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861113

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: Training
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 potential merits of introducing in England a Transition Training Fund for employees in the fossil fuel industry to move to the renewable energy sector.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	132262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>Government funding for training programmes falls within the remit of the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>Within the offshore oil and gas industry a number of initiatives are taking place to help diversify the workforce into other sectors of the economy including other energy sectors. For example, OPITO the offshore industry skills body is proposing to work with other energy sectors to identify barriers to the transferability of skills. The Government’s Oil and Gas Workforce Plan that was published in 2016 also established an oil and gas portal as part of the Talent Retention Solution platform, to facilitate the transition of skilled oil and gas workers who had lost their jobs in the downturn to other growing sectors of the economy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/03/2018 14:34:25 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

861308

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	National Insurance Credits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of women who are carers of children and are eligible to claim credits for state pension accrual where crediting is not automatic; how many eligible women actually claim such credits; and what plans they have to increase the level of claims.
tabling member printed	Baroness Drake
uin	HL6291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Administrative data records information on whether an individual accrues a qualifying year towards State Pension but not whether that was through an automatic process or whether the person has made a specific claim. More generally, HMRC publish statistics on Child Benefit claims and take up rates which are available on the Gov.uk site: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684064/Child_Benefit_Commentary_August_2017.pdf" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684064/Child_Benefit_Commentary_August_2017.pdf</em></a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-child-tax-credit-ctc-and-working-tax-credit-wtc-take-up-rates-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-child-tax-credit-ctc-and-working-tax-credit-wtc-take-up-rates-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>National insurance credits where the individual has to make a claim are well publicised on the Gov.uk website under national Insurance credits / eligibility.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name HL6291 Child_Benefit_Child_Tax_Credit_and_Working_Tax_Credit_Take-up_rates_2015 to 2016.pdf title Uprates 2015 - 2016 2 file name HL6291 Child_Benefit_Commentary_August_2017.pdf title Child Benefit Commentary question first answered 23/03/2018 11:52:07 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4155 label Biography information for Baroness Drake

860593

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Fracking: Wells
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2018 to Question 130433 and the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Question 128441, whether he plans to make a new estimate of the number of wells projected to be drilled by the shale gas industry in 2025 to replace the estimate which is considered to be out of date.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	131950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government continues to monitor progress of the shale gas industry and will revise its estimates as appropriate as the industry develops.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/03/2018 14:33:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

860594

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Fracking: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2018 to Question 130666, on Fracking: Employment what advice the Department for Energy and Climate Change (a) commissioned and (b) received from the engineering consultancy AMEC on the potential effect on employment from the future development of the shale gas industry; whether his Department has since commissioned any such estimate from an external consultancy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	131951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not commissioned a report from any external consultancy on the potential effect on employment from the future development of the shale gas industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/03/2018 14:07:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

860624

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2018 to Question 128954, what assessment he has made of the effect of increased electricity interconnection on (a) net employment in and (b) GDP contribution from the electricity generating sector.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	131981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>New interconnectors create jobs and contribute to GDP in their construction and ongoing operation. However, we do not hold sufficiently disaggregated data on employment in and GDP contribution from the electricity sector to make a quantitative assessment of the impact of increased interconnection on these points.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/03/2018 14:32:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

857903

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	Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all schools teach awareness of violence against women and girls.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL6212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The government is ensuring young people have the knowledge to challenge attitudes about abuse and consent. This year the Home Office is delivering a third phase of their acclaimed teen abuse campaign “Disrespect NoBody”. The campaign, which originally launched in February 2016, aims to prevent the onset of domestic violence in adults by challenging attitudes and behaviours amongst teenage boys and girls. The campaign is targeted at 12 to 18 year old boys and girls and aims to prevent them from becoming perpetrators and victims of abusive relationships.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education is currently considering how best to ensure pupils are taught about healthy and respectful relationships as part of Relationships Education in primary schools and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in secondary schools. We have issued a call for evidence, on the scope and content of Relationships Education and RSE and on the future status of Personal, Social, Health and Economic education. We are currently considering the responses, of which we have received over 23,000, and representations arising through the engagement process. Later this year we plan to consult on draft regulations and guidance before laying regulations in the House for debate.</p><p> </p><p>Schools and colleges are already required to have regard to the statutory safeguarding guidance ‘Keeping children safe in education’ (KCSIE) when carrying out their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. KCSIE reflects current best practice in safeguarding and sets out that the best interests of the child should always come first.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/03/2018 11:50:21 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

856972

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on the timescale for responding to correspondence from hon. Members on constituency casework.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	131484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>How local authorities manage correspondence, from all sources, is a matter for local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/03/2018 16:19:15 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

856047

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in the availability of full council tax relief for working-age people on (a) household poverty and (b) child poverty.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	131213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has devolved the administration of local council tax support schemes to local authorities in order to enable them to best meet the needs of their local communities. Local authorities are required to consult local residents when designing their schemes and to take their views into account.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/03/2018 16:19:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

855502

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Rossendales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he make an assessment of the performance of Rossendales in the collection of council tax debts on behalf of West Lancashire Borough Council.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	130809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The collection of council tax, and enforcement in relation to non-payment of council tax, is a matter for local authorities and the Department does not collect data on the performance of enforcement agents.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/03/2018 16:19:39 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

843564

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2018 to Question 123531 on Attorney General: procurement, if he will list those contracts including the supplier name and value of those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	127905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has the following contracts with the government’s strategic suppliers:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contract</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated Value*</strong> <strong> £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT Plc</p></td><td><p>Multiple landline phones, alarms and broadband service agreements</p></td><td><p><em>143,500</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>Contingent Labour ONE Call-Off</p></td><td><p>136,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CGI</p></td><td><p>Payroll Call-Off</p></td><td><p>1,300,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Finance and Resource Management System Call-Off</p></td><td><p>200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Managed ICT Services contract; and</p></td><td><p>300,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applications Support and Data Hosting Call-Off</p></td><td><p>19,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Microsoft</p></td><td><p>Multiple licencing agreements.</p></td><td><p><em>172,000</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oracle</p></td><td><p>Multiple licencing agreements</p></td><td><p><em>470,000</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>Videoconferencing service Call-Off</p></td><td><p>700,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* The Estimated Value is given as the value for the contract Term where the department has signed a Call-Off Contract and the annual spend to 31 January 2018 where the department has renewable licensing arrangements.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the contracts are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT plc</p></td><td><p>£15,897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>£704,697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>£75,905</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To identify overall contract values for the Government Legal Department (GLD), Attorney General Office (AGO) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) would require the identification and examination of all awards made to the Strategic Suppliers (as defined by the Crown Commercial Services) and this cannot be achieved without incurring disproportionate cost. However, our payments to Strategic Suppliers, for 2016-17 is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Strategic Supplier </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong> <strong>2016-17</strong> <strong>GLD</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong> <strong>2016-17</strong> <strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong> <strong>2016-17</strong> <strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amey</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£335,965</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BT Plc</p></td><td><p>£1,699</p></td><td><p>£2,159</p></td><td><p>£1,308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capgemini</p></td><td><p>£88,914</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£424,655</del> <ins class="ministerial">£6,369,832 </ins></p></td><td><p>£847*</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fujitsu</p></td><td><p>£561,131</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Microsoft</p></td><td><p>£62,178</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mitie</p></td><td><p>£186,854</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oracle</p></td><td><p>£34,126</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>£226,794</p></td><td><p>£43,763</p></td><td><p>£8,779</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The payment for this amount piggy backed on the contract that SFO had with Capita.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland previous answer version 45402 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland 49436 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 23/03/2018 14:32:59 question first ministerially corrected 02/05/2018 16:36:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett