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424285

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust 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, whether the Environment Agency is undertaking an investigation into defeat devices used by Volkswagen in emissions tests.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	13689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has announced a UK programme to retest vehicles including Volkswagen vehicles, led by the regulator for vehicle emissions. This is the Vehicle Certification Agency, not the Environment Agency.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/10/2015 11:06:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

424286

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Water: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the costs and benefits of the EU Water Framework Directive to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	13686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>Implementation of the Water Framework Directive within the UK is a devolved matter. In England, the Environment Agency’s 2014 consultation on updating the 2009 River Basin Management Plans considered a scenario in which around 75% of waters would reach good status or good ecological potential by 2027 (or later where natural recovery times are an issue). It estimated the benefits of achieving this to be £21 billion (present value), with costs of £12 billion.</p><br /><p>The Environment Agency will shortly be submitting its updated proposed River Basin Management Plans with revised estimates of the costs and benefits to the Secretary of State, for consideration with a view to their approval and publication by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/10/2015 10:56:29 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

424287

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Waste Disposal: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the costs and benefits of the EU Waste Framework Directive to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	13685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>An assessment of the costs and benefits of the revised Waste Framework Directive in England and Wales was carried out when laying the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 which transposed the Directive. The assessment was published and is still available on the Legislation.gov webpages. As waste is a devolved issue, the Scottish and Northern Irish administrations carried out and published their own impact assessments, which are similarly available online.</p><p>The European Commission are expected to publish proposals to amend the revised Waste Framework Directive on 2 December. Once those proposals are published, we will submit another explanatory memorandum to the House, assessing the potential costs and benefits of those changes.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 30/10/2015 10:07:40 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

424359

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what dates he has met the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the potential effects in Scotland of a carbon price support exemption scheme since April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	13632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>As indicated in my answer of 20 October, I have had a number of meetings and discussions on the important issue of opencast restoration and in particular the proposal for a carbon price support exemption. These have included discussions with colleagues from HM Treasury, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Scottish Government and Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 30/10/2015 11:05:27 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

424380

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent meetings Ministers in his Department have had with cancer campaign groups on proposals in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on changes to employment and support allowance for people in the work-related activity group.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	13564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers regularly have meetings with a variety of stakeholders, including cancer charities; as part of their role.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/10/2015 09:48:29 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

424386

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Disability Living Allowance: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability living allowance applications for children with ADHD were (a) accepted and b) rejected in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	13684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>The requested data is not available.</p><br /><p>Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) caseload statistics by main disabling condition are published on gov.uk at <a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/100pc/tabtool.html</a></p><br /><p>Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is not listed separately but under the broader descriptor Hyperkinetic Syndrome. As of February 2015, there are 44,740 children with Hyperkinetic Syndrome being paid DLA out of 391,000 children in total.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/10/2015 09:53:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

424399

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2015 to Question 12674, what his Department is doing to ensure that people provide sufficient written medical information for their initial Personal Independence Payment decision to prevent the need for reconsiderations and appeals.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	13726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>Claimants are invited to provide any evidence that they have to hand when they submit their &quot;PIP2 How your disability affects you&quot; questionnaire. We also ask them who assessment providers can approach to seek further evidence.</p><br /><p>We have worked with organisations representing disabled people to improve our communications; we now provide additional information to claimants outlining more specifically the types of evidence which are most helpful in enabling us to carry out an assessment.</p><br /><p>In every case the health professional conducting the assessment will consider any evidence that the claimant has provided, and will also consider whether further evidence will help them in providing advice on the claim to the Department’s decision maker. Ensuring that the claimant is able to tell us who is best placed to provide supporting evidence forms a core part of our approach. Such evidence can come from a variety of sources, including GPs, hospital consultants, community psychiatric nurses and social workers, as well as family members and carers.</p><br /><p>We would urge all advisors and advocates to encourage claimants to provide relevant evidence at the earliest opportunity to avoid the need for reconsiderations and appeals, and minimise consequent costs for the tax-payer.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/10/2015 09:44:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

423749

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Victoria Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether landowners in the vicinity of Victoria Station have contributed to the cost of current upgrading work there; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL3013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>Arrangements for the funding of the Victoria Station Upgrade are the responsibility of Transport for London (TfL) and the Mayor. However, I understand the scheme is funded by TfL, supported by a loan from the European Investment Bank.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 30/10/2015 09:26:48 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

423487

registered interest
date	23/10/2015
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Organised Crime: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the level of paramilitary-linked organised crime in Northern Ireland.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of the structure, roles and purpose of paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland, published on 20 October stated that individual members of paramilitary groups are involved in ‘serious criminal activity’. Examples cited in the assessment include: ‘large scale smuggling operations, fuel laundering, drug dealing and extortion of local businesses’.</p> answering member printed Lord Dunlop question first answered 28/10/2015 15:18:00 answering member 4534 label Biography information for Lord Dunlop
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

423141

registered interest
date	22/10/2015
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which technical approvals are still outstanding in respect of the new Hinkley Point nuclear power plant.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The EPR reactor proposed for use at Hinkley Point C has successfully completed Generic Design Assessment. NNBGenCo has also received a site licence to operate the site, environmental permits and development consent. The UK’s independent regulators will continue to regulate Hinkley Point C through construction, operation and decommissioning. Specifically, once safety-related construction activities have started, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) will use the nuclear site licence to regulate construction by releasing key hold points in line with NNB GenCo’s development of the site specific safety case.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 28/10/2015 14:19:55 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley