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100290

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date	22/10/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Stalking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many employees of the Crown Prosecution Service have been trained on the law on stalking to date; and what further such training is planned.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
uin	211538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has developed two online e-Learning courses on all types of stalking. The “Cyber Crime: Cyber Stalking” course includes cyber stalking, non-cyber stalking and harassment. The “Stalking and Harassment” course (which was released in April 2014) deals specifically with stalking and harassment offences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The CPS maintains a central record of the number of employees who have been trained on the law on stalking by way of the e-Learning courses. 1581 of its employees in post on 23 October 2014 have completed all elements of either of the e-Learning courses in the period between 1 November 2012 (the month when the Cyber Stalking e-Learning module was revised to include the new stalking offences) and 23 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2014 the CPS issued follow-up, face-to-face training material on the Stalking and Harassment offences. It can be used flexibly at a local CPS level; accordingly, its delivery is not recorded on a central database.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Although there are no current plans for new training products to be launched, the CPS will continue to train its staff in this critical area of work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 28/10/2014 13:15:18 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

100309

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Small Businesses: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small and medium-sized enterprises have premises in (a) Pendle, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	211557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 27/10/2014 14:45:32 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 211557 ONS 364.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - SMEs
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

100319

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to reply to the letter of 24 July 2014 from the hon. Member for Warley, on compulsory purchase orders.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	211411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>My Department takes seriously its responsibilities to respond to MP’s letters in a timely fashion. Having checked all of our databases I can find no record of the letter the rt. hon. Member for Warley refers to and I respectfully ask him to send me a copy so that I may respond.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/10/2014 15:41:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

100351

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter dated 1 August 2014 from the Secretary of State for Defence to the Defence Committee, published in that Committee's Seventh Special Report of Session 2014-15, HC 387, Appendix B, if he will place in the Library a copy of the full analysis undertaken by the Adjutant General into the cost effectiveness of recruiting under-18's
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	211635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The document requested is being reviewed. Once the review is complete, it will be placed in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 28/10/2014 16:39:44 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

100366

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which biomass power stations are totally dependent on clean wood rather than waste wood.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	211560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>In 2009 the Renewables Obligation Order introduced the requirements for generating stations using biomass fuels to report against sustainability criteria. The dataset for the fourth reporting year (2012-2013) against these criteria has been published, and details the types of biomass used:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2012-13</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 28/10/2014 16:32:15 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

100368

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the proportion of biomass combusted for power generation in the UK that is attributable to (a) high-risk and (b) low-risk pathways as assessed by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	211559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Bioenergy Strategy 2012 defined a set of low-risk energy deployment pathway, opposed to high risk pathways, for biomass combusted for power generation. These included:</p><p>· Using wastes for energy where it maximises carbon and cost effectiveness and where it is consistent with the waste hierarchy</p><p>· Using sustainable biomass as a transitional fuel to reduce carbon emissions from current coal power generation</p><p>· The promotion of combined heat and power generation to make more efficient use of biomass resources</p><p>The Department has acted to support biomass deployment in line with these pathways. Information on the capacity of and generation from these sources is publically available and published as part of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 28/10/2014 16:31:38 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

100370

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Solar Power
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 estimate she has made of the area of land occupied by solar panel arrays that was arable land useable for economically farmed fruits or vegetables.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	211405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>We have made no estimate of the amount of land occupied by solar panels which was arable land useable for economically farmed fruits or vegetables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/10/2014 16:48:56 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

100372

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the tonnage of carbon dioxide emitted by (a) the production processes, including drying, of biomass destined for UK power generation, (b) the transportation of biomass from all origins to power generation plants in the UK and (c) the transportation and disposal of fly ash arising from biomass combustion in the UK in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	211440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government is bringing in sustainability criteria for those supplying biomass under the RO and RHI. These were initially introduced as reporting requirements from April 2014, with the intention of bringing in mandatory criteria from April 2015. No data has yebeen published.</p><p>In order to calculate the greenhouse gas saving of a fuel, suppliers are required to sum each of the emission components but are not required to report the component savings. It is the responsibility of generators to determine where in their supply chain the saving is made.</p><p>Power suppliers using bioliquids have had to comply with the Renewable Energy Directive’s sustainability criteria since 2011, which includes a 35% minimum greenhouse gas emissions saving. Ofgem reports on these emissions, the most recent figures are found in the Renewable Obligation annual report:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/86392/roannualreport2012-13final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/86392/roannualreport2012-13final.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 28/10/2014 16:32:47 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

100378

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Foreign Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to secure greater separation of UK foreign policy from that of the US.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	211408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK has an independent foreign policy. However, the UK places great emphasis on the special relationship it holds with the US, and will continue to work with them on the most pressing challenges facing the world today. Our partnership has a very clear common agenda: ensuring our security, delivering economic growth and stability at home and across the world, and promoting our shared values.</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 27/10/2014 14:55:28 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

100395

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chinese government on the recent demonstrations in Hong Kong.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	211516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the right hon. Member to my answer of 14 October 2014 (PQ 210244).</p> answering member constituency East Devon answering member printed Mr Hugo Swire question first answered 27/10/2014 14:39:42 answering member 1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead