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418622

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	National Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what progress he has made on discussions about the future of the National Debt Fund charity; and what steps he is taking to secure legal approval to change the charitable objects of that charity and remove the requirement on it to pay off the whole national debt.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Hurd
uin	10207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Options are being considered for the future of the Fund, consistent with its object of extinguishing or reducing the national debt. A proposal will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 10237 question first answered 17/09/2015 15:53:51 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd

418627

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Sunday Trading
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans to publish the results of its consultation on Sunday trading.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Mr David Burrowes
uin	10159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is determined to devolve powers previously held in Whitehall to local areas. We are pleased that many business, shoppers and interested groups have taken this opportunity to share their views on giving local leaders the power to determine whether extended Sunday trading is right for their area. We are currently considering all the responses and will publish the Government’s response in due course.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 17/09/2015 14:23:17 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1518 label Biography information for Mr David Burrowes

418646

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Financial Services: Disadvantaged
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to promote financial inclusion and capability.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Hurd
uin	10132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The government has taken a number of steps to promote financial inclusion and capability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following extensive government negotiations with the banking industry, the nine largest current account providers in the UK have committed to improve basic bank accounts. From January 2016 basic bank accounts will be truly fee-free, allowing people who don’t have a bank account, or who would struggle to get a standard account due to money problems, to manage their money with certainty and clarity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Money Advice Service (MAS) is currently coordinating the development of a nationwide Financial Capability Strategy, with partners including representatives from the third sector, the financial services industry, regulators and educators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Alongside the introduction of the pension freedoms in April 2015, the government committed to providing free, impartial guidance through Pension Wise, to help people make informed and confident decisions about how they use their defined contribution pension savings in retirement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/09/2015 08:56:20 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd

418649

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Economic Situation: Greece
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 the potential fiscal effect on the UK of the government of Greece defaulting on its national debt.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	10194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK government has no exposure to Greece through its euro area loans. The Government has secured a deal that protects UK taxpayers from any risk from financing euro area bailouts now and in the future. This deal gives legal force to the commitment secured in 2010 that UK taxpayers would not be drawn into a euro area bailout.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a shareholder in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the UK has an indirect exposure to Greece through the IMF’s overall lending. Our ultimate exposure to any IMF lending programme would be in line with our quota shareholding (around 4.5 per cent).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 18/09/2015 08:57:31 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

418658

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Fly-tipping
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 plans she has to counteract the rise in fly-tipping.
tabling member constituency	Beckenham
tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
uin	10163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Tackling fly-tipping is a priority for the Government. As set out in our manifesto we will be giving councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small-scale fly-tipping as well as reviewing the existing fixed penalty notices for littering.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These steps will build on other Government action to tackle fly-tipping, which has included; working with the Sentencing Council on its guideline for sentencing for environmental offences, which came into force on 1 July last year; making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; and continuing work in partnership with others through the Defra chaired National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice in the prevention, reporting, investigation and clearance of fly-tipped waste.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 17/09/2015 16:12:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart

418659

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of reducing the benefit cap on (a) homelessness and (b) temporary accommodation costs borne by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	10147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. A link to the impact assessment is included.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 9965 question first answered 17/09/2015 10:21:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

418662

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Freedom of Information
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 hours his Department spent on processing freedom of information requests in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen North
tabling member printed	Kirsty Blackman
uin	10218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not record this information.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 16/09/2015 15:58:18 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	4357 label Biography information for Kirsty Blackman

418664

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to increase broadband coverage and speed in Suffolk and the East of England.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Jo Churchill
uin	10186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has committed £26.68 million to the Suffolk broadband project. The current contracted coverage is to provide superfast broadband access to 117,493 homes and businesses in the county, extending coverage to nearly 91% of premises. Procurement is still under way for part of the funding and coverage will be extended further once contracts are agreed. As 30 June 2015, the Suffolk project had covered 84,447 superfast premises.</p><p><br>Over £81 million of government funding has been committed to improving superfast broadband coverage in the East of England (including Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes). This will support delivery of superfast broadband to 642,160 homes and businesses in the region that would otherwise not have gained coverage.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 17/09/2015 14:40:07 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill

418667

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism and Defence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding the Government has allocated to (a) defence and (b) counter-terrorism.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	10144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence’s budget for the current financial year is £34.6bn. Spending on Counter Terrorism across government for this financial year totals more than £2bn spent by a range of departments, agencies and the police.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government announced at the Summer Budget that the MOD’s budget will rise by 0.5% per year in real terms from 2016/17 to 2020/21. There will also an additional £1.5bn per year by 2020/21 to spend on the military and intelligence agencies. The Government also committed to protect Counter Terrorism spending of more than £2bn in real terms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further details on funding allocations will be announced in the Spending Review on 25<sup>th</sup> November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/09/2015 12:47:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

418670

registered interest
date	14/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Russia: Military Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take in response to incursions into British sovereign airspace by Russian Aerospace Forces.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	10197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>Russian military aviation has never entered British Sovereign Airspace without permission.</p><p>The RAF has identified, intercepted and escorted Russian military aircraft transiting through international airspace in the vicinity of the UK. Russian military flights can present a potential safety concern to other airspace users because of their practice of not communicating with air traffic control agencies with regard to their intentions, not filing a flight plan or not transmitting a recognisable secondary surveillance radar transponder code. Their activity therefore needs careful monitoring, which is why we intercept such flights.</p><p>The UK works closely with our Allies to keep NATO's airspace safe and secure and to enable a co-ordinated NATO air policing response.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/09/2015 15:49:19 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell