencies have sent all the required demand letters to the banks requesting small business credit information.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	118045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s SME credit data sharing scheme will make it easier for challenger banks and alternative finance providers to check the creditworthiness of businesses, which will improve the chances of them being able to provide finance to SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>Each of the banks designated by the Government has received a formal letter from at least one of the designated credit reference agencies to request the data that banks are required to share under the scheme. All nine designated banks will therefore be sharing data by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury’s assessment of the impact of the scheme was published alongside the relevant legislation:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/273/pdfs/ukia_20150273_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/273/pdfs/ukia_20150273_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The regulations include a requirement for the Treasury to review the scheme, and the Competition and Markets Authority’s final report under the Retail banking market investigation recommended that the Treasury review the scheme in summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 118046 118047 question first answered 12/12/2017 15:00:39 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

802359

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential benefit to (a) small businesses seeking access to finance and (b) the alternative finance industry of implementing the Commercial Credit Data sharing scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	118046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s SME credit data sharing scheme will make it easier for challenger banks and alternative finance providers to check the creditworthiness of businesses, which will improve the chances of them being able to provide finance to SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>Each of the banks designated by the Government has received a formal letter from at least one of the designated credit reference agencies to request the data that banks are required to share under the scheme. All nine designated banks will therefore be sharing data by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury’s assessment of the impact of the scheme was published alongside the relevant legislation:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/273/pdfs/ukia_20150273_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/273/pdfs/ukia_20150273_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The regulations include a requirement for the Treasury to review the scheme, and the Competition and Markets Authority’s final report under the Retail banking market investigation recommended that the Treasury review the scheme in summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 118045 118047 question first answered 12/12/2017 15:00:39 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

802360

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Credit: Information Sharing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department’s timetable is for the implementation of the Commercial Credit Data Sharing scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	118047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s SME credit data sharing scheme will make it easier for challenger banks and alternative finance providers to check the creditworthiness of businesses, which will improve the chances of them being able to provide finance to SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>Each of the banks designated by the Government has received a formal letter from at least one of the designated credit reference agencies to request the data that banks are required to share under the scheme. All nine designated banks will therefore be sharing data by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury’s assessment of the impact of the scheme was published alongside the relevant legislation:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/273/pdfs/ukia_20150273_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2015/273/pdfs/ukia_20150273_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The regulations include a requirement for the Treasury to review the scheme, and the Competition and Markets Authority’s final report under the Retail banking market investigation recommended that the Treasury review the scheme in summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 118045 118046 question first answered 12/12/2017 15:00:39 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

760211

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of charging full rates on vacant business premises in economically deprived areas.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	105039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been undertaken on the effect of charging full rates on vacant business premises in economically deprived areas. However, regulations made under the Local Government Finance Act 1988, provide exemptions from empty property rates if a property is unoccupied for 3 or (6 months if it qualifies as an industrial property).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 09/10/2017 10:24:17 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

757509

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the trans-Pennine upgrade programme; and what the timetable is for completion.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	8496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>We are currently working with Rail North and Network Rail to develop very significant improvements for rail passengers on the route from 2022. These could be the result of investment in new trains, electrification or other infrastructure work. The options will be costed by December, ahead of a decision next year.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2017 12:07:16 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

757697

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Diamorphine: Prescriptions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether there are GPs in the Greater Manchester area who are licensed to dispense diamorphine on prescription.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	8683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>There are no such dispensing practices in Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p><p>In general, dispensing doctors, as well as community pharmacies, can dispense prescriptions for diamorphine, including those in the Greater Manchester area. Only those on the pharmaceutical list can do so under National Health Service pharmaceutical services. However, under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 1997, if the diamorphine is for addiction the prescribing general practitioner and the dispensing doctor must hold a special licence issued by the Home Secretary.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 13/09/2017 16:18:26 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds