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433532

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Mobile Radios
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will revise the bidding procurement process for the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme in order to increase the number of bidders for the provision of mobile services.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	18303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) Mobile Services procurement attracted all national mobile network operators and on 13 November announced its intention to award a contract to EE. Subject to an application decision in the High Court on 8-9 December to lift the automatic suspension, following a challenge by one of the down-selected bidders, EE will be awarded the contract for Mobile Services.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 03/12/2015 17:45:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

433136

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Student Opportunity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish guidance for higher education institutions on how Student Opportunity Fund monies are allocated.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	18155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is responsible for decisions on how the student opportunity fund is allocated to higher education institutions, and for publishing associated guidance.</p><p>The Government issues a grant letter to HEFCE outlining Government’s priorities for expenditure through the teaching grant, including on widening access. This will take account of the announcements made in the Spending Review.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 03/12/2015 11:34:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

433142

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, by when Departments are required to publish Single Departmental Plans.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	18152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Single Departmental Plans will constitute a single, clear roadmap for departments, bringing together plans for implementing strategic, operational, corporate and efficiency objectives. A public version of the Single Departmental Plans will be published on gov.uk in January 2016Single Departmental Plans will constitute a single, clear roadmap for departments, bringing together plans for implementing strategic, operational, corporate and efficiency objectives. A public version of the Single Departmental Plans will be published on gov.uk in January 2016.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 03/12/2015 10:05:52 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

433144

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) redundancy and (b) voluntary exit programmes for civil servants are currently in operation in each department.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	18113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>This information on the number of exit schemes currently in operation is not collated centrally.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/12/2015 17:24:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

433170

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the (a) average and (b) maximum length of time taken by his Department is to carry out a public interest case to determine whether certain information will be disclosed in response to a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	18105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government publishes annual statistics on Freedom of Information on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>, including detailed statistics on public interest cases. This includes information relating to DCMS. Please see the latest annual figures for 2014 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-october-to-december-2014-and-annual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-october-to-december-2014-and-annual</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/12/2015 15:20:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

433172

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	National Lottery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons statistics on National Lottery good causes expenditure has not been updated on the gov.uk website since December 2014; and when he plans to publish those updated statistics.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	18158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text We have encountered significant technical difficulties in updating the National Lottery Grants Database which have proved much more complex to resolve than anticipated. The delay in updating is very unfortunate however we have been working hard to resolve the issue and expect an update to be accessible in the New Year. Meanwhile, information about grants can be found on the websites of many distributors. answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/12/2015 18:04:13 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

433185

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Radar: Hebrides
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to upgrade the Hebrides Range radar on St Kilda.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	18240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence's current planning assumption for the Watchman radar on the Hebrides Range is that it will be upgraded in November 2020.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 03/12/2015 16:16:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

433193

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance she has given to schools on including internet safety awareness in PSHE lessons for primary school children.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	18223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Internet safety has been a statutory requirement within the new computing programme of study since September 2014. The national curriculum sets the expectation that children in primary schools are taught how to use technology safely and respectfully; how to keep personal information private; and where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content on the internet.</p><br /><p>The introduction of internet safety content in key stages 1 and 2 reflects the fact that children are increasingly accessing the internet from a young age, and is intended to inform pupils of good practice in staying safe online from an early age.</p><br /><p>Schools are also able to teach pupils about internet safety in personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) lessons. The PSHE Association’s non-statutory programme of study for health and well-being includes ways of keeping physically and emotionally safe, including online.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 03/12/2015 15:56:44 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

433196

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the effect on the wholesale price of electricity of an increase in low carbon generation.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	18242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>DECC estimates that wholesale electricity prices were around £1/MWh lower (equivalent to £5 lower for an average household energy bill) in 2014 than they would have been in the absence of policies to incentivise investment in low-carbon generation, and reduce electricity demand. In 2020, wholesale electricity prices are estimated to be around £4/MWh lower (or £12 lower for an average household energy bill) than they would be in the absence of the same policies.1</p><br /><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> All figures are real 2014 prices. Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014</a>. </em></p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/12/2015 14:48:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

433198

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Acute Oak Decline
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the scale of Acute Oak Decline (AOD); what research her Department is undertaking into AOD; and what steps she is taking to tackle AOD.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	18109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Over the past five years Forest Research, in collaboration with Rothamsted Research, has conducted a systematic survey to model the distribution of acute oak decline (AOD) in England and Wales. The results show that the condition currently affects several thousand oak trees, mostly across East Anglia, the Midlands and southern England.</p><p>Since 2013, Defra has invested £1.1 million in research to understand the causes, distribution and scale of AOD in the UK.</p><p>Earlier this year Defra, in collaboration with the Research Councils, the Scottish Government and the Forestry Commission, launched a further £2 million call for research proposals on ‘oak health’ and Phytophthora. The successful bids from this call are due to be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/12/2015 15:03:19 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching