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49565

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date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the teachers it aims to train by 2015 will be trained in providing inclusive education to children with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	197657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Government has committed to help train 190,000 teachers by 2015, to help improve the quality of education for all children, including those with disabilities. By 2012/13, DFID had trained 99,000 teachers. A major challenge in poor countries is developing the data systems which can capture the needs of children with disabilities. We are therefore supporting UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) to regularly publish education indicators which disaggregate people with disabilities, and to develop new standards for school censuses and surveys related to marginalised populations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

49566

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the work carried out under the Girls' Education Challenge Fund is fully inclusive of girls with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	197651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Girls Education Challenge programme has seven projects providing over £9 million to fund disability-focused girls education projects in Uganda, Kenya and Sierra Leone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

49567

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of EU state aid rules on the UK feed in tariff policy framework; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The European Commission adopted new guidelines for Energy and Environmental Aid (EEAG) on 9 April. Existing schemes, such as the Feed-in Tariff scheme (FITs), are not required to be brought into line with these new guidelines for as long as the relevant scheme remains covered by its existing EU state aid approval. It would only need to be brought into line if we were to introduce a change to the scheme that would, in itself, require state aid notification, as this would be outside the existing approval. If, after consultation on any alterations to FITs, we were to propose such a change, we would consider the trade-offs and risks for the scheme as a whole before reaching a final policy decision.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49568

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 his Department has made of the number of people employed in the UK solar PV sector in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>DECC does not hold this data.</p><p> </p><p>In March the National Solar Centre estimated that the industry employs 13,723 people on a full time basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49569

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many reviews of solar PV support schemes his Department has undertaken since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p>The level of support for solar PV generation under the Renewables Obligation (RO) was last reviewed in 2012 as part of the comprehensive RO banding review. The results of the solar review are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/levels-of-banded-support-for-solar-pv-under-the-renewables-obligation-for-the-period-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/levels-of-banded-support-for-solar-pv-under-the-renewables-obligation-for-the-period-1-april-2013-to-31-march-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>A comprehensive review of the Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) scheme was carried out during 2011 and 2012, with a fast-track review of FIT support for larger-scale PV in March 2011. The link for the FITs reviews is:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/increasing-the-use-of-low-carbon-technologies/supporting-pages/feed-in-tariffs-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/increasing-the-use-of-low-carbon-technologies/supporting-pages/feed-in-tariffs-scheme</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49570

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the proposed reduction in solar farm support under the Renewables Obligation on planned community-owned or shared ownership schemes.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government published the second part of our UK Solar PV Strategy Part 2 [1] on 4 April 2014. We made clear in that document that we are considering the implications of current trends of deployment in solar PV on the financial incentives available in Great Britain under the Renewables Obligation and small-scale Feed-in-Tariffs. We will issue a public consultation shortly proposing changes to financial support for solar PV.</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker grouped question UIN 197716 197726 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49571

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of contracts for difference auctioning on small and medium-sized enterprises in the (a) renewable energy sector and (b) solar power industry.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department launched a consultation on our approach to competitive allocation of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) in January 2014. This included proposals to move to auctioning of CfDs from the first allocation this autumn. We carefully considered the responses to the consultation from small and medium-sized enterprises in the renewable energy sector and the solar power industry before confirming our policy position in the Government Response published on 13 May 2014. We will continue to engage with SMEs as we implement our proposals for competitive allocation to understand any difficulties they might face in participating in an auction for CfDs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49572

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 amount of private-sector investment committed to large-scale solar PV farm projects in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of an early reduction in Renewables Obligation support on those levels of investment.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>We do not hold data on the amount of private investment committed to large scale solar PV projects.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49573

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of reductions to Renewables Obligation support on the quality of solar farms.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government published the second part of our UK Solar PV Strategy Part 2 [1] on 4 April 2014. We made clear in that document that we are considering the implications of current trends of deployment in solar PV on the financial incentives available in Great Britain under the Renewables Obligation and small-scale Feed-in-Tariffs. We will issue a public consultation shortly proposing changes to financial support for solar PV.</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker grouped question UIN 197713 197726 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

49574

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much solar PV was installed on roof-tops under the Renewables Obligation in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	197725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>Total UK solar PV capacity at the end of March 2014 was 2,941 MW. It is not currently possible to break down the data to indicate the proportion of that capacity that is installed on rooftops.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: Table ET 6.4, available at</em></p><p> </p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-trends-section-6-renewables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-trends-section-6-renewables</a>.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker grouped question UIN 197721 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott