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1146021

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to review universal credit assessment periods when claimants receive two paychecks within the same assessment period due to a change of employer.
	tabling member constituency	Chichester
	tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
	uin	291103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit seeks to take earnings into account in a way that is fair and transparent. The amount of Universal Credit paid reflects, as closely as possible, the actual circumstances of a household during each monthly assessment period, including any earnings reported by their employer or employers during the assessment period, regardless of when they were paid, or which month they relate to.</p><p> </p><p>Assessment periods allow for Universal Credit awards to be adjusted on a monthly basis, ensuring that if a claimant’s income changes, they do not have to wait several months for a corresponding change in their Universal Credit award. Claimants can always discuss the implications of any changes in earnings with their case managers and work coach and can be referred to personal budgeting support to help them manage their budgeting.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 03/10/2019 15:59:24 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1146023

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Modernisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to encourage the modernisation of train carriages.
	tabling member constituency	Chichester
	tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
	uin	291104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The department sets out its requirements for passenger satisfaction in each franchise agreement. The passengers’ traveling environment contributes to passengers’ satisfaction scores.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the franchise competition process bidders are asked to submit proposals for initiatives to enhance rolling stock to deliver consistently high standards for passengers. This may be through refurbishment of existing rolling stock or the procurement of new trains.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 01/10/2019 15:01:37 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1146033

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Sustainable Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all UK aid projects are environmentally sustainable.
	tabling member constituency	Chichester
	tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
	uin	291108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Good development takes account of climate change and environmental sustainability, and DFID is increasingly putting climate and environment at the heart of the UK aid agenda in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s rules for designing and implementing programmes charge staff with considering sustainability and resilience, including climate change and environmental shocks. As well as informing the appraisal of new projects, staff are expected to manage environmental risks throughout implementation, in line with DFID’s environmental and social safeguards. DFID has a cadre of specialist climate and environment advisers who support teams to meet these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>In July this year, the Government committed in the Green Finance Strategy to align our Official Development Assistance with the Paris Agreement, that is to support low-carbon and climate resilient development. The Prime Minister also recently announced that the UK would be doubling the quantity of International Climate Finance we provide to support developing countries from 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011, UK aid has provided 26 million people with improved access to clean energy, and helped 57 million people to cope with the effects of climate change. It has also reduced greenhouse gas emissions internationally by 16 million tonnes – the equivalent to taking three million cars off the road for a year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond Park answering member printed Zac Goldsmith question first answered 03/10/2019 16:17:32 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1146025

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Electricity: Storage
	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 progress has been made on developing large-scale electricity storage solutions.
	tabling member constituency	Chichester
	tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
	uin	291105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>As of 2018 there was around four gigawatts of storage on the system in Great Britain, and three gigawatts of this was from pumped hydro (National Grid Future Energy Scenarios, 2019).</p><p> </p><p>Government is investing to support further development of large-scale electricity storage solutions. In January this year Government launched the ‘Storage-at-Scale’ competition which commits up to £20 million to support the development of innovative, replicable solutions that could provide an alternative to conventional commercial large-scale energy storage technologies.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/10/2019 15:49:59 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1146027

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	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	Business
	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 incentives have been put in place to support businesses in developing and implementing sustainable business practices.
	tabling member constituency	Chichester
	tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
	uin	291106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>There is significant potential for UK businesses of all types and sizes to reduce environmental impacts, including carbon emissions, and to save money by moving to more sustainable practices. Change is needed to achieve the Government’s commitment to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and delivery of the targets of the 25-Year Environment Plan. The Government has rolled out numerous incentives to support businesses in increasing energy efficiency and reducing carbon, while ensuring the availability of affordable energy. Some of these include:</p><ul><li>the Climate Change Agreement Scheme, which offers discounts to the Climate Change Levy tax in exchange for signing up to and meeting energy efficiency or carbon reduction targets.</li><li>the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme, a mandatory energy assessment scheme for large businesses.</li><li>the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, a £315m fund to support industrial energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects.</li><li>the Clean Steel Fund, £250m to support decarbonisation of the UK steel sector.</li></ul> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/10/2019 16:06:31 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1146038

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Department is taking to promote the building of (a) passive houses and (b) eco-homes.
	tabling member constituency	Chichester
	tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
	uin	291109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department is committed to increasing the energy efficiency of new homes.</p><p>The main way the Department seeks to do this is through Building Regulations. These set minimum requirements for the energy efficiency of new buildings and for work on existing buildings.</p><p>In the government’s Clean Growth Strategy we committed to reviewing these standards, including consulting on improving energy efficiency requirements in new and existing homes where the evidence suggests it is cost effective, affordable, practical and safe to do so.</p><p>To that end, the government has announced that this consultation is now open. This includes the proposed introduction of a Future Homes Standard by 2025 for new build homes to be future-proofed with low carbon heating and world-leading levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to this standard should have 75-80 per cent fewer CO2 emissions than ones built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework also expects local planning authorities to take account of how new development will help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as through its location, orientation and design. Planning practice guidance provides advice for local authorities and applicants on implementing these policies.</p><p>The Department does recognise and support innovation and excellence in design. For example, the Minister of State for Housing recently visited the Goldsmith Street development in Norwich, which is built to the PassivHaus standard. At the Housing Design Awards, Goldsmith Street was the chosen Supreme Winner and winner of the Good Neighbour Award, a new category sponsored by MHCLG and agreed by the previous Housing Minister</p><p><br>The government also launched a consultation on stronger building regulations that will pave the way for the Future Homes Standard. These 2020 changes aim to improve the environment by cutting carbon emissions in new homes by almost a third, while keeping household bills low. The Future Homes Standard consultation can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fthe-future-homes-standard-changes-to-part-l-and-part-f-of-the-building-regulations-for-new-dwellings&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C32cdb0d71a284c50141808d748c87365%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637057898068453715&amp;sdata=rJIxLrWENjIdP7iJxp%2FPVmBrtZzpsHgQxuyfpcK%2BAa0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-homes-standard-changes-to-part-l-and-part-f-of-the-building-regulations-for-new-dwellings</a>.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/10/2019 10:24:55 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan