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90406

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date	03/09/2014
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	Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his Department's priorities are in relation to the Digital Government Strategy in the individual performance objectives for 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	208124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is committed to the Digital Government Strategy and delivering the 16 action points within it. Those taking forward the Digital agenda in the Department and its Partner Organisations have individual performance objectives for 2014-2015 reflecting this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 08/09/2014 10:19:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

90407

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 688W, on official visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	208004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As noted in my predecessor’s answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report Col 688W, information relating to domestic visits can be provided only at disproportionate cost as it is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/09/2014 10:21:24 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

90413

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people over 50 years old in each region and constituent part of the UK have been unemployed for over 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	208076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 08/09/2014 10:42:14 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark attachment 1 file name PQ 208076.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Unemployment
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90414

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what issues are currently under examination by the Horizon Scanning Programme.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	208051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The Horizon Scanning Programme has investigated emerging technologies, emerging economies, the changing supply and demand of resources, changing social attitudes of young people, and the future of demographic change in the UK. The Programme continues to draw on observations from these areas alongside exploring potential new areas of investigation, which include the future of work, regulation and rural communities.</p><p>The Horizon Scanning Programme has not examined the implications for environmental security in regards to nuclear facilities and does not plan to do so in the future. The risks posed in the question are however considered as part of the National Risk Assessment process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin grouped question UIN 208053 question first answered 08/09/2014 10:53:38 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

90421

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what work the Horizon Scanning Programme has undertaken on the implications for environmental security of (a) an accident at a nuclear facility involving a large release of radiation and (b) the sabotage of a nuclear facility or nuclear cargo in transit by a terrorist group.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	208053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>The Horizon Scanning Programme has investigated emerging technologies, emerging economies, the changing supply and demand of resources, changing social attitudes of young people, and the future of demographic change in the UK. The Programme continues to draw on observations from these areas alongside exploring potential new areas of investigation, which include the future of work, regulation and rural communities.</p><p>The Horizon Scanning Programme has not examined the implications for environmental security in regards to nuclear facilities and does not plan to do so in the future. The risks posed in the question are however considered as part of the National Risk Assessment process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin grouped question UIN 208051 question first answered 08/09/2014 10:53:38 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

90422

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance the Government Digital Service issues to department on minimum requirements for IT systems reliability and availability.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	208089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/service-manual" target="_blank">The Government Service Design Manual</a> provides guidance and advice on designing and building digital services. This covers both reliability and availability.</p><p>This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/service-manual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/service-manual</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/09/2014 10:44:02 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

90477

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Climate Change: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the effect of climate change on human rights in countries particularly affected by climate change.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	208075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>This government is committed to securing a new global, legally-binding agreement on climate change by the end of 2015, which we firmly believe is the most effective way to minimise the impact of climate change on vulnerable states. The impact of climate change on the realisation of individuals’ human rights was most recently discussed at the UN Human Rights Council in June this year, when the Government supported a resolution on climate change and human rights and called for an expert discussion on how to address the adverse impacts of climate change on individuals’ human rights. We also continue to make it clear at all levels, and in all appropriate fora, that states should ensure they meet their human rights obligations when taking action to tackle climate change.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 08/09/2014 09:09:14 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

90511

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the number of cyber-attacks on Government IT systems since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	208102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>We are now seeing around 100 sophisticated attacks a month on UK Government or industry networks<strong>.</strong> The Government has committed £860m until 2016 to the transformative National Cyber Security Programme to bolster the UK’s cyber defences. The National Cyber Security Strategy, published November 2011, sets out how the UK will support economic prosperity, protect national security and safeguard the public’s way of life by building a more trusted and resilient digital environment.</p><p>We do not comment on specific details of cyber security attacks on Government IT systems.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/09/2014 10:46:11 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

90549

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the confidence of drivers in the information conveyed by dot matrix information signs on motorways and trunk roads.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	208046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Highways Agency carries out a continuous survey with road users, tracking satisfaction and expectations with the services provided by the Agency including variable message signs (dot matrix information signs). In respect of surveys carried out during 2013-14, 9% of respondents said that the messages on these signs were unhelpful, while 72% of respondents found that the signage was mostly or completely accurate in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, I have asked my officials to examine once again the effectiveness of various approached to messaging with a view to developing a coherent policy.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p /><p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 08/09/2014 10:52:27 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

90550

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Highways Agency has been subject to legal challenge by a local authority in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	208080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The only figures available are the total number of legal challenges by any organisation or person against the Highways Agency in each of the last 10 years. These are in the table below. The figures include any challenges by local authorities but we do not hold a breakdown of these figures. The research to establish a breakdown of these figures could only be undertaken at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year </strong></td><td><strong>Number of cases opened </strong></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>57</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>71</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>71</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>63</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>41</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>47</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 08/09/2014 10:49:37 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden