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223086

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide guidance to families with variable incomes on how best to choose between universal credit and the tax-free childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	224915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Whilst parents can only receive support from either Universal Credit or Tax-Free Childcare at any time, where families are eligible for both they will have the freedom to choose the scheme which best meets their needs, and will be able to move freely between schemes when they experience a relevant change in circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Draft guidance for parents on Tax-Free Childcare has already been published online for consultation by HMRC. There will also be an easy-to-use online calculator for parents choosing between Universal Credit and Tax-Free Childcare. Parents will be able to enter details about their personal circumstances to quickly see what support they may be entitled to and how much they may get.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP continues to work closely with HMRC to ensure the two schemes complement each other effectively, and that parents will have the guidance they need in order to make an informed decision on which scheme will provide the best support for them.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/02/2015 11:04:31 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

222389

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many individuals of each ethnic group were on zero-hour contracts in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	224751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 25/02/2015 08:19:44 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 224751 ONS 51.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Zero Hour Contracts
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

222479

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of units that secured a capacity agreement in the first auctions of the capacity market were based in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England; and how many units of what capacity were so secured.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Capacity Market register does not publish the geographic location of Capacity Market Units (CMUs). However based on analysis of the CMUs registered, the following proportions of CMU location are assumed:</p><p>(a) Scotland 42 CMUs (14%) and 4016.847 MW (8%)</p><p>(b) Wales 46 CMUs (15%) and 8307.883 MW (17%)</p><p>(c) England 215 CMUs (70%) and 36900.122 MW (75%)</p><p>(d) Unknown 3 CMUs (1%) and 34.086 MW (0%)</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

222480

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Energy: Prices
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 he has made of the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the Distribution Network Operators under Distribution Price Control Review 5.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem are responsible for regulating the electricity Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and the setting of the price control review. Ofgem’s latest estimate for the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the DNOs is in the attached table which covers the years 2010-11 to 2013-14. The last year of Distribution Price Control Review 5 (2014-15) is still on-going.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:44 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2015 09:58:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Copy of RORE DNOs Excel.xlsx title Rate of Return on Equity for DNOs 2010-1 to 2013-4 previous answer version 46378 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

222489

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Natural Gas: Prices
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 he has made of the average cost to domestic consumers per kWh of gas in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) each English region in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Regional gas bills, based on fixed consumption levels are published in Quarterly Energy Prices, table 2.3.3 and table 2.3.4:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Annual UK gas prices by PES (Public Electricity Supply) Region in pence kWh</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>East Midlands</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.74</p></td><td><p>4.06</p></td><td><p>4.52</p></td><td><p>4.78</p></td><td><p>4.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Eastern</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.73</p></td><td><p>4.08</p></td><td><p>4.55</p></td><td><p>4.84</p></td><td><p>5.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>London</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.83</p></td><td><p>4.20</p></td><td><p>4.67</p></td><td><p>4.97</p></td><td><p>5.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Merseyside &amp; North Wales</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.78</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.55</p></td><td><p>4.87</p></td><td><p>5.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North East</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.74</p></td><td><p>4.08</p></td><td><p>4.50</p></td><td><p>4.80</p></td><td><p>4.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.69</p></td><td><p>4.06</p></td><td><p>4.51</p></td><td><p>4.75</p></td><td><p>4.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North West</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.78</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.55</p></td><td><p>4.83</p></td><td><p>4.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South East</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.78</p></td><td><p>4.14</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.87</p></td><td><p>5.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.69</p></td><td><p>4.06</p></td><td><p>4.51</p></td><td><p>4.80</p></td><td><p>4.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South Wales</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.80</p></td><td><p>4.13</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.87</p></td><td><p>5.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South West</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.76</p></td><td><p>4.10</p></td><td><p>4.59</p></td><td><p>4.86</p></td><td><p>4.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Southern</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.75</p></td><td><p>4.13</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.93</p></td><td><p>5.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>West Midlands</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.79</p></td><td><p>4.15</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.91</p></td><td><p>5.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Yorkshire</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.76</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.52</p></td><td><p>4.81</p></td><td><p>4.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Great Britain</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.76</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.57</p></td><td><p>4.86</p></td><td><p>5.02</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data above are based on a fixed annual consumption of 15,000kWh in each year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:08:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

222497

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total value of contracts his Department has with private sector providers was in each of the last five years for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	224658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Contracts of the Department are published on the Cabinet Office Website which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>The Department would be able to provide further contract information by narrowing the scope, if specific procurement projects were identified.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">As an indication of departmental spend our financial records show that the following payments have been made to 3<sup>rd</sup> party suppliers:</ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">April 2013 to March 2014: £184,784,757.64;</ins></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">April 2014 to January 2015: £147,863,946.28.</ins></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/02/2015 13:07:31 question first ministerially corrected 26/02/2015 13:45:41 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 46371 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

222639

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Hitachi and Agility Trains on future maintenance depots for the new Intercity Express Programme trains in use for (a) Great Western and (b) East Coast services.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	224608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Staffing issues at maintenance depots on the East Coast and Great Western are a matter for Hitachi and the respective Train Operator. The Department does not get involved.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/02/2015 11:11:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

222640

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the performance of Govia in operating the Thameslink franchise.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	224595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s senior officials attend four weekly meetings with the train operators senior management team, where all aspects of performance under the franchise agreement can be scrutinised and challenged. In terms of Govia Thameslink Railway's (GTR's) delivery of services to passengers, while operational performance on its Great Northern route is robust, performance on its Thameslink route has been poor.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials have held a number of meetings with Network Rail, GTR and the Office of Rail Regulation to discuss the poor performance on the Thameslink route. This has resulted in GTR and Network Rail publishing a high level improvement plan on their websites which sets out the actions they are taking to turn things around. They have also committed to updating the plan by the end of February with specific commitments on the outputs that will be delivered. Furthermore, the Department has secured a commitment that Network Rail and GTR shall provide a monthly report on progress towards their committed outputs and publish this on their websites, so that passengers have transparency on what is being delivered.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is determined to hold GTR and Network Rail to account for the delivery of their joint initiatives to improve Thameslink performance and, ultimately, provide the levels of service that passengers deserve.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/02/2015 11:21:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

222659

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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 estimate he has made of the proportion of people expected to claim universal credit who have never previously used the internet.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	224637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Over 90% of new claims are being made on line and all of our Jobcentres have computers available for claimants to access the internet and Wi-Fi.</p><p> </p><p>As noted in the Government’s statement on assisted digital services in December 2013 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-approach-to-assisted-digital" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-approach-to-assisted-digital</a>) people will continue to be supported in interacting with the government even if they are unable to access services online, and we offer claimants the option to claim Universal Credit via telephone or in person.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 25/02/2015 12:06:19 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

222660

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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 the (a) number, (b) value and (c) proportion is of incorrect payments made to claimants of universal credit since the scheme was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	224638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This information is not readily available for publication and to quality assure this management information to Office for National Statistics quality standards, would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/02/2015 12:09:59 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves