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Written Answers
1 DECEMBER 2010
Written Answers
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which any applicant must be able to deposit in a
UK-based financial institution prior to becoming
eligible for an entrepreneur visa. [27758]
Damian Green: The minimum amount an applicant
to the tier 1 (entrepreneur) route must have available to
deposit in a UK-based financial institution is currently
£200,000. We will announce details of the revised criteria
for entrepreneurs in due course.
Vetting
Rehman Chishti: To ask the Secretary of State for the
Home Department (1) what recent representations she
has received from accredited guardianship organisations
on her Department’s review of the vetting and barring
regime; [27681]
(2) what account she took of accredited guardianship
organisations in her Department’s review of the
Independent Safeguarding Authority. [27684]
Lynne Featherstone [holding answer 30 November 2010]:
The review and remodelling of the Vetting and Barring
Scheme is still under way. Representations from various
organisations including those involved with the private
and independent schools sector have been received, and
will be taken into account as the review progresses.
Norman Baker: The environmental impacts of biofuel
production are included in the lifecycle assessment of
biofuels awarded renewable transport fuel certificates
(RTFCs).
Biofuel producers who wish to claim RTFCs for the
fuel they produce must register with the Renewable
Fuels Agency (RFA). In the 2009-10 reporting period
33 non-obligated biofuels producers were awarded RTFCs.
The RFA quarterly reports list all biofuel producers
awarded RTFCs during the reporting period, but do
not distinguish between small and large suppliers. The
volume of fuel supplied is commercially sensitive data.
The RFA requires fuel suppliers claiming RTFCs to
submit monthly reports on the lifecycle greenhouse gas
(GHG) saving and the sustainability of the biofuels
they supply. Summaries of the data supplied are published
in the RFA’s quarterly reports. In the 2009-10 reporting
period all biofuels-only suppliers reported meeting a
qualifying environmental standard in 90% or more of
the biofuel supplied and all reported on the fuel
characteristics (feedstock, country of origin, sustainability
and previous land use) for more than 95% of the fuel
supplied, although in many cases environmental data
were reported using RFA default values.
The RFA quarterly reports are available at:
www.renewablefuelsagency.gov.uk
WALES
Grants
Anas Sarwar: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales
what grants have been awarded by her Department in
(a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 to date; what grants she
plans to award in each of the next two years; what the
monetary value is of each such grant fund; and to
which organisations such grants have been made.
[27861]
Mr David Jones: I refer the hon. Gentleman to
my answer of 30 November 2010, Official Report,
column 737W.
UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
Mr Bain: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales
what assessment she has made of the compliance of
her Department with the UN Food and Agriculture
Organisation’s criteria for sourcing sustainable timber.
[27851]
Mr David Jones: The Wales Office obtains its support
services through the Ministry of Justice and comes
under that Ministry’s sustainable development framework,
where there is a requirement for all timber to be from
sustainable sources.
TRANSPORT
Biofuels
Mr Bain: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport
what assessment he has made of the effects on the
environment of (a) small-scale biodiesel production
and (b) competition within the biodiesel market.
[26932]
East Midlands Airport: Security
Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport
at what time on 29 October 2010 he was informed of the
security incident at East Midlands airport. [22480]
Mr Hurd: I have been asked to reply.
The Secretary of State for Transport, my right hon.
Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge
(Mr Hammond) was informed about an incident at
East Midlands airport at 8.10am on Friday 29 October.
In his capacity as Secretary of State for Transport he is
routinely informed of incidents having the potential to
disrupt air transport, even when no specific threat
materialises. The Prime Minister, the Secretary of State
for the Home Department, my right hon. Friend the
Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) and the Minister
of State for Security and Counter-terrorism (Baroness
Neville-Jones) were all informed at lunchtime on Friday
29 October.
Lake Windermere: Speed Limits
Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport
what the speed limit is for motorised transportation
across Lake Windermere in (a) miles per hour, (b)
nautical miles per hour and (c) kilometres per hour.
[26475]
Mike Penning: Speed limits for motorised transportation
across Lake Windermere are a matter for the Lake
District National Park Authority (LDNPA).
The LDNPA’s website states
“There is a 10 nautical miles per hour speed limit on Lake
Windermere, dropping to 6 miles per hour in some areas.”