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518162

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date	09/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Petrol Alternatives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department last conducted a review of the Alternative Fuels Framework.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	36851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Alternative Fuels Framework (AFF) was set out at Pre-Budget Report 2003, and focused on carbon emissions. Based on the evidence available at the time on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), the AFF found LPG to result in greater natural environmental damage compared to other road fuel gases. It was determined that the environmental case for LPG was poorer than diesel and so its duty differential should be reduce over time.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to review evidence concerning the environmental impact of LPG and will announce any changes to the tax treatment at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 36852 36853 question first answered 11/05/2016 16:33:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

518163

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Transport: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which transport emissions are factored into the assessment of fuels within the Alternative Fuels Framework.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	36852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Alternative Fuels Framework (AFF) was set out at Pre-Budget Report 2003, and focused on carbon emissions. Based on the evidence available at the time on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), the AFF found LPG to result in greater natural environmental damage compared to other road fuel gases. It was determined that the environmental case for LPG was poorer than diesel and so its duty differential should be reduce over time.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to review evidence concerning the environmental impact of LPG and will announce any changes to the tax treatment at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 36851 36853 question first answered 11/05/2016 16:33:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

518164

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Liquefied Petroleum Gas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the latest assessment of liquefied petroleum gas within the Alternative Fuels Framework.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	36853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Alternative Fuels Framework (AFF) was set out at Pre-Budget Report 2003, and focused on carbon emissions. Based on the evidence available at the time on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), the AFF found LPG to result in greater natural environmental damage compared to other road fuel gases. It was determined that the environmental case for LPG was poorer than diesel and so its duty differential should be reduce over time.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to review evidence concerning the environmental impact of LPG and will announce any changes to the tax treatment at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 36851 36852 question first answered 11/05/2016 16:33:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

518171

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects Louise Casey's review of opportunity and integration in isolated and deprived communities to be (a) completed and (b) published.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	36808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The review is expected to be completed and published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/05/2016 16:14:47 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

518176

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of (a) regional development funds and (b) structural funds that the UK is due to receive in each year to 2020 under the current EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	36753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The amounts allocated by year for each operational programme for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) in the UK for the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework is set out in table 1.6 of the United Kingdom’s Partnership Agreement with the European Commission which can be found on GOV.UK at ‘European Structural and Investment Funds: UK Partnership Agreement’. The table is attached. Each annual allocation needs to be spent within three years.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/05/2016 09:24:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Information from table 1 6_PA - final.doc title ERDF and ESF funding
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

518184

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Advertising Standards Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Advertising Standards Agency.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
uin	36848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>This Government supports the system of co-regulation and self-regulation, overseen by the independent Advertising Standards Authority and underpinned by consumer protection legislation. This regulatory system is independent of the Government and is ultimately responsible for setting the standards in advertising, ensuring that all adverts, wherever they appear, are legal, decent, honest and truthful.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/05/2016 16:08:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh

518216

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications to cull badgers are under consideration by her Department; and to which areas those applications relate.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	36854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Natural England has received 29 applications or expressions of interest for a badger control licence in areas where the disease is rife, primarily in South West England.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/05/2016 14:56:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

518217

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hotels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of hotel bookings her Department made for its (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	36795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Core Defra uses a single provider for all travel and hotel bookings. Provision of this service began in May 2012. Information relating to hotel bookings made prior to that date, through a different provider, is not available.</p><p> </p><p>This table sets out spend on hotels in financial years 2012-13 (from May 2012 onwards) to 2015-16:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ministers </strong></p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td><td><p>2,461</p></td><td><p>3,157</p></td><td><p>1,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Special Advisers</strong></p></td><td><p>2,952</p></td><td><p>1,598</p></td><td><p>2,066</p></td><td><p>563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Officials</strong></p></td><td><p>425,676</p></td><td><p>665,583</p></td><td><p>743,896</p></td><td><p>472,544</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/05/2016 12:56:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

518220

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the resignation of Ahmet Davutoğlu as Prime Minister of Turkey on the viability of the agreement between the EU and Turkey on migrants.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	36921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>I pay tribute to Prime Minister Davutoğlu for his partnership with the UK both as Prime Minister and previously as Foreign Minister. Turkey is a vital friend and ally with whom we cooperate on a host of issues, including tackling the migration crisis. We look forward to continuing that strong cooperation with President Erdoğan and a new Prime Minister once installed.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/05/2016 15:40:32 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

518224

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	EU Staff: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on which EU (a) Commissioners and (b) officials receive a higher salary than the Prime Minister.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text Information on the salaries of EU officials by grade and details of how Commissioners’ salaries are calculated can be found on http://ec.europa.eu/civil_service/docs/toc100_en.pdf. The EU Commission website also contains numbers of Commission officials at each grade. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/05/2016 15:38:24 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies