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105826

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will establish a Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals to consider representations from those who support the creation of a (a) National Defence Medal and (b) Nuclear Test Veterans Medal.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	213143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Committee for the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (HD Committee) has recently, as part of the Independent Military Medals Review, considered the proposals to institute a National Defence Medal and a Nuclear Test Veterans Medal. HD Committee considered the merits of both medals but in respect of the latter concluded that this was not the sort of operational duty that would normally be recognised by the award of a medal; and that a strong enough case could not be made at this time for a National Defence Medal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/11/2014 14:56:49 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

105827

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>Cabinet Office makes appointments on merit on the basis of fair and open competition in compliance with the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles.</p><p>Other appointments are made using permitted exceptions to the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles to support Apprenticeship and Graduate Internship schemes, commercial interchange, short term projects and other specific business needs.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014- 31/10/14</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In line with the practice of the previous administration the names of individuals have not been provided to protect their identities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213033 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:42:36 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105828

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Information on departments’ handling of FOI requests is published on a quarterly basis by the Ministry of Justice and is available at GOV.UK under the series Government FOI Statistics.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 10 July 2014 to UIN: PQ204306-PQ20470.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213093 213101 213114 question first answered 07/11/2014 11:47:51 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105831

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions his Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library of the House. It would not be appropriate to publish, by Department, details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are so small.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213053 question first answered 10/11/2014 14:52:51 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105833

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. Information on departments’ handling of FOI requests is published on a quarterly basis by the Ministry of Justice and is available at GOV.UK under the series Government FOI Statistics.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 10 July 2014 to UIN: PQ204306-PQ20470.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213080 213093 213114 question first answered 07/11/2014 11:47:52 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105834

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. The Cabinet Office does not provide Instant Rewards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 213073 question first answered 10/11/2014 14:55:41 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105837

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been awarded employment allowance in (i) Wales and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	212884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional and constituency data was published on the 7<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics show that up to October 5<sup>th</sup> 2014, midway through the 2014-15 tax year, 35,000 employers in Wales and 728,000 employers in England had claimed and benefitted from the Employment Allowance. Employers automatically benefit from the allowance if they make a claim and have an employer Class 1 National Insurance Contribution bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So far 900 employers in Aberconwy and 6,400 employers in the North Wales constituencies have benefitted from the Employment Allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the costs of employment for small businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 212969 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:56:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

105838

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Devolution: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to devolve new fiscal powers to the Greater London Authority.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	212962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>The Government has already devolved significant powers and responsibilities to London. The Government passed responsibility for housing, economic development and the Olympic legacy to London through the Localism Act 2011, in addition to transport, planning and the police already controlled by the Mayor. The Government keeps all decisions on tax policy under review.</strong></p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 13/11/2014 10:45:37 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

105842

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses have (a) claimed and (b) been awarded employment allowance in (i) Aberconwy, (ii) Conwy and (iii) North Wales in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	212969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A statistical release covering take-up of the Employment Allowance, including regional and constituency data was published on the 7<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics show that up to October 5<sup>th</sup> 2014, midway through the 2014-15 tax year, 35,000 employers in Wales and 728,000 employers in England had claimed and benefitted from the Employment Allowance. Employers automatically benefit from the allowance if they make a claim and have an employer Class 1 National Insurance Contribution bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>So far 900 employers in Aberconwy and 6,400 employers in the North Wales constituencies have benefitted from the Employment Allowance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to reducing the costs of employment for small businesses across the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 212884 question first answered 10/11/2014 17:56:37 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

105843

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on its financial position.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	212912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p><strong>Treasury ministers have discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive from time to time on a range of financial issues.</strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 13/11/2014 11:06:59 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson