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347643

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date	01/06/2015
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	Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people are classed as living in fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The estimated number and proportion of households which are fuel poor in 2013 under the Low Income High Costs indicator in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Number of households in fuel poverty (thousands)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Proportion of households in fuel poverty within the area (%)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>2,347</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/06/2015 16:01:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

347766

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost is of policing the badger cull.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office provided funding to forces totalling £3.5 million in 2013, and £1.4 million in 2014 for policing the badger culls. The Department was reimbursed in full by DEFRA.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/06/2015 16:47:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

347396

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Strategic Defence and Security Review: Departmental Coordination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the forthcoming Strategic Defence and Security Review.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer is actively engaged, as a full member of the National Security Council, in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 03/06/2015 16:09:05 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

347397

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Strategic Defence and Security Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on the forthcoming Strategic Defence and Security Review.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Devolved Administrations will be consulted on the Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 03/06/2015 16:11:11 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

347399

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Strategic Defence and Security Review: Departmental Coordination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and (b) International Development on the forthcoming Strategic Defence and Security Review.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and the Secretary of State for International Development are actively engaged, as full members of the National Security Council, in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 03/06/2015 16:10:42 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

347400

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Ministry of Defence spending in 2015-16 and future years.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence and HM Treasury hold regular discussions concerning Defence spending.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 03/06/2015 16:09:36 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

347415

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
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	Arts: Finance
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 his Department plans to take to ensure fair and equal distribution of public funding for museums and the arts across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government provides public and Lottery funding to Arts Council England who allocates this to arts organisations and regional museums across England. The Arts Council uses a range of criteria to support a fair distribution of this public funding. The Arts Council are committed to increasing Lottery arts investment outside of London from 70 per cent to 75 per cent by the end of 2018 and recently launched a new £35.2 million fund 'Ambition for Excellence' to support arts production, talent development and leadership outside London.</p><p>DCMS encourages partnership working between national and regional museums across England through object loans, touring exhibitions and partnership galleries. In addition, a number of national museums are either based in or have branches across England, such as National Museums Liverpool and the Royal Armouries.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/06/2015 08:04:23 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

347416

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of households in each (a) region, (b) constituent part of the UK and (c) constituency that would be affected by a household benefit cap of £23,000.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/06/2015 16:42:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

347419

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Guards: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle Security Industry Authority licences being issued fraudulently.
tabling member constituency	Spelthorne
tabling member printed	Kwasi Kwarteng
uin	474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Under the provisions of the Private Security Industry Act 2001, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) is responsible for licensing individuals who operate in designated sectors of the private security industry. The SIA has procedures in place to ensure that licences are not issued fraudulently and that private security operatives are 'fit and proper' persons who are properly trained and qualified to do their job. Before issuing a licence, the SIA undertakes checks to verify an individual’s identity, their age, whether they have completed the required level of training and whether they have a criminal record. Since 2012, the SIA has taken action against more than 1,300 licence holders who have used fraudulent qualifications to gain an SIA licence.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 02/06/2015 16:08:12 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng

347420

registered interest
date	29/05/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who will be claiming universal credit in April (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>We are on track with our plans for the national roll out of Universal Credit. Universal Credit is already available in over 40% of Jobcentres and will be present in all by Spring 2016.The Department is not setting targets for numbers in receipt of Universal Credit because numbers will vary according to factors such as economic circumstances and the behavioural change of claimants.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 503 question first answered 03/06/2015 15:44:20 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms