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1027599

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Smart Data Communications Company
	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 criteria were used by his Department to determine the level of the (a) margin on internal costs and (b) bonus awarded in the contract with Data Communication Company for work on the Interim Centralised Registration Service.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	203200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofgem. I have asked Ofgem to write directly to the Honourable Member and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/12/2018 13:17:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1027600

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMETS 2 pre-payment meters have been installed.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	203201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>The Smart Metering Equipment Technical Specification (SMETS) requires that all meters are able to switch remotely from credit to pre-payment mode (and vice versa). As of 18 December 2018, industry information showed there were over 220,000 SMETS2 meters connected to the national smart metering communications network.</p><p> </p><p>We expect the number of SMETS2 meters to continue to ramp up as energy suppliers continue their transitions from SMETS1 to SMETS2 meters.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 203202 question first answered 27/12/2018 13:17:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1027601

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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: Meters
	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 SMETS 2 prepayment meters that will have been installed by the end date for the installment of SMETS 1 prepayment meters.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	203202
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2018 answer text <p>The Smart Metering Equipment Technical Specification (SMETS) requires that all meters are able to switch remotely from credit to pre-payment mode (and vice versa). As of 18 December 2018, industry information showed there were over 220,000 SMETS2 meters connected to the national smart metering communications network.</p><p> </p><p>We expect the number of SMETS2 meters to continue to ramp up as energy suppliers continue their transitions from SMETS1 to SMETS2 meters.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 203201 question first answered 27/12/2018 13:17:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1027680

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Junior Doctors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the work of the Medical Defence Services with the Royal College of Psychiatrists Choose Psychiatry campaign to encourage more junior doctors to start a career as a military psychiatrist.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Johnny Mercer
	uin	203401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>The Defence Medical Services are closely involved with the Royal College of Psychiatrists Choose Psychiatry campaign. A part of the campaign, focused on military recruitment, began in October 2018. Using channels including Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube, advertisements for military psychiatric positions are expected to attract significant interest.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/12/2018 15:09:11 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4485 label Biography information for Johnny Mercer

1027560

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the £65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	203249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government currently does not plan to pay the Settled Status Fee for its non-UK EU citizen employees. The fee is set at an affordable rate (£65), less than the cost of an UK passport.</p><p> </p><p>Outsourced workers are not employees of the Department and therefore this would be a decision for their employers.</p><p> </p><p>The number of non-UK EU citizens employed across the Civil Service is not consistently collected across Government. It is therefore not possible to estimate the cost of paying the settled status fee for non-UK EU nationals employed directly by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>We value the significant contribution made by EU citizens working in the Civil Service and we want these colleagues to continue to play a full role in the work of the Civil Service. We are committed to supporting our EU citizen employees across the Civil Service, the important engagement with EU national networks across government will continue over the coming months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/12/2018 11:52:04 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1027513

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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	Video Games: Prizes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has plans to regulate paid-for random prizes in computer and video games.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	203309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>We remain committed to ensuring that consumers are properly protected and not exploited by aggressive commercial practices. Game purchasers are protected by general consumer law such as the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008. This includes a requirement on businesses not to subject anyone to misleading or aggressive marketing practices, or, for example, direct exhortation to buy products, including in-game purchases of paid-for random prizes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware of concerns surrounding this issue and will continue to gather and look closely at any evidence. We also welcome the recent introduction by the VSC Ratings Board and PEGI of a new label for video games to warn parents where they include the opportunity to make in-game purchases.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/12/2018 13:31:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1028335

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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	Music
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of increased restrictions on road haulage between the UK and the EU on the music sector in the event of a no deal scenario.
	tabling member printed	Lord Newby
	uin	HL12409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>This government has been clear that we do not want exit with EU on the 29th March 2019 without a deal. Nevertheless, the government will continue to do the responsible thing and prepare for all eventualities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of these preparations, the Department for Digital Culture, Media and Sport has held a series of ministerial roundtables with the creative sector on the impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU, which have been attended by representatives from the music industry, regarding touring musicians and crews in particular. The department will continue to build on this engagement with the sector and with other government departments as we prepare for exit to ensure that the impacts and opportunities of EU exit for the music sector is understood.</p><p> </p><p>On 24th September 2018, to help businesses prepare for the key issues that were raised in these discussions, we published a technical notice entitled ‘Commercial road haulage in the EU if there’s no Brexit deal’.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 21/12/2018 13:56:16 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	1916 label Biography information for Lord Newby

1028329

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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	Data Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure ongoing regulatory cooperation between UK and EU data protection authorities after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
	uin	HL12403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK government’s White Paper, ‘The Future Relationship Between the United Kingdom and the European Union’ set out an ambitious future relationship with the EU on data protection that builds on standard EU adequacy arrangements to provide for ongoing regulatory cooperation between the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the EU Data Protection Authorities that make up the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). The White Paper can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-future-relationship-between-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Political Declaration sets out that the UK and the EU should make arrangements for cooperation between the ICO and the EU Data Protection Authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will continue to have high standards of data protection and there will be no immediate change in the UK’s data protection standards. GDPR standards (as incorporated into UK law) will still apply in the UK and the Information Commissioner will remain the UK’s independent supervisory authority on data protection.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde grouped question UIN HL12353 question first answered 21/12/2018 13:58:44 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
	tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

1027571

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	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	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Migrant Workers
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department paying the £65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	203345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government currently does not plan to pay the Settled Status Fee for its non-UK EU citizen employees. The fee is set at an affordable rate (£65), less than the cost of an UK passport.</p><p>Outsourced workers are not employees of the Department and therefore this would be a decision for their employers.</p><p>DCMS staff declare their national identity voluntarily so this may not be a true representation of the workforce as a whole. Therefore it wouldn’t be appropriate to use this information to determine the cost to the department of paying these fees.</p><p>We value the significant contribution made by EU citizens working in the DCMS and we want these colleagues to continue to play a full role in the work of the department. We are committed to supporting our EU citizen employees across the department.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/12/2018 09:23:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1027541

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Photography: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase promote photography apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	203332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>To promote apprenticeships across all sectors, we are first and foremost ensuring that apprenticeships are a quality product recognised by individuals and employers. Our communications campaign aims to help increase the number of vacancies created by employers and to encourage young people to choose an apprenticeship as a high quality career route, signposting them to new vacancies on offer. We target potential apprentices, employers, parents and teachers using channels such as video adverts for TV, cinema and online channels, a national billboard campaign, digital advertising and social media, as well as through face-to-face engagement activities and events. Our communication continues to support employers to create new vacancies and to publicise them on the Find An Apprenticeship website.</p><p>New apprenticeship standards across all levels are being designed and driven by industry; creating higher quality training that will lead to a more skilled and productive economy. All starts will be on the new, high quality standards by the beginning of the 2020-21 academic year.</p><p>A level 3 Photographic Assistant standard is currently in development. Employers involved in creating the standard include Defence School of Photography, ScreenSkills, Creative Pioneers and Warwickshire College.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 21/12/2018 13:41:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire