Tag: Sue Hayman

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2015-12-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will apply for EU Solidarity Funding for the damage caused by recent flooding.

Rory Stewart

We will consider all forms of support for those affected by the recent floods.

However, the EU Solidarity Fund would not compensate for private losses. It would take several months to receive the majority of the funds and only provides for a fraction of the total costs of assessed damage. The Government is not ruling this out, but we need to act quickly and our immediate priority is to deal with the urgent needs of those affected.

This is why the Government has opened the Bellwin scheme for Local Authorities affected by floods, with 100% of eligible costs to be met by the Government.

On top of this, the Government is providing nearly £200 million of additional aid to support those affected by the floods in England.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2016-03-23.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department’s consultation on aids and appliances and the daily living component of personal independence payments, Cm 9171, if he will publish the impact assessment prepared for the five options in that consultation.

Justin Tomlinson

As confirmed by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State in his statement to the House on 21 March, the proposed changes to PIP will not be going ahead.

We spend around £50bn every year on benefits alone to support people with disabilities or health conditions, with spending on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) having increased by more than £3 billion since 2010. The government is committed to talking to disabled people, their representatives, healthcare professionals and employers to ensure the welfare system works better with the health and social care systems and provides help and support to those who need it most.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2016-09-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the Lake District National Park Partnership in its bid for status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Tracey Crouch

Government continues to support the excellent work of the Lake District National Park Partnership and other stakeholders, which has led to the Lake District becoming the UK’s nomination for World Heritage Status in 2017.

Officials will be present to support the partnership during the World Heritage Committee mission to the Lake District, due to take place in October 2016.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2016-01-12.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the money received from the European Union Solidarity Fund has been returned to the EU in each of the last 10 years.

Mr David Gauke

Financial aid provided by the EUSF is reported on annually through the European Commission’s European Union Solidarity Fund Annual Report.

Annual reports can be found by searching at the following link:

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/publications/]

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2016-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much subsidy was paid to the operators of the Northern rail franchise in each financial year between December 2004 and April 2016.

Andrew Jones

Subsidies paid from 2004 to 2008:

2004/05 – 81.0 million (part year – December 2004 to March 2005)

2005/06 – 278.2 million

2006/07 – 168.5 million

2007/08 – 119.3 million

Figures from 2008 onwards are published on the Office of Rail and Road’s (‘ORR’) website at: http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/95218cca-408d-4047-83ce-a542c53b59e6. 2015-16 financial information will be made available following publication of Audited Statutory Accounts.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department’s policy is on the requirements for property owners to check for asbestos before selling their property.

Gavin Barwell

The Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, which are enforced by the Health and Safety Executive, require the owner, or person responsible for maintenance, of a non-domestic building to record the location and condition of any asbestos-containing materials and to put in place a plan to manage the risk they present. This information should therefore be available should the owner decide to sell the building.

There is no requirement for homeowners to check for asbestos before selling their property. However the indoor air concentrations of asbestos in most dwellings, including those where asbestos is present but in good condition, present minimal risk to health. Where a building is surveyed under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System, this would include an assessment of the risk of asbestos to occupants of dwellings but there is no requirement for the rating system to be used when selling a dwelling. Tradespeople, such as plumbers and electricians, are aware of the risks of asbestos and take care in handling it to minimise risks.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2016-01-12.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money the UK has received from the European Union Solidarity Fund in each of the last 10 years.

Mr David Gauke

Financial aid provided by the EUSF is reported on annually through the European Commission’s European Union Solidarity Fund Annual Report. Annual reports can be found by searching at the following link:

http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/information/publications/

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2016-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much subsidy was paid to the operators of the Northern rail franchise in each financial year between December 2004 and April 2016.

Andrew Jones

Subsidies paid from 2004 to 2008:

2004/05 – 81.0 million (part year – December 2004 to March 2005)

2005/06 – 278.2 million

2006/07 – 168.5 million

2007/08 – 119.3 million

Figures from 2008 onwards are published on the Office of Rail and Road’s (‘ORR’) website at: http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/95218cca-408d-4047-83ce-a542c53b59e6. 2015-16 financial information will be made available following publication of Audited Statutory Accounts.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the removal of asbestos from public buildings.

Penny Mordaunt

Under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, responsibility for managing the risk from asbestos in non-domestic (including public) buildings rests with the individual duty holder. This is the owner or person with responsibility for maintaining the building. The duty holder must assess for the presence of asbestos and put in place a plan to manage any resulting risk. This includes: monitoring the condition of asbestos-containing materials; arranging for repair or enclosure/encapsulation if required; or, in those cases where the assessment shows this to be necessary, arranging for their safe removal.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sue Hayman on 2016-01-12.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on reducing levels of tax avoidance by large corporations; and if he will make a statement.

Mr David Gauke

The UK initiated the G20/OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project and has already taken action to implement two of the internationally agreed outputs with domestic legislation to introduce country-by-reporting and rules to address hybrid mismatches.

In addition, the UK played a key role in securing the successful EU agreement on automatically exchanging information on tax rulings, reached at the ECOFIN Council in October 2015.

Complementary to international efforts to tackle this issue, we introduced the Diverted Profits Tax from April 2015 to counteract the diversion of profits from the UK by large multinational enterprises.

In the summer Budget 2015 we legislated to improve the effectiveness of our Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) regime by removing the ability for companies to use UK losses and reliefs against their CFC charge.