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573605

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Planning: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making compulsory the accessibility standards outlined in the National Planning Policy Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	44579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>National planning policy is clear that in developing their local plans, planning authorities should consider the needs of a wide range of households, including older and disabled households.</p><p>The role of higher accessibility standards for new housing was considered during the Housing Standards Review undertaken by the Coalition Government. As a result, Optional Requirements for higher levels of accessibility were introduced into the Building Regulations and came into force on 1 October 2015. It was decided at that time that the application of these standards should remain a matter for Local Planning Authorities taking into account local needs and viability.</p><p>Details of relevant consultations and impact assessments can be found at the link below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-building-regulation/2010-to-2015-government-policy-building-regulation#appendix-5-technical-housing-standards-review</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 07/09/2016 15:24:58 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

595435

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to provide financial assistance to local authorities which are increasing their insurance cover against the risk of terrorism.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	47080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities are democratically elected organisations, and as such are responsible for managing their budgets and insurance arrangements in line with local priorities and risks.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/10/2016 16:21:26 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

447895

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	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	Green Deal Scheme
	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 she has taken to protect recipients of Green Deal funding from companies whose work is not of an acceptable standard.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	24271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>All authorised Green Deal participants must adhere to the Green Deal Code of Practice which clearly stipulates their roles and responsibilities in relation to carrying out energy efficiency measures and dealing with consumers. A Green Deal provider offering Green Deal finance must also hold the appropriate FCA permissions to do so and comply with the relevant elements of that regime. Any measures installed under a Green Deal, the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund, or Green Deal Communities must be installed to the standards required in the Publicly Available Standard 2030 (PAS 2030). Green Deal Certification Bodies exist to certify and audit Green Deal Installers against PAS 2030 and the Green Deal Code of Practice.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers with Green Deal finance plans who have a complaint can contact the Green Deal Ombudsman if their Green Deal provider is unable or unwilling to help when something goes wrong with a Green Deal Plan.</p><p> </p><p>My rt. hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for DECC and DCLG, have also commissioned Dr Peter Bonfield to chair an Independent Review of Consumer Advice, Protection, Standards and Enforcement for UK home energy efficiency and renewable energy measures. The Bonfield review will be submitting its recommendation in April 2016.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/02/2016 17:06:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

452420

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	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	Utilities: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Which? 2016 energy satisfaction survey, what steps she is taking to ensure the big six energy companies improve their customer service as well as reduce their prices.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	27094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>It is important we have a vibrant, dynamic competitive energy market where energy companies work hard to attract customers though customer service as well as price. There are now 31 independent suppliers in the domestic retail energy market, up from 7 in 2010. Switching from a standard tariff to the best fixed, direct debit deal on the market, many people could save around £200 – and some could save more. During 2015, 3.8 million domestic customers switched electricity supplier and 2.8 million customers switched gas supplier.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority are nearing the end of their enquiry into the energy markets. We are determined to do whatever it takes to ensure markets work well for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, the Department will be working with Ofgem, the Ombudsman Service and Citizens Advice to make sure that the consumer complaints services are working for consumers and identifying systemic industry wide problems to improve customer service.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/02/2016 14:00:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

458473

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2016
	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	Renewable Energy
	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 she is taking to increase the UK's energy storage capacity for excess energy from renewables; and what financial support she is making available to increase the capacity of pumped hydro systems.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	30232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is investigating the potential barriers to deployment of energy storage and possible mitigating actions, focussing in the first instance on removing regulatory barriers but also considering whether more needs to be done to stimulate investment in energy storage. DECC plans to issue a call for evidence in spring 2016 on this area.</p><p> </p><p>DECC has provided more than £18m of innovation support since 2012 to develop and demonstrate a range of energy storage technologies. This support has included a grant to a UK pumped hydro storage company to analyse the potential for wider deployment of new pumped hydro storage facilities in novel sites around Great Britain – for example, in disused quarries or other brownfield sites or using drinking water reservoirs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/03/2016 13:13:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

458903

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	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	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will assess the progress all Government Departments are making on meeting the Government's carbon reduction targets and what steps the Government is taking to meet the target set in (a) the fourth carbon budget period 2023 to 2027 and (b) the fifth carbon budget period 2028 to 2032.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	30479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>Each year the Government sets out its progress to meeting carbon reduction targets in response to the annual progress report from the Committee on Climate Change. The latest response was published in October 2015:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/committee-on-climate-changes-2015-progress-report-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/committee-on-climate-changes-2015-progress-report-government-response</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made good progress to date and is on track to meet the second and third carbon budgets. Indeed, UK has reduced emissions by around 30% since 1990 and last year we cut emissions by 8% against a backdrop of a growing economy.</p><p> </p><p>Options to meet the fourth carbon budget will be developed in this Parliament. We will say more on our approach to reducing emissions in the 2020s after we set the fifth carbon budget in June, in accordance with the Climate Change Act.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/03/2016 14:34:08 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

447579

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Human Rights Act 1998: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to seek legislative consent from the Scottish Parliament for the proposed repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	903258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>This Government was elected with a clear mandate to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights. We will bring forward proposals for consultation in due course, and will fully engage with the Devolved Administrations.</p><p>It would be premature to comment on the application of the Sewell Convention until the package of legislation is settled.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 26/01/2016 16:41:39 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

453341

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the comparative effect of changes to civil service pensions on prison officers who joined that scheme under Classic but have been switched to the Alpha scheme and colleagues with the same length of service who have not been switched.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	27380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Alpha is the new Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, which now applies to the vast majority of Civil Servants (including prison officers). Only those who are close to retirement have been able to remain in previous schemes or to defer entry to the Alpha scheme. This has always been made transparent and is considered fair as this group of staff are likely to have already started to make plans for their retirements which would be unduly impacted by a change in arrangements at this stage. There are therefore no plans to make such an assessment.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/02/2016 10:31:31 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

576359

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers : Retirement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward proposals to bring prison officers' retirement age into line with that of staff in the police force, fire service and armed forces.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	44981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Like other Civil Servants, and the wider workforce, Prison Officers can now choose to retire at their State Pension Age (SPA) should they wish to do so, unless they have a protected lower pension age allowing them to retire at age 55, 60 or 65.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/09/2016 16:57:32 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

389685

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Reviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cross-departmental reviews are being undertaken by his Department; and what the extent and nature of the engagement with the devolved administrations is for each such review.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	7169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>There are currently two cross-departmental review processes being run by the Cabinet Office. The first is focussed on National Security, refreshing the 2010 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review. The second is the Bribery and Corruption enforcement review.</p><p> </p><p>The next iteration of the National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review will cover reserved matters. The Cabinet Office plans to consult a wide range of stakeholders, including the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>The Bribery and Corruption enforcement review has consulted widely, including with relevant agencies of the Devolved Administrations. These include the National Counter Corruption Unit of Police Scotland, and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.</p><p> </p><p>There are also a number of cross-departmental review processes being run, for example the ‘Cutting Red Tape’ programme and the Resilience Review. These reviews consult widely, including with relevant agencies of the Devolved Administrations where appropriate, usually via the Lead Government Departments.</p><p> </p><p>I will write to the Honourable Member in the Autumn to provide a more detailed update of the cross-departmental review processes being undertaken by the Cabinet Office, and will place a copy of this letter in the library of the House.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 21/07/2015 17:15:23 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin previous answer version 16272 answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day