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1006014

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date	13/11/2018
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	Gambling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the NHS in supporting people who have a gambling addiction.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	190799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Many people with gambling problems will receive treatment from the National Health Service. There are a range of services available to problem gamblers, details of which can be found on the NHS Choices website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/addiction/Pages/gamblingaddiction.aspx" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/Livewell/addiction/Pages/gamblingaddiction.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>Specialist facilities are provided through industry funding. Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has a national problem gambling clinic which accepts referrals from all over the United Kingdom. Further details are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/cnwl-national-problem-gambling-clinic/" target="_blank">http://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/cnwl-national-problem-gambling-clinic/</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has been commissioned to explore developing a guideline on non-chemical addictions, including gambling, which will give support to clinicians seeking to support problem gamblers.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 20/11/2018 15:11:33 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1005769

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2018 to Question 185533 on Dartford-Thurrock Crossing, if his Department will collect data about average journey times during peak hours.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	190369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Highways England, with the support of the Department for Transport, henceforth, will collate average monthly peak period journey time data and continue to gather the average journey time data provided in response to PQ 185533. Data will be obtained for both the northbound and southbound carriageways.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/11/2018 15:27:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1005770

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southeastern: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve reliability of rail services on the Bexleyheath line in advance of the new franchise agreement being agreed for services on that line.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	190370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The franchise agreements between the Department and train operators include key performance benchmarks. The Department monitors each train operator against these levels, and this includes regular meetings with its senior management where performance figures are scrutinised and challenged. There are a range of enforcement mechanisms available to the Department in the event of non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/11/2018 16:09:26 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1005771

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford Loop Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve reliability of rail services on the Crayford and Sidcup line in advance of the new franchise agreement being agreed for services on that line.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	190371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The franchise agreements between the Department and train operators include key performance benchmarks. The Department monitors each train operator against these levels, and this includes regular meetings with its senior management where performance figures are scrutinised and challenged. There are a range of enforcement mechanisms available to the Department in the event of non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/11/2018 15:46:18 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1005772

registered interest
date	12/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	North Kent Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve reliability of rail services on the Slade Green line in advance of the new franchise agreement being agreed for services on that line.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	190372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The franchise agreements between the Department and train operators include key performance benchmarks. The Department monitors each train operator against these levels, and this includes regular meetings with its senior management where performance figures are scrutinised and challenged. There are a range of enforcement mechanisms available to the Department in the event of non-compliance.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 20/11/2018 15:54:09 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

997678

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average journey time was to cross the Dartford Crossing northbound at peak times in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	185533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below contains the available average all-day journey time data for the northbound route from M25 Junction 2 to M25 Junction 30 which encompasses the Dartford Thurrock Crossing. This data represents that which has been collected and processed on a consistent and comparable basis since 2014. Unfortunately, the peak time only data for the same period is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Average Journey Time, Dartford Crossing Northbound (M25 J2 - J30), 2014-18</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time period (month-year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average journey time (minutes: seconds)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Time period (month-year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average journey time (minutes: seconds)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-14</p></td><td><p>06:48</p></td><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>07:01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-14</p></td><td><p>08:32</p></td><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>07:32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>07:56</p></td><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>07:26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14</p></td><td><p>08:32</p></td><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>08:05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-14</p></td><td><p>08:57</p></td><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>07:45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-14</p></td><td><p>09:28</p></td><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>08:55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-14</p></td><td><p>10:19</p></td><td><p>Jul-17</p></td><td><p>09:38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-14</p></td><td><p>11:22</p></td><td><p>Aug-17</p></td><td><p>10:14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-14</p></td><td><p>09:38</p></td><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>08:41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-14</p></td><td><p>09:54</p></td><td><p>Oct-17</p></td><td><p>08:30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-14</p></td><td><p>09:56</p></td><td><p>Nov-17</p></td><td><p>08:48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-14</p></td><td><p>08:42</p></td><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>08:42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-15</p></td><td><p>07:20</p></td><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>06:45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-15</p></td><td><p>08:26</p></td><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>07:56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-15</p></td><td><p>08:11</p></td><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>08:34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15</p></td><td><p>08:30</p></td><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>09:09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-15</p></td><td><p>08:36</p></td><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>08:29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-15</p></td><td><p>09:16</p></td><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>08:59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-15</p></td><td><p>08:59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-15</p></td><td><p>09:40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-15</p></td><td><p>08:00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-15</p></td><td><p>08:20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-15</p></td><td><p>08:38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-15</p></td><td><p>09:11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-16</p></td><td><p>08:31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-16</p></td><td><p>09:05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-16</p></td><td><p>08:02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>09:10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>09:28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>09:13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>10:12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>10:55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>10:39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>12:02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>09:29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>08:07</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/11/2018 12:45:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

997679

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Housing: Thames Estuary
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 assessment he has made of the need for investment in housing in the Thames Estuary.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	185534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to driving up housing supply where homes are most needed and in March 2016 established the independent Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission to develop an ambitious vision and delivery plan for north Kent, south Essex and east London up to 2050.</p><p>The Commission has now produced its report. Government will respond in full to the Commission’s report by the end of the calendar year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 06/11/2018 11:14:52 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

997682

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to respond to the report of the Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission; what plans he has to implement the recommendations of that Commission; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	185535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government will respond in full to the report of the Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission by the end of the calendar year.</p><p>At Budget 2018 we announced that, drawing on the Thames Estuary Commission report, the government will be supporting a study to develop options and consult the local area on a Great Thames Park.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 06/11/2018 11:23:07 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

992610

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve mental health support for members of the armed forces and veterans.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	907176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence works with a range of partners to ensure that serving personnel and veterans receive the mental health support they need. Last year we published a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy setting out measures to further improve the mental health of the Armed Forces. Earlier this year we commissioned a new 24/7 Mental Health Helpline for serving personnel and their families from Combat Stress, linking into its existing service for veterans.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 22/10/2018 15:44:01 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

984816

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Bexley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the pupil to teacher ratio was in primary schools in (a) the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) Bexley Borough in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	177616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides pupil to teacher ratios, calculated using both qualified and unqualified teachers, in state funded primary schools (excluding nursery schools) in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and Bexley local authority from November 2011 to 2017. These figures are not available for 2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Pupil to teacher ratios[1]</strong> <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Primary Schools</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Bexleyheath and Crayford</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bexley</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011[2]</strong></p></td><td><p>23.9</p></td><td><p>22.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td><td><p>21.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>21.7</p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015[3]</strong></p></td><td><p>21.9</p></td><td><p>21.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016[4]</strong></p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td><td><p>22.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>22.3</p></td><td><p>22.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census and Pupil Census</p><p> </p><p>[1] Pupil Teacher Ratios are calculated by dividing the total Full Time Equivalent (FTE) number of pupils on roll in schools in each year by the total number of FTE teachers in schools in each year. Where schools are not open on Census day (January) they are excluded. See School Workforce Census methodology document for further information: Methodology: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/719857/SWFC_MethodologyDocument_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/719857/SWFC_MethodologyDocument_.pdf</a>.</p><p>[2] Figures for Bexley exclude 2 out of 58 schools that did not provide a return for teachers.</p><p>[3] Figures for Bexley exclude 1 out of 57 schools that did not provide a return for teachers.</p><p>[4] Figures for Bexley exclude 1 out of 57 schools that did not provide a return for teachers.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/10/2018 14:57:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett