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861029

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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: Price Caps
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 evidence his Department holds of energy retail price caps having been successfully introduced into competitive markets in other jurisdictions.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	132178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>We have considered many international models but market conditions are different to the situation in GB. The Government has introduced a Bill that requires the industry regulator to cap poor value standard variable and default tariffs. This follows the Competition and Markets Authority investigation which found that domestic customers of the Big 6 energy companies pay on average £1.4bn a year more than they would in a truly competitive market. The Bill requires Ofgem to set the cap so as to protect consumers and have regard to the need to, among other things, enable competition between suppliers and ensure suppliers can finance their licenced activities.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:27:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

856826

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect on low-income families of the roll-out of universal credit in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	904148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit is transforming lives across the country. Research shows that UC claimants spend more time searching for work and applying for work than those on previous benefits. There are now over 100,000 fewer workless households in Scotland than 7 year ago.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2018 16:18:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

854855

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event that a private contractor to the Department collapses.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	904170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>We regularly monitor the status of our most important suppliers and have robust, sustainable measures in place to reduce risk should there be a collapse.</p><p>We assess the legal and financial status of the company before placing a contract. We then monitor the financial health and performance of the company throughout the contract, taking action as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 05/03/2018 17:03:45 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

854856

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	EU Defence Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to maintain defence co-operation with the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	904171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister said in her 17 February speech in Munich, Europe’s security is our security.</p><p> </p><p>We want to co-operate closely with the full range of European partners, including the EU, to keep our citizens safe from threats and to defend our shared values.</p><p> </p><p>This could include continued UK participation in specific EU-led operations and missions. We are also cooperating with EU partners to develop Europe’s military capabilities in a way that strengthens NATO and our wider alliances too.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/03/2018 17:02:48 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

854857

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	904174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The Modernising Defence Programme is being undertaken to ensure that our Armed Forces have the right processes and capabilities in place to address the evolving threats that we face.</p><p> </p><p>As the hon. Member will be aware, I have had regular discussions with the Chancellor since arriving at the Ministry of Defence and will continue to do so as the Modernising Defence Programme progresses.</p> answering member constituency South Staffordshire answering member printed Gavin Williamson question first answered 05/03/2018 17:02:05 answering member 4108 label Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

855477

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Luton Airport: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to include increased rail services to Luton Airport Parkway as part of the East Midlands rail franchise.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	131098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>We are also considering the case for additional services to Luton Airport Parkway and have been working collaboratively with Luton Airport to understand their proposals. Any outcome will seek to secure the best value for money for the taxpayer, and be in the best interests of rail passengers.</p><p> </p><p>All options for rail services in the next East Midlands rail franchise are subject to analysis of the potential benefits and our consultation with stakeholders, which closed on 11 October 2017. Thus, no decisions have been made on rail services that will be specified for the next franchise. The next franchise is planned to start in August 2019. Invitations to Tender (ITT) are due to be issued to potential bidders later this year. The ITT will set out the minimum requirements and provide the baseline that we expect the next franchise to build on.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/03/2018 16:07:43 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

855478

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Nurses: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many students have applied to courses starting in Autumn (a) 2017 and (b) 2018 to be a Nursing Associate in (i) Gloucester and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	130785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Recruitment data provided by Health Education England from the Bristol Online Survey completed in May 2017 shows 264 nursing associate applications in Gloucester. Nationally there were 8,003 Nursing Associate applications in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Of these applicants, 2,023 nursing associate trainees in total were recruited in England in 2017, of these 33 were within Gloucester.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2018 applications and start numbers are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Broadening routes into nursing is a priority for the Department. Following the success of the first year of nursing associate pilot programmes, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced in October 2017 plans to train 5,000 nursing associates through the apprentice route in 2018 and a further 7,500 in 2019.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/03/2018 13:53:30 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

855479

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Electricity: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the UK is projected to become a net exporter of electricity by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	130786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Projected figures show that we will not be a net exporter of electricity by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Projections for the power sector up to 2035 are published in the BEIS Energy and Emissions Projections 2017, which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017</a>. Beyond 2020, the reference scenario includes assumptions that go beyond current Government policy and should be treated as illustrative.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/03/2018 16:27:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

855480

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the total sleep-in back pay liability for care providers in (a) Harrow East constituency and (b) the London Borough of Harrow; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	130787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley) on 26 February 2018 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=128962" target="_blank">128962</a>.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/03/2018 11:04:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

855481

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Private Rented Housing
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 recent representations his Department has received on the advertising of private property lettings explicitly to exclude people in receipt of housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	130788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received correspondence on this issue. The Government appreciates the problems that some housing benefit claimants can face in finding accommodation in the private rented sector.</p><p>We strongly encourage landlords and agents to look at all potential and existing tenants in receipt of housing benefit on an individual basis. We will shortly be publishing a new How to Let guide to help landlords better understand their responsibilities.</p><p>Legislation exists to prohibit acts of discrimination against individuals in terms of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 13/03/2018 16:32:06 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire