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47215

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will visit further education colleges to discuss the effect of his proposed 17.5 per cent reduction from September for funding for 18 year olds in full-time education.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	195446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>I have received a large number of invitations to discuss this topic and sadly cannot accept nearly as many as I would like to.</p><p>Nevertheless, I have listened to the views of the hon. and Rt hon. Members, as well as those of colleges and other providers of 16-to-19 education. I am pleased that we have been able to afford to mitigate the impact of the funding reduction on 18-year-olds in the academic year 2014/15. We will cap any losses in relation to this at 2% of the funding that an institution receives for the education of 16-to-19 year olds.</p><p>However, the overriding need to tackle the budget deficit remains, and so the full funding reduction for 18-year-olds will still be necessary in 2015/16. We have carried out and published an impact assessment, which is available online:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-reduction-for-18-year-olds-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-reduction-for-18-year-olds-impact-assessment</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

47220

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure the quality of service provided by co-operative model children's centres.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	195462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office's Mutuals Support Programme provides support to public sector workers who want to turn their service into a mutual. This can include children's centres and co-operative forms of organisation. Further information is available through the Mutuals Information Service website (<a href="http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://mutuals.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government recently announced a Transformation Challenge Award to help councils transform the way they run local services to put the user first. The Department for Education has funded work to support and encourage groups of parents, families and community members to develop their own community management models for children's centres.</p><p> </p><p>All designated children's centres including those provided by co-operative model, are inspected by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 195433 195434 195474 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

47224

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the Supplemental Balancing Reserve on energy bills for the year (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	195408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The cost of procuring Supplemental Balancing Reserve and Demand Side Balancing Reserve is a matter for Ofgem and National Grid. In its draft Impact Assessment Ofgem estimated the cost of buying these services would be less than £1 a year for the average domestic customer. Ofgem's final Impact Assessment did not revise or update this estimate. DECC has not carried out a separate assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem's draft Impact Assessment can be found at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/84629/nationalgridsproposednewbalancingservices-draftimpactassessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/84629/nationalgridsproposednewbalancingservices-draftimpactassessment.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>A final Impact Assessment is available at: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/85278/decisiontoacceptngetapplicationtointroducetwonewbalancingservicesandsubsequentconsultationonfundingarrangements.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/85278/decisiontoacceptngetapplicationtointroducetwonewbalancingservicesandsubsequentconsultationonfundingarrangements.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

47225

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment has been made by (a) the RIMNET network and (b) other bodies of the possibility that the sand fallout across the British Isles from the Sahara desert has been contaminated by long-lived radioactive fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted by France in the Algerian Sahara in the 1960s.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	195416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network (RIMNET) is the UK Government's radiation monitoring and nuclear emergency response system which is operated on a 24 hour a day, seven days a week basis by the Met Office, on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Data from RIMNET has been inspected and shows no evidence of increased levels of radioactivity across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes a programme of far-field monitoring, away from nuclear sites, of radioactivity in air and rainwater. This programme involves constantly sampling air through filters in High Volume Air Samplers. Filters are changed on a weekly basis and subsequently analysed. Past Saharan dust events have not caused any detectable increase in radioactivity on the filters. Results for the changed filters on 31st March and 7th April should be available in the next few days. The results will be published as consolidated data in the annual Radiation in Food and the Environment (RIFE) report which is published jointly by a number of UK and devolved agencies. Previous RIFE reports are available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.sepa.org.uk/radioactive_substances/publications/rife_reports.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.sepa.org.uk/radioactive_substances/publications/rife_reports.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

47228

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many jobs have been transferred from the public to the private sector as a result of privatisations or outsourcing by his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	195509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change has not transferred any jobs to the private sector as a result of privatisation or outsourcing since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

47229

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Table below details the Department of Energy and Climate Change's consultancy expenditure in 2013-14:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£k</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPMG LLP</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lazard &amp; Co Ltd</p></td><td><p>1,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deloitte LLP</p></td><td><p>855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baringa Partners LLP</p></td><td><p>238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mott Macdonald Group Ltd</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redpoint Energy Ltd</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poyry Management Consulting (UK) Ltd</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxera Consulting Ltd</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge Economic Policy Associates</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E S P Consulting</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47230

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Table below details the companies used and the total amounts paid to them in the last financial year. We are unable to identify separately the amounts retained by the companies as fees and the amounts passed on to the temporary worker by the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>£k</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adecco UK Ltd</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Michael Page International Recruitment Ltd</p></td><td><p>533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Methods Consulting Ltd</p></td><td><p>517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parity Resources Ltd</p></td><td><p>461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allen Lane Ltd</p></td><td><p>406</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47231

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
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 he is taking to ensure that all customers receive the full benefit of reductions in levies on energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	195520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>All households will benefit from our changes. Whilst the reduction in individual household bills will depend on the energy supplier, this package, including VAT, will be worth an average of around £50 to households, compared to what would have happened without these changes. All customers on fixed tariffs will receive the £12 rebate from suppliers in autumn and the vast majority of them can either switch to a new tariff created since the Autumn Statement without any charge or will be switching to a new tariff anyway as a result of their fixed contract coming to an end this year.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

47232

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount spent per person on flood defences in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2001 to date; and what estimate he has made of the amounts in each year to 2016.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	195489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The figures are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Average Defra spend per head on flood and coastal erosion risk management in England (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>9.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>9.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>9.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>10.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>11.83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>12.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>10.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>10.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>11.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>14.86</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>The figures for each year is the total Defra spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management divided by the most recent ONS population estimate for mid-2012</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Figures before 2005/06 are not available in a comparable format.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Figures for 2013/14 and 2014/15 are budget allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Figures for 2015/16 are not available as the budget has not yet been set.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Flood management in Wales is a devolved matter and Defra has made no estimate of the amount spent per person.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

47234

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This table sets out the information requested in respect of 2012-13, the last financial year for which audited information is available. Information relating to 2013-14 will be available in July 2014, once the Department's accounts for the year have been audited and published. The figures relate to the Core Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Consultancy firm</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount paid</strong></p><p><strong>in 2012-13 (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ernst and Young</p></td><td><p>1,012,378</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer</p></td><td><p>587,922</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Partnerships</p></td><td><p>152,226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPMG</p></td><td><p>118,351</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bureau Veritas UK Ltd.</p></td><td><p>105,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baker Tilly</p></td><td><p>101,925</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ADAS UK Ltd.</p></td><td><p>99,138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GHK Consulting Ltd.</p></td><td><p>71,424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Resource Decisions Ltd.</p></td><td><p>64,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Temple Group Ltd.</p></td><td><p>44,380</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 11/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie