To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment their Department
has made of the potential effect of the merger between Three and Vodafone on their
Department's contracts with Vodafone.
<p>The Department has assessed whether the merger constitutes a risk to service and
whether the contract documentation needs to be updated. We are also awaiting advice
from Cabinet Office regarding any wider significance to the merger. We are content
no further action is required pending the Cabinet Office advice.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost was of (a)
electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, (iii) Public Health England, (iv) the Care
Quality Commission, (v) the Health Research Authority, (vi) the Human Fertilisation
and Embryology Authority, (vii) the Human Tissue Authority and (viii) Porton Biopharma
Limited in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
<p>The cost of electricity and natural gas used by the Department, the Medicines and
Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Public Health England (PHE), the Care
Quality Commission (CQC), the Health Research Authority (HRA), the Human Fertilisation
and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) between 1 April
2015 – 31 March 2018 is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Some data for the
CQC, the HRA, the HFEA and the HTA is unavailable due to their office space being
shared or energy costs included in a service charge.</p><p> </p><p>The Department
does not hold data for Porton Biopharma Limited.</p>