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349977

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of progress in closing the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	2090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>In recent years the pay gap in Northern Ireland has continued to narrow. In Northern Ireland tackling the gender pay gap is mainly the responsibility of Northern Ireland Executive Ministers but the Government is also playing its part.</p><p>The gender pay gap in the UK has fallen to its lowest level ever and has been virtually eliminated among full-time workers under the age of 40, but our goal must be to eliminate it and as the Conservative Manifesto states, “we will push business to do so.” The Government is tackling systemic pay inequalities through a range of measures including extending flexible working and introducing shared parental leave.</p><p>The Conservative Manifesto makes clear this Government’s commitment to “full, genuine gender equality” and states that “we will to require companies with more than 250 employees to publish the difference between the average pay of their male and female employees.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers grouped question UIN 1506 question first answered 15/06/2015 10:44:09 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

349813

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
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
hansard heading	Social Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total value was of (a) loans issued from the Social Fund and (b) successor arrangements made by local authorities in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is published annually within the Social Fund Annual Report and is available on the Gov.uk website, (links provided). The data is reported for the financial year running from 1<sup>st</sup> April to 31<sup>st</sup> March; the 2014-15 report is due to be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-by-the-secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-on-the-social-fund-2009-to-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-by-the-secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-on-the-social-fund-2009-to-2010</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-by-the-secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-on-the-social-fund-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-by-the-secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-on-the-social-fund-2010-to-2011</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-by-the-secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-on-the-social-fund-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-by-the-secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-on-the-social-fund-2011-to-2012</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-by-the-secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-on-the-social-fund-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-by-the-secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-on-the-social-fund-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-fund-annual-report-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-fund-annual-report-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Crisis Loans were abolished from April 2013 and the funding for them, and other parts of the poorly targeted Discretionary Social Fund, passed to local authorities in England and the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales to provide new support for vulnerable people in their communities. Councils are better placed to choose what type of support to provide because what is right for East Ham will not be right for East Sussex. They were not asked or expected to replicate the previous arrangements so comparisons cannot be made between the two.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We do not hold any information relating to local authority welfare spending.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2015 14:36:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

349816

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicle checks UK Border Force undertook at each UK port of entry in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	1932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government does not publicise port specific data in the interest of national security. Border Force undertakes a multi-layered, intelligence-led approach to checking vehicles at the border, and resources are deployed flexibly to meet incoming threats.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:56:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

349817

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been removed from the UK under the Dublin Convention in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	1933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The number of people transferred under the Dublin Convention and the later Dublin II and Dublin III Regulations, is shown in the following table:</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2010</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2011</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2012</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2013</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2014</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Total</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1545</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1343</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">972</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1023</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">740</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">Transfers to other Member States under the Dublin Regulations fell in the last three years because we stopped transferring asylum claimants to Greece in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our records indicate that the number of people transferred under the Dublin Convention and the later Dublin II and Dublin III Regulations were as shown in the following table:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2014</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,150</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">980</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">740</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">800</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">520</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Figures are rounded to the nearest 10; are based on the latest management information so are subject to change; and have not been quality assured under national statistics protocols.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Transfers to other Member States under the Dublin Regulations fell in the last three years because we stopped transferring asylum claimants to Greece in 2010. This was because it was found conditions there amounted to a breach of article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights. There then followed similar litigation around conditions in Italy, but we are still able to effect transfers there.</ins></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:55:47 question first ministerially corrected 22/02/2016 12:51:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 5042 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

349818

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Ministers in her Department (a) last met and (b) next plan to meet their counterparts in the Netherlands to discuss border enforcement between the UK and Dutch ports.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	1934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are published on the Cabinet Office website on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2015 13:51:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

349822

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Nuclear Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she plans to attend the next meeting of her Department's nuclear stakeholder forum for non-governmental organisations.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	1937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>I value the NGO Forum as an important means of engagement between the Department and this community. I am kept updated on discussions and my attendance will be subject to my diary availability.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/06/2015 14:30:54 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

349849

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of bus services in England.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	900261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting bus services in England. The most recent Bus Passenger Survey, published in March by Transport Focus, shows a satisfaction rate of 88%.</p><p> </p><p>And we are also taking forward a Buses bill to provide local authorities with the tools they need to improve local bus services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2015 13:37:33 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

349850

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Anglia Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on rail franchising in the Greater Anglia region.
tabling member constituency	Saffron Walden
tabling member printed	Sir Alan Haselhurst
uin	900268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>Our policy is for franchising in the Greater Anglia region and nationally to support economic growth and deliver improvements for passengers.</p><p> </p><p>We held a public consultation on the future of franchising in the East Anglia region and the results of this will be taken into account in the requirements for the current franchise competition.</p><p> </p><p>We expect bidders to exceed these requirements. The Invitation To Tender will be provided to bidders in August and we will announce a winner in July 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/06/2015 13:56:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	43 label Biography information for Lord Haselhurst

349851

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on improving road safety.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	900267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department published its Strategic Framework for Road Safety in 2011. Actions were implemented in all three framework areas, improving road safety together, education, and targeted enforcement and sanctions.</p><p> </p><p>A full progress report from 2013 is available on GOV.UK. Since then the Department has also made it an offence to drive with certain levels of drugs in your body; and drivers cannot demand a blood or urine test if they fail a breathalyser test anymore.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2015 13:47:05 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

349852

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the performance and quality of rolling stock on the national rail network.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	900259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>Under successive Governments, the quality of rolling stock on the national network has not kept up with either demand or passengers’ expectations. This is why replacement and renewal of rolling stock is an integral part of the Government’s ambitious plans for the rail network.</p><p> </p><p>Improvements in rolling stock are key to the Government’s Rail Investment Strategy, with a record £38 billion being spent as part of the largest modernisation of the railways since Victorian times.</p><p> </p><p>This includes the new Intercity Express trains that will be built in the UK and serve passengers travelling on Great Western and East Coast, as well as the new Thameslink trains that will operate on commuter routes north and south of London.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/06/2015 13:32:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper