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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

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

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

795687

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Marine Protected Areas: British Overseas Territories
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 recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Governments of UK Overseas Territories on creating fully enforced Marine Protected Areas in their waters.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	116041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is the lead department for discussions with the UK Overseas Territories on these issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 06/12/2017 11:35:57 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

795935

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	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many education, health and care plans have been provided to children in (a) the UK, (b) Greater London and (c) the London Borough of Newham in 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	116253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of children and young people with an education, health and care plan in 2017 for England, by region and by local authority, is available in table 3 on the Department’s website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2017</a>.</p><p>The data is collected for England only.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 06/12/2017 17:11:05 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

795937

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the proportionate change has been in the level of voter registration over the most recent year for which data are available in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) London Borough of Newham.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	116254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The electoral register has been steadily increasing since the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration in 2014, and the register used for the 2017 General Election was the highest in our history, standing at 46.9 million entries. Specific data, including data for regional and local levels of registration, are reported annually by the Office of National Statistics on its website.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/12/2017 14:24:47 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

795933

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Youth Development Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Youth Development Fund grants; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	116251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport is investing £40 million through the Youth Investment Fund and #iwill Funds to increase opportunities for young people to develop skills and undertake social action. This money is being matched by the Big Lottery Fund to create an £80million investment in young people. The Youth Investment Fund was first delivered last year, and is therefore too early to assess the effectiveness; however, an evaluation process is in place.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 01/12/2017 14:56:11 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

795738

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	Dentistry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the funding arrangements for new pre-registration dental hygiene and dental therapy students starting courses on or after 1 August 2018.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	116089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The department are working with the Department of Health and relevant delivery partners to finalise the funding arrangements for new pre-registration dental hygiene and dental therapy students starting courses on or after 1 August 2018.</p><p>We will confirm the funding arrangements in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 06/12/2017 16:47:50 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

795723

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hemel Hempstead Hospital
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the proceeds from the sale of the existing Hemel Hempstead hospital site will be used to provide new hospital facilities in Hemel Hempstead.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	116077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>NHS England advises that Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has no current plans to sell the Hemel Hempstead hospital site, as it intends to use the existing site for new service provision as a local hospital/community hub under the Your Care, Your Future programme.</p><p> </p><p>There is a possibility that some land might become surplus, as there is potential to improve design efficiency, and therefore reduce the space requirement. Should that be the case, the land would be sold and the proceeds reinvested in local health services. Herts Valley CCG cannot confirm at this stage whether there will be surplus land and if so, what the proportion would be.</p><p> </p><p>Under current arrangements, where land or buildings are locally owned by a National Health Service trust or NHS foundation trust, the full capital receipt from its disposal is usually retained by that organisation to reinvest in the NHS in that area. This is set out in guidance to the NHS issued by NHS Improvement.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/12/2017 12:13:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

795730

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Hertfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what NHS services he expects to be available to residents of Hemel Hempstead from the new facilities to be provided by (a) West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, (b) Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, and (c) Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	116083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Your Care, Your Future programme, the Board of West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust approved the Trust’s Strategic Outline Case identifying options for investment in the Trust’s estate in February 2017. The Board approved two options to be worked up in more detail; both would continue to use Watford General Hospital as the location of emergency and specialist care, with St Albans City Hospital further developed as a planned care centre.</p><p> </p><p>Your Care, Your Future includes plans to develop new pathways for care in the community, for example through local general practitioner surgeries and specialised hubs. The plans include the redevelopment of the Hemel Hempstead Hospital as a local hospital/community hub.</p><p> </p><p>Herts Valley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is currently developing the clinical model of service provision, but the CCG sees the new facility as providing a wide range of health and social care services, including: voluntary and community services, community physical and mental health services and planned care, and outpatient and diagnostic provision.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 06/12/2017 12:19:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning