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750673

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date	11/07/2017
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	Scholarships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which scholarship programmes his Department funded, part-funded or otherwise supported in each of the last 10 years; what the purpose and remit was of each such programme; how many people benefitted from each such programme; and what the cost of each such programme was in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	4250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has funded Chevening and Marshall Scholarship programmes throughout this period and has previously part-funded the Commonwealth Scholarship Programme which since 2009 has been primarily delivered by the Department for International Development (DfID). All three scholarship programmes are key instruments of UK soft power and support our foreign policy objectives.</p><p><strong>Marshall Scholarships</strong></p><p>The bilateral Marshall Scholarship Programme was established by an Act of Parliament in 1953 to thank the American people for the UK's share of Marshall Aid. It is a key element in the special relationship between the US and the UK. An Order-in-Council provides for up to 40 new Marshall Scholars each year, enabling talented postgraduate students from the US to study in the UK – mostly for 2 or 3 years.</p><p>Since the academic year of 2006/07 there have been <strong>401 Scholars</strong>. The total FCO Grant-in-Aid over the same period was <strong>£22,990,000</strong>. The annual figures are shown in Table A (Annex A).</p><p><br><strong>Chevening Scholarships</strong></p><p>The Chevening Scholarship Programme creates lasting, positive relationships with future leaders, influencers and decision-makers from 140 different countries around the world. Founded in 1983, Chevening is one of the largest international scholarship programmes in the world. In 2016/17 the programme welcomed 1,918 scholars to the UK to study for one year master's degrees on the course and at the university of their choice.</p><p>Since the academic year of 2006/07 there have been <strong>12,673 Scholars</strong>. The total FCO funding over the same period was <strong>£294,800,000</strong>. The annual figures are shown in Table B (Annex A).</p><p><strong>Commonwealth Scholarships (partly funded)</strong></p><p>The Commonwealth Scholarship Programme awards approximately 800 scholarships and fellowships, for postgraduate study and professional development, to Commonwealth citizens each year. The programme aims to contribute to the UK's international development objectives and wider interests overseas and promotes the principles of the Commonwealth.</p><p>The programme is currently funded by DfID and the Department for Education. The FCO funded awards until 2008. The annual figures for this period are shown in Table C (Annex A).</p><p><br><strong><em>To note</em></strong>: <em>the numbers of scholars in Table C represent the proportion of Commonwealth scholars funded by the FCO contribution. Between 2009-2012 the FCO contribution did not directly</em> <em>fund scholarship awards. </em></p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 19/07/2017 14:05:18 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field attachment 1 file name Annex A.docx title Annex A
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

750728

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Aerials: Rural areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding under the Emergency Services Mobile Communications programme the Government plans to spend on the construction of masts which can be shared by all mobile network operators to improve coverage in rural area.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme is forecast to spend £71.1m of investment costs, and £135.7m of operating costs, on providing additional rural coverage as part of its Extended Area Service for the 15 year life of the business case.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 4388 question first answered 19/07/2017 11:17:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

750731

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Mobile Radios
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding under the Emergency Services Mobile Communications programme the Government plans to spend on Emergency Area Service masts that can be shared by all operators to improve rural mobile coverage.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	4388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme is forecast to spend £71.1m of investment costs, and £135.7m of operating costs, on providing additional rural coverage as part of its Extended Area Service for the 15 year life of the business case.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 4387 question first answered 19/07/2017 11:17:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

750792

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Airwave Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department is allocating to each police service for the airwave replacement programme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	4392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office funds the policing share of the main infrastructure costs of the Emergency Services Network (the new communication system which will replace the current Airwave system) through a reallocation within the police funding settlement. Police &amp; Crime Commissioners meet certain local costs, such as new handsets for officers, from their general budgets. In 2016/17, the Home Office provided £33.1m direct to Police and Crime Commissioners to assist with the modernisation of control rooms required for the new communications system.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/07/2017 11:15:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

750801

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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
hansard heading	Rivers: Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many recordable pollution incidents there were for English waterways in each year for which information is available; and what proportion of those offences resulted in (a) successful prosecution and (b) an enforcement undertaking.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides details of the numbers of water pollution incidents as well as the numbers of successful prosecutions and accepted Enforcement Undertakings for water pollution offences.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Category 1 &amp; 2 Serious water pollution incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total water pollution incidents - impact levels 1-3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Successful prosecutions in relation to water pollution </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enforcement Undertakings Accepted</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>8282</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>7770</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>8285</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>8583</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>8504</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>293</p></td><td><p>8265</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>8485</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>361</p></td><td><p>7274</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>6363</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>6414</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Prosecutions or enforcement undertakings are normally considered for the more serious Category 1 and 2 incidents. Prosecutions are undertaken where there is a public interest in doing so and where there is a reasonable likelihood of obtaining conviction. Enforcement Undertakings have been available as an enforcement option since 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The prosecution of water pollution offences or decision on enforcement undertakings does not necessarily occur in the same year in which the incidents took place. There are cases for offences which took place in earlier years which are currently still in progress.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 19/07/2017 13:33:12 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

750816

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to invest in solar energy over the course of the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Solar PV is a UK success story. In 2013 we estimated that solar capacity would reach 10-12GW by 2020. We now expect Government support to bring forward around 13 GW by 2020. The Feed-in Tariff remains open to solar PV which provides an incentive for consumers to install solar energy.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/07/2017 15:04:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 5103 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

750817

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to reduce dependence on non-renewable sources of energy.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has a programme of action to reduce dependence on non-renewable sources of energy, including:</p><p>o taking action on energy efficiency to reduce demand for heat through the Private Rented Sector Regulations and through the Energy Company Obligation, which is worth £640m annually and will deliver around 300,000 measures per year until September 2018;</p><p>o encouraging households and businesses to install renewable and low carbon heat systems through the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme, with a £780m budget for 2017-2018;</p><p>o promoting heat networks in areas of denser heat demand, through the department’s new £320m capital support through Heat Networks Investment Project;</p><p>o working with major industrial sectors to set out short term collaborative actions on decarbonisation;</p><p>Electricity generated from renewables has increased from 7% to nearly 25% since 2010. We are on track to meet our ambition of delivering 30% of the UK’s electricity from renewables in 2020-21.</p><p>Support for large scale renewable deployment is delivered through competitive allocation of Contracts for Difference. The second Contracts for Difference allocation round is underway, with a budget of £290m of annual support for 15 years for technologies including offshore wind. The Government has also provided support for small scale renewable generation through Feed in Tariff.</p><p>Additionally, last November last year we launched a consultation on world leading plans to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025. The consultation ended on 8 February and we are currently considering the contributions received. A response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/07/2017 15:04:00 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 5106 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

750828

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Social Rented Housing
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 rank each English local authority by the change in the number of social housing units in ach such local authority since (a) 1987, (b) 1997 and (c) 2007.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	4253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Between 1997 and 2010, the number of social rented homes fell by 420,000. Since 2010 the stock has increased by 76,000.</p><p>Figures for the dwelling stock owned by local authorities in England since 1994 are published by the Department in live table 116. Figures for dwelling stock at local authority level are not available prior to 1994, but are available at England level in live table 104.</p><p>Figures for the dwelling stock owned by private registered providers in England since 1997 are available in live table 115.</p><p>Where a local authority has undergone a Large Scale Voluntary Transfer (LSVT) authority, its stock would transfer to a private registered provider of social housing and the figure in live table 116 would reduce to zero or a small number.</p><p>Each live table can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 19/07/2017 14:22:10 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 5034 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck