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171801

	registered interest
	date	02/01/2015
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential role of imported concentrated solar power in meeting the energy requirements of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	219618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>I am aware of proposals to invest in concentrated solar power (CSP) projects in the desert regions of North Africa and the Middle East. The UK supports in principle such proposals as a means of providing local energy supply and economic development, reducing greenhouse emissions and potentially contributing to the EU’s security of electricity supply. We continue to monitor developments in this area. However, in present circumstances, geographical factors, costs, and the need to further reinforce electricity connections within the EU and linking the EU with third countries mean that the majority of Member States, including the UK, would not currently be in a position to benefit from imports of CSP generated electricity.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 09/01/2015 14:03:06 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

171957

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	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: North Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking in working with EU partners to encourage the development of concentrated solar power in the desert regions of North Africa as part of plans to meet the 15 per cent interconnections target for Europe.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	219753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The UK fully supports EU efforts to bring about further energy interconnection, both within the EU and linking the EU with third countries, in order to meet energy security and low carbon objectives. Developing concentrated solar power (CSP) in North Africa is potentially a part of these efforts among many others, although more research and development is required to demonstrate further improvements in CSP technology. The UK fully supports EU work in this area, such as in the Horizon 2020 Energy Programme.</p><p>Geographical and cost factors mean that CSP development in North Africa is not currently of direct interest to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 09/01/2015 14:02:16 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

416789

	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	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average cost to a consumer is of the (a) installation and (b) removal of a pre-payment meter.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	8865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p><p>In June this year Ofgem published a report of its Prepayment Review: 'Understanding Supplier Charging Practice and Barriers to Switching' - <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/2015/06/prepayment_report_june_2015_finalforpublication.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/2015/06/prepayment_report_june_2015_finalforpublication.pdf</a>.</p><p>Ten of the 19 suppliers who offer prepayment meter tariffs do not charge for the installation of prepayment meters. Of the companies that charge for home visit and the cost of physical prepayment meter installation Ofgem found the cost ranged from £46.84 - £160.00 for customers who gave consent and £69.00 - £179.96 installed under warrant.</p><p>Nine of the 19 suppliers do not charge for the removal of prepayment meters. Of the companies that charge Ofgem found the cost ranged from £46.84 - £160.00.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/09/2015 13:52:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

416790

	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	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how her Department plans to feed into the upcoming OFGEM consultation on the costs of pre-payment meters.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	8888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem’s prepayment meter review into understanding supplier charging practices found around half of the suppliers who offer prepayment meter tariffs choose not charge for the installation and/or removal of prepayment meters. We welcome Ofgem’s plans to consult further on how this good practice could be extended it to all suppliers. DECC officials continue to work with Ofgem to achieve this aim.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/09/2015 13:52:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

89473

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which organisations working with veterans in the South West have received money under the Armed Forces Covenant Fund to date.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	207533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>To date the Government has invested £105 million in support of the Armed Forces Covenant much of which is benifiting or will benefit veterans across the UK. Veterans in the South West have benefited from a range of projects based either in the South West or operating UK wide worth in excess of £11.5 million. We expect further projects in the South West to benefit in the near future and in the long term when the new £10 million Armed Forces Covenant Fund is introduced in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Projects in the South West are funded via the Community Covenant Grant Scheme and a £35 million LIBOR Fund.</p><p> </p><p>A list of successful projects to date can be found attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/09/2014 13:09:58 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Part of answer to 207533 - Community Covenant Grant Scheme.doc title Part of answer to 207533 previous answer version 18514 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

91614

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces Covenant: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which organisations in the South West received funding from the Veterans Accommodation Fund in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	209104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The £40 million Veterans Accommodation Fund received over £163 million worth of applications from across the UK. To date nine successful projects, in the South East, Scotland and Wales, worth £22 million have been announced. We expect to make further announcements over the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 15/10/2014 15:07:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

377257

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to maintain current levels of the schools budget and per-pupil spending.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	900311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>As we pledged in our manifesto, we are protecting funding for our schools and the money spent on our children because nothing is more important than investing in the next generation. This will mean that as pupil numbers increase, so too will the amount of money schools receive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 15/06/2015 15:57:58 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

173806

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to improve signalling on the railway between (a) Exeter and Plymouth and (b) Reading and Exeter; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of improved signalling on those routes.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	220811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p>Signal failures are one of the biggest causes of delays on the network. For that reason, Network Rail has an extensive programme underway to improve both the standard and reliability of signalling across the national network.</p><p> </p><p>The Western Route is gradually benefitting from transfer of signalling to a single control centre in Didcot, and this process will eventually encompass the entire route, including those stretches mentioned by my Hon Friend. This will allow a faster and better coordinated response to delays across the route.</p><p> </p><p>My Hon Friend will also be aware of the very large investment which is being made by Network Rail, Cornwall Council and others into the Totnes-Penzance resignalling scheme, which will radically improve the train flow and reliability. It will do this by allowing bidirectional running on the line, meaning that maintenance and disruption can be managed vastly more effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Further details of Network Rail’s plans can be found at the links below. These documents also provide information on the benefits of improved signalling:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.networkrail.co.uk/publications/strategic-business-plan-for%20cp5/" target="_blank">http://www.networkrail.co.uk/publications/strategic-business-plan-for cp5/</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.networkrail.co.uk/publications/delivery-plans/control-period-5/cp5-delivery-plan/" target="_blank">http://www.networkrail.co.uk/publications/delivery-plans/control-period-5/cp5-delivery-plan/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/01/2015 12:58:39 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

173809

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Exeter-Plymouth Railway Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to increase capacity on the railway between Exeter and Plymouth.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	220810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>Future rail proposals are being developed with local stakeholders the department and Network Rail, this group will be deliver a local plan for rail investment covering the next 10-20 years. The first step in this process is a meeting of interested parties which is being organised by the South West Peninsular Group, and is due to take place early February. This meeting will work through what is required to provide the South West with greater accessibility and to examine wider issues surrounding connectivity to and within the South West Peninsula.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/01/2015 14:10:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

177749

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has provided for railway and station infrastructure projects in (a) Plymouth, (b) Devon, (c) Cornwall, (d) Torbay, (e) Somerset, (f) Durham, (g) Newcastle, (h) North Tyneside, (i) Northumberland, (j) South Tyneside and (k) Sunderland since 2010; and what estimate he has made of the contribution of the local councils in those locations to such projects.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	223314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold the information in the format requested and collating it could only be done at disproportionate cost. However, significant infrastructure improvements have been delivered across the UK since 2010. Further details of this, and committed spend in future years, are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-infrastructure-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-infrastructure-plan</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/02/2015 15:52:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile