Tag: David T. C. Davies

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-10-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of smart meters which rely on 2G technology.

Jesse Norman

The Government has not made an estimate of the number of smart meters that operate using 2G technology. Energy suppliers are incentivised to make sure they have procured communications to allow them to carry on operating smart meters for the whole of their life.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-01-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will update his Department’s travel advice guidance on the safety of women travellers to (a) Germany and (b) Austria to take account of recent events in those countries.

Mr David Lidington

The FCO’s travel advice is kept under constant review, and is based on objective assessments of the risk to British nationals.

Our current advice for Germany can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/germany

Our current advice for Austria can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/austria

While we condemn the criminal behaviour seen in Cologne and on a smaller scale in Hamburg, Salzburg and elsewhere on New Year’s Eve, we do not assess that this is now the standard of behaviour to expect at all public gatherings in Germany or Austria. In addition, the authorities are taking action to ensure that such attacks are not repeated.

We advise all travellers and British nationals resident in Germany and Austria to monitor our travel advice regularly.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-04-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to ensure that the closure of coal-powered stations does not lead to electricity shortages.

Andrea Leadsom

We knew some old coal powered stations would likely be closing and we have already taken steps to ensure security of supply for the coming winters. National Grid has procured 3.6GW of reserve capacity for this coming winter. Looking further ahead, the Capacity Market is designed to drive new investment to help keep the lights on, as well as getting the best out of our existing power stations and we have recently consulted on proposals to introduce the Capacity Market a year early, from 2017/18. A response to the consultation will be published shortly

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-10-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in local authority care are awaiting placement with foster parents.

Edward Timpson

The Department for Education does not collect this information. If any children are awaiting placement with foster carers, that information will be kept at local authority level. As at March 2015 there were 73,845 approved foster carers in England.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-01-12.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much will accrue to the Exchequer as a result of the Carbon Price Support legislation in each year until 2020.

Damian Hinds

The most recent forecast of receipts from the Carbon Price Floor was published by the OBR in their ‘Economic and fiscal outlook supplementary fiscal tables – November 2015’, available at http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/economic-fiscal-outlook-november-2015/.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-09-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy to allow police officers to cover their faces for religious purposes.

Brandon Lewis

Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are best placed to decide the uniform requirements for different roles within their force.

The police remain operationally independent and it is for local leadership to ensure that officers can perform their duties effectively whilst taking officer safety, appropriate risk assessments and effective engagement with the public into consideration.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-10-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) male and (b) female unaccompanied children arrived in the UK seeking asylum in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Home Office publishes the Immigration Statistics release each quarter.

The requested information is available in table as_08, in volume 3 of the asylum data tables:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/546760/asylum3-q2-2016-tabs.ods

A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics April to June 2016, is available from:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-april-to-june2016/asylum

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2015-11-05.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who have been granted refugee leave have claimed backdated tax credits in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

Mr David Gauke

HM Revenue and Customs do not hold the requested data

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-02-02.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of men in the UK who are in polygamous marriages.

Mr Rob Wilson

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David T. C. Davies on 2016-09-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has the ability to overrule chief constables on decisions about uniform policy.

Brandon Lewis

Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are best placed to decide the uniform requirements for different roles within their force.

The police remain operationally independent and it is for local leadership to ensure that officers can perform their duties effectively whilst taking officer safety, appropriate risk assessments and effective engagement with the public into consideration.