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78870

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within the Law Officers' Departments' responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	206649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>None. The UK has not been subject to infraction proceedings, during this period, which relate directly to matters within the Law Officers’ Departments’ areas of responsibility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 01/09/2014 14:02:07 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

78871

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level apprenticeships taken up by people aged (i) under 19, (ii) between 19 and 25 and (iii) 25 and over in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	206597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by Level and age group is published in Table 6.1 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 206598 question first answered 01/09/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

78872

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level apprenticeships starts taken up by people aged 25 and under in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	206598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by Level and age group is published in Table 6.1 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 206597 question first answered 01/09/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

78873

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Cane Sugar
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on ensuring that UK sugar cane refiners have improved access to cane sugar through free trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
uin	206599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2014 answer text <p>Colombia, Peru, Panama and the region of Central America have recently negotiated access to the EU sugar market through their Free Trade Agreements.</p><p>UK sugar cane refiners also benefit from duty free access to sugar imports from Least Developed Countries under the Everything But Arms Agreement (EBA) and the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. From 2009 these agreements have increased the quantity of cane sugar which can be imported duty-free.</p><p>EPA negotiations between the EU and Southern Africa were recently concluded and we expect this EPA to provide UK sugar cane refiners with improved access to cane sugar from Swaziland and South Africa. In addition, the recently negotiated EU-Fiji EPA should also allow UK firms to continue to buy duty-free Fijian cane sugar.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 01/10/2014 13:04:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

78656

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has made (a) voluntarily and (b) compulsorily redundant in each of its areas of activity in each year from 2010-11; and how much HMRC has spent on redundancy costs in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	206500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>Under Cabinet Office protocols for managing staff surpluses, all HMRC staff leaving under compulsory redundancy (CR) terms have first been offered and declined voluntary redundancy (VR) terms. To date this has ensured that all staff who have left HMRC on CR terms have chosen to take compulsory redundancy, either because accepting CR over VR terms has not financially disadvantaged them, or they have declined a reasonable alternative redeployment solution in favour of CR terms.</p><p> </p><p>The redundancies and the voluntary exits have had no effect on the level of service provided by HMRC.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The information required can be found in the exit data, which is published every year in the departmental accounts.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 06/10/2014 14:11:57 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

78818

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability employment advisers were employed by his Department and its executive agencies in each of the last 60 months; and what his future policy is on the number of advisers employed.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	206577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="13"><p><strong>ABM</strong> <strong>FTE</strong><strong> DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT ADVISER FUNCTION FIGURES </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="13"><p><strong>2009/10 - 2104/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ABM</strong> <strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ABM</strong> <strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ABM</strong> <strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Apr-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>430.24</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Apr-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>490.90</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Apr-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>572.80</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>May-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>431.11</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>May-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>498.74</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>May-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>583.20</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jun-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>417.78</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jun-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>490.63</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Jun-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>586.62</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jul-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>416.37</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jul-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>491.24</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Jul-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>579.83</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Aug-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>420.70</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Aug-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>488.76</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Aug-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>570.24</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Sep-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>441.73</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Sep-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>490.79</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Sep-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>557.13</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Oct-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>460.50</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Oct-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>500.23</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Oct-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>552.32</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Nov-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>471.50</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Nov-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>516.62</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Nov-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>546.90</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Dec-09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>478.65</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Dec-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>503.00</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Dec-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>538.82</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jan-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>475.18</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jan-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>501.00</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Jan-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>528.10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Feb-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>481.02</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Feb-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>510.77</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Feb-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>527.35</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Mar-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>487.83</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Mar-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>523.26</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Mar-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>526.39</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ABM</strong> <strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ABM</strong> <strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ABM</strong> <strong>FTE</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Apr-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>531.45</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Apr-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>490.99</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Apr-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>413.28</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>May-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>528.66</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>May-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>484.30</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>May-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>408.75</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jun-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>527.11</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jun-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>471.13</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jul-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>524.98</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jul-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>458.84</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Aug-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>523.61</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Aug-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>447.90</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Sep-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>520.50</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Sep-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>439.40</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Oct-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>519.39</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Oct-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>437.78</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Nov-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>517.53</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Nov-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>432.26</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Dec-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>507.97</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Dec-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>425.84</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jan-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>506.38</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Jan-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>418.09</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Feb-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>512.69</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Feb-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>413.61</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Mar-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>516.56</strong></p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>Mar-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>402.75</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>· ABM = Activity Based Management System, FTE = Full Time Equivalent staff resource</p><p>· Includes all advisory activity conducted by the Disability Employment Adviser function regardless of client group or interview type. Figures do not include any Management, Operational Support or Business Support apportionment.</p><p> </p><p>The table provided is a snapshot of the number of full time equivalent staff deployed in the disability employment adviser function. District Managers ensure these staff are deployed to meet local requirements.</p><p> </p><p>DEA numbers increased in 2010 to support the implementation of the 'Work Choice' programme as the DEA was the main referral route way. The numbers continued to rise as the flow onto the programme increased. Once the demand slowed, DEA numbers were reduced accordingly. During this period, the Work Programme was also launched which provided dedicated specialist support for customers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the training for DWP mainstream advisers has been enhanced to better equip them to meet the requirements of customers with complex needs.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the value this role brings in working with claimants with a range of disabilities, and ill health conditions, as well as linking up with local provision of services. Future policy on how many disability employment advisers are employed is being considered as part of the future Disability and Health Employment Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 16:11:07 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 13141 answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

78359

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Royal Mail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) meetings and (b) discussions on the privatisation of Royal Mail took place between (i) Ministers, (ii) officials, (iii) the Financial Adviser to HM Government, (iv) the banking syndicate working on the privatisation and (v) priority investors (A) ahead of and (B) since the privatisation of Royal Mail.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were no meetings between Ministers or Officials and investors in the lead up to the IPO. Regular meetings and discussions took place between Minsters and Officials, and between Officials and Advisers and Glocos ahead of the IPO. Since then, officials have met with members of the banking syndicate and investors in relation to Select Committee hearings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/09/2014 15:38:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 13049 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna