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	registered interest
	date	01/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many local authority staff are furloughed in each local authority; and what the cost to the public purse is of furloughed staff in each local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
	uin	66809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>Applications for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) opened on Monday 20th April. By midnight 28 June 2020, 1.1m employers had submitted claims to HMRC representing 9.3m employees furloughed and £25.5bn.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 June HMRC released analysis of employer take up, which can be found on GOV.UK. HMRC do not require employers to provide addresses of their employees as part of their CJRS claim and so is unable to provide an accurate picture of employee take up by location.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2020 09:29:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

485716

	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	Motor Vehicles: Smoking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with police forces on the level of enforcement of legislation on smoking in vehicles with children present; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	32262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>Discussions are ongoing between Departmental officials and the relevant authorities about enforcement action. Guidance on the enforcement process has been sent to police forces and, as with other smokefree legislation, we expect high levels of compliance with this change.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/04/2016 11:51:32 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

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

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

61686

	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 fraction of global carbon dioxide emissions will be represented by UK carbon dioxide emissions over the lifetime of the proposed wind farm at Navitus Bay.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	200454
	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. In 2012 it was estimated that UK carbon dioxide emissions accounted for approximately 1.5% of global total carbon dioxide emissions.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 18/06/2014 13:07:49 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

61685

	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 proportion of UK carbon dioxide emissions that would otherwise have occurred will be prevented by the proposed wind farm at Navitus Bay.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	200452
	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. Potential impacts of proposed developments are assessed through the planning system. Based on the average carbon intensity of generation from all fossil fuel plants in 2012 (700 g/kWh), which wind would be expected to displace, and using standard historical average load factors for offshore wind farms from 2008 to 2012 inclusive, a wind farm of 1 Gigawatt (GW) of installed capacity is expected to displace approximately 2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. The Department publishes estimated energy and emissions projections to 2030, the latest update can be accessed at this link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2013</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 18/06/2014 13:07:09 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

61683

	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 of mean electricity generation in the UK will be represented by the proposed development at Navitus Bay over its lifetime.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	200450
	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. Provisional data for 2013 is that total UK electricity generation was 356,649 Gigawatt hours (GWh). Based on the average 5 year offshore wind load factor from 2008 to 2012 inclusive of 33.1% a wind farm of 1 Gigawatt (GW) of installed capacity is expected to produce 2.9GWh of electricity generation. The Department publishes estimated energy and emissions projections to 2030, the latest update can be accessed at this link:-</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 19/06/2014 10:43:28 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

61687

	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 fraction of mean rated output will be achieved on average throughout the lifetime of Navitus Bay.
	tabling member constituency	Poole
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Syms
	uin	200456
	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 200453 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