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date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Climate Change Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made in advance of the Summer Budget 2015 of the effect on the UK's carbon footprint of applying the climate change levy to renewable electricity.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	8150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Removing the Climate Change Levy (CCL) renewables exemption will have no direct impact on the UK’s ability to meet its climate change and renewables targets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and is committed to meeting its climate change commitments as cost effectively as possible. We are currently making good progress on this, with emissions down 30% since 1990.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>One third of the value of the CCL renewables exemption was going to support renewable generation projects based overseas. These projects do not contribute to our climate change commitments and so provided poor value for money for UK taxpayers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/09/2015 10:28:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

391918

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date	21/07/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 3126, if he will make it his policy to record the number of claimants receiving benefits pertaining to a mental health condition who are assessed as fit to work based on an assessment wholly on their physical health.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	8151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The Work Capability Assessment does not assess individuals only on their physical health, but also mental, cognitive and intellectual functions.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/09/2015 16:36:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

391919

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to inform claimants what documentation of relevant mental health conditions they may be required to bring to confirm their capacity to work; and what steps he plans to take on that matter in the next three months.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	8149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Following Dr Litchfield’s recommendation in the 4<sup>th</sup> independent review of the WCA, the ESA50 has been amended to make clear to claimants, especially those that have a mental health condition, ,that they should send any additional information they would like to be considered - for example, from their GP, Community Psychiatric Nurse, psychotherapist or social worker.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/09/2015 16:42:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron