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452259

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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	Balance of Trade: Burundi
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the balance of trade between Burundi and the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Boateng
uin	HL6160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>In 2015 the UK had a trade in goods surplus with Burundi of £1.7 million (Source: HM Revenue and Customs’ Overseas Trade Statistics database).</p><p>It is not possible to estimate the trade in services balance between the UK and Burundi as data on UK trade in services with Burundi are not published by the Office for National Statistics.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/02/2016 13:51:05 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	147 label Biography information for Lord Boateng

452150

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
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	Exports
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 impact on exports of the decision to reduce the budget of UK Trade and Investment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Burt of Solihull
uin	HL6097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Savings will be broadly delivered through implementing a new digital infrastructure to provide cost-effective access to export services; contractual efficiencies; and prioritising market and sector opportunities that will add most value to UK exports. This is about being more efficient and delivering for UK businesses, including through enhancing direct support and developing the private sector market.</p><p>HM Treasury has recognised the importance of the exports agenda by agreeing that £175m of further proposed savings between 2016-17 and 2019-20 should be reinvested in priority areas. The Government is committed to driving a step-change in UK exports and the reinvestment secured to refocus UK Trade &amp; Investment will help us deliver this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 17/02/2016 14:05:33 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1567 label Biography information for Baroness Burt of Solihull

451441

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward proposals to require private landlords to fit carbon monoxide alarms in any property that contains a fuel-burning appliance.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	26526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Since 1 October 2015, landlords have been required to install carbon monoxide alarms in any room used as living accommodation which contains a solid-fuel burning appliance.</p><p>We regulated for rooms with these appliances as they are responsible for a disproportionate number of carbon monoxide deaths and injuries compared to other combustion appliances.</p><p>The Government therefore has no current plans to regulate further. These regulations are still very new and need time to bed in. A full review will be conducted in October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/02/2016 14:26:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

451458

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what sanctions can be taken against the Office of the Independent Adjudicator if it misses the 90-day target in issuing complaint outcomes set by the European Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	26674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Should an approved Alternative Dispute Resolution provider, such<br>as the Office for the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA),be found<br>to be continually failing to comply with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulations<br>2015, the Government has set out a process that enables an appointed body (the<br>Chartered Trading Standards Institute) to monitor compliance, recommend<br>improvements and, ultimately, remove a body from the approved list.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OIA is independent of Government and funded by compulsory subscriptions<br>from higher education providers. All higher education providers in receipt of<br>student support funding are required, through legislation, to join the OIA and pay<br>subscription fees. The OIA makes an assessment each year of the level of<br>funding it requires to ensure that its costs can be met.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 26675 question first answered 17/02/2016 15:45:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

451459

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what additional resources his Department plans to make available to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator to ensure it meets the 90-day target in issuing complaint outcomes set by the European Directive on Alternative Dispute Resolution.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	26675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Should an approved Alternative Dispute Resolution provider, such<br>as the Office for the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA),be found<br>to be continually failing to comply with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulations<br>2015, the Government has set out a process that enables an appointed body (the<br>Chartered Trading Standards Institute) to monitor compliance, recommend<br>improvements and, ultimately, remove a body from the approved list.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The OIA is independent of Government and funded by compulsory subscriptions<br>from higher education providers. All higher education providers in receipt of<br>student support funding are required, through legislation, to join the OIA and pay<br>subscription fees. The OIA makes an assessment each year of the level of<br>funding it requires to ensure that its costs can be met.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 26674 question first answered 17/02/2016 15:45:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

451464

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Floods: Calder Valley
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 the current projections used by the Environment Agency on the expected frequency of extreme flooding in the Calder Valley in any given year are for a (a) 1.5 , (b) two and (c) four degree rise in average temperatures.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	26417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>Current research undertaken jointly by the Environment Agency and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs suggests that corresponding to a 2 degree global average warming, rivers in the area of the Calder could see a 20% increase in typical flood flows by the 2080s compared to current levels.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s National Flood Resilience Review will re-examine worst case extreme weather scenarios and the resulting potential flood impacts across the country.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/02/2016 15:21:52 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

451478

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Armed Conflict: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to sign the Safe Schools Declaration to protect schools from being attacked or occupied for military purposes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	26564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The intention of the Safe Schools Declaration is for countries to support the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military use during Armed Conflict. While we welcome the spirit of the Declaration, we have concerns that the Guidelines do not mirror the exact language of International Humanitarian Law. We believe that better implementation of, and compliance with, existing International Humanitarian Law will provide the best protection for civilians, including children, in all situations of armed conflict.</p><p>The UK, along with the US, France, Canada, Japan, Germany, Australia and other countries, was therefore not able to sign the Safe Schools Declaration in Oslo in May 2015.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 17/02/2016 14:16:54 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

451487

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to incentivise developers to co-fund the deployment of local fibre broadband networks to properties which are not scheduled for connection free of charge.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	26552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s recent announcement of a new deal bringing industry together will see fibre-based broadband offered to all new developments for free or part of a co-funded initiative. In addition, the Home Builders Federation are committed to promoting and supporting uptake of the co-funding offer among their membership.</p><p>This new offer sets a high bar for all suppliers and developers in the market, and Government will be working with industry closely to monitor success over the next year.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/02/2016 16:14:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

451496

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the amount paid in child benefit to parents of children residing outside the UK who have died since a claim was set up in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	26565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 17/02/2016 15:15:12 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

451498

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what safeguards his Department plans to put in place to ensure that people who leave their council homes as a result of the proposed pay to stay scheme are able to afford private rented property in the same area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	26459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2016 answer text <p>It is only fair that social tenants who can pay more should pay more. There are more than 40,000 tenants in social housing who benefit from subsidised rents but where the annual household income is over £50,000. We have however consulted on a proposal for a taper to ensure that work incentives are protected. If adopted, this would mean that households towards the lower end of the proposed income thresholds would see a low rise in their rent below market rental values in areas where market rent is higher than social rent. Of course, if tenants on incomes well above the proposed threshold wish to take up a rental opportunity in the private sector then this should be encouraged to free up social housing for those most in need.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/02/2016 14:32:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe