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419512

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date	17/09/2015
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	Energy: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if the Government will make it its policy to set energy efficiency targets higher than those set out in the 2015 Conservative election manifesto.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Alongside its specific manifesto commitment of insulating a million more homes over the next five years, supporting our commitment to tackle fuel poverty, this Government is also committed to keeping energy bills as low as possible as part of a long-term, coherent and affordable policy framework. We are also guided by our legally binding objectives on tackling fuel poverty and carbon, which require us to cut the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by the period 2023-2027, which we will do as cost effectively as possible, and to enable as many fuel poor homes as reasonably practicable to reach energy efficiency Band C by 2030.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/10/2015 13:40:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

419557

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve the lives of women and girls around the world and (b) eradicate gender inequality.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	10576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Tackling gender equality is a top priority for my Department. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298253/Strategic_Vision_for_Girls_and_Women_Narrative_-_November_2013-4.pdf" target="_blank">Our Strategic Vision for Girls and Women</a> puts voice, choice and control for girls and women at the centre of our international development efforts.</p><p>We fought hard in international negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), for a strong stand-alone goal on gender equality and empowerment of women and girls, as well as gender-sensitive targets throughout the SDG framework. An SDG framework incorporating strong gender goals and targets was adopted by the UN General Assembly last month and will be critical to achieving transformational change to the lives of girls and women across the globe. We will now work to support international action on implementing and monitoring the SDGs.</p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 12/10/2015 12:12:24 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

416818

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Science: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which training providers have received funding from the Skills Funding Agency to deliver science-related apprenticeships frameworks; and how many such apprenticeships each such provider is delivering.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	8534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>A list of providers who received funding to deliver apprenticeships in the Science and Maths Sector Subject Area and apprenticeship participation on these frameworks (Academic Year 2013/14) has been provided in the attached document.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/09/2015 15:54:53 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles attachment 1 file name Science and maths apprenticeships by provider.xls title science and maths apprenticeships table
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire