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622729

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the level of procurement of British steel by his Department in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	50630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Over the last year Government has acted to level the playing field for UK steel producers in light of the complex global challenges faced by the UK steel sector. Last December Government issued guidance to central government departments on how to ensure that they take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting their procurement activities. This guidance is also being extended to the wider public sector.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 03/11/2016 17:04:12 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

789288

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	European Police College
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK plans to seek formal participation in the European Policing College after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	113041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government recently set out its proposals for an ambitious strategic agreement with the EU that provides a comprehensive framework for our future security, law enforcement and criminal justice cooperation that delivers the capabilities our operational partners need to keep our people safe.</p><p> </p><p>Our proposals are set out in “Security, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice – a future partnership paper” which was published on 18 September, available on the gov.uk website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/security-law-enforcement-and-criminal-justice-a-future-partnership-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/security-law-enforcement-and-criminal-justice-a-future-partnership-paper</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/11/2017 15:59:23 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

851628

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Private Investigators: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to regulate the activities of private detectives.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	130391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the integrity of the private security industry and this includes private investigators.</p><p>The regulation of private investigators was included within the scope of the recent review of the Security Industry Authority. Once the findings of the review have been published, the Government will carefully consider any recommendations in relation to private investigators.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/03/2018 19:14:19 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

985739

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the potential merits of increasing the police pension entitlement for widows from post-retirement marriages.
	tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
	tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
	uin	178271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The current police pension scheme provides survivor benefits regardless of the timing of a member’s marriage. In keeping with other public service pension schemes, this was not the case before 1978, when different rules applied.</p><p>Successive governments have made a general presumption against making retrospective changes to public service pension schemes. Therefore there is no entitlement relating to service before 1978 and there are no plans to change this.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 18/10/2018 17:07:30 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

518298

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Aberdeen North of 1 December 2015, on foreign aid.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
	tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
	uin	36828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not have record of receiving a letter from the hon. Member for Aberdeen North dated 1 December 2015. My office has been in contact with the hon. Member’s office to receive a copy of the letter and we will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/05/2016 08:28:41 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

438821

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the international aid budget she plans to allocate to support communities managing the consequences of climate change in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	902759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has announced that the government will provide £5.8 billion from the official development assistance budget over the next five years. This will support the Paris Climate Summit outcome and help the most vulnerable countries protect themselves from the effects of climate change and drive clean economic growth.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/12/2015 13:45:24 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

576541

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made on developing an Energy Innovation Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	45054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2016 answer text <p>Following the recent Machinery of Government changes, the detail of the Department’s energy innovation programme is being considered by Ministers. The 2016-2021 programme, over £500m, announced as part of the last Spending Review was developed as a cross-Government initiative by the former Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Department is also collaborating internationally with other countries, including through ‘Mission Innovation’ – a global partnership of 21 members announced at COP21 in Paris, pledging to double support for clean energy innovation over the next five years and strengthening transparency and collaboration.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/10/2016 11:03:12 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

576542

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	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	Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many tonnes of carbon dioxide were displaced by renewable (a) electricity and (b) heat generation in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Wales in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	45055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows how many tonnes of carbon dioxide were displaced by renewable electricity in each of the UK, England, Scotland and Wales in 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carbon dioxide displaced by renewable electricity generation (million tonnes)</p></td><td><p>51.6</p></td><td><p>33.6</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Carbon emissions displaced by renewable electricity generation have been calculated as renewable electricity generation multiplied by the average emissions factor for electricity supplied by fossil fuel stations in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the carbon savings from the total renewable heat produced in the UK is not available.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/10/2016 11:04:37 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672217

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	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	Green Investment Bank: Assets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans for a golden share in the Green Investment Bank will enable it to influence decisions on the (a) sale of existing assets and (b) reinvestment of capital in green projects after the disposal of those assets.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	59777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The special share will be held by an independent company – the Green Purposes Company Limited, with trustees who have been selected independently of Government and of the Green Investment Bank (GIB). The independent trustees will have the right to approve or reject any proposed change to the green purposes of GIB, as set out in the company’s Articles of Association, if such a change were ever proposed.</p><p> </p><p>GIB is being sold as a going concern and potential investors will be buying into the company’s green business plan and forward pipeline of projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/01/2017 16:38:35 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672219

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	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	Green Investment Bank: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his most recent estimate is of the value of the Green Investment Bank's assets in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	59829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Green Investment Bank (GIB) publishes a full details of the value of its assets on the GIB website. The following links will provide the Hon Member with the information he requires:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/news-and-insights/2016/investing-in-a-greener-scotland/" target="_blank">http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/news-and-insights/2016/investing-in-a-greener-scotland/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/media/155175/gib_tt_2212.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/media/155175/gib_tt_2212.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/01/2017 14:32:11 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig