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171529

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date	18/12/2014
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	Local Government Finance: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the applications from Christchurch and East Dorset Councils for an award under Part A of the Transformation Challenge Award Scheme 2015-16 satisfied the criteria for such awards; and for what reason the bid was unsuccessful.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	219462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The application from Christchurch and East Dorset Councils for the 2015-16 Transformation Challenge Award satisfied the basic criteria as published in the prospectus for the expression of interest stage. The authorities were then invited to submit a full application. The application was assessed alongside all other applications but unfortunately we could not fund them all. Christchurch and East Dorset Councils’ application was not as strong as the successful applications.</p><p> </p><p>If the authorities have any questions regarding their application, my officials would be happy to answer them.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 17:34:42 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

171531

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is his policy to carry out a revaluation of business rates in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	219454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Yes. Section 29 of the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 changed the date of the business revaluation in England to 2017.</p><p>We announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 business rates bills in England, bringing the total support from 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement measures to £1.4 billion in 2015-16. That included extending the existing revaluation transitional relief scheme for two years, 2015-16 and 2016-17, for properties with a rateable value up to and including £50,000.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 05/01/2015 17:37:05 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

171577

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of fuel poverty on residential air quality and associated illnesses.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	219506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department has assessed the impact of energy efficiency measures on the ventilation and indoor temperature of homes as well as the impact of these measures on residents’ health. The headline findings of our work, as well as the methodology used, can be found in Section 6 of the document: “Fuel Poverty: a Framework for Future Action - Analytical Annex”:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211137/fuel_poverty_strategic_framework_analytical_annex.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211137/fuel_poverty_strategic_framework_analytical_annex.pdf</a></p><p>In 2014, we used the same approach to estimate the health impact of the extension to 2017 of the Energy Company Obligation – the flagship energy efficiency policy for the fuel poor. This analysis, which estimated policy changes will generate £225m worth of health benefits – can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373650/ECO_IA_with_SoS_e-sigf_v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373650/ECO_IA_with_SoS_e-sigf_v2.pdf</a></p><p>DECC has made no further assessment of the impact of fuel poverty on residential air quality and associated illnesses.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 219507 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:13:56 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

171578

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of energy efficient housing measures on residential air quality and associated illnesses.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	219507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department has assessed the impact of energy efficiency measures on the ventilation and indoor temperature of homes as well as the impact of these measures on residents’ health. The headline findings of our work, as well as the methodology used, can be found in Section 6 of the document: “Fuel Poverty: a Framework for Future Action - Analytical Annex”:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211137/fuel_poverty_strategic_framework_analytical_annex.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211137/fuel_poverty_strategic_framework_analytical_annex.pdf</a></p><p>In 2014, we used the same approach to estimate the health impact of the extension to 2017 of the Energy Company Obligation – the flagship energy efficiency policy for the fuel poor. This analysis, which estimated policy changes will generate £225m worth of health benefits – can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373650/ECO_IA_with_SoS_e-sigf_v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/373650/ECO_IA_with_SoS_e-sigf_v2.pdf</a></p><p>DECC has made no further assessment of the impact of fuel poverty on residential air quality and associated illnesses.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 219506 question first answered 05/01/2015 17:13:56 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

171584

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Fuel Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many children in England were classed as living in fuel poverty in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	219544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is measured at the household level rather than the individual level. The number of households in fuel poverty in England, which contain at least one child under the age of 16, is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Fuel poverty is measured using the Low Income High Costs measure, which is only available back to 2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of households in fuel poverty which contain at least one child under the age of 16</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Number of households in fuel poverty (thousands)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of households (thousands)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of households in this group that are in fuel poverty</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p>958</p></td><td><p>6452</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p>898</p></td><td><p>6264</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/01/2015 17:17:55 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

171587

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Food: Safety
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 steps she is taking to ensure that UK food safety standards are protected within the framework of the negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	219467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could be worth up to £10bn a year to the UK, and could give consumers greater choice and more competitive prices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with consumers, industry stakeholders and the European Commission to make the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) a success for the UK. As part of this, we will ensure that food in the UK continues to be safe and that consumers have access to an affordable healthy diet and can make informed choices about what they eat.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/01/2015 17:08:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

171610

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress his Department has made on agreeing the language to be used in the draft UN Security Council resolution outlining the principles for a peace settlement between Israel and Palestine.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	219463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The draft UN Security Council Resolution was not adopted as it failed to reach the necessary number of favourable votes.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/01/2015 17:24:45 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

171626

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer Drugs Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England plans to publish the (a) list of respondents and (b) responses received to its consultation on changes to the Standard Operating Procedures for the Cancer Drugs Fund.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	219457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that it has no plans to publish the list of individual respondents or the actual responses received in response to its consultation on changes to the Standard Operating Procedures for the Cancer Drugs Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>189 responses were received and these have been reviewed in detail to develop the consultation report which is published on NHS England’s website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cdf-consult-rep.pdf" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cdf-consult-rep.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/01/2015 17:23:20 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

171654

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Burma
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether officials of her Department have been instructed not to use the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya people in meetings with the Burmese government.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	219459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>No. DFID officials have not been instructed to not use the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya people in meetings with the Burmese government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:03 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

171665

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of changes in the numbers of young offenders in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the causes of those changes.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	219491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Reducing offending by young people is a key priority for the Ministry of Justice and the Government routinely publishes data on the number of cautioning and sentencing occasions for young people as part of the Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly report: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly</a> (see Table Q6.1).</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the numbers of cautioning and sentencing occasions for 10-17 year olds residing in England and Wales in each of the last five years, for the 12 months ending June.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>First Occasion</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Further Occasions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>56,742</p></td><td><p>87,859</p></td><td><p>144,601</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>43,170</p></td><td><p>74,602</p></td><td><p>117,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>34,136</p></td><td><p>59,581</p></td><td><p>93,716</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>26,267</p></td><td><p>44,018</p></td><td><p>70,285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>22,080</p></td><td><p>37,132</p></td><td><p>59,213</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The reduction in the numbers of cautions and sentences has been largely driven by the fall in First Time Entrants (FTEs) to the Youth Justice System (see First Occasion column in Table 1).</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice, in partnership with the Youth Justice Board and other Government Departments, keeps under review the effectiveness of all elements of the youth justice system, and associated services for young people and their families at risk of developing offending behaviour. [1]</p><br /><p>Notes to Table 1</p><p>(1) The first occasion on which offenders received a caution or conviction for offences committed in England and Wales. Where there were multiple offences on the same occasion, the primary offence as recorded on the Police National Computer would be counted.</p><p> </p><p>(2) Subsequent occasions on which offenders received a further youth caution, caution or conviction for offences committed in England and Wales. Where there were multiple offences on the same occasion, the primary offence as recorded on the Police National Computer would be counted.</p><p>(3) Cautions include juveniles receiving reprimands and warnings or youth cautions. Youth Cautions were introduced on April 8th 2013 replacing reprimands and warnings for young offenders. The guidance is published at the link http://www.justice gov.uk/out-of-court-disposals</p><p>(4) Includes offenders whose gender is not recorded on the Police National Computer.</p><p> </p><p>(5) Figures include offenders residing only in England and Wales at the time of their caution or conviction.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 05/01/2015 17:04:49 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord