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167729

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	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: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2014 to Question 215252, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's estimate of retail (a) electricity and (b) gas prices in each month between January 2007 and November 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	216963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Copies of the data requested in Question 215252 have now been placed in the Libraries of the House.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">DECC do not produce monthly estimates of retail energy prices.</ins><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/12/2014 13:47:00 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2015 17:00:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 32666 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

222480

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	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: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the Distribution Network Operators under Distribution Price Control Review 5.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	224816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem are responsible for regulating the electricity Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and the setting of the price control review. Ofgem’s latest estimate for the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the DNOs is in the attached table which covers the years 2010-11 to 2013-14. The last year of Distribution Price Control Review 5 (2014-15) is still on-going.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:44 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2015 09:58:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Copy of RORE DNOs Excel.xlsx title Rate of Return on Equity for DNOs 2010-1 to 2013-4 previous answer version 46378 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

442244

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Papers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to release Cabinet papers for the 1986-1988 period to the National Archives.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	20872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet papers for the period 1986-<del class="ministerial">1989</del> <ins class="ministerial">1988</ins>have already been transferred to the National Archives. Transparency is at the heart of this Government's agenda and we are publishing unprecedented amounts of information.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2016 17:18:32 question first ministerially corrected 11/01/2016 10:35:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37839 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

442245

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Papers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a timetable for disclosure of Cabinet papers for the 1986-1988 period.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	20873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet papers for the period 1986-<del class="ministerial">1989</del> <ins class="ministerial">1988</ins>have already been transferred to the National Archives. Transparency is at the heart of this Government's agenda and we are publishing unprecedented amounts of information.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2016 17:18:32 question first ministerially corrected 12/01/2016 11:45:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37840 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

442246

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Papers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what communications his Department has had with the National Archives on the release of Cabinet papers for the 1986-1988 period.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	20874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet papers for the period 1986-<del class="ministerial">1989</del> <ins class="ministerial">1988</ins> have already been transferred to the National Archives. Transparency is at the heart of this Government's agenda and we are publishing unprecedented amounts of information.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2016 17:18:32 question first ministerially corrected 12/01/2016 11:45:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37841 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

455212

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department are responsible for coordinating and developing international policy across Government.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	28516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Promoting diversity in the Senior Civil Service is a ministerial responsibility of the Minister for the Cabinet Office. I have had frequent such meetings, and details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published routinely and can be found on www. Gov.UK.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of this Government’s transparency agenda, twice a year all Departments are required to publish an organogram and structure charts that contain information about the roles performed by staff. The latest Cabinet Office organogram is available at <a href="https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office</a> and the latest structure charts may be downloaded at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:50:32 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2016 16:23:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 49154 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

456020

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his oral contribution of 25 February 2016, Official Report, column 486, when he plans to bring proposals for an anti-lobbying clause in Government grant agreements to the House for debate.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	28850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The grants clause will help to ensure that grant funding is always used for the intended purpose. It will <ins class="ministerial">not</ins> prevent organisations from using their own privately raised funds to campaign as they see fit. Given the clear intention of the clause, To ensure taxpayers’ money is well spent, there are no plans to debate it at present.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock previous answer version 48997 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock 49287 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock question first answered 07/03/2016 08:52:42 question first ministerially corrected 09/03/2016 11:03:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

168251

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the capacity of offshore wind projects likely to bid for Contracts for Difference awarded by his Department in April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	uin	217473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>No Contracts for Difference were awarded in April 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/12/2014 17:53:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 32858 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

168562

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	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	New Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many small businesses have been started in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and (c) Barnsley in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	217724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The estimated number of business start-ups in a) England, b) Yorkshire and the Humber, c) Barnsley between 2010 and 2014 are shown in the table below. These statistics are compiled from BankSearch data, which does not report on the size of start-ups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimated number of business start-ups (2010 to 2014)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>Barnsley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>433,300</p></td><td><p>33,780</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>458,020</p></td><td><p>34,410</p></td><td><p>1,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>440,400</p></td><td><p>33,310</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>398,860</p></td><td><p>29,630</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: BankSearch: number of new business bank accounts opened. All figures rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/12/2014 16:27:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 33056 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

168575

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	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: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with his counterparts in the devolved administrations the effect of the number of energy suppliers on the consumer price across the UK; and where that price is (a) highest and (b) lowest.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	217636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Competition in the energy markets is crucial to keeping prices as low as possible and to raising consumer confidence in the energy market. Since 2010 we have seen 12 new companies enter the British domestic market challenging the existing companies. Despite this there are concerns about the level of competition therefore Ofgem has referred the market to the Competition and Markets Authority for a full Market Investigation.</p><p>Energy policy is devolved to the Northern Irish Assembly.</p><p>DECC publish regional electricity and gas bills information in Quarterly Energy Prices. Differences between regions are due to several factors including regional variation in pricing and the proportion of consumers who have switched supplier onto cheaper tariffs. DECC estimate that in 2013 the average retail electricity bill was highest in the North Scotland and lowest in the East Midlands and that the average retail gas bill is highest in London and lowest in North Scotland.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: DECC Quarterly Energy Prices, table 2.2.3 for electricity and 2.3.3 for gas <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a>. Provisional estimates for regional bills for 2014 will be published Thursday 18th December 2014. Northern Ireland data is included in the electricity comparison but DECC do not publish gas bills for Northern Ireland.)</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/12/2014 17:53:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 33058 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell