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983135

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	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, how many people affected by the lower benefit cap in May 2018 were also affected by the cap in February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	175879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Lower Benefit Cap was introduced on 7<sup>th</sup> November, 2016. There were 27,000 households who had their Housing Benefit capped in both February 2017 and May 2018. 1,000 households had their Universal Credit capped in both February 2017 and May 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/10/2018 16:13:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

983136

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	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, how many people no longer affected by the lower benefit cap became exempt because they became in receipt of (a) employment and support allowance (support group), (b) personal independent payments and (c) another exempting benefit.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	175880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The breakdown of information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of households that no longer had their Housing Benefit capped at May 2018 because they became exempt as they were in receipt of an exempt benefit is published here: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at: <a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/10/2018 09:52:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

983225

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Private Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
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 recent progress his Department has made on introducing mandatory electrical safety checks in the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	175881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to offering greater protection to tenants and ensuring that people are living in safe and good quality properties.</p><p>The majority of landlords already take the safety of their tenants seriously. Landlords have their electrical installations checked regularly to identify and eliminate possible hazards unseen by the tenant. Existing legislation already requires landlords to keep electrical installations in their property in repair and proper working order and it is currently best practice for landlords to organise periodic inspection and testing and to provide a report to the tenant.</p><p>On 19 July 2018, we announced that we will introduce a mandatory requirement on landlords in the private rented sector to ensure electrical installations in their property are inspected every five years. We are working to bring these regulations into force as soon as possible, subject to parliamentary approval and timetable.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 175884 question first answered 15/10/2018 16:05:58 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

983226

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Electrical Safety: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing free electrical safety checks for vulnerable older people.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	175882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has recently announced that it will introduce new requirements for landlords to conduct electrical safety checks in the private rented sector to help ensure the safety of all their tenants, including older people. In the Social Housing Green Paper we are consulting on whether new safety measures in the private rented sector should also apply to social housing, as well as whether there are any changes needed to the definition of what constitutes a Decent Home<em>. </em></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/10/2018 14:58:11 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

983227

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Owner Occupation: Electrical Safety
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 help is available to people living in the owner-occupied housing sector who have electrically unsafe properties but are unable to afford essential remedial work.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	175883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not run any schemes to provide financial support for electrical safety remedial work in the owner occupied sector.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/10/2018 14:57:36 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

971686

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been supplied with NHS-funded hearing aids in each clinical commissioning group area in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	173501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of people supplied with National Health Services-funded hearing aids is not collated centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requested information for spend on audiology services by each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Data on national spend is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Total spend on audiology services in £ million</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admitted Patient Care</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td><td><p>124.5</p></td><td><p>161.8</p></td><td><p>163.5</p></td><td><p>152.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outpatient Attendances</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>24.2</p></td><td><p>32.0</p></td><td><p>36.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Health Services</p></td><td><p>208.5</p></td><td><p>172.9</p></td><td><p>193.5</p></td><td><p>201.0</p></td><td><p>196.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>255.5</p></td><td><p>328.2</p></td><td><p>379.5</p></td><td><p>396.5</p></td><td><p>385.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on projected spend on audiology services is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs are responsible for commissioning audiology services. The Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss framework will help CCGs to deliver on their responsibility to commission high quality, responsive hearing services by establishing what good commissioning looks like.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 173502 173503 question first answered 17/09/2018 13:24:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

971687

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Audiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on audiology services (a) nationally and (b) by each clinical commissioning group in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	173502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of people supplied with National Health Services-funded hearing aids is not collated centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requested information for spend on audiology services by each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Data on national spend is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Total spend on audiology services in £ million</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admitted Patient Care</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td><td><p>124.5</p></td><td><p>161.8</p></td><td><p>163.5</p></td><td><p>152.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outpatient Attendances</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>24.2</p></td><td><p>32.0</p></td><td><p>36.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Health Services</p></td><td><p>208.5</p></td><td><p>172.9</p></td><td><p>193.5</p></td><td><p>201.0</p></td><td><p>196.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>255.5</p></td><td><p>328.2</p></td><td><p>379.5</p></td><td><p>396.5</p></td><td><p>385.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on projected spend on audiology services is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs are responsible for commissioning audiology services. The Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss framework will help CCGs to deliver on their responsibility to commission high quality, responsive hearing services by establishing what good commissioning looks like.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 173501 173503 question first answered 17/09/2018 13:24:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

971688

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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	Audiology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the projected spend on audiology services is (a) this year and (b) next year, broken down (i) nationally and (ii) by clinical commissioning group.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	173503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested on the number of people supplied with National Health Services-funded hearing aids is not collated centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The requested information for spend on audiology services by each clinical commissioning group (CCG) is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Data on national spend is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Total spend on audiology services in £ million</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admitted Patient Care</p></td><td><p>25.8</p></td><td><p>124.5</p></td><td><p>161.8</p></td><td><p>163.5</p></td><td><p>152.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outpatient Attendances</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>24.2</p></td><td><p>32.0</p></td><td><p>36.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Health Services</p></td><td><p>208.5</p></td><td><p>172.9</p></td><td><p>193.5</p></td><td><p>201.0</p></td><td><p>196.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>255.5</p></td><td><p>328.2</p></td><td><p>379.5</p></td><td><p>396.5</p></td><td><p>385.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/" target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/reference-costs/</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on projected spend on audiology services is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>CCGs are responsible for commissioning audiology services. The Commissioning Services for People with Hearing Loss framework will help CCGs to deliver on their responsibility to commission high quality, responsive hearing services by establishing what good commissioning looks like.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 173501 173502 question first answered 17/09/2018 13:24:55 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

969144

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of increasing his Department's funding to Bikeability.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	171279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Bikeability programme is an important part of the Government’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, because it provides the next generation of cyclists with the skills and confidence to make cycling a natural choice for shorter journeys.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy included a commitment that the Department would invest £50 million to support Bikeability over the period to 2020, and the programme is currently delivering more than 300,000 training places per year to children in England outside London. The Government also announced in August that it would provide an additional £1m of funding for Bikeability as part of a suite of new measures aimed at halving childhood obesity by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>A further £1 million has been raised through a commercial partnership between Halfords and The Bikeability Trust. Additional funding has also been allocated to a new pilot scheme to develop a cycle training package for driving instructors aimed at improving empathy and understanding between road users. Funding and delivery of Bikeability in London is devolved to Transport for London and the London boroughs.</p><p> </p><p>Future funding for Bikeability will be considered during the next Spending Review. The Department for Transport is currently evaluating the benefits of the programme with more than 200 schools nationwide, and expects to be in a position to publish the findings in summer 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2018 10:25:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

964262

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Safety Belts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing penalty points on drivers' licences for not wearing seat belts.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	168954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the potential merits of introducing penalty points on drivers' licences for not wearing seat belts. The “Seat belt and mobile phone use surveys: England and Scotland, 2014” observed that 98.2% of car drivers were using seat belts, suggesting that take-up is nearly universal.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/09/2018 13:38:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick