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178814

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to increase apprenticeship places and support small businesses through greater use of government procurement.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Pat Glass
	uin	907598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Under the industrial strategy, we encourage a long term approach to procurement, including training and apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Twickenham answering member printed Vince Cable question first answered 12/02/2015 14:58:36 answering member 207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable
	tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass

91602

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of private equity owned firms which are commissioned by local authorities to provide social care services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Pat Glass
	uin	209126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally. Local authorities are free to commission social care services to suit local need. The Department does not specify which providers local authorities should commission services from.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 16/10/2014 16:16:12 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass

348904

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Academies were rated as requires improvement or worse by Ofsted at their last inspection.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Pat Glass
	uin	1359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofsted. I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/06/2015 15:34:03 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass

176225

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress she has made on implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Pat Glass
	uin	907211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon Lady to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon Member for Glasgow North East.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 28/01/2015 15:26:20 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass

61293

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Police Service of Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps she has taken to ensure that the Police Service of Northern Ireland has adequate resources to ensure a peaceful marching season.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Pat Glass
	uin	904142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The issue of police resources is primarily a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive. However, I have regular discussions with the Chief Constable and David Ford concerning police resources.</p><p>The additional £231 million funding provided to the PSNI by the Government for national security matters releases resources to assist with the policing of matters such as parading and public order.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 11/06/2014 13:25:17 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass

443265

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had in the Council of the EU as part of negotiations on the UK's membership of the EU on free movement of people in the EU and access to in-work benefits.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Pat Glass
	uin	902980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is negotiating reform of the EU and a new relationship for Britain with the EU to fix the aspects of our membership that cause so much frustration in Britain. Following a substantive and constructive discussion at the December European Council, Member States agreed to work toward ‘mutually satisfactory solutions’ at the February European Council.</p> answering member constituency Runnymede and Weybridge answering member printed Mr Philip Hammond question first answered 12/01/2016 17:21:55 answering member 105 label Biography information for Lord Hammond of Runnymede
	tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass

90468

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	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	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, what steps he is taking to secure a legally-binding global climate agreement.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Pat Glass
	uin	905190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>If we are to meet the objective of the Convention and avoid dangerous climate change, it is imperative that we secure an international, legally binding agreement with mitigation commitments for all in Paris in 2015.</p><p>To facilitate this I have pressed our case at a number of international ministerial climate change meetings this year, as well as bilaterally with my counterparts in governments and with other key actors across the globe – including China, the US and India – at incoming and outgoing visits. I will, as usual, attend the UNFCCC Ministerial Conference of Parties in December this year, and will also attend the UN Secretary General’s climate summit in September; the first meeting of leaders focused solely on climate change since 2009.</p><p>Closer to home I am continuing to push for EU agreement to an ambitious 2030 emissions reduction target of at least 40%, including through convening the Green Growth Group of Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey question first answered 04/09/2014 13:35:52 answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey
	tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass

76908

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Ministers: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what recent guidance he has given to his ministerial colleagues on making statements to the House before they are made to the media.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Pat Glass
	uin	904796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Ministerial Code is clear; when Parliament is in session the most important announcements of Government policy should be made in the first instance to Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>I regularly remind my colleagues of this.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Andrew Lansley question first answered 10/07/2014 14:03:37 answering member 123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley
	tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass

175448

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2015
	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	Energy: Debts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that families with children are treated as a vulnerable group by energy companies.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Pat Glass
	uin	221924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>A new Strategy and Policy Statement, which Government consulted on last year makes it clear that helping vulnerable households is one of the Government’s strategic priorities to which Ofgem should have regard when carrying out its regulatory functions. The statement will replace the existing Social and Environmental Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Market Authority, as recommended by the Ofgem Review of 2010-11.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 13:14:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass

175449

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2015
	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	Energy: Debts
	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 is taking to support families with children who fall behind on payments to energy companies.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Pat Glass
	uin	221923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>This Government has implemented a range of measures to help vulnerable households reduce their energy bills, including colder weather payments and warm home discount.</p><p>For those customers who fall behind on payments, suppliers are obligated to take their ability to pay into account when setting a repayment plan. Some suppliers also provide special grants and services to help families. Further information is available free from the Home Heat Helpline on 0800 33 66 99.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:04:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4103 label Biography information for Pat Glass