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595391

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date	07/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 44306 and with reference to ONS figures detailing the record amount of bonuses paid in Great Britain last year, released in Average weekly earnings, bonus payments in Great Britain: financial year ending 2016, on 15 September, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his policies in curbing excessive performance bonuses; and what plans he has to tackle inequality in performance bonuses between industry sectors.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	46912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK is at the forefront of global efforts to tackle unacceptable pay practices in the banking sector and has the toughest regime on pay of any major financial centre.</p><p> </p><p>Firms are now required to have policies in place to defer, reduce, cancel or clawback bonuses in the event that poor performance or misconduct comes to light and the Government expects firms to be proactive in their application of these policies. Used in this way bonuses can be an effective incentive for staff to act in the long term interests of a business.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s efforts have resulted in a restructuring of pay including a significant reduction in cash bonuses, and a better alignment of risk and reward in the financial sector.</p><p> </p><p>Outside the financial services sector, it is for businesses to decide how they remunerate their employees provided minimum legal requirements are met. The ONS statistics show that bonuses as a percentage of total pay for sectors other than finance and insurance have remained relatively stable since 2000 at an average of 4.0%.</p><p> </p><p>The Government intends to publish a consultation document later this year that will set out a range of options for strengthening corporate governance and the way executive pay is set and reported, including greater disclosure of the targets that trigger bonus payments to company directors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 17/10/2016 09:47:04 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595392

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Local Growth Deals: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 44480, through what mechanisms devolution deals will reduce regional variations in tax generation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	46913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The government has devolved significant powers and funding from central government to city regions through devolution deals, including powers over transport, skills and planning. Devolution is about bringing together key levers at the right functional economic geography to drive economic growth. This will empower local leaders to invest money where it is most needed, to create high-quality jobs and boost local economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>The government has also announced that it will pilot the move to 100% business rate retention with Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region, and that this offer is open to other mayoral combined authorities, ensuring local areas and communities see the benefits of supporting businesses and jobs through increased local tax receipts.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 14/10/2016 09:52:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595394

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Local Growth Deals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 44480, what monitoring mechanisms are in place to collect data on the effects of his Department's devolution policies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	46914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that local areas are best placed to monitor the effects of devolution policies within their locality. All devolution deals include a commitment to putting in place a monitoring and evaluation plan, which is locally developed and administered with government support and signed off by government.</p><p>Combined authorities are also required to have local scrutiny committees, helping to ensure that those best placed to monitor devolution activity are empowered to do so.</p><p>It is the government’s view that this is an appropriate and proportionate approach to decentralising power.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 17/10/2016 14:45:10 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595401

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2016 to Question 46285, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of the national living wage on overtime, shift premiums and bank holiday payments for low paid workers; and whether an impact assessment on additional payments was carried out before the new national living wage was implemented.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government produced an <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/3/pdfs/ukia_20160003_en.pdf" target="_blank">impact assessment</a> prior to the introduction of the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>In preparing this impact assessment, the Government conducted an informal consultation with business groups to understand the likely impact arising from the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) – including on pay structures and reward packages. These responses are detailed within the impact assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment outlines a “ripple effect” associated with the introduction of the National Living Wage, which indirectly benefits workers up to the 25<sup>th</sup> percentile of the income distribution. By 2020, the NLW is expected to impact 2.9 million low paid workers directly - whilst a further 3.1 million workers earning above the National Living Wage are expected to see an increase in their income.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 47384 47431 question first answered 14/10/2016 12:42:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595402

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Companies: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2016 to Question 46285, on companies: costs, if he will produce a combined impact assessment of the package of measures announced by his predecessor.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government produced an <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/3/pdfs/ukia_20160003_en.pdf" target="_blank">impact assessment</a> prior to the introduction of the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>In preparing this impact assessment, the Government conducted an informal consultation with business groups to understand the likely impact arising from the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) – including on pay structures and reward packages. These responses are detailed within the impact assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment outlines a “ripple effect” associated with the introduction of the National Living Wage, which indirectly benefits workers up to the 25<sup>th</sup> percentile of the income distribution. By 2020, the NLW is expected to impact 2.9 million low paid workers directly - whilst a further 3.1 million workers earning above the National Living Wage are expected to see an increase in their income.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 47383 47431 question first answered 14/10/2016 12:42:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595406

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2016 to Question 46285, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the introduction of the national living wage on the wages of middle-income earners.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government produced an <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2016/3/pdfs/ukia_20160003_en.pdf" target="_blank">impact assessment</a> prior to the introduction of the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>In preparing this impact assessment, the Government conducted an informal consultation with business groups to understand the likely impact arising from the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) – including on pay structures and reward packages. These responses are detailed within the impact assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment outlines a “ripple effect” associated with the introduction of the National Living Wage, which indirectly benefits workers up to the 25<sup>th</sup> percentile of the income distribution. By 2020, the NLW is expected to impact 2.9 million low paid workers directly - whilst a further 3.1 million workers earning above the National Living Wage are expected to see an increase in their income.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 47383 47384 question first answered 14/10/2016 12:42:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595407

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of staff employed by his Department are non-UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules. Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose. More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. But there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 47594 question first answered 17/10/2016 09:44:00 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595417

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Local Housing Allowance: Sheltered Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to exempt sheltered housing tenants from the housing benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 15 September 2016 that we would be deferring the application of Local Housing Allowance Rates in the social sector for supported housing which includes sheltered housing until 2019/20.</p><p>At this point we will bring in a new funding model which will ensure that the sector continues to be funded at current levels, taking into account the effect of Government policy on social sector rents.</p><p>The Secretary of State also announced that a formal consultation would be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/10/2016 11:40:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595422

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Local Housing Allowance: Hostels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to what forms of hostel accommodation he plans to apply the housing benefit cap.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 15 September 2016 that we would be deferring the application of Local Housing Allowance Rates in the social sector for all those living in supported accommodation until 2019/20.</p><p>At this point we will bring in a new funding model which will ensure that the sector continues to be funded at current levels, taking into account the effect of Government policy on social sector rents.</p><p>The Secretary of State also announced that a formal consultation would be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/10/2016 15:53:37 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595427

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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 Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2016 to Question 44488, when he plans to tighten the Planning Guarantee for minor planning applications.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	46901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We will make an announcement about the timetable for tightening the Planning Guarantee for applications for minor development as part of our response to the consultation on implementing the Housing and Planning Act 2016.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/10/2016 11:18:43 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe