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795677

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Employee Benefit Trusts: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will undertake a review the regulation of employee benefit trusts following representations made on behalf of the Roadchef Employees Benefit Trust.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	116031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my written answer of 5 July 2017 (UIN 1465).</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 05/12/2017 15:58:45 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

795678

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Hygiene
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what evidence his Department has received from the Food Standards Agency on the effect on public health of the mandatory display of hygiene scores at food outlets in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	116032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) considers that the mandatory display of food hygiene ratings in England would be beneficial and is using the evidence from Wales and Northern Ireland to build a strong case. The FSA is exploring how a statutory scheme could be delivered in England, including display of ratings on online food ordering platforms, as part of their work to deliver a new model of regulation for food businesses – the Regulating Our Future programme, which is expected to have changes to the regulatory system in place by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulating Our Future programme is redesigning how food businesses are regulated for food safety, and as hygiene ratings are currently based on local authority inspections of food businesses it is important that the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) is part of those considerations. Embedding FHRS into the future model of food regulation will ensure we have a robust and credible scheme that continues to deliver benefits for consumers</p><p> </p><p>As a result of further regulation under the statutory scheme in Northern Ireland, it is anticipated that next year businesses which offer on-line ordering of food will need to publish their ratings online so that they can be seen before an order is placed. Wales is also considering introducing further regulations to require the promotion of food hygiene ratings on food businesses’ websites.</p><p> </p><p>The FSA remains committed to the successful and trusted FHRS. The FSA will continue to ensure the FHRS is sustainable and work towards the introduction of a statutory scheme that would require mandatory display of ratings in England as is the case in Wales and Northern Ireland. The Government will consider the case carefully once it is available.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 115995 115999 question first answered 05/12/2017 16:40:29 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

795699

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Carbon Capture and Storage: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the steps needed to develop a carbon capture and storage cluster in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	116053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy, published on 12 October 2017, commits Government to working with ongoing initiatives in Teesside, Merseyside, South Wales and Grangemouth to test the potential for development of carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) industrial decarbonisation clusters.</p><p> </p><p>The Department met with Scottish Government, The Crown Estate Scotland, Pale Blue Dot Energy Ltd, Scottish Carbon Capture &amp; Storage and Summit Power on 15 November 2017 to discuss CCUS in Scotland and these discussions continue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 05/12/2017 11:24:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

795700

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pregnancy: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women who know they are expecting a child with disability have access to accurate information about the experiences of families who have raised a child with disability.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	116054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 29 November 2017 to Questions <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=114827" target="_blank">114827</a>, <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=114828+" target="_blank">114828 </a>and <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=114836" target="_blank">114836</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 116016 116018 question first answered 05/12/2017 14:29:52 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

795703

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the contract awarded in February 2017 to Pale Blue Dot to review business models for carbon dioxide transport and storage, whether this work has been completed.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	116057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department commissioned Pale Blue Dot Energy Ltd to undertake a study ‘CO<sub>2</sub> transport and storage: Review of business models (Phase 1)’. This work has now been completed and the report will be published on gov.uk in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/12/2017 16:16:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

795716

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Energy: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to upgrade fuel poor homes to Band C or above.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	116070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) requires energy companies to fund household energy efficiency improvements each year. 70% of ECO is currently focussed on improving the energy efficiency of low income and vulnerable households and we intend to consult on moving that to 100% for the next Obligation period. Combined with energy rebates under the Warm Home Discount scheme, this is at least £770m of support to low income and vulnerable households in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>In the Clean Growth Strategy, the Government committed to extend support for home energy efficiency out to 2028 at least as the current levels of ECO funding (£640m per annum), and review the best form of support beyond 2022 recognising the need to both save carbon and meet the Government’s commitment to upgrade all fuel poor homes to EPC Band C by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Government has legislated from April 2018 that all landlords of the worst performing privately rented properties must meet a minimum standard of Energy Performance Certificate Band E, before they can be let. In the longer term, Government has committed to looking at raising energy performance standards across the private rented sector, with a view for as many properties to reach Energy Performance Certificate Band C by 2030.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/12/2017 11:06:59 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 26538 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

795718

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Government plans to spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management in England in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	116072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The figures below detail planned Government capital spending on flood and coastal erosion risk management in England. Contributions to flood or coastal defence improvements from other sources are not included. Budgets for 2021-22 and beyond have not been set.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>413.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>450.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>490.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>459.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to the capital spending outlined above, we will be spending over £1 billion on the maintenance of flood defence assets between 2015 and 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The figures in the (above) table vary from the published spending figures due to the autumn 2017 budget announcements, where an additional £76 million was allocated.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/12/2017 17:53:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

795722

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Biofuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of taxing bioethanol on the basis of energy content rather than volume; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	116076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Support for bioethanol is informed by the provisions of the Renewable Energy and Energy Tax Directives. Together these have prompted support through a market based mechanism rather than the tax system. For further information about the government’s approach I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the member for Hereford and South Herefordshire (Jesse Norman) on 13 September 2017, UIN 8877.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 115926 question first answered 05/12/2017 14:38:03 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

795766

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Leasehold: Unfair Practices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the results of his Department’s consultation on tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	116113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation, Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market, considered a number of issues within the leasehold sector including the sale of new built leasehold houses, and onerous ground rents. The consultation also sought views on what further areas of leasehold reform should be prioritised and why.</p><p>The public consultation, which closed on 19 September, received around 6,000 replies. We are carefully analysing the responses, and will issue the Government response very shortly.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/12/2017 18:08:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

795809

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Refuges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the general access times to rape crisis centres in (a) Wandsworth, (b) South London, (c) London and (d) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	116149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that victims get the support they need to cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime.</p><p> </p><p>Rape support centres are funded from a number of different sources, including the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 the MoJ directly allocated around £7.2m as a contribution to 97 Rape Support Centres across England and Wales to provide independent, specialist support to female and male victims of sexual violence, including victims of child sexual abuse. An additional 4.1% uplift was also allocated to all rape support centres in recognition of the increasing demand for support.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 the MoJ also allocated around £68m to Police and Crime Commissioners to locally commission emotional and practical support services for victims of crime, including services for victims of sexual violence.</p><p> </p><p>In London, 5 centres are part-funded nationally by the MoJ, including 1 centre in South London and Wandsworth.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 05/12/2017 15:33:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan