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381838

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date	17/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has reduced the funding available to develop the winning design of the Transport Systems Catapult All Aboard competition into a working prototype from £100,000 to £50,000; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	2882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The All Aboard Competition was funded by the Transport Systems Catapult, who agreed to invest up to £150,000 in total. This funding covered the development and delivery of the competition and all project management, marketing and administrative costs associated with running the competition, as well as up to £50,000 to develop the winning design into a working prototype.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/06/2015 10:55:33 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

381873

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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	Energy: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the ruling of the European Court of Justice on 4 June 2015 on the UK's VAT rate on the supply and installation of energy-saving materials, what assessment she has made of (a) the implications for her policies of that ruling and (b) the effect that ruling will have on measures to improve energy efficiency.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	2998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the full implications of the decision of the European Court of Justice on the application of the VAT reduced rate to the installation of energy saving materials.</p><p>Estimates based on provisional internal analysis suggest that around 1.5% fewer households would meet the Green Deal’s Golden Rule if the VAT rate was 20% instead of 5%.</p><p>In England, most Energy Company Obligation (ECO) delivery does not involve blending with private finance or other funding streams, so there is likely to be minimal impact were there to be a VAT increase.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/06/2015 10:06:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

381874

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme
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 16 June 2015 to Question 2098, what estimate she has made of the number of social housing tenants who will not be eligible for inclusion in the Warm Home Discount scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	2999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>There is currently no methodology to enable an estimate to be made of the number of social housing tenants who do not meet the qualification requirements for the Warm Home Discount Scheme. However, during the four years of the scheme we have not received representations to suggest that social tenants have been disproportionately unable to access the scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/06/2015 10:08:22 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

381930

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require train operating companies to submit to his Department reports on their revenue and profit margins.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	2834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>As part of our ongoing management of passenger rail franchises, train operators report on their financial performance – including revenue, cost and profit – on a regular basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/06/2015 09:51:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

381983

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to withdraw Pacer trains from the Great Western and Wales and Borders franchises.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	3009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Following our agreement in principle last November to devolve executive rail franchising functions to the Welsh Government, decisions on the procurement and management of the next Wales and Border franchise from October 2018, including rolling stock, will be for the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The electrification programme on Great Western will see the introduction of electric trains that will facilitate the displacement of pacer trains by higher quality diesel rolling stock.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/06/2015 09:53:48 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

381984

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 1549, whether proposals for the Atos and Atos Worldline sections of the Railway Pension Scheme have been approved by the Trustee.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	3006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Whilst the Department is aware that proposals for dealing with the results of the 2013 valuation of a number of sections within the Railways Pension Scheme have been approved by the Trustee, we do not have details of the specific sections involved.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/06/2015 10:58:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

381363

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Fuel Poverty
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 has taken to reduce fuel poverty.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is a devolved matter.</p><p>In England, the Government is fully committed to tackling fuel poverty, including meeting a new 2030 target now enshrined in law. Official statistics show that fuel poverty has fallen in England every year since 2010, demonstrating that the Government’s policies are working. Flagship policies such as the Energy Company Obligation and Warm Home Discount (both of which operate across Great Britain) help millions of low income and vulnerable households each year with heating and insulation measures as well as direct reductions in their energy bills.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Executive decides its own fuel poverty objectives and policies. For example, the Department for Social Development offers energy efficiency improvement schemes for low income households through the Warm Homes Scheme, Boiler Replacement Scheme and the Affordable Warmth Scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/06/2015 10:09:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

381436

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Mathematics and Science: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the retention of qualified (a) science and (b) mathematics teachers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/06/2015 15:06:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

381438

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Green Deal Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether it is the policy of the Government to keep the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund in operation.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	2817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund is currently open to applications from customers installing two energy efficiency measures from an approved list. The Government is considering the right long-term framework for the home energy efficiency market, and is committed to ensuring that the concerns of industry and bill payers are listened to. Policy proposals will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/06/2015 10:10:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

381450

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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	Fuel Poverty
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 reduce the number of households in fuel poverty in (a) the West Midlands and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	2633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to tackling fuel poverty in England, including meeting the 2030 target now enshrined in law.</p><p>Policies such as the Warm Home Discount and Energy Company Obligation deliver vital support to millions of low income and vulnerable homes each year. This includes direct reductions in electricity bills as well as support to improve homes through heating and insulation measures.</p><p>We publish information on the geographical distribution of measures under ECO here:</p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britain-quarterly-report-to-march-2015" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britain-quarterly-report-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britain-quarterly-report-to-march-2015</a>.</p><p>Furthermore, in terms of support in the West Midlands, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has recently received funding through the Fuel Poverty Health Booster Fund for scaling up activity to help fuel poor households where people have health conditions linked to cold homes.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/06/2015 10:11:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher