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1127891

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date	21/05/2019
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: Consumers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to promote awareness of Ofgem's priority services register.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	256956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Ofgem requires energy companies to promote and maintain a Priority Services Register (PSR), to provide non-financial help to certain groups of vulnerable consumers. Ofgem is responsible for ensuring compliance with these requirements.</p><p>In 2016, Ofgem introduced new requirements that companies take all reasonable steps to identify customers who may benefit from PSR services and introduced a broad “Vulnerability Principle” in 2017, which clarifies that suppliers need to make an extra effort to identify and respond to the needs of consumers in vulnerable situations, which can help identify those who could benefit from PSR services.</p><p>The number of consumers on PSRs has risen from 1.7 million electricity and 1.4 million gas consumers in 2010, to nearly 6 million electricity and 4.8 million gas consumers in 2017. Ofgem publish information on energy company performance, available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2018/11/vulnerability_report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2018/11/vulnerability_report_2018.pdf</a></p><p>Ofgem is also working to promote PSR data sharing between energy and water companies in England and Wales (with the customer’s consent) following a successful pilot in Spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/06/2019 07:56:07 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1127906

registered interest
date	21/05/2019
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	Natural Gas: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the cost of gas to British consumers relative to the cost to consumers in each of the other member states of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	256957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to regular and transparent reporting on the price of gas for UK consumers and currently publishes a price comparison with EU member states on a bi-annual basis. The latest statistical reports from this series are available here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Finternational-domestic-energy-prices&amp;data=02%7C01%7CThomas.Lane%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb4196cc03ed84ca5ef4b08d6e36b7d91%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636946448136868794&amp;sdata=IDLG6f8mx8LSfW2pAo35UIjF3cPP%2FRahNB1X8F4%2FgGg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/international-domestic-energy-prices</a></p><p>The UK has some of the lowest domestic gas prices in the EU. Average prices paid by consumers for the period January to June 2018 were the second lowest in the EU15 and were 31 per cent lower than the median average price.</p><p>Recent figures also show that gas prices for UK consumers has been consistently cheaper than the median average for all EU member states (EU28) since 2016 currently peaking at 15.5% cheaper in the first half of 2018.</p><p>These figures are for average domestic gas prices including taxes paid for by UK domestic consumers, with a consumption level of the EU’s definition of a ‘medium’ amount of gas per annum (5,557 – 55,557 kWh).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 04/06/2019 07:56:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088459

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Research: Expenditure
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 amount of funding as a percentage of GDP that was allocated to research and development by (a) Government, (b) public sector organisations excluding local authorities and (c)the private sector in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	231919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The figures below are based those on the ONS release “Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, UK: 2017”</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL<sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.61%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.65%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.58%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.61%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.63%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.65%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.67%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.69%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government</p></td><td><p>0.19%</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td><td><p>0.17%</p></td><td><p>0.20%</p></td><td><p>0.19%</p></td><td><p>0.19%</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Research Councils</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td><td><p>0.16%</p></td><td><p>0.16%</p></td><td><p>0.16%</p></td><td><p>0.15%</p></td><td><p>0.15%</p></td><td><p>0.15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Education Funding Councils</p></td><td><p>0.14%</p></td><td><p>0.14%</p></td><td><p>0.13%</p></td><td><p>0.13%</p></td><td><p>0.12%</p></td><td><p>0.12%</p></td><td><p>0.11%</p></td><td><p>0.11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Enterprise <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>0.71%</p></td><td><p>0.75%</p></td><td><p>0.74%</p></td><td><p>0.74%</p></td><td><p>0.77%</p></td><td><p>0.82%</p></td><td><p>0.88%</p></td><td><p>0.91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higher Education <sup>1, 4</sup></p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.01%</p></td><td><p>0.01%</p></td><td><p>0.01%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Non-Profit <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.08%</p></td><td><p>0.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Overseas</p></td><td><p>0.30%</p></td><td><p>0.31%</p></td><td><p>0.30%</p></td><td><p>0.30%</p></td><td><p>0.30%</p></td><td><p>0.28%</p></td><td><p>0.26%</p></td><td><p>0.24%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1 Following further quality assurance of the flow of funding within the higher education sector it was decided to remove the element relating to funding between higher education establishments.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 Prior to 2011 PNP data were estimated. From 2011 data has been collected from a biennial survey with non-survey years being estimated using data from survey years.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 Estimates of launch investment loan repayments received by government from business have been removed following a review of how these payments should be reported. These loan repayments are in relation to loans given out in previous years and therefore should not be included in current totals of R&amp;D expenditure. The total of loan repayments have been removed from the total funding by business and the UK total for 2013, and 2015, there were no repayments in 2014. In current prices the values removed were 2013 (£212 million) and 2015 (£112 million).</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 New higher education financial reporting standards starting on or after 1 January 2015 have resulted in significant changes in how financial performance is reported. This presents difficulties in comparing results from 2015 onwards with historical trends.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Please Note:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Differences may occur between totals and the sum of their independently rounded components.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 25/03/2019 17:43:17 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 108507 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1088460

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Photonics: Research
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 funding the Government has allocated to research into (a) photonics and (b) optoelectronics in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	231920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funds high quality research and innovation for BEIS as part of the Government’s wider ambition to increase the UK’s total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. All proposals are assessed through peer review and funding is not usually ringfenced for particular research areas or topics.</p><p> </p><p>Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) is the primary funder of these areas within UKRI. The table below summarises the value of all current grants from EPSRC, in research and training for the relevant research portfolios: Photonic Materials, Optoelectronic Devices and a combined figure for Optical Communications and Optical Devices and Subsystems.</p><p> </p><p>Please note other research is being carried out in this area, both in other UKRI councils and outside of UKRI, but we are unable to determine the monetary value of this in the time allowed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Photonic Materials</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Optoelectronic Devices and Circuits</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Research into other Photonic Technology (Communications and </strong> <strong>Optical Devices)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Research</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Training</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Research</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Training</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Research</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Training</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>£ 65.78M</p></td><td><p>£ 19.43M</p></td><td><p>£ 51.92M</p></td><td><p>£ 5.76M</p></td><td><p>£48.21M</p></td><td><p>£12.71M</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£ 65.46M</p></td><td><p>£ 21.40M</p></td><td><p>£ 54.87M</p></td><td><p>£ 6.56M</p></td><td><p>£51.87M</p></td><td><p>£11.57M</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>£ 60.29M</p></td><td><p>£ 18.74M</p></td><td><p>£ 48.24M</p></td><td><p>£ 6.63M</p></td><td><p>£48.97M</p></td><td><p>£10.67M</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>My rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Spring Statement an £81 million investment in a national Extreme Photonics Application Centre in Oxfordshire. In addition, EPSRC has confirmed continued funding for two existing Centres for Doctoral Training in ICT Photonics as well as investment in a new CDT which will contribute to this area</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/03/2019 11:24:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 108508 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809637

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the median real earnings were in each region of the UK in each of the last 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	120261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/01/2018 11:44:12 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ 120261 UKSA .pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809651

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information he holds on which cities in the UK have the highest suicide rates per 100,000 people in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	120271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 21/12/2017 11:13:31 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2018 20:54:47 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ120271 & PQ120272 UKSA.pdf title UKSA Response previous answer version 31608 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ120271, 120272 Chris Runane holding (OW) .pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809652

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information he holds on which 100 local authority wards in the UK have the highest suicide rates per 100,000 people in each year for which data is available; and what those suicide rates were.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	120272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 120271 question first answered 21/12/2017 11:13:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ120271, 120272 Chris Runane holding (OW) .pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

804272

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2017 to Question 116685, what plans he has to make an assessment of the potential reasons for areas reporting significant increases in registered electors.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	118467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We keep the evidence on democratic engagement under constant review. We are also exploring ways of making available more data about levels of registration to assist Electoral Registration Officers and others in maximising registration. Further detail will be set out in the Democratic Engagement Plan to be published later in December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/12/2017 11:06:18 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

800729

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Children: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the greatest cause of death for (a) male and (b) female children aged between 0 and 5 was in each region in each year since 2008. .
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	117350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/12/2017 10:35:01 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ117350.pdf title UKSA response
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

797776

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2017 to Question 2214, which local authorities will participate in the proof of identity pilot for the May 2018 local elections.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	116684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The opportunity to pilot voter ID in May 2018 was offered to all local authorities in Great Britain and we are pleased that Woking, Gosport, Bromley, Swindon and Watford have committed to do so. In addition, Tower Hamlets will be piloting measures to improve the integrity of the postal and proxy vote processes respectively.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 06/12/2017 16:59:32 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane