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750200

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Accommodation Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her target is for the maximum amount of time asylum seekers spend in initial accommodation; and in what proportion of cases that target has been met since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	3765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office aims to move asylum seekers from Initial Accommodation to Dispersed Accommodation within 19 days. However, some asylum seekers stay in Initial Accommodation for shorter or longer periods depending on their individual needs The Home Office closely monitors the length of stay in Initial Accommodation, however historic statistics on the proportion of people who have remained in initial accommodation for longer periods could only be provided at disproportionate cost by examination of individual records.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/08/2017 14:28:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

750222

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use any current or ex-Ministry of Defence properties as accommodation for asylum seekers under the Compass contracts; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	4084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office, along with its providers, continues to explore a number of different options with local authorities and other government departments about the location of accommodation for asylum seekers. No decisions have been taken about the future use of any government properties.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/07/2017 14:58:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

750231

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what initial accommodation centres are currently being used under the Compass asylum accommodation contracts.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	3975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>There are currently seven permanent Initial Accommodation centres located across the United Kingdom in the cities of Liverpool, Cardiff, Birmingham, London, Wakefield and Glasgow. However, we cannot comment on the individual locations of the centres for the safety of the asylum seekers housed there.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/07/2017 15:58:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

750233

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to lay regulations under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 relating to changes in asylum support and the role of local authorities; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	3969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Implementation of the changes made by the Immigration Act 2016 to asylum support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and to local authority support for migrants without immigration status will involve engagement with local authorities, the devolved administrations and other partners on the preparation of the required regulations. We have not yet made a decision on the timing of this work.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/07/2017 17:00:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

750281

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Political Parties: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to introduce legislation requiring the Electoral Commission to publish details of all reportable donations and loans received by political parties in Northern Ireland since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	3732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>I wrote to the Northern Ireland political parties and to the Electoral Commission in January seeking their views on moving to full transparency and the date from which transparency should take effect. While all parties that responded expressed broad support for the future publication of donations and loans, only one party expressed support for backdating publication to 1 January 2014. All responses are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/brokenshire-provides-further-details-of-political-donations-policy-to-mps" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/brokenshire-provides-further-details-of-political-donations-policy-to-mps</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Having considered the representations of the parties, I did not believe it right or fair to impose retrospective regulations on those who donated in accordance with the rules set out in law at the time. The secondary legislation to give effect to full transparency which I propose will therefore apply to donations and loans received on or after 1 July 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/07/2017 10:00:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

750363

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
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	Post Offices: Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has received any representations on the Post Office's planned operation of Transcash in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	3839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not received any representation on the Post Office’s operation of Santander’s Transcash service in 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/07/2017 08:29:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

731829

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Solar Power: Scotland
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 proportion of the total Feed-in Tariff subsidy to date for solar PV installations has been given to installations in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>As of the end of March 17, <strong>5%</strong> of the solar PV capacity installed under the Feed-in-Tariff scheme (FITs) is in Scotland, with Solar PV representing 80% of all electricity generating capacity supported under the FITs.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/06/2017 12:52:22 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

731830

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Gas Fired Power Stations
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 the total installed generating capacity is of those gas-powered generating stations which have been constructed in England since 2000.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The current total installed generating capacity of gas-powered generating stations which have been constructed in England since 2000 is 12,611 MW.</p><p>This information is publicly available as part of DUKES (Digest of UK Energy Statistics) at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577712/DUKES_2016_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577712/DUKES_2016_FINAL.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/06/2017 12:53:25 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

731880

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Hydroelectric Power: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many renewable obligation certificates have been issued to date to accredited Scottish hydro stations built before 2000; and of those, how many were issued to hydro stations that, before 2000, had a generating capacity calculated in excess of 20MWs, but were subsequently calculated as having a net capacity of less than 20MWs.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. However, between 1 April 2002 and 31 March 2017, a total of 21.97 million Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) were issued to accredited Scottish hydro stations that commissioned before 2000.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p><p>Hydro stations with a declared net capacity of above 20MW which first commissioned on or before 1 April 2002 are not eligible for ROCs.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Data is not held on build dates. The figure for total ROCs issued is based on those issued and not subsequently revoked for stations that commissioned up to the end of 1999. The commissioning data is taken from Ofgem’s RO accredited stations report at: <a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportViewer.aspx?ReportPath=/Renewables/Accreditation/AccreditedStationsExternalPublic&amp;ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=1" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportViewer.aspx?ReportPath=/Renewables/Accreditation/AccreditedStationsExternalPublic&amp;ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=1</a></p><p>The number of ROCs issued to these stations from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2006 comes from Ofgem’s spreadsheets at: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/rocs-purged-roc-register" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/rocs-purged-roc-register</a> . Data from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2017 comes from Ofgem’s certificates report at: <a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportViewer.aspx?ReportPath=/DatawarehouseReports/CertificatesExternalPublicDataWarehouse&amp;ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=2" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportViewer.aspx?ReportPath=/DatawarehouseReports/CertificatesExternalPublicDataWarehouse&amp;ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=2</a></p><p>Both data sources were accessed on 23 June 2017. No information is available on previous capacity before the stations accredited under the RO.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/06/2017 12:51:08 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

722212

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Asylum: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people who entered the UK through (a) the Dubs amendment of the Immigration Act 2016 and (b) Dublin III regulations between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2017 were accommodated in (a) foster placements, (b) supported accommodation and (c) other accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	71198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect figures for the number of young people in English local authorities under these arrangements. Individual local authorities will hold this information on the assessment and placement of these young people.</p><p>The Department for Education only holds the information for England. The devolved administrations hold the information for the other constituent countries.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 71150 question first answered 24/04/2017 14:38:16 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald