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229331

registered interest
date	24/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
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 other Departments comply with guidance published by his Department in the Green Book (a) on the production and use made of business cases and related matters, (b) that such business cases are normally published in full at the time of the announcement of a public sector spending proposal to which they relate and (c) that where there is a statutory justification for an exemption to disclosure of any part of a business case, such justification will be published contemporaneously with such an announcement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	228883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Green Book sets out that all new policies, programmes and projects, whether revenue, capital or regulatory, should be subject to comprehensive but proportionate assessment, wherever it is practicable, so as best to promote the public interest. Training and accreditation in the use of Green Book methodology is being extended across the public sector through the Better Business Cases programme, which aims to embed use of the best-practice five-case model in public service culture. In general it is not the Government’s policy to publish business cases, although exceptions are made when the Government considers publication to be of exceptional public interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/03/2015 13:24:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229084

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research reports his Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 has not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each such report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	228843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department do not hold this information centrally. The information requested can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/03/2015 09:08:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229085

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for which spending announcements made by him or his Ministers since 1 September 2014 the relevant business case has not been made public; and for what reason each such case has not been published.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	228812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish internal business cases; this has been the practice under current and previous Administrations. We do publish Impact Assessment where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/03/2015 08:39:30 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229116

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research her Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 has not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each such report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by her Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when she plans to publish each such report.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	228841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Details for all core Defra’s research projects including description, contractor, cost and publications, commissioned between September 2010 and December 2014 are published online at <a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://randd.defra.gov.uk/</a>. Defra is committed to publishing the results of high quality research and contractors are encouraged to publish articles in scientific journals. Core Defra publishes final research reports online and exceptions tend to relate to risks to personal or national security or limitations identified by specialist reviewers. The department does not hold centrally a record of which exemption applies to individual research projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/03/2015 06:21:51 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229219

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 has not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each such report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	228842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department commissions a wide range of research to support its objectives. The general presumption is that research results used in the course of the Department’s business should be made available to broaden knowledge and better inform discussion. In a few circumstances (for instance, where the research relates to security matters or where the Department does not hold the necessary rights to publish) such information is not published; but such circumstances are exceptional. Information on publication of the outputs of this research is not collected centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/03/2015 13:04:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229249

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research reports his Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 has not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each such report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	228840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/03/2015 08:34:13 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229250

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 20 March 2014, HCWS438, on what date each of the reports listed was received by his Department; on what date the last payment was made to each research organisation commissioned to produce each of those reports; and for what reason each of those reports had not previously been published.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	228830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The attached table shows the details of the last payment dates for the reports listed in the Written Ministerial Statement of 20 March 2014, HCWS438.</p><p> </p><p>Final payments are associated with the receipt of draft final outputs from research projects. These reports are from research commissioned under the previous administration, and have continued under the current administration. Reports are not published until the research work is complete and final checks are made. This includes quality assurance and in some cases peer review of the final research outputs which inevitably delays the publication process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As I explained in my Statement, this Government inherited £26 million of unpublished research reports from the last Administration. I do not have access to Ministerial papers of the last Administration to ascertain the rationale for this.</p><p><br></p><p>Since 2010 in the interests of transparency, we have been working through the backlog of over 150 unpublished research reports commissioned under the previous Administration. These have been published in groups over this period.<br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/03/2015 11:22:32 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 228830 Betts.xlsx title Reports Data
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts