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636155

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Customs: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of the system due to replace Customs CHIEF to a more-intelligence led, frictionless border.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	52733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The controlled physical release of goods at UK ports is an essential part of the future Customs operational model. To support this model the new Customs Declaration Service will incorporate a fully automated risk assessment tool using intelligence driven information to target illicit freight movements. This approach will minimise the administrative burdens at the border for the majority of compliant imports and exports.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 21/11/2016 17:45:38 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

636157

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many EU nationals who live abroad claim UK state pension in each non-UK EU country; and what the total value is of these payments annually.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	52796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is paid worldwide to those who are eligible. Entitlement to State Pension is based not on nationality but on a person’s national insurance contributions record. Therefore, from the information we hold on those in receipt of the UK State Pension in EU countries we cannot separately identify EU and UK nationals. In addition, we do not hold information on pension entitlements administered by other EU countries.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 52797 question first answered 22/11/2016 12:57:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

636158

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners who live outside the UK receive pensions from other EU countries; and how many receive such entitlements from each other EU country.
tabling member constituency	Bradford West
tabling member printed	Naz Shah
uin	52797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is paid worldwide to those who are eligible. Entitlement to State Pension is based not on nationality but on a person’s national insurance contributions record. Therefore, from the information we hold on those in receipt of the UK State Pension in EU countries we cannot separately identify EU and UK nationals. In addition, we do not hold information on pension entitlements administered by other EU countries.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 52796 question first answered 22/11/2016 12:57:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4409 label Biography information for Naz Shah

636161

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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, what guidance his Department provides on the design and construction of affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	52775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Homes and Communities Agency has published a number of guidance documents around design and sustainability providing practical, delivery related knowledge, research findings and good practice. The Department has also published the Starter Homes Design Guide. I have supplied the relevant links below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/starter-homes-design" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/starter-homes-design<br></a><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/topic/housing/design-and-sustainability" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/topic/housing/design-and-sustainability</a></p><p>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/capital-funding-guide-hca</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/11/2016 16:50:18 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

636167

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Dale Barracks: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many residential properties there are on the Dale barracks site in Chester; and how many such properties are (a) occupied by servicemen, servicewomen or service families, (b) unoccupied and (c) privately owned.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	52831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>There are no Service Family Accommodation properties on Dale Barracks. Those which support the Barracks are all outside the wire.</p><p>There are 564 Single Living Accommodation bed spaces of which 402 are occupied and 162 are unoccupied. These unoccupied rooms are routinely used for people attending courses at Dale Barracks.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 18/11/2016 14:23:05 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

636174

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Russell Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she last met representatives of the Russell Group of universities; and what subjects were discussed at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	52795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>Ministers regularly meet with stakeholders, including representatives of the Russell Group, to discuss issues of interest to the sector.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 18/11/2016 15:53:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

636176

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools will be obliged to pay the apprenticeship levy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	52832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government published a breakdown of employers in scope of the apprenticeship levy in August 2016. This suggested that 2,590 employers would be in the education sector. The full publication is available at<em>: </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/545145/Apprenticeships_-expected_levy_and_total_spend_-_Aug_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/545145/Apprenticeships_-expected_levy_and_total_spend_-_Aug_2016.pdf</a></p><p><em> </em></p><p>It is not possible to accurately identify the number of primary and secondary schools who will pay the levy because, for many, the employer will be a local council or multi academy trust.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/11/2016 17:35:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

636177

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the potential financial benefits to universities involved in the introduction of the Tier 4 visa pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	52798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Tier 4 visa pilot scheme is designed to test the benefits of a differentiated approach within Tier 4, whilst ensuring any changes do not undermine the robust application of immigration requirements. No estimate has been made of financial benefits to the participating institutions. The results of the pilot will be carefully monitored to determine whether the scheme should be rolled out more widely. We will carefully monitor any impacts and liaise with stakeholders before any further steps are taken.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/11/2016 17:27:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

636181

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many local authorities have published an autism strategy; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all local authorities are producing such strategies.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	52749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The autism strategy Think Autism published in 2014 and statutory guidance published in 2015 for local authorities and National Health Service organisations encourages the effective development of local autism strategies for meeting the needs of adults with autism in their local population, as identified in their local needs assessments. Local authorities and clinical commissioning groups should work together to commission services for children with special educational needs, including autism. This should include publishing a ‘Local Offer’ of services.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 22/11/2016 09:49:42 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

636191

registered interest
date	14/11/2016
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	Agriculture: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect farmers from fluctuating energy costs; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	52826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Countryside Productivity Scheme provides grants for energy efficiency measures such as the installation of LED lighting in livestock housing. This can reduce a farm’s energy consumption and improve animal health and productivity.</p><p> </p><p>Tractors and light agricultural vehicles are exempt from Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) and entitled to use rebated gas oil (red diesel) when used on public roads solely for purposes relating to agriculture, horticulture or forestry.</p><p> </p><p>The Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) is a £15 million fund aimed at helping rural communities in England. It commenced operation in June 2013 and is co funded by Defra and BEIS. The fund helps rural communities to develop local renewable energy projects, one of the aims being to provide a greater choice of energy options in rural areas. As part of a rural community, farms would be a welcome partner in a community project.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/11/2016 11:15:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham