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1123576

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecoms Supply Chain Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what date he plans to publish the response to the Telecoms Supply Chain Review.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	248603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>A statement will be made to the House to communicate the decision at the appropriate time.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/05/2019 12:13:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1123592

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Essex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received on Essex county council's proposed closure of its libraries.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	248604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>DCMS has received a number of representations from local people and bodies about Essex County Council’s proposed Future Library Services Strategy for 2019 to 2024. The Council consulted on this from 29 November 2018 to 21 February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS officials are in regular contact with Essex County Council officers to discuss its libraries proposals and the importance of it meeting its statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. We understand that the Council is currently analysing the responses to the consultation and their aim is to finalise the strategy and present to their Cabinet in Summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 248605 question first answered 02/05/2019 12:26:19 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1123687

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Essex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions (a) he and (b) his departmental officials have had with Essex county council on its (i) proposed closure of libraries and (b) statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	248605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>DCMS has received a number of representations from local people and bodies about Essex County Council’s proposed Future Library Services Strategy for 2019 to 2024. The Council consulted on this from 29 November 2018 to 21 February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>DCMS officials are in regular contact with Essex County Council officers to discuss its libraries proposals and the importance of it meeting its statutory duty to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service. We understand that the Council is currently analysing the responses to the consultation and their aim is to finalise the strategy and present to their Cabinet in Summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 248604 question first answered 02/05/2019 12:26:19 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1110575

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bescot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate Network Rail has made of the business rates that will be payable to Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the event that planning consent is granted for a new sleeper factory at Bescot Rail Yard.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	242743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>A proposal for a new facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network. The facility is intended to make up the shortfall when an existing facility at Washwood Heath is closed to become an HS2 depot.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail estimates that the proposed development will generate approximately £300,000 in annual business rates revenue payable to Sandwell Borough Council.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/04/2019 10:38:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1110576

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bescot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which sites were identified by Network Rail as its (a) second and (b) third choice preference for a new sleeper factory following the selection of Bescot Rail Yard as its preferred site; for what reasons those two sites were rejected; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	242744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>A proposal for a new facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network. The facility is intended to make up the shortfall when an existing facility at Washwood Heath is closed to become an HS2 depot.</p><p> </p><p>There were originally six sites identified as potential locations for a new sleeper factory. Following a comprehensive review, Bescot Down in Sandwell and Kingmoor Depot in Carlisle were shortlisted for final consideration.</p><p> </p><p>Kingmoor was subsequently discounted for a variety of reasons, including: a number of potentially significant environmental constraints such as land contamination; being located adjacent to several designated heritage assets as well as being within a world heritage site – significantly increasing development costs and reducing viability; and its geographical location in the north-west of England posing logistical challenges for transporting sleepers to projects based around the entire network.</p><p> </p><p>I have no plans to make a statement about the proposed facility.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/04/2019 10:15:09 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1110582

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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	Silica: Health Hazards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on human health of exposure to silica dust; what (a) guidance and (b) legislative measures are in place to control human exposure to silica dust; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	242745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Many studies have indicated that silica dust can be harmful when inhaled. In the United Kingdom, all workplaces must comply with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, which sets a workplace exposure limit for silica. Occupational health and safety is under the remit of the Health and Safety Executive, who have issued guidance and advice to help employers manage risks and to raise awareness of the importance of controlling exposure to harmful materials at work which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg463.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg463.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 15/04/2019 13:02:57 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1110583

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Air Pollution: Wednesbury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the statistics his Department holds on air quality in Wednesbury in the borough of Sandwell.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	242746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Statistics from national air quality monitoring networks are published on the UK-AIR website. The national network for the main set of air pollutants is the Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN), which meets the requirements of the Ambient Air Quality Directive (2008/50/EC).</p><p> </p><p>Hourly measurements from this network are published within two hours of measurement on the UK-AIR website; various data extraction and analysis tools are also available. The URL for the data section of the UK-AIR website is here:</p><p><a href="https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/" target="_blank">https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data/</a></p><p> </p><p>There is currently one AURN monitoring site in the borough of Sandwell: West Bromwich Kenrick Park. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council also carry out air quality monitoring activity, and publish annual reports on their website containing statistics from their monitoring sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 15/04/2019 10:55:40 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1110260

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
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 3 April to Question 238613 on Railways, how many sleepers have been stockpiled by Network Rail to meet demand in the period between Washwood Heath ceasing production and the replacement facility reaching production capacity; how much was spent by Network Rail on stockpiling railway sleepers in each of the previous three financial years; and what contingency plans Network Rail has in place to meet future demand in the event that Sandwell metropolitan borough council does not grant plannig consent for a new sleeper factory at Bescot rail yard.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	242068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>A proposal for a new facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network. The facility is intended to make up the shortfall when an existing facility at Washwood Heath is closed to become an HS2 depot.</p><p>Information held by Network Rail about stockpiling of sleepers is commercially sensitive due to ongoing procurement. If there is a delay in receiving sleepers from the proposed Bescot facility Network Rail will use stockpiled sleepers. If the stockpile of sleepers is exhausted this will affect Network Rail’s ability to deliver renewals on the railway.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/04/2019 16:37:20 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1110263

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M6: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many air quality monitoring stations there are on the M6 between junction 7, Great Barr and junction 9, Wednesbury; and if he will place in the Library copies of the readings fromsuch stations in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	242069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Highways England undertook six months of monitoring between December 2015 and June 2016 between Junction 7 and 9 of the M6. The monitoring locations are presented in the attached document;</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/04/2019 10:50:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name 242069 - Watson - table.pdf title Table
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1110264

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bescot
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between his Department, Network Rail and RAIL.ONE in relation to the proposed sleeper factory at Bescot Rail Yard.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	242070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>A proposal for a new facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network. The facility is intended to make up the shortfall when an existing facility at Washwood Heath is closed to become an HS2 depot.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have this year corresponded with Network Rail about the proposed facility for the sole purpose of obtaining the factual information needed to provide accurate answers to the Hon. Member’s questions, as is standard practice.<em> </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p>I have no plans to place this correspondence in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/04/2019 16:44:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest