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576721

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date	06/09/2016
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	Voluntary Work: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making first aid a compulsory module of the National Citizen Service.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	45080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>Many local NCS delivery partners already choose to deliver first aid modules to participants. The NCS Trust, the independent organisation that delivers NCS, works closely with specialist first aid providers to design this training. Many NCS participants also visit local fire stations and emergency departments to gain an understanding of the work of Community Emergency Response Teams in their area.</p><p> </p><p>The NCS Trust is running a series of curriculum pilots during the 2016 summer and autumn programmes. One of these pilots focuses on a first aid module. The findings of the pilots will be fed into next year's NCS programmes.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 14/09/2016 09:46:34 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

576723

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Avoidance: Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to tackle tax avoidance in the property market.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Byron Davies
uin	45187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2013 HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) set up a dedicated Counter Avoidance Directorate, bringing together technical, policy and operational expertise from across the Department into one place, in order to concentrate their focus on tackling marketed tax avoidance schemes.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a team within the Counter Avoidance Directorate that focuses on Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) avoidance. Budget 2013 contained a package of measures to tackle avoidance of SDLT. Since 2013 HMRC has settled over 4,000 enquires into this type of avoidance bringing in over £200 million additional tax.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/09/2016 09:42:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4499 label Biography information for Lord Davies of Gower

576724

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Funerals: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take legislative steps to prohibit funeral expenses insurance plans from paying out less to customers than has been paid in.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	45188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Funeral expenses insurance is a commercial product and the Government does not believe it would be appropriate to interfere in the market in the way the Honourable Member for Glasgow South describes. The respective capabilities of insurers to assess risk is a key element on which they compete and helps to ensure there is a diversity of products and efficient pricing in the market.</p><p> </p><p>Insurance is a risk transfer mechanism. At a basic level insurers group together large numbers of people, who all face a similar risk, and collect money from each of them through premiums. This pooling principle lies behind funeral cover insurance policies. These protect policyholders from the risk of dying early and not having accumulated the level of savings they would wish to leave behind to cover the costs of their funeral. The premiums of those who live long enough to contribute more than they would receive in benefits from the policy are used to pay the shortfall from those who die earlier.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore it is possible for those with funeral cover insurance to pay more in premiums than they will receive in benefits. An alternative option to such insurance would be to save this money which would mean an individual would not receive less than they put in. However they would then face the risk that, should they die earlier than expected, they would not have accumulated as much in savings as they would have received in benefits from an insurance policy.</p><p>It is important that consumers understand the nature of their funeral cover insurance policies. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which regulates the insurance industry, has produced an Insurance Conduct of Business Sourcebook (ICOBS) in order to set the standards required of insurance firms in relation to their business. ICOBS rules include a requirement that customers are given all the appropriate information required to make an informed decision ahead of purchasing an insurance product. The rules also state that communications should be clear, fair and not misleading. This means that where there is a possibility that a funeral plan may pay out less than was paid in, this must be clearly disclosed to the consumer before they purchase the product.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 12/09/2016 11:11:13 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

576725

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Charities: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many community amateur sports clubs have changed their status to a charity in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	45171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Rather than prosecute Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) for operating incorrectly, any club that does not meet the new regulations, introduced in April 2015, will be de-registered by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and assessed for potential Capital Gains Tax charges on the deemed disposal and acquisition of assets.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics are not kept on former CASCs that set up a charity that they subsequently register with HMRC. These new charities are required to simply register the charity with HMRC in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 45170 question first answered 12/09/2016 11:34:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

576731

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Community Amateur Sports Clubs Scheme: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many prosecutions of community amateur sports clubs for operating incorrectly there have been in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	45170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Rather than prosecute Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) for operating incorrectly, any club that does not meet the new regulations, introduced in April 2015, will be de-registered by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and assessed for potential Capital Gains Tax charges on the deemed disposal and acquisition of assets.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics are not kept on former CASCs that set up a charity that they subsequently register with HMRC. These new charities are required to simply register the charity with HMRC in the normal way.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 45171 question first answered 12/09/2016 11:34:36 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

576734

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Compulsory Purchase: Compensation
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 in relation to SI 1995 No. 2262 to ensure that the interest rate on late payments of compensation in relation to compulsory purchase does not become negative.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	45325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury has been working closely with the Department for Communities and Local Government to prepare a new Statutory Instrument to amend the Acquisition of Land (Rate of Interest after Entry) Regulations 1995. The new Statutory Instrument introduces a 0% floor for the interest rate on compensation paid after entry. The Statutory Instrument was laid on 7 September and will come into effect before the next reference day on 30 September 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 45326 question first answered 12/09/2016 11:07:56 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

576735

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Acquisition of Land (Rate of Interest after Entry) Regulations 1995
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on SI 1995 No. 2262 since 1 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	45326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Treasury has been working closely with the Department for Communities and Local Government to prepare a new Statutory Instrument to amend the Acquisition of Land (Rate of Interest after Entry) Regulations 1995. The new Statutory Instrument introduces a 0% floor for the interest rate on compensation paid after entry. The Statutory Instrument was laid on 7 September and will come into effect before the next reference day on 30 September 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 45325 question first answered 12/09/2016 11:07:56 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

576738

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Social Rented Housing: Liverpool Wavertree
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure access to social housing for people in Liverpool, Wavertree constituency who require such housing.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	45297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>Through the Spending Review the Government has committed to investing £8 billion to deliver 400,000 affordable housing starts, doubling our investment from 2018/19. This includes £1.6 billion towards delivering 100,000 affordable homes for rent by 2021.</p><p>Since April 2010, we have delivered over 293,000 affordable homes. Between 1997 and 2010 the stock of rented affordable homes fell by 420,000. Between 2010 and 2015, the stock of rented affordable homes rented increased by 64,000.</p><p>Alongside increasing supply, the Localism act 2011 has maintained the statutory 'reasonable preference' criteria which ensure that overall priority for social housing is given to those who need it most.</p><p>The introduction of fixed term tenancies in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 will ensure councils get the best use out of their social housing stock by focusing it on those who need it the most for as long as they need it.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 14/09/2016 16:44:17 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

576741

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect that the Government's Troubled Families programme has had on meeting its objectives related to underprivileged communities.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
uin	45100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The Troubled Families Programme has an important role to play in tackling disadvantage and poverty through its focus on families affected by complex, multiple problems in England. The programme encourages services to consider the overlapping nature of problems which families face - tackling the root causes rather than responding to each problem in isolation. It promotes a new way of working, with services coming together - typically through one dedicated worker - working with and understanding the needs of the whole family instead of constantly reacting to their individual problems.</p><p>Through the original programme, launched in 2012, over 116,000 families had their lives 'turned around' using the criteria of the first programme, with children back in school; youth crime and anti-social behaviour significantly reduced; and over 18,000 adults from troubled families into work. The new expanded programme now aims to support 400,000 families with multiple, complex problems by 2020, and transform for the long term the way that public services work with families facing multiple disadvantages.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 14/09/2016 16:38:27 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

576742

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that best practice in planning is shared between local authorities.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	45076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>My department continues to fund the work of the Planning Advisory Service, which exists to help local planning authorities share best practice, improve procedures and understand changes in national legislation and policy. Its current work concentrates in particular on places that need to prepare up-to-date plans and improve their development management services.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 14/09/2016 16:39:29 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson