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417983

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Central African Republic: Overseas Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the timetable is for the completion of programme reviews of UK aid funding for the Central African Republic.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	9698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>DFID has recently completed two project reviews for humanitarian work in the Central African Republic and with Central African Republic refugees. These reviews will shortly be available on our website ‘Development Tracker’.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 16/09/2015 13:53:53 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

418925

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
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	Central African Republic: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is giving to the Central African Republic to help ensure safe, fair and transparent elections in that country next month.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	10326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Following the President of the National Transition Council’s call for a new electoral timetable in his closing speech to the National Assembly on 31 August, elections will not go ahead in the Central African Republic (CAR) in October 2015. CAR’s Electoral Authority will now produce a new electoral timetable. Free, fair and inclusive elections are crucial for the Central African Republic’s future stability and progress towards reconciliation. The UK welcomes the Central African Republic’s Constitutional Court ruling that all citizens of the Central African Republic, including internally displaced people and refugees in neighbouring countries, have the right to vote in upcoming elections and is pleased that electoral registration has now begun in neighbouring countries. The UK is supportive of an EU Electoral Observation Mission to the Central African Republic, subject to further discussions in Brussels later this year.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 21/09/2015 13:31:19 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

418965

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Central African Republic: Health and Nutrition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of UK aid funding for health and nutrition programmes in the Central African Republic.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	10300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK is currently the second largest bilateral humanitarian donor to the Central African Republic. Since 2013, DFID has contributed £34 million to programmes supporting healthcare and nutrition for Central Africans and Central African refugees. In 2015, we hope to reach more than 300,000 people with health and nutritional assistance in CAR.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 22/09/2015 11:05:14 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

420010

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Central African Republic: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what technical support his Department plans to provide to the forthcoming elections in the Central African Republic.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	10934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Central African Republic’s Electoral Authority needs to adopt, without further delay, a revised calendar for the holding of elections. Free, fair and inclusive elections are crucial for the Central African Republic’s future stability and progress towards reconciliation. The UK welcomes the Central African Republic’s Constitutional Court ruling that all citizens of the Central African Republic, including internally displaced people and refugees in neighbouring countries, have the right to vote in upcoming elections. The UK recognises the significant progress achieved in the voters registration process in the Central African Republic and emphasises the importance of the registration of refugees in neighbouring countries. The UK is supportive of an EU Electoral Observation Mission to the Central African Republic, subject to further discussions in Brussels later this year.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/10/2015 14:22:21 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

420036

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Central African Republic
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress of the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration process in the Central African Republic.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	10935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The signing of the agreement on disarmament, demobilization, reintegration and repatriation by the transitional government and armed groups at the Bangui Forum in May was an important step towards strengthening security in the Central African Republic. The recent violence in Bangui has demonstrated that it is critical for the agreement to be applied and for international forces to make progress with disarmament.</p><br /> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/10/2015 14:45:57 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

420037

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Central African Republic: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the reintegration into society of children enlisted in armed groups in the Central African Republic.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	10936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>We welcome the agreement reached at the Bangui Forum in May to release all children from the ranks of armed groups. It is important that these children are offered assistance to reintegrate into society. We encourage International Financial Institutions and other donors to invest in productive sectors to increase income-generating opportunities for the youth of Central African Republic and which provide a real alternative to joining an armed group.</p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 19/10/2015 14:29:47 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

1176365

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequate availability of fast charging points to meet demand for electric vehicles between 2020-30.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	12825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Our vision is to have one of the best infrastructure networks in the world for electric vehicles, and we want chargepoints to be accessible, affordable and secure. The number of rapid chargepoints is increasing quickly, with 2,400 devices currently publicly available, but we recognise there is more to do. Along with the private sector the Government will invest £1 billion in charging infrastructure – making sure that everyone is within 30 miles of a rapid charging station for electric vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>Our grant schemes and the £400m Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will see thousands more electric vehicle charge-points installed across the UK. In particular, the first £70 million of the Charging Infrastructure Investment fund is expected to deliver an additional 3,000 rapid chargepoints by 2024.</p><p>In July last year, work commenced to determine a vision for a core rapid charger network on England’s strategic road network. This will report in Spring 2020. Highways England has already committed £15m to ensure there are chargepoints (rapid where possible) every 20 miles on 95% of the Strategic Road Network by the end of 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 12826 question first answered 14/02/2020 14:13:34 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1176366

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to introduce standards for availabililty of fast charging points for electric vehicles by (a) distance between points and (b) availability for public charging without subscription.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	12826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Our vision is to have one of the best infrastructure networks in the world for electric vehicles, and we want chargepoints to be accessible, affordable and secure. The number of rapid chargepoints is increasing quickly, with 2,400 devices currently publicly available, but we recognise there is more to do. Along with the private sector the Government will invest £1 billion in charging infrastructure – making sure that everyone is within 30 miles of a rapid charging station for electric vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>Our grant schemes and the £400m Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will see thousands more electric vehicle charge-points installed across the UK. In particular, the first £70 million of the Charging Infrastructure Investment fund is expected to deliver an additional 3,000 rapid chargepoints by 2024.</p><p>In July last year, work commenced to determine a vision for a core rapid charger network on England’s strategic road network. This will report in Spring 2020. Highways England has already committed £15m to ensure there are chargepoints (rapid where possible) every 20 miles on 95% of the Strategic Road Network by the end of 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps grouped question UIN 12825 question first answered 14/02/2020 14:13:34 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

418265

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Agriculture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has to review the level of disclosed aid through the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition Group.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	9902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK has committed a total of £600 million to the New Alliance over 3 years. This investment is split between commitments to food security, agriculture and nutrition programmes in six partner countries (Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Ghana, Malawi and Nigeria), accounting for £480 million, and a range of wider enabling actions including policy tools and agricultural technology.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition group publish a comprehensive report on annual basis that can be found on the New Alliance website. Furthermore, every DFID programme contributing is subject to DFID’s annual review processes that are posted on the DFID Development Tracker website (http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 17/09/2015 15:19:46 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1177706

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Emergencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flights have declared an emergency in UK air space in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2020 answer text <p>In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 376/2014, safety-related events which endanger or which, if not corrected or addressed, could endanger an aircraft, its occupants or any other person have to be reported to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The Regulation requires that the reporting, analysis and follow-up to such occurrences remain confidential. However, the Regulation does permit information to be released on request to interested parties that have a genuine safety related need for the information. An application can be made at <a href="http://www.caa.co.uk/srg1605" target="_blank">www.caa.co.uk/srg1605</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 18/02/2020 16:45:10 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart