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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

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

677621

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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	Universal Credit: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Scotland received the carer element of universal credit in each of the last two years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	61149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not currently available. The Department updated its strategy for releasing official statistics on Universal Credit (UC) in December 2016. As outlined in the strategy, officials are currently assessing the data for UC and will only release information once the necessary quality assurance work has taken place. These statistics will be published in accordance with the relevant protocols in the Code of Practice for official statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit official statistics and the Departments release strategy can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/01/2017 15:38:30 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

677622

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	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	Universal Credit: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit awards in Scotland are made under split payment arrangements.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	61151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>This information is not currently available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 26/01/2017 15:43:05 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

672296

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the UK economy of leaving the Single Market.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government continues to undertake a range of analyses to inform the UK’s position for the upcoming EU exit negotiations. As the Prime Minister has said, we will pursue a bold and ambitious Free Trade Agreement with the European Union as a priority to allow for the greatest possible trade in goods and services between Britain and EU member states. Autumn Statement funding decisions ensure that departments have sufficient resource to deliver this new relationship.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4637 question first answered 26/01/2017 17:14:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

672300

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on GDP if trade negotiations with the EU are not successfully concluded prior to the UK’s withdrawal; and what steps they are taking to ensure that they have access to adequate advice from trade experts as they approach those negotiations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL4637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government continues to undertake a range of analyses to inform the UK’s position for the upcoming EU exit negotiations. As the Prime Minister has said, we will pursue a bold and ambitious Free Trade Agreement with the European Union as a priority to allow for the greatest possible trade in goods and services between Britain and EU member states. Autumn Statement funding decisions ensure that departments have sufficient resource to deliver this new relationship.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4634 question first answered 26/01/2017 17:14:27 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

677472

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Trident Missiles: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any video footage for potential media release was taken of the Trident missile test firing of June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	61249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>This is decided on a case by case basis dependent on security considerations at the time. Footage of the 2005 and 2012 Demonstration and Shakedown Operations firings was released.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Sir Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 61282 question first answered 26/01/2017 17:22:51 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady