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733143

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Products: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish his Department's working group report on product safety.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	1324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety submitted its final report in April 2017. I had intended to publish the report then, but the announcement of the General Election prevented me from doing so.</p><p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, I asked the Working Group to urgently review their findings and their report has been published today.</p><p>I have also asked the Working Group to look at further potential areas of product safety and recalls where action might be required, in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:08:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 1474 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

670099

registered interest
date	09/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recommendations set out in the Casey Review, if he will ensure that changes in the level of immigration are taken into account in the forthcoming fair funding review on local government finance.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	59162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>The Fair Funding Review is conducting a thorough review of what the relative needs assessment formula for local councils should be in a world in which local government spending is funded by local resources not central grant and will set the baselines for 100% Business Rates Retention system. One of the key areas of work for the review is to look at the available evidence about what factors drive the costs local councils face. The Review is considering a number of factors including how to take into account changes in local populations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/01/2017 17:06:21 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 29609 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

692666

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies on support for fuel-poor households of the report by National Energy Advice of February 2017 entitled, In from the cold.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	64855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has noted the paper presented by National Energy Action on February 13<sup>th</sup> and will assess what the implications are for current policies. Government will consider this and other evidence provided by stakeholders as part of the design of any future fuel poverty schemes. In particular it will consider the views of the Committee on Fuel Poverty.</p><p> </p><p>Government recently confirmed plans to reform the Energy Company Obligation, which is worth £640m per year. In 2017-18, 70% of the scheme will be directed at low income households. This represents an increase from £310m to £450m of funding per year. Energy companies are also required to provide over 2 million low income and vulnerable households with a £140 rebate off their energy bill each winter, under the Warm Home Discount Scheme, which is worth £320m per year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2017 14:26:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 36931 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

672215

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Retail Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the extent to which the remuneration package offered to retail businesses that host post offices takes account of the costs of (a) the national living wage, (b) business rates revaluations, (c) auto-enrolment pensions and (d) the apprenticeship levy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	59754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The negotiations on benefit packages for retail businesses that host post office branches into their stores is the responsibility of Post Office Limited.</p><p> </p><p>I have asked Paula Vennells, the Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to the Hon Member on this matter and provide the information requested. A copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/01/2017 14:38:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

685535

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to promote nursing degrees to take account of trends in the number of people applying for such degrees.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	63155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is taking a range of steps to promote nurisng degrees and secure the healthcare workforce; by:</p><p> </p><p>- enabling universities to offer up to 10,000 extra training places on pre-registration healthcare programmes;</p><p>- offering students around 25% more upfront financial support while studying - for example, a single student on a three-year programme would receive approximately £2,000 more each year on a student loan compared to an National Health Service bursary;</p><p>- improving access to pre-registration undergraduate study for those from disadvantaged backgrounds; and</p><p>- giving students with an existing qualification the chance to get funding for a second degree.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2016, the government announced the New Nursing Degree apprenticeship, once established this will create up to 1,000 apprentice degree nurses in the NHS each year.</p><p> </p><p>It is expected to open up more opportunities to train as a nurse for those already working in the NHS or those for whom full-time university study is not a realistic option.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/02/2017 17:01:23 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

686977

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Nuisance Calls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 2.289 of Budget 2015, how much of the £3.5 million announced to trial the development and provision of call blocking technology and tackle nuisance calls has been spent or allocated to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	63703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>Of the £3.5m package announced by the Chancellor in the March 2015 Budget:</p><p> </p><p>£2.m has been allocated to the nuisance calls competition for innovative solutions to tackle nuisance calls.</p><p> </p><p>£0.5m has been allocated to the National Trading Standards Scams Team to provide call blocking devices to vulnerable people nationwide and report its effects.</p><p> </p><p>£1m has been allocated for other activities to tackle nuisance calls.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/02/2017 16:19:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

692098

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Licensed Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is planning to provide to licensed premises to mitigate any effects of the potential increase in business rates for such premises.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	64462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>A £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme will provide support for the minority of properties which face an increase in rates as a result of the 2017 revaluation.</p><p>My Department is working closely with the Treasury to determine how best to provide further support to businesses facing the steepest increases. We expect to be in a position to make an announcement on this at the Budget, in just two weeks.</p><p>At Budget 2016, the Government announced a £6.7 billion package of business rate cuts. This included the doubling of small business rate relief and an increase in the thresholds for relief. As a result, 600,000 small businesses, including eligible licensed premises, will pay no rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 64463 question first answered 23/02/2017 17:40:25 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

692099

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: Licensed Premises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on investment in licensed premises of higher business rates on the licensed premises sector.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	64463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>A £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme will provide support for the minority of properties which face an increase in rates as a result of the 2017 revaluation.</p><p>My Department is working closely with the Treasury to determine how best to provide further support to businesses facing the steepest increases. We expect to be in a position to make an announcement on this at the Budget, in just two weeks.</p><p>At Budget 2016, the Government announced a £6.7 billion package of business rate cuts. This included the doubling of small business rate relief and an increase in the thresholds for relief. As a result, 600,000 small businesses, including eligible licensed premises, will pay no rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 64462 question first answered 23/02/2017 17:40:25 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

692100

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to ensure that more support is offered to (a) non-gas and (b) other fuel-poor households.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	64520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government recently confirmed plans for the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) policy for 2017-18. In 2017-18, 70% of the support under the scheme will be directed at low income households. This represents an increase from £310m to £450m of funding per year, under the Affordable Warmth Obligation.</p><p>The policy also includes elements designed to incentivise delivery to non-gas homes, such as an uplift of 35% to 45% (depending on the measure) for delivery to such homes under the Affordable Warmth element of ECO, and limiting the deployment of gas replacement boilers to enable a more diverse mix of measures to be delivered.</p><p>As a result, the Impact Assessment for the policy estimates that 16% of the delivery under Affordable Warmth will be to homes not heated by mains gas. This represents a significant increase on delivery to this group to date, which is below 2%.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/02/2017 13:04:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

693237

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Sheffield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of changes to school funding on schools in Sheffield.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	65012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>Our proposals for funding reform will mean that schools and local authority areas will, for the first time, receive a consistent and fair share of the schools budget, so that they can give every child the opportunity to reach their full potential.</p><p> </p><p>For Sheffield local authority, the proposals would mean an increase in schools funding of 4.6%. On funding for pupils with high needs, Sheffield local authority would see an increase of 13.0%.</p><p> </p><p>The current consultation is open until 22 March, and we are keen to hear views from as many schools, governors, local authorities and parents as possible. We will publish our response to the consultation, including details of representations received, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2017 14:21:22 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss