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676072

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Zambia: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has received on Zambia's diversification of its energy mix.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	61005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not received any representations on Zambia’s energy mix. The UK is playing an active role alongside other partners to help Zambia diversify its energy mix given its high reliance on hydroelectricity.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 26/01/2017 17:16:15 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

674807

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	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	Yemen: Ceasefires
	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 his Department is taking to help bring about a ceasefire and peace talks in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	60616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>A political solution is the best way to bring long-term stability to Yemen and end the conflict. The UK continues to strongly support the work of UN Special Envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and his tireless efforts in working with all parties to bring about peace in Yemen.</p><p>Through the &quot;Quad&quot; initiative, the UK has brought together leading Coalition members, the US and UN to make meaningful progress towards a peaceful solution to the conflict. The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson) hosted the first Quad meeting in London in July and the format has reconvened on an almost monthly basis since. I attended the last meeting in Riyadh on 18 December, during which it was agreed that the UN peace proposals represent an outline for a comprehensive agreement which the Yemeni parties need to negotiate the details of.</p><p>We continue to call on all parties to the conflict to renew their commitment to the Cessation of Hostilities for the sake of the people of Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 26/01/2017 14:57:19 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

675664

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	World Trade Organisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Written Statement of 5 December 2016, HCWS316 on the UK's commitments at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), what assessment he has made of the effect of the draft WTO schedules on the cost efficiency of the UK toy manufacturing industry.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	60782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement, we will draft schedules which replicate as far as possible our current obligations. The Government seeks to ensure continuity for business as we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 26/01/2017 11:22:41 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

677454

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Whisky: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate the Government has made of the economic contribution of the Scotch whisky industry to the (a) Scottish and (b) UK economy.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	61150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has not made an independent assessment of the contribution of Scotch whisky to the Scottish or UK economies. However, the Scotch Whisky Association estimates that the industry contributes over £5 billion to the UK economy, supporting over 40,000 jobs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/01/2017 10:58:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

675434

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times deductions have been made from a person's child tax credit payment to service outstanding arrears from working tax credits in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	60739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/01/2017 10:56:45 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

675615

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Volkswagen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Transport of 12 January 2017, Official Report, column 451, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of any group litigation action by owners of Volkswagan vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	60872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>We understand that many consumers are seeking independent legal advice on the Volkswagen issue and are prepared to provide any reasonable assistance to consumers who seek compensation directly from Volkswagen. We have engaged with legal firms who are representing consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants to ensure that Volkswagen address consumers concerns and that their rights are protected; we are continuing to consider how best to do this. We have not ruled out opening our own investigation.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 26/01/2017 13:19:31 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

677450

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Venture Capital
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people received income tax relief for venture capital trusts in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	61130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of people claiming income tax relief on investments in Venture Capital Trusts (VCT) in 2014-15 was 12,920. HM Revenue and Customs has not yet published statistics for the number of claims in 2015-16; these will be published by the end of 2017, as part of the regular schedule of VCT statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 26/01/2017 11:03:25 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

674772

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Director of Fair Access can issue fines to universities.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	60557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) publishes information on universities’ performance against their widening participation targets as part of its annual monitoring of access agreements, approved by the Director of Fair Access (DfA) to Higher Education.</p><p>The 2014-15 monitoring publication <em>‘Outcomes of</em> <em>Access Agreement Monitoring 2014-15’</em>, can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf</a></p><p>The variation in the number, focus and ambition of targets set by an institution means that caution should be taken in using the summary data to make direct comparisons between individual institutions.</p><p>Prior to 2013-14 OFFA reported on targets at sector level rather than institutional level. Full monitoring returns can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring</a></p><p>The DfA can direct the Higher Education Funding Council for England to impose specified financial requirements on the governing body of an institution if it has failed, in the DfA’s view, to comply with the requirements in its approved plan. No fines have been imposed on universities using this power.</p><p><br>The legislation makes clear that where the governing body can show that it has taken all reasonable steps to comply with its access agreement, this will not be considered as failure.</p><p>This approach has been successful with record numbers of disadvantaged students in higher education, including in high tariff institutions, and the highest rates of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) participation in higher education.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 60577 60578 question first answered 26/01/2017 17:33:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

674779

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities did not meet widening participation targets agreed with the Office for Fair Access in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	60577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) publishes information on universities’ performance against their widening participation targets as part of its annual monitoring of access agreements, approved by the Director of Fair Access (DfA) to Higher Education.</p><p>The 2014-15 monitoring publication <em>‘Outcomes of</em> <em>Access Agreement Monitoring 2014-15’</em>, can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf</a></p><p>The variation in the number, focus and ambition of targets set by an institution means that caution should be taken in using the summary data to make direct comparisons between individual institutions.</p><p>Prior to 2013-14 OFFA reported on targets at sector level rather than institutional level. Full monitoring returns can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring</a></p><p>The DfA can direct the Higher Education Funding Council for England to impose specified financial requirements on the governing body of an institution if it has failed, in the DfA’s view, to comply with the requirements in its approved plan. No fines have been imposed on universities using this power.</p><p><br>The legislation makes clear that where the governing body can show that it has taken all reasonable steps to comply with its access agreement, this will not be considered as failure.</p><p>This approach has been successful with record numbers of disadvantaged students in higher education, including in high tariff institutions, and the highest rates of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) participation in higher education.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 60557 60578 question first answered 26/01/2017 17:33:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

674781

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines the Director of Fair Access has issued to universities that have not met widening participation targets in each year since the establishment of that office.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	60578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) publishes information on universities’ performance against their widening participation targets as part of its annual monitoring of access agreements, approved by the Director of Fair Access (DfA) to Higher Education.</p><p>The 2014-15 monitoring publication <em>‘Outcomes of</em> <em>Access Agreement Monitoring 2014-15’</em>, can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016.04-Outcomes-of-access-agreements-monitoring-1.pdf</a></p><p>The variation in the number, focus and ambition of targets set by an institution means that caution should be taken in using the summary data to make direct comparisons between individual institutions.</p><p>Prior to 2013-14 OFFA reported on targets at sector level rather than institutional level. Full monitoring returns can be found at: <a href="http://www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring" target="_blank">www.offa.org.uk/publications/monitoring</a></p><p>The DfA can direct the Higher Education Funding Council for England to impose specified financial requirements on the governing body of an institution if it has failed, in the DfA’s view, to comply with the requirements in its approved plan. No fines have been imposed on universities using this power.</p><p><br>The legislation makes clear that where the governing body can show that it has taken all reasonable steps to comply with its access agreement, this will not be considered as failure.</p><p>This approach has been successful with record numbers of disadvantaged students in higher education, including in high tariff institutions, and the highest rates of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) participation in higher education.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 60557 60577 question first answered 26/01/2017 17:33:13 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley