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90808

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date	05/09/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of named day written questions were answered by the Law Officers' Departments within the prescribed period in the (a) 2012-13 session, (b) 2013-14 session and (c) 2014-15 session to date.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested is contained in the following table.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion answered on the named day </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15 (To date)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Departmental performance information, for ordinary and named day Parliamentary Questions, is collated by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and submitted to the Procedure Committee. This is published on a sessional basis by the committee, and includes evidence regarding departmental performance. The monitoring report relating to the 2012-13 session was published on 13 February 2014 as HC1046. The report covering statistics relating to performance during the 2013-14 session will be published very shortly by the Procedure Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 10/09/2014 13:34:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90810

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of named day written questions were answered by his Department within the prescribed period in the (a) 2012-13 session, (b) 2013-14 session and (c) 2014-15 session to date.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Departmental performance information for ordinary and named day Parliamentary Questions is collated by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and submitted to the Procedure Committee. This is published on a sessional basis by the committee, and includes evidence regarding departmental performance. The monitoring report relating to the 2012-13 session was published on 13 February 2014 as HC1046. The report covering statistics relating to performance during the 2013-14 session will be published very shortly by the Procedure Committee.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 09/09/2014 15:28:29 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90813

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Thames Tideway Tunnel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the full burden of (a) demand, (b) construction and (c) availability risk for the Thames Tideway Tunnel project has been transferred from the Government to Thames Tideway Tunnel Limited; and what the effect of each such transfer has been on the UK national balance sheet under the guidance given in ESA 95 Manual Chapters VI.4 and VI.5.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	208368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a private sector project. The Government has never been responsible for ‘the full burden’ of the project referred to in the question. Until 5 June, Thames Water Utilities Ltd had full responsibility for the project.</p><p> </p><p>On 5 June, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs tabled a Written Ministerial Statement informing the House that the Government had Specified the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, in accordance with the Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013. He also issued a Preparatory Work Notice for Thames Water Utilities Ltd requiring or permitting it to do certain preparatory work in relation to the Tunnel project.</p><p>The full statement is available here:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140605/wmstext/140605m0001.htm#14060532000008" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140605/wmstext/140605m0001.htm#14060532000008</a></p><p> </p><p>The full notices issued on 5 June, together with the reasons for exercising these powers are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thames-tideway-tunnel-project-specification-and-preparatory-work-notices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thames-tideway-tunnel-project-specification-and-preparatory-work-notices</a></p><p> </p><p>Specifying the project means that, other than those works described in the Preparatory Work Notice, Thames Water Utilities Ltd is prevented from undertaking the infrastructure project and is instead required to put it out to tender, by running a competitive procurement for an infrastructure provider which will finance and deliver the Tunnel that is separate from Thames Water.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is confident that both the project and the infrastructure provider will be classified to the private sector, and will not impact the public balance sheet.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 09/09/2014 16:02:53 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

90822

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on the Broadband Delivery UK programme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	208407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s superfast broadband programme has made available superfast broadband to over one million premises and, with roll-out out progressing rapidly at 40,000 premises passed per week, the programme is on target to extend superfast coverage to 90% of premises by early 2016 and to 95% by December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/09/2014 09:02:43 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

90825

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve its Information and Information Communication Technology capability.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	208408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department’s extant Information Communication Technology (ICT) Strategy dated October 2013 is available in the public domain on the Gov.uk website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255880/Defence_ICT_Strategy_2013_Final.pdf</p><p> </p><p>The departmental lead for Information and ICT in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the Information Systems and Services (ISS) organisation. ISS has recently embarked on an ambitious tranformational change programme aimed at enhancing ICT capabilities across the MOD (both in the operational and corporate domains). Technology and Innovation are at the heart of ISS Transformation and our initial focus will be to deliver improvements to the MOD-wide computer network, Defence Information Infrastructure (DII). Other workstreams focus on skills and behaviours; industry engagement and improving ISS’ agility and customer focus.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/09/2014 13:13:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

90827

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the standard length was of deployment for service personnel aboard (a) frigates and (b) destroyers in 2012; and what the standard length of such deployments is at present.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	208441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>In 2012, the average length of deployment for both Destroyers and Frigates was seven months. Currently, deployments are between seven and seven and a half months.<br><br>From early 2015, the Royal Navy will introduce nine-month deployments for those Destroyers and Frigates undertaking patrol tasks in the South Atlantic and the Gulf. The move to longer deployments will mean fewer generation cycles; fewer deployments in the longer term; less disruption, and a better ability for individuals and families to plan. A package of additional benefits will be in place for personnel: two weeks' pre-deployment leave; two weeks' leave at the mid point of their deployment, and four or five weeks' leave on their return, depending on which main leave period this falls in. It is planned that other deployments will remain between seven and seven and a half months.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/09/2014 13:15:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

90830

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
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	Higher Education: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Education in the Welsh Government on tackling extremism and radicalisation in UK universities; and if he will convene a meeting with his counterparts in the devolved administrations to discuss this matter.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	208390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Given my recent appointment to the position of Minister for Universities I have not yet had the opportunity to meet with the Minister for Education in the Welsh Government but intend to do so at the earliest convenience.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the meantime the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills continues to work closely with the Welsh Government and other partners in Wales, including through a ‘Preventing Extremism’ regional coordinator who supports Universities and Colleges throughout Wales to help them prevent radicalisation and tackle extremism.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 10/09/2014 10:53:35 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

90832

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
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	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of named day written questions were answered by his Department within the prescribed period in the (a) 2012-13 session, (b) 2013-14 session and (c) 2014-15 session to date.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Session</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Total Named Day Parliamentary Questions</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>% answered on the day</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 - 13</p></td><td><p>502</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 -14</p></td><td><p>481</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 -15 (end July 2014)</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 10/09/2014 13:21:51 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90833

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of named day written questions were answered by her Department within the prescribed period in the (a) 2012-13 session, (b) 2013-14 session and (c) 2014-15 session to date.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Session</p></td><td><p>Percentage of named day written question answered within prescribed period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015 to date</p></td><td><p>95% 1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Figures for the 2014-2015 session cover questions for answer during the period 05 June to 05 September 2014, inclusive.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Departmental performance information, for ordinary and named day Parliamentary Questions, is collated by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and submitted to the Procedure Committee. This is published on a sessional basis by the committee, and includes evidence regarding departmental performance. The monitoring report relating to the 2012-13 session was published on 13 February 2014 as HC1046. The report covering statistics relating to performance during the 2013-14 session will be published very shortly by the Procedure Committee.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/09/2014 10:17:51 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90834

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Tree Felling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the levels of fines and sanctions for the illegal felling of trees were last reviewed and updated; and what steps her Department takes to ensure that fines and sanctions for the illegal felling of trees are kept up-to-date and are effective.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Maria Miller
uin	208409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The fines and sanctions for the illegal felling of trees are laid out in the Forestry Act 1967 (as amended). The Criminal Justice Act 1982 made provision to increase the level of fine when it introduced the standard scale of fines for summary offences.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Forestry Act 1967 was also amended by the Regulatory Reform (Forestry) Order 2006. This amendment now enables the Forestry Commissioners the option of serving a Restocking Notice on a person who appears to the Commissioners to have committed an offence of felling without a licence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s regulation of the forestry sector was last reviewed in 2011 by the Forestry Regulations Task Force. The independently appointed Task Force made a comprehensive review of the regulations that protect and affect the management of woodland. The Government’s response to its recommendations can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-by-the-forestry-regulation-task-force-government-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-by-the-forestry-regulation-task-force-government-response</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/09/2014 10:34:57 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller