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171049

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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, how many retired civil servants have received late pension payments since the spin out of MyCSP in 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	219344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>MyCSP was spun-out as a mutual joint venture in May 2012. Mutualising MyCSP was good for staff, taxpayers and for the service they provide to pensioners. MyCSP will almost halve the cost of administering pensions within a decade, while improving services which were variable before. Employees of MyCSP have benefited through dividends, which they have received in both years since mutualisation. Staff survey figures show rising staff engagement and a decline in sickness absence.</p><p>MyCSP Ltd took over administration of the pensioner payroll in September <del class="ministerial">2011</del><ins class="ministerial">2014</ins>. Legacy problems were inherited from the previous supplier, including 5,579 cases where payments had already been delayed or missed by September<ins class="ministerial"> 2014</ins>. MyCSP have now cleared all but 422 of these cases and MyCSP has switched available resources to reduce the remaining backlog as quickly as possible.</p><p>Since October<ins class="ministerial"> 2014</ins> there have been 1197 cases of delayed payment, most of which were the result of ongoing delays of the historic cases inherited from the previous supplier in September<ins class="ministerial"> 2014</ins>.</p><p>Since October<ins class="ministerial"> 2014</ins> 36 overseas pensioners have been awaiting payments. 33 of these are still outstanding because new banking mandates need to be completed to allow processing by the new paying bank.</p><p>MyCSP are doing everything possible to clear all remaining cases where payments are still due but are in many cases dependent on employers or pensioners themselves for the necessary information to do so. Where delayed payment has caused hardship MyCSP have been making emergency interim payments to members. The majority of the scheme’s 658,000 pensioners have been paid accurately and on time since September<ins class="ministerial"> 2014</ins>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/01/2015 18:02:36 question first ministerially corrected 09/01/2015 12:34:54 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham previous answer version 37628 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

171050

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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, how many retired civil servants have not received any pension payments from MyCSP since October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	219342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>MyCSP was spun-out as a mutual joint venture in May 2012. Mutualising MyCSP was good for staff, taxpayers and for the service they provide to pensioners. MyCSP will almost halve the cost of administering pensions within a decade, while improving services which were variable before. Employees of MyCSP have benefited through dividends, which they have received in both years since mutualisation. Staff survey figures show rising staff engagement and a decline in sickness absence.</p><p>MyCSP Ltd took over administration of the pensioner payroll in September 2014. Legacy problems were inherited from the previous supplier, including 5,579 cases where payments had already been delayed or missed by September 2014. MyCSP have now cleared all but 422 of these cases and MyCSP has switched available resources to reduce the remaining backlog as quickly as possible.</p><p>Since October 2014 there have been 1197 cases of delayed payment, most of which were the result of ongoing delays of the historic cases inherited from the previous supplier in September 2014.</p><p>Since October 2014 36 overseas pensioners have been awaiting payments. 33 of these are still outstanding because new banking mandates need to be completed to allow processing by the new paying bank.</p><p>MyCSP are doing everything possible to clear all remaining cases where payments are still due but are in many cases dependent on employers or pensioners themselves for the necessary information to do so. Where delayed payment has caused hardship MyCSP have been making emergency interim payments to members. The majority of the scheme’s 658,000 pensioners have been paid accurately and on time since September 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/01/2015 18:02:35 question first ministerially corrected 09/01/2015 09:05:54 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham previous answer version 37580 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

171051

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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, how many retired civil servants have received late pension payments from MyCSP since October 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	219343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>MyCSP was spun-out as a mutual joint venture in May 2012. Mutualising MyCSP was good for staff, taxpayers and for the service they provide to pensioners. MyCSP will almost halve the cost of administering pensions within a decade, while improving services which were variable before. Employees of MyCSP have benefited through dividends, which they have received in both years since mutualisation. Staff survey figures show rising staff engagement and a decline in sickness absence.</p><p>MyCSP Ltd took over administration of the pensioner payroll in September 201<del class="ministerial">1</del><ins class="ministerial">4</ins>. Legacy problems were inherited from the previous supplier, including 5,579 cases where payments had already been delayed or missed by September<ins class="ministerial"> 2014</ins>. MyCSP have now cleared all but 422 of these cases and MyCSP has switched available resources to reduce the remaining backlog as quickly as possible.</p><p>Since October<ins class="ministerial"> 2014</ins> there have been 1197 cases of delayed payment, most of which were the result of ongoing delays of the historic cases inherited from the previous supplier in September<ins class="ministerial"> 2014</ins>.</p><p>Since October<ins class="ministerial"> 2014</ins> 36 overseas pensioners have been awaiting payments. 33 of these are still outstanding because new banking mandates need to be completed to allow processing by the new paying bank.</p><p>MyCSP are doing everything possible to clear all remaining cases where payments are still due but are in many cases dependent on employers or pensioners themselves for the necessary information to do so. Where delayed payment has caused hardship MyCSP have been making emergency interim payments to members. The majority of the scheme’s 658,000 pensioners have been paid accurately and on time since September<ins class="ministerial"> 2014</ins>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/01/2015 18:02:36 question first ministerially corrected 09/01/2015 12:35:40 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham previous answer version 37627 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

171055

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Educational Institutions: Procurement
	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 2 December 2014 to Question 215805, what response his Department has received from educational institutions on his Department's guidance on the 2014 EU Procurement Directives.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	219319
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Of the 204 responses received to the Government’s consultation on implementing the 2014 EU Procurement Directives, 60 were from educational institutions.</p><p>We have had no specific feedback on the guidance that was issued in conjunction with the training programme on the new Directives in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/01/2015 16:26:53 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

171904

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 7 January 2013 to Question 135835, on Dover House, whether building work on the first floor of 70 Whitehall has been concluded; and when the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is expected to vacate Dover House.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Margaret Curran
	uin	219681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Under plans agreed prior to the 2010 General Election, 70 Whitehall is undergoing modernisation works. As a result, there are no current plans for the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office to vacate Dover House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/01/2015 16:26:30 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	3982 label Biography information for Margaret Curran

171905

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Legal Opinion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on the circumstances under which Departments should seek legal advice from the Attorney General; if he will publish that guidance; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	219683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Guidance on the circumstances under which departments can seek legal advice from the Law Officers including the Attorney General can be found in publicly available documents including the Ministerial Code and the Cabinet Manual.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 08/01/2015 18:02:05 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

171037

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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	Staff
	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 15 December 2014 to Question 217431, if he will make it his policy to record the ethnicity of staff working for companies contracted by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	219119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) seeks to ensure its procurement policy is aligned with wider Government policy as led by the Crown Commercial Service, part of the Cabinet Office. It is not currently BIS policy to request diversity data of the staff working for companies contracted by the Department, but we will keep this option under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 08/01/2015 16:16:13 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

171900

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	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	Productivity
	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 he is taking to increase productivity.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	219763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer my Rt.Hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 9 December 2014, UIN 217275.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/01/2015 16:22:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

172125

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	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	Self-employed: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on steps to reduce regulatory burdens on self-employed people; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	906878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to reducing the regulatory burden for all businesses. I recently announced that we have saved £10 billion over the last 4 years. For example, the Deregulation Bill will see changes made to health and safety law by removing a requirement for many self-employed people to carry out time-consuming risk assessments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/01/2015 17:58:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

172126

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	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	Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to address problems relating to retention monies and small businesses in the construction industry.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
	uin	906864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>The issue of retentions is complex and is a symptom of a wider payment culture in the construction industry. Government is working with the industry to address this culture through the Construction Leadership Council, which has developed a payment charter which includes a commitment to zero retentions by 2025. Officials are meeting with organisations from across the construction supply chain to take this forward, as part of a wider discussion about payment reporting requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/01/2015 16:17:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams