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753378

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many disabled motorists received an exemption from the vehicle excise duty in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	5764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is not recorded in the format requested. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s vehicle records change constantly as vehicle licensing and registration transactions are processed, so that the information requested can only be provided as a snapshot at a particular time. The table below provides the number of vehicles in the historic and disabled tax classes in February 2015, 2016 and 2017:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Class</p></td><td><p>Feb-15</p></td><td><p>Feb-16</p></td><td><p>Feb-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Historic</p></td><td><p>532,239</p></td><td><p>570,430</p></td><td><p>604,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>1,345,446</p></td><td><p>1,315,103</p></td><td><p>1,266,523</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 5765 question first answered 21/07/2017 12:57:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

753379

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people received an exemption from the vehicle excise duty for historic cars in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	5765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The information is not recorded in the format requested. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s vehicle records change constantly as vehicle licensing and registration transactions are processed, so that the information requested can only be provided as a snapshot at a particular time. The table below provides the number of vehicles in the historic and disabled tax classes in February 2015, 2016 and 2017:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Class</p></td><td><p>Feb-15</p></td><td><p>Feb-16</p></td><td><p>Feb-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Historic</p></td><td><p>532,239</p></td><td><p>570,430</p></td><td><p>604,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>1,345,446</p></td><td><p>1,315,103</p></td><td><p>1,266,523</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 5764 question first answered 21/07/2017 12:57:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

753381

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Maternity Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received maternity allowance in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	5767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>In response to these questions:</p><p> </p><p>(a) The number of women who commenced their Maternity Allowance claim in 2014-15 was 82,500.</p><p>(b) The number of women who commenced their Maternity Allowance claim in 2015-16 was 86,300.</p><p>(c) The total number of commencements for 2016-17 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Data are published quarterly on the number of commencements to Maternity Allowance on a rolling basis up to November 2016 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maternity-allowance-quarterly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maternity-allowance-quarterly-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>These quarterly data do not sum to the annual totals above as the data is subject to substantial retrospection from late notifications to the computer system, as noted in the publication. The annual estimates above are the best estimate for the financial years requested.</p><p> </p><p>(1) Data is based on 5% sample data and retrospection may continue to affect the actual numbers. <br>(2) These figures exclude a small proportion of clerical cases.</p><p>(3) Data are rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/07/2017 13:49:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

753384

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Pensioners: Christmas Bonus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners received a £10 Christmas bonus in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	5770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The number of people who receive the Christmas Bonus is published in DWP’s Benefit Expenditure and Caseload tables (Table_2c):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-expenditure-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/07/2017 09:24:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

753646

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU nationals who paid £65 for a document to prove permanent residency status will have to pay a fee to apply for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	5693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>As set out clearly in the Government’s (Cm 9464) policy paper, free movement rights will come to an end after the UK leaves the EU and therefore cannot be carried forward, as an EU legal right, into the post-exit UK legal regime.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore all EU citizens (and their families) in the UK, regardless of when they arrived, will need to obtain an immigration status in UK law. As set out in the policy paper, EU citizens will be given adequate time to obtain this documentation through a ‘grace period’ of up to two years.</p><p> </p><p>While EU documentation certifying permanent residence will not be automatically replaced with a grant of settled status, we will seek to make the application process for settled status as streamlined as possible for those who already hold such documents. Fees and charges are being considered as part of the negotiations and in the Government’s engagement with stakeholders, but our aim is to keep fees at a reasonable level.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 5694 question first answered 05/09/2017 07:54:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

753647

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether those EU nationals who have successfully applied for a permanent residency document will need to apply for the new settled status to remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	5694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>As set out clearly in the Government’s (Cm 9464) policy paper, free movement rights will come to an end after the UK leaves the EU and therefore cannot be carried forward, as an EU legal right, into the post-exit UK legal regime.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore all EU citizens (and their families) in the UK, regardless of when they arrived, will need to obtain an immigration status in UK law. As set out in the policy paper, EU citizens will be given adequate time to obtain this documentation through a ‘grace period’ of up to two years.</p><p> </p><p>While EU documentation certifying permanent residence will not be automatically replaced with a grant of settled status, we will seek to make the application process for settled status as streamlined as possible for those who already hold such documents. Fees and charges are being considered as part of the negotiations and in the Government’s engagement with stakeholders, but our aim is to keep fees at a reasonable level.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 5693 question first answered 05/09/2017 07:54:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

753650

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 6 of her Department's policy paper entitled Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU, published on 26 June 2017, how the term continuous in paragraph 27 is defined; and what proof of continuous residence will be required.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	5865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>We intend to use the definition of continuous residence from Article 16(3) of the EU Free Movement Directive (2004/38/EC).</p><p>The Home Office will set out in due course what evidence may be provided as proof of continuous residence. We are committed to creating a streamlined and user-friendly applications system using existing government data to minimise the burden of documentary evidence required.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/07/2017 15:08:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

753665

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish details of the scope of the planned consultation on social care.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	5983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>We will work to address the challenges of social care for our ageing population, bringing forward proposals for consultation to build widespread support.</p><p> </p><p>We will provide further details on the next steps on social care in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to listening to people’s views on how to reform the social care system, to ensure it is sustainable for current and future generations and that the quality of care improves. Further information on this will be made available shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/07/2017 12:43:17 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

753674

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Rodents: Pest Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidences of rat and mice infestation were recorded in England by his Department in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	5967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not record incidences of rat and mice infestation in England.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 24/07/2017 11:01:40 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

752451

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances a Government financial guarantee to a capital investment project will lead to the definition of expenditure on that project being classified as public expenditure.
tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
uin	HL897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>If a capital investment project involves both the private sector and the public sector, an assessment is required to determine the level of government intervention in a project. This will also determine whether government is bearing a majority of the risks and rewards associated with the project and therefore incurring public expenditure for the capital investment of the project. The assessment would be made by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) using the national accounts conceptual framework, the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (ESA10)<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> enforceable EU Regulation No. 549/2013 and associated guidance in the Manual on Government Deficit and Debt<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> and a guide to the Statistical Treatment of PPPs<sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup> published by Eurostat.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/Annexes/nasa_10_f_esms_an1.pdf</p><p>[2] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3859598/7203647/KS-GQ-16-001-EN-N.pdf/5cfae6dd-29d8-4487-80ac-37f76cd1f012</p><p>[3] http://www.eib.org/epec/resources/publications/epec_eurostat_guide_ppp</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:36:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley