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166566

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Sick Leave: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of days lost to long-term sick leave (a) in total and (b) for reasons related to mental health in (i) Pendle constituency and (ii) Lancashire in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	216307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Such information as is available on long-term sickness absence is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/long-term-sickness-absence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/long-term-sickness-absence</a>. In addition to this, there is an ONS publication on sickness absence here <a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171776_353899.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171776_353899.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 216122 question first answered 01/12/2014 17:53:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

166578

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days between 7 October 2013 and 3 November 2014 (a) she, (b) the Minister for Crime Prevention, (c) the Minister for Immigration and Security, (d) the Minister for Policing, (e) the Minister for Organised Crime and (f) the hon. Member for Forest of Dean attended meetings (i) in her Department, (ii) attended visits in their ministerial capacity and (iii) had contact with their Private Office outside of her Department.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to <br>provide details of all such meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/12/2014 15:41:25 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

166581

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 3 September 2014, Official Report, column 21WS, on Immigration Act 2014: implementation, how her Department plans to monitor and record information collected from the pilot scheme for landlords to make immigration checks in the West Midlands from 1 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	216301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has given a commitment to evaluate the impacts of the implementation of the provisions in the Immigration Act as they relate to the private rented sector in its first six months. The results will be published <br>in the late summer or autumn of next year. <br><br>The Home Office will be recording and monitoring activity to support and enforce the scheme. The evaluation will also look at other impacts. These include access to the private rented sector, impacts on landlords, agents and local services, such as local authorities, and any effects on discrimination or vulnerable people. <br><br>A consultative panel of bodies representing landlords, lettings agents, local authorities, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and CRISIS is overseeing the evaluation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 216312 question first answered 02/12/2014 12:50:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

166582

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her speech on counter-terrorism at the Royal United Services Institute on 24 November 2014, on what dates in the last 12 months terrorist plots planned in the UK were thwarted by actions of the security services; and what information she is able to disclose about the character of the intended targets of those plots.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	216310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>We do not comment on the actions of the Security Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/12/2014 12:52:02 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

166583

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to release the results of the immigration checks pilot in the West Midlands due to begin on 1 December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	216312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government has given a commitment to evaluate the impacts of the implementation of the provisions in the Immigration Act as they relate to the private rented sector in its first six months. The results will be published <br>in the late summer or autumn of next year. <br><br>The Home Office will be recording and monitoring activity to support and enforce the scheme. The evaluation will also look at other impacts. These include access to the private rented sector, impacts on landlords, agents and local services, such as local authorities, and any effects on discrimination or vulnerable people. <br><br>A consultative panel of bodies representing landlords, lettings agents, local authorities, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and CRISIS is overseeing the evaluation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 216301 question first answered 02/12/2014 12:50:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

166597

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the terrorist threat from dissident republicans.
tabling member constituency	Beckenham
tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
uin	216288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The security of UK citizens remains this Government’s highest priority. While the threat level in Northern Ireland remains at Severe, excellent co-operation between PSNI and its partners has disrupted the activity of violent dissident republicans. There have been a number of significant arrests, charges and convictions which are helping to suppress the threat.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 02/12/2014 11:55:15 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart

166226

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Business: Gillingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to increase the level of access to credit to businesses in Gillingham and Rainham constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	216025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Small businesses are vital to our economy and our small business owners have driven this economic recovery. The Gillingham and Rainham constituency has benefitted from a number of support schemes. The Business Bank’s Start-Up Loan programme has already provided 15 loans, with a value of £88,800 to people starting a business in Gillingham and Rainham. And since May 2010, the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme has supported 10 loans in the area with a total value of £1.06m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business, and are doing this in a number of ways, including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>£10 billion of financing will be unlocked for smaller business over the next 5 years by our British Business Bank;</li><li>Government grants of up to £3,000 for better internet connectivity are available to small businesses;</li></ul><p> </p><p>· The Business Support Helpline is available to provide bespoke information and advice;</p><p> </p><p>· £2,000 cut from the National Insurance bills of small firms from the new Employment Allowance; and</p><p> </p><p>· The Growth Accelerator scheme has supported over 19,800 firms and is on track to create 55,000 jobs and deliver £2.2 billion of economic growth by March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 216026 question first answered 01/12/2014 14:26:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

166227

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Business: Gillingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses in Gillingham and Rainham constituency.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	216026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>Small businesses are vital to our economy and our small business owners have driven this economic recovery. The Gillingham and Rainham constituency has benefitted from a number of support schemes. The Business Bank’s Start-Up Loan programme has already provided 15 loans, with a value of £88,800 to people starting a business in Gillingham and Rainham. And since May 2010, the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme has supported 10 loans in the area with a total value of £1.06m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business, and are doing this in a number of ways, including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>£10 billion of financing will be unlocked for smaller business over the next 5 years by our British Business Bank;</li><li>Government grants of up to £3,000 for better internet connectivity are available to small businesses;</li></ul><p> </p><p>· The Business Support Helpline is available to provide bespoke information and advice;</p><p> </p><p>· £2,000 cut from the National Insurance bills of small firms from the new Employment Allowance; and</p><p> </p><p>· The Growth Accelerator scheme has supported over 19,800 firms and is on track to create 55,000 jobs and deliver £2.2 billion of economic growth by March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 216025 question first answered 01/12/2014 14:26:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

166231

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Big Society Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library (a) a copy of the minutes and (b) a list of attendees of the meeting between the Prime Minister and Big Society Network that was held in July 2013.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	216081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>I was appointed as the Minister for Civil Society on 27 September 2014, after the publication of the NESTA document.</p><p>No meeting to discuss the funding of Big Society Network took place between Cabinet Office, the Big Society Network and NESTA.</p><p>Details of meetings between the Prime Minister and external organisations are available on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 216076 216084 question first answered 01/12/2014 17:45:33 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

166232

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Big Society Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Report by Geoff Mulgan published on 21 August 2014 on NESTA support for the Big Society Network, when he was first made aware of NESTA's concerns about the capacity of the Big Society Network team, the gap between ambition and capability and the Big Society Network's relative newness as an organisation.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	216084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>I was appointed as the Minister for Civil Society on 27 September 2014, after the publication of the NESTA document.</p><p>No meeting to discuss the funding of Big Society Network took place between Cabinet Office, the Big Society Network and NESTA.</p><p>Details of meetings between the Prime Minister and external organisations are available on the <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson grouped question UIN 216076 216081 question first answered 01/12/2014 17:45:33 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy