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155361

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Military Medals Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to release Sir John Holmes' Final Report on the case for a National Defence Medal.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer of Childs Hill
uin	HL2819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>As part of his Review of Military Medals, Sir John Holmes reviewed the case for a National Defence Medal. An options paper was produced and a copy of this paper was placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 29 July 2014, accompanying the Written Ministerial Statement on the Military Medals Review by the Lord Privy Seal on the same day.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 17/11/2014 12:39:18 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	4214 label Biography information for Lord Palmer of Childs Hill

155400

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how often his Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	214243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills introduced a new correspondence system in July 2013, at which time all correspondence processes were thoroughly reviewed.</p><p> </p><p>The Department keeps its processes under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 17/11/2014 11:19:25 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

155459

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Travel
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 total amount her Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	214274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>(a) This information has already been published and can be found at:</p><p>(i) <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080722/wmstext/80722m0008.htm</a></p><p>(ii) <a title="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090716/wmstext/90716m0009.htm</a></p><p>(iii) <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm101028/wmstext/101028m0001.htm#10102827000372</a></p><p>(b) Due to the way payments are recorded on Core Defra’s finance system, it is not possible to distinguish the costs of Ministerial car hire from the costs of cars hired by civil servants. Such a breakdown could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The table below therefore lists the value of all Departmental payments in respect of non-GCDA car hire in financial years 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Spend on Other</strong></p><p><strong>Hire Cars (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007-08</strong></p></td><td><p>59,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p>35,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p>25,168</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/11/2014 13:17:42 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

155460

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Air Pollution: Greater London
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 recent assessment her Department has made of air quality in London; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	214312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Defra uses both monitoring and modelling to assess air quality in the UK. Data is updated hourly on our website at: <a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/</a>. For the 17 automatic monitoring sites in London, modelled data for previous years and projections for the achievement of EU air quality limit values for nitrogen dioxide are also available on the website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/11/2014 13:23:37 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

155461

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Air Pollution: Greater London
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 recent assessment her Department has made of public health risks from air pollution in London; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	214313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP) advises the Government on all matters concerning the health effects of air pollutants. COMEAP has previously assessed the effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on mortality. It has also assessed mortality effects from particulate matter specifically, which included an assessment for London. The reports are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/comeap-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/comeap-reports</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Mortality attributable to particulate air pollution is included in the Public Health Outcomes Framework, used to assess progress by local authorities in addressing this health issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/11/2014 13:23:08 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

155463

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
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	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how often her Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	214250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Core Defra keeps processes under continuous review to improve the services we provide.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/11/2014 13:23:59 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

155567

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buildings his Department sold in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	214224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The requested information is not available in the format requested and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport reviews assets and land and property holdings on an ongoing basis and recently completed the Strategic Land &amp; Property Review to identify capital receipts in SR15. As and when appropriate any land or property holdings deemed surplus are promptly identified and disposed of in accordance with business needs.</p><p> </p><p>This has resulted in reductions in the cost of the department estate and improved space efficiency as reported in the annual State of the Estate Report:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total cost of the estate</strong></p></td><td><p>£166,096,850</p></td><td><p>£161,858,767</p></td><td><p>£154,653,361</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Occupied space (m2) per FTE</strong></p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition the Department for Transport has contributed land capable of delivering 3,752 homes to the Public Sector Land Programme during the current parliament, we are continuing to rationalise our estate, delivering cost savings and better value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/11/2014 10:59:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

155574

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	214283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>(a) This information on ministerial travel is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of cars</p></td><td><p>Contracted cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£272,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>£289,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£282,979</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(b) The Department for Transport ministerial travel by car would have been in Official Cars provided by the Government Car &amp; Despatch Agency during these periods.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/11/2014 11:07:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

155576

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how often his Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	214259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Wales Office procedures for logging of emails, letters and other correspondence are kept under regular review.</p><p>My Department aims to respond to all correspondence within 15 working days.</p><p>Guidance on handling correspondence from Members of Parliament, Peers, MEPs and Members of devolved Administrations can be found in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 17/11/2014 13:42:42 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

155577

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Salisbury
tabling member printed	John Glen
uin	214285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Information relating to Departmental spend on the Government Car Service is published in an annual Written Ministerial Statement. The costs for the Wales Office of using the Government Car Service in the years specified is shown below:</p><p><strong>2007-08: </strong>£85,400</p><p><strong>2008-09: </strong>£137,000</p><p><strong>2009-10: </strong>£150,504</p><p>The cost of other car hire for ministerial travel, including some travel by Wales Office staff, was:</p><p><strong>2007-08: </strong> £13,939</p><p><strong>2008-09: </strong> £8,297</p><p><strong>2009-10: </strong>£4,683</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 17/11/2014 13:50:06 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen