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459341

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Swimming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people learn to swim.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Swimming is an important life skill and one which we are keen is available to as many people as possible. This is why the Government's new sport and physical activity strategy ‘'Sporting Future: a New Strategy for an Active Nation', (www.gov.uk/government/publications/sporting-future-a-new-strategy-for-an-active-nation) includes a commitment to ensure that every child leaves primary school able to swim.</p><p> </p><p>Swimming is part of the national curriculum and Government are committed to ensuring that all children are able to meet the minimum standard of capability and confidence in swimming. Sport England is developing a number of pilot projects which aim to encourage adults to take up swimming. It is also investing £20 million between 2013-17 in the Amateur Swimming Association and in other projects, such as the innovative ‘This Girl Can Swim', to get more people right across the country swimming. In addition, it has invested over £330 million to create modern, safe and attractive swimming pool facilities in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 15/03/2016 14:27:57 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459348

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2016 to Question 28606, how many cleaners working in buildings managed by her Department are paid at the rate of (a) £7.85 and (b) £9.15.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of cleaners working in buildings managed by the Department for Education paid at the rate of (a) £7.85 is 24, and (b) £9.15 is 23. This reflects the location of the contractor/staff.</p><p>From 1 April 2016, the rates will be increased to reflect the 2016 Living Wage Foundation rates.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2016 13:34:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459356

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Cleaning Services
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 4 March 2016 to Question 28603, how many cleaners working in her Department are paid at the rate of (a) £7.85 and (b) £9.15.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of cleaners in the Department paid at an hourly rate of a) £7.85 is five and b) £9.15 is fourteen.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 April 2016, the rate of pay will be increased to the 2016 Living Wage Foundation rates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/03/2016 15:50:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459358

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Housing: Energy
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 funding the Government allocated to incentivising installation of (a) solar panels and (b) home insulation in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>Solar panels have primarily been incentivised to date through two schemes: the Renewables Obligation, which typically supports larger installations, and the Feed-in Tariff, which supports smaller projects.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the <strong>Renewables Obligation</strong> for solar PV in each year since 2010 is show in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Renewables Obligation PV scheme value, £m (nominal)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>£0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>£0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>£0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£34.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£133.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>A proxy for the total spend each year on all eligible technologies is given by the size of the Levelisation fund. The size of this fund and solar PV’s share of total FiTs capacity is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Levelisation fund (nominal)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% solar PV share of total FIT capacity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>£14,435,325</p></td><td><p>69.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>£150,756,064</p></td><td><p>90.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>£506,328,139</p></td><td><p>86.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£690,991,283</p></td><td><p>84.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£865,553,975</p></td><td><p>81.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the percentage share of capacity does not necessarily equate to the percentage share of total spend under the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>No payments have yet been made to solar PV generating stations under Contracts for Difference (CfDs), although three solar PV projects signed CfDs following the first allocation round.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/03/2016 12:53:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459435

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with a criminal conviction have been deported in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office routinely publishes figures on the total number of foreign national offenders that have been deported. The figures can be found on the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015-data-tables</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/03/2016 14:28:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459439

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2016 to Question 28610, which outsourced providers his Department uses for cleaning services; and if he will request information from those providers on the rate of pay for cleaners providing services for his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text All employers are obligated to pay a minimum of the new National Living Wage from April 2016. answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/03/2016 14:10:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459445

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much security guards in his Department are paid.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>Only the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency directly employs security guards, employing 54 full time and part time security guards at a total salary cost of £868,475. All other security guards in the Department for Transport are employed and managed under outsourced contracts; pay data in such situations is not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/03/2016 15:23:53 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459453

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding the Government has allocated to cycling schemes in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>In the five financial years from 2010/11 to 2014/15, the Department for Transport has provided: £63m to Cycling England, £94m to the Cycle Ambition Cities and National Parks fund, £30m to the Linking Communities/Cycle Rail fund, £12m to Links to Schools, £44m to Bikeability cycle training and £35m to the Cycle Safety fund. Between 2011 and 2015, the Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) also provided 28% of its budget, or £151m, to cycling projects. Overall between 2011 and 2015 funding was more than doubled compared to the previous administration.</p><p> </p><p>For 2015/16, a further £15m will be invested in Cycle Rail, £11m in Bikeability and £64.5m in LSTF projects; £15m was also invested in the second phase of the Cycle Ambition City programme. Looking forward, a further £99m will be invested in the Cycle Ambition Cities, £50m in Bikeability and £100m via the Road Investment Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Long-term funding is also available for cycling from the Integrated Transport Block, Highways Maintenance Block, and the Local Growth Fund, where around £270m is already planned by Local Enterprise Partnerships for cycling infrastructure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/03/2016 10:59:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459459

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much security guards in his Department are paid.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>DWP do not directly employ any security guards, they are supplied via our PFI contractor Telereal Trillium who subcontract the supply of all security to G4S.</p><p> </p><p>G4S pay rates (as of 1 January 2016) vary on geographical location and the average pay rate for each Government Office Region (GOR) is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>GOVERNMENT OFFICE REGION</p></td><td><p>HOURLY PAY RATE (Average)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 1 Scotland</p></td><td><p>£7.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 2 North East</p></td><td><p>£7.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 3 North West</p></td><td><p>£7.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 4 Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</p></td><td><p>£7.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 5 East Midlands</p></td><td><p>£7.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 6 West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£7.83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 7 East of England</p></td><td><p>£8.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 8 Wales</p></td><td><p>£7.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 9 Southern</p></td><td><p>£8.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 10 London</p></td><td><p>£9.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOR 11 South West</p></td><td><p>£7.88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All G4S security guards/officers (irrespective of age) are already paid above the National Living Wage of £7.20/hour which will be introduced from 01-Apr-16.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 13:38:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459467

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been migrated from disability living allowance to personal independence payments in (a) the UK (b) London and (c) Hornsey and Wood Green constituency since the introduction of those payments.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is currently available in Great Britain and will be introduced in Northern Ireland later this year. The latest available data on PIP claims in payment for both new claims and reassessed claims (for those previously in receipt of Disability Living Allowance) are published on Gov.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a>.</p><p>In particular, breakdowns of reassessed claims in payment, by a range of geographical breakdowns, can be found at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/03/2016 14:50:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West