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91410

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/10/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:11:04
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 22:50:54 23/08/2016 13:49:04
	hansard heading	Local Safeguarding Children Boards
	house id	1
	identifier	209052
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/10/2014 16:12:11
	question first ministerially corrected	20/10/2014 16:41:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of child sexual exploitation action plans by local safeguarding children's boards.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 209052
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209052
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Ofsted undertakes a review of each local safeguarding children’s board (LSCB) at the same time as they undertake their inspection of local authorities’ services for children in need of help and protection and looked after children. Neither the review nor the inspection makes specific judgements about the sexual exploitation of children or the effectiveness of the local child sexual exploitation action plans. However, inspectors are required to include in the cases they evaluate “children at risk of harm from physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect; inspectors will also want to identify those children and young people where the local authority have concerns that they may be vulnerable to child sexual exploitation and those children and young people who have been missing from care, home and education”. In undertaking the LSCB review inspectors are required to “evaluate the quality and impact of the policies and procedures produced by the LSCB, such as the local thresholds document and the child sexual exploitation action plan.” An LSCB’s response to child sexual exploitation is considered as part of the overall judgement on the performance of the LSCB. Seven LSCBs of the 3<ins class="ministerial">3</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del> inspected since the new framework came into being in November 2013 have been found to be inadequate.</p> question first answered 13/10/2014 16:12:11
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91483

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/09/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:11:37
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 22:58:06 23/08/2016 13:49:03
	hansard heading	Local Safeguarding Children Boards
	house id	1
	identifier	209003
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/10/2014 16:12:11
	question first ministerially corrected	20/10/2014 16:41:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of local safeguarding children boards' child sexual exploitation action plans.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 209003
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209003
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Ofsted undertakes a review of each local safeguarding children’s board (LSCB) at the same time as they undertake their inspection of local authorities’ services for children in need of help and protection and looked after children. Neither the review nor the inspection makes specific judgements about the sexual exploitation of children or the effectiveness of the local child sexual exploitation action plans. However, inspectors are required to include in the cases they evaluate “children at risk of harm from physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect; inspectors will also want to identify those children and young people where the local authority have concerns that they may be vulnerable to child sexual exploitation and those children and young people who have been missing from care, home and education”. In undertaking the LSCB review inspectors are required to “evaluate the quality and impact of the policies and procedures produced by the LSCB, such as the local thresholds document and the child sexual exploitation action plan.” An LSCB’s response to child sexual exploitation is considered as part of the overall judgement on the performance of the LSCB. Seven LSCBs of the 3<ins class="ministerial">3</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del> inspected since the new framework came into being in November 2013 have been found to be inadequate.</p> question first answered 13/10/2014 16:12:11
	creator	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

66192

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/07/2014
	date	07/07/2014
	date tabled	07/07/2014
	ddp created	07/07/2014 23:32:58
	ddp modified	03/02/2016 16:16:42
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Service Operators Grant
	house id	1
	identifier	204207
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/07/2014 13:45:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it a condition of the Bus Service Operators Grant incentive for real time information equipment that the performance data generated should be made available to the traffic commissioners.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
	tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 204207
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	204207
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p>In July 2013, we announced a package of reforms to the Bus Service Operator Grant (BSOG) system following consultation. At this time, we announced that the BSOG incentives would be maintained until 2014 when we would review the remaining parts of the bus subsidy system. As part of this commitment, we are now undertaking work to consider reforms to the incentive grants and will consider the conditions related to these.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 10/07/2014 13:45:26
	creator	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

77940

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/07/2014
	date	15/07/2014
	date tabled	15/07/2014
	ddp created	15/07/2014 22:31:27
	ddp modified	01/02/2016 16:03:28
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	identifier	205820
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 10:20:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of whether support levels for accredited solar PV plants will be maintained for the 20 year duration specified in the Renewables Obligation order; and what the Government's policy is on (a) Renewables Obligation scheme and (b) solar PV.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 205820
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205820
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the 20 year duration of support under the Renewables Obligation (RO) for accredited solar PV stations. DECC has recently consulted on proposals to control the deployment of new solar PV capacity above 5MW under the RO. A copy of the consultation document is available on DECC’s web page:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv</a></p><p>With regard to our policy on the RO scheme, DECC has laid draft Regulations before Parliament which will bring about the closure of the RO to new capacity on 31 March 2017 as planned, subject to Parliamentary approval. The Government has proposed closing the RO to new solar capacity above 5MW two years earlier, from 31 March 2015. We consider this to be necessary because large-scale solar PV is deploying more rapidly than expected. This poses a substantial risk to our ability to manage the levy control framework budget, and therefore our ability to minimise costs of renewables deployment for consumers. The consultation closed on 7 July and consultation responses are being considered. We will publish a Government Response setting out our decision as soon as possible.</p><p>The UK has seen a remarkable transformation in solar PV deployment under the Coalition Government: solar capacity stood at 3.5GW at the end of the first quarter of 2014, increasing its share to 17 per cent of all renewables capacity. The Government remains committed to solar PV, and the measures that we set out in our UK Solar PV Strategy will ensure that solar PV continues to be a vital part of the UK’s renewable energy mix for many years to come. A copy of the Strategy is available on DECC’s web page:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future</a>.</p> question first answered 01/09/2014 10:20:07
	creator	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

91568

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/09/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:12:05
	ddp modified	15/01/2016 15:35:26
	answering body	Wales Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
	house id	1
	identifier	208893
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/09/2014 11:44:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff the Wales Office employs on zero hour contracts.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
	tabling member printed	Owen Smith
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208893
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208893
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p> </p><p>The Wales Office does not have any staff employed on zero hour contracts.</p><p> </p> question first answered 26/09/2014 11:44:09
	creator	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

79127

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 20:51:05
	ddp modified	15/01/2016 15:35:24
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	identifier	206778
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 16:26:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 722W, what information his Department (a) holds and (b) has commissioned on the number of jobseekers moving into zero-hours contract jobs.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206778
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206778
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Information on jobseekers moving into zero-hours contract jobs is not held nor has it been commissioned. Information published by the Office for National Statistics suggests zero-hours contracts make up a relatively small part of the overall labour market, accounting for about 2% of all people in work.</p><p> </p><p>Jobseekers claiming Jobseekers Allowance are not required to apply for zero-hours contract vacancies, they will not be sanctioned as a result of not applying. UC claimants who refuse to accept a zero hours contract job offer, without good reason, can be subject to a sanction. However a UC claimant will not be sanctioned for refusing to take a zero hours contract with an exclusivity clause.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit automatically adjusts benefit payments depending on the number of hours a person works – whatever the type of contract. Where Universal Credit claimants refuse to apply for role, including a Zero Hours Contract role when mandated to do so or refuse to accept a job offer, they can be sanctioned. People on Universal Credit will not be required to sign up to zero hours contracts which require exclusivity, so they will always have the opportunity to gain more hours elsewhere.</p><p> </p> question first answered 01/09/2014 16:26:41
	creator	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

79345

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	22/07/2014
	date tabled	22/07/2014
	ddp created	22/07/2014 20:50:36
	ddp modified	22/12/2015 16:33:23
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	identifier	206960
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/09/2014 15:26:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had on the maintenance of the current 20-year duration support level for accredited solar PV plants and the Renewables Obligation order; what his policy is on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206960
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206960
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 1 September 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 113-114W.</p><p> </p> question first answered 02/09/2014 15:26:59
	creator	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

78451

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	16/07/2014
	date tabled	16/07/2014
	ddp created	16/07/2014 22:11:20
	ddp modified	22/12/2015 16:31:01
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	identifier	206116
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 12:11:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received from Ofgem and other regulatory bodies on the decision to consult on a large-scale solar PV Renewables Obligation closure grace period deadline of 13 May 2014; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206116
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206116
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>DECC works closely with Ofgem and other regulatory bodies on all matters relating to, or affecting, the Renewables Obligation (RO).</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 12:11:07
	creator	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

77952

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/07/2014
	date	15/07/2014
	date tabled	15/07/2014
	ddp created	15/07/2014 22:31:30
	ddp modified	22/12/2015 16:30:15
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	identifier	205849
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 10:21:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the annual saving to the Levy Control Framework budget from closure of the Renewables Obligation to large-scale solar from April 2015; what that saving is as a proportion of that budget in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 205849
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205849
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In its consultation issued on 13<sup>th</sup> May 2014, DECC has proposed closing the Renewables Obligation (RO) to new solar PV capacity above 5MW from 31 March 2015. We consider this to be necessary because large-scale solar PV is deploying more rapidly than expected. This poses a substantial risk to our ability to manage the levy control framework budget, and therefore our ability to minimise costs of renewables deployment for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment published alongside the consultation set out the projected impact of proposed intervention on deployment and spend. Option 1 below assumes no action; option 2 is the proposed intervention:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 01/09/2014 10:21:14
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77589

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/07/2014
	date	14/07/2014
	date tabled	14/07/2014
	ddp created	14/07/2014 21:30:51
	ddp modified	22/12/2015 16:29:46
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	identifier	205703
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/07/2014 16:04:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the Levy Control Framework saving per year delivered by closing the Renewables Obligation to large-scale solar PV in 2015.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 205703
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205703
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Our estimate of the cost of closing the Renewables Obligation (RO) to large-scale solar PV in 2015 is set out in the consultation Impact Assessment (IA). The relevant tables from the IA are reproduced below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 5: Solar deployment from 2016/17 onwards and associated annual spend (£2011/12) in 2020 under the RO based on updated pipeline projections under option one</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>High</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Option 1 – (‘do nothing' option)</p></td><td><p>Deployment (GW)</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td><td><p>£170m</p></td><td><p>£270m</p></td><td><p>£370m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change in spend compared to delivery plan scenario one (£m )</p></td><td><p>£0m</p></td><td><p>+£100m</p></td><td><p>+£200m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 6: Solar deployment from 2016/17 onwards and associated annual spend (£2011/12) in 2020 under the RO based on updated pipeline projections under option two</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>High</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Option 2 (recommended option)</p></td><td><p>Deployment (GW)</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td><td><p>£140m</p></td><td><p>£200m</p></td><td><p>£270m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change in spend (£m) compared to final delivery plan scenario one</p></td><td><p>-£30m</p></td><td><p>+£30m</p></td><td><p>+£100m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change in spend (£m) compared to do-nothing option</p></td><td><p>-£30m</p></td><td><p>-£70m</p></td><td><p>-£100m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> question first answered 17/07/2014 16:04:05
	creator	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott