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390651

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date	16/07/2015
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	Arms Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what military hardware and components the UK has sold to Israel in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	7621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The Export Control Organisation (ECO) only holds data on licences issued, refused or revoked that fall within strategic export controls. They are available to view on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/07/2015 10:52:04 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

390652

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Arms Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what military hardware and components the UK has imported from Israel in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	7622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Firearms, firearms component parts and ammunition are the only items of military equipment subject to import licensing controls.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013, BIS Import Licensing Branch issued 5 import licences for imports from Israel of 250 firearms and 70 firearms component parts. In 2014, BIS Import Licensing Branch issued 10 import licences for imports from Israel of 240 firearms and 2760 firearms component parts.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/07/2015 10:53:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

390653

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Arms Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many arms export licences have been issued for exports to Israel in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	7623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Information on arms export licences are published in the Annual and Quarterly Reports on Strategic Export Controls. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. They are available to view at GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/07/2015 10:59:14 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

390657

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Arms Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review his Department's policy on arms export licence agreements with Israel.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	7704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has conducted a review of export licensing policy for Israel, the outcome of which was announced on 14 July 2014 on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/07/2015 10:58:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

388575

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Fossil Fuels: Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make it her policy to support a global goal to phase out pollution from fossil fuels and replace them with 100 per cent clean, safe energy by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises the need for long term certainty on the low carbon transition as this will give businesses and investors confidence, helping to ensure the most cost effective climate action and the development and deployment of new innovation and technology and help to reduce costs for us all and secure growth and jobs.</p><p>This is why my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister, along with other G7 Leaders, emphasised at the G7 Summit in June that “deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions are required with a decarbonisation of the global economy over the course of this century”, including “striving for a transformation of the energy sectors by 2050”.</p><p>For the UK, our policy on this is already clear and certain, through the legal commitment set out in our Climate Change Act – reducing UK emissions by at least 80% by 2050 compared to 1990 levels. The G7 commitment shows other big economies are also acting alongside us us.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2015 16:13:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

388578

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
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	Environment Protection: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what direct funding her Department has allocated for projects which deliver low-carbon development in (a) the present financial year and (b) each further financial year until 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>Support for low carbon development is provided mainly through the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and the Levy Control Framework (LCF).</p><p>The RHI budget for 2015-16 is £430m. Budgets for future years are the subject of the Spending Review.</p><p>Details of the LCF forecast for each year to 2020-21 can be found in table 2.7 of the Fiscal Supplementary Tables, which are located at the following link: <a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-july-2015/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-july-2015/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/07/2015 14:03:48 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

388659

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received any referrals to the National Referral Mechanism for child trafficking in relation to a sports visa.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the information requested as it would require a manual review of all referrals and associated records, to establish if an individual entered the UK on a sports visa, which would only be achievable at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/07/2015 16:05:01 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

388660

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with the (a) Premier League, (b) Football Association and (c) England and Wales Cricket Board on child trafficking into the UK through the use of visas obtained for sportspeople.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>We have regular discussions with sporting bodies to ensure that immigration routes are being used as intended and not being used for abuse by either sponsors or migrants. Where we have evidence that immigration routes are being used to facilitate trafficking we take a robust response.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2015 13:50:50 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

388661

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will conduct an assessment of whether visas intended for sportspeople have been used to traffick children from non-EU countries into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	6235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office monitors all routes of immigration into the UK to ensure these routes are being used as intended and to identify signs of abuse. Where we have evidence that immigration routes are being used to facilitate trafficking we take a robust response.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2015 13:49:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

388167

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2015 to Question 228861, what support and advice her Department offers to local authorities which are having difficulty in getting young people to participate in education.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	5793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities (LAs) have a statutory duty to support and encourage young people to participate, and to secure sufficient suitable education and training for all young people. The Government has published guidance for LAs on implementing these duties effectively, and has made available research into good practice including tips for LAs on implementing raising the participation age. LAs also take part in regional meetings to share good practice, and can access advice and guidance from high performing authorities. The Department for Education publishes LA participation data three times a year and LAs are encouraged to benchmark their performance against other areas and prioritise the improvement of participation levels accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/07/2015 13:59:05 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe