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1129641

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Coal
	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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing coal stocks to meet expected needs for electricity generation before coal is phased out.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	259966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The latest statistics are publicly available (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fsolid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends&amp;data=02%7C01%7Celizabeth.twomey%40beis.gov.uk%7C1e9c4adfd2e34cc9daf108d6e9b48cf2%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636953358993851618&amp;sdata=KafUNWRYL193z1tkjts6rs9aYJyQH%2BQu1rCT7q0xBNU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Energy Trends table 2.1</a>.)</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to ending unabated coal power by 2025. As a result of our existing policies, including carbon pricing and our support for renewables, we have already made great headway in reducing our reliance on coal, which fell from 39% of electricity in 2012 to 5% in 2018. There are now regular coal free periods, and in May the UK went without running coal power generation for over two weeks – the longest coal-free period in the country since the 1880s.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/06/2019 16:27:55 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 121637 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1147913

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Post-18 Education and Funding Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to implement the recommendations of the Auger Review in full or in part.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	293661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Philip Augar and his independent panel have provided the government with a detailed and comprehensive report. We are considering the report carefully, but we have not yet taken any decisions with regards to the recommendations put forward. We will provide Parliament with an update later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 07/10/2019 12:36:38 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1136704

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Antisemitism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which higher education institutions have adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	272895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>On 16 May 2019, I wrote to all higher education institutions to urge them to consider adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. I set out my view that this is a useful tool, which will help front-line services better understand and recognise instances of antisemitism.</p><p> </p><p>The government believes that adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism sends a clear message that antisemitic behaviour will not be tolerated, and that any instances of antisemitism will be taken very seriously.</p><p> </p><p>Higher education providers are autonomous organisations who are independent from the government and individually responsible for deciding whether to adopt the IHRA definition and this information is therefore not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 10/07/2019 12:59:10 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 127750 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1133892

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Post-18 Education and Funding Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which universities (a) Sir Philip Augar and (b) members of the Augar panel visited during the Post-18 review of education and funding.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	267762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The independent panel undertook an extensive programme of engagement with a wide spectrum of stakeholders and experts across the post-18 landscape. This included visits and discussions with officials at universities.</p><p> </p><p>Sir Philip Augar directly engaged with the following universities: Coventry University, University of Exeter, University of Gloucestershire, Nottingham Trent University, University of Reading, University of Warwick and University of Winchester.</p><p> </p><p>The other panel members directly engaged with University of the Arts London, University of Aston, University of Bedfordshire, Birkbeck University, Bloomsbury Institute, University of Central Lancashire, University of Cumbria, University of Derby, University of Exeter, University of Lincoln, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Open University, Queen Mary University, Southampton Solent University, University of Staffordshire, University of Suffolk and University of Wolverhampton.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 26/06/2019 15:38:37 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1130997

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Post-18 Education and Funding Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will publish the analysis of graduates that will be net beneficiaries from the proposed changes under the post-18 education and funding review by income decile.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	262443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The independent panel report to the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding was published on 30 May 2019. The panel published a number of analytical annexes with their report, including the estimated impacts of some of their recommendations. The report and annexes can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/post-18-review-of-education-and-funding-independent-panel-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/post-18-review-of-education-and-funding-independent-panel-report</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not yet taken decisions with regards to the recommendations put forward by the independent panel. The government will consider the panel’s recommendations carefully and will conclude the review at the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/06/2019 16:38:13 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1127301

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
	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 volume of rooftop solar that has been deployed since the closure of the Feed-In Tariff scheme and the Export Tariff.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	255693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of domestic solar installations during April 2019 will be published by BEIS on Thursday 30 May using information from the MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) installation database. These are provisional numbers which are subject to revision in future publications.</p><p> </p><p>Solar photovoltaic deployment statistics is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/05/2019 13:53:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1144687

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of EU citizens working for the NHS in the West Midlands that have been granted settled status; and what proportion of those EU citizens this represents.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	286676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Information about the number of European Union citizens working for the National Health Service, in the West Midlands or elsewhere, who have been granted settled status is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 09/09/2019 17:08:06 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1136230

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
	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 preparations his Department is making for the UK leaving the EU without an agreement; and how much funding has been allocated to those preparations.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	272105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>As a responsible Government, we’ve been preparing to minimise any disruption in the event of no deal.</p><p>HM Treasury has allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as £412m over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office (Autumn Statement 2016); £286m of additional funding for 2017/18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017/18); over £1.5 billion for 2018/19 (Supplementary Estimates 2018/19); and over £2 billion for 2019/20 (Main Estimates 2019/20).</p><p>This funding is to cover all exit scenarios and is in addition to departmental efforts to reprioritise from business as usual toward preparations for the UK’s departure from the EU. Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit work, given the significant overlap in plans in many cases.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 10/07/2019 14:37:10 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1143747

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps Spanish and Portuguese citizens visiting the UK after the 31 October 2019 or residing in the UK but without Settled Status will have to take to prove that they are entitled to free healthcare under the bilateral agreements on healthcare rights for EU citizens in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	285169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made clear in a ‘no deal’ scenario, the rights of European Union citizens, including Spanish and Portuguese citizens, in the United Kingdom on exit day will be protected. This includes being able to access National Health Service care without charge on the basis that they are ordinarily resident in the UK, and the NHS will apply the same eligibility tests as it does now. It should be noted that EU citizens already living in the UK on exit day have up until 31 December 2020 to apply for Settled Status, but their access to healthcare will remain the same regardless of whether they apply for Settled Status before then.</p><p>The Government has proposed to all EU Member States that when we leave, we should maintain the existing healthcare arrangements including the European Healthcare Insurance Card (EHIC) Scheme until 31 December 2020, with the aim of minimising disruption to healthcare provision for UK nationals and EU citizens. This is subject to agreement by individual EU Member States.</p><p>For those Spanish and Portuguese citizens visiting the UK after exit day, if agreed under bilateral agreements with Spain and Portugal, visitors will be able to use their EHIC as they do now. Should individual countries not agree to continue reciprocal healthcare, then access to healthcare cover for visitors from those countries may change.</p><p>Visitors from Spain or Portugal to the UK whose visit begins before and continues over exit day will still be able to use their EHIC during that visit, should they fall ill or have a medical emergency.</p><p>We welcome action from EU Member States such as Spain and Portugal who have prepared their own legislation for a ‘no deal’ scenario.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/09/2019 16:39:25 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1143746

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Services: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Overseas visitor charging: no-deal Brexit guidance for NHS service providers published in April 2019, what steps NHS Trusts will have to take to determine whether EU citizens seeking healthcare after the 31 October 2019 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal have secured Settled Status.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	285168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>In the event that the United Kingdom leaves the European Union without a deal on 31 October 2019, the Department has advised National Health Service providers that they should continue to establish eligibility for healthcare in the same manner as they do now, including for those EU citizens who have secured Settled Status.</p><p>The Government has made clear that the rights of EU citizens in the UK on exit day will be protected, and this includes being able to access NHS care without charge on the basis that they are ordinarily resident in the UK. EU citizens already living in the UK on exit day have up until 31 December 2020 to apply for Settled Status, but their access to healthcare will remain the same regardless of whether they apply for Settled Status up to then.</p><p>No additional funding has been allocated to trusts to carry out eligibility checks for EU citizens. The Chancellor announced on 1 August that he has made an additional £2.1 billion available to prepare for EU Exit which includes the creation of an Operational Contingency Fund, to meet the costs of ‘no deal’ operations. This fund is available for bids where EU Exit operational costs arise that cannot be met by existing funding settlements.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 285167 question first answered 05/09/2019 16:35:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake