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223839

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	New Businesses: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing to coalfield communities to help develop new businesses; and what estimate he has made of the number of jobs which will be created as a result of such initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	225584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has funded the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, Coalfields Enterprise and Growth Funds and the Homes and Communities Agency’s coalfield projects. Based on information provided by these sources, 38 businesses have been developed and over 25,000 jobs have been created or safeguarded.</p><p>The Coalfields Regeneration Trust has a history of supporting communities through the provision of training and health programmes, community assets, and small grants. Going forward, they have been allowed to invest in property assets to generate income and growth. They will also be providing small start-up loans and supporting people to make the most of employment opportunities.</p><p>We have created Enterprise Zones in former a number of former coalfield areas – in Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham, Kent and the Tees Valley – all helping to create growth in former Coalfield communities. For example, the Sheffield City Region Enterprise Zone aims to create 14,000 jobs by 2020 and has sites on former collieries. The Orgreave colliery and coking plant is now transformed into a centre for advanced manufacturing and Markham Vale is benefitting from capital grant funding to develop the successful business park. The Government has invested nearly £12 million into local infrastructure - £1.8 million investment in Sheffield Business Park Phase 2 and £10 million in the Advanced Manufacturing Park in Rotherham.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/03/2015 17:03:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

223844

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Science: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women working in the (i) technology and (ii) engineering sector.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	225669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 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 Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 03/03/2015 16:35:11 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 225669 ONS 71.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - People in Engineering
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

223942

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 223251, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of households installing wind turbines.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	225589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The Feed-in-Tariff scheme (FITs) has been a considerable success since its launch in April 2010, with over 650,000 installations – more than 3.3GW of capacity – registered by the end of January 2015. Of these, 4,126 are small (below 15kW) wind turbines, with a total capacity of 32.9MW.</p><p>FITs offers relatively higher tariffs (2.4p higher than larger capacity bands from April 2015) at the smaller capacity (sub-15kW) required by households in order to facilitate deployment at this scale. We have also introduced measures to encourage households to take advantage of pooled resources by deploying at the community scale. These come into effect from 1 April 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 04/03/2015 15:22:12 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 47704 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

223943

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 223250, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of households installing solar panels.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	225590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Feed in Tariff (FITs) scheme has been a great success since its launch in April 2010, with more than 640,000 installations, representing over 2.8GW of solar PV capacity registered by the end of January 2015. <br><br>Of those, more than 614,000 installations, totalling nearly 1.8GW are in the smallest, domestic scale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/03/2015 15:20:17 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 47705 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

224040

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of money that has been saved by the Government by making vehicle tax registration available online.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	225668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>Since its introduction in 2004, the online vehicle licensing service has delivered an estimated total efficiency saving of £95 million (up to financial year 2013/14).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, further efficiencies will be realised as a result of abolishing the tax disc in October 2014 of around £10 million per year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/03/2015 16:34:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

223309

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223818, what progress his Department has made in discussions with the Royal British Legion on how a disregard may be applied for the War Pension scheme under social care charging rules in future.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	225112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Further to my reply of 12 February 2015 to Question 223818, Departmental officials are continuing to engage with the Royal British Legion to understand the potential scale of additional costs in this area. A further meeting is due in early March.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 27/02/2015 11:19:51 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

223031

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all victims of historical child sexual abuse will be assessed for and offered the use of a registered intermediary in the court system.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	224856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Providing support for young victims and witnesses in the criminal justice system is a matter the Government takes extremely seriously. There are a range of special measures in place to support them in giving their best evidence and to help to reduce the anxiety of attending court. This includes screens to shield the witness from the defendant, video links to enable victims and witnesses to give evidence away from the courtroom, the removal of wigs and gowns in cases involving children, and intermediaries to help vulnerable witnesses to give evidence in court. Victims of historical child sexual abuse will also be offered the support of a Registered Intermediary if they require support to communicate their evidence.</p><p><br> Publicly-funded defence advocates will in future be required to undertake approved specialist training on working with vulnerable victims and witnesses if they want to be instructed in sexual violence cases.</p><p>We have strengthened the Victims Code with a section specially written to support young people, and will enshrine in statute the right for a victim to make a personal statement and ask to have it read aloud in court before sentencing.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/02/2015 16:30:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

223042

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Advocacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) matched and (b) unmatched registered intermediaries requests there were for each group of vulnerable witnesses in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	224878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are currently in the process of undertaking a recruitment exercise aimed at doubling the number of Registered Intermediaries available to help vulnerable victims and witnesses understand what is being asked of them to communicate their answers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table gives a breakdown of Registered Intermediary cases by age group for the years 2013, 2014 and up to 23 February of this year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Case</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>5-11</p></td><td><p>12-17</p></td><td><p>18+</p></td><td><p>65+</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>Cancelled</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Matched</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>1719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Unmatched</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>823</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>1796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>Cancelled</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>In progress</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Matched</p></td><td><p>375</p></td><td><p>833</p></td><td><p>592</p></td><td><p>1172</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>3087</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Unmatched</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>901</p></td><td><p>646</p></td><td><p>1260</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>3337</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>2015 </strong></p><p><strong>(up to 23/2/2015)</strong></p></td><td><p>Cancelled</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>In progress</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Matched</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Unmatched</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>719</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Totals</p></td><td><p>681</p></td><td><p>1491</p></td><td><p>1116</p></td><td><p>2350</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>5852</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/02/2015 15:03:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

223043

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Witnesses: Advocacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many registered intermediaries were requested and matched for children in cases involving (a) sexual offences and (b) other offences at (i) pre-police interview, (ii) pre-trial and (iii) trial for each (A) age group, (B) geographical area and (C) impairment group in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	224879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We are currently in the process of undertaking a recruitment exercise aimed at doubling the number of Registered Intermediaries available to help vulnerable victims and witnesses understand what is being asked of them to communicate their answers.</p><p>The attached tables give a breakdown of Registered Intermediary cases for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 in cases involving children covering sexual offences and other offences, at pre-trial and trial, by police force area and by impairment group. We do not collect data on pre-police interviews.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/02/2015 17:48:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 224879 - Breakdown of Registered Intermediary Cases 2012-14.doc title Breakdown of Registered Intermediary Cases 12-14
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

223044

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average annual cost of court cases involving children that collapse due to insufficient or unreliable evidence.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	224876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I have interpreted this question as referring to cases in the criminal courts, and to costs relating to Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS).</p><p> </p><p>No estimate of the average annual cost of court cases involving children that collapse due to insufficient or unreliable evidence is available. HMCTS' case management systems do not record the age of victims and witnesses in all trial cases. The only way to obtain this information would be to manually check every trial case file at each magistrates' court and Crown Court centre and collate the data, which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Even if this data were available, this would not enable an estimation of the cost to HMCTS as the cost of a criminal case that does not proceed varies widely, depending on a range of factors including the point at which the case ‘collapses’.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is working closely with other criminal justice system agencies to ensure that cases that proceed to trial are effective, as well as to support children and other vulnerable victims and witnesses in giving evidence.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS is, for example, piloting section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, a special measures provision allowing the cross examination of eligible witnesses’ evidence to be recorded in advance of the trial.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 26/02/2015 17:54:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis