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228470

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, when he last met one of his counterparts from an EU member state; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	228351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Attorney General last met with EU counterparts during the Global Law Summit, which took place in London between 23 – 25 February 2015. Matters discussed included countering violent extremism, domestic prosecution policy and broader criminal justice issues.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 25/03/2015 11:12:05 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

228481

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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, what the average hourly pay is of employees at each grade in the Prime Minister's Office identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>As was the case under the previous administration, officials are not compelled to declare their ethnicity. Statistically valid information about pay broken down by ethnicity is therefore not available</p><p>Diversity data on the declared ethnic background of Non-Executive Board Members and Government Board Members appointed since 2010 is not held centrally.</p><p>The Cabinet Office will shortly publish the report by Ethnic Dimension Research &amp; Consultancy on &quot;Identifying and Removing Barriers to Talented BAME Staff Progression in the Civil Service&quot; and an updated Talent Action Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude grouped question UIN 228327 228466 228467 228571 question first answered 24/03/2015 16:37:04 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

228484

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Emergencies: Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress he has made on civil contingencies planning.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	228353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Civil Contingencies Act places the primary responsibility for emergency planning on local responders working together. This activity at local level is constantly developing in the light of testing and exercising and actual events. It is supported at the national level by a range of activities including the production of the National Risk Assessment (NRA), a classified biennial assessment that identifies and prioritises the most significant emergencies the UK could face over the next five years, with the 2014 NRA having recently been made available to local responders; the cross-government National Resilience Capability Programme supported by the 2014 National Capability Survey, a voluntary biennial survey of local responders which provides data to government and enables self-improvement activity at the local tier; and the doctrine and training provided by the Emergency Planning College. In addition, the government’s annual review of UK resilience continues to consider the local, regional, and national level issues that pose the greatest risks to the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 24/03/2015 15:26:40 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

228491

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations his Department has received on the level of VAT applicable to small tourist businesses.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Geoffrey Cox
uin	228304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has received a number of representations from the ‘Cut Tourism VAT’ campaign.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I refer the Hon gentleman to my comments during the recent Westminster Hall debate on 17 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 24/03/2015 17:52:47 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

228503

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraphs 1.103, 1.122 and 2.231 of Budget 2015, on the availability of ultrafast broadband, what the Government's definition is of "available to".
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	228477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>In the specified Budget 2015 paragraph references, “available to” means that consumers should be able to access ultrafast broadband through a retail service, should they choose to take one up.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 23/03/2015 16:04:51 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

228506

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Recycling: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much waste was recycled in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in 2009-10 and each subsequent year.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The levels of household waste sent for reuse, recycling or composting in a) Pendle Borough Council and b) Lancashire County Council in those years is set out in the table below:<br><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>2009/10</td><td>2010/11</td><td>2011/12</td><td>2012/13</td><td>2013/14</td></tr><tr><td>Pendle</td><td>35.6%</td><td>38.0%</td><td>37.6%</td><td>35.9%</td><td>36.7%</td></tr><tr><td>Lancashire</td><td>44.9%</td><td>46.0%</td><td>46.8%</td><td>47.6%</td><td>47.4%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 23/03/2015 14:38:49 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228529

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 221701, how many teenage mothers became pregnant while in residential care in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of children looked after who are aged 12 years and over, and who are mothers, is published in Table A5 of the statistical first release ‘Children looked after in England including adoption’: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption--2</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2015 14:32:45 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228530

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Drugs: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222185, how many times a court has overruled a young person's decision to refuse treatment for substance abuse.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2015 14:31:39 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228531

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children in Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 221702, whether local authorities have a statutory obligation to notify her Department when a child in their care becomes pregnant.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	228389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities do not have any statutory obligation to notify the Department for Education when a child in the care of a local authority becomes pregnant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/03/2015 14:30:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

228536

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average hourly pay is of employees at each grade within his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	228309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Civil servants, in the Department of Energy &amp; Climate Change (DECC), are based either in London or Scotland and its annual salary ranges are calculated on that basis. The number of hours worked by civil servants in each location varies as new civil service conditions of service are introduced. Therefore an hourly pay rate is not possible to calculate without incurring disproportionate costs. The annual salary rates for each pay grade in London and Scotland, by ethnic group, is shown in the tables below.</p><p><strong><em>Ethnicity - White</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Grade</em></strong></p></td><td><p><em>London</em></p></td><td><p><em>Scotland</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AO</strong></p></td><td><p>25,224</p></td><td><p>19,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EO</strong></p></td><td><p>26,465</p></td><td><p>22,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HEO</strong></p></td><td><p>31,621</p></td><td><p>31,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FAST STREAM</strong></p></td><td><p>28,640</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SEO</strong></p></td><td><p>37,448</p></td><td><p>35,806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G7</strong></p></td><td><p>49,338</p></td><td><p>49,821</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G6</strong></p></td><td><p>59,777</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SCS PB1</strong></p></td><td><p>70,377</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SCS PB2</strong></p></td><td><p>95,873</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SCS PB3</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PERM SEC</strong></p></td><td><p>165,000-170,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Ethnicity – Black, Asian or other minority</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Grade</em></strong></p></td><td><p><em>London</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AO</strong></p></td><td><p>23,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EO</strong></p></td><td><p>27,971</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>HEO</strong></p></td><td><p>31,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FAST STREAM</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SEO</strong></p></td><td><p>38,818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G7</strong></p></td><td><p>47,552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G6</strong></p></td><td><p>59,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SCS PB1</strong></p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SCS PB2</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SCS PB3</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PERM SEC</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The average annual salaries of (a) Faststreamers and SCS PB1 based in London who have identified their ethnicity as Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group, (b) SCS PB3 based in London who have identified their ethnicity as White or White British and (c) Grade 6 and SCS PB1 based in Scotland who have identified their ethnicity as White or White British, have not been disclosed as the numbers in each grouping is less than 5 and could lead to the identification of individuals (see *).</p><p>The annual salary of the Permanent Secretary is shown as a salary band as disclosed in the Annual Resource Account.</p><p>A total of 1,133 civil servants working in the department have identified their ethnic status. A further 432 have not identified an ethnicity status. The average salaries shown above are based solely on those who have identified their ethnic group.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 24/03/2015 15:56:02 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero