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76838

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle gender-based violence in gangs (a) generally and (b) in respect of sexual violence against girls and young women; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Dr Hywel Francis
	uin	204922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Coalition Government’s Ending Gang and Youth Violence programme is the <br>first such programme to tackle the issue of gang-affected women and girls. <br><br>Women and girls who come into contact with street gangs are at greater risk of <br>violence, particularly sexual violence. The Home Office has provided £1.2 <br>million funding for 13 Young People’s Advocates over three years (April 2012 – <br>March 2015). The Advocates provide direct support to young women who have been <br>victims, or are at risk of, sexual violence by gangs.<br><br>Action to protect girls from becoming involved in gang-related crime is set out <br>in the ‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence: One Year On’ (November 2012) and <br>‘Ending Gang and Youth Violence Annual Report 2013’ (December 2013) documents.<br><br>The reports are available on the GOV.UK website.<br><br>In addition, I have undertaken targeted visits to identify good practice on the <br>ground.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 22/07/2014 10:20:30 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1382 label Biography information for Dr Hywel Francis

61018

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	Broadband: Wales
	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 discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Welsh Assembly Government on the broadband rollout programme in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	200020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has not discussed broadband rollout with his counterpart in the Welsh Assembly Government, since being appointed on 9 April 2014. However, DCMS officials have weekly discussions with Welsh Assembly officials on this subject.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/06/2014 14:53:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61019

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	Fuel Oil: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund on people who live in rural areas and rely on oil fired central heating.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	200086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government wants to encourage all householders to invest in energy efficiency, whether rural or urban. The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund is designed to incentivise householders in England and Wales to install a wide range of energy efficiency measures, such as insulation and better glazing. Many rural properties have solid walls, making them well placed to take maximum advantage of the scheme - such households could be eligible to receive up to £6000 for installing solid wall insulation, or up to £7000 for installing solid wall insulation and two other eligible measures.</p><p>However DECC does consider it appropriate to exclude oil and LPG fired boilers from the GDHIF scheme. The Government fully recognises that LPG and oil, like other fossil fuels, will continue to play a part in the UK's energy mix, but we must begin to revolutionise the way we heat our homes to make the transition to a low carbon economy. To this end, DECC has introduced the domestic renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme to support renewable heating systems; this support aims to compensate householders for the additional costs they face when installing a renewable heating system compared to an oil heating system. The domestic RHI is targeted at, but not limited to, homes off the gas grid. Incentivising oil and LPG boilers in this context would undermine the balance struck in the design of the RHI, and potentially cause confusion for consumers. For low income and vulnerable customers, support is available through the Affordable Warmth element of the Energy Company Obligation. Through this, energy suppliers deliver heating cost reductions in eligible off gas and on gas grid households through the provision of any measures which will reduce costs. We have proposed changes to ECO which will actively incentivise suppliers to deliver measures to non-gas fuelled households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 17/06/2014 16:01:04 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61020

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	Boilers: Government Assistance
	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 has taken to incentivise off-gas homes to install modern condensing boilers.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	200087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises that LPG and oil, like other fossil fuels, will continue to play a part in the UK's energy mix, but we must begin to revolutionise the way we heat our homes to make the transition to a low carbon economy. To this end, DECC has introduced the domestic renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme to support renewable heating systems. The domestic RHI is targeted predominately at off gas-grid households, by compensating for the additional costs faced when replacing an oil boiler with a renewable heating system. New incentives for oil and LPG boilers would undermine the balance struck in the design of the RHI, and potentially cause confusion for consumers.</p><p>For more vulnerable customers, support for condensing boilers will remain available through the Energy Company Obligation. DECC has proposed changes that will strengthen the support for off-grid properties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 17/06/2014 16:00:20 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61021

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	Wind Power: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of a potential link between wind farms and tidal patterns in North Wales; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	200019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out a specific assessment on the potential link between offshore wind farms and tidal patterns in North Wales.</p><p>The Department does undertake a programme of Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) for offshore energy technologies which identifies and addresses relevant environmental issues at a strategic level. At a project level, developers are required to undertake Environmental Impact Assessments through the planning system and development consent will not be granted if significant effects on the environment cannot be mitigated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 17/06/2014 16:02:07 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61022

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	UK Trade and Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the success of UK Trade & Investment in relation to Welsh exports; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	200091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade &amp; Investment provides invaluable support for Welsh businesses looking to gain access to international markets. It is encouraging that the recent trends show Welsh exports outperforming the other nations and regions in the UK, with the value of Welsh exports increasing by 9.9 per cent over the past year compared to 0.5 per cent across the UK as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones question first answered 16/06/2014 13:33:13 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61023

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned unused discretionary housing payment to his Department in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	200090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is due to be published shortly as part of wider analysis on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2013/14.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 15:32:26 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61024

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding in 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	200089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is due to be published shortly as part of wider analysis on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2013/14.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 15:38:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61025

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	Help to Work Scheme: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many companies (a) expressed an interest in and (b) tendered for the Help to Work scheme in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	200022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP received expressions of interest from three organisations and three organisations tendered for the Community Work Placement (Help to Work) contract in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/06/2014 14:02:12 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61026

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in Wales applied for additional financial assistance to cover discretionary housing payments in 2013-14; and what assistance such local authorities received.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	200023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The three local authorities in Wales that applied for additional Discretionary Housing Payments from the additional £20 million reserve fund provided by the Government are detailed on the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>£63,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conwy</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information was published on 24 March 2014 in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) subsidy circular S3/2014. Please find attached a link where the information can be found.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/06/2014 14:39:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb