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767993

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Census
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including a question in the next census about membership of the armed forces community.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	107034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I<br>have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/10/2017 13:57:39 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ107034 (1).pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

769050

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	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	Iron and Steel: 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 plans he has to reduce energy costs for the British steel industry.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	107190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is fully aware of the importance of energy costs for the UK steel industry, and we are acting to keep them as low as possible. To date, the Government has paid over £190 million in compensation to the steel sector since 2013 to compensate for the cumulative impact of energy and climate change policies on industrial electricity prices.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/10/2017 15:54:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

769051

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	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	Tata Steel: Pensions
	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 steps he is taking to ensure that Tata Steel UK upholds the commitments contained in its memorandum of understanding with steel unions following changes to the British Steel pension scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	107191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been working hard with the unions to secure a sustainable future for Tata Steel UK 8,200 employees, including those at its Port Talbot primary steelmaking plant.</p><p>Details of the joint venture process are still to be worked out. However Tata has said it will honour the commitments it made earlier this year. Indeed, following the Joint Venture agreement between Tata Steel Europe and Thyssenkrupp, announced on 19th September 2017, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy wrote a joint letter with the trade unions to Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chair of Tata &amp; Sons, to secure Tata’s assurance that together with their new partner they will continue to honour these commitments.</p><p>We will continue to work closely with Tata Steel, Thyssenkrupp, the Welsh Government and Trade Unions to support the future of Tata Steel’s UK steel business.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/10/2017 15:56:01 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

768013

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	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	Emergency Services
	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 make an assessment of the feasibility of establishing an event to mark the contribution that the emergency services make to communities and to thank them for the work they do during times of crisis.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	107056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>We recognise the important contribution made by our emergency services to their communities. Their hard work and commitment to public service is celebrated the country over in local community events and also nationally.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 17/10/2017 11:22:05 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

768906

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to ex-service personnel who face the under-occupancy charge.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	107118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The policy to remove the spare room subsidy applies to all working age Housing Benefit and Universal Credit claimants living in and under-occupying social housing without exception.</p><p> </p><p>A couple of easements apply. For example an extra bedroom is provided for those who require overnight care from a non-resident carer and for couples who are unable to share a bedroom due to disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011, the Government has provided local authorities with around £900 million in Discretionary Housing Payment funding to support vulnerable Housing Benefit and Universal Credit claimants who are unable to mitigate the impact of welfare housing reforms.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/10/2017 16:22:10 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock