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791180

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date	17/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Energy: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a comparative assessment of the tax treatment of (a) Good Quality gas CHP, (b) shale gas, (c) North Sea Oil, (d) coal, (e) gas for heating and power production and (f) renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	114507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring security of energy supply and affordability for consumers and businesses, while meeting legally-binding decarbonisation targets. This involves a diverse portfolio of power generation technologies, including renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuels.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) keep all aspects of the tax system under review, to ensure that it supports the government’s objectives.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 23/11/2017 11:19:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

791181

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
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	Solar Power
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 (a) current policies (b) future plans he has to support investment in solar power.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	114508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Solar Power is a UK success story, with rapid deployment over the last 7 years. Latest figures indicate that we now have over 12.5GW of solar capacity installed in the UK, enough to power over 2.7 million homes and exceeding our historic projections.</p><p> </p><p>New solar power installations are currently supported by the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) and Contracts for Difference (CfD) schemes. We want to see more people investing in solar without government support and are currently considering options for our approach to small scale low carbon generation beyond 2019, including solar PV, and will provide an update later this year. No decisions have yet been taken on future CfD allocation rounds for established technologies, including large scale solar PV.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/11/2017 11:33:35 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

791182

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
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	Solar Power: 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, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the solar power industry in each year since May 2014
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	114509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not made an estimate of the number of people employed in the UK solar power industry in the specified time period.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) produces datasets covering the low carbon and renewable energy economy, including estimates of the number of people employed on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis in the UK solar photovoltaic sector, which can be viewed online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datasets/lowcarbonandrenewableenergyeconomyfirstestimatesdataset" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datasets/lowcarbonandrenewableenergyeconomyfirstestimatesdataset</a></p><p> </p><p>ONS estimates that in 2014 the UK solar photovoltaic sector supported 10,000 FTEs and 16,000 FTEs in 2015, with further jobs supported in the supply chain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/11/2017 11:30:20 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

791184

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
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	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons there are no proposals on solar power in the key policies and proposals listed on pages 12 to 16 of the Clean Growth Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	114511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Solar power is a UK success story, with rapid deployment over the last 7 years. Latest figures indicate that we now have over 12.5GW of solar capacity installed in the UK, enough to power over 2.7 million homes and exceeding our historic projections.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Growth Strategy notes that we are now beginning to see solar deploying without subsidy in the UK. Support for solar comes directly from people’s bills, so when costs come down, so should support. Therefore we took steps to control the costs of support schemes and put solar on a path to delivering without subsidy. We expect subsidy-free solar to be an increasingly attractive option, with the first subsidy-free UK solar farm recently deploying. Some of the UK’s largest solar developers have said that they will be installing and connecting subsidy-free sites over the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/11/2017 10:52:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

791186

registered interest
date	17/11/2017
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	Opportunity and Integration Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 16 October 2017 to Question 106973 ,what plans his Department has to include the recommendations of the Casey Review, in particular the promotion of English language skills for those from isolated communities, into the new integration strategy.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	114513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>As stated in my answer to Question UIN 106973 on 16 October 2017, my Department has been reviewing the available evidence on the main causes of poor integration, including Dame Louise's Review. In the coming months we will bring forward plans for tackling these issues through a new integration strategy, including teaching more people to speak English.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/11/2017 16:38:35 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

790944

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Environment Protection
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 plans he has to create an environmental protection body with prosecutorial authority and independence from the Government; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	113594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>On 12 November the Secretary of State set out plans to consult on a new, independent and statutory body to hold the Government to account for upholding environmental standards after we leave the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>We will consult as widely as possible on the nature and detailed functions of the new body.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 21/11/2017 10:44:01 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

791183

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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	Energy
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 plans he has to change his policies on energy as a result of the Energy and Climate Change Public Attitude Tracker, published in August 2017, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	114510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department is committed to building robust, high quality evidence based policies. The BEIS Energy and Climate Change Public Attitudes Tracker is one of many evidence sources used to develop energy policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/11/2017 15:14:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

790207

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Funeral Payments: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of data in the Royal London National Funeral Cost Index 2017 on the difference between average funeral costs and average Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payment (SFFEP) awards; what assessment he has made of trends in the difference between average funeral costs and average SFFEP awards; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	113162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>We continue to monitor the Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments scheme and work towards improving it, while supporting the most vulnerable with their funeral expenses. As part of this work, my officials have worked extensively with representatives of the funeral industry and the Royal London is one of these. In the past ten years, the average Funeral Expenses Payment has increased in value by about 28% from £1,117 in 2006/07 to £1,427 in 2016/17 while inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index measure increased by around 26%.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/11/2017 16:13:07 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

790208

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
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	Funeral Payments: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his Department's policy to raise the funeral director's fees element of the funeral fund in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	113185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments scheme comprises two elements. The first element covers the ‘necessary’ costs of arranging a funeral, which can include: the purchase of a grave; necessary burial or cremation fees; the cost of any medical references or the removal of active implanted medical devices for cremations; reasonable costs if a body has to be moved more than fifty miles; and travel costs for the applicant to arrange and attend the funeral. These ‘necessary’ costs are paid in full and there is no maximum contribution.</p><p> </p><p>The second element covers all other costs, including the funeral director’s fees. These other costs are subject to a maximum of £700. We have no plans at this time to review this component of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/11/2017 16:17:35 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

789092

registered interest
date	14/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Psychiatric Hospitals: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that unnatural deaths in mental health settings are investigated by an independent body; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	112943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government expects trusts to scrutinise the deaths of all patients who die under their management and care. The Learning from Deaths policy sets out the minimum requirements in relation to deaths due to problems in care. We would also expect trusts to continue to apply their existing processes for reviewing unnatural/unexpected deaths.</p><p> </p><p>From Quarter 3 of 2017-18, trusts will publish data each quarter on the number of deaths more likely than not to be due to problems in care (including deaths of individuals with mental illness or a learning disability).</p><p> </p><p>Certain deaths should be reported by trusts to other agents for investigation, notably the coroner, and this includes deaths thought to be unnatural or violent and every death of patients subject to detention under the Mental Health Act 1983.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 April 2017, the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) became operational with the overarching aim of investigating certain serious patient safety incidents that occur during the provision of NHS services (including mental health services) with a focus on learning. Directions provide for the HSIB to set its own investigation principles for determining which incidents to investigate.</p><p> </p><p>The Health Service Safety Investigations Bill was published in draft on 14 September 2017 for pre-legislative scrutiny. The Bill will establish a new, independent Health Service Safety Investigation Body that will operate at arms’ length of Government and take forward the work of the existing HSIB.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/11/2017 14:29:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas