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45254

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many properties built after January 2009 were flooded in winter 2013-14; and what guidance his Department issues to homeowners who are declined insurance by their provider because of risk of flooding. [R]
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
	uin	193817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We do not collect information on the number of properties built after January 2009 which were flooded in the winter of 2013-14. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published a “Guide to obtaining flood insurance in high risk areas” on the GOV.UK website, which sets out steps for households in flood risk areas to access appropriate insurance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

45804

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has plans to extend the life of generating capacity currently scheduled to be closed in the event that delays in new investment arise as a result of uncertainty about the outcome of the competition investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
	uin	194312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>Government's plans for the Capacity Market and interim arrangements being put in place by National Grid ahead of this will offer an opportunity to extend the life of existing capacity where it is economically efficient to do so. Subject to state aid approval the first Capacity Market auction will take place in late 2014 for delivery in winter 2018. This will ensure sufficient capacity into the coming decades by offering regular payments to existing and new generation capacity that is successful at auction.</p><p> </p><p>In advance of this National Grid has developed Supplemental Balancing Reserve, a new balancing service through which it will be able to procure further capacity should it be needed, including capacity that is or otherwise intends to mothball or close. National Grid will only seek to competitively procure the amount of capacity that its forecast determines necessary and expect to run an initial tender process this spring for capacity for the winter of 2014/15 and 2015/16, with the possibility of extending this period if necessary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

418857

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Farms: Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what changes have been made relating to section 385 of the Valuation Office Agency's Rating Manual on the rating of farm and agricultural land used for festivals; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
	uin	10382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>There have been no changes to section 385 of the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) Rating Manual regarding the rating of farm and agricultural land used for festivals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The VOA is currently reviewing festival sites to ensure that those which should be assessed for business rates are rated correctly. It is also working with the events sector to draw up guidance to help organisers better understand when liability for business rates will arise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 22/09/2015 13:02:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

418859

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Farms: Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Valuation Office on the Government's policy on the rating of farm and agricultural land used by festivals.
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
	uin	10386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency has provided factual information to HM Treasury in respect of its review of business rates on festival sites.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The aim of this review is to ensure that those sites that should be assessed, are rated correctly, thus treating all businesses equally and ensuring they pay their fair share of the overall business rates bill.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 23/09/2015 12:45:12 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

418894

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Electricity Generation: Costs
	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 her Department has made of the potential benefits of using (a) total system costs and (b) levelised electricity costs to evaluate and prioritise different forms of power generation.
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
	uin	10372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>DECC publishes estimates for the levelised costs of electricity generation for different technologies. The most recent estimates are available in the DECC <em>Electricity Generation Costs (December 2013)</em> report, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf</a></p><p>The above levelised costs however do not take into account all of the wider positive or negative impacts that a power station may impose on the electricity system. So far, DECC’s electricity modelling has considered these wider whole system impacts through a system wide cost-benefit analysis.</p><p>To systematise DECC’s evidence base on whole system impacts and be able to present these impacts on a technology by technology basis, DECC has commissioned external research at the end of 2014. The project has three phases. Phase 1 aims to define and estimate the current impacts on the system from each technology type. Phase 2 aims to further develop DECC’s internal modelling capability to formally deal with the evolution of the whole system impacts over time and Phase 3 aims to undertake scenario analysis to assess whole system impacts of different technologies across different states of the world. The work on the project is currently still ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/09/2015 13:05:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

418901

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Biofuels: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her Department's policy is on altering the Contract for Defence auction process to combined the established, non-established and biomass pots and standardise the length of contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
	uin	10373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The long term vision of the CFD has always been one in which technologies compete against each other on an equivalent basis.</p><p>The generic allocation process reflects this vision, by using auctions to award standardised 15 year CFD contracts to technologies in both the mature and less mature pots.</p><p>We will continue to review and refine the operation of the CFD scheme and expect to set out plans for the next CFD allocation round in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/09/2015 12:21:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

420054

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cervical Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women under 25 have been diagnosed with cervical cancer in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
	uin	11268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 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 15/10/2015 13:50:42 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 11268 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Cervical Cancer
	tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

420053

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Cervical Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of progress in diagnosing and treating cervical cancers more effectively in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
	uin	11267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>We recognise that cervical screening continues to play a key role in preventing women getting, and being harmed by, cervical cancer. The NHS Cervical Screening Programme in England offers screening to women aged 25 to 49 every three years, and women aged 50 to 64 every five years. Women aged over 65 should only be screened if they have not been screened since age 50 or if they have had recent abnormal results.</p><br /><p>Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as triage for women with mild and borderline results and as a test of cure for women previously treated for cervical abnormalities became routine across the NHS Cervical Screening Programme from 1 April 2014. This makes cervical screening more targeted and significantly reduces the need for repeat testing. It is estimated that over 160,000 women a year do not need repeat tests due to mild or borderline results and around 400,000 women have been removed from ten year annual follow-up due to a previous abnormal result.</p><br /><p>In April 2012, the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), which advises Ministers and the National Health Service in all four countries about all aspects of screening policy and supports implementation, gave its support for a pilot to assess the value of using HPV testing as primary screening for cervical disease, rather than the currently used cytology test. The pilot has been establishing the feasibility of using HPV as the primary screen for cervical disease in order to achieve better outcomes for women, while minimising over-treatment and anxiety, and whether it is practical to roll out nationally. The UK NSC opened a public consultation on this in July 2015. The consultation closes on 2 November 2015. Ministers expect to receive a recommendation from the UK NSC following the closure of the public consultation.</p><br /><p>Earlier diagnosis and prevention is a key focus of the Independent Cancer Taskforce report, <em>Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: A Strategy for England 2015-2020</em>. It includes a recommendation that, assuming a positive recommendation by the NSC, Public Health England and NHS England should drive a rapid roll-out of primary HPV testing into the cervical screening programme. The Taskforce also made a number of recommendations on the early diagnosis of cancers more generally.</p><br /><p>In addition, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a range of guidance on the treatment and screening of cervical cancer and further information is available at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/cancer/cervical-cancer" target="_blank">www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/cancer/cervical-cancer</a></p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 19/10/2015 14:56:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

420622

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Television: Royalties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has for the future regulation of television content royalty payments.
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
	uin	11413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation on the balance of payments between pay TV platforms and Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) closed on 30 June 2015. The consultation examined the flow of payments between PSBs and pay TV platforms, and whether regulations relating to these transactions are necessary to ensure broadcasters can deliver the highest quality content, at the best price, to the widest possible audience. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has received responses, and is now analysing with a view to publishing a Government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/10/2015 09:38:31 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams

420993

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Television: Royalties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that payment of royalties is made by platform providers to broadcasters as well as to the rights-holders of programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Selby and Ainsty
	tabling member printed	Nigel Adams
	uin	11547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation on the balance of payments between pay TV platforms and Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) closed on 30 June 2015. The consultation examined the flow of payments between PSBs and pay TV platforms, and whether regulations relating to these transactions are necessary to ensure broadcasters can deliver the highest quality content, at the best price, to the widest possible audience. Department for Culture, Media and Sport officials are now analysing with a view to publishing a Government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/10/2015 09:44:26 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams