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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

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

795868

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
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 undertake a visit to Iran to discuss the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with his Iranian counterpart in advance of her planned court appearance for 10 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	116197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>​The Foreign Secretary has already stated to the House that he hopes to travel to Tehran before the end of the year. One of his priorities will be to ensure progress in all our dual national cases, including Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/12/2017 14:07:15 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

795918

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Scotland Office: Assets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the value of the assets for which his Department is responsible.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	116238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Details of the assets held by the Scotland Office are available in the annual report and accounts. The Scotland Office does not expect leaving the EU will impact on the value of those assets.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 05/12/2017 10:32:57 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

795920

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the amount of funding provided by any of the constituent organisations of the EU (a) to specialist violence against women and girls organisations and specialist women’s services and (b) for research relating to those issues.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	116240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Protecting women and girls from violence and supporting victims is a key priority for this Government. To support the Government’s commitment to tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), we have pledged increased funding of £100 million between now and 2020.</p><p>As part of reviewing delivery against our cross-Government VAWG strategy, we are mapping provision of funding for services to identify areas for further action.</p><p>We value the EU’s contribution to funding VAWG services. Our future cooperation with the EU will be subject to negotiation but we are fully committed to continue working with local commissioners to deliver a secure future for VAWG services.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 116242 question first answered 05/12/2017 14:17:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

795977

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	Productivity
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 productivity growth targets he has set for the Industrial Strategy over the course of the 2017 Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	116287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>It was not considered appropriate to set productivity targets for the Industrial Strategy under the course of the present Parliament. As announced in the White Paper, the Industrial Strategy Council will be responsible for putting the right evaluation and reporting structures in place to assess progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/12/2017 11:26:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 26541 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

795225

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Married People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many single-earner married couples there are in each local authority area in the UK, broken down as a percentage of the total number of married couples for each area.
tabling member printed	Lord Morrow
uin	HL3627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and I will place a copy of their letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3544 question first answered 05/12/2017 11:59:21 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham attachment 1 file name HL3544, HL3627 Lord Morrow .pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	3795 label Biography information for Lord Morrow

795246

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the change in the level of voter registration in Northern Ireland in the period for which data is most recently available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	115667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Voter registration in Northern Ireland is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer and details of annual registration activity for Northern Ireland are contained in the annual Report of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland. The report for 2016/17 was laid before Parliament on 19 October 2017 and can be accessed at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-of-the-chief-electoral-officer-for-northern-ireland-2016-17" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-of-the-chief-electoral-officer-for-northern-ireland-2016-17</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 05/12/2017 12:56:20 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

795271

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Yemen: Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2017 to Question 61033, whether he has requested a report from the Secretary of State for Defence on the number of casualties that have occurred as a result of joint US-UK counter-terror activities in Yemen since January 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	115692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary remains in close contact with the Secretary of State for Defence on UK counter-terror activities. We continue our cooperation with regional and international partners to tackle the threat posed by terrorist organisations including Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Daesh. For operational reasons we cannot comment in detail on this activity.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 05/12/2017 13:58:31 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

795276

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Wild Boar
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 information his Department holds on how many incidents of attacks by wild boar on humans have taken place in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	115697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Defra does not hold information on the number of incidents of attacks by wild boar on humans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/12/2017 11:35:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon