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1002150

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	05/11/2018
	date tabled	05/11/2018
	ddp created	05/11/2018 22:24:14
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	05/11/2018 22:43:34 21/11/2018 17:31:02
	hansard heading	Fossil Fuels
	house id	1
	identifier	188093
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/11/2018 16:59:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the viability of removing fossil fuels from the UK's energy generation mix.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188093
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188093
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Our Clean Growth Strategy set out the Government’s ambition for a diverse electricity system that supplies our homes and businesses with secure, affordable and clean power.[1]</p><p>We have already committed to phasing out generating power from coal by 2025[2] and recognise that reducing emissions in the power sector means developing low carbon sources of electricity that are both cheap and clean.</p><p> </p><p>There is a number of decarbonisation pathways that balance the role of clean power sources with the use of fossil fuel generation such as from gas. These include those outlined in our Clean Growth Strategy[3], and the latest BEIS Energy and Emissions Projections.[4]</p><p> </p><p>[1] See: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-growth-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-growth-strategy</a></p><p>[2] See: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/coal-generation-in-great-britain-the-pathway-to-a-low-carbon-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/coal-generation-in-great-britain-the-pathway-to-a-low-carbon-future</a></p><p>[3] See: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-growth-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-growth-strategy</a></p><p>[4] See: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017</a></p> question first answered 21/11/2018 16:59:27 answering member 3974
	creator	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1005599

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:05:15
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 22:15:55 22/11/2018 16:33:01
	hansard heading	Financial Reporting Council: Audit
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11370
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 16:32:45
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Financial Reporting Council (FRC)’s Practice Note 10 Audit of financial statements of public sector bodies in the UK as applicable to public bodies should have been applied to the FRC's accounts for the year ended 31 March, given that the FRC was itself a public body for all that period.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11370
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11370
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Financial Reporting Council (FRC)’s Practice Notes contain auditing rather than accounting guidance, so are not directly applicable to the preparation of the FRC’s accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Practice Notes contain best practice guidance to help auditors apply auditing standards in the context of particular kinds of engagement (including public sector bodies, charities and banks). They do not contain additional requirements to those in auditing standards (ISAs (UK)), Practice Note 10 provides relevant context and application guidance for any audit engagement for a public sector body, including the FRC.</p><p> </p><p>The audit of the FRC is carried out in accordance with auditing and ethical standards used by all auditors in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Practice Note 10 provides guidance on regularity. Regularity is the concept that transactions recorded in the financial statements of an audited business must be in accordance with the relevant framework. These frameworks are specific to the audited business and set out the requirements their transactions must comply with.</p><p> </p><p>The FRC auditor is not required to give a separate opinion on regularity because the FRC is required to prepare its accounts in accordance with Companies Act requirements and uses FRS 102.</p> question first answered 22/11/2018 16:32:45 answering member 2616
	creator	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1005600

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:05:16
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 22:15:57 23/11/2018 11:42:02
	hansard heading	Financial Reporting Council
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11371
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/11/2018 11:41:33
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House the framework document for the Financial Reporting Council as agreed with its sponsoring department, as required by the HM Treasury document, Managing Public Money, published in July 2013.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11371
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11371
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Framework Document between the Financial Reporting Council and the Department is in the process of being agreed. Once agreed, it will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> question first answered 23/11/2018 11:41:33 answering member 2616
	creator	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1005646

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:06:10
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 22:17:29 22/11/2018 17:14:01
	hansard heading	Electricity: Meters
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11417
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 16:42:45
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of current smart meter technology accurately to account for energy generated by domestic solar panels.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11417
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11417
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Both SMETS1 and SMETS2 smart meters are compatible with microgeneration, including solar panels.</p><p> </p><p>All SMETS compliant electricity meters are capable of recording any electricity that is exported to the grid from onsite renewable generation sources, such as solar panels.</p> question first answered 22/11/2018 16:42:45 answering member 2616
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1003867

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/11/2018
	date	09/11/2018
	date tabled	09/11/2018
	ddp created	09/11/2018 16:50:14
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	09/11/2018 17:04:09 23/11/2018 12:24:03
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	identifier	189820
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/11/2018 11:52:21
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Data Officer job in his Department has been filled; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 189820
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	189820
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>No. There is close co-operation between DCMS, GDS and ONS on data policy and governance, while strategic oversight for the collection and use of data held by government departments is currently provided by the cross-government Data Advisory Board, chaired by the Chief Executive of the Civil Service.</p> question first answered 23/11/2018 11:52:21 answering member 4441
	creator	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1005903

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 23:33:20
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 23:42:28 22/11/2018 11:12:02
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cryptography
	house id	1
	identifier	190571
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 10:40:07
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 51 of the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 to 2021, what recent estimate he has made of the cost per annum to Government of procuring private sector cryptography skills and technologies.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 190571
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190571
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><em>Due to national security reasons we cannot comment on the cost of procuring cryptography skills and technology to Government.</em></p> question first answered 22/11/2018 10:40:07 answering member 15
	creator	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1005584

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:04:51
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 22:15:25 22/11/2018 15:43:01
	hansard heading	Red Arrows
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11355
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 15:11:26
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which companies they expect to provide the £2.5 billion in foreign direct investment for the UK which the Royal Air Force expects to be generated by the Red Arrows' 2019 tour of the US and Canada.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11355
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11355
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The RAF is a key contributor to the UK's prosperity agenda by facilitating the GREAT campaign's targeted commercial and wealth generating activities within designated countries which for the 2019 tour will be the US and Canada. The £2.5 billion is an estimate based on previous tours. It is too early to provide the names of companies we expect to provide foreign direct investment as agreements have still to be reached.</p> question first answered 22/11/2018 15:11:26 answering member 2000
	creator	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1005647

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:06:11
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 22:17:32 22/11/2018 16:53:08
	hansard heading	Veterans: Health
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11418
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 16:21:38
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they propose to take to help to improve the health and wellbeing of military veterans.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11418
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11418
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>This Government wants to continue to support veterans and to do more, which is why on 14 November 2018 we published the Strategy for our Veterans (Cm 9726) and supporting UK Government Consultation Paper (Cm 9727) that outlines what we aim to do and consults on how we will achieve it. The full documents can be found at the following link:</p><p><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategy-for-our-veterans. </strong></p><p> </p><p>By 2028 we will be doing more to ensure that each veteran is valued, contributing and supported. One of our aims is that all veterans enjoy a state of positive physical and mental health and wellbeing, enabling them to contribute to wider aspects of society. In order to achieve this outcome, we will focus our efforts on enabling consistency of medical outcomes for veterans, through a smooth transition of provision from in-Service to post-Service and sharing effective practices amongst clinical and healthcare communities; providing bespoke treatment for those veterans who have bespoke needs because of their service, and targeting any identified health and wellbeing needs of veterans in comparison to the general population.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Veterans’ health is broadly aligned with that of the rest of the general population and most veterans’ health requirements are sufficiently met by existing NHS provision. However, several tailored initiatives are already in place to cater for specific veteran needs, including priority access to NHS secondary care in England, Scotland and Wales for Service related conditions, subject to the clinical need of all patients. Further work is also ongoing to increase awareness of the Armed Forces Covenant within the NHS, such as the Royal College of General Practitioners Accreditation programme (over 90 GP practices in the pilot area of the West Midlands) and Veterans Covenant Hospital Alliance, improved e-learning packages and the inclusion of the Covenant as part of the curriculum for all GPs nationally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 22/11/2018 16:21:38 answering member 2000
	creator	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1005773

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 23:28:32
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 23:38:05 22/11/2018 10:59:04
	hansard heading	Gambling
	house id	1
	identifier	190373
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	22/11/2018 10:27:22
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to support people with a gambling addiction.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
	tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 190373
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	190373
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>We published the Review of Gambling Machines and Social Responsibility Measures in May. This set out measures to strengthen protections around gaming machines, including cutting the maximum stake on B2 machine from £100 to £2, online gambling, and gambling advertising. It also set out action on treatment and support for those who experience harm, including initiatives to improve the evidence on treatment needs and effectiveness, expand access to existing services and strengthen the voluntary system for funding support. Government has also encouraged industry to increase its funding for third sector initiatives to support people with a gambling addiction.</p><p> </p><p>GambleAware, an independent charity, commissions treatment services, including the National Gambling Helpline and counselling services, specialist treatment delivered by the NHS National Problem Gambling Clinic and the Gordon Moody Association. GambleAware aims to triple access to its treatment services across the country and recently announced the establishment of a further specialist NHS clinic and Problem Gambling Support team in Leeds.</p><p>As demonstrated by the report Gambling Behaviour in Great Britain 2016, which is based on the combined Health Surveys, there is an association between mental health and problem or risky gambling behaviour. Some problem gamblers will therefore access support through services for other addictions and mental health conditions. The National Institute for Care and Health Excellence (NICE) has been commissioned to explore developing a guideline on non-chemical addictions, including gambling, which would give support to clinicians seeking to support problem gamblers.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/11/2018 10:27:22 answering member 4513
	creator	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1005655

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	26/11/2018
	date	12/11/2018
	date tabled	12/11/2018
	ddp created	12/11/2018 22:06:21
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	ddp modified	12/11/2018 22:17:49 23/11/2018 11:24:02
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11426
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/11/2018 10:52:10
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have that the badger cull in Somerset and Gloucestershire has been effective.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11426
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11426
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>In September of this year, the Animal and Plant Health Agency published data showing there has been a drop in cattle TB incidence in the first two cull areas, where the number of new confirmed breakdowns has dropped by around 50%. In the Gloucestershire cull area, the incidence of TB has dropped from 10.4% before culling began to 5.6% in the twelve months following the fourth year of culling. In the Somerset cull area, it has dropped from 24% to 12%.</p><p> </p><p>Using the TB incidence measure for this purpose is in line with the reporting of the Randomised Badger Culling Trial and National Statistics. It is the best way to monitor the impact of badger control in these areas. These data provide an encouraging sign that the steps we are taking to control the disease are having a positive impact, and are consistent with the effects seen during the Randomised Badger Culling Trial. Further analysis of the data is underway and will be submitted to a scientific journal for publication in due course.</p><p> </p> question first answered 23/11/2018 10:52:10 answering member 4161
	creator	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott