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479650

registered interest
date	17/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2016 to Question 30235, in how many instances the Kingfisher Unit was used under rule (a) 40 and (b) 42 of the Detention Centre Rules in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	31673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The use of Kingfisher Unit at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre for individuals removed from general association is managed in accordance with Rules 40 (removed from association) and 42 (temporary confinement) of the Detention Centre Rules 2001.</p><p>For the period 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015 provisional management information from the service provider, Serco, indicates that the Kingfisher Unit was used on 91 occasions for Rule 40 and 18 occasions for Rule 42. Removal from association under these rules is limited to as short a time as possible.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/03/2016 12:38:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

479032

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2016 to Question 30579, which outsourced providers the Law Offices use for security services; and if he will request information from those providers on the rate of pay for security guards providing services to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	31326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>The available information is detailed in the following tables.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Law Officers’ </strong> <strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contracted security providers </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Security Guards</strong> <strong>hourly pay rates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General’s Office</p></td><td><p>Amey</p></td><td><p>Between £8.95 and £11.64 per hour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Prosecution Service</p></td><td><p>Bilfinger Europa Facility Management Limited</p></td><td><p>Between £8.09 and £10.31 per hour</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Law Officers’ </strong> <strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contracted security providers </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Security Guards</strong> <strong>hourly pay rates</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Government Legal Department<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>MITIE (One Kemble Street office, London)</p></td><td><p>Between £12.51 and £15.57 per hour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MITIE (Southern House office, Croydon)</p></td><td><p>Between £7.75 and £9.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walford Security (Riverside Chambers, Taunton)</p></td><td><p>£7.30 per hour</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup>HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate are tenants in the One Kemble Street building.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Serious Fraud Office is a tenant in a managed building where security guarding is outsourced by the landlord, the Canadian High Commission. The details of these arrangements are subject to the contract between the landlord, the Canadian High Commission, and the outsourced security provider. The decision about whether to publish details is a matter for the Canadian High Commission.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/03/2016 10:34:11 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

475806

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2016 to Question 30592, which outsourced providers her Department uses for security services; and if she will request information from those providers on the rate of pay for security guards providing services for her Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	31127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>My Department uses Noonan as its provider for security services. They have declined to provide information on the rate of pay for security guards who provide services for my department.</p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 22/03/2016 11:17:31 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

470448

registered interest
date	14/03/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the political and security situation in Turkey since the recent terrorist bombing in Ankara; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government condemns the attacks in Ankara on 13 March and in Istanbul on 19 March. The UK stands in solidarity with Turkey, a NATO ally and valued partner for the UK. As noted in our travel advice, the threat from terrorism remains high, with the Kurdish separatist PKK, Daesh and other terrorist organisations continuing to plan and carry out attacks. The UK condemns terrorism in all its forms, and is clear that PKK terrorist attacks must end. We welcome Turkey’s invaluable contribution to the international campaign against Daesh as a member of the Global Coalition committed to defeating it.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 22/03/2016 17:27:39 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

461342

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is for a reassessment of an award for disability living allowance to be conducted before a person is migrated to the personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on the average actual clearance times, at a number of different points throughout the claiming process, for Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reassessment claims has been published and is available from the data tables accompanying the latest PIP statistical release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-independence-payment-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/03/2016 16:57:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459341

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Swimming
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 is taking to ensure that people learn to swim.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Swimming is an important life skill and one which we are keen is available to as many people as possible. This is why the Government's new sport and physical activity strategy ‘'Sporting Future: a New Strategy for an Active Nation', (www.gov.uk/government/publications/sporting-future-a-new-strategy-for-an-active-nation) includes a commitment to ensure that every child leaves primary school able to swim.</p><p> </p><p>Swimming is part of the national curriculum and Government are committed to ensuring that all children are able to meet the minimum standard of capability and confidence in swimming. Sport England is developing a number of pilot projects which aim to encourage adults to take up swimming. It is also investing £20 million between 2013-17 in the Amateur Swimming Association and in other projects, such as the innovative ‘This Girl Can Swim', to get more people right across the country swimming. In addition, it has invested over £330 million to create modern, safe and attractive swimming pool facilities in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexleyheath and Crayford answering member printed David Evennett question first answered 15/03/2016 14:27:57 answering member 1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459348

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2016 to Question 28606, how many cleaners working in buildings managed by her Department are paid at the rate of (a) £7.85 and (b) £9.15.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of cleaners working in buildings managed by the Department for Education paid at the rate of (a) £7.85 is 24, and (b) £9.15 is 23. This reflects the location of the contractor/staff.</p><p>From 1 April 2016, the rates will be increased to reflect the 2016 Living Wage Foundation rates.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2016 13:34:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459356

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2016 to Question 28603, how many cleaners working in her Department are paid at the rate of (a) £7.85 and (b) £9.15.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of cleaners in the Department paid at an hourly rate of a) £7.85 is five and b) £9.15 is fourteen.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 April 2016, the rate of pay will be increased to the 2016 Living Wage Foundation rates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/03/2016 15:50:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459358

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding the Government allocated to incentivising installation of (a) solar panels and (b) home insulation in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>Solar panels have primarily been incentivised to date through two schemes: the Renewables Obligation, which typically supports larger installations, and the Feed-in Tariff, which supports smaller projects.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the <strong>Renewables Obligation</strong> for solar PV in each year since 2010 is show in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Renewables Obligation PV scheme value, £m (nominal)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>£0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>£0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>£0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£34.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£133.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>A proxy for the total spend each year on all eligible technologies is given by the size of the Levelisation fund. The size of this fund and solar PV’s share of total FiTs capacity is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Levelisation fund (nominal)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% solar PV share of total FIT capacity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>£14,435,325</p></td><td><p>69.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>£150,756,064</p></td><td><p>90.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>£506,328,139</p></td><td><p>86.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£690,991,283</p></td><td><p>84.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>£865,553,975</p></td><td><p>81.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the percentage share of capacity does not necessarily equate to the percentage share of total spend under the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>No payments have yet been made to solar PV generating stations under Contracts for Difference (CfDs), although three solar PV projects signed CfDs following the first allocation round.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/03/2016 12:53:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

459435

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with a criminal conviction have been deported in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	30746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office routinely publishes figures on the total number of foreign national offenders that have been deported. The figures can be found on the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015-data-tables</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/03/2016 14:28:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West