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222469

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the salary sacrifice scheme available to teachers does not cover the purchase of cars.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	224613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>Academies, including free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools, have the freedom to set their own pay and conditions policies, and so are free to offer their teachers access to car purchase salary sacrifice schemes. Currently 15% of all primary schools and 62% of all secondary schools are academies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In local authority maintained schools, changes to the statutory pay and conditions of teachers must first be referred to the independent School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB). Recent STRB referrals have focused on fundamental reforms to the overall pay and conditions framework for teachers. Following the STRB’s recommendations, these reforms have given schools much greater freedom to attract and retain the best teachers and to reward individuals in line with their contribution to improving their pupils’ achievements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The demands on the STRB’s time and resources in the reform process mean that the Government has had to make hard decisions on the issues it refers to STRB. In light of the focus of the important referrals above, we have not prioritised revisions to the existing salary sacrifice arrangements. However, the Government will consider whether the issue should be included in future referrals to the STRB.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/02/2015 15:54:42 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

142116

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change Levy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how revenue raised by the Climate Change Levy was spent in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	213683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government considers that hypothecation, or “earmarking” revenues for a particular spending purpose, is an inefficient way to manage the public finances. Like all Government receipts, revenues are remitted to the consolidated fund to support general expenditure. This allows the Government to allocate resources most efficiently across the economy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/11/2014 17:58:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

228669

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	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: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2015 to Question 227137, how many applications have been made by police forces to his Department for information on the addresses of wanted persons in the last year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	228443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2015 14:19:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

850201

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	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	Oral Tobacco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the government will publish any evidence it has received over the last three years that supports the continuing ban on the oral nicotine product snus.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	129769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The oral nicotine product snus was originally banned under Directive 92/41/EEC. This ban was reaffirmed in 2001 and most recently in the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU, implemented in the United Kingdom by the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016. The Department has received a number of representations concerning snus over recent years. The makers of snus, Swedish Match, have challenged the legality of the ban on snus and this matter is currently before the European Court of Justice; as such, the strength of the evidence for or against the ban is a matter for the Court and the UK awaits the outcome of that case.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2018 15:01:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

851052

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	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	The Gambia: Overseas Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage investment in The Gambia.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	130240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Minister for the Commonwealth and UN visited Gambia on 16 February, soon after their re-admittance to the Commonwealth. He met the Gambian Trade Minister during his visit to Gambia and also held discussions on agriculture and tourism, in particular on how Gambia could increase the number of British tourists visiting.</p><p>I congratulate the Government of Gambia and look forward to their participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April. This will be an opportunity for them to commit to good governance and signal to UK companies their commitment to creating a business environment that encourages investment.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/03/2018 15:04:53 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

964743

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many organisations have received more than (a) £1 million, (b) £10 million and (c) more than £20 million from DFID in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	169220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of suppliers receiving payments of a) more than £1 million, b) more than £10 million, c) more than £20 million from DFID in the financial year 2017/18 is given in the table below. Suppliers that receive more than £20 million or £10 million will be included in the count of suppliers receiving more than £1 million.</p><p> </p><p>DFID payments to individual suppliers for financial year 2017/18</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of suppliers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £1 million</p></td><td><p>313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £10 million</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £20 million</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/09/2018 16:14:46 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

982542

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which organisations received more than £20 million from her Department in financial year 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	176134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The supply partners that received more than £20 million from DFID in financial year 2017-18 are in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Adam Smith International Ltd</p></td><td><p>KPMG LLP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AECOM Professional Services</p></td><td><p>Marie Stopes International</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>African Development Bank Group</p></td><td><p>Maternal Newborn and Child Health Programme, Pakistan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AgDevCo Limited</p></td><td><p>Medicines for Malaria Venture</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian Development Bank</p></td><td><p>Mercy Corps Europe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation, Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation</p></td><td><p>Ministry of Health, Government of Ethiopia</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRAC</p></td><td><p>Mott MacDonald Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Council</p></td><td><p>Norwegian Refugee Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Red Cross</p></td><td><p>Oxford Policy Management</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CARE International</p></td><td><p>Pakistan National Cash Transfer Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CDC Group plc.</p></td><td><p>Palladium</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coffey International Development Ltd</p></td><td><p>Population Services International</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commonwealth Scholarships Commission</p></td><td><p>PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Agents Bank Limited</p></td><td><p>Save the Children</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Agents</p></td><td><p>SG Hambros Bank &amp; Trust Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DAI Europe</p></td><td><p>St Helena Corporate Finance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Commission (including the European Development Fund)</p></td><td><p>State Bank of Pakistan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Commission – Core Development budget</p></td><td><p>Tanzania Ministry of Finance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Investment Bank</p></td><td><p>The International Committee of the Red Cross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Food and Agriculture Organisation</p></td><td><p>The Power of Nutrition.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)</p></td><td><p>The World Bank Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization</p></td><td><p>Trademark East Africa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government of Montserrat</p></td><td><p>United Nations Foundation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMA World Health</p></td><td><p>USAID</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IMC Worldwide Limited</p></td><td><p>Voluntary Services Overseas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Organization for Migration</p></td><td><p>World Food Programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>International Rescue Committee</p></td><td><p>World Health Organisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Karandaaz Pakistan</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/10/2018 16:05:57 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	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

457185

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	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	BBC: Political Impartiality
	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 he is taking to ensure that the BBC upholds its obligations under the charter relating to impartiality during the EU referendum campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	903872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>In June 2015 I wrote to the Chairs of the BBC Trust and Ofcom on this subject. Their replies set out their plans. The Trust has since consulted on and published guidelines for covering the referendum.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/03/2016 18:00:22 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies