Tag: 2014

Lord Avebury – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Avebury on 2014-06-27.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to share the revenues from the sale of the domain name .io with the people of the Chagos Archipelago including the descendants of those who were evicted from the islands.

Baroness Warsi

In much the same way as the .uk domain, the administration of the .io domain has always been carried out by a private sector organisation – this is currently the Internet Computer Bureau. As with the .uk domain, the Government receives no revenues from the sales or administration of this domain, and there are therefore no plans to share these with Chagossians.

November 2, 2022
Angus Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Angus Robertson on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what quantitative criteria have been used to set to remote the risk probability of a collision involving a Tornado aircraft.

Mr Philip Dunne

Military Aviation Authority Regulatory Article 1210 defines categories for quantifying the likelihood of a risk as follows:

“Likelihood is assessed with respect to the likelihood of the assessed consequence of a hazard. This is based on the likelihood of a single accident resulting in harm for a particular fleet. The appropriate category listed below must be used:
a. Frequent: Likely to occur at least several times a year.
b. Occasional: Likely to occur one or more times per year.
c. Remote: Likely to occur one or more times in 10 years.
d. Improbable: Unlikely to occur in 10 years.”

A panel of suitably qualified and experienced persons from the Tornado Force calculated the risk likelihood for the Tornado risk register based on this definition.

November 2, 2022
Graham Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Jones on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to which locations pending applications for hydraulic fraturing relate.

Michael Fallon

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 30 June 2014, Official Report, Column 426W:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm140630/text/140630w0004.htm#1407011000033

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November 2, 2022
Grahame M. Morris – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Grahame M. Morris on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the Care Act 2014 Part 1 regulations to be laid before the House.

Norman Lamb

Subject to the Parliamentary timetable, we intend to lay the final regulations in October 2014 and publish the statutory guidance at the same time. We are committed to setting out the detail of secondary legislation and statutory guidance six months in advance of when most of Part 1 of the Care Act comes into force (April 2015), in order to give local authorities and their partners as much time as possible to plan for implementation.

November 2, 2022
Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 458W, on open prisons, what data his Department holds on the number of (a) prisoners in an open prison who previously breached a licence condition while released on temporary licence and (b) prisoners in open prisons who have previously absconded or escaped from prison on the latest date for which figures are available.

Jeremy Wright

I refer my hon Friend to the reply I gave on 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 458W, on open prisons.

My officials are currently working to provide the information requested. I will write to you in due course.

November 2, 2022
Gordon Marsden – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with trade union representatives from the maritime sector on the employment and related implications of implementing the maritime fuel suulphur regulations in the last 12 months.

Stephen Hammond

The Department has not had discussions with the trade unions specifically on the implementation of the sulphur rules. However, the trade unions have had the opportunity to contribute their views during the eight-week public consultation on the draft UK Regulations and the associated Impact Assessment which commenced on 29 April 2014.

The maturity and efficacy of ship-board exhaust gas cleaning system technology was one of the key subjects under consideration when I chaired the ‘round table’ meetings of industry stakeholders in October 2012 and March 2013 to which I referred in my Answer of 17 June 2014. At those meetings, first-hand information was forthcoming from both the shipping industry and the exhaust gas cleaning system technology industry.

The Department has engaged the European Commission about the potential impacts of the new regulations and the scope for financial support from EU sources, including finance from the European Investment Bank. The Commission has reaffirmed the possibility of support for the maritime sector through the new Connecting Europe Facility or the Trans-European Network (TEN-T) programme.

The Department is investigating impacts on prices as part of its assessment of the impact of the draft UK Regulations.

The Department will conduct the review at an appropriate time and not later than the timetable specified in the Regulations themselves, in accordance with normal Government practice and consistent with the principles of better regulation. It would be premature to make a commitment now concerning the precise timing of the review.

November 2, 2022
Lord Chidgey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Chidgey on 2014-06-26.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to deploy the Stabilisation Unit to assist the G5 countries in providing capacity-building assistance to civil society organisations so that they can monitor public sector financial management in the Central African Republic.

Baroness Warsi

The UK will continue to work with and through international organisations, such as the World Bank and the UN, to ensure a coherent strategy for the Central African Republic, including on public financial management and public sector reform. We would be happy to consider the deployment of Stabilisation Unit experts to support the work of these international organisations, as necessary.

November 2, 2022
Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of his Department’s consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.

Jo Swinson

This information is currently being collated and I will arrange for this data to be deposited in the libraries of the House as soon as possible.

November 2, 2022
Philip Davies – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has given to local authorities on dealing with trees that are subject to a preservation order.

Nick Boles

In March we issued new web-based planning guidance on the Tree Preservation Order system. It is available at http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/tree-preservation-orders/.

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November 2, 2022

Tom Greatrex – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Greatrex on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of his Department’s consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.

Elizabeth Truss

The Department for Education has cut its annual energy bill by £1.4m since 2009-10 through reduced energy consumption, and has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 38% in the same period.

Emission reductions from energy use have largely been achieved through low and no cost energy efficiency measures, estate rationalisation (by using space more efficiently and co-locating with other organisations), and by operating our remaining buildings even more efficiently.

The Department’s monthly gas and electricity consumption and associated costs since June 2010 are set out below.

	Electricity kWh	Electricity Cost £	Gas kWh	Gas Cost £
Jun-10	1,164,652	85,441	133,998	£8,879
Jul-10	1,158,378	129,719	64,158	£9,054
Aug-10	1,019,308	120,186	17,736	£9,137
Sep-10	1,009,662	25,431	61,799	£1,789
Oct-10	972,048	81,233	168,543	*
Nov-10	955,120	73,194	341,850	£3,150
Dec-10	917,993	72,450	1,368,357	£1,318
Jan-11	924,050	68,914	502,246	£8,286
Feb-11	892,663	148,902	528,895	£5,817
Mar-11	923,772	87,202	492,273	£32,115
Apr-11	1,017,920	83,562	176,334	£14,114
May-11	1,091,733	56,831	157,050	£8,133
Jun-11	1,149,462	139,208	97,030	£11,247
Jul-11	1,128,281	93,764	56,856	£6,460
Aug-11	1,126,637	125,550	69,121	£1,501
Sep-11	1,117,836	101,759	96,013	£749
Oct-11	1,124,928	175,773	166,233	£6,537
Nov-11	1,117,066	120,616	541,299	£3,603
Dec-11	1,056,743	*	422,178	£15,183
Jan-12	1,115,270	231,972	504,487	£6,691
Feb-12	1,064,718	119,303	547,419	£16,000
Mar-12	1,145,769	116,169	402,004	£55,082
Apr-12	1,045,229	145,955	369,636	£14,405
May-12	1,141,570	26,511	253,486	*
Jun-12	1,020,091	102,484	107,956	£17,461
Jul-12	1,095,095	314,717	52,479	£31,834
Aug-12	1,111,575	161,023	21,057	£10,461
Sep-12	1,030,509	246,659	107,429	£7,395
Oct-12	1,115,679	122,926	402,196	£6,622
Nov-12	1,077,060	188,350	459,877	£42,443
Dec-12	1,028,372	7,344	562,851	*
Jan-13	1,121,535	150,753	695,526	£42,660
Feb-13	996,349	252,524	662,816	£40,218
Mar-13	1,064,972	194,770	622,653	£42,909
Apr-13	1,038,319	64,507	480,835	£61,685
May-13	1,025,212	13,813	355,353	£4,905
Jun-13	986,704	267,484	125,280	£37,910
Jul-13	1,152,464	129,589	63,823	£7,838
Aug-13	1,075,626	162,988	52,313	£5,566
Sep-13	1,026,536	126,590	91,021	£22,527
Oct-13	1,039,324	265,576	326,262	£6,066
Nov-13	1,003,941	148,285	336,372	£7,520
Dec-13	1,024,778	13,976	374,204	£16,265
Jan-14	1,046,875	241,727	536,348	£38,947
Feb-14	946,677	138,250	529,496	£12,458
Mar-14	934,054	133,878	302,627	£44,219
Apr-14	864,231	17,558	190,423	£18,783
May-14	899,711	226,815	251,680	£23,591

* Gaps in financial data are due to delayed billing cycles and inaccurate consumption estimates made by the supplier.

The core department’s electricity is purchased via the Crown Commercial Service energy framework from renewable sources, and is therefore, exempt from the Climate Change Levy.

November 2, 2022