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391306

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department is providing to promote the growth of the FinTech industry.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	7976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making the UK the leading global FinTech hub, and has announced a large number of policy initiatives, including more supportive regulatory regimes for peer-to-peer, digital currencies, and other innovative firms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government built on this record at the Summer Budget. First, Eileen Burbidge was appointed as the UK’s ‘Special Envoy for FinTech’, where she will represent UK interests in FinTech at home and around the world. Second, an international FinTech benchmarking exercise was announced to measure the UK’s performance and identify areas of best practice from around the world.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/09/2015 15:35:18 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

391756

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	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	Renewable 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 assessment she has made of the potential economic benefits of investment in renewable energy resources in the next 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	8181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change published <em>Delivering UK Investment: Low Carbon Energy </em>in March 2015 which estimates investment in renewable electricity generation capacity between 2015 and 2020 of up to £45bn. We estimate that the low carbon sector has the potential to support up to 250,000 jobs by 2020, of which 200,000 would be in renewables. [1]</p><p><em>[1]</em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419024/DECC_LowCarbonEnergyReport.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419024/DECC_LowCarbonEnergyReport.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/09/2015 15:43:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

391881

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HLWS108, what assessment he has made of the time that would be required by citizens, under the proposed changes to the court estate, to reach their required court by public transport.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	8372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The consultation paper on the provision of court and tribunal estate in England and Wales will run for 12 weeks from 16 July 2015 until 8 October 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Costs for any future improvements which might be written off and any savings as a result of reducing the estate that might be re-invested are all subject to the outcome of the consultation. The consultation also asks for views on what types of alternative provision might be appropriate if any sites are closed, including whether civic and other public buildings could be used for hearings. No decisions will be made until every response has been considered carefully.</p><p> </p><p>Information on travel times is included in each regional consultation paper.</p><p><a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/proposal-on-the-provision-of-court-and-tribunal-es" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/proposal-on-the-provision-of-court-and-tribunal-es</a>. It will still be the case that over 95% of citizens will be able to reach their required court within an hour by car and the proportion able to reach a tribunal within an hour by car will remain unchanged at 83%.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 8369 8370 8371 question first answered 07/09/2015 16:08:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

391883

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HLWS108, what costs incurred on future improvements to courts proposed for closure will now be written off.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	8370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The consultation paper on the provision of court and tribunal estate in England and Wales will run for 12 weeks from 16 July 2015 until 8 October 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Costs for any future improvements which might be written off and any savings as a result of reducing the estate that might be re-invested are all subject to the outcome of the consultation. The consultation also asks for views on what types of alternative provision might be appropriate if any sites are closed, including whether civic and other public buildings could be used for hearings. No decisions will be made until every response has been considered carefully.</p><p> </p><p>Information on travel times is included in each regional consultation paper.</p><p><a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/proposal-on-the-provision-of-court-and-tribunal-es" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/proposal-on-the-provision-of-court-and-tribunal-es</a>. It will still be the case that over 95% of citizens will be able to reach their required court within an hour by car and the proportion able to reach a tribunal within an hour by car will remain unchanged at 83%.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 8369 8371 8372 question first answered 07/09/2015 16:08:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

391884

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HLWS108, what proportion of the savings made by reducing the cost of the court estate will be re-invested in that estate; and in what ways will it be re-invested.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	8371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The consultation paper on the provision of court and tribunal estate in England and Wales will run for 12 weeks from 16 July 2015 until 8 October 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Costs for any future improvements which might be written off and any savings as a result of reducing the estate that might be re-invested are all subject to the outcome of the consultation. The consultation also asks for views on what types of alternative provision might be appropriate if any sites are closed, including whether civic and other public buildings could be used for hearings. No decisions will be made until every response has been considered carefully.</p><p> </p><p>Information on travel times is included in each regional consultation paper.</p><p><a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/proposal-on-the-provision-of-court-and-tribunal-es" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/proposal-on-the-provision-of-court-and-tribunal-es</a>. It will still be the case that over 95% of citizens will be able to reach their required court within an hour by car and the proportion able to reach a tribunal within an hour by car will remain unchanged at 83%.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 8369 8370 8372 question first answered 07/09/2015 16:08:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

391885

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, what criteria will be used to determine which civic and other public buildings can be used for hearings.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	8369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The consultation paper on the provision of court and tribunal estate in England and Wales will run for 12 weeks from 16 July 2015 until 8 October 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Costs for any future improvements which might be written off and any savings as a result of reducing the estate that might be re-invested are all subject to the outcome of the consultation. The consultation also asks for views on what types of alternative provision might be appropriate if any sites are closed, including whether civic and other public buildings could be used for hearings. No decisions will be made until every response has been considered carefully.</p><p> </p><p>Information on travel times is included in each regional consultation paper.</p><p><a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/proposal-on-the-provision-of-court-and-tribunal-es" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/proposal-on-the-provision-of-court-and-tribunal-es</a>. It will still be the case that over 95% of citizens will be able to reach their required court within an hour by car and the proportion able to reach a tribunal within an hour by car will remain unchanged at 83%.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 8370 8371 8372 question first answered 07/09/2015 16:08:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

391536

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in the payments of personal independence payments and universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	7914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have implemented a wide range of initiatives across the whole Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claiming journey to speed up processes and clear more claims and are continuing to identify further opportunities to drive forward improvements. Figures released on 17 June (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2015</a>) reflect the significant progress made over the past year and show claims for PIP are now being cleared at four times the rate they were in January 2014. The average new claimant now only waits for 5 weeks for an assessment, and the number of cases dealt with by the assessment providers has more than quadrupled in the last year.</p><p> </p><p>There are no delays in the payment of Universal Credit. All new claims assessed are processed within the required timescales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 15:45:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

391790

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to start the next round of trial badger culls in (a) Somerset and (b) Gloucestershire.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	8225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Start dates are for cull companies to decide, not my Department. I can confirm that I have been notified that culling operations have started in both Gloucestershire and Somerset.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/09/2015 16:42:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

391788

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to roll out the badger cull policy to other regions beyond the trial culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire.
	tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
	tabling member printed	Angela Smith
	uin	8226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>As part of our measured approach to tackling bovine TB and achieving disease control benefits, Natural England has authorised badger culling in Dorset this year in addition to Somerset and Gloucestershire.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/09/2015 16:45:09 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

391549

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Clause 4 of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, what steps he plans to take to ensure that incidence of children living in poverty in households where at least one adult in work is recorded and reported.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	8054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Clause 4 of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill intends to place a new duty on the Secretary of State to report annually on children in workless households and the educational attainment of children.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 07/09/2015 16:11:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick