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167420

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to insulate his departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	216834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>In 70 Whitehall external walls and roof spaces are insulated; all new pipework has thermal insulation; and, windows on the east and west elevations having secondary glazing. The building also benefits from heat recovery in the plant rooms to heat some hot water and a bore hole that draws water from an aquifer to provide sustainable free cooling in summer.</p><p>Cabinet Office also incorporates lighting control mechanisms via presence detection and daylight sensors into its core buildings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 04/12/2014 10:01:06 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

167434

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to insulate his departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	216836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>DCMS is a tenant of HMRC at 100 Parliament Street and responsibility for insulation rests with them.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 04/12/2014 12:10:26 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

166857

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Gaming Machines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to introduce further regulations on B2 gaming machines.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL3275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Draft regulations have been drawn up and have been submitted to the European Commission for comment under the terms of the Technical Standards Directive. ​These regulations will end unsupervised stakes above £50 by requiring customers to interact with betting shop staff or open an account before being permitted to proceed. We intend for these to come into force on the April 2015 common commencement date.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 04/12/2014 14:51:43 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

166920

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the capacity of his Department's buildings for the micro-generation of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	216581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department currently has a number of renewable energy installations installed for micro-generation.</p><p> </p><p>BIS Core produced 10,615kwh of electricity between June-September (Quarter 2) this year. This is produced from PV arrays set on the roof of 1 Victoria Street.</p><p> </p><p>The Biomass boiler at Companies House in Cardiff produces 88% of heating for the building producing 227 tonnes of carbon per annum and is an Ofgem case study and Carbon Trust Exemplar.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2014 the Department as a whole has produced:</p><p> </p><ul><li>122,967kwh of electricity</li><li>3,500kwh of heat</li><li>32,022kwh of CHP electricity</li><li>62,880kwh of CHP heat</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Assessments to install micro-generation across sites are being made however are faced with a number of challenges including site constraints, funding and payback before lease expiry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 04/12/2014 15:55:09 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

166931

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many suicides there have been (a) in total and (b) per 100,000 population in (i) England in total and (ii) each constituency in each month of the last 15 years.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Burstow
uin	216704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name Table 1 final.xlsx title Excel Sheet for Member - Suicides 2 file name PQ 216704 ONS 437.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Suicides question first answered 04/12/2014 10:07:00 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	204 label Biography information for Paul Burstow

166933

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cardiovascular Diseases: Death
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many deaths from cardiovascular disease there were in (a) England and (b) each parliamentary constituency in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Burstow
uin	216614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 438 Table 2 Cardiovascular disease by pcon FINAL.xlsx title Excel Sheet for Member - Cardiovascular Disease 2 file name PQ 216614 ONS 438.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Cardiovascular Disease question first answered 04/12/2014 10:04:56 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	204 label Biography information for Paul Burstow

166959

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Telecommunications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of providing alternative leased line providers with passive infrastructure access and the effect of this on consumers.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Simon Hart
uin	216561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>I have not made any assessment of the impact on consumers of providing passive remedies for alternative leased line providers. Ofcom is responsible for telecommunications market regulation. It carries out a rolling programme of market reviews of competition in communications markets to ensure that regulation remains appropriate and proportionate in the light of changing market conditions. Following a market review, Ofcom can impose regulatory remedies to address competition concerns which vary according to the market and services being provided. Ofcom is currently conducting a review of competition in the supply of leased line services in the UK (the Business Connectivity Market Review, or BCMR). As part of that review a preliminary consultation was published last month on the role that passive remedies might play in addressing competition concerns in the market for leased line services.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 04/12/2014 16:48:41 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

166960

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Mobile Phones: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to direct Ofcom to conduct a pre-auction review of mobile sector competition before the sale of the 1400MHz and 700 MHz spectrum bands.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Simon Hart
uin	216562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Ofcom, in performing its statutory duties in relation to award of rights to use spectrum, conducts impact assessments of each award. This includes assessing how an award would further the interests of consumers in relevant markets, where appropriate by promoting competition. It is for Ofcom in the first instance to consider whether a pre-auction review of competition is necessary or justified. Ofcom, properly, consults on how they propose to design spectrum awards and on their impact assessments.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 216681 question first answered 04/12/2014 16:58:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

166962

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Telecommunications: Rural Areas
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 Ofcom on the cost of mobile backhaul and leased lines in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Simon Hart
uin	216674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Ofcom, the independent regulator, is currently undertaking a review of the market for leased lines, which are used for mobile backhaul and for other applications. Ofcom published a call for inputs on 1 April 2014, as well as two interim consultations. The Regulator intends to publish full proposals for consultation in Spring 2015 and this will include an analysis of issues in relation to mobile backhaul.</p><p> </p><p>The current regulatory controls on BT’s charges for leased lines, including those used for mobile backhaul, expire in April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>BT has made no representations to DCMS about mobile backhaul. However, in the company’s response to the DCMS consultation on its Digital Communications Infrastructure Strategy, BT made it clear that it was opposed to the mandating of ‘dark fibre’ access to its network. Access to dark fibre would enable other providers to compete with BT more easily in the provision of various communications services, including mobile backhaul, although BT’s response did not highlight this use.</p><p> </p><p>I have had no discussions with Ofcom on the cost of mobile backhaul and leased lines in rural areas. The information collected by Ofcom, referred to above, will inform any such discussion in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 216672 216673 question first answered 04/12/2014 16:54:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

166963

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
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	Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to support the roll-out of mobile communications infrastructure in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Simon Hart
uin	216670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has invested £150m to build infrastructure to provide coverage to some of the UK premises where there is currently no basic mobile coverage for voice calls or text messages. BDUK has successfully brokered agreements between the key Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to share the costs of using new infrastructure. Last year the Government also introduced planning changes for mobile infrastructure to facilitate network deployment, further supporting extending rural mobile coverage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 04/12/2014 16:51:50 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart