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61852

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding of the Financial Ombudsman Service came directly from the levy on the Office of Fair Trading licences on consumer credit firms in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013; how this funding will be levied in future; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	200700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is an independent, non-Governmental body and questions about its funding are a matter for the FOS or, as the case may be, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), who approve the FOS budget and fee rules. This question has been passed on to the FOS, and the FOS will reply directly to the honourable member by letter. A copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2014 15:49:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

61856

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Money Advice Service and Financial Ombudsman Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the expected increase in the fees and levies on regulated consumer credit firms that will go towards the funding of the Money Advice Service and Financial Ombudsman Service in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017 under the new Financial Conduct Authority regulated fees and levies regime.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	200701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consumer credit regulatory regime is far better resourced and has wider objectives than the previous Office of Fair Trading (OFT) regime. The FCA is an independent, non-governmental body, and it is entirely funded by the fees it charges on the financial services industry. As a result, specific questions around fees are a matter for the FCA.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is funded by a combination of industry levy and case fees. The FOS is an independent, non-Governmental body and questions about its funding are a matter for the FOS or, as the case may be, the FCA (who approve the FOS budget and fee rules). The FOS budget is proposed by FOS annually and approved by the FCA.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Money Advice Service's (MAS) budget is proposed by MAS annually, based on demand for money and debt advice, and approved by the FCA. Consumer credit firms will pay the MAS levy once authorised by the FCA. The FCA has approved MAS's 2014/15 budget, but MAS's budget for future years has not yet been determined.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2014 15:46:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

61866

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
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	Community 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 estimate he has made of the number of community energy schemes that have not gone ahead due to the cost of securing a connection to the local grid; if he will make it his policy to (a) introduce standardised affordable grid connection charges for community energy schemes and (b) exempt community energy schemes from wider network upgrade costs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	200681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>In January 2014, the Department of Energy and Climate Change launched the UK's first Community Energy Strategy. As part of this, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State established a Community Energy Grid Connection Working Group to consider barriers to community energy project grid connections, including issues such as the cost of securing a connection and the impact this has on deployment. The Working Group is due to report to the Secretary of State in summer 2014 outlining its recommendations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 24/06/2014 14:47:46 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

61867

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
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	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, how much funding has been allocated to the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund for (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17 and (d) all further years for which funding has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	200682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Up to £120 million has been allocated to the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund in 2014-15. A decision on allocating funding for future years has yet to be taken. In the 2013 Autumn Statement, £150m was allocated in each of 15/16 and 16/17 towards energy efficiency in homes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 24/06/2014 14:48:23 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

61868

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
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	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, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) solid wall insulation, (b) other energy efficiency and insulation measures from his Department's approved list and (c) refunds for Green Deal assessments under the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16, (iii) 2016-17 and (iv) over the lifetime of the fund.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	200684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Up to £120 million has been allocated to the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund in 2014-15. DECC has not allocated specific levels of funding to (a) solid wall insulation, (b) other energy efficiency and insulation measures from his Department's approved list and (c) refunds for Green Deal assessments under the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16, (iii) 2016-17 or (iv) over the lifetime of the fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 24/06/2014 14:49:01 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

61869

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
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	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, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund for the lifetime of the programme.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	200685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Up to £120 million has been allocated to the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund in 2014-15. A decision on allocating funding for future years has yet to be taken. In the 2013 Autumn Statement, £150m was allocated in each of 15/16 and 16/17 towards energy efficiency in homes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 24/06/2014 14:49:39 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

61870

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
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	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 estimate his Department has made of the number of households that will receive cashback under the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17 and (d) all further years for which funding has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	200683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The total number of homes supported under the GDHIF scheme will be dependent on a number of factors. Given these are unknown factors currently, the number of homes potentially supported could vary significantly. Up to £120m has been allocated to this scheme for 2014/15. A decision on allocating funding for future years has yet to be taken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 24/06/2014 14:51:50 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

61873

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2014, Official Report, column 61W, on radiotherapy, what reports he has received of the reasons NHS England has paid for gamma knife treatment at University College Hospital London for a patient referred there from Plymouth Derriford Hospital by James Palmer, NHS England's Clinical Director of Specialised Commissioning.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	200731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>For reasons of patient confidentiality, it is not possible to comment explicitly on either case referred to. However, any primary care trust authorisations made for the gamma knife prior to 1 April 2013 were honoured by NHS England and the invoice associated with the agreed work was paid. University College London Hospitals (UCLH) were required to forward any referrals made after 1 April 2013 to NHS England, along the prescribed pathway, in accordance with the contract between the two. No invoices for work carried out by Queen's Square Radiotherapy Centre at its own risk on behalf of UCLH have been paid by NHS England for referrals after 1 April 2013.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 200728 question first answered 23/06/2014 15:44:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

61874

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Monitor
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether guidance issued by Monitor is mandatory for NHS England to follow.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	200737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>It is the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No.2) Regulations 2013 that place requirements on NHS England, including requirements as to good practice in relation to procurement.</p><p> </p><p>Enforcement of the procurement requirements by Monitor may only follow its investigation of a complaint that there has been a failure by a commissioner to comply with the requirements. Guidance issued by Monitor on the regulations, including guidance issued in April, provides advice for commissioners on compliance with the regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 23/06/2014 15:14:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

61875

registered interest
date	13/06/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Radiotherapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 132W, on radiotherapy, what reports he has received on the reasons NHS England has paid for Gamma Knife treatment at University College Hospital London (UCHL) for a patient with an acoustic neuroma referred to UCHL from Bournemouth and Poole Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	200728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>For reasons of patient confidentiality, it is not possible to comment explicitly on either case referred to. However, any primary care trust authorisations made for the gamma knife prior to 1 April 2013 were honoured by NHS England and the invoice associated with the agreed work was paid. University College London Hospitals (UCLH) were required to forward any referrals made after 1 April 2013 to NHS England, along the prescribed pathway, in accordance with the contract between the two. No invoices for work carried out by Queen's Square Radiotherapy Centre at its own risk on behalf of UCLH have been paid by NHS England for referrals after 1 April 2013.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 200731 question first answered 23/06/2014 15:44:40 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt