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533552

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date	07/07/2016
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: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 39359, on Business, Innovation and Skills reorganisation, what problems Ministers have encountered engaging with officials of his Department not based in London.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	42128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the previous answer he references, in particular:</p><p>“Operating across split sites, in the context of a smaller workforce overall, would make it harder to quickly redeploy people to a different team or policy area, or for someone to be able to respond to an unpredictable or unusual demand for more intensive engagement with Ministers or Parliament.”</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 13/07/2016 09:35:59 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

533553

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Universities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the vote to leave the EU on academic collaboration.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	42184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made clear, while the UK remains a member of the EU, current EU funding and collaboration arrangements continue unchanged, including those that apply to students, researchers, and businesses. I am in close contact with Commissioner Moedas on the topic of Horizon 2020 funding, and I met with the Italian Minister for Education, Universities and Research on 11 July.</p><p>The UK is world-class in research and innovation and we play a leading role in major European and international collaboration, including ESA and CERN.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 42196 42202 question first answered 20/07/2016 14:47:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

533554

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adult learners paid for courses in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	42195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is only able to provide information on overall funding made available for adult learning provision. It does not hold information on learners who pay for provision.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/07/2016 10:06:21 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

533555

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the immediate effect of the vote to leave the EU on UK research (a) in general and (b) funding.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	42196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made clear, while the UK remains a member of the EU, current EU funding and collaboration arrangements continue unchanged, including those that apply to students, researchers, and businesses. I am in close contact with Commissioner Moedas on the topic of Horizon 2020 funding, and I met with the Italian Minister for Education, Universities and Research on 11 July.</p><p>The UK is world-class in research and innovation and we play a leading role in major European and international collaboration, including ESA and CERN.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 42184 42202 question first answered 20/07/2016 14:47:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

533563

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	VAT: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was generated from VAT receipts in Greater Manchester in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	42157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>This level of detail is not requested on VAT returns and therefore we do not have data available on how much revenue is raised from VAT receipts in Greater Manchester.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/07/2016 09:47:14 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

533565

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to reduce in-work poverty.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	42160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Work is the best route out of poverty, which is why this Government is focused on getting people into employment. Since 2010, 2.5 million more people are in work and average household incomes are at a record high.</p><p> </p><p>We are reforming the tax and benefit system to ensure work will always pay more than a life on benefits. That is why we are raising the tax-free personal allowance to £11,500 in April 2017, meaning 1.3m individuals will have been taken out of income tax altogether since 2015. This enables people to keep more of what they earn. We are also introducing Universal Credit which is designed to reduce poverty, ensure work pays and strengthen incentives to progress in work.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced the National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and above, representing a pay rise of £900 this year for a full time workers on the minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing additional support for families by increasing childcare funding within UC from 70% to 85% of eligible costs, introducing Tax Free Childcare and extending free early years childcare for working parents from 15 to 30 hours.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/07/2016 09:00:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

533570

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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: South Gloucestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will provide details of what additional (a) support and (b) resources his Department is providing to assist South Gloucestershire Council in meeting its universal broadband obligations.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	42165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government has implemented a basic broadband scheme to enable all premises to gain access to speeds of at least 2Mbps. This enables residents to gain access to every Government service available online. Funding for subsidised connections through the scheme is provided by Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) as part of the government's superfast broadband programme. Consumers in eligible premises can access services from any of the suppliers who have been entered onto the scheme by BDUK.</p><p /> <p>In addition it is the Government's intention to implement a new broadband Universal Service Obligation. This will give people the legal right to request a broadband connection, no matter where they live, by the end of this Parliament. Our ambition is that this should initially be set at 10 Mbps.<br></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/07/2016 09:23:57 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

533572

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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	Arts: Finance
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 plans to take to reduce disparities in spending on culture and the arts between London and cities in the North of England.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	42167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Arts and culture has a hugely positive impact on people's lives and we are committed to broadening access to the arts across the whole country.</p><p> </p><p>Arts Council England are increasing the percentage of Lottery funding distributed outside London from 70 per cent to 75 per cent including over £30 million from their Ambition for Excellence fund that will be spent outside of the capital.</p><p> </p><p>Our Culture White Paper - the first strategy for the sector in more than 50 years - sets out how we will increase access across the country and ensure arts and culture are open to all.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/07/2016 15:22:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

533573

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to invest in the Failsworth TA Centre.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	42194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>There are no plans to invest in the infrastructure of Failsworth Army Reserve Centre beyond routine maintenance and running costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/07/2016 15:17:19 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

533574

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Iraq: Military Aid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is giving to women soldiers in Iraq through (a) training and (b) provision of body armour.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	42120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>The UK has trained female soldiers from the Iraqi Security Forces in infantry skills, combat first aid and explosive hazard awareness as part of the wider Coalition programme to build security force capacity in Iraq. As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence announced to the House on 2 September 2014 (Column 16WS), the UK has also gifted non-lethal equipment to the Peshmerga including enhanced combat body armour suitable for both men and women.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/07/2016 15:32:34 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 2 September 2014 , (Col 16WS).docx title Operations in Iraq (Update)
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon