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732857

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Housing: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assurance he can give councils that funding for ongoing housing programmes funded from the housing revenue account will not be compromised by necessary fire safety works.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	1332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of social housing, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent it going ahead.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 09:35:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

732858

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what fire safety inspections have been carried out at hospitals in London.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	1342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of the response to the tragic events at the Grenfell Tower, actions have been implemented across the National Health Service to assess the risks of similar issues and ensure that the NHS estate is safe. All NHS trusts, including those with buildings in Lambeth and Southwark, as well as all trusts across London, have in the past weeks provided assurance that they have undertaken a fire risk assessment in the past 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Fire safety checks of NHS facilities are regularly undertaken in line with legislation and guidance. Hospitals are well prepared – each one has a tailored fire safety plan. But nothing is more important than the safety of patients and staff, so on a precautionary basis we have asked all hospitals to conduct additional checks.</p><p> </p><p>Jim Mackey, Chief Executive of NHS Improvement instigated new inspections by local fire and rescue services on 24 June 2017, which has continued across the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>By their nature, these fire safety inspections do not require significant resources to be deployed by the NHS trusts themselves.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 1334 question first answered 11/07/2017 17:21:08 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

732860

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what resources have been made available to local NHS trusts for fire safety inspections at hospitals in Lambeth and Southwark.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	1334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of the response to the tragic events at the Grenfell Tower, actions have been implemented across the National Health Service to assess the risks of similar issues and ensure that the NHS estate is safe. All NHS trusts, including those with buildings in Lambeth and Southwark, as well as all trusts across London, have in the past weeks provided assurance that they have undertaken a fire risk assessment in the past 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Fire safety checks of NHS facilities are regularly undertaken in line with legislation and guidance. Hospitals are well prepared – each one has a tailored fire safety plan. But nothing is more important than the safety of patients and staff, so on a precautionary basis we have asked all hospitals to conduct additional checks.</p><p> </p><p>Jim Mackey, Chief Executive of NHS Improvement instigated new inspections by local fire and rescue services on 24 June 2017, which has continued across the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>By their nature, these fire safety inspections do not require significant resources to be deployed by the NHS trusts themselves.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 1342 question first answered 11/07/2017 17:21:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

732997

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Fire Prevention: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on 26 June 2017, column 348, if he will list the public sector buildings which are now undergoing checks.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	1338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>We are not providing a running commentary on individual buildings being tested. We have a process underway to collect information and undertake testing on priority buildings across the public sector estate. Where appropriate, organisations are working with the fire and rescue service locally to put in place precautionary safety checks and measures.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/07/2017 16:26:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

733002

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many civil servants work full-time in the shale gas team in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The staff allocation to the shale gas team is 12.4 full time equivalents for this financial year (2017/2018).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/07/2017 14:40:51 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 1479 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

733013

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Red Tape Initiative (a) prior to and (b) since the fire at Grenfell Tower; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>I have discussed the tragedy at Grenfell Tower and the Government's response to that incident with a range of Cabinet colleagues in recent weeks. Helping the affected community recover and learning the lessons of Grenfell Tower remains a matter of critical importance to the Government.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Red Tape Challenge was launched by the Cabinet Office in 2011 and ran until 2015. The Red Tape Challenge had, by 2014, identified over 3,000 regulations to remove or improve, delivering estimated savings to UK businesses of over £850m per year as a result of the programme. We are currently considering how best to continue to deliver our commitment to regulate more efficiently and effectively over the course of this parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 11/07/2017 13:39:03 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

733053

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Rented Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what timeframe the Government has provided to (a) local authorities, (b) housing associations and (c) private landlords to undertake fire safety inspections; and what additional resources the Government plans to provide for those inspections.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	1410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>In his statement of 26 June, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government urged those authorities and landlords which have not yet submitted samples to do so urgently.</p><p>Where Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding is present on social housing over 18 metres in height, the Government is providing testing for local authorities and housing associations free of charge. If the screening tests indicate that such cladding would not meet the limited combustibility requirements of the current Building Regulations guidance, local authorities housing associations and the fire and rescue service will determine the best course of action, communicating closely with residents. Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of a building, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent them going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 09:49:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

733079

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial support the Government plans to provide to local authorities who have evacuated residents from buildings following the failure of aluminium composite material tests.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	1426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>It is the landlord’s responsibility to ensure that people are safe through funding fire safety improvements. Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of social housing, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent it going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 09:43:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1411 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

733096

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what financial support the Government plans to provide to residents affected by forced evacuations from buildings that fail aluminium composite materials tests.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	1438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>If evacuation is required it will be the responsibility of the landlord to make the necessary arrangements to support residents. Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of social housing, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent it going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 09:42:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1417 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

733117

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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	Cybersecurity: Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 48089, what estimate she has made of the number of small and medium-sized businesses which have signed up to the Cyber Essentials programme (a) since that Answer and (b) in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	1540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>As of the end of May 2017, the estimated number of Cyber Essentials certificates awarded to enterprises is 6,363, which for micro, small and medium enterprises amounts to:</p><ol><li>2,360 certificates since end September 2016; and</li><li>1,673 certificates from January to May 2017.</li></ol><p>Note that the methodology for recording these figures has changed, so these figures cannot be compared to historical data given. With reference to my previous answer, cited by the Honourable Member, the revised estimated total number of certificates awarded at the end of September 2016 stands at 3308, of which 2427 were awarded to micro, small and medium enterprises.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:42:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah