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168021

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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, how much his Department has budgeted for payments to energy companies to maintain spare stand-by electricity generation capacity for winter 2014.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	217224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>National Grid is responsible for procuring New Balancing Services to provide reserve capacity. Procurement is subject to a methodology approved by Ofgem.</p><p> </p><p>National Grid announced in October that it has procured an additional 1.1GW of reserve capacity for this winter. This will cost less than £1 per household and will increase capacity margins from around 4% to over 6%.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/12/2014 12:06:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

167689

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Older People: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the likely change over the next 20 years to the proportion of the population of Stafford constituency who are over the age of 85.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	216976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 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 08/12/2014 14:09:30 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 216976 ONS 446.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Population Change
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

167691

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to insulate his Departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on Thursday 4 December 2014 to PQ UIN216834.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/12/2014 14:18:44 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

167693

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cattle: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) employees of farmers, (b) self-employed farmers and (c) members of the public were killed by cattle in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 08/12/2014 14:15:05 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 217057 ONS 447.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Farmers Killed
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167696

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Average Earnings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what change there has been in the gap between the income of low- and high-income earners over the last 30 years; and what the statistical source is for that information.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	217066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 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 08/12/2014 14:12:46 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 217066 ONS 448.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Low and High Income
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

167735

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to insulate his Departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has investigated the viability of insulating the two buildings it manages and has installed additional insulation in its headquarters building, 3 Whitehall Place. DECC is committed to running its estate as energy efficiently as possible and making significant reductions in its energy use. This is done through a range of measures, including insulation, which are carefully assessed for their feasibility and cost effectiveness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/12/2014 15:01:12 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

167812

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Direct Marketing: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle fraud perpetrated by telephone cold callers.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	216979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes all types of fraud extremely seriously. We are working closely with law enforcement agencies and industry to pursue and disrupt criminal activities, ensure that members of the public have the knowledge to protect themselves, and prevent criminals from using telephones to exploit vulnerable victims. <br><br>The City of London Police is the national lead force for fraud, and runs Action Fraud, the national reporting point for fraud and financially-motivated cyber crime. All reports made to Action Fraud are analysed for links between separate victims of the same scams. Where these are found, intelligence packages are sent to the police force best placed to consider enforcement action. In 2013/14, there were 40,000 intelligence reports disseminated to police forces in this way. We expect this number to increase this year and are working with the City of London Police, and their partners, to deliver further improvements. <br><br>We are also working closely with Financial Fraud Action UK, which has issued advice to consumers on how to protect themselves from phone scammers. This includes recognising when they might be targeted by criminals, and knowing not to give out sensitive details, such as four-digit PIN numbers, which a bank will never ask for.<br><br>Finally, Ofcom has worked closely with the Metropolitan Police Service, Action Fraud and landline providers to prevent criminals exploiting phone lines to trick and defraud members of the public. The majority of landline providers have reduced the time a call remains open after one party hangs up down to two seconds. This makes it much more difficult for criminals to exploit phone lines in this way.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/12/2014 17:05:48 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

167819

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to insulate her Departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Insulation of the Departmental estate is routinely considered and installed to comply with building regulations, energy-efficiency programmes and through the application of the mandatory Government Buying Standards (GBS) for construction and refurbishment projects. Specific details are held at project level and not centrally recorded or aggregated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/12/2014 16:22:11 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

167820

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Marriage: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many marriages involving at least one party aged 16 years at the time of marriage were recorded in the UK in the most recent year for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	217017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 08/12/2014 14:17:21 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 217017 ONS 449.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Marriages
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

167828

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of out-sourcing probation services in reducing re-offending rates.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	217027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Our Transforming Rehabilitation reforms will tackle the problem of persistently high reoffending rates by opening up the delivery of rehabilitation services to a diverse range of public, private and voluntary sector providers. Providers will only be paid in full if they are successful at reducing reoffending. We are also putting in place an unprecedented ‘through the gate’ resettlement service giving most offenders continuous support by one provider from custody into the community. Rehabilitation support is also being extended to an extra 45,000 offenders on sentences of less than 12 months, who currently get no support on release and have the highest reoffending rates.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the reforms, transition to new probation structures took place on 1 June 2014 and the National Probation Service and 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies are now live. The 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies remain in public ownership while the competition to establish their new owners progresses. We will be able to assess the impact of the reforms on reoffending rates once we have transitioned service provision to the new providers.</p><p> </p><p>A significant step towards completing these reforms was taken on 5 December as we awarded contracts to the organisations that will lead a new approach to rehabilitation. There was strong competition for each of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies, with bids showing real innovation. Nineteen of the 21 contract areas will be led by new partnerships and joint ventures between private sector firms and some of Britain’s biggest and most successful rehabilitation charities. Six will be run with the involvement of a probation staff “mutual”. We expect new providers to be in place by early next year, in line with the Government’s commitment to introduce these reforms by 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 08/12/2014 15:16:35 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans