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47017

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 220W, on bananas, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the grocery retail market is working well for UK consumers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	195378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The most recent assessment by the Competition Commission of competition in the grocery retail sector (“The supply of groceries in the UK market investigation”, 2008) found that the sector generally worked well for UK consumers and that the main retailers were not exploiting dominant positions.</p><p> </p><p>If there is evidence of anti-competitive behaviour in the groceries retail sector, this should be sent to the Competition and Markets Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cardiff Central answering member printed Jenny Willott question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497 label Biography information for Jenny Willott
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

47018

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
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
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 (a) level of government funding for and (b) effect of research undertaken to date into gender differences in brain development and functioning.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	195379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the level of funding or effect of research in this area.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

47020

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2013, Official Report, column 914W, on financial services, what progress has been made on the continuation of money transfer services by UK banks; what recent discussions he has had with international partners and regulators on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	195376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting a healthy and legitimate remittance sector, and ensuring that UK citizens are able to continue to remit funds safely to family abroad. The Action Group on Cross Border Remittances has been established in accordance with the Written Ministerial Statement laid down in Parliament on 10 October 2013. The Action Group includes representatives for UK banks, the private sector, anti money laundering supervisors, civil society and international partners.</p><p> </p><p>Three Action Group meetings have taken place and a number of streams of work are underway; the Action Group is monitoring changes to the market, developing guidance for money service businesses (MSBs) and banks, promoting a shared understanding of risk and developing a ‘Safer Corridor' pilot for Somalia. We are also coordinating with international partners through the G20 framework.</p><p> </p><p>You may wish to keep up to date with the work of the Action Group by visiting its web page: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/helping-developing-countries-economies-to-grow/supporting-pages/enabling-the-continued-flow-of-remittances%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/helping-developing-countries-economies-to-grow/supporting-pages/enabling-the-continued-flow-of-remittances</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

47021

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Written Statement of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 81WS on Improving Public Services, how much each local authority will receive from the £90 million funding made available to all councils so they can start investing to save; and how the allocation of such funding will be calculated.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The £90 million funding which has been made available immediately for local authorities to start investing to save is made up of three different elements:</p><p>One million pounds for nine local authorities working with the Public Service Transformation Network to speed up and scale up their transformation plans; and £6 million for thirteen local authorities that narrowly missed out on funding in the 2013-14 Transformation Challenge Award bidding process. The allocations for these funds were published on 3 April.</p><p>£83 million of unused capitalisation provision has been returned to all councils in England. This can be used as councils see fit. In line with the published capitalisation policy and procedures for 2013-14, the unused capitalisation provision has been distributed to all authorities in accordance with their share of the 2013-14 Start Up Funding Assessment.</p><p>Full lists of local authorities' allocations for each of these elements are set out in tables that have been deposited in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

47022

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 533W, on wind power, where within his Department information on the energy capacity of schemes is held.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	195380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p><br>[Holding Reply: Wednesday 9 April 2014]</p><p>The individual details of each appeal are submitted by the parties within a variety of documents, stored separately on the individual case files.</p><p>My Department does not analyse or keep running totals of the generation capacity of wind turbine appeals, and it would incur disproportionate cost to create such information retrospectively. The main consideration in wind turbine appeals is the potential impact of the development on the surrounding area.</p><p>Details on renewable energy projects are held on the Department of Energy and Climate Change's Planning Database at: <a href="https://restats.decc.gov.uk/cms/planning-database/" target="_blank">https://restats.decc.gov.uk/cms/planning-database/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 5564 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

47023

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March, Official Report, column 439W, on wind power, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the use of recoveries in the planning system with regards to onshore wind developments on (a) investment in onshore wind, (b) energy bills, (c) competition in the market, (d) community benefit and (e) onshore wind supply chain and jobs.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	195388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>This type of assessment has not been carried out by this Department. Planning is a quasi-judicial process and decisions on planning proposals should be made in accordance with planning law. This requires that applications for planning permission must be determined in accordance with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. I refer the hon. Member to the written statement of 10 October 2013 <em>Official Report,</em>Column 30-31WS, which explains why we are giving particular scrutiny to planning appeals involving renewable energy developments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

47024

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will commission an assessment of the dangers and problems of vehicles parked on pavements.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	195400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department has no plans to commission a report into pavement parking.</p><p> </p><p>In London there is a general ban on parking on the footway. In the rest of England there is no such prohibition but local authorities outside London have wide-ranging powers to make Traffic Regulation Orders to prohibit pavement parking on designated lengths of highway or over a wide area.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 195401 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

47025

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to prevent unnecessary pavement parking.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	195401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department has no plans to commission a report into pavement parking.</p><p> </p><p>In London there is a general ban on parking on the footway. In the rest of England there is no such prohibition but local authorities outside London have wide-ranging powers to make Traffic Regulation Orders to prohibit pavement parking on designated lengths of highway or over a wide area.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 195400 question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

47026

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the £320 million Transformation Challenge Award for 2014-15 and 2015-16 will be funded; and whether it will be top-sliced from existing grants.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The £320 million Transformation Challenge Award for 2014-15 and 2015-16 will be funded from the £100 million collaboration and efficiency fund announced at the Spending Round 2013, the £200 million capital receipt flexibility allowed to local authorities following the sale of assets, and £20 million from the Department's own resources. No funding will be top-sliced from any existing grants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

47027

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans for the service Transformation Panel to (a) form, (b) invite bids, (c) announce bid deadlines and (d) consider bids.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 2 April 2014, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Danny Alexander) and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Eric Pickles) announced the Service Transformation Panel. A full list of panel members will be published shortly.</p><p>The Panel will gather evidence of the opportunities and barriers of integrating local public services in order to make recommendations advising what needs to happen locally and nationally to increase the pace and scale of integration between local public services. There is no bid process as part of the Panel's work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn