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849981

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps she is taking to ensure the accuracy of calculations of the contracted-out pension equivalent in state pension forecasts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	129549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Contracted Out Pension Equivalent (COPE) estimated amount provided with State Pension forecasts is calculated based on the information held on the individual’s NI record at the time the State Pension forecast is produced.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/03/2018 13:16:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

843599

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Argyll And Bute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) number and (b) location of new mobile sites under the Emergency Services Network contract which will be located in Argyll and Bute constituency are; how many sites in that same area have gained planning approval; how many sites in that same area have entered the build phase; how many sites in that same area were live as of 1 January 2018; how many sites in that same area are being built with the capacity for multi-occupancy; and how many sites in that same area have a confirmed second tenant.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	127940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm there will be c.75 new EE sites and 17 Extended Area Service (EAS) sites located in the constituency of Argyll and Bute.</p><p> </p><p>All new EE sites are being built and delivered to agreed Home Office timeframes and where possible will go live earlier to support commercial coverage. Of the 75 sites, 59 have planning permission. 7 of the new sites are commercially available.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of EAS sites I can confirm that there are currently 17 sites proposed in Islay, Jura, Mull and the Kintyre Peninsula and 3 have planning permission approved (or 3 HoTs signed – as none have yet entered the build phase).</p><p> </p><p>Of the c.500 new sites EE is building, 291 will transfer over to the Home Office at the end of the contract term. EE is making available details of all shareable new sites to other mobile network operators proactively both directly and through an existing website used by the industry to arrange site sharing. EE has made available the details of 350 sites. EE is confident that the 291 sites will transfer to the Home Office will be selected from this portfolio, and the Home Office and EE have now agreed 104 of these sites (and are working on confirming on which of the remainder will make up the rest of the 291). These will be shareable in accordance with the terms of the EC Decision in relation to State aid for this Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Separately the Home Office, through the EAS project are delivering circa 292 individual sites. I would also like to reassure you that the Home Office has been proactive in seeking to build masts that support multi-operator use where practicable.</p><p> </p><p>Finally I thought it helpful to remind you that the Emergency Services Network is designed to, first and foremost, deliver a ‘blue-light’ communications service.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 127944 question first answered 27/02/2018 11:59:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

843603

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Argyll And Bute
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the (a) number and (b) location of mobile sites for the Emergency Services Network contract in Argyll and Bute constituency which are being built using state aid; how many such sites have gained planning approval; how many such sites have entered the build phase; how many such sites were live as of 1 January 2018; how many such sites are being built with the capacity for multi-occupancy; how many such sites have a confirmed second tenant; and how much money from the public purse has been allocated to each such site.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	127944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>I can confirm there will be c.75 new EE sites and 17 Extended Area Service (EAS) sites located in the constituency of Argyll and Bute.</p><p> </p><p>All new EE sites are being built and delivered to agreed Home Office timeframes and where possible will go live earlier to support commercial coverage. Of the 75 sites, 59 have planning permission. 7 of the new sites are commercially available.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of EAS sites I can confirm that there are currently 17 sites proposed in Islay, Jura, Mull and the Kintyre Peninsula and 3 have planning permission approved (or 3 HoTs signed – as none have yet entered the build phase).</p><p> </p><p>Of the c.500 new sites EE is building, 291 will transfer over to the Home Office at the end of the contract term. EE is making available details of all shareable new sites to other mobile network operators proactively both directly and through an existing website used by the industry to arrange site sharing. EE has made available the details of 350 sites. EE is confident that the 291 sites will transfer to the Home Office will be selected from this portfolio, and the Home Office and EE have now agreed 104 of these sites (and are working on confirming on which of the remainder will make up the rest of the 291). These will be shareable in accordance with the terms of the EC Decision in relation to State aid for this Programme.</p><p> </p><p>Separately the Home Office, through the EAS project are delivering circa 292 individual sites. I would also like to reassure you that the Home Office has been proactive in seeking to build masts that support multi-operator use where practicable.</p><p> </p><p>Finally I thought it helpful to remind you that the Emergency Services Network is designed to, first and foremost, deliver a ‘blue-light’ communications service.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 127940 question first answered 27/02/2018 11:59:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

843731

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to review the cost and supply of wood pellets in relation to Renewable Heat Incentive tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	128130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>We do not currently plan to review biomass tariffs on the Renewable Heat Incentive. Compensation for running cost differences is only one part of RHI tariffs when compared with the compensation for high up-front costs of renewable systems.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2018 17:09:47 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

843732

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the news release Wood Pellet Shortages, published by UK Pellet Council on 18 January 2018, whether his Department plans to adjust the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) tariff for biomass boilers installed under the RHI scheme.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	128133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>We do not currently plan to review biomass tariffs on the Renewable Heat Incentive. Compensation for running cost differences is a part of RHI tariffs when compared with the compensation for high up-front costs of renewable systems.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2018 17:08:25 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

844121

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Occupational Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there is a standard service level agreement for contracted-out occupational health services provided on behalf of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	128461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>There is a standard service level agreement for contracted-out occupational health services provided on behalf of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. The service levels are strict and high to make sure value for money is achieved for the taxpayer. This includes tighter turnaround times for the delivery of occupational health services and financial penalties for poor performance.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/03/2018 10:17:44 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 43705 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

844124

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Occupational Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there was a standard service level agreement for contracted out occupational health services on behalf of HM Prison and Probation Service at the time those services were contracted out to a third party service provider in July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	128464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>There was a standard service level agreement for contracted-out occupational health services for HM Prison and Probation Service in July 2017. However, the new occupational health services contract, which came in to effect in October 2017, has stricter and more stringent service levels.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 27/02/2018 16:36:53 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

844125

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Occupational Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he has plans to introduce variations in the standard service level agreement for contracted out services for Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service Occupational Health service.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	128465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The new standard service level agreement - with supplier OH Assist - for contracted out Occupational Health services for Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service has the flexibility for the introduction of future variations at any point during its four year duration, depending on operational need and in line with Public Contract Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Secretary of State’s strategy for prison reform, new freedoms have been afforded to Governors that enable prisons to leave national contracts, like the OH Assist Occupational Health Services contract, in order to make their own local arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 27/02/2018 16:36:26 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

844126

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many open cases were transferred to the third party service provider HML when that company's contract started July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	128466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not have any contractual relationship with the third-party service provider HML and no cases have been transferred.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/02/2018 17:52:56 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

844127

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Occupational Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what date will standard service level agreements for occupational health services for personnel of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service come into effect with its third party service provider.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	128467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>4 October 2017 was the date when the new occupational health services contract standard service level agreement for Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service came in to effect with OH Assist.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/03/2018 10:19:04 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 43691 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara