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678767

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date	25/01/2017
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	Aerospace Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to build on the UK's strengths in aerospace innovation and manufacturing before and after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has allocated £1.95bn to 2026 to co-fund aerospace related R&amp;D activities: 160 technology projects worth £1.3 billion are currently under way, spanning wings, engines, aero structures and advanced systems. This involves 195 different companies and organisations, including over 100 SMEs. In addition the Government is also helping the sector develop its supply chain by investing £80m in the Sharing in Growth supply chain performance improvement programme; the lead 43 companies have already won in excess of £1.4 billion of contracts as a result of this work. The Government also supports the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation programme to help SMEs innovate, develop and market technology.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/01/2017 16:42:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

678768

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Aerospace Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the aerospace industry to economic growth in the (a) South West and (b) UK.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The aerospace sector has an annual turnover of around £30 billion, supporting 113,000 direct, high-skilled jobs across the UK, 22,400 of them in the South West. Average salary levels, at £38,600, are over 35% higher than the national average. Between 2009 and 2015, productivity growth has been six times more than the whole economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/01/2017 15:40:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

678769

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Aerospace Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the aerospace sector remains globally competitive after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The UK will continue its longstanding support for the aerospace sector, including co-funding £1.95bn to 2026 for research and development activities, and a number of other measures to support the UK supply chain.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/01/2017 16:41:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

678770

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Aerospace Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that companies in the aerospace supply chain benefit from increasing aircraft orders before and after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>Officials are working closely with the UK aerospace industry to understand the impacts and opportunities of leaving the EU. The Government is investing £80m in the Sharing in Growth supply chain performance improvement programme; the lead 43 companies have already won in excess of £1.4 billion of contracts as a result of this work. The Government also supports the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme, which help SMEs innovate, develop and market technology. The Government has also supported industry development of the Supply Chain Competitiveness Charter, where larger aerospace companies commit to share growth opportunities with suppliers in return for continued improvement in their operational performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/01/2017 16:44:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

677936

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the size is of the cap on borrowing to invest in new homes in each core city.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>There was £3.4 billion of borrowing headroom in 2015-16.</p><p>You can find the last published information on borrowing headroom for each local authority in 2014-15 in: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-receipts-in-england-2014-to-2015-final-outturn" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-receipts-in-england-2014-to-2015-final-outturn</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 30/01/2017 16:33:41 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

677939

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 51987, whether he plans to review his Department's policy on borrowing caps on local authorities' housing revenue accounts.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>We will shortly be publishing a Housing White Paper, which will set out our thoughts about how we can help local authorities to build more homes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 27/01/2017 15:41:31 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

678017

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2016 to Question 53754, on early years funding, when the Department expects to publish the results of the consultation referred to in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Secretary of State’s Written Ministerial Statement, Early Years Education (HCWS306), on 1 December, which can be found at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2016-12-01/HCWS306/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2016-12-01/HCWS306/</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/01/2017 09:29:17 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

678093

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance and training her Department recommends that police forces provide for officers on the use of tasers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The deployment of Conductive Energy Devices is an operational matter for Chief Officers. The College of Policing sets standards of practice and guidance, including on the use of the Taser X26, and is the professional body for those working in policing in England and Wales. The following is a link to the relevant part of the College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice: <a href="http://www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/armed-policing/conducted-energy-devices-taser/" target="_blank">www.app.college.police.uk/app-content/armed-policing/conducted-energy-devices-taser/</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 27/01/2017 09:48:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

678148

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52038, on staff, what the size of the trade policy team was on 24 June 2016; and how many of those staff have had experience of negotiating trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>On 24 June 2016 the trade policy team numbered 45 civil servants. These individuals were all focused on UK trade policy in the context of providing input to the European Commission’s trade negotiations.</p><p>At this stage our primary focus is on developing our policy positions, international relationships and approach to future trade negotiations. We are recruiting high quality individuals with a range of policy, negotiation and trade-specific skills and experience.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 27/01/2017 14:56:43 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

678151

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2016 to Question 52038, how many members of staff with previous experience of negotiating trade agreements have been recruited since 24 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Trade Policy group has a strong core of trade policy officials and this has quadrupled in size since 24 June and is continuing to grow. To date, recruitment has primarily been from within the Civil Service but we are now running an external recruitment campaign.</p><p>At this stage our primary focus is on developing our policy positions, international relationships and approach to future trade negotiations. We are recruiting high quality individuals with a range of policy, negotiation and trade-specific skills and experience.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 27/01/2017 14:52:12 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire