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851705

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date	28/02/2018
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	Radioactive Materials: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, by what year the Office for Nuclear Regulation is planning to deliver a Euratom-equivalent UK State System for Accountability for and Control of nuclear material.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	130468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>It is my assessment, based on current progress, that the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) would be in a position to deliver to international standards by March 2019 and will then move to Euratom standards as soon as possible thereafter. The speed with which the ONR is able to move from international standards to a domestic nuclear safeguards regime that dependent on negotiations with the EU including negotiations on future co-operation with Euratom on the UK’s safeguards.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 05/03/2018 14:34:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

851706

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Office for Nuclear Regulation: Recruitment
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 candidates have (a) applied, (b) been successful and (c) been rejected for positions in the new nuclear Safeguards Inspectorate in the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	130469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has run two recruitment exercises during 2017/18 to recruit staff into safeguards roles. The second exercise has closed for applications, but shortlisting and interviewing has not yet concluded. As of 1 March 2018, across both recruitment exercises a total of 112 candidates have applied for these roles; six applicants have been offered appointments; and no offers from ONR have been rejected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 05/03/2018 14:33:09 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

851707

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Radioactive Materials: Regulation
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 the value is of the spending commitments that the Office for Nuclear Regulation has been authorised to make as part of the project to establish a UK State System for Accountability and Control of nuclear material.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	130470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department will allocate to the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) the funding necessary to establish the UK State System of Accountancy for, and Control of, nuclear materials, which meets international standards for nuclear safeguards ahead of 29<sup>th</sup> March 2019. As explained in the explanatory notes of the Nuclear Safeguards Bill republished on 24 January 2018 when the Bill was brought to the House of Lords, the necessary funding is estimated at potentially up to £10 million. As the first part of this funding, the Department has secured a contingencies fund advance to the amount of £2.275 million to provide financial cover to the ONR for its project activities until the end of financial year 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 05/03/2018 14:32:08 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

851709

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Chemical Weapons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether chlorine gas is prohibited as a weapon under the 1993 Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	130472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The use of chlorine gas as a weapon is prohibited under the Chemical Weapons Convention.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 05/03/2018 17:56:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

851711

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme: Individual Savings Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the eligibility criteria is for a person to qualify for a bonus with a Help to Buy ISA.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	130474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>In addition to observing the usual ISA regulations, for an individual to qualify for a Help to Buy: ISA they must be 16 or over, have a valid National Insurance number, be a UK resident, and be a first-time buyer. Under this scheme being a first-time buyer means they must not have owned a property anywhere in the world.</p><p>An individual will then qualify for a government bonus when they come to buy a property if it is:</p><p>a) in the UK;</p><p>b) costs less than £250k (or £450k in London);</p><p>c) will be their only home;</p><p>d) is where they intend to live; and</p><p>e) will be purchased with a mortgage.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 05/03/2018 14:38:46 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney