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795742

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the difference in business rate liabilities is for rooftop solar power where the majority of the power produced is (a) exported to a third party and (b) consumed onsite.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	116093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>My Department does not hold information on business rates liabilities. Business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we are not involved in their independent assessments.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/12/2017 14:17:32 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

795747

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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 assessment his Department has made of the industrial benefits of solar power.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	116097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 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>Costs for solar installations have fallen rapidly during this period, allowing both domestic and industrial consumers to benefit from increasingly cheap and clean electricity. 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 Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/12/2017 13:34:50 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

795741

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations he has received from the solar power industry on how rooftop solar power is treated in business rates.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	116092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The Treasury receives a range of representations on various issues including business rates as part of the policy making process.</p><p> </p><p>Business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and the Government does not intervene in their independent assessments. The Valuation for Rating (Plant and Machinery) (England) Regulations 2000 set out when plant and machinery, including solar panels, are rateable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/12/2017 14:14:15 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

795743

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what methodology is used to calculate the business rate liabilities of (a) solar power and (b) Good Quality gas CHP; and what the rationale is for that methodology.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	116094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Business rates liabilities are based on the rateable value and the non-domestic rating multiplier set by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) determines the rateable value of the property using three broad methods: a rentals basis; receipts and expenditure (R&amp;E); and a contractor’s basis, that is to say, a building's replacement costs. Rating case law requires that a hierarchy of use is adopted, in the order shown above; i.e. only when a rentals basis is not possible should the valuer adopt R&amp;E, with the contractor’s basis being the method of last resort.</p><p> </p><p>Solar panels are valued using either the R&amp;E method or the contractor’s basis, depending on the circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Good quality CHP is partially-exempt from rating. The rateable parts are valued using either the R&amp;E method or the contractor’s basis, depending on the circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, if the solar panels or good quality CHP is a qualifying microgeneration (below 50kW) installation there is a temporary exemption from rating which means new schemes aren't assessed until the next revaluation takes place.‎</p><p> </p><p>Battery storage technologies are valued using the contractor's basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 116096 question first answered 01/12/2017 14:09:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

795746

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Energy: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how battery storage technologies installed in commercial premises are assessed for business rates.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	116096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Business rates liabilities are based on the rateable value and the non-domestic rating multiplier set by the Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) determines the rateable value of the property using three broad methods: a rentals basis; receipts and expenditure (R&amp;E); and a contractor’s basis, that is to say, a building's replacement costs. Rating case law requires that a hierarchy of use is adopted, in the order shown above; i.e. only when a rentals basis is not possible should the valuer adopt R&amp;E, with the contractor’s basis being the method of last resort.</p><p> </p><p>Solar panels are valued using either the R&amp;E method or the contractor’s basis, depending on the circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Good quality CHP is partially-exempt from rating. The rateable parts are valued using either the R&amp;E method or the contractor’s basis, depending on the circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, if the solar panels or good quality CHP is a qualifying microgeneration (below 50kW) installation there is a temporary exemption from rating which means new schemes aren't assessed until the next revaluation takes place.‎</p><p> </p><p>Battery storage technologies are valued using the contractor's basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 116094 question first answered 01/12/2017 14:09:03 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

795852

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children looked after by foster carers use the 15 hours of universally available funded childcare.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	116184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>I am sorry, but the department does not hold the data requested.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/12/2017 12:24:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

795853

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of extending 30 hours of funded childcare to children in foster care.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	116185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Foster carers play a vital role in supporting some of our most vulnerable children and we recognise the importance of effective support for the recruitment and retention of foster carers. However, we also need to consider whether it is possible for children in foster care to take up the additional hours in a way that promotes the best interests of the child so I would like to work with local councils, fostering service providers and others in the sector to ensure we get the balance right. We will aim to set out more detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/12/2017 13:15:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

795938

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will require local authorities to produce a strategy for improving disadvantaged children’s outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	116255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The government recognises that young people from disadvantaged backgrounds can face additional challenges to achieving their potential. This is why we introduced the pupil premium in 2011 and invested over £11 billion, which includes almost £2.5 billion this year alone, in schools so that they can provide extra support to disadvantaged pupils of all abilities.</p><p> </p><p>The attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers has decreased both at age 11 and age 16 since 2011. Schools have discretion over how they use pupil premium funding, according to the identified needs of their pupils.</p><p> </p><p>While we have no plans to require local councils to produce strategies for improving disadvantaged children’s outcomes, they are free to do so if they wish.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/12/2017 12:37:49 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

795679

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2017 to Question 115078, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled children eligible for a tax-free childcare account.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	116033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text Information on the number of disabled children eligible for Tax-Free Childcare is not available.<p> </p>The response to PQ 106926 provided the number of children for whom there was a live Tax-Free Childcare account. The Office for Budget Responsibility’s Fiscal Outlook 2017 provided details of the number of parents who had made a payment from their Tax-Free Childcare account. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 116221 question first answered 01/12/2017 13:09:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

795896

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2017 to Question 106926, on tax-free childcare, for what reasons the figures provided in that Answer differ with those on page 240 of the Office for Budget Responsibility's Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2017.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	116221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text Information on the number of disabled children eligible for Tax-Free Childcare is not available.<p> </p>The response to PQ 106926 provided the number of children for whom there was a live Tax-Free Childcare account. The Office for Budget Responsibility’s Fiscal Outlook 2017 provided details of the number of parents who had made a payment from their Tax-Free Childcare account. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 116033 question first answered 01/12/2017 13:09:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin