Madeleine Moon

Details about the RAF Voyager aircraft being refitted for ministerial travel can be found on page 32, section 4.49, of the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, copies of which are available in the Vote Office.

Details about Ministerial overseas travel are published on a quarterly basis and can be accessed via gov.uk website.

In order to meet the 2050 target, we know we will need significant cuts in emissions across all parts of the economy.

This will not depend on any single technology, but rather will need a balanced mix of low carbon technologies, including nuclear, renewables, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) in order to help tackle the threat of climate change while keeping the lights on and ensuring the best value for consumers.

The feed-in tariff scheme has been extremely successful in deploying small-scale renewables. The scheme has already exceeded our 2020/21 projections for hydro, wind, and anaerobic digestion and is within the projected range for solar PV. Given this, alongside the risk of rising costs to consumers, it is right to consider cost control measures.

The Government mechanisms for incentivising deployment of renewable electricity are generation-based. This means that support is granted on the basis of each megawatt-hour of electricity actually generated by stations which qualify for accreditation under a scheme or which secure a contract for difference (CfD) to provide support. No scheme offers financial support for the development of generating stations.

Details of my visits within the United Kingdom are published on the gov.uk website.

The British Coal Corporation operated a practice whereby it retained a portion of sums payable to those private sector firms it contracted to operate surface mining sites on its behalf. On a site by site basis, those formed lump sums which were progressively paid to the contractor for the purposes of funding restoration.

The following number of staff left the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), Government Legal Department (GLD) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) during the period 1 January 2015 to 30 November 2017:

Attorney General’s Office 41

Government Legal Department 543

HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate 18

Of these 602 moves, 266 were to other government departments.

During the period 1 January 2015 to 13 December 2017, 1,429 employees left the CPS.

The number of staff who have left the SFO since 2015 is as follows:

2015 72

2016 72

2017 64

The recording of nationality information within the AGO, GLD and HMCPSI is the responsibility of the individual to input via employee self-service. The information held relating to the above 602 moves is as follows:

• British 385

• No declaration 205

• Irish 2 (taken to be Republic of Ireland as Northern Irish is a separate option)

• Other nationality 10 (the data held does not distinguish between EU and non-EU)

The CPS acts in accordance with guidance on the handling of this information and does not keep certificate information for any longer than is necessary once a recruitment (or other relevant) decision has been made. This is generally for a period of up to six months, to allow for the consideration and resolution of any disputes or complaints. The CPS is unable to confirm therefore how many of those members of staff who left during this period were nationals of non-UK EU countries.

As there is no legal requirement for employers to keep records on the nationality of staff, the SFO does not collate information on how many of these individuals were non-UK EU nationals.

Government organisations work collaboratively to address misleading websites. Websites that directly attempt to defraud users (for example, by copying government design and logos) are tackled directly and taken down.

Sites can be challenged through the company that sold them the web address, or through organisations that administer the web address system. Government may also pursue site owners through trading standards bodies or through direct legal challenge.

Some sites are able to operate within legal boundaries (for example, by displaying disclaimers on their sites). In these cases, government works to optimise government sites for indexing by search engines so they are easy to find. Where identified, we challenge sites that pay for prominent positioning in search returns by reporting them to the search provider.

The Government is committed to consideration of how best to recognise humanitarian service in a range of ways, including existing honours and medals and as part of wider
developments in medallic recognition. Examples include the announcement in 2015 of the Ebola Medal, which recognised people from both military and civilian organisations for
their brave service to assist communities in West Africa. This new medal was announced alongside existing honours in the Orders of St. Michael and St. George and the Order of
the British Empire for people whose contribution to tackling the crisis was part of well-established outstanding service.

Recommendations for new medals are made to HM The Queen by the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals.

It is the Government's intention to respect the 2016 referendum result and leave the European Union with a deal as soon as possible, meaning we will not participate in future European Parliamentary elections.

The Electoral Commission will produce a review at the recent European Elections and the Government will consider its conclusions.

The Government took all the legal steps necessary to prepare for the European Parliamentary
elections and put in place all the necessary legislative and funding elements to enable Returning
Officers to make their preparations required for the polls on 23 May

Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) are under a statutory duty to ensure people who are eligible
to vote in elections have the opportunity to do so. For the recent European Parliamentary elections
that included making sure relevant citizens of the EU who are resident in the UK and registered to
vote in local elections were made aware they needed to complete a voter registration and
declaration form (commonly referred to as a UC1 or EC6 form) in order to enable them to vote

The Electoral Commission supported EROs in the discharge of this function and encouraged them
to take additional steps to raise awareness of this requirement locally, through social media
channels and other means.

The Electoral Commission supported EROs in the discharge of this function. It issued guidance on
the 4th April which recommended that EROs should identify EU citizens who are on the local
government register and send them a declaration form and supporting information explaining how
they can declare their intent to vote in these elections in the UK should they wish to.

In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the
administration of the polls later this year.

The Government took all the legal steps necessary to prepare for the European Parliamentary elections and put in place all the legislative and funding elements to enable Returning Officers to make their preparations required for the polls.

In line with their statutory duty, the Electoral Commission will be publishing a report into the administration of the polls later this year, which the Government will carefully consider in due course.

The terms of the separation packages for Ford Bridgend Engine plant workers have only recently been communicated by the company.

Ford has indicated that they will seek to avoid compulsory redundancies. They have also stated that they will be offering generous voluntary redundancy packages and options for redeployment.

United Kingdom Government and Welsh Government are working together to support Ford workers and the local community.

The Department will publish its response to the 2016 consultation in due course.

This is a complex issue and it is absolutely vital that the Government gets this right: we are committed to reviewing these regulations to ensure that the highest levels of fire safety are maintained while minimising risks to health and the environment.

The Department will publish its response to the consultation in due course.

This will take account of the responses received from the consultation, the views of experts from across government including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Public Health England, the Food Standards Agency and the Fire Services, as well as a range of evidence from external sources such as academic papers.

The Government considers the safety of consumers to be a priority, and consumers should have confidence that the products in their homes are produced to rigorous safety requirements.

I am really impressed by the work community groups up and down the United Kingdom are already doing to help their wider communities decarbonise and get involved in this transition.

In the Clean Growth Strategy, I announced the creation of a Local Energy Contact Group and a Local Energy Programme. The Contact group made up of communities, local authorities and local enterprise partnerships and provides local insight for policy teams across BEIS.

The Local Energy Programme has funded Local Energy Strategies in every Local Enterprise Partnership. These strategies will feed into the newly developed Local Energy Hubs, also funded by BEIS to create capacity and capability to help Local Authorities deliver low carbon energy projects at scale.

I have brought the Rural Community Energy Fund into my department to allow it to integrate better with the other work we are doing on heat and local ownership. Together with the Local Energy Programme, that will be almost £20m committed by this Government to support local energy in the last three years. Alongside this we have launched Prospering from the Energy Revolution, a £100m innovation fund designed to support local areas demonstrate future integrated energy systems.

This funding will unlock commercial investment in our local energy system and following a successful national Local Green finance event in Leeds in January, we will be supporting five regional events this summer to bring investors and local projects together.

The Government has a clear vision for an energy system which fairly rewards flexibility for the value it provides to the system.

We have set out in our The Smart Systems & Flexibility Plan, and in the Progress Update in October 2018, a number of actions to open up markets to distribution-connected flexibility, including community energy groups. We are also consulting on a range of changes to the energy market which offer communities a chance to have their say, and ensuring consumers are at the heart of the future energy system.

The review of provisions for parents of premature, sick and multiple babies is being carried out by officials in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to enable them to provide advice to Ministers. We have no plans to publish this advice but I look forward to discussing the conclusions we reach with interested parties in due course.

We have seen great improvements in press regulation with the formation of IPSO and Impress, which have the power to hold publications to account, including ordering prominent corrections. Both regulators are independent of government and enforce Codes of Practice, which include provisions on privacy and intrusion. They both operate free complaints handling systems and low cost arbitration schemes.

Ofcom, as the independent broadcast regulator, sets rules for broadcasters to meet in its Broadcasting Code. This includes rules ensuring that broadcasters avoid any unwarranted infringement of privacy in the making of programmes.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

If a solicitor is acting on behalf of an insurer and is seeking health information about a prospective customer, these are not subject access requests under the GDPR. Such requests should be made under the Access to Medical Records Act (AMRA) 1988 and standard charges apply.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is responsible for regulating compliance with data protection legislation and may consider taking action against insurance companies which fail to comply with the relevant legislation.

The ICO has updated its guidance on Subject Access Requests and this can be viewed on its website at www.ico.org.uk.

Since 1 January 2015, 358 staff have left the department (of which 53% was inter-Civil Service movement).

The Civil Service does not routinely collect information on the nationality of civil servants. The information requested is not held.

The Government is working with the radio industry to improve digital radio coverage for listeners across the UK. DCMS is providing up to £7.75m of capital funding to support investment made by commercial radio and supported by the BBC to expand the coverage local DAB network across the UK towards commercial FM equivalence. The programme will see a total of 182 new digital transmitters built across Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and technical modifications and frequency changes at a further 49 existing transmitter sites across the UK by the end of September 2016. Wales,will receive around 9% of the total DCMS capital funding to improve the coverage of local DAB including BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru.

Ofcom, the independent communications regulator has worked closely with the radio industry to develop a coverage plan for the local DAB network expansion to determine the most technically efficient way of matching DAB coverage levels to FM. Ofcom has published detailed maps outlining the improvements to local DAB network coverage for each of the local digital radio multiplex areas in Wales – i.e. Swansea, South East Wales, Mid & West Wales, North East Wales and West Cheshire and North West Wales - as a result of the local DAB expansion programme. These maps are available at the following web address http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/coverage/dab-coverage-plans/

Ofcom’s analysis of local DAB coverage of households (percentage) in Wales is summarised in the following table.

For comparison current figures for BBC national and commercial radio FM household coverage (percentage) in Wales are in the following table. These are not directly comparable to the DAB coverage figures, mainly because although it is possible to receive FM reception (albeit poor quality) with low signal strength, DAB reception is either good or completely absent.