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522448

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government expects to complete its analysis of responses to the consultation on reform of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	39163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is giving very careful consideration to the responses it received to the consultation. In particular we are looking closely to see if there is any scope to find a set of reforms that will deliver the Government’s objectives and which will be agreeable to the unions. I expect that we will be able to publish our analysis within the 12 week target set out in the consultation document.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/06/2016 13:27:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

731829

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Solar Power: Scotland
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 proportion of the total Feed-in Tariff subsidy to date for solar PV installations has been given to installations in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>As of the end of March 17, <strong>5%</strong> of the solar PV capacity installed under the Feed-in-Tariff scheme (FITs) is in Scotland, with Solar PV representing 80% of all electricity generating capacity supported under the FITs.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/06/2017 12:52:22 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

731830

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Gas Fired Power Stations
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 the total installed generating capacity is of those gas-powered generating stations which have been constructed in England since 2000.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The current total installed generating capacity of gas-powered generating stations which have been constructed in England since 2000 is 12,611 MW.</p><p>This information is publicly available as part of DUKES (Digest of UK Energy Statistics) at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577712/DUKES_2016_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577712/DUKES_2016_FINAL.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/06/2017 12:53:25 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

731880

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Hydroelectric Power: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many renewable obligation certificates have been issued to date to accredited Scottish hydro stations built before 2000; and of those, how many were issued to hydro stations that, before 2000, had a generating capacity calculated in excess of 20MWs, but were subsequently calculated as having a net capacity of less than 20MWs.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. However, between 1 April 2002 and 31 March 2017, a total of 21.97 million Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) were issued to accredited Scottish hydro stations that commissioned before 2000.<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p><p>Hydro stations with a declared net capacity of above 20MW which first commissioned on or before 1 April 2002 are not eligible for ROCs.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Data is not held on build dates. The figure for total ROCs issued is based on those issued and not subsequently revoked for stations that commissioned up to the end of 1999. The commissioning data is taken from Ofgem’s RO accredited stations report at: <a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportViewer.aspx?ReportPath=/Renewables/Accreditation/AccreditedStationsExternalPublic&amp;ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=1" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportViewer.aspx?ReportPath=/Renewables/Accreditation/AccreditedStationsExternalPublic&amp;ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=1</a></p><p>The number of ROCs issued to these stations from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2006 comes from Ofgem’s spreadsheets at: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/rocs-purged-roc-register" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/rocs-purged-roc-register</a> . Data from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2017 comes from Ofgem’s certificates report at: <a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportViewer.aspx?ReportPath=/DatawarehouseReports/CertificatesExternalPublicDataWarehouse&amp;ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=2" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportViewer.aspx?ReportPath=/DatawarehouseReports/CertificatesExternalPublicDataWarehouse&amp;ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=2</a></p><p>Both data sources were accessed on 23 June 2017. No information is available on previous capacity before the stations accredited under the RO.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/06/2017 12:51:08 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

515679

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Union Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the applicability of the provisions of the Trade Union Bill to officials of the devolved administrations.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	904715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Trade Union Act 2016 is about employment and industrial relations law, which are reserved matters. The Act will apply to public sector officials across Great Britain in the same manner, and therefore no specific assessment has been made of its applicability to officials of the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 05/05/2016 15:09:22 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 57947 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

517064

registered interest
date	03/05/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Skilled Workers: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to help fill potential skills shortages resulting from the £35,000 income requirement for settlement of Tier 2 skilled workers over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	36237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>Recognised shortage occupations are exempt from the £35,000 threshold as are PhD level roles. In other cases the Government believes that it is reasonable to require Tier 2 skilled migrants to earn a minimum of £35,000 to be eligible to settle in the UK. Tier 2 workers are in graduate-level roles, and £35,000 reflects the 2011 median pay for UK workers in skilled jobs which qualified for Tier 2.</p><p>Employers and visa holders have had time to prepare. The previous Government announced in 2012 that, from 6 April 2016, Tier 2 visa holders who applied for settlement in the UK would be required to meet the £35,000 threshold. The Home Office published a full impact assessment on proposed changes to Tier 2 settlement rules when they were laid before Parliament on 15 March 2012. This is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf</a>.’</p><p>Skills are a devolved matter. In England we are supporting 3 million more apprenticeships in this Parliament, including degree apprenticeships and more at the higher levels. We are also focussing on the higher level skills employers demand by introducing ground breaking reforms to technical and professional education to support sectors where there are recognised skills gaps, and establishing national colleges to deliver high level specialist vocational skills.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/05/2016 11:21:42 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

449346

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in part or full-time training or employment aged between 19 and 21 in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children looked after by the local authority.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	25016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below. This information is for England only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Care leaver activity [2]</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children [1]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Education other than higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Training or employment</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>Information on the activity of all care leavers in England has been published in tables F1 of the Statistical First Release on looked after children[3].</p><p>[1] This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.</p><p>[2] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 24987 25017 question first answered 10/02/2016 12:09:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 43510 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

449347

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in part or full-time education other than higher education aged between 19 and 21 in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children looked after by the local authority.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	25017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below. This information is for England only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Care leaver activity [2]</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children [1]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Education other than higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Training or employment</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>Information on the activity of all care leavers in England has been published in tables F1 of the Statistical First Release on looked after children[3].</p><p>[1] This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.</p><p>[2] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 24987 25016 question first answered 10/02/2016 12:09:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 43512 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

449348

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers in full or part-time higher education aged between 19 and 21 in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015 were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children looked after by the local authority.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	24987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is shown in the table below. This information is for England only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Care leaver activity [2]</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of former unaccompanied asylum seeking children [1]</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Education other than higher education</strong></p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Training or employment</strong></p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>Information on the activity of all care leavers in England has been published in tables F1 of the Statistical First Release on looked after children[3].</p><p>[1] This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.</p><p>[2] Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption-2014-to-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 25016 25017 question first answered 10/02/2016 12:09:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 43508 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

449808

registered interest
date	02/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Care Leavers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many care leavers aged between 19 and 21 local authorities were in contact with in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015; and how many such care leavers were former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	25346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>Information on care leavers in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015, who were aged 19, 20 and 21 in 2013 and 2014 is not available. However, the information for care leavers aged 19, 20, or 21 in 2014 and 2015 is shown in the tables below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Accommodation type<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All care leavers aged 19, 20 or 21</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Of which, number that were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children¹</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Suitable</strong></p></td><td><p>20,570</p></td><td><p>21,010</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Unsuitable</strong></p></td><td><p>1,660</p></td><td><p>1,840</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All care leavers aged 19, 20 or 21 with whom the local authority were in touch</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Of which, number that were former unaccompanied asylum seeking children¹</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21,980</p></td><td><p>22,520</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: SSDA903</p><p>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><ol><li><p>This includes young people who were unaccompanied asylum seeking children in their final period of care.</p></li><li><p>Suitability of accommodation is not recorded where the young person has gone abroad, been deported or where their residence is not known.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 25428 question first answered 05/02/2016 13:44:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald