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759476

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date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Origin Marking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what products in the UK have protected geographical indication; and what steps he is taking to guarantee that status after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	9705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>There are currently 84 UK products with geographical indication protection, including food products, wine, beers, ciders, spirit drinks and wool. A full list can be found on the protected food name scheme page on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>As we leave the EU, the UK will continue to abide by World Trade Organisation rules on the protection of geographical indications, and we will prioritise continued protection of the best of our UK food and drink. Countries outside the EU are already able to participate in the EU's geographical indication schemes when selling onto the EU market. In addition, the EU rules that currently govern the enforcement of geographical indications will be placed on a UK legal basis through the EU Withdrawal Bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 20/09/2017 14:45:04 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

759479

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Agriculture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what meetings his Department has had with (a) farming unions and (b) devolved administrations to discuss matters relating to farming since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	9923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union has met a number of stakeholders from the agricultural sector, including the National Farmers Union, National Pig Association, the Country Land and Business Association and the International Meat Trade Association.</p><p>The Government is also working closely with the Devolved Administrations. The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is meeting his ministerial counterparts in the Welsh and Scottish Governments, along with a senior official from the Northern Ireland Executive Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in late September for on-going discussions on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Further joint ministerial meetings will take place on a regular basis, as well as continued bilateral discussions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 19/09/2017 14:44:08 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

758649

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) council and (b) social houses were built in each local authority area in each year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	9349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2017 answer text <p>The numbers of local authority dwellings built in each local authority area are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly) at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p>More comprehensive statistics on additional affordable housing provided local authority and private registered providers (housing associations) are published in the Department’s live tables at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p>Table 1008C provides all additional affordable dwellings provided (new build and acquisitions) by local authority area. Separate figures for ‘social rent’, ‘affordable rent’ and ‘intermediate (shared ownership and intermediate rent)’ housing are shown in Tables 1006c, 1006a and 1007c respectively.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/10/2017 15:46:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

758650

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes were insulated under national and local government initiatives in each year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	9350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy holds data on the number of insulation measures installed though central Government Schemes. This includes measures delivered through the Carbon Emission Reduction Target (CERT), Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP), Warm Front, Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and the Green Deal. This excludes insulation fitted to new homes. Figures are not held centrally on additional delivery through local government initiatives.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for delivery of energy efficiency measures, including insulation, under Central Government schemes are published by the Department in regular Household Energy Efficiency National Statistics reports. Table 1.2 of the June 2017 headline report shows that between January 2013 and April 2017 almost 1,738,000 individual households had energy efficiency measures installed through ECO or under the Green Deal Framework. These figures include almost 696,000 heating measures but some of those households will also have received insulation measures. Prior to 2013 only the number of measures is available not the households treated.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-june-2017</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Installation year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Households receiving energy efficiency measures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>445,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>634,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>359,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>269,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-Apr 2017</p></td><td><p>55,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Households with measures installed through more than one delivery mechanism</p></td><td><p>-24,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total households with measures since 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,738,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/10/2017 09:10:53 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

758652

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of small businesses paid business rates in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	9344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2017 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities to determine eligibility for Small Business Rates Relief.</p><p>According to the latest data available for 2017-18, 659,845 rateable properties will benefit from Small Business Rate Relief. Of these, 617,845 will receive 100 per cent relief and 41,499 will receive relief tapering from 100 per cent to 0 per cent. Therefore, only 6 per cent of rateable properties in receipt of Small Business Rate Relief are liable for any rates at all.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/10/2017 14:32:48 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane