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420929

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget is for the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	11789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The budget for the Employment Agency Standards inspectorate for 2015-16 is £0.5m.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2015 13:55:23 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

421035

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Nuclear Power: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the activities of the new UK-China joint research and innovation centre will be subject to oversight by (a) the Office for Nuclear Regulation and (b) her Department's national nuclear stakeholder forum.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	11648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Research and Innovation Centre (JRIC) is envisaged to be the subject of a commercial agreement between the National Nuclear Laboratory and the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation.</p><p>These two organisations are still in the process of negotiating such an agreement and will need to consider details on the structures, funding, governance and accountability of the JRIC. As such, it is too early for Government to be able to comment on the outcomes of such a negotiation.</p><p>We continue to maintain an interest in developments of these discussions and will work, where appropriate, with our counterparts in the Chinese government to ensure that outcomes are mutually beneficial to the research landscape of both nations.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 11649 11650 question first answered 16/10/2015 14:00:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

421036

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Nuclear Power: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether all projects undertaken in the new UK-China joint research and innovation centre will be subject to the (a) Freedom of Information Act 2000 and (b) Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	11650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Research and Innovation Centre (JRIC) is envisaged to be the subject of a commercial agreement between the National Nuclear Laboratory and the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation.</p><p>These two organisations are still in the process of negotiating such an agreement and will need to consider details on the structures, funding, governance and accountability of the JRIC. As such, it is too early for Government to be able to comment on the outcomes of such a negotiation.</p><p>We continue to maintain an interest in developments of these discussions and will work, where appropriate, with our counterparts in the Chinese government to ensure that outcomes are mutually beneficial to the research landscape of both nations.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 11648 11649 question first answered 16/10/2015 14:00:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

421038

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Nuclear Power: China
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what new departmental resources have been committed to support the UK-China joint research and innovation centre; which UK personnel have been appointed to this work to date; what process was followed in making those appointments; and where each such post was advertised.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	11649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Research and Innovation Centre (JRIC) is envisaged to be the subject of a commercial agreement between the National Nuclear Laboratory and the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation.</p><p>These two organisations are still in the process of negotiating such an agreement and will need to consider details on the structures, funding, governance and accountability of the JRIC. As such, it is too early for Government to be able to comment on the outcomes of such a negotiation.</p><p>We continue to maintain an interest in developments of these discussions and will work, where appropriate, with our counterparts in the Chinese government to ensure that outcomes are mutually beneficial to the research landscape of both nations.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 11648 11650 question first answered 16/10/2015 14:00:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

421085

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) proportion and (b) number of mental health providers have been inspected by the Care Quality Commission under its new inspection regime.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	11780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England. The CQC is responsible for assessing whether providers are meeting the fundamental standards. The CQC provided the following information:</p><br /><p>Since the introduction of the CQC’s new inspection regime in September 2013 the CQC has conducted 34 ratings inspections across NHS mental health providers (these providers have 639 separate locations). This is around two thirds of all NHS providers with a primary inspection category of mental health registered with CQC. The CQC has also conducted 99 inspections across independent mental health locations, including substance misuse services.</p><br /><p>The CQC is unable to provide a detailed breakdown of data prior to September 2013 when the new style of inspection was introduced due to the disproportionate cost of compiling this data.</p><br /><p>There are a number of mental health locations that have not been inspected since 2010. When inspecting NHS mental health providers CQC does not necessarily inspect every single location.</p><br /><p>The focus of all CQC inspections is on the quality and safety of services, based on the things that matter to people. We always ask the following five key questions of services: Are they safe? Are they effective? Are they caring? Are they responsive to people’s needs? Are they well-led?</p><br /><p>The CQC expects to complete its inspections of mental health providers by the end of June 2016, with the exception of intendent standalone substance misuse services, which are on a longer timetable as we have just begun to roll out our new approach to these services.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 11781 question first answered 16/10/2015 16:49:02 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 23904 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

421086

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many mental health providers have been inspected by the Care Quality Commission in each of the last five years; and what the longest period of time is that a mental health provider has been without inspection since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	11781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England. The CQC is responsible for assessing whether providers are meeting the fundamental standards. The CQC provided the following information:</p><br /><p>Since the introduction of the CQC’s new inspection regime in September 2013 the CQC has conducted 34 ratings inspections across NHS mental health providers (these providers have 639 separate locations). This is around two thirds of all NHS providers with a primary inspection category of mental health registered with CQC. The CQC has also conducted 99 inspections across independent mental health locations, including substance misuse services.</p><br /><p>The CQC is unable to provide a detailed breakdown of data prior to September 2013 when the new style of inspection was introduced due to the disproportionate cost of compiling this data.</p><br /><p>There are a number of mental health locations that have not been inspected since 2010. When inspecting NHS mental health providers CQC does not necessarily inspect every single location.</p><br /><p>The focus of all CQC inspections is on the quality and safety of services, based on the things that matter to people. We always ask the following five key questions of services: Are they safe? Are they effective? Are they caring? Are they responsive to people’s needs? Are they well-led?</p><br /><p>The CQC expects to complete its inspections of mental health providers by the end of June 2016, with the exception of intendent standalone substance misuse services, which are on a longer timetable as we have just begun to roll out our new approach to these services.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 11780 question first answered 16/10/2015 16:49:05 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 23903 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

421215

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Mining: Pensions
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 discussions her Department has had with the UK Miners Pension Scheme Association on the Miners Pension Scheme; and if she will review the provision that 50 per cent of any surplus made after 1994 will be paid to the Government.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	11555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Since the privatisation of the British Coal Corporation in 1994, the Government has provided a solvency guarantee to the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (MPS). That guarantee provides members with the reassurance that their basic pension entitlements will always rise in line with inflation and gives them the opportunity to share, with Government, in the benefits of any periodic surplus in the Scheme funds. In practice, this has meant that members enjoy bonus pensions worth almost 30% of their index-linked benefits. The guarantee further provides that the combination of these two pension elements will never fall in cash terms regardless of the performance of the funds.</p><p>The Government continues to believe that the equitable division of surpluses between the membership and Government represents fair and reasonable recompense for taxpayers’ past investment in the Schemes during the industry’s period of public ownership and for the risks they continue to bear through the Government guarantee which will continue till the closure of the scheme which Is not expected to be until the 2070s.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/10/2015 14:02:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

419932

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Further Education: Nottingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department has made on the merger of further education colleges in Nottingham; and what options are under consideration for broadening and improving the governance of that new institution.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	11207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Following a city-wide review of further education provision in Nottingham by the Further Education Commissioner, the Boards of Governors of New College Nottingham and Central College Nottingham have agreed to pursue a merger of their colleges to take effect from September 2016.</p><p>Colleges are independent corporations and responsible for their own decision making, including the governance arrangements that will apply to the merged entity.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2015 13:57:06 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

419958

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Renewables Obligation: Exemptions
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 8 September 2015 to Question 8254, how many levy exemption certificates there were in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last four years; and what the type of renewable and low carbon technology was for each such certificate in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	11038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem publish annual summary information on the number of levy exemption certificates issued by country of generation and by renewable technology type. Information for the period April 2009 to March 2015 is set out in two reports available on the Ofgem website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/summary-renewable-levy-exemption-certificates-lecs-april-2009-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/summary-renewable-levy-exemption-certificates-lecs-april-2009-march-2014</a>;</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/summary-renewable-levy-exemption-certificates-lecs-april-2014-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/summary-renewable-levy-exemption-certificates-lecs-april-2014-march-2015</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/10/2015 14:03:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

419971

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Energy: Subsidies
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 her Department has made of the consistency of its policies on subsidies for renewable energy and for fossil fuels with current and proposed international climate change targets.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>This Government remains committed to meeting the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80%, on 1990 levels, by 2050. This remains in line with our contribution to the international effort to limit global warming to below 2 degrees.</p><p>We, also, continue to make progress towards our EU 2020 Renewable Target with provisional figures showing that 7.0% of final energy consumption was met from renewable sources in 2014. We are also on track to meet our EU 2020 energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.</p><p>We continue to support the deployment of renewable energy in our future energy mix:</p><ul><li>Electricity: The introduction of Contracts for Difference will give companies long term revenue certainty whilst driving down the cost for consumers through competition.</li><li>Heat: Under existing renewable heat schemes, the Government has supported around 40,000 homes and 12,000 businesses, schools, farms and other organisations with new renewable heating systems.</li><li>Transport: The Government is investing £500million over the next 5 years in making ultra-low emission vehicles more accessible to families and businesses across the country.</li></ul><p>It is vital to ensure security of supply and that the lights stay on, therefore fossil fuels will continue to play an important part in our future energy mix. The 2012 Carbon Plan noted that we will still need significant oil and gas supplies while we decarbonise our economy and transition to a low carbon economy, with projections showing that in 2030 oil and gas will remain a vital part of the energy mix, providing around 70% of the UK’s primary energy requirements.</p><p>The Government is seeking an ambitious, legally binding,global climate change deal in Paris in December that keeps the goal of limiting average global emissions to limit global warming to below 2 degrees within reach.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/10/2015 14:00:31 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire