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90581

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to increase the UK's energy security.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	905197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>We have taken a number of measures to ensure the security of the UK's energy supply. I have introduced new electricity system balancing measures. Our recent national gas risk assessment demonstrated that our gas infrastructure is resilient.</p><p>In the autumn I will publish the Statutory Security of Supply Report for 2014. This provides a further assessment of our energy security and sets out my response to Ofgem’s recent electricity capacity report.</p><p>We also engage closely with EU and G7 partners on measures to increase the EU’s energy security.</p> answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey question first answered 04/09/2014 13:38:04 answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

64707

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Nuclear Installations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 507W, on nuclear installation, what approval mechanisms he (a) has and (b) intends to put in place to ensure that costs are minimised.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	203142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is responsible for running the competition to secure a new Parent Body Organisation for Magnox Ltd and Research Sites Restoration Ltd, and will be responsible for ensuring that the benefits of the contract, including cost savings, are realised subsequently.</p><p>The NDA has run the competition using the Competitive Dialogue procedure, under which the evaluation must identify the Most Economically Advantageous Tender. The NDA invited tenders on the basis of an estimated scope of activities required over a 14-year period, with an indicative cost forecast of up to £7 billion. Savings were sought against this target, together with proposals for innovative solutions that would generate efficiencies and/or optimise the decommissioning process.</p><p>The successful bid was selected from four tender submissions which were subject to comprehensive evaluation and scrutiny by the NDA against a range of criteria including cost, health, safety and security, underpinning technical rationale, commercial terms and approach to socio-economics. The preferred bid represents a saving of at least £1 billion compared to the original baseline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 08/07/2014 12:45:16 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

64708

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Dounreay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent changes the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has approved to the baseline decommissioning plan for the Dounreay site; and what the additional cost is of such changes.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	203133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Since the award of the contract for the Dounreay site in 2012, additional scope has arisen, covering:</p><p>(1) Differences between the condition of the site at the time of contract award and its condition when the tender documents were published;</p><p>(2) Physical enhancements to the site, arising from evolving national standards;</p><p>(3) Removal of nuclear fuels from Dounreay to Sellafield for long-term storage, in line with Government policy that was subject to consultation at the time of the contract award.</p><p>The full scope of all changes to the contract is not yet fully costed. The NDA has, however, announced that it will make available £50m from savings elsewhere in its estate in the current financial year and in 2015-16 to enable work to continue including additional scope. Funding in subsequent years will be subject to the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 08/07/2014 16:17:22 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

64546

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Decision Notice of 14 May 2013 on the extension of the reserved legal activities, what steps he is taking to educate consumers on (a) the different types of providers, (b) their respective protections and (c) options for redress.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	202956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>In the Lord Chancellor's Decision Notice of 14 May 2013, as well as confirming that he had decided not to make will writing a reserved legal activity, he indicated that further efforts should be made to see if alternatives to regulation could be made more effective in improving standards in relation to will writing.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has taken a number of steps, with the intention of encouraging and supporting measures to improve standards, in both the regulated and unregulated legal service sectors.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the regulated sector, the LSB has written to the approved regulators, to encourage them to take steps to address concerns about the quality of will writing by authorised persons. In May 2014, the Solicitors Regulation Authority issued guidance for solicitors on will-writing.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the unregulated sector, the LSB convened a roundtable with industry stakeholders, including leading will writing trade bodies, in January 2014, to explore ways to improve the coverage and effectiveness of voluntary schemes and codes. At this roundtable, the LSB and stakeholders also discussed how to improve consumer information, to better educate consumers about the differences between regulated and unregulated will providers, and related protections and redress routes.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 202957 202958 question first answered 07/07/2014 16:46:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

64556

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Decision Notice of 14 May 2013 on the extension of the reserved legal activities, what new guidance he has issued on will writing for the legal profession.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	202957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>In the Lord Chancellor's Decision Notice of 14 May 2013, as well as confirming that he had decided not to make will writing a reserved legal activity, he indicated that further efforts should be made to see if alternatives to regulation could be made more effective in improving standards in relation to will writing.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has taken a number of steps, with the intention of encouraging and supporting measures to improve standards, in both the regulated and unregulated legal service sectors.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the regulated sector, the LSB has written to the approved regulators, to encourage them to take steps to address concerns about the quality of will writing by authorised persons. In May 2014, the Solicitors Regulation Authority issued guidance for solicitors on will-writing.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the unregulated sector, the LSB convened a roundtable with industry stakeholders, including leading will writing trade bodies, in January 2014, to explore ways to improve the coverage and effectiveness of voluntary schemes and codes. At this roundtable, the LSB and stakeholders also discussed how to improve consumer information, to better educate consumers about the differences between regulated and unregulated will providers, and related protections and redress routes.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 202956 202958 question first answered 07/07/2014 16:46:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

64557

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Decision Notice of 14 May 2013 on the extension of the reserved legal activities, what discussions he has had with the will writing industry on strengthening existing regulation of authorised persons in this area.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	202958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>In the Lord Chancellor's Decision Notice of 14 May 2013, as well as confirming that he had decided not to make will writing a reserved legal activity, he indicated that further efforts should be made to see if alternatives to regulation could be made more effective in improving standards in relation to will writing.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has taken a number of steps, with the intention of encouraging and supporting measures to improve standards, in both the regulated and unregulated legal service sectors.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the regulated sector, the LSB has written to the approved regulators, to encourage them to take steps to address concerns about the quality of will writing by authorised persons. In May 2014, the Solicitors Regulation Authority issued guidance for solicitors on will-writing.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to the unregulated sector, the LSB convened a roundtable with industry stakeholders, including leading will writing trade bodies, in January 2014, to explore ways to improve the coverage and effectiveness of voluntary schemes and codes. At this roundtable, the LSB and stakeholders also discussed how to improve consumer information, to better educate consumers about the differences between regulated and unregulated will providers, and related protections and redress routes.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 202956 202957 question first answered 07/07/2014 16:46:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

50371

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many sick notes have been recorded as missing by Jobcentre plus (a) annually since 2010 and (b) in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	198235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p>DWP does not collate this information at the level required. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost to the department.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

50372

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to front-desk jobcentre staff on understanding and being sympathetic to the variety of difficulties that some people with ill health or disability face.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	198185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>It's really important that DWP staff have the skills required to support a range of claimants: to respect their individual needs, including those related to their health conditions and disabilities and it is DWP Policy to ensure staff have those necessary skills.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre Advisers, after initial compulsory training sessions can regularly update their knowledge through access to a comprehensive training programme. This training focuses on raising awareness of the individual's personal circumstances, and also recognises that disabilities and health conditions can affect individuals in different ways.</p><p> </p><p>Further support for claimants is available from Disability Employment Advisers who receive additional training which has been designed in conjunction with Specialist DWP Occupational Psychologists to enable those advisers to provide effective support to people with particular complex needs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

50373

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure that a claimant suffers no financial hardship as a result of paperwork lost by a jobcentre.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	198186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>In the event of maladministration, the Department provides for a special payment scheme. The scheme is designed to allow us to restore the claimant to the financial position they would have been in, had there been no maladministration. Information about the scheme can be found on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

50374

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures his Department has put in place to ensure that mail received by recorded delivery at jobcentres is logged and dealt with immediately; and what assessment he has made of whether such procedures are carried out across all jobcentres.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	198187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>All DWP mail, whether recorded delivery or otherwise, is opened and distributed to the appropriate office for action from one of the 2 Mail Opening Units. The only exceptions being items identified “OFFICIAL–SENSITIVE”, “SECRET”, or “TOP SECRET” and providing a named individual is included.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami