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346876

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Energy Efficiency Deployment Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her policy is on expanding the scope and budget of the Energy Efficiency Deployment Office; and how many staff are employed in that Office.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving energy efficiency. Work on energy efficiency has been carried out across several directorates in the Department over recent years. Following an internal reorganisation within the Department earlier in 2015, the Energy Efficiency Deployment Office no longer exists. The work it previously carried out is now undertaken in a number of different directorates, including those focused on home energy use and business and local energy use.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/06/2015 13:28:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

43152

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept id	58
	answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he has taken to restrict access to departmental meetings by lobbyists since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	191955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Details of meetings held by Ministers and Permanent Secretaries with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found on GOV.UK. That transparency will be further extended by the recently enacted Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act, Part 1 of which will require consultant lobbyists that meet with Ministers and senior officials to declare their clients on a publicly available register.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

43330

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the total cost to his Department has been of challenging the decision of the Information Commissioner on the publication of letters from HRH the Prince of Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	192074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>This case raises issues of constitutional significance, including upholding Parliament's intentions for the Freedom of Information regime and the Government's ability to protect information in the public interest. Litigation initiated by <em>The Guardian</em> newspaper has taken place over a four year period including hearings in the Upper Tribunal, the High Court, and the Court of Appeal. Eight government departments have had to work together on the Government's response, at a total cost of £274,481.16 (exc VAT). These costs encompass all costs billed by the Treasury Solicitor, including Counsels' fees and disbursements. If we are successful in the next stage of legal proceedings the Government would seek to recover a substantial proportion of these costs from the Guardian.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

43153

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, whether the possibility of Israel (a) disarming its nuclear weapons capability and (b) joining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was discussed with (i) his Israeli counterpart, (ii) other Israeli ministers and (iii) members of the Knesset during his visit to Israel on 12 and 13 March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	192110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2014 answer text <p>I did not discuss this issue during my recent visit to Israel.</p><p> </p><p>The Government consistently call on Israel to join the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state and to agree a full scope Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency. We continue to support the objective of a Middle East free from Weapons of Mass Destruction and continue to encourage Israel to participate in discussions to that end.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

45016

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	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
	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 the Government plans to take to deliver the commitments on nuclear security contained in paragraph 27 of the Hague Nuclear Security Summit Communiqué held in the Hague on 24 and 25 March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	193687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>Safety and security are top priorities for the Government and there is a robust security framework in place for the civil nuclear industry. We seek continuous improvement in line with internationally established principles. The UK has a strong and effective independent regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), which ensures compliance with the requirements placed on duty holders by the Nuclear Industries Security Regulations 2003 (as amended) and the performance-based National Objectives, Requirements and Model Standards (NORMS). There is extensive engagement between the Government, ONR and duty holders. The full set of UK commitments made at the Nuclear Security Summit which go towards meeting paragraph 27 of the Summit's Communiquécan be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nss2014.com/sites/default/files/documents/140321_uk_national_statement_on_commitments.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nss2014.com/sites/default/files/documents/140321_uk_national_statement_on_commitments.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

45017

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	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
	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 the Government plans to take to deliver the commitments on nuclear security contained in paragraph 21 of the Hague Nuclear Security Summit Communiqué of the Nuclear Security Summit held in the Hague on 24 and 25 March 2014 to keep the national stockpile of separated plutonium to the minimum level.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	193688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has published strategies for the management of spent Magnox and Oxide fuel; it is from these spent fuels that plutonium is separated. These strategies are aligned with UK Government policy and their implementation is expected to see cessation of reprocessing in Magnox and THORP facilities during this decade.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to Magnox fuel, the intent is to reprocess all of it. Only a finite amount of Magnox fuel remains, which limits the amount of further separated plutonium that could be produced from reprocessing. Reprocessing is the only approved process for managing this metal fuel.</p><p> </p><p>With respect to Oxide Fuel management, an NDA paper sets out the strategy which is to complete the reprocessing contracts in THORP, as far as is reasonably practicable, and place the remaining fuel and any future arisings into interim storage pending disposal. The paper can be found at <a title="http://www.nda.gov.uk/documents/upload/Oxide-Fuels-Preferred-Options-June-2012.pdf" href="http://www.nda.gov.uk/documents/upload/Oxide-Fuels-Preferred-Options-June-2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nda.gov.uk/documents/upload/Oxide-Fuels-Preferred-Options-June-2012.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Both these strategies see the amount of plutonium separated in the future being limited in line with national requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

45519

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the United States Department of Defense (USDoD) in respect of the installation by BT of a special communications system to link RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire with the USDoD headquarters in Washington DC and the US Africa headquarters for unmanned aircraft operations in Djibouti.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	194144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The installation of US communications systems at RAF Croughton is a matter for the United States Visiting Forces. No discussions have taken place in respect to the installation by BT of a special communications system to link RAF Croughton with the Department of Defence headquarters in the US, and US Forces in Djibouti.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois previous answer version 4537 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

46258

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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
	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 discussions he has had with the Royal College of Pathologists on the effects on human and animal safety of reductions in the number of national pathology laboratories from 14 to 7; and if he will publish the impact assessment produced by his Department on such a plan.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	194600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) and Defra have met with the Royal College of Pathologists, to discuss the new Surveillance model, on four separate occasions between September 2012 and the introduction of changes to the Surveillance model on 1 April 2014.</p><p> </p><p>A formal impact assessment was not required for this work because it does not involve a change in regulation. Submission into the scanning surveillance system is a voluntary activity that has no regulatory aspect. However the ‘Changes to the delivery of Veterinary Scanning Surveillance in England and Wales, December 2013' document published on the AHVLA website does consider the impact of the changes, recognises that there are negative impacts (e.g. some farms will be further from an AHVLA Post Mortem facility) but concludes that these are outweighed by the benefit of having stronger national centres of excellence and a better coordinated network of support from private practices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

46936

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of contraband cigarettes entering the UK were originally manufactured in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	195150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. HM Revenue &amp; Customs records data on seizures of illicit products but this does not include the country of manufacture.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

46959

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatal and (b) serious injuries were suffered by cyclists in London in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	195151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The number of reported a) killed and b) seriously injured cyclists in London in each of the last 10 years is given in the table below.</p><p>Number of killed and seriously injured cyclists in London: 2003-2012</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong> </strong></td><td colspan="2"><strong>number of casualties </strong><strong> </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>a) Killed </strong></td><td><strong>b)Serious </strong></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>19</td><td>419</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>8</td><td>332</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>21</td><td>351</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>19</td><td>373</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>15</td><td>446</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>15</td><td>430</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>13</td><td>420</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>10</td><td>458</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>16</td><td>555</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>14</td><td>659</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data for the year 2013 will be available in June 2014.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn