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171492

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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 he is taking to ensure that EU and UK food safety regulations are not undermined in the negotiations on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	219386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is not about lowering standards. All parties involved in the negotiations – including President Obama and President Juncker – have made this clear. EU negotiators have specified that TTIP will not affect the way the EU legislates on food safety. The following link explains more: <a href="http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/may/tradoc_152462.pdf" target="_blank">http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/may/tradoc_152462.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 219385 question first answered 12/01/2015 14:37:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

171493

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on signing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement in circumstances where EU and UK food safety standards were undermined in that Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	219385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is not about lowering standards. All parties involved in the negotiations – including President Obama and President Juncker – have made this clear. EU negotiators have specified that TTIP will not affect the way the EU legislates on food safety. The following link explains more: <a href="http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/may/tradoc_152462.pdf" target="_blank">http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/may/tradoc_152462.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 219386 question first answered 12/01/2015 14:37:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

171498

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what forecast his Department has made of the spending on the 2014-15 Employee Ownership Fund.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Meg Munn
uin	219396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>Our latest estimate of spending on the Employer Ownership Fund during 2014-15 is £0.72m.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/01/2015 14:16:38 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

171503

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the relationship between the global price of oil and the cost of petrol in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	219505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The crude oil price is currently around $60 per barrel having fallen around 45 per cent since their peak in June last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The fall in crude oil prices are being passed through in lower prices at petrol pumps. The average price of petrol has fallen by 15.3 per cent from its peak of 131 pence per litre in July last year to 111 pence per litre. Average diesel prices have fallen by 14.5 per cent from their peak last year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has made very clear that it will watch industry to ensure that savings from the fall in oil prices are being passed through to consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/03/2015 15:46:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

171514

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on integration update, what funding he has provided for each of the projects and activities listed as previously funded.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	219487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The attached tables give a breakdown of expenditure on the specific integration projects and activities which were included in the Written Ministerial Statement.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 15/01/2015 17:41:50 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 10:19:31 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams attachment 1 file name 219487, 219486 Brown rev.docx title Integration project expenditure previous answer version 38716 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams attachment 1 file name 219487, 219486 Brown.docx title Expenditure on Integration Projects
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

171515

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the gender balance is of staff working in the Ministerial office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	219474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>My Ministerial office is staffed by four full time employees of the Department, two of whom are male and two female. With regard to ethnicity, three of my office are White British and one is British Asian Indian.<br><br>As the hon. Member will be aware from his time as a special adviser in the Treasury, ministerial private offices are a key link in handling ministerial correspondance, organising the ministerial diaries, supporting ministers on external engagements and visits, conveying Minister's views to officials and overseeing the provision of advice to Ministers, handling communications and policy discussions with other Government Departments, and providing Ministers with general information and views from their Departments.<br><br>We have cut the administrative costs of private offices by 30% compared to the last administration. The cost of ministerial private offices represents just 0.4% of the Department's overall running costs.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 219475 question first answered 26/02/2015 14:30:08 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

171516

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the ethnic composition is of staff working in the Ministerial office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	219475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>My Ministerial office is staffed by four full time employees of the Department, two of whom are male and two female. With regard to ethnicity, three of my office are White British and one is British Asian Indian.<br><br>As the hon. Member will be aware from his time as a special adviser in the Treasury, ministerial private offices are a key link in handling ministerial correspondance, organising the ministerial diaries, supporting ministers on external engagements and visits, conveying Minister's views to officials and overseeing the provision of advice to Ministers, handling communications and policy discussions with other Government Departments, and providing Ministers with general information and views from their Departments.<br><br>We have cut the administrative costs of private offices by 30% compared to the last administration. The cost of ministerial private offices represents just 0.4% of the Department's overall running costs.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 219474 question first answered 26/02/2015 14:30:08 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

171517

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff are employed on zero-hours contracts in the office of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Keighley.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	219476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 15/01/2015 17:44:10 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

171522

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on integration update, what funding he has provided to each of the projects and activities listed.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	219486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The attached tables give a breakdown of expenditure on the specific integration projects and activities which were included in the Written Ministerial Statement.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 15/01/2015 17:41:50 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 11:06:59 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams attachment 1 file name 219487, 219486 Brown rev.docx title Integration project spend previous answer version 38758 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams attachment 1 file name 219487, 219486 Brown.docx title Expenditure on Integration Projects
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

171569

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 16 to 18 year olds were not in education, employment or training in (a) 2014 and (b) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	219373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is published by the Department for Education and is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/neet-statistics-quarterly-brief-july-to-september-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/neet-statistics-quarterly-brief-july-to-september-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 05/01/2015 09:05:01 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue