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749539

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's policy is on fracking.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government supports shale gas exploration to determine the potential of the industry. Shale gas is natural gas found deep underground in impermeable shale rock and requires hydraulic fracturing (or ‘fracking’) to flow.</p><p> </p><p>Shale gas could create a new British industry, provide more jobs and make us less reliant on imports from abroad. However, we are clear: shale gas operations will only take place in a manner which is safe for the environment and local communities.</p><p> </p><p>Any company looking to develop shale will need to obtain all the necessary permissions, including planning and environmental permits, before hydraulic fracturing can be carried out.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/07/2017 14:32:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748611

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	London's Preparedness to Respond to a Major Terrorist Incident Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the Harris review of London's preparedness to respond to a major terrorist incident published in October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office welcomes the Lord Harris review which concluded that London’s levels of preparedness are better than they ever have been. We have worked closely with the Mayor’s office to outline the significant work we are undertaking to increase preparedness across the country. We are also looking again at our counter-terrorism strategy to ensure we are able to deal with the changing threat from terrorism.</p><p>The emergency services’ response to the recent attacks was fast and effective. The number of armed response vehicles has more than doubled in London and the Home Office is currently uplifting the specialist MTFA Fire and Rescue Service capability across the country to enable the treatment of casualties in higher risk environments. As part of this, London is seeing an increase in Home Office funding to double the current capability.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/07/2017 15:25:51 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748620

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on raising the higher rate threshold for tax to £50,000 by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We have committed to raising the higher rate threshold to £50,000 and the path to meeting this commitment will be set out, funded and legislated for at future fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p>This April, the government took a significant step towards meeting this commitment; the higher rate threshold has increased from £43,000 to £45,000. A typical higher rate taxpayer will pay over £1,100 less income tax than in 2010-11, and 585,000 individuals will be taken out of the higher rate of tax in 2017-18 – a reduction of more than 10%</p><p> </p><p>This, alongside changes to the personal allowance, has benefitted over 31 million individuals since the start of the last parliament.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/07/2017 11:09:22 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748621

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on raising the tax-free personal allowance to £12,500 by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We have committed to raising the personal allowance to £12,500 and the path to meeting this commitment will be set out, funded and legislated for at future fiscal events.</p><p> </p><p>This April, the government took a significant step towards meeting this commitment; the personal allowance has increased from £11,000 to £11,500. 1.3 million people on the lowest incomes were taken out of income tax altogether, and a typical basic rate taxpayer will pay over £1,000 less income tax than in 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p>This, alongside changes to the higher rate threshold, has benefitted over 31 million individuals since the start of the last parliament.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 10/07/2017 11:08:08 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748623

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has plans to raise the state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has already stated that people should expect to spend on average ‘up to one third’ of their adult lives in retirement; and that any changes to State Pension age in the future should be fair to current and future generations of pensioners.</p><p> </p><p>To inform the first review into State Pension age, the Government commissioned two independent reports which were published in March 2017. I welcome both John Cridland’s report and the Government Actuary’s report as significant contributions to the evidence base.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State is giving this issue the full consideration it deserves and will publish his report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/07/2017 09:51:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748110

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Swimming: Clubs
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 steps she is taking to support local competitive swimming clubs.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Sport England is the body responsible for supporting and investing in grassroots and community sport.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2017 and 2021 Sport England is investing £12.16 million in Swim England, the national governing body for the sport, to get more people swimming, to support local clubs and to help talented swimmers to develop.</p><p> </p><p>This investment includes £4.6 million to support talented athletes on Swim England's swimming, synchronised swimming and water polo programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/07/2017 16:17:01 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748111

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Swimming: Public Participation
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 steps she is taking to (a) ensure that all children learn to swim and (b) encourage adults to learn to swim.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Sporting Future set out the government's commitment to ensure that no child leaves primary school unable to swim and commissioned Swim England's Swim Group to undertake a review of how children could be better supported to meet this aim. <br></p><p>Sport England invests in a number of programmes and campaigns to encourage more adults to learn to swim. Between 2017 and 2021 Sport England is investing £12.16 million in Swim England to get more people swimming, support clubs and to help talented swimmers. This investment includes a social swimming project run by Swim England which is focused on helping adults learn to swim.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 10/07/2017 16:18:51 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748123

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if the Government plans to increase defence spending by 0.5 per cent more than inflation every year.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed to increasing the Defence budget by at least half a per cent above inflation every year of this Parliament and continuing to meet the NATO guideline to spend at least 2% of GDP on defence until 2022.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon question first answered 11/07/2017 15:06:23 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748171

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Ethiopia: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he or the Minister for Africa has to meet Workneh Gebeyehu, the Ethiopian Foreign Minister.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary speaks regularly to Ethiopian Foreign Minister Workneh. He met him and the Ethiopian Prime Minister most recently during their visit to London on 11 May. I will be meeting key counterparts shortly and hope to travel to Ethiopia soon.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/07/2017 13:17:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748172

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Ethiopia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he or the Minister for Africa plan to visit the (a) African Union in Addis Ababa and (b) Ethiopian Government.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary met with the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson and other AUC representatives in May during the London Somalia Conference. He also visited Ethiopia in March and met with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. I will engage in due course with all key counterparts and plan to travel to Ethiopia soon.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/07/2017 13:26:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West