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229390

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Development Aid: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that a long-term, strategic approach is taken to funding of her Department's education projects.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for International Development (DFID) works with partner countries to develop, and finance, long-term education sector plans that will deliver good quality education for all children. We also invest in research to inform our education strategy. DFID is, additionally, a significant donor to the Global Partnership for Education, which works to optimise multiple funding flows to national education sector plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 26/03/2015 10:08:10 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

229063

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Higher Education: 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 estimate he has made of the number of higher education institutes that participated in Israel Apartheid Week.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally. Higher education institutions are independent and autonomous bodies and as part of their legal duties are responsible for ensuring that students do not face racism or harassment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 26/03/2015 10:26:47 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

229108

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make it his policy to promote a global agreement at the UN Climate Change Conference to provide greater certainty and stability to help unlock private sector investment in green technology; and what assessment he has made of the likelihood of such an agreement being reached.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s objectives for the 21<sup>st</sup> meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are to secure an ambitious and legally binding agreement that includes mitigation commitments from all countries to help reduce emissions globally, consistent with a path towards the 2°C goal. Further, the UK wants the Agreement to recognise the role public finance, private sector investment and alternative sources of finance can play in ensuring greater investment in green technology.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 26/03/2015 09:40:02 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

229539

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Small Businesses: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to tackle late payment to small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	908351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We have taken unprecedented step to bring transparency to late payment, and I can tell the House I have written to all signatories to the Prompt Payment Code to set out the new requirements of a 30 day payment term as the norm, with a 60 day maximum. And we have legislated to require 30 day payment terms to be mandated down entire supply chains for public sector work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/03/2015 14:33:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228768

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	New Businesses: Government Assistance
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 start-up businesses have been created in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Hendon constituency since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The estimated number of new business start-ups in a) England, b) London and c) Hendon constituency since January 2010, is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>Estimated number of new business start-ups from January 2010 to February 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>2,166,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>543,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hendon</p></td><td><p>9,410</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: BankSearch: number of new business bank accounts opened. All figures rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/03/2015 15:14:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228773

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance has been issued to Government departments on the use of premium rate numbers to access public services.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 26/03/2015 16:23:31 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228783

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	Holocaust Memorial Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department makes available for individual Holocaust memorial projects.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>This Department is firmly committed to sustaining the memory of the Holocaust.</p><p> </p><p>We have funded the annual Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January to commemorate the Holocaust and subsequent genocides. This also includes funding a programme to raise awareness of the Srebrenica genocide.</p><p> </p><p>We support the Post Holocaust Issues Envoy to represent the UK in international fora on restitution. We have funded the Anne Frank Trust to educate 35,000 young people and equip them to challenge prejudice and hatred.</p><p> </p><p>We have also funded the Wiener Library to help UK citizens trace relatives during the Nazi persecution and contributed to the on going restoration and preservation of Auschwitz Birkenau.</p><p> </p><p>On 27 January the Prime Minister announced the formation of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation which will oversee the establishment of the new National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. We will initially act as sponsor to this permanent body.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 26/03/2015 08:56:16 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228784

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	Neighbourhood Plans
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 neighbourhood forums have been established under the Localism Act 2011.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold official statistics on the number of neighbourhood forums established under the Localism Act. However from our informal monitoring we are aware that of the 1,400 communities who have started the process of neighbourhood planning, around 190 are non-parished areas, and will therefore be led by neighbourhood forums.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 24/03/2015 12:16:12 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228794

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	Schools: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on installing solar technology in schools.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular meetings with the Secretary of State for Education on a variety of topics.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 24/03/2015 16:54:13 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

228795

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	Tidal Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate has Department has made of the UK's tidal energy resource.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	228584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>We have made a number of studies of UK tidal potential. The 2010’s Severn Tidal Power feasibility study [1] assessed the potential for 5 generic projects.</p><p>The 2012’s Crown Estate UK Wave and Tidal Key Resource Areas [2] study assessed the UK’s theoretical resource for tidal stream, barrage and lagoon resource at 95 TWh/year (32 GW), 96 TWh/year (45 GW) and 25 TWh/year (14 GW) respectively.</p><p>The Technology Innovation Needs Assessment [3] (TINA) published in 2012 estimated that tidal stream energy could practically deliver 20-30 TWh/year around 2050.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/1-severn-tidal-power-feasibility-study-conclusions-and-summary-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/1-severn-tidal-power-feasibility-study-conclusions-and-summary-report</a></em></p><p><em><strong>2]</strong></em><em> <a href="http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/media/5476/uk-wave-and-tidal-key-resource-areas-project.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/media/5476/uk-wave-and-tidal-key-resource-areas-project.pdf</a></em></p><p><em> [</em><em>3]</em><em> <a href="http://www.lowcarboninnovation.co.uk/working_together/technology_focus_areas/marine/" target="_blank">http://www.lowcarboninnovation.co.uk/working_together/technology_focus_areas/marine/</a>. </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 24/03/2015 15:53:38 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord