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892206

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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	Electricity Generation: Costs
	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 estimate he has made of the cost per MWh of energy generated by (a) onshore wind, (b) offshore wind, (c) solar PV, (d) open cycle gas, (e) combine cycle gas and (f) coal in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	138372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>BEIS’s most recent published assessment of electricity generation costs can be found in the generation costs report (2016)[1] which covers both renewable and non-renewable technologies. We are currently undertaking a review of our evidence on levelised costs of electricity generation.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant section of the 2016 generation cost report is included below. BEIS no longer produces estimates for the levelised cost of unabated coal.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p>Levelised Cost Estimates for NOAK Projects Commissioning in 2020, Technology-specific Hurdle Rates, £/MWh (2014 prices)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>CCGT H Class</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>OCGT 600MW (500hrs)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Offshore Wind Round 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Large Scale Solar PV</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Onshore Wind &gt;5MW UK</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pre Development Costs</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction Costs</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fixed O&amp;M</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Variable O&amp;M</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fuel Costs</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carbon Costs</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>66</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/566567/BEIS_Electricity_Generation_Cost_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/566567/BEIS_Electricity_Generation_Cost_Report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 13:57:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

892218

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Adoption: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136096 on Self-employed: Adoption, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on statutory adoption leave for the self-employed of the request by adoption agencies that adoptive parents spend a minimum of six months at home when a child is first placed.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	138509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Adoption agencies will have a range of policies about how long they would ask adoptive parents to stay at home once a child is placed with them. We work closely with the Consortium of Voluntary Adoption Agencies and the Association of Directors of Children's Services when developing policy on adoption.</p><p> </p><p>As previously stated, where adopters do not qualify for family related statutory pay because they are self-employed, local authorities may make a payment equivalent to Maternity Allowance. This is at the discretion of the local authority and is means-tested.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/05/2018 16:17:52 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 55374 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

892276

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	The Education Fellowship Trust
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136599 on Education Fellowship Trust (TEFT), if he will list the (a) 10 TEFT schools for which new trusts have been identified but which have not yet been transferred and (b) two TEFT schools for which no new trust has been identified.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	138485
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The department has confirmed that Rushden Community College will join Tove Learning Trust; Desborough College will form a Single Academy Trust, Desborough College Academy Trust, until joining or forming a multi-academy trust within two years. Blackthorn Primary School and Thorplands Primary School will join the Northampton Primary Academy Trust. Olympic Primary School, Ruskin Junior School and Warwick Academy will join Lion Academy Trust. Risdene Academy and Windmill Primary School will join Manor Learning Trust. The Clarendon Academy will join Acorn Learning Trust.</p><p> </p><p>The Regional Schools Commissioners are working to confirm preferred new trusts as soon as possible for the remaining two schools, Pembroke Park Primary in Wiltshire, and Wrenn Academy in Northamptonshire.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/05/2018 16:01:35 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 55400 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

892365

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether final interviews for the appointment of a new Chair of the Social Mobility Commission are still planned for 3 May.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	138414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Progress on appointing a new Chair and Commissioners is running to schedule as per the procedures set out in the Governance Code for Public Appointments. My fellow ministers and I look forward to working with the successful candidate to improve social mobility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/05/2018 16:09:41 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 55401 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

892364

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the panel sift for the appointment of a new Chair of the Social Mobility Commission took place on 12 April as advertised.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	138413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Progress on appointing a new Chair and Commissioners is running to schedule as per the procedures set out in the Governance Code for Public Appointments. My fellow ministers and I look forward to working with the successful candidate to improve social mobility.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 02/05/2018 16:45:26 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 55414 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

892271

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Educational Psychology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department provided for schools-based educational psychologists in each of the last three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	138396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 138395 question first answered 02/05/2018 16:40:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 55426 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

892270

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Educational Psychology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of children who received help from schools-based educational psychologists in each of the last three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	138395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 138396 question first answered 02/05/2018 16:40:38 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 55418 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

892340

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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
	hansard heading	Non-commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its post implementation review of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	138536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Post Implementation Review (PIR) will evaluate the effectiveness of the Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order. A public consultation was conducted and responses published in June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish the PIR report before summer recess.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/05/2018 15:04:16 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

892339

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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
	hansard heading	Dogs: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer question 115400, on Dogs: Smuggling, how many illegally imported puppies have been seized at Dover and Folkestone ports by the Animal and Plant Health Agency and placed into quarantine via the Puppy Pilot in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	138535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>From 1 October 2017 to 31 March 2018, 143 puppies were seized at Dover and Folkestone and placed into quarantine under the Puppy Pilot.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/05/2018 14:57:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

892151

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Mobile Phones
	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 apps his Department has approved for use of mobile phones issued by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	138377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>In core Defra applications are approved and accessed through a secure, managed application catalogue.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the default applications supplied on the mobile phone are approved and managed using the Department’s security policies.</p><p> </p><p>These policies are closely aligned with National Cyber Security Centre guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Providing details of specific applications would be inappropriate due to national security concerns and the risk of facilitating acts against official systems by hostile actors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/05/2018 15:17:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett