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450534

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	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	Northern Ireland Office: Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House when was the most recent time that she gave guidance to the Northern Ireland Office on the importance of answering parliamentary written questions in full, providing all the information requested.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL5896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I regularly stress to departments the importance of giving full and timely answers to Questions for Written Answer. The content of each answer is a matter for the Minister concerned, and each Minister is responsible to the House for the answers they provide. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members.</p><p>The Ministerial Code says that “It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”. It also makes clear that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”. In addition, there is a longstanding rule of this House that all answers should be complete and comprehensible. I shall continue to make this guidance clear to all Ministers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL6043 question first answered 17/02/2016 16:05:06 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

451768

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Northern Ireland Office: Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, further to the Written Answer by Lord Dunlop on 9 February (HL5480), what discussion she has had with the Northern Ireland Office about answering parliamentary written questions in full.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL6043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I regularly stress to departments the importance of giving full and timely answers to Questions for Written Answer. The content of each answer is a matter for the Minister concerned, and each Minister is responsible to the House for the answers they provide. That direct accountability is important: that is why Ministers in this House must provide personally signed answers to members.</p><p>The Ministerial Code says that “It is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament”. It also makes clear that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”. In addition, there is a longstanding rule of this House that all answers should be complete and comprehensible. I shall continue to make this guidance clear to all Ministers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston grouped question UIN HL5896 question first answered 17/02/2016 16:05:06 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

451458

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what sanctions can be taken against the Office of the Independent Adjudicator if it misses the 90-day target in issuing complaint outcomes set by the European Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	26674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Should an approved Alternative Dispute Resolution provider, such<br>as the Office for the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA),be found<br>to be continually failing to comply with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulations<br>2015, the Government has set out a process that enables an appointed body (the<br>Chartered Trading Standards Institute) to monitor compliance, recommend<br>improvements and, ultimately, remove a body from the approved list.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OIA is independent of Government and funded by compulsory subscriptions<br>from higher education providers. All higher education providers in receipt of<br>student support funding are required, through legislation, to join the OIA and pay<br>subscription fees. The OIA makes an assessment each year of the level of<br>funding it requires to ensure that its costs can be met.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 26675 question first answered 17/02/2016 15:45:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

451459

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what additional resources his Department plans to make available to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator to ensure it meets the 90-day target in issuing complaint outcomes set by the European Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	26675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Should an approved Alternative Dispute Resolution provider, such<br>as the Office for the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA),be found<br>to be continually failing to comply with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulations<br>2015, the Government has set out a process that enables an appointed body (the<br>Chartered Trading Standards Institute) to monitor compliance, recommend<br>improvements and, ultimately, remove a body from the approved list.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OIA is independent of Government and funded by compulsory subscriptions<br>from higher education providers. All higher education providers in receipt of<br>student support funding are required, through legislation, to join the OIA and pay<br>subscription fees. The OIA makes an assessment each year of the level of<br>funding it requires to ensure that its costs can be met.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 26674 question first answered 17/02/2016 15:45:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

451661

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Academic Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications for freedom of speech in universities of recent reports of violent protests at an Israeli Society event at King's College London.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	26522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government strongly opposes any kind of violence or intimidation that curtails free speech in universities and leads to the closure of peaceful meetings.</p><p>King’s College London has undertaken its own review of the protests at the Israeli Society event on 19<sup>th</sup> January and concluded that a number of individuals “intentionally disrupted the rights of others to exercise freedom of speech within the law”.</p><p>Whilst the violent protests were deplorable, KCL has acted to reiterate its commitment to free speech and take disciplinary measures against individuals concerned.</p><p>The Prevent duty introduced in September 2015 requires institutions to have robust policies and procedures in place to manage events such as this in order to protect students and staff and safeguard freedom of speech. As the designated monitoring body, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will be making an assessment of compliance with the requirements of the duty.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 26665 question first answered 17/02/2016 14:47:48 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

451660

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Academic Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that freedom of speech in universities is safeguarded; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the reported forced closure of an Israel Society event at King's College London on his Department's policies.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	26665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government strongly opposes any kind of violence or intimidation that curtails free speech in universities and leads to the closure of peaceful meetings.</p><p>King’s College London has undertaken its own review of the protests at the Israeli Society event on 19<sup>th</sup> January and concluded that a number of individuals “intentionally disrupted the rights of others to exercise freedom of speech within the law”.</p><p>Whilst the violent protests were deplorable, KCL has acted to reiterate its commitment to free speech and take disciplinary measures against individuals concerned.</p><p>The Prevent duty introduced in September 2015 requires institutions to have robust policies and procedures in place to manage events such as this in order to protect students and staff and safeguard freedom of speech. As the designated monitoring body, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will be making an assessment of compliance with the requirements of the duty.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 26522 question first answered 17/02/2016 14:47:48 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

450652

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education: Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the merger of the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education and the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Rebuck
	uin	HL5953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the merger of these two independent organisations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/02/2016 14:31:34 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4332 label Biography information for Baroness Rebuck

451140

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Legislation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice has been provided this Session for ministers or senior officials in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on whether to use secondary legislation or primary legislation for significant legislation.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL6006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>There has been no change in approach to the use of primary and secondary legislation since the General Election. Each piece of legislation is approached within the context of the policy and the existing legislative framework. There is no evidence of an increase in the number of statutory instruments laid since 2010 or since the General Election. Briefing produced by the House of Commons Library (CBP 7438) shows that the number of statutory instruments laid before the House of Commons peaked at 1,885 in the 2005-06 session, compared to 1,378 last session and 540 so far this session.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/02/2016 14:12:48 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

451577

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Medicine: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure UK universities are closely co-ordinating their medical research.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	26480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>My Department funds medical research in universities via the Medical Research Council (MRC). The MRC supports and encourages collaboration between UK universities across all of its funding programmes, and also supports collaboration through targeted initiatives such as:</p><ul><li>The Farr Institute, which is jointly funded by the MRC, Government and research charities and brings together 19 university partners to create a UK-wide platform for health informatics research. The Institute provides the physical and electronic infrastructure to facilitate collaboration across the partner universities, and support their safe use of patient and research data for medical research.</li><li>MRC support for 13 stratified medicine research consortia, addressing conditions such as arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, schizophrenia and dementia. The initiative involves 32 UK universities, with each consortia involving around 7 universities.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Working together, the Research Councils have developed an RCUK framework for principles in funding multi-institutional collaborations in research. Further details on the framework can be found here: <a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/principles/" target="_blank">http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/principles/</a>.</p><p>Innovate UK also works with universities to drive translation of university-based research and innovation into commercial applications which tackle disease and life-threatening illnesses. Additionally, Innovate UK, through the Catapult network, provides access to leading-edge technology, facilities and expertise in Cell and Gene Therapy, Precision Medicine and Medicines Technologies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/02/2016 15:23:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

451593

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Antibiotics: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on how many new antibiotics are in development by UK companies.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	26571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on how many new antibiotics are in development by UK companies.</p><p>The independent review on antimicrobial resistance led by Lord O’Neill publication Securing New Drugs for Future Generations – the Pipeline of antibiotics, provides a high-level assessment of the development pipeline for new antibiotics:</p><p><a href="http://amr-review.org/sites/default/files/SECURING%20NEW%20DRUGS%20FOR%20FUTURE%20GENERATIONS%20FINAL%20WEB_0.pdf" target="_blank">http://amr-review.org/sites/default/files/SECURING%20NEW%20DRUGS%20FOR%20FUTURE%20GENERATIONS%20FINAL%20WEB_0.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 17/02/2016 15:08:47 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

451792

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Students: Plagiarism
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government,  further to the Written Answer by Baroness Evans of Bowes Park on 26 January (HL5024), whether the Quality Assurance Agency requests data from higher education institutions regarding the number of cases of plagiarism and how those cases were handled each year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL6067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>There is no centrally held set of data on the number of recorded plagiarism cases in higher education. This is an institutional matter and cases are handled by individual institutions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/02/2016 14:39:44 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

452150

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Exports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on exports of the decision to reduce the budget of UK Trade and Investment.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
	uin	HL6097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Savings will be broadly delivered through implementing a new digital infrastructure to provide cost-effective access to export services; contractual efficiencies; and prioritising market and sector opportunities that will add most value to UK exports. This is about being more efficient and delivering for UK businesses, including through enhancing direct support and developing the private sector market.</p><p>HM Treasury has recognised the importance of the exports agenda by agreeing that £175m of further proposed savings between 2016-17 and 2019-20 should be reinvested in priority areas. The Government is committed to driving a step-change in UK exports and the reinvestment secured to refocus UK Trade &amp; Investment will help us deliver this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/02/2016 14:05:33 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

452259

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Balance of Trade: Burundi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the balance of trade between Burundi and the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
	uin	HL6160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2015 the UK had a trade in goods surplus with Burundi of £1.7 million (Source: HM Revenue and Customs’ Overseas Trade Statistics database).</p><p>It is not possible to estimate the trade in services balance between the UK and Burundi as data on UK trade in services with Burundi are not published by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/02/2016 13:51:05 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

449681

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many newspaper journalists and publishers received awards in honours lists published between December 2011 and December 2015, broken down by individual list.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
	uin	HL5763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is published on GOV.UK.</p><p>The number of newspaper journalists and publishers receiving awards in honours lists published between December 2011 and December 2015, broken down by individual list, is given below:</p><p>New Year 2012 - 1<br>Birthday 2012 - 3<br>New Year 2013 - 4<br>Birthday 2013 - 1<br>New Year 2014 - 3<br>Birthday 2014 - 1<br>New Year 2015 - 2<br>Birthday 2015 - nil<br>New Year 2016 - 1</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley question first answered 17/02/2016 13:44:22 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

451717

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent by the National Cyber Security Programme in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Steven Paterson
	uin	26550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Since the UK’s first Cyber Security Strategy was published in 2011, we have invested £860m in a National Cyber Security Programme to support the UK’s economic prosperity, protect our national security and safeguard the public’s way of life by building a more trusted and resilient digital environment. The National Cyber Security Programme’s budget breaks down annually as follows: 2011/12 – £105m 2012/13 – £155m 2013/14 – £180m 2014/15 – £210m 2015/16 – £210m We are investing £1.9bn in the next Cyber Security Programme, from financial years 2016/17 until 2020/21, which will give the UK the next generation of cyber security and make our country one of the safest places to do business online.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/02/2016 16:13:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4392 label Biography information for Steven Paterson

450520

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	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	Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take against landlords who fail to maintain their properties in a safe and fit state of repair.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL5882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Housing Health and Safety Rating System assesses the health and safety risks in all residential properties. Under the Housing Act 2004, following an Rating System inspection, if a local authority identifies a serious hazard they can take action, including issuing an Improvement Notice or a Hazard Awareness Notice. In extreme circumstances, the local authority may decide to make repairs themselves, or to prohibit that property from being rented out. Where a landlord fails to comply with a statutory notice, this is an offence, and they can be prosecuted by the local authority. From October 2015 we introduced protection for tenants from retaliatory eviction, where they have a legitimate complaint about the condition of the property.</p><p>The Housing and Planning Bill will strengthen local authorities’ ability and incentives to tackle rogue landlords by introducing measures including:</p><ul><li>A database of rogue landlords and property agents convicted of certain offences;</li><li>Banning orders for the most serious and prolific offenders;</li><li>Civil penalties of up to £30,000 as an alternative to prosecution;</li><li>Extension of Rent Repayment Orders to cover illegal eviction, breach of a banning order or failure to comply with a statutory notice;</li><li>A more stringent fit and proper person test for landlords of licensable properties such as Houses in Multiple Occupation.</li></ul><p>My Department also recently announced a further £5 million of funding across 48 local authorities to tackle the worst rogue landlords in their areas.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/02/2016 16:52:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

451441

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to require private landlords to fit carbon monoxide alarms in any property that contains a fuel-burning appliance.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	26526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Since 1 October 2015, landlords have been required to install carbon monoxide alarms in any room used as living accommodation which contains a solid-fuel burning appliance.</p><p>We regulated for rooms with these appliances as they are responsible for a disproportionate number of carbon monoxide deaths and injuries compared to other combustion appliances.</p><p>The Government therefore has no current plans to regulate further. These regulations are still very new and need time to bed in. A full review will be conducted in October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/02/2016 14:26:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

451498

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what safeguards his Department plans to put in place to ensure that people who leave their council homes as a result of the proposed pay to stay scheme are able to afford private rented property in the same area.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	26459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>It is only fair that social tenants who can pay more should pay more. There are more than 40,000 tenants in social housing who benefit from subsidised rents but where the annual household income is over £50,000. We have however consulted on a proposal for a taper to ensure that work incentives are protected. If adopted, this would mean that households towards the lower end of the proposed income thresholds would see a low rise in their rent below market rental values in areas where market rent is higher than social rent. Of course, if tenants on incomes well above the proposed threshold wish to take up a rental opportunity in the private sector then this should be encouraged to free up social housing for those most in need.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/02/2016 14:32:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

451509

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Permitted Development Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Article 4 directions to restrict the application of permitted development rights in local areas have been made by (a) local planning authorities and (b) the Secretary of State in the last three years; how many times he has restricted or amended those developments by local planning authorities in that time; and how many such cases relate to planning permission for the construction of basements.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	26570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Between 2013 and 2015 the Department was notified of 256 article 4 directions made by local authorities. The Department made no article 4 directions and modified eight.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/02/2016 14:28:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

451546

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Employment Schemes: Hearing Impaired
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide support to local councils to ensure they protect deaf clubs for people seeking support and help in getting back to work.
	tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
	tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
	uin	26464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role that councils play in supporting those who need additional help when seeking to get back into the workplace. However, as democratically elected organisations, local authorities are independent from central Government and are responsible for managing their budgets in line with local priorities.</p><p>This year’s Local Government Financial Settlement does provide a reasonable offer to local government, with a settlement which is essentially flat in cash terms, moving from £44.5 billion in 2015-16 to £44.3 billion in 2019-20. By 2020, when councils will be 100% funded by council tax, business rates and other local revenues, they will finally be fully accountable to their electorate for their financing, decisions and actions.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/02/2016 14:22:43 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

451547

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Local Government Services: Sign Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that councils do not discriminate against people for whom British Sign Language is their first language in the provision of council services.
	tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
	tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
	uin	26462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The responsibility for providing appropriate support to enable meaningful communication with deaf people by local authorities lies with the local authorities themselves.</p><p>All local authorities have a legal responsibility under sections 20 and 29 of the Equality Act 2010 not to discriminate against disabled people in the provision of services and to make 'reasonable adjustments', which means for example providing information in an accessible format to allow deaf people to have equal access to their services.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/02/2016 14:24:48 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

451648

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Fracking: Planning Permission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on removing from local authorities powers to veto planning applications for fracking.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Crausby
	uin	26676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Mineral planning authorities have a responsibility to consider planning applications for shale gas exploration under the Town and Country Planning regime. Planning law requires that applications for planning permission must be determined in accordance with the development plan for the local authority area, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The Government has taken steps to ensure this locally led regime is effective, as set out in Written Ministerial Statements of 16 September, HCWS201 and HCWS202. This includes making available £1.2 million to ensure mineral planning authorities have adequate resource to reach timely decisions.</p><p>Community involvement in planning applications and people’s safety and the environment will remain paramount. No decision has been made to take shale gas exploration out of this local authority led process.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 17/02/2016 14:34:25 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

451711

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Housing: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the Housing Investment Fund devolved to Greater Manchester Combined Authority homes over 10 years is in the form of (a) loans and (b) grants.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	26659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Housing Investment Fund is a loan, supported by a legal agreement in place between Manchester City Council (as the lead authority for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority) and DCLG. All of the Housing Investment Fund must be used as financial transactions to private sector organisations for the funding to qualify under the terms of that legal agreement.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/02/2016 14:27:49 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

451712

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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	Housing: Construction
	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 withdrawal of the Housing Market Renewal Initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	26660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Housing Market Renewal Pathfinders programme ran from 2002 to 2011 and created large-scale Whitehall targets for demolition and clearance across the Midlands and the North of England. The programme was cancelled under the last Government.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/02/2016 14:30:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

451487

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to incentivise developers to co-fund the deployment of local fibre broadband networks to properties which are not scheduled for connection free of charge.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	26552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s recent announcement of a new deal bringing industry together will see fibre-based broadband offered to all new developments for free or part of a co-funded initiative. In addition, the Home Builders Federation are committed to promoting and supporting uptake of the co-funding offer among their membership.</p><p>This new offer sets a high bar for all suppliers and developers in the market, and Government will be working with industry closely to monitor success over the next year.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/02/2016 16:14:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook