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176876

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any officials reporting to the Chief Executive of the Civil Service are working to implement or devise policies which could affect the consumption, marketing, pricing, availability or sale of alcohol.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	222790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Chief Executive of the Civil Service is responsible for the Government’s efficiency and reform programme, including commercial, digital, property, HR, major projects, shared services and civil service reform functions at the centre of government. No officials reporting to the Chief Executive of the civil service are working to implement or devise policies which could affect the consumption, marketing, pricing, availability or sale of alcohol.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 04/02/2015 15:03:37 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

176880

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
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	Devolution: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, who made the decision not to use the super-affirmative procedure for amending the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Order 2011; and on what basis that decision was made.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	222804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>Parliament made that decision during the passage of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. The Act requires the same process to be followed to make a change to an existing combined authority as for establishing a new combined authority. This includes approval to the Order by each House of Parliament through affirmative resolution.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 04/02/2015 16:48:18 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

176881

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
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	Devolution: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how he has publicised the consultation on the proposal to amend the constitution of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	222791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>As was the case with previous consultations on combined authorities which this Government has undertaken, when launched we wrote to all of the statutory consultees and others whom, as statute provides, the Secretary of State considered it appropriate to consult. In this case, the statutory consultees are the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the ten local authorities within the Greater Manchester area, and other appropriate consultees were considered to be the local enterprise partnership and the Business Leadership Council. In addition the consultation document has been placed on the Government’s website and as the paper states “The Secretary of State will also have regard to any comments received from members of the public and others”.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 04/02/2015 16:49:44 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

176883

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
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	Mayors: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has been consulted over the appointment of an interim mayor of Greater Manchester city-region.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	222792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>If the proposed Order enabling Greater Manchester to have an interim Mayor is approved, the appointment is a local matter for Greater Manchester.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 04/02/2015 16:52:32 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

176884

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
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	Devolution: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many responses he has had to the consultation on the proposal to amend the constitution of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	222793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The consultation has not closed; we will review the number in due course. The hon. Member is welcome to make her own representation given her interest in this topic.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 04/02/2015 16:51:18 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

176885

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
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	Leasehold: Property Management Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to improve the rights of leaseholders to hold building management companies to account.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	222794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>Leaseholders have existing wide-ranging rights to avoid or resolve disputes where the management of their property is concerned.<br><br>Supported by two Codes of Management Practice, these include exercising the right to take over the management of their block; buying the freehold from the landlord; seeking the appointment of a manager from the Property Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, and being consulted upon and challenging service charges. <br><br>Property managers must also belong to one of three approved redress schemes. This provides leaseholders with a way of resolving many of the day-to-day disputes that occur, without resorting to a Tribunal or court.<br><br>We are also looking at what further support can be offered to leaseholders. This includes what can be done to make it easier to gain statutory recognition of a tenants' association; increasing awareness of what it means to be a leaseholder; and updating the existing Codes of Practice.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/02/2015 17:16:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

176886

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last met the (a) Home Secretary, (b) Foreign Secretary and (c) Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to discuss cyber security; and what the outcome of those meetings was.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	222798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>Regular discussions take place between Ministers and others on cyber security issues. The Government's approach to cyber security issues was set out in the UK Cyber Security Strategy in November 2011. Progress against the strategy's objectives was set out for Parliament by the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) on 11 December 2014 (<em>Official Report</em>, column 51WS).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 04/02/2015 16:59:49 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name Cyber Security Strategy.doc HOC 22798.doc title Hansard Extract 11 December 2014
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

176887

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, by what process the Government quantifies the severity of cyber-attacks; and what criteria the Government employs to determine its response to such attacks.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	222799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>CERT-UK, the UK’s national Computer Emergency Response Team assesses the severity of cyber attacks against the UK and coordinates the UK’s response to such incidents working with HM Government, Law Enforcement, private industry and overseas partners as the need arises. The UK’s approach to the management of cyber incidents is in line with the wider UK management of national emergencies of any cause and is drawn from the <em>Central Government Arrangements for Responding to an Emergency: Concept of Operations </em>(CONOPS) available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-central-governments-s-concept-of-operations" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-central-governments-s-concept-of-operations</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The assessment of and response to incidents is considered on a case by case basis in line with the principles in the CONOPS and will depend on the actual or potential impact that might be caused.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 04/02/2015 17:44:44 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

176888

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on its work on a cyber-security model to be implemented in its contracts.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	222800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence already includes information security clauses in its contracts; these are being augmented by the development of the cyber security model. Its first output - a set of cyber profiles which detail the measures suppliers will be required to comply with - is expected to be published by the end of March 2015. It is anticipated that implementation in contracts will begin in autumn 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 04/02/2015 17:00:27 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

176896

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
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	Religious Buildings: Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the definition his Department uses for 'place of worship' is for the purpose of exemption from Energy Performance Certificates.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	222789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>DCLG does not define the term, &quot;buildings used as places of worship&quot; but allows it to take its common sense meaning.<br><br>However, those responsible for such buildings may wish to seek advice from their local weights and measures authority to ensure that they, as the relevant enforcement body, share the view that the building in question is exempt from the requirement to have an Energy Performance Certificate on sale or rent.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 04/02/2015 16:46:33 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston