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837966

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans for the Severn Bridge toll to be removed entirely.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	126996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government will abolish charging on the Severn bridges by the end of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/02/2018 11:27:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

837880

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the ratio of fee-charging and free-to-use cash dispensers in the 100 most deprived wards in England.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	126910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>There are currently around 70,000 ATMs in the UK, 55,000 of which are free to use. Government has not made an estimate of the ratio of fee charging and free to use cash dispensers in in the 100 most deprived wards in England. However, LINK, the scheme behind the UK’s ATM network, publishes data showing the number of free-to-use ATMs and pay-to-use ATMs available in each Parliamentary Constituency on its website https://www.link.co.uk/initiatives/financial-inclusion/.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/02/2018 15:58:37 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

837882

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Companies: Guernsey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects Guernsey’s register of beneficial ownership to be published; for what reasons publication has not yet taken place; and what support the Government is providing to assist Guernsey in publishing that register.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	126912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Dependencies are separate jurisdictions with their own democratically elected governments. The UK Government works closely with the Crown Dependencies, on transparency issues. Our priority is the implementation of the new bilateral arrangements concluded with them in 2016. Under these arrangements, the Crown Dependencies have committed to establish, where they have not already done so, central registers of beneficial ownership information or similarly effective systems and to give UK law enforcement and tax authorities near real-time access to beneficial ownership information on corporate and legal entities incorporated in their jurisdictions. Nevertheless, it remains the Government’s ambition for public registers to become the global standard. If this happens, we would expect the Crown Dependencies to follow suit.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 13/02/2018 15:14:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Baroness Hodge of Barking

837960

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service has the resources necessary to implement the new unexplained wealth orders.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	126990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has adequate resources to undertake work relating to unexplained wealth orders.</p><p>The Home Office will provide funding to the value of £70,500 in 2017-18 in order to support CPS POC and the ROCU/RART network to develop the knowledge and skills required in order to investigate cases appropriately and to conduct High Court civil litigation.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 19/02/2018 09:36:32 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

837964

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what modelling the Government has conducted on the potential effect on traffic on nearby roads of the removal of the Severn Bridge tolls.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	126994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>Prior to the Severn Crossings consultation in 2017 the Government undertook modelling to assess the impact of the policy to continue tolling at a reduced rate, and on the possible option of free-flow tolling. The modelling used a version of the M4-CAN traffic model extended to take account of the impact of changes in tolls on both the South West of England and Wales and included estimates of wider economic impacts consistent with DfT Transport Appraisal Guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced on 21 July 2017 that it was removing tolls by the end of 2018. No further modelling was undertaken by the Department for Transport on this specific option.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/02/2018 11:43:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

837965

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to ensure that adequate infrastructure is in place to cope with the potential increased traffic flow caused by the removal of the Severn Bridge toll.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	126995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>Government is looking at the investment needs of the South West as part of the next round of the Roads Investment Strategy (RIS), as part of its commitment to improving journeys across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/02/2018 11:35:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

837967

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the potential benefits of the removal of the Severn Bridge toll to the surrounding communities and businesses in (a) South Gloucestershire, and (b) the South West.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	126997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>We do not have specific modelling results for South Gloucestershire or the South West for the wider economic benefits of removing the existing tolls.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/02/2018 11:18:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

837968

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Severn River Crossing: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to collect any excess funds from the continuation of the Severn Bridge toll in 2018 beyond that which is expected to be spent on the necessary infrastructure for its eventual removal.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	126998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>There are a number of costs in addition to those incurred by the Government during the concession period, which include decommissioning and cessation of tolling, toll booth removal, highways realignment and specialist resurfacing work. Based on analysis of past traffic flow, the revenue to be received from a charging before abolition at the end of 2018 is predicted to be sufficient to cover such costs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/02/2018 12:01:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

837338

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Personal Savings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have withdrawn their retirement savings from a private pension in the last 12 months; and what assessment he has made of the long-term effect of the early withdrawal of those retirement savings on the retirement incomes of those people.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	126457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Between Q2 2016 and Q1 2017, individuals accessed over £6.4 billion from defined contribution pension pots through 1.4 million payments.</p><p> </p><p>Early evidence collected by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and HMRC suggests that individuals are making decisions to cash in small pots while drawing down a steadier income stream from larger pension pots. However, as of March 2017, 5.8 million defined contribution pots eligible for withdrawal, or 80% of all eligible pots, remained untouched. Overall it is too early to draw definitive behavioural lessons from the data that is currently available on withdrawals from defined contribution pots, given that pension freedoms have only been in place for little over two years.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is also undertaking a review of the post-freedoms retirement market and published its Retirement Outcomes Review interim report in July 2017. The final report is due to be published in the first half of 2018. The Government welcomes the FCA’s work in this area, awaits the publication of the final report, and will carefully consider any recommendations contained within it.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 12/02/2018 15:30:06 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

837436

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allocating funding from the apprenticeship levy to support apprenticeships in SMEs.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	126555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>The apprenticeship levy is paid by employers with a payroll of over £3 million a year. These employers are able to spend funds they have paid into the levy through their apprenticeship service account. All other employers use funds that have been allocated to providers, who offer apprenticeship training.</p><p> </p><p>We have recently awarded hundreds of providers across the country with initial awards totalling around £485 million to deliver apprenticeship training for non-levy paying employers. Non-levy paying employers benefit from government co-investment of 90 per cent of apprenticeship training and assessment costs. 100 per cent of the cost of training is paid for small employers, with fewer than 50 employees, who take on apprentices who are 16 to 18 years old, 19 to 24 year old care leavers or 19 to 24 year olds with an Education and Health Care Plan.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2018, we will allow eligible levy-paying employers to transfer up to 10 per cent of the annual value of funds entering their digital accounts to other employers, including smaller businesses.</p><p> </p><p>By 2019/20 annual investment in apprenticeships in England will be £2.45 billion, double what was spent in 2010-11, ensuring that all employers can access high quality apprenticeships training.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 13/02/2018 10:34:11 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick