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746701

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Carbon Emissions
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 he plans to ensure that carbon emissions continue to fall in line with the commitment to reduce emissions by 57 per cent by 2030 compared with 1990 levels.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	2045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Our Clean Growth Plan will set out our proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy through the 2020s, building on the impressive progress to date.</p><p>We intend to publish that plan when Parliament sits again after summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/07/2017 15:05:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 1842 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

746702

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Committee on Climate Change report, Meeting Carbon Budgets: Closing the policy gap, published in June 2017, what assessment he has made of the implications of rising carbon emissions from transport and building stock since 2012 on his department's policy to reduce carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	2046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Our Clean Growth Plan will set out our proposals for decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy through the 2020s, including transport and buildings.</p><p>We intend to publish that plan when Parliament sits again after summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/07/2017 15:06:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 1840 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

746706

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Government will cover the costs incurred by leaseholders of council-owned property for any necessary fire safety improvements.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	2002
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of the potential impact on leaseholders in council owned properties and are currently working to understand them.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:52:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

746774

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Rented Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to require the uploading of records to a centrally-monitored database of fire safety inspections and refurbishments of properties owned by (a) local authorities, (b) housing associations and (c) private landlords.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	1941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government established a Building Safety Programme to ensure that buildings over 18 metres are safe.</p><p>We have collected information on high rise buildings, which have Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding. That information is published on the building safety pages at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/building-safety-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/building-safety-programme</a></p><p>In addition, we are liaising with local authorities to identify all private residential blocks in their areas which have ACM and that the owners of these buildings have interim measures put in place and a plan for any necessary remedial work put in place, and to provide the Department with data on this.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2017 11:35:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1908 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

746778

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Oral Answer of 26 June 2017, Official Report, column 361, when he last met representatives of estate management companies to discuss fire safety and thier obligations to tenants in managed apartment blocks.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	1969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>My officials meet regularly with key representatives from local authorities, housing associations as well as other arms length organisations (such as tenant management organisations) with responsibilities for carrying housing management functions as part of the Department’s routine work. Building owners, landlords both in the private and social rented sectors, freeholders and/or managing agents are responsible for ensuring the safety of residents. This is covered by the Housing Act 2004 and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 11:30:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 1905 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

746789

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the schools budget has been spent on teaching staff in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	2185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Academies and local authority maintained schools report expenditure on a different basis: maintained schools on a financial year basis (April to March) and academy schools on an academic year basis (September to August). Data is gathered through two different collections and published through two different statistical first releases. The tables below summarise expenditure on teaching staff as a percentage of the whole.</p><p><strong>Local Authority and maintained schools</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Teaching staff expenditure as a proportion of total expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Education Support Staff expenditure as a proportion of total expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Non-Teaching staff expenditure as a proportion of total expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Academies</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011 / 12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012 / 13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013 / 14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014 / 15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Teaching staff expenditure as a proportion of total expenditure </strong></p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Education Support Staff expenditure as a proportion of total expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Non Teaching staff expenditure as a proportion of total expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/541051/SFR27_2016_Main_Text.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/541051/SFR27_2016_Main_Text.pdf</a></p><p>The Government will continue to work to ensure that every child has the opportunity to attend a good school and that all schools are fairly funded. To help schools make the best use of their funding, the Department has published practical guidance and tools on workforce planning, financial management, benchmarking, and buying for schools which can be found here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/schools-financial-health-and-efficiency</a>.</p><p>Among these, the School Workforce Planning Guidance supports schools in reviewing their staff structures and recommends that schools plan their staffing over three to five years and, in doing so, ensure their teaching staff are being deployed in the most effective and efficient way. This guidance can be found here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-planning" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-planning</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2017 15:35:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

746805

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Grenfell Tower: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the cladding used at Grenfell Tower was approved for use when the tower was refurbished; and whether standards changed after that refurbishment.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government cannot release information specific to the Grenfell Tower, as this would cut across the police investigation currently underway.</p><p>The Department wrote to local authority and housing association landlords on 18 June, setting out immediate actions that should be taken to identify residential tower blocks over 18 metres in height with aluminium type external cladding. The Department wrote again on 19 June to set out the process they should follow to submit samples of aluminium composite material cladding for testing.</p><p>On 30 June, we published a note at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a>. This note confirms the advice in those letters to local authorities, with further specific information about the tests being carried out.</p><p>On 6 July we published details of further tests to be carried out as the next step in helping landlords to ensure the safety of their buildings. These large scale tests will help establish how different types of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) panels in combination with different types of insulation behave in a fire. Further detail about the next testing stage can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 11:00:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

746824

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Skilled Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government plans to take to prevent the potential loss of highly skilled workers in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/08/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that we want to strike an early agreement about the rights of EU citizens living in the UK, and UK citizens living in the EU and give citizens as much certainty as possible, as early as possible. The Government’s policy paper (CM 9464), which was laid before Parliament on 26 June, sets out detailed proposals on safeguarding the position of EU nationals living in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The UK will remain an open and tolerant country; one that recognises the valuable contribution migrants make to our society and welcomes those with the skills and expertise to make our nation better. After we leave the EU, we will control immigration so that we continue to attract the brightest and the best to work or study in the UK, but will manage the process properly so that our immigration system serves the national interest.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering the options for our future immigration system very carefully. As part of that, it is important that we understand the impacts of different options on different sectors of the economy and the labour market. We will build a comprehensive picture of the needs and interests of all parts of the UK and look to develop a system which works for all.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/08/2017 11:56:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

746878

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle global cyber terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	2204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2017 answer text <p>In November 2016 the Government published a new five year National Cyber Security Strategy, which is supported by £1.9billion of transformational investment which includes a programme of active cyber defence; the creation of the National Cyber Security Centre, and a dedicated ability to counter-attack in cyber space<strong>.</strong></p><p>The Home Office works closely with both the National Cyber Security Programme and the National Cyber Security Centre to ensure that we have a consistent and joined up understanding of, and approach to the terrorist cyber threat. As set out in the Gracious speech, our counter-terrorism strategy will be reviewed. We will look at our whole counter-terrorism approach across Government, police, local authorities and the security services to ensure they have what they need to protect our country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/08/2017 15:22:41 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

746884

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to enable councils to access flats bought under right to buy in order to undertake compliance checks for fire safety.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	1992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities have strong powers to deal with poor quality, unsafe accommodation and we expect them to use those powers. Under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS), local authorities can issue an Improvement Notice or a Hazard Awareness Notice if they find a defect in the property. Failure to comply with an Improvement Notice is a criminal offence for which local authorities can impose a financial penalty of up to £30,000 or prosecute in the courts which have the power to impose an unlimited fine. In extreme circumstances, the local authority may decide to make repairs themselves, or to prohibit that property from being rented out. The HHSRS applies to all residential properties, regardless of who owns them. Leases will normally also provide a landlord with the right to inspect in good faith where there is concern about the maintenance or repair.</p><p>The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 places a duty on housing providers to undertake a fire risk assessment of the common parts of their properties and to put in place and maintain adequate fire precautions to manage the risk that lives could be lost in a fire. The Order is enforced by fire and rescue authorities. Failure to comply with the provisions of the Fire Safety Order may to lead to prosecution and potentially a significant fine or custodial sentence.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 11:04:39 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy