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1006983

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2018 to Question 186182 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, how many times the ministerially-chaired taskforce has met.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	191289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Private Sector Building Remediation Ministerial Taskforce has met three times.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/12/2018 16:33:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1006984

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fires: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 163508 on Housing: Solar Power and with reference to the British Research Establishment's report, Fire and Solar PV Systems - Recommendations for the Fire and Rescue Services, published on 15 July 2017, what steps his Department plans to take as a result of those recommendations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	191271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>None. It is for individual fire and rescue authorities to determine operational practices and policies. As part of this, it is for local fire and rescue authorities to consider firefighter guidance recommendations from this or any other such report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 16:40:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1006985

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Fracking: Earthquakes
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 recent discussions he has had with the Oil and Gas Authority on changes to its traffic light system for responding to seismic events at shale gas sites.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Chief Executive of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) wrote to me on 2 November and provided reassurance that the regulatory regime is performing well and that the OGA have not seen anything from the seismic events to date which suggests otherwise.</p><p>There are no plans to review the traffic light system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/11/2018 17:18:53 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1006986

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Fracking: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish any reports provided by Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd to the Oil and Gas Authority on the four seismic events of greater than the red light 0.5ML threshold that occurred at the Preston New Road shale gas site between 26 October 2018 and 4 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) monitors seismicity as part of their regulatory duties at shale gas sites. They review all information submitted to them by Cuadrilla and have assured the Government that events at Preston New Road are conforming to the pre-agreed Hydraulic Fracture Plan.</p><p>Information about the seismic events is displayed real-time on the British Geological Survey (BGS) site and Cuadrilla regularly update information on traffic light events on their web-site.</p><p>Within 30 days of completion of operations the operator must submit a Hydraulic Fracturing Operations Report to the OGA. The OGA will publish these reports six months after receipt.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/12/2018 10:38:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1006987

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Fracking: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish any reports received by his Department from the (a) Oil and Gas Authority, (b) Environment Agency and (c) Health and Safety Executive on the four seismic events of greater than the red light 0.5ML threshold that occurred at the Preston New Road shale gas site between 26 October 2018 and 4 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>If a seismic event of 0.5ML, or greater, on the ‘Richter Local Scale’ is detected and causally linked to the operations, hydraulic fracturing is suspended for a minimum of 18 hours. An event report must be submitted to and independently reviewed by each of the regulatory bodies who will only allow operations to recommence once they have fully assessed the information and are satisfied the event conforms to the pre-agreed Hydraulic Fracture Plan.</p><p> </p><p>Within 30 days of completion of all hydraulic fracturing operations at a well, a Hydraulic Fracturing Operations Report must be submitted to the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) by the operator. The OGA will publish these reports six months after receipt.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/11/2018 17:14:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1006988

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Fracking: Earthquakes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to introduce a requirement for independent well integrity tests at shale gas sites in the event of seismic events of greater than the red light 0.5 ML threshold occurring at such sites.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	191379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Traffic Light System dictates that if an event of 0.5M<sub>L</sub> or above is detected and causally linked to operations, the operator must pause operations for 18 hours and reduce well pressure. Operations are only allowed to resume once regulators are satisfied that any risks have been appropriately mitigated and this includes consideration of well integrity by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).</p><p> </p><p>The HSE robustly and independently regulates health and safety across Great Britain. The HSE has a proven track record of taking enforcement action where breaches of relevant legislation have occurred and, as an effective and proportionate regulator, will continue to do so when appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Under our existing legislation, the HSE requires operators of oil and gas wells to maintain well integrity throughout the lifecycle of the well, from design and construction to final decommissioning. The HSE routinely inspects the well integrity risk management systems of oil and gas well operators, and verifies these inspections by scrutinising statutory wells operation reports sent weekly to the HSE by the operator.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/11/2018 17:15:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1006989

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bedfordshire Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount of special grant funding Bedfordshire Police have applied for; and for what purpose they have made that application.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	191453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Bedfordshire Police have made an application for Special Grant funding for £4.6 million, mainly for a specialist operation to tackle gun and gang crime in the region (Operation Boson).</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 16:45:52 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1006990

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Post Office Card Account
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of disability benefits, including universal credit, with the limited capability for work element receive their payments into a Post Office account.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	191430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/11/2018 09:55:06 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

1006991

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Wines: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September to Question 172413 on Public Houses: Non-domestic Rates, what evaluation has been made of the effect of increasing the duty on wine on (a) pubs and (b) the wine industry.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	191272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>When considering changes in alcohol duty rates, the Government models changes in consumption driven by those duty-changes, but it does not explicitly model other effects on pubs and the wine industry. The Treasury takes all issues into account when setting alcohol duty rates.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2018, we froze duty on beer, cider and spirits. Pubs, and other businesses, with a rateable value below £51,000 will also benefit from the business rates discount announced.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/11/2018 14:49:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1006992

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Employment: Electronic Tagging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ban the microchipping of employees by employers.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	191454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>If an employer required or encouraged implantation of microchips among its employees, it would raise several legal issues. While I am not aware of any cases being brought to test the legal position, it seems unlikely that such an invasive approach to security or monitoring would be found to be justifiable. So, it is likely to be difficult for an employer to show that such a practice would be consistent with the requirements of data protection legislation, health and safety requirements, and other legal obligations to employees.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/11/2018 17:19:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows