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383966

registered interest
date	18/06/2015
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	Universal Credit: Torbay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to further roll out the Universal Credit programme in Torbay constituency in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	3273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The national roll out of Universal Credit is on track. Torbay is part of our Tranche 4 roll out schedule which runs from December 2015 to April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>I enclose a link to overall roll out and expansion plans:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/06/2015 14:02:16 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

384427

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he plans to take to help people with disabilities into work and training.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	900458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have extended Access to Work to support disabled people take up supported internships and traineeships. We are launching Specialist Employability Support to provide intensive back to work support for more disabled people. We will continue to work with employers to ensure that they understand the benefits of recruiting and retaining disabled people.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/06/2015 16:04:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

348594

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Torbay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to the local council in Torbay to improve the supply and quality of local school places.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	1109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area, and supporting them in doing so is one of this government’s top priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Basic need funding is allocated to local authorities to support them in their work creating new school places. We use data provided by authorities to ensure funding is targeted according to levels of need in each area. Torbay has received £6 million of basic need funding for 2011-15, helping to create 147 new school places by the end of the academic year 2014-15, with many more in the pipeline. The 2015-18 basic need funding allocation for Torbay is £10 million.</p><p> </p><p>The previous government published the first primary basic need scorecards to hold local authorities to account for the quality of the places they create. Torbay’s scorecard showed that as of summer 2013, 94% of primary places were created in ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 11/06/2015 11:11:13 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

348595

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Torbay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on broadband black-spots and harder to help areas in Torbay constituency.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	1110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Current superfast broadband coverage is over 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage to homes and businesses by December 2017. This is an increase from 45% coverage in 2010.</p><p><br>Commercial broadband delivery is expected to cover 44,575 premises in the Torbay constituency. By the end of the Connecting Devon and Somerset project, coverage is expected to have increased to 49,101 premises.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This data is included in the table in the House of Commons Library: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 1111 question first answered 23/06/2015 15:44:57 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

348596

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Torbay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on rolling out broadband coverage in Torbay.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	1111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Current superfast broadband coverage is over 80% of UK premises and the Government remains committed to providing 95% coverage to homes and businesses by December 2017. This is an increase from 45% coverage in 2010.</p><p><br>Commercial broadband delivery is expected to cover 44,575 premises in the Torbay constituency. By the end of the Connecting Devon and Somerset project, coverage is expected to have increased to 49,101 premises.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This data is included in the table in the House of Commons Library: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/deposited-papers/?house=1&amp;search_term=Department+for+Culture%2c+Media+and+Sport&amp;itemId=122028#toggle-163</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 1110 question first answered 23/06/2015 15:44:57 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

348598

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Network Rail and First Great Western on improving the rail service to Torbay and the South West.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	1112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>Since December 2013, services on the 20 minute journey from Newton Abbot to Paignton have operated approximately every half an hour, an improvement on the previous hourly service with an additional 12 trains per day. The additional service was promoted by Torbay and Devon County Council and part funded by an EU grant.</p><p> </p><p>There are long standing aspirations to maintain and expand this service supported by recommendations in Network Rail’s Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS). The Department’s Rail Executive is in ongoing discussions with First Great Western and Network Rail about the continuation and expansion of this service and responses to our 2014 Great Western consultation showed strong support for this.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Network Rail continues to focus on the ongoing work as to whether a new or reopened inland route should be constructed to provide a more resilient railway for the South West, in addition to what works are ongoing to improve Dawlish itself.</p><p>Options for maintaining a resilient rail service to the Southwest Peninsula were presented by Network Rail to the Secretary of State in July 2014. The options will influence the next industry plan in 2016 and inform the Government’s rail investment strategy for 2019-2024.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail is progressing work on the existing rail route via Dawlish to ensure that future route failure is avoided.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/06/2015 11:16:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

348599

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on improving the resilience of the railway to Torbay and the South West.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	1113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail spent £40 million repairing and strengthening the line at Dawlish after the severe weather in 2014, and in order to try prevent the kind of damage to the railway that happened in 2014 from happening again, £31 million is also going into improving the resilience of the Great Western route.</p><p> </p><p>Options for maintaining a resilient rail service to the Southwest Peninsula were presented by Network Rail to the Secretary of State in July 2014. The options will influence the next industry plan in 2016 and inform the Government’s rail investment strategy for 2019-2024.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail is progressing work on the existing rail route via Dawlish to ensure that future route failure is avoided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/06/2015 11:21:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster