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802081

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Minister of State for Housing and Planning on the potential effect of the roll-out of universal credit on people seeking housing benefits.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>At Budget, the Chancellor announced that from April 2018, Housing Benefit claimants will receive an additional two weeks’ support during their transition to Universal Credit (UC), providing them with extra support at a time of change in their lives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also making it easier for claimants to have the housing element of their UC award paid directly to their landlord, ensuring that UC claimants are supported throughout their transition into work.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/12/2017 11:47:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802082

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential effect of the the roll-out of universal credit on levels of household income.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>Universal Credit (UC) has already been successful in getting more people into work by ensuring that work always pays, and that has boosted household incomes. UC claimants are four percentage points more likely to be in work within six months than a matched sample of Jobseeker’s Allowance claimants.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/12/2017 11:45:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802083

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid their self-assessment tax demand at a branch of the Post Office in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are not able to identify the exact number of people who paid their self assessment tax demand at a branch of the post office in the last 12 months. Individuals can make payments to HMRC multiple times a year, and sometimes do so using different payment methods.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/12/2017 14:46:46 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802084

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department undertook a consultation on the use of the Post Office to pay self assessment tax bills ahead of the decision to remove that service on 15 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The facility to pay HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) at the Post Office in its current format is being withdrawn by the service provider Santander. HMRC are not the only users of this service and had no influence on this decision or the timing of the withdrawal.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/12/2017 16:22:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802090

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Student Loans Company: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of complaints to the Student Loan Company have been dealt with in the advertised timescale in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>In the last 12 months (December 2016 to November 2017), the Student Loans Company (SLC) has responded to 93.5% of Stage 1 complaints within the advertised 15 day response time.</p><p> </p><p>When measured from the start of this financial year (2017-18), the SLC has responded to 96.9% of Stage 1 complaints within the advertised response time.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/12/2017 20:22:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802221

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Industry: Natural Resources
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the pledge in the Industrial Strategy to protect and enhance all aspects of Natural Capital will also apply to Natural Capital in other countries that will be potentially affected by UK decisions.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>We will set out the Government’s proposals to develop our lead in protecting and improving the global environment, drawing on the principle of Natural Capital, in our forthcoming 25 Year Environment Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 11/12/2017 13:59:54 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802222

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Coal Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will rule out co-firing and conversion as an abatement option in the coal phaseout.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We are leading the world by ending unabated coal generation in Great Britain by 2025. The Department consulted on proposals on ending unabated coal generation last year and we will soon be publishing our detailed government response.</p><p>The positive example we are setting to the world will yield significant benefits and help put the world on track to meet the ambition agreed at Paris in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/12/2017 17:07:29 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802229

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tenants of Service Family Accommodation properties allocated under a civilian licence are (a) civil servants and (b) reservists.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of Service Family Accommodation (SFA) allocated under a civilian licence to civil servants and reservists are shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Service Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Servants</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reservists</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civilian Licence Total</p></td><td><p><strong>76</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/12/2017 18:07:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802242

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Energy: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to ensure that all homes meet efficiency band C by 2035?
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy, published recently, sets out Government’s aspiration that as many homes as possible will be upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. In the Clean Growth Strategy, published in October this year, we set out a number of policies and proposals that will help us make progress against this aspiration, including:</p><p> </p><p>1. Investing around £3.6 billion to upgrade around a million homes through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). In addition, we will extend support for home energy efficiency beyond the current commitment to fund ECO to 2022 and out to 2028 with funding at least at current ECO levels.</p><p> </p><p>2. Developing a long term trajectory to improve the energy performance standards of privately rented homes, with the aim of upgrading as many as possible to EPC Band C by 2030 where practical, cost-effective and affordable</p><p> </p><p>3. Consulting on equivalent standards for social housing over this period</p><p> </p><p>4. Following the outcome of the independent review of Building Regulations and fire safety, and subject to its conclusions, we will consult on strengthening energy performance standards for new and existing homes under Building Regulations, including futureproofing new homes for low carbon heating systems,</p><p> </p><p>5. Seeking evidence on building a market for energy efficiency, including additional measures to improve energy performance of owner occupied homes through a Call for Evidence published alongside the Clean Growth Strategy. This Call for Evidence is currently open and closes on 9 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/12/2017 11:30:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel