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432664

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Lord Coe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much UK Sport spent in support of the campaign of Lord Coe becoming President of the IAAF on (a) fees to consultancies, (b) direct payments to Lord Coe's campaign team, (c) travel and subsistence, (d) entertainment expenses and (e) other items.
	tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
	tabling member printed	Damian Collins
	uin	17827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As recently reported, UK Sport's international relations grant to British Athletics contained an amount of £63,000 used to support the communications costs of Lord Coe's year-long election campaign. In addition, approximately £7,000 has also been spent on seconded UK Sport staff assisting with the campaign.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As recently reported, UK Sport's international relations grant to British Athletics contained an amount of £63,000 used to support the communications costs of Lord Coe's year-long election campaign. In addition, approximately £7,000 has also been spent on seconded UK Sport staff and an independent contractor assisting with the campaign.</ins></p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 01/12/2015 17:10:17 question first ministerially corrected 02/12/2015 14:16:41 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch previous answer version 33128 answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins

432774

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	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	Energy: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations she has received from community energy companies on removal of their entitlement to social investment tax relief.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	17806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has not received any direct representations from community energy companies on removal of their entitlement to social investment tax relief, however this is an HM Treasury policy lead.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Further to my previous answer, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has now received a small number of representations from community energy companies on removal of their entitlement to social investment tax relief. These have been transferred to HM Treasury as the policy lead on this matter.</ins></p><p><br /></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 10:09:04 question first ministerially corrected 08/12/2015 16:37:58 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 33172 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

432665

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Listed Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on the introduction of application fees for listed building consent.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
	uin	17782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Ministers are considering a number of measures relating to local Heritage management as part of the Cultural White Paper, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 03/12/2015 16:31:21 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

432859

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	S4C: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the effect of the reductions in funding to S4C proposed in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
	tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
	uin	17789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which provide opportunities to discuss a range of issues, including matters related to funding of services across Wales.</p><p>The Government is committed to Welsh language programming and to the future of S4C. The majority of S4C’s funding comes via the BBC and last week's spending review settlement on the Government element of S4C's funding therefore represents a modest reduction in its overall funding.</p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 03/12/2015 12:59:24 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
	tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

432600

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much of the Law Officers' Departments funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Nicola Blackwood
	uin	17757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>Spending Review 2015 set out settlements for departments and showed how the government will deliver on its priorities, eliminate the deficit, and deliver security and opportunity for working people.</p><p>Final decisions on internal departmental funding allocations for future years, including for research and development, have not yet been made.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/12/2015 11:11:25 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

432601

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what training the Law Officers' Departments have provided to staff on the family test; what other steps he has taken to raise awareness of the family test among staff of the Law Officers' Departments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
	uin	17921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department provides training to all lawyers within the Government Legal Service, Attorney General’s Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, and hosted a training session on the legal implications of The Family Test in May 2015. While training places were prioritised for lawyers advising the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), all government lawyers were eligible to apply.</p><p>In addition, the training committee within the DWP legal advisers will consider the inclusion of further training on The Family Test in response to any further needs identified.</p><p>The Serious Fraud Office and Crown Prosecution Service are not directly involved in frontline policy development and whilst they are aware of the published DWP guidance on applying the test, no specific training has been deemed necessary at this stage. However, they would of course apply the test should the need arise.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 03/12/2015 11:06:43 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

432821

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department carries out of the needs of Syrian refugees who are admitted to the UK to ensure they receive the support they need.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	17822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The UNHCR identifies refugees for potential resettlement under the Syrian VPR scheme using their vulnerability criteria. Once our security processes have been completed, a full medical assessment is conducted by the International Organisation for Migration in the host country. Local Authorities are provided with case details of all referrals so they can consider whether they have the infrastructure and support networks needed to ensure appropriate care and integration of refugees.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 03/12/2015 17:44:01 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

432626

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on the household income of a family with two earners and three children which becomes a new claimant of universal credit and which is not migrating from a legacy benefit of the Government's proposed changes to universal credit announced in the Summer Budget 2015 in each of the next four financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	17936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>At the summer budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer set out the Government’s commitment to move the UK from a high tax, high welfare, low wage society to a lower tax, lower welfare, higher wage society. This remains the case, and Universal Credit (UC) is delivering this.</p><p>UC is a fundamentally different benefit to the legacy benefit system and provides people with support into, and to progress in work.</p><p>Therefore there is no meaningful way of comparing an unreformed Tax Credit system with Universal Credit. The Government has committed to transitional arrangements as we reform the benefits and Tax Credit system. Those transferred by DWP from tax credits to UC will receive Transitional Protection. In addition, estimates of entitlements under UC of the sort requested will vary depending on assumptions on the level of earnings.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 17934 18169 18170 18171 18172 18173 18174 18175 18226 question first answered 08/12/2015 17:37:09 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

432629

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect on the income of a new claimant of universal credit who is not migrating from a legacy benefit of the Government's proposed changes to universal credit announced in the Summer Budget 2015 in each of the next four financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	17941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost</p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 17882 17883 18029 question first answered 01/12/2015 14:50:54 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

432632

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	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	Welfare Tax Credits: Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the average transitional protection award that will be paid to the claimants who are migrated from tax credits to universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	uin	17934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>At the summer budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer set out the Government’s commitment to move the UK from a high tax, high welfare, low wage society to a lower tax, lower welfare, higher wage society. This remains the case, and Universal Credit (UC) is delivering this.</p><p>UC is a fundamentally different benefit to the legacy benefit system and provides people with support into, and to progress in work.</p><p>Therefore there is no meaningful way of comparing an unreformed Tax Credit system with Universal Credit. The Government has committed to transitional arrangements as we reform the benefits and Tax Credit system. Those transferred by DWP from tax credits to UC will receive Transitional Protection. In addition, estimates of entitlements under UC of the sort requested will vary depending on assumptions on the level of earnings.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 17936 18169 18170 18171 18172 18173 18174 18175 18226 question first answered 08/12/2015 17:37:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves