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574205

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date	02/09/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
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 the existing plans for the development of Hinkley C set out whether (a) the Government or (b) EDF will be financially and legally responsible for the safe storage of nuclear waste if that project goes ahead.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	44705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>Government policy is that operators of new nuclear power stations will be financially and legally responsible for the storage and disposal of the radioactive waste and spent fuel produced by those power stations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2016 13:14:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

732561

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason disabled people in receipt of a free bus pass are not permitted to use that pass before 9.30am between Monday to Friday; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that provision on the ability of disabled people to access employment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	1200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The original intention of the statutory minimum bus travel concession scheme was to provide access to essential local services and to help prevent social isolation. The scheme was introduced as an off-peak concession only, when there is likely to be unused capacity on buses.</p><p>However, the Government recognises the importance of accessible transport for disabled people, and the Department continues to work with the Department for Work and Pensions and other Government Departments on this issue, as well as with local authorities and the transport sector.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have the powers of their own to offer concessions over and above the statutory minimum, including peak hour travel.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/07/2017 12:42:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

757877

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much public funding has been provided related to biofuels in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The RTFO Unit in the Department for Transport operates the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) which supports the market for sustainable biofuel by means of a certificate trading scheme. The Department is also supporting the commercialisation of advanced biofuels by grant funding through the Advanced Biofuel Demonstration Competition. Departmental funding includes budgets for policy development, analysis and research into low carbon fuels, including (but not limited to) biofuels.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out readily identifiable expenditure for the last five full financial years.</p><p><strong>Public spending related to biofuels (and low carbon fuels)</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Low Carbon Fuels </strong> <strong>research programme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RTFO Unit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Advanced Biofuel Demonstration Competition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£63,000</p></td><td><p>£905,000</p></td><td><p>£6,548,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£7,516,000 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£56,000</p></td><td><p>£694,000</p></td><td><p>£973,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£1,723,000 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£106,000</p></td><td><p>£701,000</p></td><td><p>£106,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£913,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£131,000</p></td><td><p>£706,000</p></td><td><p>£83,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£920,000 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p>£584,000</p></td><td><p>nil</p></td><td><p><strong>£590,000 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 11:07:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff