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642976

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date	23/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet a delegation from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Equitable Life to discuss the closure of the Equitable Life Payment Scheme and the sum which has not so far been distributed.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	54660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>Although the Equitable Life Payment Scheme is closed, I would be happy to meet with a delegation from the All Party Parliamentary Group for Justice for Equitable Life Policy Holders.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 28/11/2016 14:19:59 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

642990

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	Waste Disposal: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Dorset Waste Partnership does not charge householders for the disposal of waste arising from DIY projects.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	54659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>In 2015 the government introduced legislation to prevent local authorities from charging their residents to dispose of household waste at household waste recycling centres. Recently updated guidance on these centres, prepared by the charity WRAP, classifies DIY waste as household waste if it results from work a householder would normally carry out. The government supports that position.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 28/11/2016 17:50:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

643140

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the Government has agreed to the request of the Scottish Government to delay for three years the transfer of welfare powers in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	54636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>At the request of Scottish Government Ministers, the UK Government has agreed to consider an approach to splitting competence, and to extend the timetable for transfer of executive competence for the remaining welfare sections of the Scotland Act 2016, to April 2020. The UK Government’s priority is the 1.4 million Scots who will be affected by the changes, and we will continue to work with the Scottish Government to achieve a safe and secure transfer of powers. This was discussed at the Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare on 11 October, the minutes of which are available publicly.</p><p> </p><p>Once the Scottish Parliament are ready to assume executive competence of the powers, the funding will transfer, and it will be for the Scottish Government to confirm how these arrangements will feature in its forthcoming budget. A number of welfare provisions in the Act, including the power to create new benefits in devolved areas and the power to top up reserved benefits, have already come into force.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell grouped question UIN 54637 question first answered 28/11/2016 11:41:36 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

643141

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reasons the Scottish Government has given for requesting to defer responsibility for welfare in April 2017; and what assessment the Government has made of the consequences of that delay to the Scottish Government's budget.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	54637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>At the request of Scottish Government Ministers, the UK Government has agreed to consider an approach to splitting competence, and to extend the timetable for transfer of executive competence for the remaining welfare sections of the Scotland Act 2016, to April 2020. The UK Government’s priority is the 1.4 million Scots who will be affected by the changes, and we will continue to work with the Scottish Government to achieve a safe and secure transfer of powers. This was discussed at the Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare on 11 October, the minutes of which are available publicly.</p><p> </p><p>Once the Scottish Parliament are ready to assume executive competence of the powers, the funding will transfer, and it will be for the Scottish Government to confirm how these arrangements will feature in its forthcoming budget. A number of welfare provisions in the Act, including the power to create new benefits in devolved areas and the power to top up reserved benefits, have already come into force.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell grouped question UIN 54636 question first answered 28/11/2016 11:41:36 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

642178

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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	Local Government: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many meetings officials of his Department have had with (a) elected Councillors from Dorset's nine Councils and (b) employees of Dorset's nine Councils since 1 September 2016; and at which point the local Government reorganisation in Dorset has been discussed.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	54320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Officials in my department regularly meet with councillors and officials from Dorset on a range of issues, including the future of local government in Dorset. A comprehensive list of meetings could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 29/11/2016 19:39:49 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 22825 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

642179

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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	Local Government: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, at whose request his proposed meeting with elected members and employees of Dorset Council, for 30 November 2016 has been arranged; and what the agenda is for that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	54321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The meeting has been arranged at the request of local Dorset leaders to discuss their views on local government structures in the area.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 29/11/2016 19:29:07 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 22826 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

642322

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Mergers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what circumstances NHS organisations are allowed to apply to reinstate merger proposals which have been previously rejected by the Competition and Markets Authority.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	54322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has a duty to review mergers and acquisitions involving National Health Service foundation trusts to assess the impact on quality and choice of NHS services to patients. If an NHS proposal has been reviewed and has given undertakings to the CMA relating to its future merger or reorganisation plans, then the NHS foundation trusts can put forward any new proposal to merge services or work jointly for the CMA to consider. The CMA will then consider whether there has been a change in circumstances to justify varying or releasing the undertakings previously given.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/11/2016 14:09:15 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

642323

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Community Hospitals: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2016 to Question 53429, how many community hospital beds are located in East Dorset; and what plans he has for the future number of such beds.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	54318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 21 November 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=53429" target="_blank">53429</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the information provided in my Answer to Question 53429, NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) advises there are 22 inpatient beds at Wimborne Hospital and 22 at St Leonard’s Hospital in the East Dorset locality. Any future plans for these beds are a matter for the local NHS. We understand the CCG is in the process of carrying out a Clinical Services Review, which will be subject to public consultation in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The CCG also advises that Broadwaters residential care home sited in Wick is a local authority facility where 26 beds provide care to Bournemouth people.</p><p> </p><p>The CCG further advises Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS Dorset CCG and the local authority spot purchase with a large range of care/nursing homes a further 18 beds across both Christchurch and Bournemouth localities.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 54319 question first answered 25/11/2016 14:38:10 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

642324

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Community Hospitals: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2016 to Question 53429, at which specific location the 44 beds in (a) Bournemouth North, (b) Central Bournemouth, Christchurch and (d) East Bournemouth are situated; and for what reason none of the planned additional 69 community beds is to be located in Bournemouth or Christchurch.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	54319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 21 November 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=53429" target="_blank">53429</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the information provided in my Answer to Question 53429, NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) advises there are 22 inpatient beds at Wimborne Hospital and 22 at St Leonard’s Hospital in the East Dorset locality. Any future plans for these beds are a matter for the local NHS. We understand the CCG is in the process of carrying out a Clinical Services Review, which will be subject to public consultation in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The CCG also advises that Broadwaters residential care home sited in Wick is a local authority facility where 26 beds provide care to Bournemouth people.</p><p> </p><p>The CCG further advises Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS Dorset CCG and the local authority spot purchase with a large range of care/nursing homes a further 18 beds across both Christchurch and Bournemouth localities.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 54318 question first answered 25/11/2016 14:38:10 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

638053

registered interest
date	16/11/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many reports of misleading websites have been made to the webpage www.gov.uk/misleadingwebsites; how many different websites have been the subject of such reports; and what steps the Government has taken as a result of such reports.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	53428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p><a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> provides a single ‘front page’ through which users can report misleading websites - however, users are linked through to Action Fraud and Google to make the reports themselves. <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> is just one of many sources of referral to these sources.</p><p>For government action on misleading websites, I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous answer to PQ52413.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 22/11/2016 08:50:07 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope