The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Lewell-Buck on 2015-12-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential economic effect on Scotland of Buchan Deep supply chain work being awarded to a company that will undertake the work overseas.
Anna Soubry
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 7 December 2015 to Question UIN 18533.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Lewell-Buck on 2015-12-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that supply chain contracts from the Beatrice offshore wind project will create jobs in the UK.
Andrea Leadsom
The Department, together with UKTI and BIS, work closely with the Beatrice offshore wind farm developer to ensure that UK companies are able to bid for contracts in an open and fair competition process to maximise the UK content in the wind farm.
Offshore Wind Developers have committed to achieving their vision statement of providing over 50% UK content in UK offshore wind farms. There is an agreed industry standard methodology in place for the Industry to measure and record the UK content in each offshore wind farm. The industry publishes the anonymised and consolidated results to allow the sector and the public to track the sector’s progress towards fulfilling their vision.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Lewell-Buck on 2015-12-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the financial value of the renewable energy sector supply chain.
Andrea Leadsom
A report on ‘The size and performance of the UK low carbon economy’ published by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills contains estimates of turnover, gross value added (GVA), and the number of jobs supported by the low carbon sectors across the UK.1
There are 269,800 people employed across all low carbon sectors in the UK, including generation of electricity, energy efficiency, vehicles, low carbon heat, and production of fuels.
There were 68,100 people employed collectively in the renewable energy sector supply chains in 2013. The supply chain firms are estimated to have had a turnover of £24.5bn in 2013, adding £9.9bn of value to the UK economy.
[1] BIS (March 2015), The Size and Performance of the UK Low Carbon Economy https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Lewell-Buck on 2015-10-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Wilson Doctrine has been consistently applied to the parliamentary communications of the hon. Member for South Shields; and whether that hon. Member has been subject to surveillance.
Mr John Hayes
The Government’s position on the Wilson Doctrine was set out by the Prime Minister in a written ministerial statement made on 4 November 2015.
As the Prime Minister made clear, the Wilson Doctrine has never been an absolute bar to the targeted interception of the communications of Members of Parliament or an exemption from the legal regime governing interception. The Doctrine recognised that there could be instances where interception might be necessary.
The Prime Minister announced that as matter of policy the PM will be consulted should there ever be a proposal to target any UK Parliamentarian’s communications under a warrant issued by a Secretary of State. This applies to Members of Parliament, members of the House of Lords, the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Welsh Assembly and UK members of the European Parliament. It applies to all activity authorised by a warrant issued by a Secretary of State: any instance of targeted interception and, electronic surveillance and equipment interference, when undertaken by the Security and Intelligence Agencies. This is in addition to the rigorous safeguards already in the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and the Code of Practice issued under it which set out a series of robust safeguards for any instance of interception.
It is long standing policy of successive Governments neither to confirm nor deny any specific activity by the Security and Intelligence Agencies. Under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 it is an offence for anyone to identify an individual interception warrant or an individual interception that takes place.
The question asked by Emma Lewell-Buck, the Labour MP for South Shields, in the House of Commons on 7 November 2022.
Can the Minister explain what discussions have been held with the Children’s Commissioner regarding this Government’s staggering levels of child neglect? Can he also say why the commissioner has not been encouraged to use her statutory powers to visit Manston and the hotels concerned to speak directly with the children there?
Robert Jenrick
It is up to the Children’s Commissioner to determine her own schedule. As far as I am aware, she has not requested to visit Manston. I have no objection to her doing so, but that is entirely a matter for her.
I object to the suggestion that the UK Government are being inhumane towards children. These are children who are coming across the channel against our best wishes. They are coming either with their families who are choosing to put them through this uniquely perilous journey, or, in some cases, unaccompanied. We are doing everything we can to support them when they arrive here. Of course it is a difficult challenge—how could it be easy for the Government to help hundreds of unaccompanied children who arrive by sea and who then require foster care and support? It was always going to be a difficult challenge. We see that in our own constituencies when we hear of the shortage of foster care, or concerns about local authority accommodation for young people. This is a national issue that is exacerbated by the sheer quantity of young people who are coming across in this way.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Lewell-Buck on 2014-06-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
Anna Soubry
This information is not yet available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Lewell-Buck on 2014-06-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
Elizabeth Truss
The information requested is set out in the table below.
Table 1: 2013-14 Performance Management Outturn Figures for the Department for Education
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Performance Rating |
Declared Disability |
No declared disability |
Not declared |
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Top/Exceeded |
14% |
26% |
22% |
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Achieving/Achieved |
69% |
66% |
68% |
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Low/Must Improve |
17% |
8% |
10% |
The Department continues to take steps to ensure that its performance ratings are a fair reflection of individual performance. Over the last year, this has included independent members being present at end of year meetings where performance assessments are moderated and training for staff on how to avoid unconscious bias.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Lewell-Buck on 2014-06-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
Gregory Barker
In DECC the staff declaration rate for disability is:
The 2013/14 performance ratings breakdown for these groups is:
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Declared have a disability |
Declared don’t have a disability |
Disability status not declared |
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1- SCS, Top; AO-G6, Exceptional performance. |
12.2% |
27.1% |
22.5% |
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2 – SCS, Achieving; AO-G6, Effective performance. |
70.7% |
67.5% |
70.7% |
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3 – SCS, Low; AO-G6, Need for improvement/ developing |
17.1% |
5.5% |
6.8% |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Lewell-Buck on 2014-06-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
Dan Rogerson
Core Defra outcomes for the performance assessment period 2013/14 are currently being analysed.
The information, which forms part of a wider Performance Management diversity analysis, will be published, no later than January 2015, as part of the annual Workforce Monitoring Report under the Public Sector Equality Duty.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emma Lewell-Buck on 2014-06-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff employed by his Department received each level of performance rating in their end of year performance assessment for 2013-14.
Hugh Robertson
The 2014 validation process for staff performance ratings is not yet complete for 2013/14.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) takes seriously its obligations to collect diversity data as required by the Equality Act 2010. Information about the diversity and makeup of our staff is listed in the FCO’s Diversity and Equality Report.
All staff have been asked to provide personal disability data to be held anonymously. We continue to encourage increased declaration by staff as current declaration rates are below the level necessary to give meaningful statistical information. I will write to the hon Member (and place a copy of the letter in the library of the House) when the validation process is complete to answer her question.