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449270

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	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	British Business Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the returns to the public purse of British Business Bank investments in Funding Circle.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	25042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>British Business Bank’s investment in Funding Circle is one of a portfolio of investments managed by the commercial arm of the bank – British Business Bank Investments Ltd. To date, £60m has been committed to Funding Circle, an amount which has supported over 7,000 businesses. The investment contributes a financial return in line with the performance of the wider portfolio.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/02/2016 15:58:07 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	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

448385

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to discuss the issue of education for children in areas of conflict at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in May 2016; and what plans she has to ensure children have access to education in those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	24414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>Education will be a significant theme in the World Humanitarian Summit and we will use this opportunity to promote our aims to improve learning outcomes, to reach all children in fragile states, and to keep girls in school.</p><p>DFID supports children overseas to go school and continuing learning even when they are forced from their homes. This includes our flagship £355 million Girls’ Education Challenge that will enable up to 1 million more of the world’s most marginalised girls to benefit from an education of sufficient quality and transform their lives. In addition, DFID is supporting improvements to how the international community provides education in emergencies, including support for the ‘No Lost Generation’ Initiative to provide over 251,000 Syrian children with formal and informal education inside Syria and in the region, allowing them to catch up on lost learning time and sit public school examinations.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 03/02/2016 14:50:19 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

448302

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	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	Iran: Capital Punishment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will urge the Iranian authorities to commute immediately the death sentences of the juvenile offenders identified in the report, Growing up on death row: the death penalty and juvenile offenders in Iran, published by Amnesty International on 26 January 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	24561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>We have made clear to Iran, as we do with all countries, our opposition to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances, and will continue to urge them to put an immediate moratorium on their use of the death penalty, whether for juvenile or adult offenders.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/02/2016 12:22:09 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

447798

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reasons are for the different criteria for emissions applying to cars than to motorcycles when road tax values are applied.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	24245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) system for cars is based on carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions of the vehicle but CO<sub>2</sub> emissions data has only been mandatory for motorcycles since 1 January 2016.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 01/02/2016 15:22:38 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

448406

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Right of Abode: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to grant right of abode in this country to former British-Hong Kong servicemen.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	24490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>I have agreed to undertake a thorough assessment of the request that this group are offered right of abode in the United Kingdom, based on their employment in Hong Kong. This is under consideration.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 24491 question first answered 02/02/2016 15:24:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

448407

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Right of Abode: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Prime Minister will issue a response to (a) Early Day Motion 722, Right of abode for former British-Hong Kong servicemen and (b) petitions on this subject presented at 10 Downing Street on 5 November 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	24491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>I have agreed to undertake a thorough assessment of the request that this group are offered right of abode in the United Kingdom, based on their employment in Hong Kong. This is under consideration.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 24490 question first answered 02/02/2016 15:24:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day