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810506

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date	21/12/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Motor Neurone Disease
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2017 to Question 3475 on Employment and Support Allowance: Motor Neurone Disease, if he will publish the process required for the 600 people with motor neurone disease who were in the support group for Employment and Support Allowance on 29 September when the severe conditions exemption commenced and are due a reassessment; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	120852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>It is important to ensure that decisions on whether someone meets the severe conditions criteria are based on a Work Capability Assessment. This way the claimant has the best opportunity to share with us the most up to date information about the functional impacts of their health condition.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance used by Healthcare Professionals, who undertake the Assessments, has been designed to have the least possible impact on claimants. We will ask claimants to complete a new health questionnaire, and where appropriate we will ask their General Practitioner or Specialist Healthcare Professional for further, supporting evidence, so that in the vast majority of cases we should be able to make a decision on whether someone meets the criteria without the need for a face to face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>I am meeting the Motor Neurone Disease Association in February to discuss the implications of the introduction of the severe condition criteria.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/01/2018 15:33:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

810591

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Ofcom: International Cooperation
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 funding her Department has allocated to Ofcom to promote in international forums the use of the (a) 961-1015 MHz, (b) 1045-1075 MHz, and (b) 1105-1154 MHz bandwidths for Programme Making and Special Events.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	120936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>Up to £55m of funding will be available to help support the programme making and special events sectors impacted by the 700MHz spectrum clearance programme. ​</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/01/2018 15:30:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

810592

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Radio Frequencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many fixed links are operating in the spectrum between 1350 MHz and 1400 MHz.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	120937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Given current use in the 1350 – 1375 MHz band it is not considered feasible to allow sharing in this band for Programme Making and Special Events. The band 1375 – 1400 MHz is used by the Ministry of Defence.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Ofcom have reported that within the band 1350 – 1375 MHz there are currently 817 links. The band 1375 – 1400 MHz is used by the Ministry of Defence.</ins></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/01/2018 16:42:50 question first ministerially corrected 18/01/2018 10:12:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 34887 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

810076

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Assistance Animals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will raise awareness of the requirement on taxis and private hire vehicles not to refuse carriage to assistance dog owners.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	120542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2018 answer text <p>Assistance dogs perform a vital role for their owners, helping them to go about their lives independently, confidently and with dignity, and it is unacceptable that a minority of taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) drivers continue to refuse their carriage.</p><p> </p><p>We plan to issue for consultation this year draft revised best practice guidance for local licensing authorities (LLAs), including strengthened recommendations on the provision of an inclusive service.</p><p> </p><p>It is our intention that the guidance will encourage LLAs to ensure that taxi and PHV drivers understand their legal duty to carry assistance dogs, and that non-compliance is addressed effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/01/2018 13:09:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

809702

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Guide Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the fines imposed on taxi drivers and private hire vehicle owners which refuse access to guide dog owners fully reflects the significance of the effect on those owners of the offence committed.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	120322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Assistance dogs play a crucial role in enabling their owners to live independently, safely and with dignity, and it is right that the penalties for refusing their carriage in a taxi or private hire vehicle (PHV) reflect this.</p><p> </p><p>Taxi and PHV drivers convicted of illegally refusing the carriage of assistance dogs already face fines of up to £1,000 in addition to costs, and may also have their license suspended or revoked by the respective local licensing authority.</p><p> </p><p>We know however that assistance dog owners still face discrimination when using taxi and PHV services, and plan to investigate why this happens, and what Government and other bodies can do to prevent such unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 14:13:14 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

809705

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Guide Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department monitors the incidence of refusals to allow access to owners of assistance guide dogs by taxis, private hire vehicles and other transport-related services; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	120325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>It is illegal for drivers of taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) to refuse the carriage of an assistance dog or to charge their owner extra.</p><p> </p><p>Responsibility for investigating and, where appropriate, prosecuting drivers alleged to have refused an assistance dog illegally rests with local licensing authorities, and we encourage them to take effective action to eliminate such unacceptable behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently collect statistics on refusal incidents on board local public transport services.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 21/12/2017 14:09:01 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

808260

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will review the implementation of the new state pension ages for women born in the 1950s; and if he will compensate those affected by that change.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	902999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>During the passage of the Pensions Act 2011, the Government made a concession worth more than £1bn that benefited more than a quarter of a million women, and limited the increase in any individual’s pension age to 18 months (when compared with the previous timetables)</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/12/2017 17:23:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

808981

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
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	Aviation: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of airfields potentially due to close as a result of planning permissions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	120090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has a clear planning policy for airfields set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. It recognises the significant contribution that aviation makes to economic growth and requires local authorities, when preparing their Local Plans, to take account of the role of airfields in meeting business, leisure, training and emergency service needs.</p><p>Planning guidance supporting the Framework makes clear to local authorities that they should consider the interconnectivity between airfields of different sizes and that they should have regard to the Aviation Policy Framework.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 27/12/2017 11:36:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

806414

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Financial Services: UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UK financial sector on the effect on that sector of the UK leaving the single market.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	902951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>As I said in my answer to Topical Questions on 14 December, since the creation of our Department, we have engaged closely with the financial services industry. We have received representations from a wide variety of stakeholders, including UK Finance, TheCityUK, the Association of Foreign Banks and the Investment Association, as well as many firms in Edinburgh, which, as the hon. Lady knows well, is a regional and global leader in, among others, the asset management and insurance industries. We will continue to work closely with them and colleagues at the Treasury to ensure that our financial services industry thrives.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 14/12/2017 16:52:37 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

802632

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants living in Scotland have been (a) granted and (b) refused permission to submit their applications to the Further Submissions Unit via post and how many people have been employed at that unit in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	118182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested on; number of applicants living in Scotland who have been granted and refused permission to submit their applications via post is not available in the format requested. The Home Office does not refuse or grant permission to submit further submissions. If an individual is eligible at the appointment booking stage, an in-person appointment will be offered.</p><p>The information requested on the average number of people employed on the further submission unit in the last five years is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/12/2017 17:21:37 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine