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443129

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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	Nuclear Reactors
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 she is taking to support the development of additional new nuclear reactors.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	902821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>New nuclear power offers low carbon, affordable, and reliable energy to keep the lights on – which is our top priority.</p><p>I can tell my Honourable Friend that the Department is focussed both on engaging with the 6 individual new nuclear proposals from developers, and also supporting the exciting future prospects for small modular reactor technology.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/01/2016 14:25:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

436908

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that consumers can have confidence in vehicle emissions data.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	902646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p><strong>Consumers must be able to trust data provided to inform their purchasing decisions. That is why the government pushed in Europe for the recently agreed changes to the way emissions are measured. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>I am pleased that real driving emissions will be measured from 2017 but, in the meantime, officials are retesting the emission performance of the most popular vehicles in Great Britain. We will publish a report of this work in spring 2016.</strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/12/2015 15:17:15 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

433933

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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	Fracking: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on pausing planning applications to build shale gas wells until after the Environment Agency has completed its consultation and published guidance for onshore oil and gas operations in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	18624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>There is no policy to delay the determination of shale gas planning proposals pending the completion of the Environment Agency’s consultation on their updated Onshore Oil and Gas Sector Guidance issued on 26 November.</p><p>The Government has in place a comprehensive regulatory framework for shale gas development. As part of this, the Environment Agency’s views on schemes can be taken into account by local planning authorities, or by the Secretary of State where relevant, in the determination of planning proposals for shale gas development.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 09/12/2015 17:15:23 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

433934

registered interest
date	03/12/2015
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	Fracking: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what he weight he plans to give to the views of people living close to the proposed shale gas well at Roseacre and Preston New Road in the process for considering planning appeals by Cuadrilla Resources to build wells at those sites.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	18625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>A planning appeal is a quasi-judicial process, and every application needs to be considered on its individual merits, with due process, in light of the relevant material considerations. To avoid prejudicing the decisions, I should not comment further but can reassure my hon. Friend that all relevant issues identified by local people in the current appeals by Cuadrilla Resources will be given very careful consideration.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 10/12/2015 16:26:59 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

433444

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
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	Fracking: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons he has decided to recover the planning appeals by Caudrilla Resources to build shale gas wells at Roseacre and Preston New Road.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	18301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The reasons for the Secretary of State’s decision are set out in his letter to parties. This makes clear that the drilling appeals involve proposals for exploring and developing shale gas which amount to proposals for development of major importance having more than local significance and proposals which raise important or novel issues of development control, and/ or legal difficulties.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 09/12/2015 17:07:57 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

425520

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to improve the provision of work in prisons; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	901977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>We want prisons to be places of hard work, rigorous education and high ambition, with incentives for prisoners to learn and for prison staff to prioritise education and work. Improvements have been made to increase work but we want to go further. We are looking at the ways in which this might be achieved.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2015 16:45:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

421326

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
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	Fracking
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 ensure that decisions on shale gas well locations are taken by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	11807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Planning law requires that applications for planning permission must be determined in accordance with the Local Development Plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. This is why our planning guidance encourages Local Minerals Plans, where appropriate, to give clear guidance and criteria for the location and assessment of hydrocarbon extraction within Petroleum Licence Areas. I refer my hon. Friend to the Written Ministerial Statements of 16 September (HCWS201 and HCWS202) which set out the Government’s policy on timely decision-taking on planning applications relating to shale gas extraction.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 19/10/2015 14:15:44 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

419886

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Enterprise Zones: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made in developing enterprise zones at (a) Blackpool Airport and (b) Warton.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	10824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Since the Lancashire Enterprise Zone was established in 2012 the Local Enterprise Partnership and UK Trade and Investment have actively promoted the Enterprise Zone as a good place for companies to set up or expand their businesses.</p><p>Two companies have also set up on the Enterprise Zone’s other site at Warton, already attracting 25 jobs.</p><p>Work has recently started on BAE’s training facility on the Enterprise Zone site in Samlesbury. This is a part of BAE’s national commitment to double the number of apprentices they train bringing important opportunities and skills to the area. The new facility is expected to be completed by September 2016.</p><p>An announcement about the Blackpool Airport site will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 19/10/2015 16:47:07 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

419929

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Fylde
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to adequately resource schools to meet the increased demand for school places from new residents of large housing developments in Fylde.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	10821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for planning and securing sufficient school places in their area, and supporting them to do so is one of this Government’s top priorities.</p><br /><p>Basic need funding is allocated to local authorities to support them in creating new school places. We use data provided by local authorities to ensure funding is targeted according to levels of need in each area. This Government has committed to investing a further £7 billion to create new school places between 2015 and 2021. Lancashire will receive £46 million of basic need funding from 2015-2018.</p><br /><p>Where place pressure is created by future housing developments, we expect local authorities to seek contributions from developers as they are an important way of helping to meet the cost of future places. It is for the local planning authority to negotiate developer contributions through section 106 agreements or Community Infrastructure Levies, and to decide on the local infrastructure needs that this contribution should support.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 19/10/2015 16:09:12 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

419970

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Renewable Energy: Housing
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 her Department is taking to ensure that new housing developments are powered by renewable energy sources.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	10825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>Building Regulations set demanding energy performance targets for new buildings, but without prescribing the materials or technologies to be used. This approach gives builders the freedom to innovate and to choose the most practical and cost-effective solutions for individual projects.</p><p>The standards were strengthened most recently in April 2014, to a level that means builders increasingly have to consider the use of renewable technologies in their designs. These could be solar panels, or they could be other types of renewable such as heat pumps and combined heat and power (CHP) boilers – which might be more acceptable in conservation areas.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/10/2015 15:13:54 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies