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Daily Report Friday, 2 March 2018 This report shows written answers and statements provided on 2 March 2018 and the information is correct at the time of publication (04:03 P.M., 02 March 2018). For the latest information on written questions and answers, ministerial corrections, and written statements, please visit: http://www.parliament.uk/writtenanswers/ CONTENTS ANSWERS 5 Treasury: Zero Hours BUSINESS, ENERGY AND Contracts 13 INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 5 DEFENCE 13 Design: Counterfeit Parachute Regiment: Training 13 Manufacturing 5 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND Electricity Generation 5 SPORT 13 Energy: Prices 6 Department for Digital, EURATOM: Equipment 6 Culture, Media and Sport: Contracts 13 Fracking 7 Department for Digital, Horizon 2020 8 Culture, Media and Sport: Industry 8 Fairtrade Initiative 13 Renewable Energy 9 Department for Digital, CABINET OFFICE 9 Culture, Media and Sport: Flexible Working 14 Cabinet Office: Written Questions 9 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: TREASURY 10 Trade Unions 14 Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Department for Digital, Prices 10 Culture, Media and Sport: Zero Bank Notes 10 Hours Contracts 15 Cash Dispensing: Fees and Gambling: Advertising 16 Charges 11 Horses: Databases 16 Treasury: Contracts 12 Museums and Galleries: Treasury: Fairtrade Initiative 12 Cornwall 17 Treasury: Flexible Working 12 Voluntary Work: Young People 17 Treasury: Trade Unions 12 EDUCATION 17 Adult Education 17 Children: Day Care 19 Foreign and Commonwealth Department for Education: Office: Zero Hours Contracts 26 Contracts 19 Malaysia: Politics and Department for Education: Government 27 Fairtrade Initiative 19 Papua: Human Rights 27 Department for Education: Papua: Politics and Flexible Working 19 Government 28 Department for Education: Sudan: Detainees 28 Trade Unions 20 USA: Elections 29 Department for Education: HOME OFFICE 29 Zero Hours Contracts 20 Antisocial Behaviour 29 Further Education 20 Asylum: Accommodation Pre-school Education: Centres 29 Disability 21 Fire and Rescue Services 30 Schools: Defibrillators 21 Fire and Rescue Services: Schools: Sports 22 West Midlands 30 ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND Fire Stations: West Midlands 31 RURAL AFFAIRS 23 Firearms: Crime 31 Air Pollution: Standards 23 Firearms: Licensing 31 Bottles: Plastics 23 Fraud 31 Waste 24 Hare Coursing 32 EXITING THE EUROPEAN UNION 24 Hillsborough Families' Experiences Review 32 Boating: Qualifications 24 Home Office: Contracts 33 FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 24 Home Office: Fair Trade Initiative 33 Borneo: Primates 24 Home Office: Trade Unions 33 Burma: Procurement 25 Home Office: Zero Hours Foreign and Commonwealth Contracts 34 Office: Contracts 25 Immigration: Middle East 34 Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Flexible Working 25 Migrant Workers 34 Foreign and Commonwealth Police Stations: West Midlands 35 Office: Private Finance Refugees: Families 35 Initiative 26 Shipping: Identity Cards 36 Foreign and Commonwealth West Midlands Fire Service: Office: Trade Unions 26 Finance 36 Wild Mammals (Protection) Act NORTHERN IRELAND 45 1996 36 Northern Ireland Office: HOUSING, COMMUNITIES AND Contracts 45 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 37 Northern Ireland Office: Construction: Standards 37 Fairtrade Initiative 46 Housing 37 TRANSPORT 46 INTERNATIONAL TRADE 37 Bus Services: Cornwall 46 China: Trade Missions 37 Bus Services: North West Department for International Durham 47 Trade: Contracts 38 Charging Points: Rural Areas 47 Department for International Crossrail: Basingstoke 48 Trade: Flexible Working 38 Crossrail: Cost Effectiveness 48 JUSTICE 39 Crossrail: Finance 49 Amey 39 Department for Transport: Carillion 39 Contracts 49 Gov Facility Services 40 Department for Transport: Fair Gov Facility Services: Trade Initiative 49 Recruitment 40 Department for Transport: Ministry of Justice: Buildings 40 Flexible Working 49 Ministry of Justice: Capita 40 Department for Transport: Trade Unions 50 Ministry of Justice: Contracts 41 Department for Transport: Ministry of Justice: Fair Trade Zero Hours Contracts 50 Initiative 41 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Ministry of Justice: Interserve 41 Agency: Staff 50 Ministry of Justice: Living Driving: Licensing 51 Wage 43 Shared Spaces 52 Ministry of Justice: Trade Unions 43 WALES 52 Ministry of Justice: Zero Hours Wales Office: Contracts 52 Contracts 43 Wales Office: Fairtrade Prisons: Repairs and Initiative 53 Maintenance 44 Wales Office: Flexible Working 53 Reoffenders 44 Wales Office: Trade Unions 53 Sexual Offences: British Wales Office: Zero Hours Nationals Abroad 45 Contracts 54 Speed Limits: Fines 45 WOMEN AND EQUALITIES 54 MINISTERIAL CORRECTIONS 55 Castes: Discrimination 54 CABINET OFFICE 55 Labour Market: Disability 55 Mothers: Employment 55 Notes: Questions marked thus [R] indicate that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions with identification numbers of 900000 or greater indicate that the question was originally tabled as an oral question and has since been unstarred. ANSWERS BUSINESS, ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY Design: Counterfeit Manufacturing Marsha De Cordova: [129436] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what intellectual property protections and enforcement measures counterfeiting authorities may use for counterfeiting and piracy of designs made by 3D printing. Mr Sam Gyimah: Intellectual property protections apply to designs replicated by 3D printing in the same way as they apply to articles created by more traditional manufacturing processes. The protection and enforcement measures available will vary according to what rights exist in the design, and the circumstances of each case, but these could include both civil and criminal sanctions. Relevant protections could include copyright, registered and unregistered design rights, patents or trade marks. Electricity Generation Caroline Lucas: [129433] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what role the concept of baseload generation plays in his Department's planning for the future electricity system, allocation plans for contracts for difference and calculation of value for money of different generation sources. Claire Perry: The concept of baseload refers to generation that operates continually throughout the year. As electricity demand varies widely from day to night and by season, there is a limit to the need for baseload generation which is less than the summer minimum demand. Baseload generation brings both benefits and costs to the system relative to generation that is designed to operate more flexibly or is intermittent. The electricity system already has many features that reward different types of generation depending on the demands of the system. When considering value for money, Government considers whole electricity system impacts. This includes the benefits of baseload generation relative to other technologies, and the cost of it not being able to increase or decrease output rapidly and of procuring reserve capacity to cover the risk of failure. The Capacity Market is at the heart of the Government’s plans for a reliable energy system; it secures the capacity required to meet peak demand through auctions held four and one year ahead of delivery. It supports technically reliable existing plant to remain in the market and, as coal and other ageing plant retire, it will strengthen incentives for new plant to be financed and built. The Contracts for Difference scheme allocates support using a competitive auction process to projects with the lowest price bids, which drives efficiency and cost reduction. The scheme has been a success in delivering substantial new investment and helping to deliver significant reductions in the costs of some renewable technologies. We keep it under review in order to ensure it continues to operate effectively and deliver value for money to the consumer. Energy: Prices Nic Dakin: [129035] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of proposals to remove appeal rights in the draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill on levels of investment in (a) the energy sector and (b) other sectors; and if he will make a statement. Claire Perry: The Bill, subject to the will of Parliament, will place a new duty on Ofgem to implement a cap on standard variable and defaults tariffs, so it does not remove an existing right of appeal. Energy companies would be able to challenge Ofgem’s decision on the setting of the cap by way of judicial review. The Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill is also clear that Ofgem must have regard to the need to ensure that holders of supply licences who operate efficiently are able to finance activities authorised by the licence. It would be for the independent regulator, Ofgem, to make its assessment of efficient operations. Ofgem is not required to have regard to investment projects that are outside the scope of the activities authorised by the supply licence. Sir Henry Bellingham: [129137] To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill on future investment by UK energy companies in (a) renewable energy, (b) nuclear power generation, (c) gas-fired power plants and (d) battery storage; and if he will make a statement. Claire Perry: The Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill is clear that Ofgem must have regard to the need to ensure that holders of supply licences