Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has received from tenants of the New Covent Garden market Authority on that market's redevelopment in the last five years.
Answered by Rory Stewart
Defra Ministers have received various representations from New Covent Garden Market tenants in the past five years about the market redevelopment.
These have taken the form of formal correspondence and face to face meetings between the Covent Garden Tenants Association (CGTA) and the Minister, held at Defra and at New Covent Garden Market.
The representations have addressed a broad range of concerns about the plans for the redevelopment, its implementation and the role of the CGMA.
Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what payments have accrued to the Exchequer from the New Covent Garden Market Authority in the last five years.
Answered by David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is legally prohibited from discussing the tax affairs of identifiable businesses.
Section 18 of the Commissioners for Revenue & Customs Act 2005 imposes a duty of confidentiality upon officers of HMRC which means they are unable to disclose information which relates to functions of HMRC.
However, please let me assure you that HMRC is fully committed to ensuring that everyone pays the tax that is due.
Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) positions and (b) pay were of the principal officers of the New Covent Garden Market Authority in the last five years; and what consultation process will take place before any pay increases are awarded.
Answered by Rory Stewart
The positions of the principal officers of the Covent Garden Market Authority are:
Mrs J Lloyd - Chief Executive Officer
Mr C Morton - Finance Director/Authority Secretary
Mr B Marlow - Operations Director
Mr C Townend - Project Director
Ms H Evans - Business development & Support Director
Their annual gross pay in the last 5 years is shown below:
| 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 |
Mrs Lloyd | 198,316 | 172,110 | 227,249 | 191,715 | 222,569 |
Mr Morton | 154,979 | 147,978 | 164,772 | 151,199 | 166,977 |
Mr Marlow | 98,471 | 100,543 | 108,600 | 112,218 | 120,361 |
Mr Townend | n/a | n/a | 89,146 | 117,240 | 127,898 |
Ms Evans | n/a | 62,626 | 75,511 | 81,828 | 99,300 |
The remuneration policy for the principal officers is recommended and monitored by CGMA’s Remuneration Committee. A representative of Defra attends the Committee but is not a member of the Committee. The pay is set by the CGMA Board.
The position and pay of each of the principal officers is reported in CGMA’s Annual Report & Accounts, copies of which have been laid in the libraries of the Houses of Parliament.
Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Chief Coroner is planning to take to improve consistency and good practice in relation to neonatal deaths.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Chief Coroner is working towards improving consistency across coroner areas in England and Wales by providing written advice and guidance to coroners amongst other matters. He will consider in due course whether to issue guidance on good practice in relation to neonatal deaths to all coroners.
The number of coroner areas with stillborn inquest conclusions recorded from 2009 to 2014 is published in the department's annual coroner statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/427440/coroners-statistics-2014-csv.csv. Coroner areas with stillborn inquest conclusions recorded: 2009-2014 | ||||||
Coroner Area | Number of stillborn inquest conclusions | |||||
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
Avon | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Birmingham and Solihull | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Black Country | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
Brighton and Hove | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Central Hampshire | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Cheshire | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cornwall | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Coventry | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Darlington and South Durham1 | - | 1 | - | - | .. | .. |
East Riding and Hull | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Gwent | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Inner North London | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
Leicester City and South Leicestershire | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Liverpool | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - |
Manchester City | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Manchester North | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Milton Keynes | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
North and West Cumbria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
North Durham1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | .. | .. |
North East Kent | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
North London | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Plymouth and South West Devon2 | 1 | - | - | - | .. | .. |
Preston and West Lancashire | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
South and East Cumbria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
South London | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Southampton and New Forest | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Suffolk | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | - | 1 |
Wolverhampton4 | 1 | - | - | .. | .. | .. |
Source: | ||||||
Coroner's annual returns | ||||||
Notes: | ||||||
1. Amalgamated with "North Durham" in 2012, now known as "County Durham and Darlington" | ||||||
2. Amalgamated with "Torbay and South Devon" in 2013, now known as "Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon" | ||||||
3. Amalgamation of "Neath and Port Talbot" and "City and County of Swansea" in 2013 | ||||||
4. Amalgamated with "Black Country" in 2013, now known as "Black Country" | ||||||
.. = No Data Available | ||||||
- = Nil | ||||||
Data can be found on CSV files accompanying the Coroners Statistics publication https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/427440/coroners-statistics-2014-csv.csv
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Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which coronial jurisdictions have recorded stillbirth conclusions in each year since 2009.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Chief Coroner is working towards improving consistency across coroner areas in England and Wales by providing written advice and guidance to coroners amongst other matters. He will consider in due course whether to issue guidance on good practice in relation to neonatal deaths to all coroners.
The number of coroner areas with stillborn inquest conclusions recorded from 2009 to 2014 is published in the department's annual coroner statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/427440/coroners-statistics-2014-csv.csv. Coroner areas with stillborn inquest conclusions recorded: 2009-2014 | ||||||
Coroner Area | Number of stillborn inquest conclusions | |||||
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
Avon | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Birmingham and Solihull | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Black Country | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
Brighton and Hove | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Central Hampshire | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Cheshire | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cornwall | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Coventry | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Darlington and South Durham1 | - | 1 | - | - | .. | .. |
East Riding and Hull | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Gwent | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Inner North London | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
Leicester City and South Leicestershire | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Liverpool | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - |
Manchester City | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Manchester North | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Milton Keynes | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
North and West Cumbria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
North Durham1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | .. | .. |
North East Kent | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
North London | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Plymouth and South West Devon2 | 1 | - | - | - | .. | .. |
Preston and West Lancashire | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
South and East Cumbria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
South London | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Southampton and New Forest | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Suffolk | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | - | 1 |
Wolverhampton4 | 1 | - | - | .. | .. | .. |
Source: | ||||||
Coroner's annual returns | ||||||
Notes: | ||||||
1. Amalgamated with "North Durham" in 2012, now known as "County Durham and Darlington" | ||||||
2. Amalgamated with "Torbay and South Devon" in 2013, now known as "Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon" | ||||||
3. Amalgamation of "Neath and Port Talbot" and "City and County of Swansea" in 2013 | ||||||
4. Amalgamated with "Black Country" in 2013, now known as "Black Country" | ||||||
.. = No Data Available | ||||||
- = Nil | ||||||
Data can be found on CSV files accompanying the Coroners Statistics publication https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/427440/coroners-statistics-2014-csv.csv
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Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which onshore wind farms are registered as having a grid connection offer and acceptance.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This information is not held by DECC. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State’s Written Statement of 18 June 2015, HC WS40, proposed that onshore wind stations wishing to access the grace period allowing them to accredit under the Renewables Obligation up to the end of March 2017 will, as one of a number of specified conditions, have to have a grid connection offer and acceptance of that offer as of the date of the announcement. The precise eligibility and evidence requirements will be determined through the legislative process and are subject to approval by Parliament.
Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) stillbirths and (b) perinatal deaths were referred to HM Coroner services in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
The Ministry of Justice does not collect data on the types of cases referred to coroners. However, it does collect data on the conclusions recorded at inquests.
Coroners cannot by law investigate cases in which a child has not lived independently of its mother. They can open an investigation if there is any doubt over whether the child has lived independently, once they have received a report of a death. They can also investigate perinatal deaths which occur in the six days following birth. The Chief Coroner, HHJ Peter Thornton QC, is considering actions to improve consistency and good practice in relation to neonatal deaths.
The table below sets out the number of inquest conclusions which were recorded as stillbirths. This information is also published at www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics.
Year | Stillbirth conclusions recorded |
2008 | 7 |
2009 | 13 |
2010 | 8 |
2011 | 14 |
2012 | 11 |
2013 | 12 |
2014 | 6 |
Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding has been allocated to (a) the arts, (b) sport and (c) heritage from the National Lottery in each of the last eight years for which figures are available; and what the aggregate equivalent figures are for (i) the arts, (ii) sport and (iii) heritage from (A) 2006 to 2010 and (B) 2010 to 2014.
Answered by Helen Grant
The figures are set out in the table below:
GOOD CAUSE | 2006-2007 £m | 2007-2008 £m | 2008-2009 £m | 2009-2010 £m | 2010-2011 £m | 2011-2012 £m | 2012-2013 £m | 2013-2014 £m | AGGREGATE | |
2006-2010 £m | 2010-2014 £m
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ARTS | 213 | 217 | 208 | 205 | 217 | 264 | 363 | 339 | 843 | 1,183 |
SPORT | 213 | 217 | 210 | 215 | 227 | 274 | 368 | 339 | 855 | 1,208 |
HERITAGE | 231 | 217 | 208 | 205 | 217 | 264 | 363 | 339 | 861 | 1,183 |
(NOTE: figures are taken from the National Lottery Distribution Fund Annual Report and Accounts and show total NLDF income allocated to the Arts, Sports and Heritage Good Causes, net of Olympic transfers and operational costs. These are cash figures.)
Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what changes to the proportion of National Lottery funding committed to (a) the arts, (b) sport and (c) heritage there have been in the last five years.
Answered by Helen Grant
A. In 2010 the Government announced its intention to revert to the original funding allocations for Arts, Sports and Heritage Good Causes. This saw the proportions shift in two phases from 16.66% to 20% over 2011-2013.
Asked by: Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative - Daventry)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria his Department used to select the experts to be involved in its investigation into excess amplitude modulation.
Answered by Matt Hancock
I refer the my hon. Friend to the answers I gave him to Questions 218569, 218570 and 218571, in which I confirmed that the review will examine the available evidence on wind turbine amplitude modulation.
The Department has not selected a contractor to conduct this review. The selection criteria will be set out in the Invitation to Tender, which will be issued shortly.