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143445

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Select Committee Reports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many times in the last 10 years no Government response to a Lords Select Committee report was forthcoming eight months or longer after the report’s publication; and what were the subjects of the report or reports in question.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	uin	HL2730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally; it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 21/11/2014 14:44:34 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

155749

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Disabled Facilities Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will improve and update best practice guidance on providing disabled facilities grants.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	214753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The sector led Homes Adaptations consortium published the latest guidance on the Disabled Facilities Grant to local authorities in October 2013 having been invited to update it by my Department. A copy can be found at:<br>http://www.cot.co.uk/sites/default/files/ss-housing/public/home-adaptations-for-disabled-people.pdf</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/11/2014 14:42:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

155765

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Fire Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent visits he and other Ministers in his Department have made to fire service bases in England.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	214634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>I have visited the following Fire and Rescue Authorities since joining the Department in July 2014 - Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, East Sussex, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London and West Midlands.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2014 14:40:20 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

156181

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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	Fire and Rescue Services: Industrial Disputes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with the devolved administrations on the firefighters' pension dispute; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	215062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>Officials from the Department meet regularly with the officials from the devolved administrations to discuss issues of common interest relating to the fire and rescue service, including the current dispute with the Fire Brigades Union over firefighter pension reform. Ministers correspond and have met with the fire and rescue services in the devolved nations.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2014 14:11:43 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

156187

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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	Fire and Rescue Services: Cheshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when a Minister in his Department last visited Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service; and who was met on that visit.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	214905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>I have met with the Chief Fire Officer of Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service on several occasions. In addition, my hon. Friend, the Member for Great Yarmouth (Brandon Lewis), visited Cheshire Fire and Rescue Authority last year (June 2013) in his capacity as the then Fire Minister. He attended the Retained Duty System Working Group for a question and answer session, had a tour of the Incident Command Training Suite and was updated on community fire safety. He met with the Chief Fire Officer, the Chairman of the Fire and Rescue Authority and other fire service staff present that day.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2014 14:17:50 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

156188

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	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	Fire and Rescue Services: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Fire Brigades Union on firefighters' pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	214906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>After extensive consultation, and numerous changes, the Government laid the regulations to implement the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2015 before Parliament on 28 October. This provides one of the best schemes in the public sector, with a firefighter who earns £29,000 and retires after a full career receiving a £19,000 a year pension at age 60. The reforms ensure that a greater proportion of firefighters are protected from the changes than any other large public service workforce.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to discuss the remaining detail of the pension reforms, including the transitional arrangements and new governance arrangements to apply from April 2015, with the Fire Brigades Union, other workforce representative bodies and the employers. Furthermore, these bodies are part of the joint fitness group facilitated by the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser, Peter Holland. This group complements the consultation we published to put the key fitness principles onto a statutory footing through the Fire National Framework. We would encourage the Fire Brigades Union and all other representative bodies to respond to that consultation, which closes on 9 December. The consultation can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/firefighter-fitness-standards-and-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/firefighter-fitness-standards-and-assessment</a>.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/11/2014 14:20:39 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

155842

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Annual Energy Statement of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 984, what the evidential basis was for the statement that the UK is on target to meet its future low-carbon power requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	214558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The estimated £45bn investment achieved in the electricity sector between 2010 and 2013 demonstrates good progress towards the further investment that we estimate is necessary between 2014 and 2020 (up to £100bn).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 21/11/2014 14:35:50 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

155847

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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 Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 959, on energy bills, what the evidential basis was for the statement that even more people will be taken out of fuel poverty as a result of the changes to the Energy Company Obligation in 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	214554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>The changes to ECO led to a ringfencing of support delivered to low income households up to 2015 and an extension of the overall scheme out to 2017. This additional support will take more people out of fuel poverty and improve the energy efficiency levels of all those who receive a measure. The Impact Assessment that quantified the effect of these changes showed that 10,000 fewer people would be in fuel poverty in comparison to not making any changes to ECO at all. This Impact Assessment can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373650/ECO_IA_with_SoS_e-sigf_v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373650/ECO_IA_with_SoS_e-sigf_v2.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 21/11/2014 14:35:19 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd attachment 1 file name Final IA - The Future of ECO.pdf title Final IA: The Future of ECO
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

155856

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Private Rented Housing: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to set out the detail of the minimum energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector required by the Energy Act 2011; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
	tabling member printed	Sir Andrew Stunell
	uin	214497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>A public consultation was carried out between 22 July and 2 September 2014 to seek views on the detailed proposals for a minimum energy efficiency standard in the private rented sector. The Government will issue its response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 21/11/2014 14:31:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	445 label Biography information for Lord Stunell

155860

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	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	Energy Company Obligation
	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 Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) providers are taking to work with (a) Age UK and (b) similar organisations to make the ECO more accessible to elderly people.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
	uin	214428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2014 answer text <p>All elements of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) are accessible to elderly people, depending on their precise circumstances.</p><p>How ECO is delivered in practice depends primarily on the approach taken by energy suppliers. Many suppliers work in partnership with organisations, including in the third sector, to find customers to help under the scheme.</p><p>In addition, Government has taken steps to help energy suppliers identify relevant households. This includes allowing data that is used to deliver the Warm Home Discount to be used for targeting ECO. We operate the Energy Saving Advice Service, which provides a specific service to refer low income households for support under Affordable Warmth. We have taken action to link the Warm Home Discount and ESAS call centres.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 21/11/2014 14:30:57 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois