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1150220

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions Ministers in her Department have had with groups representing women born in the 1950s who have had their state pensions age changed as a result of the Pensions Act 2011 on options for those women to draw their pensions at a reduced rate at 64 years of age.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has committed to meeting the joint chairs of All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on State Pension inequality for Women.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/10/2019 16:32:23 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1150222

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
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: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to help reduce the financial losses incurred by women on low incomes born in the 1950s who have had their state pension age changed.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>For people who cannot work, the welfare system will continue to provide a safety-net, as it does for people of all ages now. We will spend around £55 billion this year (2019/20) on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions. This is around 2.5 per cent of GDP, and over 6 per cent of government spending, and as a share of GDP, the UK’s public spending is second highest in the G7 [OECD 2015 data].</p><p> </p><p>The new State Pension is actually more generous for many women, who often did less well in the past. Women who reached State Pension age in 2016 are estimated to receive more State Pension on average over their lifetime than women ever have before. By 2030, over 3 million women stand to gain an average of £550 more per year as a result of the recent reforms.</p><p> </p><p>There are now 5 million women aged 50 and over in the workforce compared to 4.2 million five years ago. This is a record high.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to improving the outlook for older workers, including women, affected by increases in the State Pension age, and removing the barriers they may face. We have removed the default retirement age, meaning most people can choose when to retire, and extended the right to flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>To support people with their future planning, DWP launched an online web page in February this year which brings together money, job and health elements of the mid-life MOT: <a href="https://www.yourpension.gov.uk/mid-life-mot/" target="_blank">https://www.yourpension.gov.uk/mid-life-mot/</a></p><p> </p><p>To support employers, Business in The Community has also created MOT guides that support business. <a href="https://age.bitc.org.uk/tools-impact-stories/toolkits" target="_blank">https://age.bitc.org.uk/tools-impact-stories/toolkits</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/10/2019 15:07:15 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1149861

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Packaging: Waste Disposal
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 make it her policy to (a) introduce and (b) enforce of European standards for compostable packaging in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	1001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that innovation into biodegradable and compostable packaging could help reduce the environmental impacts of packaging if it is disposed of in the right way. However, currently this is often not the case. If biodegradable packaging is put in the domestic waste bin, for example, it is likely to end up in landfill and can break down to release powerful greenhouse gases, such as methane. If biodegradable plastic is mistakenly recycled with other plastics, it has the potential to damage the quality of the new products made from the recycled plastic.</p><p> </p><p>As a consequence of these concerns, the Government published a call for evidence in July 2019 to help consider the development of standards or certification criteria for all bio-based, biodegradable, and compostable plastics to better understand their effects on the environment and our current waste system. As we develop our proposals to reform the packaging producer responsibility system we will consider the role of composting, informed by the outputs of this work.</p><p> </p><p>Building on commitments in the Resources and Waste Strategy we launched a consultation earlier this year on reforming the packaging producer responsibility system, which proposed a mandatory UK-wide labelling system that provides clear information to help people to recycle. Defra officials are exploring how a mandatory labelling scheme can address consumer confusion about what to do with compostable packaging. We will take primary powers in the Environment Bill to enable us to implement a mandatory labelling scheme. The consultation closed on 13 May and the summary of responses and next steps can be found via the below link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/packaging-waste-changing-the-uk-producer-responsibility-system-for-packaging-waste</a></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 1000 1002 question first answered 25/10/2019 10:22:11 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149863

