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387147

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Human Rights Act 1998
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	900706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues about a large number of important issues, including on domestic and international human rights law. By convention, the nature and content of any advice the Law Officers give is not disclosed outside Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 02/07/2015 12:14:18 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

419783

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Syria: Military Intervention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the full legal basis was for the RAF drone attack carried out in Syria on 21 August 2015; if he will arrange publication of the original legal guidance on which the decision to carry out the attack was made; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	10720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the questions from the Hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion on the 12<sup>th</sup> of October 2015: (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-09-16/10466/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-09-16/10466/</a></p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 15/10/2015 15:38:57 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

385554

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: National Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to link National Insurance numbering systems with voter registration to improve registration levels.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	4204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>Under Individual Electoral Registration (IER) applicants provide two personal identifiers including a national insurance number which are checked against Government records to help verify the person is who they say they are. As part of the transition to IER in 2014, 87% of the existing electorate was automatically re-registered under the new system after being data matched against Government and local authority data. Data matching continues to be integral to IER, in verifying new applications, but also locally in identifying and verifying applications from eligible electors. We will keep under review the scope for data to further improve voter registration.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/07/2015 11:48:31 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

385555

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Constituencies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made on the next boundary review of parliamentary constituencies.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	4065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK Boundary Commissions, which are independent of Government, are due to commence their next boundary review next year. They must submit their final reports to the Government by 1 October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/07/2015 11:47:11 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

390274

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Primary Education: Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary and infant schools have signed up to (a) the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, Durham University, (b) Early Excellence and (c) the National Foundation for Educational Research for provision of reception baseline assessment; how many primary or infant schools signed up to a provider which was unsuccessful in gaining approval as providers of such assessments; and how many primary and infant schools have not signed up to any provider.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	7181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not have final numbers of primary and infant schools signing up for the reception baseline. Schools are still able to sign up to their preferred choice from the list of three approved reception baselines ahead of the new academic year starting in September.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/07/2015 09:48:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

416658

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	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
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of typical annual household bills saving that will result from her Department's proposal to close the Renewables Obligation to rooftop and ground-mounted solar projects below 5MW in size from 1 April 2016 in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	8885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>As set out in the consultation document [1], the evidence indicates that deployment for solar PV up to and including 5 megawatt (MW) is increasing substantially compared to previous estimates. The updated estimates now range from 800 MW to 2 gigawatts (GW) each year in 2015/16 and 2016/17 compared to previous estimates of 300 to 500 MW.</p><p>As a result of the proposed government intervention to close the Renewables Obligation to rooftop and ground-mounted solar projects below 5MW from 1 April 2016, annual household electricity bills will be lower. Consumers are expected to save between £0.20 and £0.60 in 2016/17, and between £0.50 and £1.20 in 2017/18. (These figures are round to the nearest decimal point are in real 2014 prices). In 2015/16 consumers would not make any savings as the closure will take effect from 1 April 2016.</p><p>Without the proposed intervention, customer bills would therefore be higher.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 8691 question first answered 15/09/2015 14:02:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

350052

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Air Pollution
	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 steps she is taking to tackle excessive levels of air pollution in towns or cities.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	2153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>We are fully committed to complying with EU air quality standards as soon as possible. We have already committed over £2 billion since 2011 in transport measures to improve air quality and will be publishing revised air quality plans for nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) by the end of this year. The plans will set out actions at all levels, including national and local, to achieve compliance with legal limits for NO<sub>2</sub> in the shortest possible time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 2122 question first answered 17/06/2015 08:34:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

350053

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Climate Change
	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 steps the Government is taking to increase preparedness for extreme weather and flooding as a result of climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	2154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2015 answer text <p>We are preparing for the impacts of climate change, including the increased threat of extreme weather and flooding, primarily through the implementation of the first National Adaptation Programme report which Defra published in July 2013. This sets out more than 370 actions across key sectors involving government, business, councils, civil society and academia.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>The second round of reporting under the Climate Change Act 2008 Adaptation Reporting Power is currently underway. The process encourages organisations, such as major infrastructure providers and public bodies, to identify current and future climate risks to their organisation and functions, and asks them to develop a plan to address them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Over the next six years, £2.3 billion will be spent on more than 1,500 schemes to improve flood defences. This will better protect more than 300,000 homes, up to 420,000 acres of agricultural land, 205 miles of railway and 340 miles of roads. This represents an overall reduction in national flood risk of 5%, despite the increased underlying risk from climate change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National scenarios for flood and coastal risk management over the next 50 years are set out in our Long-Term Investment Scenarios (published December 2014).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 19/06/2015 11:01:04 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

350054

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Climate Change Convention
	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 role her Department is playing in preparations for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Paris in December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	2155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change is leading the Government’s preparations for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Paris, in December this year. Defra is actively supporting those preparations towards achieving an ambitious global agreement on climate change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/06/2015 16:26:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

418731

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help co-ordinate (a) a European and (b) an international response to the refugee situation.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	10213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK government has been at the forefront of the refugee crisis and is taking every opportunity to work with partners across Europe and in the wider international community to ensure that, collectively, we are able to provide a significant and comprehensive development response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is contributing over £1 billion in response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria and the region and is urging the international community as a whole to step up life-saving assistance and protection for refugees and vulnerable people.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK lobbied hard to mobilise funding from other donors ahead of the third Kuwait Pledging Conference on 31 March, which raised $3.6 billion. The UK has also co-sponsored UN Security Council Resolutions 2165 and 2191 which has enabled the UN to deliver aid across border without the consent of the Syrian regime in order to assist those in the hardest to reach areas.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 17/09/2015 15:55:28 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West