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934887

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What support his Department is providing to enable repairs to be made to road network infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	906284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is providing £6.2 billion to local highway authorities in England, outside London, from 2015 to 2021 to enable repairs to be made to all highway infrastructure assets maintainable at public expense. The funding includes a £296 million Pothole Action Fund. Highways England are also spending £400 million per annum for renewal of the road surfaces for which they are responsible.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/07/2018 14:03:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

913760

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, assessment he has made of recent trends in anti-semitic hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	905660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government condemns all forms of hate crime including antisemitism. Nobody should be attacked because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability. In July 2016, we published Action Against Hate: The UK Government’s Plan for Tackling Hate Crime, which we will be refreshing this year.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with the police and the Community Security Trust (CST), who are members of the Cross Government Working Group on Tackling Antisemitism, alongside other Jewish stakeholders. In their recent report, the CST recorded 1,382 antisemitic incidents reported across the UK in the 2017, a 3 per cent increase from the 1,346 incidents recorded during 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Individual police forces collate and analyse intelligence on the number of antisemitic incidents, in order to inform local operational decisions and to provide adequate protection at times of demand. The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) analyses this intelligence to inform forces of any emerging challenges.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/06/2018 14:51:36 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

837879

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Doctors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent doctors there were in the NHS in (a) 1985, (b) 1990, (c) 1995, (d) 2000, (e) 2005, (f) 2010 and (g) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	126909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital data for monthly workforce statistics is not comparable to figures before 2009 due to a change in data collection methods.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics, and the following table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) hospital and community health service (HCHS) doctors that were employed by the National Health Service in October in 2010 and 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>HCHS Doctors (FTE)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2010</p></td><td><p>97,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>104,719</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Digital monthly workforce statistics</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/02/2018 16:45:57 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

809941

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Brexit: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on ensuring that Northern Irish interests are represented in the UK's negotiations with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	902975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>As Secretary of State I will continue to ensure that the interests of NI are heard and remain at the heart of the negotiations and wider discussions across Whitehall as we prepare to leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/12/2017 16:15:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

784369

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications of the new National Funding Formula for areas experiencing rapid housing growth.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	901621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Through the national funding formula, local authorities will receive growth funding to help them to respond to significant increases in pupil numbers. In 2018-19, we will allocate this funding based on local authority growth spending in 2017-18. This represents an improvement on the current system, which fails to recognise growing areas.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/11/2017 17:24:04 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

775468

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage innovation in the defence industry.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	901322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>With an equipment plan worth £178 billion and a rising defence budget, there are great opportunities for innovative suppliers. We have launched the Defence and Security Accelerator and an £800 million innovation fund to pursue innovative solutions to meet defence requirements.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 901323 question first answered 23/10/2017 16:48:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

772499

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Syria: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK aid to people displaced by the crisis in Syria.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	901238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>UK aid is making a real difference in Syria, providing life-saving and life-changing support to millions of people displaced inside Syria, and millions more who have taken refuge in neighbouring countries.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012, UK aid supplied over 26 million food rations that feed a person for a month, and 10.3 million medical consultations that can mean the difference between life and death.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/10/2017 15:50:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

751360

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total NHS pay bill has been in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	4756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The total Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) pay bill for the previous five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total HCHS pay bill (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>43.284 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>43.663 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>44.140 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>45.085 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>46.112 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Department of Health’s Headline HCHS Pay bill Metrics, which are based primarily on earnings statistics published by NHS Digital, supplemented by employer pension and national insurance contributions estimates informed by unpublished and unvalidated data from the Electronic Staff Record Data Warehouse.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HCHS pay bill data for 2016-17 is not yet available.</p><p>The HCHS workforce comprises of staff working within hospital and community health settings, and so excludes general practitioners (GPs), GP practice staff and General Dental Practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>The HCHS pay bill for 2015/2016 is around £46 billion. National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts spend around 60% of their entire expenditure on pay. NHS pay systems have an inbuilt pressure because of incremental pay of around £790 million a year. The value of increments for non-medical staff employed under the national Agenda for Change pay framework ranges from £176 to £4,599; and from 1.0% to 6.7%, which is in additional to annual pay awards.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/07/2017 13:40:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

642377

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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 his Department has taken to improve the enforcement of regulations against the discrimination of guide dogs and their owners by taxis and private hire vehicle operators.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	54148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>Under the Equality Act 2010 it is illegal for the driver of a taxi or private hire vehicle to refuse to carry an assistance dog unless they hold a medical exemptions certificates issued by the local licensing authority. It is unacceptable that some drivers continue to discriminate in this way and I am determined that this practice must stop.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance has previously been issued to licensing authorities to support their implementation of these legal protections, and we are currently reviewing Best Practice Guidance to strengthen the recommendations relating to taxi and PHV accessibility more generally.</p><p> </p><p>I am clear that the local licensing authorities should play their part in eradicating such harmful discrimination.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/11/2016 12:18:51 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

642379

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Guide Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prosecutions there have been of transport operators for discriminating against guide dogs and their owners in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	54146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2016 answer text <p>I understand the harm that the refusal of an assistance dog causes, not only to its owners ability to complete the journey that they set out to make but also to travel with confidence in the future.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently collect data on the outcome of assistance dog refusal incidents reported to local authorities, however my officials and I meet regularly with assistance dog owners and their representatives and I understand anecdotally that few refusals result in a successful prosecution.</p><p>I want to understand why this is, and will be reviewing the available evidence with a view to eradicating such unacceptable discrimination.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/11/2016 12:15:35 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove