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167614

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date	03/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of existing transport initiatives with regard to facilitating youth mobility in rural areas.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government set up a working group involving representatives from relevant organisations to look at existing and possible further initiatives to assist youth mobility in rural areas. I am pleased to say that this group is due to publish its conclusions and recommendation early in the new year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 09/12/2014 13:03:40 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

167622

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the level and effectiveness of the United Kingdom's co-operation with the Irish Republic in tackling cross-border serious and organised crime.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Crime, and especially organised crime, does not respect borders. International co-operation is therefore essential. The relationship with the Republic of Ireland is particularly important given its land border with a part of the United Kingdom. The relationships between the law enforcement agencies in Northern Ireland, who are devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive, as well as bodies such as HM Revenue and Customs, Border Force and the National Crime Agency which are UK-wide bodies, and their counterparts in the Republic of Ireland, are very good. A North South cross border organised crime conference was held on 1-2 October involving all the major bodies. This is one example of the desire to develop that co-operation further. There are also plans for a cross border forum on human trafficking and forced labour in January of next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 09/12/2014 14:57:42 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

167698

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to insulate his Departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1, is the only building on the HM Treasury estate over which the department has the necessary control of the structure and services to consider improving energy efficiency by the provision of further insulation. However, as the building is Grade 2* listed, options for doing this are very limited.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The building was totally refurbished in 2002 under a PFI agreement and insulation in the structure was incorporated to the standard required at the time. It has solid walls and a flat roof structure, so retro-fitting further insulation would be both very expensive and disruptive to the business of the five Government departments and 10 ministers that operate from the building.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The PFI partner and FM provider concentrate on ensuring insulation to services are well-maintained and renewed when necessary. For example, the hot and cold pipework on the roof area have recently been reinsulated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/12/2014 17:02:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

167706

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
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 how local authorities have spent funding allocated for Local Welfare Assistance; and what assessment will be used to inform the decision on funding for Local Welfare Provision in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	217103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The consultation on how local welfare provision should be funded in 2015/16 closed on 21 November. Government is analysing the responses alongside the Department for Work and Pensions’ review of current provision The Government will make a decision based on this analysis in time for the provisional local government finance settlement due shortly.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 217104 question first answered 09/12/2014 15:40:02 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

167708

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of funding for Local Welfare Assistance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	217104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The consultation on how local welfare provision should be funded in 2015/16 closed on 21 November. Government is analysing the responses alongside the Department for Work and Pensions’ review of current provision The Government will make a decision based on this analysis in time for the provisional local government finance settlement due shortly.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 217103 question first answered 09/12/2014 15:40:02 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

167714

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the regular Army annual recruitment target is for each year from 2014-15 to 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	217015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Army's recruiting targets are determined by training requirements. The regular targets for 2014-15 are around 710 officers and 9,350 soldiers.</p><p>The recruiting requirement for future years has not yet been set. It will be dependent on the most up-to-date available data on wastage rates and training duration.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 09/12/2014 17:29:10 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

167734

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Tidal Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of tidal impoundment schemes to (a) local economies and (b) the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s 2010 Severn Tidal Power feasibility study [1] assessed in great detail the potential contribution of 5 generic Severn Estuary tidal range schemes to the local and UK economies, including a regional economic impact study [2].</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/1-severn-tidal-power-feasibility-study-conclusions-and-summary-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/1-severn-tidal-power-feasibility-study-conclusions-and-summary-report</a></em></p><p> </p><p><em>[2]</em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/7-severn-tidal-power-regional-economic-impacts-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/7-severn-tidal-power-regional-economic-impacts-study</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 09/12/2014 15:55:39 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167738

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Tree Planting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential for contour tree planting in areas with arable farming and the farming of sheep and cattle to improve (a) river water quality and (b) bathing water quality.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Contour tree planting has been assessed alongside a large number of other mitigation measures for water pollution from agriculture through various research reports. More evidence is available on the benefits of contour tree planting to mitigate pollutants such as nutrients and sediments, while pathogens, which impact bathing water quality, have been less studied. However, it is believed that woodland creation could help to reduce pathogen delivery to watercourses as a result of soil structure and hydrological benefits (e.g. improved soil infiltration, drier and better structured soils and reduced surface runoff).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Forestry Commission published a technical report in 2011 (<em>Woodland for water: Woodland measures for meeting Water Framework Directive objectives</em>), which set out the benefits of tree planting for water quality and flooding. The review highlighted how woodland creation could help to improve water quality by reducing nutrient, sediment and pesticide losses to water, as well as deliver other water and wider ecosystem benefits. This led to the development and use of national, regional and catchment ‘opportunity maps’ to direct planting to where woodland would be most effective within England. New national opportunity maps, showing where woodland creation could help to improve river and bathing water quality, will inform the targeting of grant payments under the new Countryside Stewardship scheme in England. This will include woodland creation options.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Woodland_and_WFD_mapping.pdf/$FILE/Woodland_and_WFD_mapping.pdf" target="_blank">www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/Woodland_and_WFD_mapping.pdf/$FILE/Woodland_and_WFD_mapping.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Other research projects (relevant to both England and Wales) include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Defra project LM0106 (<em>Regulatory services delivered by hedges</em>), which found strong evidence that hedges can be effective at preventing nutrients and other pollutants reaching water bodies if they follow slope contours; and</li><li>Defra project WQ0106, which quantified the benefits of hedge and tree planting alongside a large number of other pollution reduction methods for farming.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra research reports can be found at: <a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://randd.defra.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/12/2014 13:44:59 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167740

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Tidal Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of river effluent on bathing water quality on coastal beaches which are located in tidal lagoon impoundment areas.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the effect of river effluent on bathing water quality on coastal beaches which are located in tidal lagoon impoundment areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/12/2014 13:49:28 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167746

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	British Indian Ocean Territory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to date has been of the Draft Feasibility Study for the Resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory Report; and what the expected final cost of that study is.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	217094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The BIOT Administration are paying for the independent feasibility study on resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The total costs charged to them to date stands at just under £71,000 (including VAT). This figure not only includes costs of the independent consultants, but also associated expenses such as translations for Chagossians, for a research visit to BIOT, and to speak to the communities in person here in the UK, Mauritius and the Seychelles. The full final cost is expected to be approximately £650,000.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 09/12/2014 14:11:19 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn