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451153

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Written Questions
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 answer Questions 25349, 25350, 25505, 25506, 25604, tabled on 2 February 2016 and Question 24982, tabled on 1 February 2016.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	26360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>I have replied to the hon Member.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/02/2016 15:24:41 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

451159

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Recruitment: Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage businesses to advertise flexible working arrangements by default in job advertisements.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	26304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Flexible working is now a key aspect of today’s employment landscape with a growing number of employees taking advantage of flexible working – either through an informal arrangement with their employer or through the statutory Right to Request Flexible Working. This was extended to all employees with 26 weeks qualifying service in June 2014 and at the same time it was made easier for employers to consider requests for flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>At the time this change was introduced, employers were encouraged to use the strapline “Happy to Talk Flexible Working” when advertising jobs. The Right to Request was promoted in various ways, including a conference for employers which explained the benefits of flexible working and provided practical tips and as part of the GREAT campaign.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/03/2016 14:52:05 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

451162

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	EU Grants and Loans: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding from the (a) European Regional Development Fund and (b) European Social Fund was spent in (i) London and (ii) each London borough in each year from 2010 to 2015.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	26175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) are administered in London by the Greater London Authority. Annual allocations are set out in the London ERDF Operational Programme 2007-2013 and London ESF Regional Framework 2011-2013 which can be found on the Greater London Authority’s website. The allocations could be spent up to the end of 2015. Allocations were not broken down for each London borough but a full list of projects funded by ERDF can be found also on the Greater London Authority’s website. A list of projects funded by ESF can be found under ESF funding for London on the Department for Work and Pensions website on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/02/2016 15:36:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

451163

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	EU Grants and Loans: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding from the (a) European Regional Development Fund and (b) European Social Fund he forecasts will be spent in (i) London and (ii) each London borough in each year from 2016 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	26176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) are administered in London by the Greater London Authority and will respond to priorities set out in the European Structural and Investment Strategy prepared by the London Enterprise Panel and other local partners. The Strategy updated in February 2016 sets out the amounts to be spent in London from ERDF and ESF and can be found on the London Enterprise Panel website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/02/2016 15:34:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

451164

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	EU Grants and Loans: Greater London
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 number of jobs that will be created as a result of funding from the European Structural and Investment Funds spent in London between 2016 and 2020.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	26177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of jobs that will be created from the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds spent in London in the 2014-2020 programming period is set out in the ESI Funds strategy prepared by the London Enterprise Panel and other local partners which can be found on the London Enterprise Panel website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/02/2016 15:31:52 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

451165

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	Small Businesses: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department plans to make available to small companies operating in deprived areas to help meet the costs of the introduction of the living wage; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	26180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced measures to help businesses with the transition to the new National Living Wage. The Government is reducing corporation tax to 18% by 2020, setting the Annual Investment Allowance at a new permanent level of £200,000, and increasing the Employment Allowance from £2,000 to £3,000. The increase in the Employment Allowance means a business could employ four people on the National Living Wage and pay no National Insurance Contributions. It will benefit up to 590,000 employers and take up to 90,000 firms out of National Insurance Contributions altogether. These measures will help small businesses across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/02/2016 15:27:25 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

451173

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many insurance claims have been lodged as a result of accidents occurring during participation in the National Citizen Service since the establishment of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	26228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The National Citizen Service Trust works with the Cabinet Office to deliver (NCS) in England. There have been no accidents that the NCS Trust is aware of where insurance claims have been lodged.</p><p>The NCS delivery partner within Northern Ireland, Co-operation Ireland, has also confirmed that it has not received any correspondence from insurance companies in regards to claims relating to NCS accidents.</p><p>The Cabinet Office coordinated a pilot programme in Wales in 2014 and is not aware of any resulting insurance claims by participants.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 11/02/2016 11:57:57 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

451175

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has established a group or unit to deal with the Government approach to the forthcoming EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
uin	26361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>There is a long established secretariat in the Cabinet Office that deals with all European matters, including the renegotiation. This has been expanded in recent weeks to reflect the increased workload resulting from the renegotiation.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 11/02/2016 16:59:21 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

451176

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the emergency response plans are in the event of Russia firing a nuclear bomb.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	26344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>We live in an unpredictable world and if a threat to the UK were to arise from a nuclear-armed adversary, we would seek to ensure that they were deterred from using nuclear weapons by convincing them that the costs to them of doing so greatly outweighed any gains they could hope to make.</p><p>Other chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats are considered as part of the National Security Risk Assessment and this is reflected in the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015. The Government’s approach to preparing for emergencies is to prepare for the common consequences of a range of civil emergencies. This is supplemented with proportionate planning and capability building for the highest impact and most concerning risks, of which a nuclear terrorist attack in the UK is one.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 11/02/2016 11:58:51 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

451178

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people receiving child benefit on behalf of children living outside of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	26359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text I refer the honourable Member to my response of 16 June 2015 (UIN 2064)<p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-10/2064/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-10/2064/</a></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/02/2016 17:28:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith