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58424

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date	05/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Spain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of delays on the border from British Gibraltar territory into Spain on vehicles crossing that border.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The delays imposed by the Spanish authorities at the border with Gibraltar continue to have a significant impact, resulting in significant changes in behaviour at the border: visitor arrivals in Gibraltar are down and vehicle traffic has fallen. The Government is concerned about the impact that border delays are having on businesses in both Spain and Gibraltar.</p><p>Since the beginning of the disruption last summer, the Government has raised this issue regularly with the European Commission. We recently sent detailed information on the delays, supplied by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar, to the Director General for Home Affairs, together with an update on the steps taken by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar to address the recommendations made to them by the Commission. Ministers have also been in direct contact with the Commission, including the Commissioner for Home Affairs. In our conversations we stressed the need for the Commission to make follow-up visits to monitor the continuing delays. We continue to request that the Commission urge Spain to act on their recommendations and return border checks to reasonable and proportionate levels.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 199448 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:01:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58425

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gibraltar: Spain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the European Commission in respect of petitions from the government of Gibraltar for a representative to monitor the border crossing.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The delays imposed by the Spanish authorities at the border with Gibraltar continue to have a significant impact, resulting in significant changes in behaviour at the border: visitor arrivals in Gibraltar are down and vehicle traffic has fallen. The Government is concerned about the impact that border delays are having on businesses in both Spain and Gibraltar.</p><p>Since the beginning of the disruption last summer, the Government has raised this issue regularly with the European Commission. We recently sent detailed information on the delays, supplied by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar, to the Director General for Home Affairs, together with an update on the steps taken by Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar to address the recommendations made to them by the Commission. Ministers have also been in direct contact with the Commission, including the Commissioner for Home Affairs. In our conversations we stressed the need for the Commission to make follow-up visits to monitor the continuing delays. We continue to request that the Commission urge Spain to act on their recommendations and return border checks to reasonable and proportionate levels.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 199447 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:01:12 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58426

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dental Health: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the trends in the incidence of dental caries among school children (a) in Bolton and (b) nationally since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>There has been only one published survey of dental caries among schoolchildren which includes the Bolton area since 2010. This is the <em>National Dental Epidemiology Programme for England: oral health survey of five-year-old children 2012, A report on the prevalence and severity of dental decay</em>. This can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>www.nwph.net/dentalhealth/survey-results5.aspx?id=1</p><p> </p><p>A comparison of selected findings from the survey, and from the previous survey of five year old children in England, published in 2009, the <em>NHS Dental Epidemiology Programme for England, Oral Health Survey of 5 year old Children, 2007/2008</em> can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>www.nwph.info/dentalhealth/survey-results.aspx?id=1</p><p> </p><p>The comparisons are supplied in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Bolton Local Authority area</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of children examined</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mean number decayed, missing or filled teeth (dmft)</p></td><td><p>1.91</p></td><td><p>1.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of children with lifetimes caries experience (% dmft&gt;0)</p></td><td><p>46.3%</p></td><td><p>43.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>National (England)</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of children examined</p></td><td><p>139,727</p></td><td><p>133,516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mean number decayed, missing or filled teeth (dmft)</p></td><td><p>1.11</p></td><td><p>0.94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of children with lifetimes caries experience (% dmft&gt;0)</p></td><td><p>30.9%</p></td><td><p>27.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 11/06/2014 15:46:49 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58427

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nutrition: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to co-ordinate healthy eating initiatives among the homeless.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department supports the Inclusion Health programme which champions the health and health care of vulnerable groups, including homeless people. The programme seeks to improve the health data for these groups, and set out practical steps for assessing needs (for example, through Joint Strategic Needs Assessments) and commissioning services. We are also involved in funding work in this area through the Homeless Hospital Discharge Fund to improve hospital discharge arrangements for people who are homeless (£10 million in 2013-14) and £40 million capital fund for hostel refurbishment with a focus on improving health outcomes (2014-15).</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2014 15:15:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58428

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Bolton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the five most common causes of admission to hospital have been for (a) children and (b) adults in Bolton since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>The information is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/06/2014 15:22:46 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Copy_of_Written_PQ199210_D_Crausby_MP_-_data_table_v2.xlsx title Table PQ199210
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

58429

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Bolton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid through working tax credits to people in Bolton North East constituency in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	199151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>Table 1: Bolton North East constituency Working Tax Credit entitlement</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>Total WTC entitlement</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£19 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£18 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1<del class="ministerial">7</del><ins class="ministerial">6</ins> million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £ million.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 12/06/2014 14:42:34 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 12:39:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke previous answer version 939 answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

46706

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to increase the availability of credit for small businesses in (a) Bolton North East constituency and (b) England in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	195045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring businesses can access the finance they need for investment and growth.</p><p> </p><p>The Bank of England and HM Treasury announced in November that the Funding for Lending scheme would be focused on lending to businesses to reflect the success that the scheme has had with households. Lending under the Funding for Lending Scheme has totalled over £16bn according to the latest figures.</p><p> </p><p>The British Business Bank is being established to ensure that business finance markets work efficiently and effectively for smaller businesses, and its loan guarantee and investment programmes supported £660 million of lending and investment in 2013 across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of the value of debt finance facilitated to businesses in Bolton North East constituency and England through British Business Bank programmes in the last year is detailed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Enterprise</strong><strong> Finance Guarantee Scheme (drawn down)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Start Up Loans Scheme </strong></p><p><strong>(drawn down)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Lending facilitated by the Business Finance Partnership</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton North East Constituency</p></td><td><p>7 Loans with a value of £1.14m</p></td><td><p>24 loans with a value of £117 330</p></td><td><p>North West Region: 462 loans with a value of nearly £ 27m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>2857 loans with a value of £307.6 million</p></td><td><p>13432 with a value over £75m</p></td><td><p>3721 loans provided with a value of nearly £226m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

46800

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he next plans to review the number of magistrates' courts operating in England.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	195041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service continues to keep the number of magistrates courts under review, as with the wider estate, to ensure it meets operational requirements.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

46810

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about (a) staff behaviour, (b) contested sanction decisions and (c) telephone line waiting times have been made against Bolton Jobcentre Plus offices in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	195040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Until July 2012, when a new process for handling and recording customer feedback was introduced, complaints were not formally categorised. It has therefore not been possible to accurately identify the requested data prior to that date. In addition, contested sanction decisions are subject to the appeals and reconsideration process and are not categorised as complaints. The information we are able to provide for Bolton Jobcentre is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Staff behaviour</p></td><td><p>Telephone line waiting times</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/07/2012 – 31/12/2012</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/01/2013 – 31/12/2013</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/01/14 – 31/03/14</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

46815

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of pension credit by eligible pensioners.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
uin	195042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We are committed to ensuring pensioners receive the benefits they are entitled to.</p><p>DWP's National Partnerships Team works with over 4,400 customer representative organisations, both nationally and locally, to provide a wide range of advice and support for pensioners.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has also introduced a web-based Pension Credit toolkit at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pension-credit-toolkit</a></p><p>Its purpose is to provide customer representative organisations with all the information needed in order to talk to pensioners about Pension Credit. In partnership with Age UK, local authorities and other groups, a structured campaign was undertaken to create awareness of the Toolkit amongst those who support our customers.</p><p> </p><p>DWP makes information available in various locations (for example, our website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/browse/benefits</a> and leaflets are available from our DWP Information Line on 0845 7313233) to ensure that people are aware of the benefits to which they may be entitled and how to claim them.</p><p> </p><p>We also have capacity through the Age Action Alliance to raise awareness of Pension Credit with its members which includes older people's forums and linked organisations from across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby