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798002

registered interest
date	01/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce knife crime
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	116909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>Our work to tackle knife crime is centred on four key strands: working with the police on operations and enforcement; work on the legislative framework; to work with retailers on responsible sales of knives; and early intervention and prevention.</p><p> </p><p>We are encouraging police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. It includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps, test purchases of knives from retailers, the use of surrender bins, and educational activities. A record thirty-two police forces took part in the week of action in July.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed a set of commitments with major retailers to prevent the underage sales of knives in their stores and online. The agreement also covers staff training and displays and packaging.</p><p> </p><p>We are keeping the legislative framework under review and we have taken action to ban zombie knives in August 2016. In addition on 14 October we launched a consultation on new legislation on offensive weapons. The proposals include placing restrictions on the online sale of knives, creating a new offence of possession of an offensive or dangerous weapon in a private place, and updating existing legislation. We have launched a community fund to support local communities to tackle knife crime.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting youth violence intervention and prevention work in hospital emergency departments including supporting the voluntary sector organisation, Redthread, undertake work in London hospitals and pilots its approach shortly in Nottingham and Birmingham.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/12/2017 12:25:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

797809

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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	Fracking: Ryedale
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 criteria his Department will use to determine a decision on consent for hydraulic fracturing at the Kirby Misperton site; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	116717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department will determine Third Energy’s application for hydraulic fracturing at its Kirby Misperton site using the same criteria set out under Section 4A of the Petroleum Act 1998 (inserted by Section 50 of the Infrastructure Act 2015).</p><p> </p><p>The Department is carefully considering the evidence submitted and will respond appropriately in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 06/12/2017 16:22:56 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

797844

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Chinook Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the importance of the UK Chinook Force for the wider capability of the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	116751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK Chinook Force provides the UK Armed Forces with vital rotary wing heavy lift capability. Defence has invested significantly in enhancing and maintaining the Chinook capability over many years and an upgrade programme will sustain this core capability into the 2040s.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 116750 question first answered 07/12/2017 16:50:17 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

797866

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
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 ensure that mineworkers in deprived areas have access to a proportionate share of the profits made by the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	116773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The allocation of bonuses from the Trustees’ share of surpluses in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme is a matter for the Trustees.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 06/12/2017 16:23:44 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

797869

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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	Fly-tipping
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 successful convictions there have been for fly tipping in the past 12 months; and how many vehicles used in fly tipping have been seized and crushed in the past five years.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	116776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>The fly-tipping statistics for England show there were 1,571 successful prosecutions for fly-tipping by local authorities in 2016/17. The table below shows how many vehicles involved in fly-tipping have been seized by local authorities in the past five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Vehicles seized</strong></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 06/12/2017 15:44:14 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

797888

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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	Seahorses: Smuggling
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 prosecutions have taken place for the illegal sale of seahorses in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	116795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>Identifying the number of defendants prosecuted for the illegal sale of seahorses from those prosecuted for the illegal sale of other endangered species recorded in data held centrally by the Ministry of Justice would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p>Defra does not hold any other data regarding the number of prosecutions for the illegal sales of seahorses.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 08/12/2017 15:02:44 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

797898

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the business rate thresholds for small firms located in London.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	116805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>From April 2017 the Government increased the threshold for small business rate relief from £6,000 to £12,000. As a result over 600,000 small businesses pay no rates at all. The threshold for the standard business rates multiplier has also increased to £51,000, taking 275,000 smaller properties out of the higher rate.</p><p>The Government launched a further package of support for businesses following the revaluation, including over £120 million of support for businesses in London.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/12/2017 17:01:26 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

797929

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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 Company Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his review of support for the Energy Company Obligation beyond 2022 as set out in the Clean Growth Strategy of October 2017 will be based on the introduction of new levies to support the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	116836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>In the Clean Growth Strategy the Government committed to extend support for home energy efficiency improvements until 2028 at least at the current level of Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding. We will review the best form of support beyond 2022, including how it should be funded.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to extend ECO at £640m per annum until 2022 and will be consulting on the next phase of the scheme (2018 – 2022) early next year.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/12/2017 16:24:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

797932

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
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: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes will have been offered a smart meter by the end of 2017.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	116839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers have their own individual systems and criteria for recording offers for installations of a smart meter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 07/12/2017 10:38:20 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

797939

registered interest
date	30/11/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the new Approved Driving Instructor Part 3 Test will be introduced.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	116846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The regulations were laid before Parliament on 1 December 2017. The Approved Driving Instructor Part 3 test will be implemented from 23 December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/12/2017 11:26:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris