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90813

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date	05/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Thames Tideway Tunnel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the full burden of (a) demand, (b) construction and (c) availability risk for the Thames Tideway Tunnel project has been transferred from the Government to Thames Tideway Tunnel Limited; and what the effect of each such transfer has been on the UK national balance sheet under the guidance given in ESA 95 Manual Chapters VI.4 and VI.5.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	208368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a private sector project. The Government has never been responsible for ‘the full burden’ of the project referred to in the question. Until 5 June, Thames Water Utilities Ltd had full responsibility for the project.</p><p> </p><p>On 5 June, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs tabled a Written Ministerial Statement informing the House that the Government had Specified the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, in accordance with the Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013. He also issued a Preparatory Work Notice for Thames Water Utilities Ltd requiring or permitting it to do certain preparatory work in relation to the Tunnel project.</p><p>The full statement is available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140605/wmstext/140605m0001.htm#14060532000008" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140605/wmstext/140605m0001.htm#14060532000008</a></p><p> </p><p>The full notices issued on 5 June, together with the reasons for exercising these powers are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thames-tideway-tunnel-project-specification-and-preparatory-work-notices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thames-tideway-tunnel-project-specification-and-preparatory-work-notices</a></p><p> </p><p>Specifying the project means that, other than those works described in the Preparatory Work Notice, Thames Water Utilities Ltd is prevented from undertaking the infrastructure project and is instead required to put it out to tender, by running a competitive procurement for an infrastructure provider which will finance and deliver the Tunnel that is separate from Thames Water.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is confident that both the project and the infrastructure provider will be classified to the private sector, and will not impact the public balance sheet.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 09/09/2014 16:02:53 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

90614

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the statement by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, reported in The Sunday Times on 31 August 2014, what provision will be made in the Autumn Statement 2014 to double the funding for tackling mobile blackspots; and what criteria will be used to decide which locations will benefit from that funding.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	208163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government is taking action to improve mobile coverage across the UK. For example, the Mobile Infrastructure Project, first announced in October 2011, provides £150m for the building of additional mobile phone masts to provide coverage in areas which are poorly served.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has announced that Autumn Statement this year will be on 3 December. Full details of Autumn Statement announcements will be announced at that time.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 09/09/2014 16:26:01 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

90625

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of removing section 106 planning obligations from sites of fewer than 10 houses on the provision of affordable housing in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	208221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government's public consultation on proposed changes to national policy on section 106 planning obligations agreements closed on 4 May. Interested parties were invited to submit evidence on potential local impacts of the proposed measures both in terms of developer contributions and on increasing the pace and scale of small site development. Over 300 responses were received and the Government is now carefully considering the evidence submitted before announcing the outcomes of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/09/2014 15:42:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

90658

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he was made aware by his US counterpart of the suspension of F35 engine deliveries as a result of subgrade titanium.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	208244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The Joint Strike Fighter Programme Office was notified in May 2014 of a potential problem with regard to the quality of the titanium used in the manufacture of a component, a vane arm, within the F35 engine. This incident only impacted the latest batch of engines in production. No engines from this latest production batch were destined for installation within any UK aircraft planned for delivery. All suspect vane arms have now been removed from the F35 inventory and all engines waiting to be delivered have been replaced with new vane arms.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/09/2014 16:34:34 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

90667

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what domestic visits he and his predecessor have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	208176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Details of all Ministerial overseas travel is published on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 09/09/2014 16:31:59 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

90670

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 621W, on official visits, what domestic visits she and her predecessor have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	208296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold a list of domestic visits in the format requested. Information about visits, meetings and events held in the diary is not set out in a way that would enable a list to be compiled without exceeding the cost threshold. Domestic visits attended by the current and former Secretary of State would include attendance at events, visits to schools and other institutions as well as external meetings held from May 2010. To compile a list of all domestic visits stating the purpose of each in an accessible format would therefore exceed the cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2014 16:04:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

90671

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce energy costs in her Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	208339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has already made excellent progress in reducing its energy costs by £1.4 million per annum since 2009-10 to 2013-14. This is despite the cost of energy increasing during the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has achieved this primarily through low and no cost energy efficiency measures, a reduction in the size of the Department’s estate and a small number of capital investments. These measures have also contributed to a reduction in associated greenhouse gas emissions of 44% during the same period.</p><p> </p><p>Plans to reduce energy costs further include: continuing to refine building (energy) management system programmes; conducting annual audits of all key plant and equipment to identify cost-effective options for asset replacement and enhancement; staff awareness campaigns; monitoring and targeting unexpected building energy profiles through automated meter reading devices across the estate; and estate rationalisation and co-location.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2014 16:09:05 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

90676

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
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	Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 618W, on official visits, what domestic visits he and his predecessor have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	208298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Previous and present Secretaries of State carry out official visits to different parts of the UK as part of their role, both for departmental business and for broader Government business such as regional Cabinet meetings. The destinations of regional visits are in the public domain at the time of the visit, but the Department does not keep a central log of such visits.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 09/09/2014 15:45:11 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

90689

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her written statement of 4 September 2014, on the Elliott Review, what extra resources (a) her Department and (b) the Government will provide to the Food Standards Agency for the establishment and operation of the Food Crime Unit in financial year (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	208361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Professor Elliott estimates that the Food Crime Unit will cost between £2-4 million per year. The costs of a unit this size will be met within the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) existing budgets, however it is too early to predict exact figures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No other budgets within the FSA will be cut and their core remit will remain food safety and consumer protection. Instead the FSA has used a recent restructuring exercise to bring together skills in intelligence and investigation and redirect them to resource the new Unit. The FSA is also bolstering its analytical and intelligence capability through recruitment and secondments from other agencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The FSA has committed to review likely future needs after two years. At this point there will also be further consideration of budgetary implications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/09/2014 16:26:59 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

90704

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
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	Russia: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the actions of the Russian Federation in relation to Ukraine are compliant with the provisions of the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	208218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The situation in Ukraine remains of very grave concern to the UK, and Russia’s actions have presented the most serious security crisis in Europe since the end of the Cold War. With international partners we have unreservedly condemned all illegal interventions by Russia in Ukraine. In particular, the UK does not, and will not, recognise the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia. This violates the UN Charter, is illegal under international law and breaches the commitments Russia made in the Budapest Memorandum. That is why Russia has been isolated in the Security Council and in the wider international community. We have, as required under the the terms of the memorandum, consulted the US frequently since the occupation and annexation of Crimea and destabilisation of the east by Russian-backed separatists. Both the US and UK continue to ensure that Russia pays a price through sanctions for the annexation of Crimea and its incursion into south-eastern Ukraine; we will maintain our pressure on Russia to use its influence to de-escalate the situation in the east.</p><p>The Budapest Memorandum does not specify any military commitments. In this Memorandum, in return for Ukraine giving up its nuclear weapons, Russia joined the UK and US in reaffirming their obligation to “refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, and that none of their weapons will ever be used against Ukraine except in self-defence or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.” Russia is in clear breach of those commitments as well as a number of other international obligations and commitments, including under the UN Charter and the OSCE Helsinki Final Act.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/09/2014 16:06:15 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones