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748308

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans she has to extend provisions in the Equalities Act 2010 related to protection against discrimination to mental health conditions that are episodic and fluctuating; and whether such provisions will include people with epilepsy.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	2947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is exploring a number of options to extend protections from discrimination in the workplace, including through the Equality Act 2010, for people with mental health conditions. We will make an announcement on these issues in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/07/2017 13:57:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

748309

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require companies with more than 250 employees to publish data on the pay gap between men and women.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	2869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>New regulations introducing mandatory gender pay gap reporting for large employers came into force earlier this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 12/07/2017 12:30:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748325

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is for an employment and support allowance claim to reach the assessment stage in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Birmingham, Yardley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	2881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 12/07/2017 15:24:15 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

748326

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for an ESA appeal hearing in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The average waiting time for disposal of ESA has reduced significantly over the last four years from 21 weeks in 2013/14 to 14 in 2015/16. The information requested is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong>Month/Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Average waiting time in weeks, for the disposal of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)</strong><strong>1</strong><strong> appeals from receipt to outcome</strong><strong>2</strong><strong>, between April 2016 and March 2017 (the latest period for which figures are available) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Includes ESA and ESA (Reassessments).</p><p> </p><p>2 Outcome: all appeals disposed of include those appeals disposed of with and without a Tribunal hearing.</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that is available.</p><p> </p><p>The data are a subset of official statistics extracted from the case-management system on a different date.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/07/2017 11:22:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

748331

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	UK Coal Forum: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the dates were on which the Coal Forum met in each of the last three years; and when he plans to call a further meeting of that forum.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	2862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Coal Forum was set up following the 2006 Energy Review in order to bring together Government and the coal industry to work to “secure the long-term future of coal-fired power generation and UK coal production”. The Forum most recently met on 10th February 2016, 3rd February 2015 and 27th January 2014. Members of the Coal Forum have met officials within the Department more regularly.</p><p>I have this week written to the Independent Chair of the Forum to set out my view that it has now served its purpose and should formally be wound down. Officials and I will of course continue to engage with representatives from the industry as and when appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/07/2017 08:48:32 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

748335

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many protected disclosures were made by staff in his Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many of those disclosures were found to be valid; how many staff alleged detriment as a result of having made a protected disclosure; and how many of those staff subsequently left the employment of the Department.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	2878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has a whistleblowing policy and procedure in place which allows for civil servants to report a perceived wrongdoing within the department, including something that they believe goes against the core values in the Civil Service Code. The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) will apply in some of these cases, and provides protection to those that ‘blow the whistle’ in certain circumstances.</p><p>The figures provided in the table below show the total number of whistleblowing cases that were protected disclosures under PIDA (A).</p><p>The table goes on to show the number of cases found to be valid under PIDA (B), the number of employees that alleged detriment as a result of the disclosure under PIDA (C), and finally the number of employees who made a disclosure under PIDA, alleged detriment as a result of a disclosure and subsequently left the department (D).</p><p>As BEIS was formed on 14<sup>th</sup> July 2016 we are only able to provide data from that date.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>A. Number of whistleblowing cases that were covered under PIDA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>B. Number of cases found to be valid under PIDA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>C. Number of employees that alleged detriment as a result of the disclosure under PIDA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>D. Number of employees who subsequently left the department (i.e. after making a disclosure and then alleged detriment as a result of the disclosure)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>Less than 5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/07/2017 15:57:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

748336

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity: Consumption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many GWh of electricity consumed in the UK in the last 12 months were supplied by interconnectors.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely publishes total import figures from interconnectors in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and the quarterly National Statistics Energy Trends data.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available 12 month period of data spans 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 and shows a gross import of 17,228 GWh through interconnectors.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:47:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748337

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity: Consumption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many TWh of electricity were consumed in the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>In the 12 months ending March 2017, the total UK electricity demand, which includes energy industry use, losses and final consumption by end users, was 354.5 TWh. This is down 0.7 per cent on the same period a year earlier.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Energy Trends table 5.2 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:45:34 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748338

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity Interconnectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what operational interconnectors there are in the UK; and what the MW capacity is of each of those interconnectors.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK currently has 4GW (4000MW) of operational interconnection capacity:</p><p> </p><ul><li>IFA (Interconnexion France-Angleterre); 2GW (2000MW) from Folkestone, Kent to Calais, France, operating since 1986;</li><li>Moyle; 500MW between South Ayrshire, Scotland and County Antrim, Northern Ireland, operating since 2002;</li><li>Britned; 1GW (1000MW) from the Isle of Grain, Kent, to Rotterdam in the Netherlands, operating since 2011;</li><li>East-West (EWIC); 500MW connecting Barkby Beach, North Wales to Dublin, Ireland, operating since 2012.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:42:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748339

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electricity: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many GWh of electricity were exported from the UK through interconnectors in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely publishes total export figures in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and the quarterly National Statistics Energy Trends data.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available 12 month period of data spans March 2016 to March 2017 and shows a total export of 2,782 GWh through interconnectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:40:42 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash