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795125

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date	27/11/2017
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	Planning Authorities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will consider the findings of the Place Alliance survey Design Skills in English Planning Authorities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wantage
tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
uin	115658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>In a Written Ministerial Statement on 4 December (HCWS308), I set out provisions to support design skills, capacity and capability through the Planning Delivery Fund. This £25 million fund will help to support a step change in design quality of new development, as well as design advice and support to local authorities delivering growth.</p><p>The Planning Delivery Fund prospectus is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/planning-delivery-fund-prospectus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/planning-delivery-fund-prospectus</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/12/2017 17:21:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

795171

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 31 Frigates: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on implementing the National Shipbuilding Strategy and procuring the Type 31e frigate.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	902564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>We launched the Type 31e programme on 7th September. It is in the pre-procurement phase and we have received expressions of interest from 22 companies against the requirement for an initial order of five ships at a maximum average price of £250 million per ship.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/11/2017 17:59:49 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

795172

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the defence and aerospace industries.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	902565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>We are leaving the EU, but remain fully committed to maintaining Europe’s security. We will ensure our respective industries can continue to collaborate to deliver the battle winning defence and aerospace capabilities we need to keep us safe.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/11/2017 17:59:59 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

795173

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps his Department has taken to develop the future accommodation model.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mike Hill
uin	902566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The Future Accommodation Model aims to modernise the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) approach to Service personnel accommodation increasing flexibility and choice to allow for modern lifestyles, living arrangements and families. The MOD is progressing plans to test this model due to start before the end of next year.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 27/11/2017 17:41:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4644 label Biography information for Mike Hill

795174

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to maintain British Army training in Kenya.
tabling member constituency	Newark
tabling member printed	Robert Jenrick
uin	902567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to stop British Army training in Kenya, and we will be discussing the location of future training with the Kenyan Government.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/11/2017 18:00:07 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick

795175

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to encourage innovation by defence suppliers
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	902570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey).</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 27/11/2017 18:00:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

795189

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Chief Executive of the Higher Education Council for England as Accounting Officer has a duty to intervene in cases of serious abuse of funding on the part of universities.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL3591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>As Accounting Officer for the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Chief Executive Officer has a duty to safeguard the public funds the council allocates. Through the Memorandum of Assurance and Accountability, which HEFCE has with all the institutions it funds, the council monitors universities’ management of public money. HEFCE has power, under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, to intervene in cases of mismanagement.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/12/2017 17:40:23 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

795190

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in respect of the duty of the Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England to safeguard the efficient use of public funds, what assessment they have made of the value for money of salaries paid to vice-chancellors.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL3592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The government is determined to ensure that students and taxpayers can be confident that they get a good deal from higher education (HE).</p><p> </p><p>Over recent years, the government has become increasingly concerned about the level of remuneration for senior staff in the HE sector. It has asked the Higher Education Funding Council for England to look at this issue using its regulatory powers, which has resulted in updated guidance to the sector on senior pay and greater transparency in relation to vice-chancellor salaries.</p><p> </p><p>Holding universities to account for value for money has been a key objective of the HE reforms, enacted in the Higher Education and Research Act, and it continues to guide the government’s work as the Office for Students (OfS) is launched.</p><p> </p><p>The OfS has a statutory duty to promote value for money in the sector. The government will ask the OfS to use its powers to take action to protect value for money for students and taxpayers in the future.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/12/2017 17:07:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

795191

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England has raised with (1) Ministers, and (2) the Permanent Secretaries, at (a) the Department for Education, and (b) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, any concerns about poor value for money in public spending caused by excessive salaries for vice-chancellors and other senior administrators in England’s universities.
tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
uin	HL3593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England meets regularly with officials and with the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation who is a Minister at both the Department for Education, and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>They discuss a range of issues relating to the delivery of value for money in our higher education sector, which has included issues related to senior pay as well as issues related to teaching, research and others aspects of the activities of higher education providers.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Executive met the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Education in November 2016 and senior pay was not discussed. She has not met the Permanent Secretary for BEIS.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/12/2017 17:05:48 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

795192

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	UN Human Rights Council: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to promote the "competitive HRC membership elections" for the United Nations Human Rights Council they called for in the joint concluding statement of the 35th Session of the UNHRC in June.
tabling member printed	Lord Alderdice
uin	HL3594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Government is committed to the defence of human rights worldwide and strongly supports the work of the Human Rights Council (HRC). Recent steps to encourage competitive elections to the HRC include our participation in public pledging events by HRC membership candidates in Geneva and New York. We are considering with like-minded member states a number of ideas relating to the membership and functioning of the HRC, following on from the Joint Statement at its 35th Session.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/12/2017 15:41:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3478 label Biography information for Lord Alderdice