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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

1002183

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/11/2018
	date	05/11/2018
	date tabled	05/11/2018
	ddp created	05/11/2018 22:25:28
	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	06/11/2018 16:35:16 20/11/2018 17:14:02
	hansard heading	Parental Leave
	house id	1
	identifier	188224
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/11/2018 16:43:25
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the average amount of parental leave taken by (a) women and (b) men in (i) England, (ii) London and (iii) the London Borough of Lewisham in each of the last five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 188224
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	188224
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The most recent official data on average length of family-related leave taken by parents is from the Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey in 2009, which collected data from parents of children born in 2008 across Great Britain.</p><p>This shows that in 2008,</p><ul><li>mothers took an average of 39 weeks of maternity leave, up from 32 weeks in 2006.</li><li>amongst fathers who took some paternity leave, 16% took more than two weeks, 50% took two weeks and 34% took less than two weeks of leave.</li></ul><p>This does not contain information on average weeks of unpaid Parental Leave, nor of Shared Parental Leave which was introduced in 2015.</p><p>Information on the amount of leave taken at the regional or local level is not available.</p><p>The full Maternity and Paternity Rights Survey 2009/10 Research Report can be found here:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214367/rrep777.pdf</p><p>We are currently evaluating the Shared Parental Leave and Pay schemes. As a part of this, we are commissioning a new survey which will provide updated information. Subject to the progress of data collection, we anticipate publishing findings in Summer 2019.</p> question first answered 20/11/2018 16:43:25 answering member 4487
	creator	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1002492

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2018
	date	06/11/2018
	date tabled	06/11/2018
	ddp created	06/11/2018 20:33:25
	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	06/11/2018 20:35:57 20/11/2018 17:41:01
	hansard heading	Gulf National Security Secretariat Implementation Group
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11333
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/11/2018 16:57:28
	question first ministerially corrected	20/11/2018 17:09:59
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what role, if any, the Gulf National Security Secretariat Implementation Group (NSSIG) has within the Cabinet Office; and how the role and responsibilities of the NSSIG differs from those of the Integrated Delivery Board.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11333
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11333
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The requested information is not readily available. The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong><em> </em></strong></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">National Security Strategy and Implementation Groups (NSSIGs) were established after the 2017 National Security Capability Review to support the delivery of national security priority programmes, including by better utilising the full range of national security capabilities. Each NSSIG is chaired by a Senior Responsible Official (SRO), who is accountable to the National Security Council.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Gulf Delivery Board has not met since the establishment of the Gulf &amp; Iran NSSIG, which subsumed its primary roles and responsibilities in April 2018. Cabinet Office officials are members of the Gulf &amp; Iran NSSIG and attend all meetings. The Cabinet Office also provides some secretariat support to the NSSIG, alongside that provided by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.</ins></p><p> </p> question first answered 20/11/2018 16:57:28 answering member 57
	creator	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1002497

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2018
	date	06/11/2018
	date tabled	06/11/2018
	ddp created	06/11/2018 20:33:31
	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	06/11/2018 20:36:07 20/11/2018 17:39:03
	hansard heading	Former Prime Ministers
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11338
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/11/2018 17:07:34
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what costs were incurred in relation to each former Prime Minister for (1) policing, and (2) transport, including use of the RAF Voyager aircraft reserved for royal and government travel in each of the last three years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Ludgate
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11338
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11338
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Cabinet Office’s transparency data publications cover the current Prime Minister only. Details of the Prime Minister’s overseas travel are published quarterly and are available on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</a></p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide detailed information on the costs incurred for security to protected individuals or groups. To do so would compromise the integrity of the security arrangements of the individuals concerned.</p> question first answered 20/11/2018 17:07:34 answering member 57
	creator	2227 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Ludgate
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2227 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Ludgate

1002498

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2018
	date	06/11/2018
	date tabled	06/11/2018
	ddp created	06/11/2018 20:33:32
	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	06/11/2018 20:36:09 20/11/2018 17:39:01
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Questions
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11339
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/11/2018 17:07:56
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) oral questions, and (2) written questions, tabled by members of the House of Lords they considered not to relate to matters of Government responsibility in the last 3 months.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11339
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11339
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><strong>The requested information is not readily available. The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</strong></p> question first answered 20/11/2018 17:07:56 answering member 57
	creator	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

998905

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	14/11/2018
	date	31/10/2018
	date tabled	31/10/2018
	ddp created	31/10/2018 21:30:06
	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	31/10/2018 21:35:35 20/11/2018 17:57:01
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Data Protection
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11157
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/11/2018 17:56:10
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 5 June (HL7937), what is the status of their review of existing electoral registration legislation; and what discussions on supporting democratic engagement they have held with political parties.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Gilbert of Panteg
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11157
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11157
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has been working to ensure there is legal and operational clarity for political parties and elected representatives, including considering the scope for amendments to secondary legislation on electoral registers to reflect changes made in the Data Protection Act 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to discuss this further with the Parliamentary Parties Panel in due course.</p> question first answered 20/11/2018 17:56:10 answering member 57
	creator	4543 label Biography information for Lord Gilbert of Panteg
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4543 label Biography information for Lord Gilbert of Panteg

1002468

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2018
	date	06/11/2018
	date tabled	06/11/2018
	ddp created	06/11/2018 20:32:58
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	ddp modified	06/11/2018 20:35:12 20/11/2018 16:18:01
	hansard heading	Parents: Death
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11309
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/11/2018 16:17:10
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they record annually the number of children in full-time education whose mothers or fathers have passed away; and if so, how many such children there were in each of the last six years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11309
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11309
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally.</p><p>Information on schools and pupils is published at the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> question first answered 20/11/2018 16:17:10 answering member 4689
	creator	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002485

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2018
	date	06/11/2018
	date tabled	06/11/2018
	ddp created	06/11/2018 20:33:17
	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	06/11/2018 20:35:43 20/11/2018 17:49:01
	hansard heading	Flood Control
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11326
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/11/2018 17:48:49
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 22 October (HL10504), whether they intend to establish an independent review of the effectiveness of (1) Coastal Protection Authorities, and (2) Shoreline Management Plans, in managing flood risk.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11326
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11326
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Coastal change, through erosion or flooding, has always been a risk for those living and working by the sea.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency has strategic oversight of Shoreline Management Plans (20 in England), which are the responsibility of Coastal Protection Authorities. These plans set the direction and preferred management option over a 100 year timeframe and are under-pinned by evidence and a high level economic, social, and environmental assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Over the next three years, we and the Environment Agency (EA) are working closely with the coastal authorities, including funding of £1 million, to refresh Shoreline Management Plans, to ensure that there is consistency and that they are using the best, most up to date evidence. This programme will ensure the Shoreline Management Plans and Coastal Protection Authorities remain effective in light of the most recent UK climate change predictions which will be published later this month.</p><p> </p><p>The EA are also funding a £23 million, five year programme of regional coastal monitoring by these groups, to support decision making.</p> question first answered 20/11/2018 17:48:49 answering member 4161
	creator	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1002491

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/11/2018
	date	06/11/2018
	date tabled	06/11/2018
	ddp created	06/11/2018 20:33:24
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	ddp modified	06/11/2018 20:35:55 20/11/2018 17:10:02
	hansard heading	Najah Ahmed Yousif
	house id	2
	identifier	HL11332
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/11/2018 16:38:17
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to Formula One to encourage it to abide by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, following the Bahraini court’s decision to uphold the three year sentence of political activist Najah Yusuf, for criticism of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL11332
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL11332
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government has not had conversations with Formula One on the details of the case of Najah Yusuf. I would refer the Noble Lord to the recent statement made by the Bahraini Government advising that the charges and conviction had no relation to the Bahrain Grand Prix, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House.</p> question first answered 20/11/2018 16:38:17 answering member 4210
	creator	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1000248

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2018
	date	02/11/2018
	date tabled	02/11/2018
	ddp created	02/11/2018 15:17:06
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	02/11/2018 15:26:15 20/11/2018 17:23:01
	hansard heading	Slavery: Gangs
	house id	1
	identifier	187328
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/11/2018 16:51:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to Question 183314 on Children: Death, if he will make an assessment of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) referrals and (ii) successful referrals that have been made to the National Referral Mechanism as a result of gang involvement in each of the past five years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 187328
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	187328
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) regularly publishes National Referral Mechanism (NRM) data but does not publish data about the number, proportion and referrals that have been made to the National Referral Mechanism as result of gang involvement. Latest statistics on NRM referrals and decisions are available at the following link: <a href="http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics/2018-nrm-statistics" target="_blank">http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics/2018-nrm-statistics</a></p><p>Further information is also available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749346/2018_UK_Annual_Report_on_Modern_Slavery.pdf" target="_blank">2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery</a> which was published on 18 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 20/11/2018 16:51:49 answering member 4399
	creator	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown