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179128

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason he decided to amend section 106 agreements in respect of small and medium sized builders and rural areas not covered by section 157 of the Housing Act 1985.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	224212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223176.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/02/2015 14:42:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

179129

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the (a) social and (b) environmental impacts of the housing opportunities for inadequately housed people arising from his decision to change section 106 agreements for (i) builders and (ii) rural areas not covered by section 157 of the Housing Act 1985; and what further steps he will take to monitor such impacts and opportunities in the future.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	224211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 12 February 2015 to Questions 223173.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/02/2015 14:44:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

177378

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2015 to Question 222329, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful claims have been made by parochial church councils in court against lay rectors for recovery of chancel repair liability from 1 January 1985; and what amount was recovered.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	223121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer to the answer I gave to <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-27/222328/" target="_blank">Written Question 222328</a>. Each Parochial Church Council is an independent legal entity and no central record is kept relating to the number of claims made against lay rectors for the recovery of chancel repair liability as this is dealt with at a local parish level. The Church Commissioners are only aware of the case where the Parochial Church Council of Aston Cantlow and Wilmcote with Billesley was awarded £187,000 plus VAT.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 09/02/2015 15:57:41 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

176763

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral Answer of 29 January 2015, Official Report, column 996, when she plans to publish her Department's estimate of the percentage reduction in badger numbers achieved in both pilot cull areas as a result of last year's cull.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	222686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>In West Somerset, the cull company achieved removal of 70% of the estimated starting population of badgers, indicating that industry-led culling can, in the right circumstances, deliver the level of effectiveness required to be confident of achieving disease control benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The results for Gloucestershire show that continued progress is needed taking into account the additional challenges of interference, harassment and criminal damage by activists.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Cull companies were required to provide more detailed information on progress, and based on the information submitted, Natural England were able to build a more accurate assessment of progress. This is described in advice published in August 2014:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-to-natural-england-on-setting-minimum-and-maximum-numbers-to-be-culled-in-year-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-to-natural-england-on-setting-minimum-and-maximum-numbers-to-be-culled-in-year-2</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As licensing authority, Natural England closely monitored the performance of each cull company and the effort being deployed across the cull area at frequent intervals, taking into account the actual circumstances being experienced by the cull companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the number of badgers removed during year two of the culls were published on 18 December 2014, and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra’s advice to Natural England on setting minimum and maximum number of badgers to be culled in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire in year 2 of the badger culls can be found at the link above. This advice includes a summary of the methods considered by Defra for estimating the badger populations in these areas. The minimum number is intended to correspond to a 70% reduction of the population relative to the initial starting population before the culls started in 2013. The culling objective is for no more than 30% of the starting population to remain on conclusion of the cull.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Based on the population estimation methodology selected, in Gloucestershire, Natural England set a minimum number of 615. At the conclusion of the 2014 cull 274 badgers were removed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Based on the population estimation methodology selected, in Somerset Natural England set a minimum number of 316. At the conclusion of the 2014 cull, 341 badgers were removed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 222685 222687 question first answered 05/02/2015 17:21:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

176764

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral Answer of 29 January 2015, Official Report, column 996, what steps her Department took to ensure that if pilot culls had achieved the target of 70 per cent reduction in badger numbers in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	222685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>In West Somerset, the cull company achieved removal of 70% of the estimated starting population of badgers, indicating that industry-led culling can, in the right circumstances, deliver the level of effectiveness required to be confident of achieving disease control benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The results for Gloucestershire show that continued progress is needed taking into account the additional challenges of interference, harassment and criminal damage by activists.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Cull companies were required to provide more detailed information on progress, and based on the information submitted, Natural England were able to build a more accurate assessment of progress. This is described in advice published in August 2014:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-to-natural-england-on-setting-minimum-and-maximum-numbers-to-be-culled-in-year-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-to-natural-england-on-setting-minimum-and-maximum-numbers-to-be-culled-in-year-2</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As licensing authority, Natural England closely monitored the performance of each cull company and the effort being deployed across the cull area at frequent intervals, taking into account the actual circumstances being experienced by the cull companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the number of badgers removed during year two of the culls were published on 18 December 2014, and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra’s advice to Natural England on setting minimum and maximum number of badgers to be culled in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire in year 2 of the badger culls can be found at the link above. This advice includes a summary of the methods considered by Defra for estimating the badger populations in these areas. The minimum number is intended to correspond to a 70% reduction of the population relative to the initial starting population before the culls started in 2013. The culling objective is for no more than 30% of the starting population to remain on conclusion of the cull.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Based on the population estimation methodology selected, in Gloucestershire, Natural England set a minimum number of 615. At the conclusion of the 2014 cull 274 badgers were removed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Based on the population estimation methodology selected, in Somerset Natural England set a minimum number of 316. At the conclusion of the 2014 cull, 341 badgers were removed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 222686 222687 question first answered 05/02/2015 17:21:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

176765

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral Answer of 29 January 2015, Official Report, column 996, what percentage reduction in badger numbers was achieved in each of the two 2014 pilot culls.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	222687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>In West Somerset, the cull company achieved removal of 70% of the estimated starting population of badgers, indicating that industry-led culling can, in the right circumstances, deliver the level of effectiveness required to be confident of achieving disease control benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The results for Gloucestershire show that continued progress is needed taking into account the additional challenges of interference, harassment and criminal damage by activists.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Cull companies were required to provide more detailed information on progress, and based on the information submitted, Natural England were able to build a more accurate assessment of progress. This is described in advice published in August 2014:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-to-natural-england-on-setting-minimum-and-maximum-numbers-to-be-culled-in-year-2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advice-to-natural-england-on-setting-minimum-and-maximum-numbers-to-be-culled-in-year-2</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As licensing authority, Natural England closely monitored the performance of each cull company and the effort being deployed across the cull area at frequent intervals, taking into account the actual circumstances being experienced by the cull companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the number of badgers removed during year two of the culls were published on 18 December 2014, and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-summary-of-badger-control-monitoring-during-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra’s advice to Natural England on setting minimum and maximum number of badgers to be culled in West Somerset and West Gloucestershire in year 2 of the badger culls can be found at the link above. This advice includes a summary of the methods considered by Defra for estimating the badger populations in these areas. The minimum number is intended to correspond to a 70% reduction of the population relative to the initial starting population before the culls started in 2013. The culling objective is for no more than 30% of the starting population to remain on conclusion of the cull.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Based on the population estimation methodology selected, in Gloucestershire, Natural England set a minimum number of 615. At the conclusion of the 2014 cull 274 badgers were removed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Based on the population estimation methodology selected, in Somerset Natural England set a minimum number of 316. At the conclusion of the 2014 cull, 341 badgers were removed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 222685 222686 question first answered 05/02/2015 17:21:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

176032

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what powers parochial church councils possess to convey (a) capital, (b) property and (c) other assets to a local community organisation or charity they are (i) seeking to assist and (ii) whose objections or plan they support.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	222327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>A Parochial Church Council is a statutory corporation established for the purpose, among other more specific functions, of &quot;co-operating with the minster in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical”. The Parochial Church Council may properly convey money or property to another charity or community organisation if it considers that doing so would further this charitable purpose. A transfer of land would require the consent of the diocesan authority. No consent is required for a transfer of money or other property.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 30/01/2015 12:01:19 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

176033

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many and which parochial church councils (a) have and (b) have not registered their entitlement to the benefit of recovery of channel repair liability.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	222328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>Each Parochial Church Council is an independent charity and it is for them to individually determine whether or not to register chancel repair liabilities in accordance with their responsibilities set out by the Charity Commission. No central register is kept.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 30/01/2015 12:02:20 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

176034

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many court cases have been brought by parochial church councils to recover channel repair liability since the Aston Cantlow judgement by the House of Lords in 2003.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	222329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2015 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners are not aware of any litigation by Parochial Church Councils relating to chancel repair liability since the Aston Cantlow case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Sir Tony Baldry question first answered 30/01/2015 12:03:31 answering member 93 label Biography information for Sir Tony Baldry
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George

169754

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which ministers are responsible for the implementation of the commitments arising from the work of the Ministerial Working Group on Gypsies and Travellers; and when he expects his Department to fully deliver each of those commitments.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	218264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 11 November 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, House of Lords, Column WA36.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 218265 question first answered 05/01/2015 14:43:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George