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63761

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	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	Personal Independence Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time taken to settle a personal independence payment claim is.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	202222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available. Statistics on clearance times are intended for future publication but releasing them at this stage would give an incorrect representation of the process since the system has not yet reached maturity, and further quality assurance of the data is required.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 30/06/2014 16:07:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

58119

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Boilers
	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 proposals to encourage households off the mains gas grid to use condensing boilers.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	198780
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises that Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and oil, like other fossil fuels, will continue to play a part in the UK's energy mix, while the way we heat our homes changes. DECC has introduced the domestic renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme to support renewable heating systems. The domestic RHI is targeted predominately at off gas-grid households, by compensating for the additional costs faced when replacing an oil boiler with a renewable heating system. New incentives for oil and LPG boilers would undermine the balance struck in the design of the RHI, and potentially cause confusion for consumers.</p><p>The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) will continue to support oil and LPG condensing boilers for low income and vulnerable households. By February this year around 320,000 households were helped under ECO. We are making changes to ECO to provide a greater incentive for targeting measures at off-gas grid households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/06/2014 13:57:08 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

63881

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	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	Natural Resources: South East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to publish the British Geological Survey's assessment of the hydrocarbon resources in the Weald area of the south of England.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	202357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The British Geological Survey Weald Basin Report has been published and can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.bgs.ac.uk/shalegas/" target="_blank">http://www.bgs.ac.uk/shalegas/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 30/06/2014 14:20:55 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

63882

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	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	Fracking
	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 his Department is taking to simplify regulations applying to the UK's shale gas industry.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	202356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department works closely with the relevant regulators and industry to ensure that the regulatory system is as streamlined as possible, whilst remaining robust enough to safeguard public safety and the environment.</p><p>In order to help companies navigate our regulatory system, the Department published in December a Regulatory Roadmap setting out all the regulation that applies to shale at the exploration stage.</p><p>We have already reduced unnecessary duplication in the regulatory system for shale gas, clarifying and streamlining the regulation of exploration activity through the Environment Agency, including developing a single application form for permits. The average waiting time for environmental permits for onshore oil and gas is 8 to 9 weeks. We will introduce standard rules environmental permits later this year cutting permitting times for low risk activities to 2-4 weeks.</p><p>The Department of Communities and Local Government published planning guidance for onshore oil &amp; gas projects last July, which makes clear that planning authorities when assessing applications should assume that the environmental and health and safety regulatory regimes operate effectively rather than duplicating effort.</p><p>We are also consulting on proposals designed to simplify current procedures for obtaining access to underground land. This consultation is open until the 15th August and, subject to the outcome of the consultation, could lead to legislative proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 30/06/2014 15:19:57 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

92022

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many infrastructure projects worth more than £1 million funded by her Department were undertaken by (a) UK and (b) US companies in each of the last four years; and what the value was of each such project.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	209574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>For Economic Infrastructure programmes worth more than £1 million the following amount of centrally managed tenders procured were issued in each year to UK and US companies and the value of the tenders noted.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>Values £M</p></td><td><p>US</p></td><td><p>Values £M</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>£12.8, £8.5, £3.5, £3.0, £2.1, £1.1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>£44.4, £12.4, £3.9, £3.1, £2.9</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>£20.0, £18.9, £18.0, £3.1, £1.5, £1.2, £1.1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>£43.1, £31.6, £18.2, £14.3, £14.0, £13.0, £6.0, £5.7, £5.0, £3.7, £3.5, £2.6, £2.0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£12.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 to date</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>£28.1, £17.0, £13.7, £13.3, £7.1, £4.0, £3.5, £2.3</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/10/2014 16:36:07 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

92023

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the tenders issued by her Department for infrastructure projects were awarded to UK companies in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	209571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p><strong>For Economic Infrastructure programmes the following amount of centrally managed tenders procured were issued to UK companies in each year.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/10/2014 16:34:29 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

92024

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many tenders her Department has issued for infrastructure projects worth more than £1 million in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	209572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>For Economic Infrastructure programmes worth more than £1 million the following amount of centrally managed tenders procured were issued in each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 to date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 15/10/2014 16:35:20 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

45110

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what calculations were used to calculate the mean fee income for full-time criminal barristers published by his Department on 2 January 2014; and for what reasons VAT was included in the estimate of barristers' earnings.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	193702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>Figures provided in the statistical publication released on the 2nd January 2014 are available at <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-barrister-fee-income-from-public-sources-201213" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-barrister-fee-income-from-public-sources-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-barrister-fee-income-from-public-sources-201213</a> and show that when including all 4,931 criminal barristers' payments, the mean average payment for 2012/13 was £72,010. This includes those barristers that may have provided legal assistance in only a small number of instances within this time period, and payments from both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Legal Aid Agency (LAA). The release also contains information on the data and methodology used.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics provided in the publication and supporting documents included VAT and other additional costs due to the structure of the data obtained from the administrative systems within LAA, and also those provided by the CPS were aggregated figures that already included VAT. The basis of the calculations were set out in the publication.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

65533

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people served as magistrates in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	203730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The total numbers of magistrates serving in England and Wales in each of the past five years is as follows:</p><p>2013-2014 – <strong>21,613</strong></p><p>2012-2013 – <strong>23,244</strong></p><p>2011-2012 – <strong>25,155</strong></p><p>2010-2011 – <strong>26,966</strong></p><p>2009-2010 – <strong>29,270</strong></p><p> </p><p>The reduction in the overall number of serving magistrates is a natural consequence of falling workloads in the magistrates' courts, due to factors such as falling crime combined with the relatively steady levels of retirements and resignations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/07/2014 14:06:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

93354

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Judges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people served as district judges in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	210524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The table below provides details of the number of district judges who were in post over the last five financial years. The numbers provided include those sitting in different jurisdictions; Civil, Crime and Family.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>DJ's (Civil, Magistrates' Courts &amp; Principal Registry of the Family Division) serving in the last 5 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>In Post</p></td><td><p>Notes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 09/10</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (Civil)</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (PRFD)</p></td><td><p>48*</p></td><td><p>*This figure includes all Masters, Registrars, Costs Judges and District Judges (PRFD).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (MC)</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 10/11</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (Civil)</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (PRFD)</p></td><td><p>48*</p></td><td><p>*This figure includes all Masters, Registrars, Costs Judges and District Judges (PRFD).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (MC)</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 11/12</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (Civil)</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (PRFD)</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (MC)</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 12/13</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (Civil)</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (PRFD)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (MC)</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 13/14</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (Civil)</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (PRFD)</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (MC)</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 21/10/2014 11:37:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies