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469019

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on reducing the number of workless households.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	904059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Since 2010 the number of workless households has fallen by over 680,000 to its lowest level since records began.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/03/2016 16:37:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

485490

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Public Houses: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of public houses which have gone out of business since 1 July 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	32265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not compile statistics on pub closures and has made no estimate of the number of pubs that have closed.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/04/2016 14:08:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

485534

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cumulative loss in revenue to HM Treasury has been as a result of the effect of tobacco control measures over the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	32263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department assesses the impact of all proposed measures before laying legislation using standard government methodology. These assessments are set out in Impact Assessments which are scrutinised by the Regulatory Policy Committee before publication alongside the Statutory Instrument. Impact Assessments include a thorough analysis of the costs, benefits and risks associated with policy options.</p><p>A number of the tobacco measures contain commitments to further review the impact of the legislation within five years of them coming into force.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 32264 question first answered 11/04/2016 08:49:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

485535

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential reduction in revenue to the public purse resulting from the EU Tobacco Products Directive.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	32264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department assesses the impact of all proposed measures before laying legislation using standard government methodology. These assessments are set out in Impact Assessments which are scrutinised by the Regulatory Policy Committee before publication alongside the Statutory Instrument. Impact Assessments include a thorough analysis of the costs, benefits and risks associated with policy options.</p><p>A number of the tobacco measures contain commitments to further review the impact of the legislation within five years of them coming into force.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 32263 question first answered 11/04/2016 08:49:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

485645

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will postpone the start date for the introduction of standardised packaging on tobacco products in order to undertake an assessment of the implications of the post-implementation review of a similar measure in Australia on his policies in this area.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	32266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to postpone the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products. The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 come into force on 20 May 2016. Standardised packaging is an important public health measure and any delay in implementing the policy would also delay the health benefits from accruing. The Government continues to consider relevant information and evidence on standardised packaging, including the Post-Implementation Review of Tobacco Plain Packaging published by the Australian Government last month.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/04/2016 08:52:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

61677

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much in public subsidy he expects to allocate to the proposed wind farm at Navitus Bay.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	200455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government set out the Allocation Framework for Contracts for Difference (CfDs) on 13 May 2014, which has the potential to improve value for money, encourage new entry and drive innovation.</p><p>Indicative CfD budgets will be published in July. CfD allocation rounds will then determine which projects are successful and receive CfD contracts and at what level of support. It is not possible to say in advance which projects will receive support and at what level.</p><p>Offshore wind projects, classified as ‘less established' technologies, are able to receive support in this Delivery Plan period (2014/15-2018/19) at the administrative strike prices published on 4 December 2013, unless there is insufficient budget in a CfD allocation round to satisfy all bids then an auction (competitive allocation) will apply. Those technologies would then have to compete against each other on price whereby each project is paid the clearing price for its delivery year within the auction, capped at its administrative strike price.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 18/06/2014 13:05:45 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

61678

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 unit mitigation cost of Navitus Bay in sterling and in US dollars per Kelvin of global warming abated will be as a result of the proposed wind farm.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	200459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not undertake analysis or hold information of this nature relating to specific developments.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 18/06/2014 13:05:06 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

61679

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 he has made of the cost of abating all global warming projected to occur over the lifetime of Navitus Bay in sterling and in US dollars; and what intertemporal discount rate has been used in such calculations.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	200460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not undertake analysis or hold information of this nature relating to specific developments.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker grouped question UIN 200451 question first answered 18/06/2014 13:06:27 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

61680

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 radioactive forcing from the increase in carbon dioxide concentration will be over the lifetime of Navitus Bay (a) if the project goes ahead and (b) if the project does not go ahead.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	200458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not undertake analysis or hold information of this nature relating to specific developments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 23/06/2014 16:32:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

61682

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in determining the reduction in UK carbon dioxide emissions arising from Navitus Bay, what allowance his Department for UK carbon dioxide emissions from backup baseload generation to cover (a) for maintenance and repair downtime and (b) for the failure of the wind to blow in the operating range.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	200453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not undertake analysis or hold information of this nature relating to specific developments. The average load factor for offshore wind farms using five year historical data from 2008 to 2012 inclusive is 33.1%.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker grouped question UIN 200456 200457 question first answered 19/06/2014 10:44:16 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms