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78247

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Written Questions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she will discourage ministers and spokespersons from answering Questions for Written Answer by referring to websites, in order to accommodate those without internet access.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stoddart of Swindon
	uin	HL1142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2014 answer text <p>On 13 May the House agreed a new set of rules to govern the content of written answers, in response to the introduction of a new electronic system for submitting them. While the digital copy of answers will be the definitive record copy, all written answers will continue to be published, and a signed copy will continue to be sent to the Peer asking the question.</p><p>These rules make clear that all answers should be complete and comprehensible, and not rely on references to external documents or webpages. They also make clear that supporting documents should be included as attachments, not hyperlinks, and referred to in the answer itself. Any attachments that are included will be available in the Library to be printed out on demand.</p><p>All of these rules will help to accommodate those without internet access. I will remind all Lords Ministers to adhere to them.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 29/07/2014 16:24:58 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	950 label Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

78093

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many employees of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, broken down by grade, have remained at the same grade since 2010 and in that period received pay rises.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	205746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p> </p><p><em>Letter from Marcial Boo, July 2014:</em></p><p> </p><p>As Chief Executive of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking about IPSA staffing.</p><p> </p><p>29 of our current employees have worked for IPSA since 2010. Of those 29, 17 have remained at the same grade and received pay rises of 1% in 2012 and 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>F</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 12/09/2014 13:32:41 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

77829

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by the Law Officers' Departments since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	205965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) does not hold a register of duplicate payments. Appropriate controls are in place to prevent duplicate payments and if any are identified, action is taken to recover overpaid monies. As at 18 July 2014, there are no known unrecovered duplicate payments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Identification of the value of duplicate payments made by TSol, the Attorney General’s Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate since 2010 would require detailed analysis of accounting and other records which would incur disproportionate cost. However, in the 3 months since April 2014, TSol have identified and recovered duplicate payments with a total value of £13,068 representing 0.05% of the value of payments made during this period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Available records show that, since April 2010, the Serious Fraud Office has identified and recovered £46,000 in duplicate supplier payments. No other duplicate payments have been identified.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the value of duplicate payments identified by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) since 2009/10 and the proportion of such payments recovered in each of the last two financial years is presented below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Duplicate Payments and Recoveries 2009-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Duplicate payments</p></td><td><p>£135,958</p></td><td><p>£256,803</p></td><td><p>£72,729</p></td><td><p>£91,578</p></td><td><p>£149,124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recovered proportion</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td><td><p>98.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2014 12:14:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

77828

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many applications for a preliminary hearing for a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (a) the Director of Public Prosecutions and (b) the Serious Fraud Office have made since 24 February 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
	uin	205838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No such applications have been made so far.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2014 12:11:22 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

77882

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department paid to (a) G4S, (b) Serco, (c) Sodexo, (d) GEOAmey, (e) Capita, (f) Atos, (g) Mitie, (h) Working Links, (i) A4E, (j) MTC Amey, (k) GEO Group and (l) Carillion in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	205850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As part of my Department’s transparency programme, any spend over £250.00 is available on the Department’s website. Since January 2011, all contracts over £10,000 in value are published on Contracts Finder (<a href="https://connect.gps.gsi.gov.uk/owa/,DanaInfo=livs02.ogcbs.intranet,SSL+redir.aspx?C=69a2be988b35444e93da5e8e712195a1&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.contractsfinder.co.uk%2f" target="_blank">http://www.contractsfinder.co.uk/</a>).</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 22/07/2014 15:55:51 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

77875

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Fire Services: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the actuarial reduction for a firefighter who retires earlier than normal pension age under the proposed new pension scheme for firefighters is calculated from the state pension age and not the scheme's normal pension age.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	205715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under the terms of the Proposed Final Agreement for the firefighters’ pension scheme 2015 in England the actuarial reduction for a firefighter who retired earlier than the scheme’s Normal Pension Age but at the age of 57 or above would have been calculated from the Normal Pension Age. The actuarial reduction for a firefighter who retired between the ages of 55 and 57 would have been calculated from their state pension age. However, in the light of responses received to the second consultation on the firefighters’ pension scheme 2015, the Government decided to reinstate its offer, first made in June 2013, under which all actuarial reductions in the case of early retirement are calculated from the Normal Pension Age. This decision was communicated in a letter to Chief Fire Officers and Chairs of fire authorities on 9 July 2014. The letter can be found at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/firefighters-pension-scheme-reforms" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/firefighters-pension-scheme-reforms</a> and I have placed a copy in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2014 15:17:59 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

77876

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Fire Services: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a formal valuation of the existing firefighters' pensions schemes has been carried out since the Government Actuary's Department published its formal valuation in 2009.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	205716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government Actuary’s Department is currently undertaking a valuation of the firefighters’ pension schemes in England as at 31 March 2012, which is expected to report later this year. There have been no other valuations of the schemes since 2009.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2014 15:20:23 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

77877

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Fire Services: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the terms are of the firefighter pensions offer agreed by the Northern Ireland Executive.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	205751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The pension arrangements to apply to firefighters in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive. Northern Ireland is not covered by the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 which requires a Normal Pension Age of 60 to apply to firefighters in England, Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 205752 205937 question first answered 21/07/2014 15:19:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

77879

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Fire Services: Northern Ireland
	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 suitability for other negotiations of the accrual rate for pension entitlement used within the offer agreed by the Northern Ireland Executive in negotiations on firefighter pensions.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	205752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The pension arrangements to apply to firefighters in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Northern Ireland Executive. Northern Ireland is not covered by the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 which requires a Normal Pension Age of 60 to apply to firefighters in England, Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 205751 205937 question first answered 21/07/2014 15:19:32 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

77881

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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	Fire Services: Retirement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has tasked the National Board with setting guidelines on making decisions on ill-health retirement for firefighters.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	205753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The rules governing entitlement to an ill-health pension are set out in the firefighters’ pension schemes regulations. A firefighter is entitled to an ill-health pension if they are permanently incapacitated from undertaking their role. Decisions on ill-health retirement are taken by the fire and rescue authority in the first instance and the authority is bound by the opinion of an Independent Qualified Medical Practitioner. A firefighter may appeal against an authority’s decision on an issue of a medical nature to a board of medical referees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/07/2014 15:21:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown