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517064

registered interest
date	03/05/2016
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	Skilled Workers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to help fill potential skills shortages resulting from the £35,000 income requirement for settlement of Tier 2 skilled workers over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	36237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>Recognised shortage occupations are exempt from the £35,000 threshold as are PhD level roles. In other cases the Government believes that it is reasonable to require Tier 2 skilled migrants to earn a minimum of £35,000 to be eligible to settle in the UK. Tier 2 workers are in graduate-level roles, and £35,000 reflects the 2011 median pay for UK workers in skilled jobs which qualified for Tier 2.</p><p>Employers and visa holders have had time to prepare. The previous Government announced in 2012 that, from 6 April 2016, Tier 2 visa holders who applied for settlement in the UK would be required to meet the £35,000 threshold. The Home Office published a full impact assessment on proposed changes to Tier 2 settlement rules when they were laid before Parliament on 15 March 2012. This is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf</a>.’</p><p>Skills are a devolved matter. In England we are supporting 3 million more apprenticeships in this Parliament, including degree apprenticeships and more at the higher levels. We are also focussing on the higher level skills employers demand by introducing ground breaking reforms to technical and professional education to support sectors where there are recognised skills gaps, and establishing national colleges to deliver high level specialist vocational skills.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/05/2016 11:21:42 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

516811

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Base Case Conditions for EU approval of state aid for Hinkley Point C, whether there have been modifications to the (a) date of 31 December 2020 and (b) cap on the amount of debt drawn until Flamanville 3 has completed the trial operation period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	36126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The Chancellor’s announcement on 21 September 2015 set out that the government and the Hinkley Point C project company had agreed the terms of a £2 billion guarantee through the UK Guarantees Scheme. This initial guarantee will be repaid in December 2020. There is no further obligation to issue guarantees after that date.</p><p> </p><p>This initial guarantee is the first tranche of debt guarantees that was approved as part of the European Commission’s approval of the wider support package for Hinkley Point C. The government is satisfied that the terms of the guarantee remain within the Closing Decision of the EU Commission.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/05/2016 11:32:08 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

516812

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department's 25-year food and farming plan will contribute to delivering the Government's emissions reduction plan.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	36134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Food and Farming Plan will explore the role of technology in reducing emissions through improved feed efficiency, among other issues. It will also set out how we will work with industry to deliver emissions reductions across the rest of the food chain, including supporting the Courtauld 2025 objective of reducing food and drink emissions by 20% between 2015 and 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/05/2016 14:04:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

516826

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Self-employed: Adoption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the report entitled, Self-employment review - An independent report by Julie Deane, published in February 2016, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending entitlement to statutory adoption pay to self-employed people.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	36162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering all the recommendations made in Julie Deane’s independent review of self-employment and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/05/2016 16:44:12 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

516828

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's news story of 21 September 2015, on £2 billion support for Hinkley Point, what documentation has since been agreed and signed with EDF or other parties relating to that project.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	36173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>No documents have been signed with EDF or any other parties, since 21<sup>st</sup> September 2015 announcing the approval of the £2 billion guarantee for Hinkley Point.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/05/2016 11:30:42 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

516835

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of named day written parliamentary questions have been answered after the specified date by each Minister in her Department since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	36168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education received 787 named-day written parliamentary questions that were due for answer between 1 May 2015 and 28 April 2016. Of these, 675 (86%) received responses on the specified date, 107 (14%) received replies after their specified date and 5 (1%) had passed their specified date and were still awaiting a response when this data was compiled on 3 May 2016. [1]</p><p>The breakdown by answering minister for the above period was as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Answering minister</p></td><td><p>Number of named-day PQs due for reply</p></td><td><p>Number and % answered after the named day</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edward Timpson</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>43 (14%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nick Boles</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>8 (23%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nick Gibb</p></td><td><p>284</p></td><td><p>41 (14%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nicky Morgan</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0 (0%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sam Gyimah</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>15 (9%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>787</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>107 (14%)</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] These percentages do not add up to 100% due to rounding.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/05/2016 15:05:38 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

516838

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 April 2016 to Question 32143, how many full-time equivalent officials in her Department have been working on the Government's emissions reduction plan to date; and what work those officials have done towards the Plan so far.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	36213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change is leading work across Government to prepare the Emissions Reduction Plan. The development of policies and proposals to reduce greenhouse gases emissions is an integral part of the work of a number of staff across Defra working on many areas including forestry, farming, recycling and resource efficiency among others. This is facilitated by a small coordination team. We do not keep a record of the staff time spent on the Emissions Reduction Plan because it is impracticable to separate it out from this wider work.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/05/2016 11:03:11 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

516841

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Open Doors UK
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what work his Department has completed with the charity Open Doors since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	36199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text Ministers and officials from the FCO’s Human Rights and Democracy Department and from a number of geographical departments regularly meet with representatives of Open Doors. FCO Ministers have also attended and spoken at the annual launch of the Open Doors Annual Report. answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/05/2016 13:26:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

516842

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Sudan: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of human rights in Sudan in the period from 2011 to 2016 in preparation for the Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights Council on 4 May 2016.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	36153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2016 answer text <p>Sudan remains a priority country for UK engagement and we have made regular assessments of the human rights situation during this period, as set out in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s annual Human Rights and Democracy reports, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/human-rights-and-democracy-reports." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/human-rights-and-democracy-reports. </a></p><p>During the Universal Periodic Review process at the UN Human Rights Council we raised a number of areas of concern including the impact of the ongoing conflicts in Darfur and the Two Areas, the immunity from prosecution provided to the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service and restrictions on freedom of religion or belief.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 06/05/2016 11:52:33 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

516845

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
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	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will issue a response to Early Day Motion 373, Applying Results of Experiments on Animals to Human Patients.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	36183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government considers that the carefully regulated use of animals in scientific research remains a vital tool in improving the understanding of how biological systems work and in the development of safe new medicines, treatments and technologies.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time, the Government believes that animals should only be used when there is no practicable alternative and it actively supports and funds the development and dissemination of techniques that replace, reduce and refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs), in particular through funding for the National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), and also through ongoing UK-led efforts to encourage greater global uptake of the 3Rs.</p><p> </p><p>Advances in biomedical science and technologies – including stem cell research, in vitro systems that mimic the function of human organs, imaging and new computer modelling techniques – are all providing new opportunities to reduce reliance on the use of animals in research. As part of this Innovate UK, the NC3Rs, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Medical Research Council have produced a Non-animal Technologies Road map for the UK, which offers an approach for the UK to develop, exploit and deploy new non-animal technologies for long-term economic and societal benefit. Integral to this strategy have been two Innovate UK industry-led competitions which have awarded approximately £7m in grant funding; “Developing non-animal technologies” and “Advancing the development and application of non-animal technologies”.</p><p> </p><p>EU and UK law requires safety testing on animals before human trials for new medicines can begin and animal research still plays an important role in providing vital safety information for potential new medicines.</p><p> </p><p>The Early Day Motion (EDM 373) rightly draws attention to the UK life science sector’s Concordat on openness in animal research which was launched last year, and provides new opportunities for transparency and debate in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 05/05/2016 16:22:32 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady