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855936

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date	06/03/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality and Human Rights Commission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what formal powers the Equality and Human Rights Commission has to investigate breaches of equality legislation.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	131102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)’s powers to investigate breaches of equality legislation are set out in Section 20 of the Equality Act 2006. The Commission may investigate whether or not a person has committed an unlawful act; has complied with a requirement imposed by an unlawful act notice under section 21 of the act; or has complied with an undertaking given under section 23 of the Act.</p><p>More generally, EHRC’s enforcement powers, which include these investigatory powers, are set out in sections 20 – 32 of the Act as amended by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/03/2018 12:50:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

855937

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to make retrospective any changes her Department proposes to the transparency of Parole Board decision-making.
tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
uin	131103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The review of the transparency of Parole Board decision-making remains a priority for me and for the Government. We will have completed the review by Easter, and the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice will report thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/03/2018 15:34:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

855943

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Internet
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 and what proportion of his Department’s cloud-hosting contracts have been awarded to (a) hyperscale cloud providers and (b) UK SMEs; and what the value of those contracts was in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	131109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Information regarding how many and what proportion of the Department’s (BEIS) cloud-hosting contracts have been awarded to (a) hyperscale cloud providers and (b) UK SMEs: and the value of those contracts in each of the last three years, is not held in a format that can be fully and easily extracted. This could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, we can confirm the following in relation to (a) and (b).</p><p> </p><p>a) From records held centrally, BEIS has four cloud hosting contracts. We regard three of these to be hyperscale providers. In total these contracts have a value of £883k for 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>b) The other cloud hosting provider is an SME. This contract has a maximum value of £280k over the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/03/2018 17:24:03 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

855944

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of his Department’s cloud-hosting contracts have been awarded to (a) hyperscale cloud providers and (b) UK SMEs; and what the value of those contracts was in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	131110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has contracts in place with 2 cloud-hosting provider.</p><p>Both of those are hyperscale cloud providers (100 per cent)<br>One of those is a UK SME (50 per cent)</p><p>The spend with the above providers was as follows:</p><p>FY 2015 - 2016 £761,903.15 inc VAT<br>FY 2016 - 2017 £891,843.06 inc VAT<br>FY 2017 - 2018 £1,486,818.54 inc VAT</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/03/2018 16:29:04 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

855945

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the volume of UK citizens’ data held by companies (a) supplying cloud services to his Department and (b) contracted to deliver cloud services on behalf of his Department that is subject to information requests from US Government bodies.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	131111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>It will take some time to gather the information required to answer the hon. Member's question. I will write to the hon. Member shortly.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 12/03/2018 17:20:13 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

855946

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Internet
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 estimate he has made of the volume of UK citizens’ data held by companies (a) supplying cloud services to his Department and (b) contracted to deliver cloud services on behalf of his Department that is subject to information requests from US Government bodies.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	131112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not centrally collect the specific data requested.</p><p>Information regarding contracts above the value of £10,000 is published on Contracts Finder on GOV.UK, available at https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder.</p><p>The Interception of Communications Commissioner and the Information Commissioner’s Office also have responsibilities in this area.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/03/2018 14:32:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

855949

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of desktop studies in determining fire safety compliance within building regulations.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	131115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>Dame Judith Hackitt’s interim report recommended that the Government should restrict the use of desktop studies so that they are only used where appropriate, with sufficient test evidence and where those undertaking the assessment are able to demonstrate suitable competence. The Government will consult on proposals to implement this recommendation shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/03/2018 17:17:32 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 46668 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

855950

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Blackburn
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Diocese of Blackburn has made of the potential merits of using its church spires for relaying Wi-Fi, broadband or other signals; and which churches in that Diocese could provide potential sites for such relays.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	131116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Church of England recently signed an Accord with Her Majesty’s Government to enable churches to improve broadband and mobile connectivity, particularly in rural areas. The Accord sets out how the Government and the Church can collaborate to help achieve this. Companies are currently being invited to tender to provide connectivity under a framework agreement with rural parish churches. The intention of the Accord is to indicate to Church Chancellors and Local Planning Departments that there is no institutional barrier to this technology being used to promote connectivity in a manner appropriate for the community.</p><p>The Church of England is in the process setting up a working group with interested dioceses to identify areas where further work or guidance may be required to support the Accord. The Diocese of Blackburn is not currently part of the working group however, the Church would welcome any additional information from the Hon. Member for Preston about parishes in his constituency who may be interested in offering this facility to their community. Discussions are also ongoing with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to establish how to progress this project further.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 13/03/2018 15:13:16 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

855951

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the performance of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs); and if he will publish a ranking of LEPs against that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	131117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) are a valued part of the local institutional framework and play an important role in delivering our ambition for growth in all parts of England. This Government has provided £12 billion through the Local Growth Fund to deliver over 1000 projects across the country.</p><p>We have a robust process for monitoring LEP performance. This is based on engagement with local teams who provide LEPs with day to day support, quarterly LEP monitoring returns relating to their Growth Deal projects, and an annual performance review. These processes lead to an agreed set of actions and next steps to ensure that LEPs continue to perform at their best.</p><p>Through our LEP Review we will continue to strengthen LEPs, so that they continue to drive sustainable private sector-led growth and job creation.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/03/2018 16:13:32 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

855962

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	South Sudan: Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle the root causes of conflict in South Sudan and (b) support peace building led by local actors in that country.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	131128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>As a first step to tackle the root causes of the conflict, we have been clear that a wide range of voices, including from women, local actors and civil society groups, must be heard in the peace process. This will make it more likely that a sustainable settlement is found. These groups will also help hold the government and other parties to account. Our funding is enabling the South Sudan Council of Churches, through the National Action Plan for Peace, to lead mediation and reconciliation efforts between national level leaders who have the power to stop the conflict. At the local level we are supporting a range of peace building activities, including funding the Conflict Early Warning and Early Response System (CEWERS), which aims to reduce conflict by helping communities to identify small incidents and resolve issues peacefully before they escalate to violent conflict.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/03/2018 16:16:40 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew