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450958

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
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	Universities: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who applied to university in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	26081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) publishes data on application and entry rates for full-time undergraduate courses.</p><p> </p><p>The tables show the proportion of 18 year olds from disadvantaged backgrounds who applied to university by the main January deadline (application rate) and the proportion of 18 year olds that accepted a place during a UCAS application cycle (entry rate).</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Table 1: Application rates for English 18 year olds from POLAR3 quintile 1 areas (for entry in year)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15.2%</p></td><td><p>18.0%</p></td><td><p>18.6%</p></td><td><p>17.9%</p></td><td><p>18.9%</p></td><td><p>20.4%</p></td><td><p>21.0%</p></td><td><p>22.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>Table 2: Entry rates for English 18 year olds from POLAR3 quintile 1 areas (for entry in year)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13.6%</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td><td><p>15.1%</p></td><td><p>15.1%</p></td><td><p>16.4%</p></td><td><p>17.8%</p></td><td><p>18.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>Data published by UCAS covers full-time undergraduate applications. Table 1 shows the application rates by the main January deadline.</li><li>Data for entry rates in Table 2 include acceptances across the whole application cycle.</li><li>Disadvantage is measured by POLAR quintile 1 an area based measure of low participation.</li><li>Source of data for application rates: UCAS ‘<em>Application rates by the January Deadline</em>’ report for the 2016 cycle (underlying data for Figure 14) – published in February 2016.</li><li>Source of data for entry rates: UCAS ‘<em>2015 End of Cycle</em>’ report (underlying data for Figure 65) – published in December 2015.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 15/02/2016 17:14:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

450959

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Google: Tax Avoidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury of 3 February 2016, Official Report, column 975, what level of information has been disclosed to him in respect of Google's tax return and the HM Revenue and Customs agreement with that company.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	26082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p><strong>The information to which Ministers have access is the same as that in the public domain.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is responsible for the conduct of tax inquiries. Ministers are not privy to information about the individual tax arrangements of any company.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/02/2016 12:50:25 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

450963

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers: Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any proposed special advisers have failed security vetting since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	26090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive governments not to comment about the individuals subject to security vetting.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/02/2016 13:34:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

450964

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's policy is on when to inform Parliament about changes to pay grades of special advisers in any ministerial department.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	26091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Annually.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 26092 question first answered 15/02/2016 13:33:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

450965

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how often his Department publishes details of special advisers and their pay grades during a Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Phil Boswell
uin	26092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Annually.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 26091 question first answered 15/02/2016 13:33:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4388 label Biography information for Philip Boswell

450969

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2016 to Question 23778, on civil servants: pensions, and with reference to his letter to the hon. Member for Stockton North of 7 January 2016, for what reason a deduction was made from the refund on the Principal Civil Service Pension of the constituent referred to in that letter.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>Like other occupational pension schemes, the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) is required by law to provide a widow’s pension, in respect of service from 6 April 1978, whenever a member dies and leaves an eligible widow – irrespective of when that marriage took place. To cover the risk of the scheme having to pay a widow’s pension in respect of a marriage that took place after a member leaves service, a non-refundable insurance-type premium is deducted from the refund of members of the classic section of the PCSPS who remain single throughout service. This premium is a type of group insurance against the specific risk of a member dying and leaving an eligible widow/widower.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/02/2016 13:36:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

450972

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Lyon King of Arms Act 1592
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will review the operation of the Lord Lyon King of Arms Act 1592 in respect of the restrictions it places on the granting of arms.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	26017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>Following representations from Ruth Davidson MSP and others, and the strength of feeling concerning the Ayr united and Airdrieonians Football clubs, we have considered the matter and concluded that the judicial functions of the Lord Lyon are devolved to the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998. Accordingly, any question in relation to the judicial functions of the Lord Lyon is for Holyrood rather than Westminster.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 11/04/2016 10:00:25 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

450973

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cyber-security training civil servants are required to undertake (a) as part of their induction and (b) during their employment.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	26039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>All civil servants undertake information security training; including the e-learning course, &quot;Responsible for Information&quot; as part of their induction and as a yearly refresher, plus further training as necessary.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/02/2016 15:56:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

450974

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Agency Workers and Civil Servants: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of (a) agency workers and (b) directly employed staff in the civil service at each grade in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	26040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>All this information is publically available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/02/2016 13:32:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

450975

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cancellations of tax credits by Concentrix have been reversed since that company's contract with his Department commenced.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	26041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p><strong>Up to the end of January 2016, Concentrix have changed around 4800 out of around 419,000 decisions that they have taken since the start of the contract. These changed decisions are often as a result of new information provided by the claimant that had not been provided at the time of the original decision. The 4800 changed decisions includes some awards that were cancelled and others that were amended. </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/02/2016 11:54:29 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh