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229538

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	UK Membership of EU
	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 assessment he has made of the contribution of EU membership to business and the economy in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	908352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The European Single Market gives British firms access to 500 million consumers and, as our largest trading partner, is responsible for almost half of this country’s exports. A wide range of economic studies demonstrate the benefits to the UK economy from EU membership.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Twickenham answering member printed Vince Cable question first answered 26/03/2015 14:31:59 answering member 207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

229263

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on child poverty of the introduction of child maintenance service charges.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Mike Wood
	uin	228852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North, Catherine McKinnell, on 13 October 2014 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2014-10-13&amp;answered-to=2014-10-13&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=208928" target="_blank">208928</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:14:54 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood

229266

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the gender impact of the introduction of child maintenance service charges.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Mike Wood
	uin	228853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of the gender impact of fees and charges for the new Child Maintenance Service was published in the Equality Impact Assessment for the Child Support Fees Regulations 2013. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220219/eia-child-support-fees.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220219/eia-child-support-fees.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:20:32 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood

229412

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 19 February 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regards to Nurv Saadi.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
	uin	228938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith), replied on the 25 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:23:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

229414

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	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	Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times he and Ministers in his Department visited Scotland in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	228921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on the 03 July 2014 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-06-26/202811/" target="_blank">202811</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since the last Question given on the 03 July 2014 Minister for Pensions Rt. Hon. Steve Webb MP attended the Gleneagles Conference in September 2014 and Minister for Disabled People Mark Harper MP attended the Commonwealth Games in July 2014.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:19:51 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

228783

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	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	Holocaust Memorial Day
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department makes available for individual Holocaust memorial projects.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	228558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>This Department is firmly committed to sustaining the memory of the Holocaust.</p><p> </p><p>We have funded the annual Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January to commemorate the Holocaust and subsequent genocides. This also includes funding a programme to raise awareness of the Srebrenica genocide.</p><p> </p><p>We support the Post Holocaust Issues Envoy to represent the UK in international fora on restitution. We have funded the Anne Frank Trust to educate 35,000 young people and equip them to challenge prejudice and hatred.</p><p> </p><p>We have also funded the Wiener Library to help UK citizens trace relatives during the Nazi persecution and contributed to the on going restoration and preservation of Auschwitz Birkenau.</p><p> </p><p>On 27 January the Prime Minister announced the formation of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation which will oversee the establishment of the new National Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre. We will initially act as sponsor to this permanent body.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 26/03/2015 08:56:16 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

229345

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	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	Parks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the National Trust on the preservation of public parks.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	228925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations are published on-line as part of our transparency agenda. They are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-communities-and-local-government&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-communities-and-local-government&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a><br><br></p><p> </p><p>Through the Community Right to Bid, introduced as part of the Localism Act 2011, communities and local groups can protect local assets, such as parks, playing fields and allotments, by nominating them to be listed by the local authority as an Asset of Community Value. If the listed asset comes up for sale, local community groups can ‘pause’ the sale for a period of time in order to raise the finance to make a bid to buy it.</p><p> </p><p>In February, the Department held a green spaces seminar to explore barriers to pursuing innovative solutions to protecting green spaces and to consider what actions central government might usefully take to help remove some of these. The National Trust attended this seminar and presented the approach they are exploring in partnership with Sheffield City Council to create an endowment fund for the city’s parks. This work is being pursued as part of the £1 million Rethinking Parks project initiated by Nesta, Heritage Lottery Fund and the Big Lottery.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 26/03/2015 08:50:59 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

170319

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of each grade worked in the Large Business Service team of HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	218590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Until 31 March 2014 HMRC’s Large Business Service dealt with the tax affairs of the 800 largest businesses in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 April 2014 HMRC’s new Large Business directorate deals with the tax affairs of the 2,100 largest businesses in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>LBS (a) 2010-11</p><p> </p><p>Staff in Post end March 2011</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>SIP by Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band T</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Senior Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Higher Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assistant Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Admin Assistant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p><strong>1438 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>59.08</p></td><td><p>133.12</p></td><td><p>244.13</p></td><td><p>28.00</p></td><td><p>128.43</p></td><td><p>417.67</p></td><td><p>175.84</p></td><td><p>112.58</p></td><td><p>54.13</p></td><td><p><strong>1352.98 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>LBS (b) 2011-12</p><p> </p><p>Staff in Post end March 2012</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band T</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Senior Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Higher Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assistant Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Admin Assistant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p><strong>1306 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>60.89</p></td><td><p>117.75</p></td><td><p>225.91</p></td><td><p>21.00</p></td><td><p>111.23</p></td><td><p>362.47</p></td><td><p>161.24</p></td><td><p>100.34</p></td><td><p>50.89</p></td><td><p><strong>1211.72 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>LBS (c) 2012-13</p><p> </p><p>Staff in Post end March 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band T</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Senior Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Higher Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assistant Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Admin Assistant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p><strong>1194 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>51.87</p></td><td><p>117.97</p></td><td><p>198.46</p></td><td><p>22.00</p></td><td><p>100.58</p></td><td><p>314.24</p></td><td><p>140.22</p></td><td><p>113.10</p></td><td><p>36.47</p></td><td><p><strong>1094.91 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>LBS (d) 2013-14</p><p> </p><p>Staff in Post end March 2014</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band T</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Senior Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Higher Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assistant Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Admin Assistant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p><strong>1303 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>50.33</p></td><td><p>148.24</p></td><td><p>243.01</p></td><td><p>12.00</p></td><td><p>113.88</p></td><td><p>356.82</p></td><td><p>147.68</p></td><td><p>105.61</p></td><td><p>20.19</p></td><td><p><strong>1197.76 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>e) 2014-15 to date</p><p> </p><p>Not Available</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/03/2015 09:58:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

170322

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of each grade resigned from the Large Business Service team of HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	218593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Until 31 March 2014 HMRC’s Large Business Service dealt with the tax affairs of the 800 largest businesses in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 April 2014 HMRC’s new Large Business directorate deals with the tax affairs of the 2,100 largest businesses in the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Large Business Service</p><p> </p><p>Resignations by grade</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) 2010-11</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band T</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Senior Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Higher Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assistant Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Admin Assistant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>9 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>1.00</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1.00</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>5.00</p></td><td><p>1.00</p></td><td> </td><td><p>0.58</p></td><td><p><strong>8.47</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b) 2011-12</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band T</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Senior Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Higher Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assistant Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Admin Assistant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HC</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td> </td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.41</p></td><td> </td><td><p>0.65</p></td><td><p>2.00</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1.58</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>8.04</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(c) 2012-13</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band T</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Senior Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Higher Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assistant Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Admin Assistant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>8 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>2.00</p></td><td><p>1.00</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>1.95</p></td><td><p>1.00</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>7.25</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(d) 2013-14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Band T</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Senior Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Higher Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assistant Officer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Admin Assistant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HC</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>13 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>0.86</p></td><td><p>1.28</p></td><td><p>2.00</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>1.69</p></td><td><p>2.61</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td> </td><td><p><strong>11.44</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(e) 2014-15 to date</p><p> </p><p>Not Available</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/03/2015 09:59:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

227722

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Married People: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) mean and (b) median transfer between married and civil partners under the marriage allowance in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	227760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on transferable tax allowance for married couples and civil partners can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293790/TIIN_2518_transferable_tax_allowance_for_married_couples_and_civil_partners.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293790/TIIN_2518_transferable_tax_allowance_for_married_couples_and_civil_partners.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/03/2015 09:59:33 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell