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49175

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy that a war widow's pension is provided for life to those awarded such a pension between 31 March 1973 and 5 April 2005.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	197342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

49176

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential contribution of sustainable lighting systems to development in Africa; and if her Department will collaborate with Solar Aid to provide such systems to communities in Africa.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	197345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UN Sustainable Energy for All initiative estimated that in 2010 only 32% of people in sub-Saharan Africa had access to electricity. There is high potential for household scale systems using sustainable and renewable energy such as solar power to increase access to electricity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID will match funding for Solar Aid's SunnyMoney appeal in the Guardian Newspaper. This will fund the distribution of portable solar lights through Solar Aid's social enterprise ‘SunnyMoney Way,' in Zambia, Malawi, Kenya and Uganda. Through this project, Solar Aid expect to distribute some 76,400 solar lights benefiting over 400,000 people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

49177

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department will provide support to the Bright Green Energy Group for distributing solar energy systems to rural communities in Bangladesh.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	197344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID recognises the important role that the private sector plays in developing and delivering products to increase access to energy in poor countries. DFID make funding available to energy in Africa. This includes the Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate Change (REACT) window of the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

49178

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his oral Answer of 30 April 2014, Official Report, column 824, what the evidential basis is for the statement that nuclear power is carbon-free.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	197381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>There is a strong consensus in the global scientific community that nuclear energy represents one of the lowest carbon forms of baseload electricity generation.</p><p> </p><p /> <p>The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that the life cycle emissions associated with the generation of electricity from nuclear power groups are 16g CO<sub>2</sub> per kWh electricity produced. This is very low compared to the equivalent figure for electricity produced by natural gas turbines, which is in excess of 400g CO<sub>2</sub>/kWh, and similar to the IPCC's estimate for widespread non-baseload form of electricity generation, such as wind.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology report ‘Carbon Footprint of Electricity Generation' states that the operation of the nuclear power station accounts for less than 1% of the total life cycle emissions of nuclear electricity generation.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

49179

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with Israeli authorities on discrimination against UK citizens of Palestinian or Arab origin by Israeli border control.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	197383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Our Embassy in Tel Aviv raises complaints where British nationals appear to have been subjected to differential treatment by Israeli border control on the basis of their race or ethnicity with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

49180

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Israeli government on extending to UK citizens of Palestinian origin visiting Israel similar concessions to those Israel has offered to the US administration in exchange for Israel's entry to the US visa waiver scheme.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	197379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>We have not made any representations to the Israeli authorities on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

49181

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on diabulimia in teenagers and young adults.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	197377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded the NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for South Yorkshire from 2008 to 2013. The CLAHRC carried out a programme of research on young people with Type 1 diabetes including research relating to eating disorders in this patient group. Outputs include papers published in the journal <em>Diabetic Medicine</em>.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

49182

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the additional costs resulting from Israeli border, access and planning controls to UK-funded development projects in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	197380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No such assessment has been possible. UK aid helps to finance the Palestinian Authority's fiscal deficit, which would significantly decrease if Israeli movement and access restrictions in the OPTs were lifted. The World Bank estimates that if Israeli restrictions were lifted in ‘Area C' of the West Bank alone, the Palestinian economy would expand by more than a third and potentially would not require international donor assistance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

49183

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the European Commission and her counterparts in EU member states on compensation requests to Israeli authorities for EU-funded aid projects demolished by the Israeli authorities.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	197408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DFID and the EU regularly lobby Israel against the illegal demolition of Palestinian homes and infrastructure, and the forced transfer of people in Area C and East Jerusalem.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Mr Alan Duncan question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

49184

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications have been made in Oxfordshire under the National Assistance Act 1948 by people without resources to meet their requirements or whose resources must be supplemented in order to meet their requirements in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	197243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>Information on the number of adult social care clients receiving council-funded services, including residential and domiciliary care, is collected by the NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).</p><p> </p><p>The HSCIC has provided the available information for Oxfordshire County Council over the five years 2008-09 to 2012-13. This is shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Type of service</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Residential care</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>1,245</p></td><td><p>1,155</p></td><td><p>1,170</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domiciliary care,<em> of which:</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Home care</p></td><td><p>4,625</p></td><td><p>5,010</p></td><td><p>3,675</p></td><td><p>3,125</p></td><td><p>2,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Day care</p></td><td><p>1,880</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td><td><p>1,680</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meals</p></td><td><p>465</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>175</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Short term residential care (not respite)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Direct payments</p></td><td><p>925</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Existing/new direct payments and personal budgets</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional support</p></td><td><p>12,485</p></td><td><p>12,315</p></td><td><p>5,750</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td><p>1,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equipment and adaptations</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>1,305</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>865</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1,125</p></td><td><p>1,045</p></td><td><p>2,285</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>445</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>1. Data relates to adults 18 and over</p><p>2. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5</p><p>3. All data are published and final</p><p>4. The ‘Existing/new direct payments and personal budgets' columns in return P2f was introduced in 2009-10 to capture personal budgets and reverted back to direct payments in 2010-11. Service users who were receiving council commissioned services via a personal budget or direct payment were only included under this heading and not under the specific service received.</p><p> </p><p><em>Sources:</em></p><p>Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care (RAP) returns, tables P1 and P2f</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith