The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-06-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2016 to Question 39039, whether she will place the results of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary May 2015 Wellbeing Survey in the Library.
Andrea Leadsom
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary May 2015 Wellbeing Survey is a document owned by the Civil Nuclear Constabulary. It’s a matter for the CNC whether to publish the survey.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-03-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions her Department has had with the EU institutions on the (a) level of VAT on energy saving materials and (b) European Commission’s VAT Action Plan.
Andrea Leadsom
Tax matters, decisions and discussions on VAT are a matter for HM Treasury. The Department has been in regular contact with HM Treasury regarding the consultation on changes to the application of VAT on energy saving materials.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-05-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Government plans to publish its response to the December 2015 HM Revenue and Customs’ consultation on increasing VAT for domestic solar.
Andrea Leadsom
The UK has applied a reduced rate on 11 different types of energy saving materials since 2001. That remains in place and remains unchanged.
HMRC are currently considering the responses to their consultation on energy saving materials and they will respond in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving personnel will return from Germany as part of the planned rebasing in each year to 2020.
Mike Penning
The number of serving personnel that will return from Germany as part of the planned rebasing in each year to 2020 is shown below.
|
Year |
Number of service personnel |
|
2016 |
1,270 |
|
2017 |
120 |
|
2018 |
0 |
|
2019 |
4,000 |
|
2020 |
20 (drawdown) |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK armed forces personnel deploying on Operation SHADER include Special Forces.
Penny Mordaunt
It is the longstanding policy of the Government not to comment on Special Forces.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-03-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions her Department has had with HM Treasury on the level of VAT on energy saving materials.
Andrea Leadsom
Decisions on VAT are led by HM Treasury, and the Department has been in regular contact with them regarding the consultation on changes to the application of VAT on energy saving materials.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-05-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have been reassessed to remain in the support group of employment support allowance have medical conditions that are not expected to improve.
Priti Patel
Between October 2008 and September 2015 a total of 38,100 people in the Support Group have been reassessed and found to still be eligible for Employment and Support Allowance, and to remain in the Support Group, and were also found to either be terminally ill or had a prognosis of “in the longer term”, suggesting that their conditions are not expected to improve in the short term.
Source: Data is derived from administrative data held by the DWP and assessment data provided by Atos and the Centre for Health and Disability Assessments.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-09-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the potential cost of terminating and re-tendering the Carillion Amey housing contract.
Mark Lancaster
The Ministry of Defence has put in place a strategy to provide an alternative solution should CarillionAmey fail to sustain performance. The Department continues to assess CarillionAmey’s performance to determine whether the implementation of this strategy is necessary.
I will be meeting senior CarillionAmey staff in September to hold them to account for their performance.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2015-11-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to chart 4.2 of the Annual Fuel Poverty Statistics Report 2015, published by her Department on 28 May 2015, what proportion of the (a) local authority, (b) owner-occupied, (c) private rented and (d) housing association households are in fuel poverty.
Andrea Leadsom
The number and proportion of fuel poor households in England by tenure are shown below:
|
Tenure |
Local Authority |
Owner occupied |
Private Rented |
Housing Association |
|
2003 – Number of fuel poor households (000s) |
496 |
1,220 |
483 |
215 |
|
2003 – Proportion of households (%) |
21 |
8 |
25 |
14 |
|
2013 – Number of fuel poor households (000s) |
193 |
1,104 |
816 |
234 |
|
2013 – Proportion of households (%) |
12 |
8 |
19 |
10 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-03-18.
To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to appoint a new envoy on climate change.
Mr David Cameron
The Government is committed to tackling climate change by reducing our emissions at home and pushing for ambitious action globally. The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, my right hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Ms Rudd), played a key role in Paris to secure the first global legally binding climate agreement. The focus now is on implementation. There are no plans to appoint a new envoy on climate change at this time.