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860916

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Water Power: Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support the marine energy industry.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	904338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>We’re committed to supporting our marine energy industry.</p><p> </p><p>Through the European Marine Energy Centre, based in the Orkney Islands and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, we are world leaders in developing marine technologies.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided more support for offshore wind than any other country in the world.</p><p> </p><p>And we are making up to £557 million of annual support available for offshore wind, wave and tidal stream in upcoming competitive CFD allocation rounds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/03/2018 16:23:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

860917

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support the renewable energy sector.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	904339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The development of renewable energy is a tremendous UK success story.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks to our significant investment and support, renewable capacity has quadrupled since 2010. Last year 30% of our electricity generation came from renewable sources.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Growth Strategy sets out further actions for supporting renewables.</p><p> </p><p>£557 million of annual support is being made available to bring forward new renewable electricity projects, as well as £4.5bn between 2016 and 2021 to support low carbon heating under the Renewable Heat Incentive, and £177m (for renewables) between 2015 and 2021 for innovation projects.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/03/2018 16:22:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

860918

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support the renewable energy sector.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	904340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The development of renewable energy is a tremendous UK success story.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks to our significant investment and support, renewable capacity has quadrupled since 2010. Last year 30% of our electricity generation came from renewable sources.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Growth Strategy sets out further actions for supporting renewables.</p><p> </p><p>£557 million of annual support is being made available to bring forward new renewable electricity projects, as well as £4.5bn between 2016 and 2021 to support low carbon heating under the Renewable Heat Incentive, and £177m (for renewables) between 2015 and 2021 for innovation projects.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/03/2018 16:25:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

860919

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Fuel Poverty: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he plans to take to help elderly people manage their energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	904341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>All pensioners receive £100 to £300 Winter Fuel Payments and around 1.3 million low income pensioners receive the Warm Home Discount - a £140 rebate off their bills each winter.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the recent cold weather triggered payments of £25 for qualifying households.</p><p> </p><p>I will be shortly consulting on how to best focus the £640mm of ECO funding onto low income households - which is intended to include elderly people living in fuel poverty.</p><p> </p><p>The Price Cap Bill will protect 11m households with 5m households already protected by the Ofgem safeguard tariff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/03/2018 16:24:41 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

860920

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress his Department has made on implementing the Good Work Plan.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	904344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>We are taking forward work on 52 of the 23 Review recommendations and are carrying out consultations on how best to implement these measures.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring we protect and enhance workers’ rights in the modern economy and to legislation in the future.</p><p>We will ensure employment law and practices keep pace with modern ways of working whilst striking the right balance between flexibility and worker protection.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 13/03/2018 16:21:17 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

860921

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What change there has been in the amount of UK energy provided by solar power in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	904345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Solar PV is a UK success story, with rapid deployment over the last 7 years.</p><p> </p><p>Over 99% of the UK’s solar PV capacity has been deployed since May 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that we now have 12.8GW of solar capacity installed in the UK which is 4% of current UK electricity consumption.</p><p> </p><p>This is an increase in solar capacity of 29% compared to January 2016 when it was 9.9GW.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/03/2018 16:20:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

860922

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	GKN: Melrose
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will use his powers under the Enterprise Act 2002 to intervene in the takeover bid for GKN by Melrose.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	904346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Under the Enterprise Act 2002, Ministers can only intervene in mergers that raise public interest concerns on the grounds of national security, financial stability and media plurality.</p><p> </p><p>Public interest interventions are quasi-judicial in nature. It is important that Ministers act, and are seen to be acting impartially, on the basis of an open mind and on the evidence available.</p><p> </p><p>It is therefore not appropriate for me to comment.</p><p> </p><p>I continue to monitor this situation closely.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 13/03/2018 16:19:25 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

860923

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Agriculture: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to support the growth of the agri-tech sector.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	904347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The £160 million agri-tech strategy which was launched five years ago has proved a success.</p><p> </p><p>We are building on this strong track record through our Industrial Strategy; including a further £90 million of funding announced last month to bring together the UK’s world-class agri-food sector with expertise in robotics, AI and data science.</p><p> </p><p>This will make it easier for farmers and agricultural-supply chain businesses to embrace new technology; enhancing their competitiveness, improving productivity and creating new opportunities for growth.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/03/2018 16:18:31 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

857706

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that equipment purchased via the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation or single source procurement provides value for money.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	131607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) approach to acquisition is to carefully assess the choices available to achieve best value for money while meeting the needs of the UK Armed Forces. This is sometimes achieved through competition, sometimes through single source arrangements, and sometimes through collaboration, which itself may involve elements of competition.</p><p>International organisations such as the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) will establish value for money in a similar way to the UK MOD. This can include establishing prices via competitions. They will also have similar provisions in place to those under the UK's Single Source Contract Regulations (SSCR), which includes detailed visibility of the breakdown of costs.</p><p>The MOD seeks to ensure value for money in single source procurement through the provisions of the Defence Reform Act 2014 and the associated SSCR. Parliament enacted this legislation specifically to address some of the difficulties the MOD had previously faced in assuring value for money when undertaking single source procurement. This approach has already significantly strengthened the MOD's ability to secure value for money through single source procurement.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 13/03/2018 15:51:55 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

857707

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary school pupils eligible for free school meals in (a) Nottinghamshire and b) England attend a school rated as (i) good or (ii) outstanding by Ofsted.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	131608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the Ofsted statistical first release (SFR) data<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> as at 31 August 2017 and also Pupils data<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup>, there were 5,682 eligible pupils for free school meals, who attended a primary school in Nottinghamshire of which, 79 per cent were in schools rated by Ofsted as Good; and eight per cent were in schools rated by Ofsted as Outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>There were 500,386 eligible pupils for free school meals, who attended a primary school in England of which, 73 per cent were in schools rated by Ofsted as Good; and 15 per cent were in schools rated by Ofsted as Outstanding.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Ofsted - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/maintained-schools-and-academies-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-31-august-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/maintained-schools-and-academies-inspections-and-outcomes-as-at-31-august-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[2] Pupils Data - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 13/03/2018 15:56:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero