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723127

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2017
	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	Packaging: Waste Disposal
	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 assessment she has made of the level of competition between compliance schemes for the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations; and what consideration has she given to the effect of introducing a single compliance scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	71528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>In 2015 Defra commissioned an external consultancy to undertake economic analysis and research into various aspects of the operation of the market for packaging waste recovery notes (PRN). This included work that examined certain aspects of competition between compliance schemes. The final reports will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>No formal assessment has been made of introducing a single compliance scheme system.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/04/2017 14:25:13 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

722940

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Equal Pay: Public Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of trends in the gender pay gap in the public sector in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	71506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/04/2017 14:22:09 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 71506 v.03 (003).pdf title UKSA Response to PQ71506
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

722947

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Investment: Morecambe and Lunesdale
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much Government investment has been made in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
	tabling member printed	David Morris
	uin	71414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/04/2017 14:53:51 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 71414 v.02 .pdf title UKSA Response to PQ71414
	tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

722950

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Heart Diseases: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from cardiovascular disease there were in (a) England and (b) each parliamentary constituency in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	71525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ71525 v.02. docx.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ71525 2 file name Table PQ71525.xls title Table 2 question first answered 25/04/2017 14:48:49 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

722951

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	North Sea Oil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a Norwegian-style oil exploration tax rebate system for encouraging further oil exploration in the UK sector of the North Sea.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	71501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of exploration and appraisal activity to the future of the oil and gas industry. The best way to support this is through a competitive tax regime, rewarding exploration by improving the economics of new discoveries.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, the Government has significantly cut tax rates for the oil and gas sector and introduced a new Investment Allowance, reducing the effective tax rate paid by producers at the exploration stage. The UK now has one of the most competitive tax regimes for oil and gas in the world.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also funded two £20m programmes of seismic surveys, across 2015 and 2016. The data and analysis from these surveys will help to support activity in under-explored areas of the UK Continental Shelf.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/04/2017 10:44:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

722953

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	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	Landlords: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Landlord Licensing Scheme introduced by the London Borough of Newham on regulation of rogue landlords.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	71466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The effectiveness of the current Scheme in delivering its objectives will be assessed under Part 3 of the Housing Act 2004, if and when an application is made for any further selective licensing scheme designation under the provisions of the Act.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 25/04/2017 16:04:48 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

722954

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the rateable value of pubs and restaurants is assessed on the basis of turnover whereas that of other businesses is assessed on profit.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	71481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The Rateable Value of a property is the annual rent it would achieve if let on the open market at a valuation date set in law. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) determine Rateable Values by referring to rents agreed on similar properties in the local area. Most non-domestic properties, such as offices, shops and restaurants, are assessed on the basis of their rental value per square metre in line with what happens in the rental market.</p><p> </p><p>Rents paid for public houses are also used to determine the appropriate Rateable Value. The approach of valuing per square metre is not used as the market uses trading potential (turnover) to determine levels of rent. This is a recognised way of valuing pubs and has been agreed between the VOA and a number of trade associations.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/04/2017 10:42:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

722955

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on developing legislative proposals on pavement parking.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	71396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport convened a roundtable meeting with external stakeholders, including some local authorities, in March 2016 following the withdrawal of my Hon Friend, the Hon Member for North Dorset’s (Simon Hoare) Private Member’s Bill which sought to ban pavement parking nationally. A possible pavement parking ban in the rest of England outside London was discussed. However, it was identified at the roundtable that the major concerns affecting the ability to introduce and enforce a pavement parking prohibition were issues relating to the processing of Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs). We plan to launch a survey in Summer 2017 in order to gather evidence about the current situation, the costs and timescales for processing TROs, and information about options for change.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/04/2017 14:11:18 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

722956

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Jainism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had on including Jainism as a religious category in the UK census; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	71418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/04/2017 14:50:16 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ71418 v.02.pdf title UKSA Response to PQ71418
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

722957

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2017
	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	Forests: Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to further strengthen protection for ancient woodland; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
	tabling member printed	Mims Davies
	uin	71416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that planning permission should be refused for development resulting in the loss or deterioration of ancient woodland, unless the need for, and benefits of, the development in that location clearly outweigh the loss.</p><p>The Housing White Paper, <em>Fixing our broken housing market, </em>contains proposals to clarify the protection of ancient woodland, and to place these habitats alongside other national policies which indicate development should be restricted when preparing plans or deciding planning applications. Consultation on the White Paper is open for comment until 2 May.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 25/04/2017 16:02:29 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies