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105828

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Information on departments’ handling of FOI requests is published on a quarterly basis by the Ministry of Justice and is available at GOV.UK under the series Government FOI Statistics.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 10 July 2014 to UIN: PQ204306-PQ20470.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213093 213101 213114 question first answered 07/11/2014 11:47:51 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105833

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Information on departments’ handling of FOI requests is published on a quarterly basis by the Ministry of Justice and is available at GOV.UK under the series Government FOI Statistics.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 10 July 2014 to UIN: PQ204306-PQ20470.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213080 213093 213114 question first answered 07/11/2014 11:47:52 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105869

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>DCMS does not extend its officials the discretion to offer instant rewards of any value, be they in the form of retail vouchers, hospitality, gifts and / or any form of direct cash payment. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 06/11/2014 10:20:21 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105910

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>Under the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, DECC has only utilised the exceptions of short term/temporary appointments, secondments and transfers of organisations into the Civil Service – TUPE. Please note DECC only holds data from November 2010. Since this date we have made 150 exception appointments under these categories. The names of those appointed at grade 6 and below (or equivalent) are withheld under the Data Protection Act 1998. Additionally, DECC’s systems do not always record the equivalent grade for those seconded from industry and therefore we are unable to release these names under the Data Protection Act 1998. Our records confirm that we have appointed four members of the SCS as an exception – Peter Boyd, Miles Bradbury, Gordon Dunfield-Prayero and David MacKay.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 07/11/2014 12:48:29 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105911

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many employees of energy companies have been seconded to jobs in his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	213126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>There have been 9 people from energy companies who have had periods of secondment in the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in the period May 2010 to date.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/11/2014 15:57:31 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

105912

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>Between January 2010 and September 2014 DECC withheld information on 1250 occasions.</p><p>Statistics on the Freedom of Information performance of Government Departments since January 2010 are published by the Ministry of Justice. They are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics#2010-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics#2010-2012</a>.</p><p>The published statistics include the numbers of requests received by each Department, the numbers answered in full and where information was partly or fully withheld.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 07/11/2014 12:49:42 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105913

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the respective remits are of his Department and the Prime Minister's Envoy on Climate Change; and what the relationship between them is.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	212999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has appointed advisors and envoys on a number of issues, and determines their remit. This role is entirely separate from the responsibilities of my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/11/2014 15:56:38 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

105917

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department has taken the term Instant Rewards to mean non-pay awards. Non pay awards are used as a quick way of acknowledging achievements by members of staff.</p><p>(a) During 2013, 623 awards were made with a total value of £15k.</p><p>(b) In the period January to June 2014, 230 awards have been made with a total value of £5k.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 07/11/2014 12:51:05 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105919

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Power Failures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to reduce the risk of electricity blackouts during winter 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	212922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>On 28 October National Grid announced that it will procure 1.1 GW of additional de-rated capacity though Supplemental Balancing Reserve (SBR) and Demand Side Balancing Reserve (DSBR) for the winter of 2014/15. DECC supports the decisive action taken by National Grid and Ofgem and views the amount procured as a sensible and prudent step in order to provide the necessary degree of resilience for times of very high demand.</p><p>This action will increase capacity margins from around 4% to over 6%; a higher level than we had between 2005/06 and 2007/8 and well within the Government’s reliability standard.</p><p>This means that we will continue to benefit from secure electricity supplies even with further unexpected outages or a very cold winter.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 06/11/2014 16:08:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

105921

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Agriculture: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she next plans to meet farming organisations in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	212928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State met with a number of Welsh farming organisations when she visited the Royal Welsh Show on 21 July. We work closely with farming organisations across the UK and look forward to meeting representatives in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/11/2014 16:11:33 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb