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846277

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the average cost of transmission and other network charges per MWh in (a) the UK, (b) France, (c) Ireland, (d) Norway, (e) Germany and (f) the Netherlands.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	128948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Eurostat collate data on the network charge component of electricity prices paid by different sized domestic and non-domestic customers in Europe[1]. For example, table 1 sets out the most recent available data on the amount paid on average by medium-sized domestic consumers towards network costs. This usage is consistent with the typical domestic consumption value used by Ofgem.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Electricity network cost paid by medium-sized domestic customers, July – December 2016 (£/MWh)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In considering any international comparisons, it should be noted that the individual components of network charges can vary by country.</p><p>[1] Available online at: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy/data/database</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/03/2018 15:22:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

801037

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycle to Work Scheme: Electric Vehicles
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 potential effect of the Cycle to Work scheme on supporting the uptake of electric bikes.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	117596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s guidance on the Cycle to Work scheme, which is available online via GOV.UK, makes clear that electrically assisted pedal cycles can be purchased under the scheme. Sales of electrically assisted pedal cycles have risen significantly in recent years and their prices have dropped, potentially making them more likely to be purchased under the scheme. The Department does not hold data on the types of bicycle purchased under the scheme, however, and has made no formal assessment of this.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/12/2017 14:06:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

794382

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Local Government: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of local authority cash spend in England on (a) general goods and services, (b) social care and (c) construction works was won by firms registered in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	115355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect data on the amount or proportion of local government procurement going to companies registered in England.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 115359 question first answered 28/11/2017 17:24:41 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

794385

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the Government's direct cash spend in England on (a) general goods and services, (b) social care and (c) construction works was won by firms registered in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	115358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on the nationality of suppliers is not routinely held centrally.</p><p>However, figures for contracts won by firms with UK addresses were set out in HMG's Balance of Competences Service review in the summer of 2014:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-uk-and-eu-balance-of-competences-call-for-evidence-on-the-single-market-free-movement-of-services" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-uk-and-eu-balance-of-competences-call-for-evidence-on-the-single-market-free-movement-of-services</a> .</p><p>This showed that UK firms won more than 95% of UK contracts advertised EU-wide, either by number or value.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/11/2017 15:45:58 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

794386

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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	Local Government: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of capital contacts worth more than (a) £100,000, (b) £250,000, (c) £500,000 and (d) £1 million was won by firms registered in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	115359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect data on the amount or proportion of local government procurement going to companies registered in England.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 115355 question first answered 28/11/2017 17:24:41 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

782934

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the offshore wind capital expenditure data was for each of the last two years; and what the evidential basis is for his Department's assessment of the fall in the cost of wind power.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	111098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on capital expenditure for individual offshore wind projects. The Department’s latest projection of capital expenditure for generic offshore wind projects is published in Arup (2016): Review of Renewable Electricity Generation Cost and Technical Assumptions, and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arup-2016-review-of-renewable-electricity-generation-cost-and-technical-assumptions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arup-2016-review-of-renewable-electricity-generation-cost-and-technical-assumptions</a>.</p><p>The Contracts for Difference (CfD) Second Allocation Round results, which were announced on 11 September 2017, showed one offshore wind project commissioning in 2021/22 cleared at a strike price of £74.75/MWh (2012 prices) and two offshore wind projects commissioning in year 2022/23 cleared at a strike price of £57.50/MWh (2012 prices). Both these prices represent a saving on the administrative strike price set using the data from Arup (2016), indicating that offshore wind costs are falling.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/11/2017 12:02:03 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

782936

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of guaranteeing the strike price to consumers of operational offshore wind sites in (a) 2015 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	111099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <ul><li>The first Contract For Difference (CfD) allocation round results, published in 2015, saw over 1.2 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity secure contracts, estimated at the time of the auction to cost consumers just over £240 million per year (2012 prices).</li><li>The second round results, announced in September 2017, saw the clearing price half for offshore wind delivered in the auction; we secured an additional 3.2 gigawatts of new offshore wind capacity, estimated at the time of the auction to cost consumers just over £130 million per year (2012 prices).</li><li>There are many factors that affect payments under these contracts, which mean that actual costs may go up or down.</li><li>These results demonstrate that the UK is an attractive place to invest, with a record amount of renewable capacity secured to power our homes.</li><li>The price of offshore wind clearing through the auction has halved in two years, demonstrating that competitive auctions are working well to drive down costs and deliver savings for consumers, whilst delivering the government’s decarbonisation ambitions.</li></ul> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/11/2017 13:09:22 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

765868

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have applied for a gender recognition certificate in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many of the applications have been (a) accepted and (b) refused.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	105995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>Statistics for applications for Gender Recognition Certificates (GRC) are updated and published on GOV.UK (at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>) on a quarterly basis. The table below sets out various statistics for the last three years, including how many applications have been accepted (under the columns “Full GRC granted” and “Interim GRC granted”) and how many applications have been refused. Guidance on these statistics is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2017-and-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2017-and-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total Receipts</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total Disposals</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Disposal outcomes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Full GRC granted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Interim GRC granted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Refused</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Application withdrawn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No Fee paid</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Error</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 343 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 284 </strong></p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 374 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 376 </strong></p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 364 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 351 </strong></p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 09/11/2017 15:28:00 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

765869

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many gender recognition certificates have been granted to transgender women who posses male genitalia.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	105996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The Gender Recognition Act 2004 (the Act) sets out a number of requirements for applicants when applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). These include that applicants must provide two medical reports, at least one of which must be from a registered medical professional working in the field of gender dysphoria. At least one of the reports must also set out details of a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and any surgery and treatment that has been undertaken, or is planned, for the purpose of modifying sexual characteristics.</p><p> </p><p>Many people who are transitioning will undergo some form of this kind of surgery and medical treatment. Some applicants are unable to undergo surgery for other medical reasons. However, there is no requirement under the Act for an applicant to have undergone gender reassignment surgery in order to obtain a GRC. Each application under the Act is dealt with on a case by case basis, and no data is held on the genitalia of the applicants.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 105997 question first answered 09/11/2017 15:21:33 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

765870

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Gender Recognition Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is necessary for a transgender women to have female genitalia in order to receive a gender recognition certificate.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	105997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>The Gender Recognition Act 2004 (the Act) sets out a number of requirements for applicants when applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). These include that applicants must provide two medical reports, at least one of which must be from a registered medical professional working in the field of gender dysphoria. At least one of the reports must also set out details of a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and any surgery and treatment that has been undertaken, or is planned, for the purpose of modifying sexual characteristics.</p><p> </p><p>Many people who are transitioning will undergo some form of this kind of surgery and medical treatment. Some applicants are unable to undergo surgery for other medical reasons. However, there is no requirement under the Act for an applicant to have undergone gender reassignment surgery in order to obtain a GRC. Each application under the Act is dealt with on a case by case basis, and no data is held on the genitalia of the applicants.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 105996 question first answered 09/11/2017 15:21:33 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies