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61018

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Broadband: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Welsh Assembly Government on the broadband rollout programme in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has not discussed broadband rollout with his counterpart in the Welsh Assembly Government, since being appointed on 9 April 2014. However, DCMS officials have weekly discussions with Welsh Assembly officials on this subject.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 16/06/2014 14:53:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61019

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Fuel Oil: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund on people who live in rural areas and rely on oil fired central heating.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government wants to encourage all householders to invest in energy efficiency, whether rural or urban. The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund is designed to incentivise householders in England and Wales to install a wide range of energy efficiency measures, such as insulation and better glazing. Many rural properties have solid walls, making them well placed to take maximum advantage of the scheme - such households could be eligible to receive up to £6000 for installing solid wall insulation, or up to £7000 for installing solid wall insulation and two other eligible measures.</p><p>However DECC does consider it appropriate to exclude oil and LPG fired boilers from the GDHIF scheme. The Government fully recognises that LPG and oil, like other fossil fuels, will continue to play a part in the UK's energy mix, but we must begin to revolutionise the way we heat our homes to make the transition to a low carbon economy. To this end, DECC has introduced the domestic renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme to support renewable heating systems; this support aims to compensate householders for the additional costs they face when installing a renewable heating system compared to an oil heating system. The domestic RHI is targeted at, but not limited to, homes off the gas grid. Incentivising oil and LPG boilers in this context would undermine the balance struck in the design of the RHI, and potentially cause confusion for consumers. For low income and vulnerable customers, support is available through the Affordable Warmth element of the Energy Company Obligation. Through this, energy suppliers deliver heating cost reductions in eligible off gas and on gas grid households through the provision of any measures which will reduce costs. We have proposed changes to ECO which will actively incentivise suppliers to deliver measures to non-gas fuelled households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 17/06/2014 16:01:04 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61020

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Boilers: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he has taken to incentivise off-gas homes to install modern condensing boilers.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government fully recognises that LPG and oil, like other fossil fuels, will continue to play a part in the UK's energy mix, but we must begin to revolutionise the way we heat our homes to make the transition to a low carbon economy. To this end, DECC has introduced the domestic renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme to support renewable heating systems. The domestic RHI is targeted predominately at off gas-grid households, by compensating for the additional costs faced when replacing an oil boiler with a renewable heating system. New incentives for oil and LPG boilers would undermine the balance struck in the design of the RHI, and potentially cause confusion for consumers.</p><p>For more vulnerable customers, support for condensing boilers will remain available through the Energy Company Obligation. DECC has proposed changes that will strengthen the support for off-grid properties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 17/06/2014 16:00:20 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61021

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Wind Power: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of a potential link between wind farms and tidal patterns in North Wales; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out a specific assessment on the potential link between offshore wind farms and tidal patterns in North Wales.</p><p>The Department does undertake a programme of Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs) for offshore energy technologies which identifies and addresses relevant environmental issues at a strategic level. At a project level, developers are required to undertake Environmental Impact Assessments through the planning system and development consent will not be granted if significant effects on the environment cannot be mitigated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 17/06/2014 16:02:07 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61022

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	UK Trade and Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the success of UK Trade & Investment in relation to Welsh exports; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>UK Trade &amp; Investment provides invaluable support for Welsh businesses looking to gain access to international markets. It is encouraging that the recent trends show Welsh exports outperforming the other nations and regions in the UK, with the value of Welsh exports increasing by 9.9 per cent over the past year compared to 0.5 per cent across the UK as a whole.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd West answering member printed Mr David Jones question first answered 16/06/2014 13:33:13 answering member 1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61023

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned unused discretionary housing payment to his Department in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is due to be published shortly as part of wider analysis on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2013/14.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 15:32:26 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61024

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Discretionary Housing Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested is due to be published shortly as part of wider analysis on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) in 2013/14.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 15:38:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61025

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Help to Work Scheme: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many companies (a) expressed an interest in and (b) tendered for the Help to Work scheme in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>DWP received expressions of interest from three organisations and three organisations tendered for the Community Work Placement (Help to Work) contract in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/06/2014 14:02:12 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61026

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Discretionary Housing Payments: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in Wales applied for additional financial assistance to cover discretionary housing payments in 2013-14; and what assistance such local authorities received.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The three local authorities in Wales that applied for additional Discretionary Housing Payments from the additional £20 million reserve fund provided by the Government are detailed on the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount Awarded</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly</p></td><td><p>£63,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>£150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conwy</p></td><td><p>£25,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information was published on 24 March 2014 in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) subsidy circular S3/2014. Please find attached a link where the information can be found.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/295291/s3-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/06/2014 14:39:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

61027

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to expand the PAYE reporting in real time to Child Support Agency claims.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	200021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Since 25 November 2013, all new applications for child maintenance are made to the 2012 Scheme, which is run by the Child Maintenance Service. The Child Support Agency (CSA), which administers the 1993 and 2003 Schemes, is now closed to new applications and there are plans in place to gradually end liabilities on these schemes over a three year period starting this summer.</p><p> </p><p>Unlike 1993 and 2003 Scheme cases, 2012 Scheme maintenance calculations are based on historic data supplied by interfaces with HMRC and Jobcentre Plus IT systems. In the vast majority of applications these interfaces return information to allow a calculation to be made. This is reviewed on an annual basis or where there are in-year changes of at least a 25 per cent change in the level of income. This simplified approach provides parents with greater certainty over the level of maintenance payable. In instances where HMRC information is not available our process involves gathering current income information from the paying parent or employer. It is for these 2012 Scheme cases that we are currently exploring opportunities to access and use real time earnings information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/06/2014 10:33:26 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb