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169408

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on works to, and refurbishment of, offices allocated to Ministers in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	218155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>There was necessary move and building works to relocate the Department from Eland House to 2 Marsham Street. This will reduce the Department's running costs by £9 million a year from 2015-16, and save taxpayers £220 million over the lifetime of the building's lease commitments.<br><br>I also refer the hon. Member to my answer of 18 November 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, PQ 213772, on the broader savings we have made from the retionalisation of the departmental estate.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/01/2015 17:31:29 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169411

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Social Rented Housing: Housing Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by both the under-occupancy penalty and the introduction of council tax reduction schemes.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	218243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>There are 4.6 million households in England who are in receipt of local council tax support, as of October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Housing benefit statistics are produced by the Department for Work and Pensions, and can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-housing-benefit-claimants-and-average-weekly-spare-room-subsidy-amount-withdrawal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-housing-benefit-claimants-and-average-weekly-spare-room-subsidy-amount-withdrawal</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 07/01/2015 17:20:10 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169421

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Gun Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) the British Olympic Association and (b) the International Olympic Committee on alternatives to the use of lead ammunition in Olympic shooting.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	217996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>UK Sport have confirmed that there is no record of they nor the relevant national governing bodies having spoken to the BOA or the IOC regarding the use of lead shot during the Olympic shooting events in Rio.</p><p>It should be noted that at both London 2012 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, netting was used at the shooting venues to catch the shot and ensure that there was no wider environment impact.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 17/12/2014 11:56:11 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169480

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Gun Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on human health of the use of lead ammunition for shooting.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	217997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>In October 2012, the Food Standards Agency assessed the risk to human health from exposure to lead from lead bullets and shot used to shoot wild game animals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The FSA concluded in its risk assessment that frequent consumption of game meat could increase exposure to lead. This increased exposure would be a concern in the case of toddlers, young children and pregnant women because of the neurotoxicity of lead to the developing brain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This risk assessment is available on the FSA’s website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.foodbase.org.uk/admintools/reportdocuments/776-1-1354_Risk_assessment_for_lead_in_wild_game_-_Final_5_October.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.foodbase.org.uk//admintools/reportdocuments/776-1-1354_Risk_assessment_for_lead_in_wild_game_-_Final_5_October.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/12/2014 16:46:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169481

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Game: Gun Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a consultation on a licensing scheme for commercial game shooting.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	217998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Landowners are free to run commercial shoots on their land, provided they are carried out appropriately and legally. We have no plans to introduce a licensing system for commercial shoots, or to consult on the matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2014 11:07:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169482

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Game: Gun Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will (a) discuss with her counterpart in the Scottish Government the effect of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 and (b) publish a consultation on vicarious liability for landowners who host commercial game shooting in England.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	217999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The introduction of new legislation requires evidence that it will be effective. We are not yet aware of any successful prosecutions or of any compelling evidence that the introduction of the provisions of vicarious liability in Scotland has had a significant deterrent on those who commit wildlife crime.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will continue to monitor the situation in Scotland and to consider whether this or a similar offence is necessary and proportionate to assist in tackling wildlife crime in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2014 16:59:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169483

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
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 assessment she has made of the value for money of payments to farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	218000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The following documents have been placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2013, alongside the public consultation, Defra published an evidence paper which assessed the impact of the new Common Agricultural Policy and the costs and benefits of payments made to farmers.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://consult.defra.gov.uk/agricultural-policy/cap-consultation" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/agricultural-policy/cap-consultation</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since then a number of more technical implementation decisions were announced and on 11 December 2014 the Common Agricultural Policy Basic Payment and Support Schemes (England) Regulations 2014 No. 3259 were laid in Parliament. Included in the explanatory memorandum to the legislation is a further evidence paper updating some of the analysis and providing further analysis of the impact of some of the more technical decisions.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3259/memorandum/contents" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3259/memorandum/contents</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, an impact assessment of the new Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) was published in June 2014 setting out the evidence base on the costs, benefits and value for money.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strategic-environmental-assessment-of-the-proposed-new-rural-development-programme-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strategic-environmental-assessment-of-the-proposed-new-rural-development-programme-in-england</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 17/12/2014 12:16:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169028

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's Road Investment Strategy, published on 1 December 2014, what years are covered by the first road period and next road period.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	217895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>A Road Period represents the duration of a Road Investment Strategy (RIS). The first Road Period covers the period 2015/16 to 2019/20. This RIS has set funding, on an indicative basis, out to 2020/21. It is anticipated that the second Road Period will run from 2020/21 to 2024/25.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 15/12/2014 13:06:50 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

166263

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which parliamentary constituencies he has visited in an official capacity in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	216176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Edinburgh East (Sheila Gilmore) on 24 February, Question 208006.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 23/03/2015 14:29:14 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 31011 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

166264

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Local Government Finance
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 publish an analysis of the savings from local authorities' transformational schemes set against the timescales involved.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	216168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>My Department is supporting transformational schemes across local authorities in England and has published the projected savings from schemes funded through the Transformation Challenge Award. <br><br>In September 2014, 32 local authorities were awarded £8.6 million to deliver transformational projects with projected savings of up to £100 million over the next 10 years. In November 2014, 73 local authorities, working in partnership with other parts of the public sector were awarded £89.4 million to deliver large scale transformational projects, with projected savings estimated to be over £900 million over the next 10 years. On-going monitoring and accountability for these savings will be the responsibility of individual authorities and their partners.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 04/12/2014 15:56:46 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford