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5741

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2013
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how his Department scrutinises the Fundraising Standards Board; when a review was last conducted; and what the outcome was of this review.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	153902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2014 answer text <p>Lord Hodgson assessed the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB) as part of his review of the Charities Act 2006 and concluded in his report &lsquo;Trusted and Independent: Giving charity back to charities&rsquo; that it had broadly met 10 of the 12 success criteria set out when it was established in 2006. The FRSB and Cabinet Office are members of the Steering Committee established in response to Lord Hodgson's recommendations to drive forward further progress in strengthening self-regulation.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

40900

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	190235
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p>Prior to January 2013, the Cabinet Office did not differentiate between time spent on Trade Union Activities and time spent on Trade Union Duties in recording the usage of Trade Union Facility Time.</p><p>No Facility Time has been granted for Trade Union Activities since January 2013.</p><p>Since January 2013, data relating to departmental Facility Time is published on the GOV.UK website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-union-facility-time" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-union-facility-time</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

41648

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what funding his Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in those years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	190698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /><ol start="1" type="1"><li>The Department provides no funding for any trade union related activities. However it does allow time for these activities to be undertaken. </li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2" type="1"><li>The Department did not report on the amount of trade union activities taken by our representatives in the years 2011-12 and 2012-13, as such the figures shown below are estimates based on the allocation of time we allowed for union representatives to use on trade union activities. </li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3" type="1"><li>The Department has undergone a significant amount of change in its facility time arrangements over the last 12 months as it has introduced the Cabinet Office reforms from June 2013, this has resulted in a decrease in the amount of time taken by our people for trade union activities </li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4" type="1"><li>The data relating to 2013-14 covers the period April 2013 to December 2013. </li></ol><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Facility time taken by Union Representatives (days)</p></td><td><p>% of total working days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>17,219</p></td><td><p>0.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>15,409</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>3,124</p></td><td><p>0.02%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

41913

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department provided for staff to carry out trade union activities in each of the last three years; and how many days staff spent on those activities in those years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	191025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>[holding answer 20 March 2014]</p><p>The Department did not provide specific funding for staff to carry out trade union activities in 2011, 2012 or 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the amount of paid time spent on trade union activities by staff who are union representatives has only been centrally recorded since November 2012. Between November 2012 and September 2013 our central records show that 1,345 paid days were spent by union representatives on such activities. These central records are based on returns submitted by union representatives to account for the time they have spent on their union roles. Information on the amount of paid time spent on trade union activities prior to November 2012 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Since October 2013 the Department has not permitted members of staff elected as union representatives to be granted paid facility time for any trade union activities and in future will only grant paid facility time for such activities in exceptional circumstances and with approval from the Secretary of State. In line with our legal obligations members of staff elected as union representatives are able to request time away from their work to undertake trade union activities but any time off granted for this purpose will be unpaid.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

47089

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons premises in Wales have not been included in the extension of licensing hours during the FIFA World Cup.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	195384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government consulted publicly on whether licensing hours should be relaxed during the FIFA World Cup 2014. A range of representations were made both for and against the proposal. We received a total of 1,468 responses to the online consultation. 77% (1,095 respondents) believed that any national relaxation of licensing hours should apply to England and Wales. However, only 2% (25 respondents) identified themselves as living or working in Wales. <br><br>While a majority of Welsh respondents favoured a relaxation for England and Wales, there was a difference between English and Welsh respondents about how the relaxation might be delivered. There was a clear majority of Welsh respondents who favoured using the Temporary Event Notice system, rather than a blanket relaxation, while of English respondents the majority (74%) favoured a blanket relaxation. This is consistent with what the Government has opted to do: a national blanket relaxation in England, with licensed premises able to use the Temporary Event Notice system in Wales.<br><br>Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the relevant Secretary of State to make an order relaxing opening hours for licensed premises to mark occasions of ‘exceptional international, national or local significance'. The Government considers that the England football team's participation in the FIFA World Cup 2014 is an event of exceptional national significance in England. <br><br>The Government has therefore decided not to include Wales in the relaxation of licensing hours for the FIFA World Cup 2014. However, licensed premises in Wales wishing to remain open beyond their licensed hours will be able to do so by using the Temporary Event Notice procedure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 5664 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

47091

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include premises in Wales in the extension of licensing hours during FIFA World Cup matches.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	195385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government consulted publicly on whether licensing hours should be relaxed during the FIFA World Cup 2014. A range of representations were made both for and against the proposal. We received a total of 1,468 responses to the online consultation. 77% (1,095 respondents) believed that any national relaxation of licensing hours should apply to England and Wales. However, only 2% (25 respondents) identified themselves as living or working in Wales. <br><br>While a majority of Welsh respondents favoured a relaxation for England and Wales, there was a difference between English and Welsh respondents about how the relaxation might be delivered. There was a clear majority of Welsh respondents who favoured using the Temporary Event Notice system, rather than a blanket relaxation, while of English respondents the majority (74%) favoured a blanket relaxation. This is consistent with what the Government has opted to do: a national blanket relaxation in England, with licensed premises able to use the Temporary Event Notice system in Wales.<br><br>Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 allows the relevant Secretary of State to make an order relaxing opening hours for licensed premises to mark occasions of ‘exceptional international, national or local significance'. The Government considers that the England football team's participation in the FIFA World Cup 2014 is an event of exceptional national significance in England. <br><br>The Government has therefore decided not to include Wales in the relaxation of licensing hours for the FIFA World Cup 2014. However, licensed premises in Wales wishing to remain open beyond their licensed hours will be able to do so by using the Temporary Event Notice procedure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 5666 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48406

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Start Up Loan scheme in Wales to date; what the take-up has been under this scheme to date; and how much has been lent to which businesses in each constituency in Wales in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	196696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Start-Up Loans Scheme was extended to Wales in October 2013. To date 249 loans have been committed with a value of over £1.52m.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets the number of loans made in each constituency and their value:</p><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><strong>Welsh constituencies</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of loans</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Value of loans</em></strong></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p>Aberavon</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£38,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberconwy</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£10,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arfon</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£24,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaenau Gwent</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon and Radnorshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£7,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£58,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£42,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff Central</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£37,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff North</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£41,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>£83,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff West</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£55,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>£49,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>£35,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ceredigion</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£19,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd South</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£54,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clwyd West</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£43,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£35,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Delyn</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£22,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gower</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>£50,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islwyn</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£35,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£27,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£53,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monmouth</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£75,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montgomeryshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£36,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£9,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport East</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>£77,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport West</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>£78,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ogmore</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£23,998</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£36,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preseli Pembrokeshire</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£23,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£36,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea East</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£47,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea West</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£57,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torfaen</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£91,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Clwyd</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£12,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of Glamorgan</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wrexham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>£12,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ynys M“n</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£47,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48426

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on Streamlining Regulatory and Competition Appeals launched in June 2013; and on what timetable he intends to introduce reforms arising from that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	196719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>We hope to publish the Government response before Summer. Any legislative changes we decide to make will be taken forward when Parliamentary time permits.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48464

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on industry of delays in the implementation of the Government's proposals to streamline regulatory and competition appeals.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	196698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. Ministers are currently considering the responses received to the consultation. They will then decide the scope and extent of proposals to be implemented.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48928

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to improve broadband coverage in rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	903806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>Phase one of the superfast roll-out programme is making good progress with all 44 projects in delivery.</p><p>Two thirds of projects (29 out of 44) have live superfast cabinets making superfast broadband available to thousands of homes and businesses across the country.</p><p>We are now investing the additional £250 million to take coverage of superfast broadband to 95% of UK premises</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48924

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits and risks of commercial mobile networks providing the emergency services communications network.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	197008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The potential benefits and risks have been considered in detail as part of the <br>Outline Business Case, which recommended this direction of travel and was <br>approved by the emergency services, lead departments and the devolved <br>governments of Wales and Scotland during March 2014. These risks and issues <br>will be updated as the Full Business Case is developed during the procurement <br>phase, which was launched on 14 April 14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 9166 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48925

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what legislative vehicles the Government plans to use to implement the proposals to streamline regulatory and competition appeals.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	197007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Ministers are considering officials' advice before deciding on the scope and extent of the proposals to be implemented. Any legislative changes we decide to make will be taken forward when Parliamentary time permits.</p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48926

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of the introduction of unbundled fibre to the cabinet and sub-loop bundling of residential broadband provision.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	197016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>I favour competition at all levels of the telecoms system, where it is effective and sustainable. Sub-loop unbundling (SLU), where a competing provider takes their fibre to BT's street cabinets and connects to BT's copper lines to consumers' premises, is a standard product controlled by Ofcom. At present there appears to be limited demand from communications providers for SLU. There may be opportunities to increase the likelihood of future competition in fibre-to-the-cabinet by designing network upgrades to make such access easier at little or no additional cost at the time of deployment, but lower entry barriers subsequently. Ofcom is keeping the matter under review.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

48927

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will initiate a review of the fibre broadband wholesale pricing structure.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	197017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>On 27 January this year, Ofcom published a consultation on an update on the impact of fibre roll-out and the proposed charge control review of the wholesale broadband access (WBA) markets, following-on from its July-September 2013 consultation on the WBA market. In this context, services provided via copper, cable and fibre access networks are considered to be within the same market. The update consultation closed on 10 March.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

49557

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of EU proposals to remove the right for network operators to block 18-plus content.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	197702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>We are aware that there some concerns that the European Parliament's amendments to the draft Connected Continent regulation may restrict ISPs ability to block illegal content or to filter adult content at the request of customers. The UK Government supports the aims of the Connect Continent package, but let me clear that we will not agree to any proposals that restrict the ability of parents to protect their children from inappropriate content on line. We are confident that this was not the intention of the European Parliament and we are working with EU Member States, the European Commission and the European Parliament to deliver a final package that promotes an open, safe and secure internet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

50051

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies on voluntary restrictions by network providers of adult content of recent proposals from the European Parliament on a European single market for electronic communications.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	198046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>We are aware that there some concerns that the European Parliament's amendments to the draft Connected Continent regulation may restrict ISPs ability to block illegal content or to filter adult content at the request of customers. The UK Government supports the aims of the Connect Continent package, but let me clear that we will not agree to any proposals that restrict the ability of parents to protect their children from inappropriate content on line. We are confident that this was not the intention of the European Parliament and we are working with EU Member States, the European Commission and the European Parliament to deliver a final package that promotes an open, safe and secure internet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

50524

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2014, Official Report, columns 162-3W, on new businesses: Wales, which businesses have received support from the Government's Start Up Loan Scheme in the Vale of Glamorgan; and how much has been lent to each.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	198380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to my hon. Friend in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

63490

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	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, to which geographical areas the roll-out programme for smart meters will extend; and when their programme will happen in each area.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	202159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>In Great Britain, we are adopting a supplier-led approach to the roll-out of smart meters. Energy suppliers are required to take ‘all reasonable steps' to install smart meters to all of their domestic and smaller non-domestic customers in Wales, England and Scotland by 2020.</p><p>There is no centralised roll-out strategy and suppliers are free to plan the roll-out in a way that suits their business and the needs of their customers, subject to the requirement to complete the roll-out by 2020. They are considering a range of factors in developing their strategies for this, such as the geographical location of their customers, the age of the current meter stock, and the extent to which they wish to respond to customer demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 30/06/2014 14:15:55 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1171480

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Africa
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the UK's trade relationship was with each African country in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	4336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>Over the last five years the UK has consolidated stronger trade and investment partnerships with African countries, supporting businesses to enter and expand across African markets, and deepening our bilateral engagement to open new trade and investment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Over this time the UK has offered almost all African countries preferential access to its markets as beneficiaries of the European Union’s unilateral trade preferences scheme or as parties to trade agreements with the EU. There are 44 African countries that receive duty-free quota-free access to the UK under EU arrangements that also offer preferential access to a further eight African countries.</p><p> </p><p>As we leave the EU, we have sought to replicate the effects of EU trade arrangements and have secured trade continuity with 46 African countries.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s trade flows with each African country are published by the Office for National Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/01/2020 10:30:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1172819

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment she has made of the potential economic opportunities for the UK of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	900355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is an ambitious regional trade agreement covering 11 countries across four continents.</p><p> </p><p>Joining would provide us with the opportunity to deepen our trading links with some of the world’s most diverse, growing economies, and will allow us to expand our influence in the world and strengthen the rules-based international system.</p><p> </p><p>No doubt CPTPP countries will be a valuable market for Aston Martin’s new DBX SUVs, which will be exported from the factory in my Rt Hon Friend for Vale of Glamorgan's constituency.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/01/2020 17:37:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1174231

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of representation from the nations and regions of the UK in the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	9662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK's Armed Forces are drawn from all the regions and nations that make up the UK and they play an essential role in our Defence and security. All regular recruitment is carried out online and through a network of Armed Forces Careers Offices. Although recruits provide a postcode, this is not always an accurate reflection of their nationality or origin.</p><p>Each of the three Services benefit from historic military connections and recruiting links with specific regions and nations and recruit predominantly from those to ensure those links, culture and identities are strongly represented in the UK's Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 05/02/2020 13:33:04 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1174237

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	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	Business: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which projects have been supported by regional selective assistance in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	9663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Regional Selective Assistance scheme is available in Scotland; it has been replaced by successor schemes elsewhere in the UK. For example, the Department’s Regional Growth Fund has provided £16.6m in 2017/18, £16.4m in 2018/19 and £2.7m so far in 2019/20 to support businesses.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 05/02/2020 13:47:11 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1174248

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on the availability of medicinal cannabis; and if he will list the medical conditions that the NHS treats with medicinal cannabis.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	9664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>On 1 November 2018, the law was changed to allow clinicians on the General Medical Council’s (GMC) Specialist Register to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use, where clinically appropriate and in the best interests of patients. The law does not restrict the medical conditions for which these products may be used, and the decision of whether to prescribe is ultimately one for clinicians to make on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>Two reviews have taken place since this change in the law:</p><p> </p><p>- On 8 August 2019, NHS England and NHS Improvement published its review into barriers to accessing cannabis-based products for medicinal use on NHS prescription which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/barriers-to-accessing-cannabis-based-products-for-medicinal-use-on-nhs-prescription/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/barriers-to-accessing-cannabis-based-products-for-medicinal-use-on-nhs-prescription/</a></p><p>- On 11 November 2019, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), following a review of the available evidence, published guidance on the prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng144" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng144</a></p><p>This demonstrates a clear need for more evidence to support prescribing and funding decisions of cannabis-based medicines for intractable nausea and vomiting; chronic pain; spasticity; and severe treatment-resistant epilepsy.</p><p>We continue to work hard with the health system, industry and researchers to improve the evidence base for cannabis-based medicines and to implement the recommendations of NHS England and NHS Improvement’s review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 9665 question first answered 05/02/2020 13:52:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1174251

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to review his policy on the prescribing of medicinal cannabis.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	9665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>On 1 November 2018, the law was changed to allow clinicians on the General Medical Council’s (GMC) Specialist Register to prescribe cannabis-based products for medicinal use, where clinically appropriate and in the best interests of patients. The law does not restrict the medical conditions for which these products may be used, and the decision of whether to prescribe is ultimately one for clinicians to make on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p>Two reviews have taken place since this change in the law:</p><p> </p><p>- On 8 August 2019, NHS England and NHS Improvement published its review into barriers to accessing cannabis-based products for medicinal use on NHS prescription which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/barriers-to-accessing-cannabis-based-products-for-medicinal-use-on-nhs-prescription/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/barriers-to-accessing-cannabis-based-products-for-medicinal-use-on-nhs-prescription/</a></p><p>- On 11 November 2019, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), following a review of the available evidence, published guidance on the prescribing of cannabis-based medicinal products which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng144" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng144</a></p><p>This demonstrates a clear need for more evidence to support prescribing and funding decisions of cannabis-based medicines for intractable nausea and vomiting; chronic pain; spasticity; and severe treatment-resistant epilepsy.</p><p>We continue to work hard with the health system, industry and researchers to improve the evidence base for cannabis-based medicines and to implement the recommendations of NHS England and NHS Improvement’s review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 9664 question first answered 05/02/2020 13:52:28 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1174259

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Deployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) reserve and (b) regular service personnel have been based in each of the (i) nations and (ii) regions of the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	9666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The requested information for UK Reserve Service personnel is provided in the attached tables; figures are estimates.</p><p>Official statistics on the stationed locations of UK Regular Service personnel are published annually. The latest edition of the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) <em>Annual Location Statistics</em>, including data as at 1 April 2019 and going back to April 2012, can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-of-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-annual-statistics-2019</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 03/02/2020 16:46:17 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan attachment 1 file name 9666 - Personnel based by nations and regions of UK - TABLES.xlsx title UK Reserve Service Personnel by nations and region
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1174274

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Tribunals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) shortest and (b) longest wait for an appointment to be heard at a Special Education Needs Tribunal was in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	9667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>The table below shows the (a) shortest wait and (b) longest wait.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) shortest wait</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) longest wait ¹</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>29 days</p></td><td><p>552 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>21 days</p></td><td><p>771 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17 ²</strong></p></td><td><p>24 days</p></td><td><p>1,014 days³</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>¹ The Tribunal lists all cases at approximately 12 - 14 weeks from the date of registration of the appeal into the Tribunal.</p><p>² Years are broken down into school years from 1 September to 31 August the following year.</p><p>³ This figure is the result of a Permission to Appeal being lodged. When this happens, timescales continue to tick and this until the appeal is resolved and this is reflected in the higher than usual waiting time.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/02/2020 10:52:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1174525

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to connect more towns to the rail network.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	900524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>We have pledged £500m to begin reopening closed railway lines and stations. We are funding plans to reopen the lines to Fleetwood in Lancashire and Ashington in Northumberland, and are making up to £20m available for new stations. We have written to my honourable friends inviting them to a briefing on 4th February where we will explain how they can put forward ideas for reopening and seek funding to develop existing and new schemes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 30/01/2020 15:35:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1177322

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to provide exemptions to specialist automotive sectors from the proposed ban on the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles in 2035.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	14676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister announced last week that we are consulting on bringing forward the end to the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans to 2035, or earlier if a faster transition appears feasible, as well as including hybrids for the first time. We are consulting on the Committee on Climate Change recommendation that any new vehicles sold after the phase out date must be zero emission at the tailpipe. We understand the concerns of low volume manufacturers and we will be engaging with stakeholders on a package of support allowing us to seize the opportunities and lead the world in the shift to zero emission vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this consultation, we are asking what the accompanying package of support will need to be to enable the transition and minimise the impacts on businesses and consumers across the UK, building on the significant demand and supply side measures already in place. The Government will continue to work with all sectors of industry to accelerate the rollout of zero emission vehicles - helping to deliver new green jobs in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 13/02/2020 15:15:25 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1177502

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licences were (a) revoked and (b) suspended for medical reasons in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	14723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The table below provides a breakdown of revocations or applications refused on medical grounds, for drivers with car and motorcycle entitlement (group one) and for drivers with lorry and bus entitlement (group two) for the last five calendar years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Group1 (car/motorcycle)</p></td><td><p>Group 2 (lorry/bus)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>47,658</p></td><td><p>8,095</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>61,354</p></td><td><p>10,665</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>59,163</p></td><td><p>11,213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>61,482</p></td><td><p>12,242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>62,613</p></td><td><p>10,371</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Some individuals may be recorded in both groups as their licences to drive all vehicles have been revoked or refused. Others may not meet the higher medical standards required for driving lorries or buses but may have been allowed to retain their entitlement to drive cars and motorcycles.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does not temporarily suspend driving licences for medical reasons.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 13/02/2020 15:31:02 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1177773

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Doctors and Nurses: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of overseas (a) doctors and (b) nurses have indefinite leave to remain.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/02/2020 11:34:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1177775

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration health surcharges have been paid by overseas (a) doctors and (b) nurses.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate or publish the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 19/02/2020 16:42:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1179097

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made on the potential for synthetic fuel to drive motor vehicles to help meet the 2035 ban on diesel and petrol cars.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	18675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is consulting on ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans from 2040 to 2035, or earlier if feasible. This is in line with advice from the independent Committee on Climate Change on what is required to achieve net zero emissions in 2050. Existing vehicles will be unaffected by this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Renewable fuels, including renewable synthetic fuels, are incentivised through the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation and are an important measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as we transition to zero emission vehicles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Vehicles fuelled by renewable synthetic equivalents of petrol and diesel have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but are unlikely to offer the air quality benefits of battery electric or hydrogen fuelled vehicles.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 26/02/2020 10:24:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1179483

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration health surcharges have been paid by overseas (a) doctors and (b) nurses.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	18814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate or publish the information requested.</p><p>Non-EEA nationals moving to the UK for more than six months have been required to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge since April 2015.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 26/02/2020 18:12:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1180133

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Doctors: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doctors have been recruited by the NHS from overseas in each last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	19867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The following tables show people with a non-United Kingdom nationality joining the National Health Service, not people who have been recruited directly from abroad.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors with a nationality other than British joining NHS trusts and CCGs as at September 2019 and at each year since 2014 (headcount).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September 2014-15</p></td><td><p>September 2015-16</p></td><td><p>September 2016-17</p></td><td><p>September 2017-18</p></td><td><p>September 2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Union</p></td><td><p>2,259</p></td><td><p>2,262</p></td><td><p>2,087</p></td><td><p>2,117</p></td><td><p>2,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Economic Area (EEA)</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of World</p></td><td><p>3,161</p></td><td><p>3,374</p></td><td><p>3,872</p></td><td><p>4,675</p></td><td><p>6,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>791</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td><td><p>931</p></td><td><p>713</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of nurses with a nationality other than British joining the NHS trusts and CCGs as at September 2019 and at each year since 2014 (headcount).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September 2014-15</p></td><td><p>September 2015-16</p></td><td><p>September 2016-17</p></td><td><p>September 2017-18</p></td><td><p>September 2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU</p></td><td><p>5,817</p></td><td><p>5,941</p></td><td><p>2,779</p></td><td><p>2,313</p></td><td><p>2,328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EEA</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of World</p></td><td><p>2,161</p></td><td><p>2,782</p></td><td><p>2,993</p></td><td><p>4,325</p></td><td><p>7,068</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>1,417</p></td><td><p>1,817</p></td><td><p>1,167</p></td><td><p>1,078</p></td><td><p>733</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 19868 question first answered 27/02/2020 17:48:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1180134

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses have been recruited from overseas in each last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	19868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The following tables show people with a non-United Kingdom nationality joining the National Health Service, not people who have been recruited directly from abroad.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The following table shows the number of doctors with a nationality other than British joining NHS trusts and CCGs as at September 2019 and at each year since 2014 (headcount).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September 2014-15</p></td><td><p>September 2015-16</p></td><td><p>September 2016-17</p></td><td><p>September 2017-18</p></td><td><p>September 2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Union</p></td><td><p>2,259</p></td><td><p>2,262</p></td><td><p>2,087</p></td><td><p>2,117</p></td><td><p>2,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Economic Area (EEA)</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of World</p></td><td><p>3,161</p></td><td><p>3,374</p></td><td><p>3,872</p></td><td><p>4,675</p></td><td><p>6,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>791</p></td><td><p>807</p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td><td><p>931</p></td><td><p>713</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of nurses with a nationality other than British joining the NHS trusts and CCGs as at September 2019 and at each year since 2014 (headcount).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>September 2014-15</p></td><td><p>September 2015-16</p></td><td><p>September 2016-17</p></td><td><p>September 2017-18</p></td><td><p>September 2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EU</p></td><td><p>5,817</p></td><td><p>5,941</p></td><td><p>2,779</p></td><td><p>2,313</p></td><td><p>2,328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EEA</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of World</p></td><td><p>2,161</p></td><td><p>2,782</p></td><td><p>2,993</p></td><td><p>4,325</p></td><td><p>7,068</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>1,417</p></td><td><p>1,817</p></td><td><p>1,167</p></td><td><p>1,078</p></td><td><p>733</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 19867 question first answered 27/02/2020 17:48:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1182375

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Death
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals aged between 13 and 25 died in (a) Spain and (b) the rest of the world in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	24337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The FCO does not hold a complete record of information requested as it is not obligatory for states to inform us of the deaths of British Nationals in their territory, nor do we record the details of British nationals overseas who do not require assistance.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 09/03/2020 10:27:08 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1188203

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2020
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	MS Coral Princess: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to facilitate the safe return of UK Nationals on the Coral Princess during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	37626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, we have worked hard to support British nationals aboard cruise ships. Over 350 British passengers and crew members aboard the Coral Princess returned to the UK on three separate charter flights - two flights on 6 April and one on the 9 April - organised by the cruise company, and British Airways. The FCO worked closely with the cruise company and partners across Whitehall, including the Department for Transport, Public Health England, the Department for Health and Social Care and Border Force to ensure British nationals were safely repatriated to the UK.</p><p>Upon their return, the cruise company organised private transport for those who did not have family members to collect them, and they were also advised to self-isolate for 14 days in line with advice from the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England.</p><p>Of the four remaining British passengers who were not fit to travel on the repatriation flights, one has was discharged from hospital on 15 April and will shortly be repatriated to the UK. Three remain in hospital in Miami and are receiving consular support from the British Consulate General.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 27/04/2020 07:51:02 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1248498

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	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	Renewable Energy
	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 estimate he has made of the proportion of the UK's energy that will be supplied from (a) nuclear, (b) wind, (c) biomass, (d) solar, and (e) tidal sources over the next (i) five, (ii) 10 and (iii) 20 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	110808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department has published projections of electricity generation by source for the UK which can be used to derive the proportion of total UK electricity supply supplied by nuclear and renewable sources, respectively. These are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>For commercial reasons we do not release any breakdown of renewables projections. Officials need to work in a private space to determine auction parameters for each CfD round to ensure competitive tension. Providing a more granular/annual deployment trajectory for specific technologies could distort auction outcomes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Proportion of UK electricity supply (gross) excluding net imports[1]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>Renewables[2]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2025</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2026</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2027</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2028</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2029</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2030</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2031</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2032</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>59%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2033</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2034</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2035</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2036</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2037</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2038</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2039</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2040</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures are based on central estimates of economic growth and fossil fuel prices and contains all agreed policies where decisions on policy design are sufficiently advanced to allow robust estimates of impact as at August 2019. Further details can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections</a>. Figures provided are derived from BEIS Energy and Emissions Projections (EEP) 2019 Annex J, Total electricity generation by source.</p><p>[1] For this calculation total UK electricity supply is defined as including generation from storage but excluding net imports of electricity.</p><p>[2] Includes a small amount of generation from non-renewable wastes.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/11/2020 16:17:29 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1248499

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	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	Energy Supply
	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 resilience of the National Grid as part of the UK's transition to net zero.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	110809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The UK has one of the most robust energy systems in the world. Maintaining a safe and secure energy supply is a key priority for this Government.</p><p> </p><p>We work closely with the National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO), electricity operators, and Ofgem, to ensure our electricity and gas systems are able to respond to new challenges, including the transition to net zero, whilst continuing to ensure resilience.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2019, the ESO published its plan to fully operate Great Britain’s electricity system with zero carbon by 2025 and is undertaking a number of projects to explore how this can be achieved.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work with the ESO to ensure that this is delivered in a manner that ensures the stability and security of the electricity system.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/11/2020 16:15:02 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1248500

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	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	Energy: Meters
	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 proportion of UK households have smart meters fitted.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	110810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Smart meters are replacing traditional gas and electricity meters in Great Britain as part of an essential infrastructure upgrade to make the energy system more efficient, flexible and ensure cost effective delivery of net zero.</p><p> </p><p>Thirty-nine percent of meters in homes across Great Britain were smart meters as of 30 June 2020. The latest data on the rollout of smart meters is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/smart-meters-in-great-britain-quarterly-update-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/smart-meters-in-great-britain-quarterly-update-june-2020</a>. The next quarterly publication covering the period from July to end of September 2020 is due for release on 26 November.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/11/2020 16:13:25 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1248501

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	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	Nuclear Power Stations: Finance
	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 potential merits of the regulated asset-based financing model for funding new nuclear power stations.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	110811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is looking at options for the financing of new nuclear projects. A Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model has the potential to reduce the cost of raising private finance for new nuclear projects, thereby reducing consumer bills and maximising value for money for consumers and taxpayers. In 2019, we consulted on our proposals for a nuclear RAB model and we will publish our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/11/2020 09:58:25 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1248503

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	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	Renewable Energy: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much Government support has been provided in subsidies to the (a) marine, (b) wind, (c) biomass and (d) solar energy sectors in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	110812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2020 answer text <p>Support for the generation of renewable electricity is paid under three schemes: The Renewables Obligation (RO), the Feed-in Tariffs (FIT), and Contracts for Difference (CfD) schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The Renewables Obligation does not pay a direct subsidy but instead support is provided through tradeable certificates.</p><p> </p><p>Support for renewable heat is provided through the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) which is funded through general taxation.</p><p> </p><p>The table below gives a breakdown of support for electricity generation and renewable heat from marine, wind, biomass and solar technologies in Great Britain. The CfD, FITs &amp; GB RHI schemes are not available in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Scheme</strong><strong>+</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Support for electricity generation and renewable heat </strong> <strong>(in £m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Marine</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Offshore wind</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Onshore wind</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Biomass</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Solar Thermal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Solar PV</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>258.0</p></td><td><p>360.1</p></td><td><p>248.1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>371.3</p></td><td><p>450.9</p></td><td><p>255.2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>696.3</p></td><td><p>494.7</p></td><td><p>385.4</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,022.6</p></td><td><p>731.5</p></td><td><p>484.3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>36.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,107.7</p></td><td><p>704.9</p></td><td><p>737.5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>134.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,496.8</p></td><td><p>805.5</p></td><td><p>932.0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>304.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,533.7</p></td><td><p>892.8</p></td><td><p>953.6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>416.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>91.8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,008.6</p></td><td><p>1,256.2</p></td><td><p>864.7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>471.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>295.8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>247.3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>RO</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,220.5</p></td><td><p>1,334.9</p></td><td><p>1,079.9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>548.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>587.6</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>380.2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>RO*</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,212.2</p></td><td><p>1,270.9</p></td><td><p>981.1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>459.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CfD</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,276.1</p></td><td><p>88.7</p></td><td><p>442.0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>RHI</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>*The RO figures are based on Ofgem’s certificate report as of 4 August 2020 from their Renewables and CHP Register.</p><p>* The RO figures for 2019/20 are provisional as not all the certificates have been issued yet and the full notional value of each certificate is not yet known.</p><p>* The figures for FITs are not available as they cannot be broken down by technology.</p><p>*RHI payments are made to scheme participants using eligible renewable heating technologies. The RHI figures above relate to both the Domestic and Non-Domestic RHI schemes.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 11/11/2020 16:35:39 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1256079

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Polio: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to establish a partnership with Rotary International on the joint goal of eradicating polio.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	121246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Thanks to the joint efforts of Rotary International and the UK Government, we have made major strides in defeating the polio virus. The UK Government appreciates the tireless campaigning and generous fundraising achieved by Rotarians on behalf of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), which has vaccinated millions against polio in the world's poorest countries.</p><p>Alongside Rotary, the UK Government has also supported GPEI since 1995 as the second largest sovereign donor. Through our joint commitment and strong advocacy, more than 18 million people are able to walk today who would have otherwise been paralysed by the virus. This decades-long partnership between Rotary International and the UK Government has eliminated the wild polio virus from Africa. We will continue our advocacy together, from the global to the grassroots level, until the wild polio virus is eliminated worldwide.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/12/2020 15:20:44 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1256082

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Polio: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding is available for Rotary Great Britain and Ireland and other UK-based voluntary groups to support their work in eradicating polio.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	121247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland is supported by contributions from the public. These contributions are transformed into service projects and grants that support polio eradication. The UK Government does not fund Rotary directly, though we work closely together as joint donors and partners in ridding the world of the polio virus through the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.</p><p>The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office provides support to UK charities making a difference through grants, and our flagship volunteer scheme. The Small Charities Challenge Fund provides grants to UK charities addressing Global Goals. The Volunteering for Development programme, delivered in partnership with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), supports volunteers to make an impact in the world's poorest communities.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/12/2020 15:11:20 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1271044

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) accidents and (b) breakdowns on each stretch of smart motorway in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	128944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The number of accidents has been taken to mean the number of injury casualties. The tables in Annexes B, C and D of the <em>Smart Motorways Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan</em> show the number of reported casualties by road class on England's Strategic Road Network (SRN) for slight, serious and fatal casualties. These tables show the casualty split on different types of motorway. These tables are attached for ease of reference. Highways England is currently analysing the 2019 data and, when available, will analyse the 2020 data, which is expected to be in Autumn 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The last full year of data available is for 2019, the statistic for which are set out in the table 1, note that ‘motorway’ refers to ‘conventional motorways’ excluding all other types set out in the table.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the published STATS19 data, the number of incidents increased across the network in 2019, and the amount of All Lane Running (ALR) sections of the network also increased over this period. In the time available, it has not been possible to provide data on accidents and breakdowns for each stretch of motorway.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Highways England does not hold data for the attendance of incidents by vehicle recovery companies or the emergency services.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 128945 question first answered 17/12/2020 16:00:44 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean attachment 1 file name 128944,128945 - Tables .docx title Table as mentioned in the PQ answer
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1271045

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Emergency Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) longest and (b) shortest amount of time taken for rescue vehicles to reach vehicles that have broken down on smart motorways in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	128945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The number of accidents has been taken to mean the number of injury casualties. The tables in Annexes B, C and D of the <em>Smart Motorways Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan</em> show the number of reported casualties by road class on England's Strategic Road Network (SRN) for slight, serious and fatal casualties. These tables show the casualty split on different types of motorway. These tables are attached for ease of reference. Highways England is currently analysing the 2019 data and, when available, will analyse the 2020 data, which is expected to be in Autumn 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The last full year of data available is for 2019, the statistic for which are set out in the table 1, note that ‘motorway’ refers to ‘conventional motorways’ excluding all other types set out in the table.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the published STATS19 data, the number of incidents increased across the network in 2019, and the amount of All Lane Running (ALR) sections of the network also increased over this period. In the time available, it has not been possible to provide data on accidents and breakdowns for each stretch of motorway.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Highways England does not hold data for the attendance of incidents by vehicle recovery companies or the emergency services.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 128944 question first answered 17/12/2020 16:00:44 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean attachment 1 file name 128944,128945 - Tables .docx title Table as mentioned in the PQ answer
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1276488

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Nuclear Reactors: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps her Department has taken to promote the export of British manufactured small modular nuclear reactors.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	910765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>DIT recognises the export potential of UK manufactured small modular reactors and we are providing support to industry in several countries to facilitate market entry and position them for success ahead of first production. We are also in discussions with industry about developing a more strategic “Whole of Government” approach to support overseas sales.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/01/2021 12:33:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1300042

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the level of welfare support required by disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	913013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting disabled people affected by the Covid-19 outbreak and has delivered an unprecedented package of support, putting £7 billion into the welfare system.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor the impact on disabled people using existing and new data sources, whilst ensuring that they are able to access the support they need.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/03/2021 17:58:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1330051

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been submitted to the EU Settlement Scheme to date; and how many of those application have been granted.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	11541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The latest figures can be found on the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme statistics’ web page available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/eu-settlement-scheme-statistics" target="_blank">EU Settlement Scheme statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 10/06/2021 16:00:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1332396

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Levelling Up Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the opportunities to bid for levelling up funding.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
	tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
	uin	901087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>Levelling up all four nations of our United Kingdom remains at the centre of this Government’s mission – and in particular my Department as MHCLG becomes a UK-wide Department again. Our £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund will invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. And only a fortnight ago I was delighted to visit Wales and hear from local leaders about their exciting ambitions for their local areas, and take in the sites including Treorchy High Street – the current reigning Great British High Streets Champion.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/06/2021 16:05:44 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns