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177392

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	Affordable Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how his Department defines what constitutes affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	223248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (sections 68 – 70) defines social housing as low cost rental accommodation and low cost home ownership accommodation. In the Act, a low cost rent is simply defined as below the market rate. Low cost home ownership is defined by its availability for occupation on a shared ownership or equity percentage basis. This provides flexibility to support a range of people with different housing needs through our affordable housing programmes.</p><p> </p><p>The definition of affordable housing as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework is as follows:</p><p>&quot; Social rented, affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Eligibility is determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices. Affordable housing should include provisions to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision.</p><p>Social rented housing is owned by local authorities and private registered providers (as defined in section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008), for which guideline target rents are determined through the national rent regime. It may also be owned by other persons and provided under equivalent rental arrangements to the above, as agreed with the local authority or with the Homes and Communities Agency.</p><p>Affordable rented housing is let by local authorities or private registered providers of social housing to households who are eligible for social rented housing. Affordable Rent is subject to rent controls that require a rent of no more than 80% of the local market rent (including service charges, where applicable).</p><p>Intermediate housing is homes for sale and rent provided at a cost above social rent, but below market levels subject to the criteria in the Affordable Housing definition above. These can include shared equity (shared ownership and equity loans), other low cost homes for sale and intermediate rent, but not affordable rented housing.</p><p>Homes that do not meet the above definition of affordable housing, such as &quot;low cost market&quot; housing, may not be considered as affordable housing for planning purposes. &quot;</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/02/2015 15:27:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

177393

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	Affordable 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, how many affordable houses have been built in each region in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	223249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Annual statistics on additional affordable housing provided in each local authority area in England are published in the Department’s live table 1008, which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics include both newly built housing and acquisitions.<br><br></p><p>My Department does not produce regional statistics.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/02/2015 15:33:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

177459

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Postgraduate Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department offers to service leavers seeking to undertake postgraduate study.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	223252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence promotes lifelong learning among members of the Armed Forces, and encourages this through the Learning Credits scheme.</p><p>The Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) scheme provides help towards the cost of higher-level learning and is funded by the single Services. Eligible personnel make a personal contribution of 20% of total course fees and can receive a single payment, in each of a maximum of three separate financial years, of up to £1,000 or £2,000 (depending on qualifying scheme membership) to cover up to a maximum of 80% of course fees. The ELC scheme helps members of the Armed Forces to pursue their personal development, both during their Service and for up to ten years afterwards, subject to the qualifying criteria being met.</p><p>ELC claims must be for a course of study that is an integral part of, and results in, the cost effective achievement of a nationally recognised qualification at Level 3 (A level and equivalent) and above as defined by the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) (England and Wales), a Level 6 or above on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) or, if pursued overseas, an approved international equivalent higher level qualification. Post graduate level qualifications would thus be admissible, providing that they are nationally recognised as such.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/02/2015 17:54:11 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

177490

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households have installed solar panels in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	223250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of domestic PV solar installations deployed in Great Britain each year since May 2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of installations during period</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 (May to December)</p></td><td><p>18,664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>189,261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>148,222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>87,502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>88,199</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Ofgem Feed-in Tariff Installation Report (available at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-installation-report-31-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-installation-report-31-december-2014</a>). </em></p><p>For Northern Ireland, data on PV solar installations are not available segregated for households.</p><p>As at 31 December 2014, there were a total of 538,072 domestic solar PV installations in Great Britain confirmed on the Central Feed-in Tariff Register.</p><p><em>Source: DECC Feed-in Tariff statistics (available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics</a>). </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/02/2015 14:48:40 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 43680 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

177491

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
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	Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households have installed wind turbines in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	223251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of domestic wind turbine installations deployed in Great Britain each year since May 2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of installations during period</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 (May to December)</p></td><td><p>253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>344</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Ofgem Feed-in Tariff Installation Report (available at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-installation-report-31-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-installation-report-31-december-2014</a>). </em></p><p>For Northern Ireland, data on wind turbine installations are not available segregated for households.</p><p>As at 31 December 2014, there were a total of 4,105 domestic wind turbine installations in Great Britain confirmed on the Central Feed-in Tariff Register.</p><p><em>Source: DECC Feed-in Tariff statistics (available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics</a>). </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/02/2015 14:49:15 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 43681 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176702

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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	Overseas Trade: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to support UK companies bidding for contracts in Turkey.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government supports UK companies bidding for contracts in Turkey through Ministerial and high level official engagement including the Joint Economic Committee with Turkey, High Value Opportunity campaigns that position UK companies as partners of choice and guarantees, insurance and direct loans available through UK Export Finance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/02/2015 14:50:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 42763 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176397

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	New Schools Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total value is of the contract awarded by her Department to the New Schools Network.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Following a competitive bidding process, in January 2014, the department approved grant funding for New Schools Network (NSN) to provide pre-application support to parents, teachers and community groups and others hoping to open free schools. The grant also enables NSN to support free schools in the pipeline and open free schools.</p><p> </p><p>The grant has a total value of £2,961,200 and runs from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth £1,486,200 in 2015-16. The department may extend the grant to 2016-17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 222556 222558 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:47:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176398

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	New Schools Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the contract awarded by her Department to the New Schools Network expires.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Following a competitive bidding process, in January 2014, the department approved grant funding for New Schools Network (NSN) to provide pre-application support to parents, teachers and community groups and others hoping to open free schools. The grant also enables NSN to support free schools in the pipeline and open free schools.</p><p> </p><p>The grant has a total value of £2,961,200 and runs from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth £1,486,200 in 2015-16. The department may extend the grant to 2016-17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 222555 222558 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:47:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176399

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children's Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the average unit cost of a designated Sure Start Children's Centre.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities have the freedom to target their resources where they will best support the needs of local communities, provided they meet their statutory duty to ensure sufficient children centre services.</p><p> </p><p>Children’s centres are funded through the Early Intervention Grant (EIG), part of the ‘Business Rates Retention Scheme’. This includes money to provide early education for two-year-olds and funding to retain a national network of children’s centres.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education does not make estimates of unit costs for children’s centres because of the variety of approaches to the structure of a children’s centre network, and delivery of services, that local authorities are free to employ – bearing in mind statutory guidance – to best meet local need.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/02/2015 17:42:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

176400

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	New Schools Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what annual funding her Department has allocated the New Schools Network in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Following a competitive bidding process, in January 2014, the department approved grant funding for New Schools Network (NSN) to provide pre-application support to parents, teachers and community groups and others hoping to open free schools. The grant also enables NSN to support free schools in the pipeline and open free schools.</p><p> </p><p>The grant has a total value of £2,961,200 and runs from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It is worth £1,486,200 in 2015-16. The department may extend the grant to 2016-17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 222555 222556 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:47:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis