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177084

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Financial Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to encourage banks to offer their services to money service businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	222940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to supporting a healthy and legitimate remittance sector, and ensuring that UK citizens are able to continue to remit funds safely to family abroad. That is why, in response to the withdrawal of banking services from the Money Service Business sector we set up an Action Group on Cross Border Remittances to address this issue. The group is monitoring changes to the market, has developed guidance for MSBs and banks and is promoting a shared understanding of risk. The group is also overseeing the development of a Safer Corridor to ensure the continued, secure flow of remittances to Somalia.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers have been engaging closely with the banking industry both through the British Bankers Association and directly with those banks involved in this issue, including personally writing to and phoning a number of banks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/02/2015 12:29:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

177130

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Qualifications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether military personnel are permitted to sit or re-sit GCSEs once their initial training has come to an end.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	222945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Members of the Armed Forces can sit, or re-sit, a GCSE at any point in their career, provided they do so through a recognised examination centre. Service Education centres are able to provide this facility free of charge in the UK and when serving overseas.</p><p>Where Service personnel choose to sit examinations at an external Examination Centre, for example where the examination is not offered by their Service Education Centre, financial support is provided through the Standard Learning Credit Scheme which allows Service personnel to claim 80% of course and examination fees (including GCSEs), up to a maximum of £175 per financial year. Standard Learning Credits are unable to be used for an examination resit only, as a course of instruction must be included.</p><p>Military personnel are also entitled to use Colleges of Further Education to attend a variety of education courses and to take examinations and resits, subject to payment of the appropriate fees.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/02/2015 17:40:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

177131

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Military Corrective Training Centre Colchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether detainees aged under 18 years are accommodated separately from adults at the Military Corrective Training Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	222946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Detainees aged 16 years are always accommodated separately from adults.</p><p>Detainees aged 17 years may be accommodated with older detainees, but only if this is their stated wish. In that event, the decision is subject to a detailed risk assessment.</p><p>Over the 12 months to 31 December 2014, there were no detainees aged 16 years and two detainees aged 17 years held at the Military Corrective Training Centre.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/02/2015 17:45:35 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

177154

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Coal Gasification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussion his Department has had with HM Treasury on the viability of the development and operation of deep offshore underground coal gasification projects from licences issued by the Coal Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	222841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) is an emerging technology and there are currently no commercial projects. We are working across Government to assess the opportunities provided by UCG.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/02/2015 14:31:24 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

177182

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Human Papillomavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 5.26 of his Department's report, An Intelligence Framework for Cancer published in December 2011, what discussions he has had with Public Health England on funding a new database to support the introduction of Primary HPV screening through a single national screening database.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	222866
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Information technology to support cervical screening and the potential introduction of primary human papillomavirus (HPV) screening will be discussed at the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Cervical Screening (ACCS) on 12 February 2015. Public Health England (PHE) will be made aware of any ACCS recommendations resulting from the meeting.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In April 2014 the UK National Screening Committee gave its support for a pilot to assess the value of using HPV TaPS for cervical disease, rather than the currently used cytology test. The pilot is establishing the feasibility of using HPV testing as the primary screen for cervical disease in order to achieve better outcomes for women, while minimising over-treatment and anxiety, and whether it is practical to roll out nationally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The pilot programme was developed by PHE and advised by the Advisory Committee on Cervical Screening. The pilot sites, which began in May 2013, are: Liverpool, Manchester, Northwick Park (Harrow), Bristol, Sheffield and Norwich. The first evaluation report is due in spring 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/02/2015 17:32:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

177165

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Tony Blair
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any official visits from (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Azerbaijan, (c) Kuwait, (d) Abu Dhabi, (e) Albania and (f) Libya were arranged or accompanied by Tony Blair since Mr Blair left office.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	222869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is not aware of Mr Blair’s involvement in any official visits from (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Azerbaijan, (c) Kuwait, (d) Abu Dhabi, (e) Albania or (f) Libya. That would be a matter solely for Mr Blair and the governments of those countries.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/02/2015 16:13:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

177169

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Tony Blair
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has received from Tony Blair on (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Azerbaijan, (c) Kuwait, (d) Abu Dhabi, (e) Albania and (f) Libya since Mr Blair left office.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	222871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>We have searched the available records to provide this answer. To search archived records would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>There is no record of representations received from Mr Blair on (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Azerbaijan, (c) Kuwait, (d) Abu Dhabi, (e) Albania or (f) Libya since he left office.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 09/02/2015 16:14:47 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

177170

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Tony Blair
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether Tony Blair has been provided with (a) transport and (b) accommodation in posts in (i) Azerbaijan, (ii) Kazakhstan, (iii) Kuwait, (iv) Abu Dhabi, (v) Albania and (vi) Libya since Mr Blair left office.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	222872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>We have searched the available records to provide this answer. To search archived records would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>From the information available, there is no record of Mr Blair having been provided with transport or accommodation in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Albania or Libya since leaving office.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/02/2015 16:55:34 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

177167

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Tony Blair
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Tony Blair has carried out any work for the Government since he left office.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	222868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Mr Blair has not carried out any work for the Government since leaving office.</p><p> </p><p>Mr Blair has a role as The Quartet Representative. The Quartet in an international body that has a mandate to help mediate Middle East peace negotiations. It consists of representatives from the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia. Mr Blair is not paid for this work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 10/02/2015 13:50:29 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

177166

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Tony Blair
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether any officials of his Department have been seconded to work directly for Tony Blair on (a) the Quartet and (b) other projects since Mr Blair left office.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	222870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office seconded two full-time members of staff to the Office of the Quarter Representative from 2007 until 2013.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 09/02/2015 16:16:18 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen