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176873

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
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	Trade Missions: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) British-Indian and (b) British-Sikh people were members of the delegation which accompanied the Government trade mission to India in August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	222782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment does not collect this sort of personal data about the participants of our trade missions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 13/02/2015 12:07:07 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

176874

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
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: Blyth Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships have been created under the Government Apprentice Scheme in Blyth Valley constituency in each month since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Blyth Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Ronnie Campbell
uin	222801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts in Blyth Valley constituency in each month for academic years 2009/10 to 2013/14 and for 2014/15 August to October (provisional).</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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeships Starts in Blyth Valley Parliamentary Constituency by Month (2009/10 to 2013/14 and 2014/15 Aug-Oct Provisional)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15 Q1 (provisional)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Individualised Learner Record</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10; n/a represents months where data are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>2) Q1 2014/15 covers August 2014 to October 2014; 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14 academic years cover August to July.</p><p> </p><p>3) Provisional data are subject to change and should not be compared with data from previous academic years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/02/2015 11:15:10 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	514 label Biography information for Mr Ronnie Campbell

176875

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	World Economic Forum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which government Ministers attended the World Economic Forum in 2015; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such attendance.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	222795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial overseas travel are published quarterly and can be found at <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">Gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 03/02/2015 16:54:58 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

176877

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff in HM Revenue and Customs' new counter-avoidance directorate have received adequate training to deal with challenges to Accelerated Payment Notices.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Mark Field
uin	222787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ensures that all staff dealing with Accelerated Payment Notices have received appropriate training in the relevant legislation and the operational processes to be followed on receipt of representations made on accelerated payment notices that have been issued. A separate, specialised and trained team is responsible for dealing with representations received on these notices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of its normal reporting of compliance and operational information, HMRC will include information on Accelerated Payments Notices in its Annual Report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 222802 question first answered 10/02/2015 17:12:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1405 label Biography information for Mark Field

176878

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to produce a report on its progress in using accelerated payment notices.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Mark Field
uin	222802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) ensures that all staff dealing with Accelerated Payment Notices have received appropriate training in the relevant legislation and the operational processes to be followed on receipt of representations made on accelerated payment notices that have been issued. A separate, specialised and trained team is responsible for dealing with representations received on these notices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of its normal reporting of compliance and operational information, HMRC will include information on Accelerated Payments Notices in its Annual Report.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 222787 question first answered 10/02/2015 17:12:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1405 label Biography information for Mark Field

176879

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Minimum Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many breaches of the minimum wage were reported in each year since 2010 for which records are available in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many such cases were (i) taken to court and (ii) led to convictions or penalties.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	222805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the enforcement of National Minimum Wage very seriously. Any worker who believes that they are being paid below the minimum wage should make a complaint to the Pay &amp; Work Rights Helpline (PWRH) on 0800 917 2368.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) review every complaint referred to them by the PWRH and, in addition, collate and analyse data from various sources to identify employers more likely not to be paying National Minimum Wage and undertake targeted enforcement against those employers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC does not capture complaints or the outcomes of its investigations by reference to Government regions, constituencies or county. Details of prosecutions can be found in the answer provided on 6 May 2014 at Hansard Column 110W. Details of penalties can be accessed in the response provided at UIN 205613.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/02/2015 16:09:50 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

176882

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
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	Termination of Employment
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 compromise agreements his Department has made with departing staff in each year since 2010; and how many such agreements contained confidentiality clauses.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	222784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Since January 2010 eight departing DCLG employees have signed compromise agreements. <br><br>None of these cases concerned an issue of &quot;Whistle blowing&quot; and none sought in any way to restrict the rights of an individual to make public interest disclosure under The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998.<br><br>None of these staff were forced to enter into these agreements and all received legal advice before they agreed to settlement.<br><br><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year</strong></td><td><strong>Compromise Agreements</strong></td><td><strong>Confidentiality Clause</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>4</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>3</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>The 2013 report by the National Audit Office into the public sector's use of confidentiality clauses noted how DCLG Ministers had stopped the previous Whitehall practices of payments being made for confidentiality clauses.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 09/02/2015 15:58:05 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

176889

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Katrice Lee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress the Royal Military Police have made in respect of Operation BUTE; and on what date he expects that investigation to conclude.
tabling member constituency	Gosport
tabling member printed	Caroline Dinenage
uin	222788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Royal Military Police continue to investigate Katrice Lee's disappearance from Paderborn in Germany in 1981. Over 11,500 documents have been registered onto the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System. Each of these documents is being reviewed, and over 2,000 investigative actions have so far been generated and followed up. The Royal Military Police are working hard to eliminate persons of interest. As the investigation is still under way, I cannot comment any further on precise details, including when it might be completed. However, Royal Military Police Liaison Officers remain in contact with Katrice's family to ensure that they are kept fully informed of developments.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/02/2015 17:44:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

176890

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority paid its staff in (a) performance-related payments and (b) other payments, allowances and benefits in addition to their core salary in each of the last four years; how many and what proportion of officials working for that body received such payments; and what the monetary value of the 20 largest such payments made in each such year was.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	222815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>It is essential that the NDA can recruit and retain the best people necessary to carry out its mission to decommission and clean-up the nuclear legacy and in order to do so it has to offer competitive packages, including as appropriate performance bonuses and allowances. Remuneration is benchmarked against industry comparators and is set to recruit and retain high calibre staff, including with specialist skills. The Energy Act 2004 provides that the terms and conditions of the senior executives of the NDA are to be determined by the non-executives. Pay for NDA staff is covered by pay remits. There is no other formal role for the Government either in setting or approving salaries and bonuses</p><p>Details of the how much the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority paid its staff in (a) performance-related payments and (b) other payments, allowances and benefits in addition to their core salary in each of the last four years, together with the number and proportion of staff receiving such payments, and the monetary value of the 20 largest payments, is set out in the following tables:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total Performance Related Payments</p></td><td><p>Number receiving Performance related Payments</p></td><td><p>Percentage receiving Performance Related Payments</p></td><td><p>Total Value of largest 20 payments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£4,062,910</p></td><td><p>294</p></td><td><p>82.8%</p></td><td><p>£706,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£3,381,939</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>92.2%</p></td><td><p>£881,312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£3,230,110</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>89.7%</p></td><td><p>£799,083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£3,099,810</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>91.3%</p></td><td><p>£741,560</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Note: the information above includes the NDA Chief Executive and Executive Directors </em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Other payments, allowances and benefits paid</p></td><td><p>Number receiving other payments, allowances and benefits</p></td><td><p>Percentage receiving other payments, allowances and benefits</p></td><td><p>Total Value of largest 20 payments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£1,142,036</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>50.7%</p></td><td><p>£375,239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,058,707</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>52.2%</p></td><td><p>£397,604</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£962,723</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>45.8%</p></td><td><p>£326,905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£949,295</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>46.1%</p></td><td><p>£362,542</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Note: the information above includes the NDA Chief Executive and Executive Directors </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 23/02/2015 10:01:35 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

176891

registered interest
date	30/01/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Police Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much and what proportion of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority's budget was funded (a) from the public purse and (b) through income recovered from its customers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	222807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Funded grant-in-aid activities relate to DECC’s contribution to Civil Nuclear Police Authority(CNPA)/Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) capital expenditure requirements plus CNPA/CNC costs which cannot be recharged to industry under s.60 of the Energy Act 2004 as ‘provision of services’ to site licence companies. As such, they relate to costs such as early retirement/redundancy payments and awards from employment tribunals.</p><p>CNPA and CNC operational costs are recovered from nuclear site licence companies responsible for those sites where CNC officers are based and domestic or international customers of their armed escorting services for transports of nuclear materials by International Nuclear Services (INS) – a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The CNPA and CNC is therefore funded by a range of public and private sector bodies. CNPA/CNC budgets for the past five years were £56.5m in 2009/10, £61.4m in 2010/11, £73.5m in 2011/12, £81.6m in 2012/13 and £87.8m in 2013/14. In broad terms, this equates to a two-thirds public sector, one-third private sector bodies (customers) split.</p><p> </p><p>In 2013/14 the organisations that paid for the services of CNPA/CNC services were, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, international customers of International Nuclear Services Ltd, EDF Energy, Springfields Fuels Ltd and Urenco UK Ltd.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 222808 222809 question first answered 09/02/2015 13:29:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint