The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she has received representations in the last 12 months on coal that has been or will be stockpiled in the UK.
Andrea Leadsom
This is a matter for individual companies.
The Department has not had any representations from individual companies on their plans for coal stockpiling.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-09-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits have joined the 77th Brigade as (a) regular and (b) reserve personnel since the formation of that unit in 2015.
Mike Penning
The majority of personnel joining 77th Brigade transfer from other Regular or Reserve units and are therefore not recruits. The exception to this is Specialist Reserve Officers (SROs), who are recruited as civilians with niche skills. 44 SROs have been selected since 1 January 2015 of which 18 have completed the recruitment process and are currently on strength.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2015-11-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she plans to publish the Government’s response to the consultation on a review of the feed-in tariff scheme.
Andrea Leadsom
We will publish the Government’s response in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-05-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of selection related to religious beliefs in school admissions on the integration of pupils from different socio-economic, ethnic and religious or non-religious backgrounds in schools; and what steps she is taking to improve such integration.
Nick Gibb
It is for the admission authority of each school to set their own admission arrangements, according to their local circumstances. Admission authorities for all state-funded schools, including schools with a religious designation, must ensure their admission arrangements comply with the mandatory provisions of the School Admissions Code and other admissions law.
The Code requires that all admissions arrangements must be fair, comply with equalities legislation, and not disadvantage unfairly a child from a particular social or racial group or a child with a disability or special educational needs. If an objection is made to the Schools Adjudicator, and the arrangements are found to be unfair or fail to comply with the Code, the admission authority must make changes to ensure their arrangements are compliant without undue delay.
The Equality Act requires public bodies, including maintained schools and academies, to have due regard to the need to foster good relations across all protected characteristics. All schools are legally required to promote the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of their pupils and their effectiveness in this is assessed through inspection. In assessing schools’ effectiveness, inspectors take account of the extent to which pupils have an understanding and appreciation of the range of different cultures within school and further afield as an essential element of their preparation for life in modern Britain.
The School Admissions Code is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-admissions-code–2
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the level of coal stockpiling in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
Andrea Leadsom
DECC publishes data on coal stocks held in the UK. The table below shows the stocks held at the end of the last 10 years. This includes stocks held at electricity generators, ports and undistributed stocks held at coal mines.
|
Year |
UK Coal Stocks at end of year (thousand tonnes) |
|
2006 |
17,210 |
|
2007 |
14,155 |
|
2008 |
17,246 |
|
2009 |
24,091 |
|
2010 |
16,885 |
|
2011 |
16,041 |
|
2012 |
13,003 |
|
2013 |
14,287 |
|
2014 |
18,641 |
|
2015 (provisional) |
14,500 |
Source: Energy Trends Table 2.6, March 2016 available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Attorney General, how many offences have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 in each of the last six years.
Robert Buckland
The Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 was enacted to secure the protection from unauthorised interference of the remains of military aircraft and vessels that have crashed, sunk or been stranded and, of associated human remains.
No offences charged by way of this Act are recorded on the Crown Prosecution Service Case Management System Database during each of the last six years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2015-12-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she plans to publish a response to her Department’s consultation on changes to financial support for solar PV, published on 22 July 2015.
Andrea Leadsom
The Government proposed changes to the Renewables Obligation, on which we consulted between 22 July and 2 September. We intend to publish a Government Response as soon as possible.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-05-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what processes her Department has in place to ensure that determinations issued by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator are acted on by schools.
Nick Gibb
Where the Schools Adjudicator determines that a school’s admission arrangements do not comply with the School Admissions Code, the admission authority has a statutory duty to revise its admission arrangements to give effect to the Adjudicator’s decision within two months of the decision or by 28 February following the decision, whichever is sooner, unless an alternative timescale is specified by the Adjudicator.
An Adjudicator’s decision is binding and enforceable by the Secretary of State.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-06-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of potential levels of UK coal exports in each of the next five years.
Andrea Leadsom
The Department has not made an assessment of the potential levels of UK coal exports in each of the next five years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Clive Lewis on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reports of disturbances to military wrecks designated as protected sites under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 were received by the Ministry of Defence Police in each of the last six years.
Harriett Baldwin
The Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) has carried out the following investigations (taking “disturbances” to mean thefts or alleged thefts and not limited to shipwrecks) under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986:
|
YEAR |
|
|
2010 |
1 |
|
2011 |
6 |
|
2012 |
1 |
|
2013 |
0 |
|
2014 |
0 |
|
2015 |
1 |
The MDP has not received any information related to the illegal salvage of material from HMS Warrior.
By invoking the principle of Sovereign Immunity, and by designating specific vessels under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 and the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986, we endeavour to protect these important sites where we are able. Where we have definitive evidence of desecration of these sites, we will take appropriate action. However, it should be appreciated that, given the large number of Royal Navy wrecks around the world and the vast area they cover, there are limitations on what can be achieved with regard to protection.