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290329 on Department for International Development: Energy Supply and to the Answer on 1 October 2019 to Question 290324 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy Supply, if he will introduce the same policy as the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and switch to an electricity provider that supplies electricity solely from renewable resources within the next 12 months; and for what reason his Department has not already ensured its electricity is supplied solely from renewable resources.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	1003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>DFID’s UK estate comprises two joint-headquarters, 22 Whitehall in London and Abercrombie House in Glasgow. DFID’s current energy supplier for both offices are EDF Energy for electricity. DFID’s energy is contracted via the Cabinet Office’s Crown Commercial Service Framework. DFID intends to take advantage of renewable energy options under the new Crown Commercial Service Framework when putting in place new energy supply arrangements. As highlighted in DFID’s 2018-19 Annual Report and Accounts (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F815787%2FARA-2019.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7Ce-morrison%40dfid.gov.uk%7Ce3cc3ef490d645c1386508d753b4fdf6%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C637069909125610289&amp;sdata=D%2FBYPJ4e4GehIlKrtyN00FZEADFoyFOwwluJho%2F4b%2Fw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a>), DFID has a strong record of improving environmental performance and is working towards meeting the Greening Government Commitment targets (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fgreening-government-commitments-2016-to-2020&amp;data=02%7C01%7Ce-morrison%40dfid.gov.uk%7Ce3cc3ef490d645c1386508d753b4fdf6%7Ccdf709af1a184c74bd936d14a64d73b3%7C0%7C0%7C637069909125620280&amp;sdata=Y1DHR7ZuwBrX%2FRT8cwP13Wp0cfKkdSB8%2Bi2khsred84%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a>) in the UK by end of financial year 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 21/10/2019 17:00:33 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149866

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 2 October 2019 to Question 290333 on Department for Work and Pensions: Energy Supply and to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324 on Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy Supply, if she will introduce the same policy as the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and switch to an electricity provider that supplies electricity solely from renewable resources within the next 12 months; and for what reason her Department has not already ensured its electricity is supplied solely from renewable resources.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	1006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department is mandated by the Cabinet Office to use electricity agreements negotiated by the Crown Commercial Service for Central Government Organisations and therefore cannot set terms such as the use of renewable sources independently.</p><p> </p><p>To the Department’s knowledge Crown Commercial Service have no plans to create agreements to provide renewable resources only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/10/2019 15:37:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149867

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 2 October 2019 to Question 290331 on Department for Transport: Energy Supply, and to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy Supply, if he will introduce the same policy as the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and switch to an electricity provider that supplies electricity solely from renewable resources within the next 12 months; for what reason his Department has not already ensured its electricity is supplied solely from renewable resources.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	1007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s response of 2 October 2019 to Question 290331 covered over 1,200 sites and not just our main headquarters building. However, I can confirm that the electricity supplied to our headquarters building has been sourced from solely renewable sources since 2010. The Department will consider further opportunities for increasing the proportion of energy that is sourced from renewable sources as and when contracts are renewed. We are encouraging our ALB’s to switch to renewable sources where they haven’t already.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 21/10/2019 16:32:59 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149871

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will amend the Crown Commercial Service energy frameworks for the supply of (a) gas, (b) electricity and (c) liquid fuels to ensure energy is supplied from fully renewable sources whenever possible.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	1011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Each Government department makes their own purchasing decisions as to which source of fuel they wish to use through Crown Commercial Service (CCS) energy framework agreements.</p><p>Current framework agreements include options to solely use renewable energy sources. A number of departments are currently supplied by 100% green energy, including DEFRA, HMT, Environment Agency, and the National Audit Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/10/2019 13:52:19 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149883

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
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 assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposals of the trustees of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme to guarantee beneficiaries bonuses.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>We are considering the proposals from the Trustees of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme regarding protection for bonuses that have already accrued, and we will report back to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/10/2019 09:18:04 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 721 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1149904

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Persecution of Christians across the Globe Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 292977 on Persecution of Christians Across the Globe Independent Review; on what date he plans to hold the Cabinet discussion on Freedom of Religion or Belief.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	1089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>​We have drawn up an implementation plan for the Bishop of Truro’s various recommendations, dividing them into short, medium and longer term priorities. We believe that it is better to allow time to prepare properly for a Cabinet level discussion on freedom of religion or belief and are looking to schedule this at an appropriate time; this is not a short term task.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/10/2019 16:50:19 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1149907

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Social Democratic & Labour Party
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he last met the leadership of the Social Democratic and Labour Party.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	1092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>I last spoke to the leadership of the SDLP on 17 October.</p> answering member constituency Skipton and Ripon answering member printed Julian Smith question first answered 25/10/2019 09:47:34 answering member 4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones