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89574

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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	Television
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	207213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department has no recorded expenditure on the purchase of televisions in either year. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><ins class="ministerial">The Department of Energy &amp; Climate Change did not purchase any televisions in 2013. In 2014 three televisions were purchased at a cost of £851.82. In addition, two televisions were purchased as part of a new video-conferencing kit (for which they are exclusively used) but these were not priced separately.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 09/09/2014 15:46:23 question first ministerially corrected 12/09/2014 11:15:57 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 19125 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

62351

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Extradition: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 620W, on arrest warrants, in addition to Slovakia, Latvia, Belgium and the Czech Republic, which other EU member states retain an absolute bar on extraditing nationals in non-European Arrest Warrant extradition cases.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	201018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>In non-European Arrest Warrant cases, the following EU Member States have an absolute bar on extraditing their own nationals: <br><br>• Austria<br>• Belgium<br>• Czech Republic<br>• France<br>• Germany<br>• Greece<br>• Latvia<br>• Luxembourg<br>• Slovakia<br>• Slovenia<br>• Spain<br><br>In addition, Finland and Sweden have an absolute bar to extraditing their own nationals to countries other than Norway &amp; Iceland.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/09/2014 15:33:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

63199

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the Government spend per head of population on fire and rescue services in (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Sherwood
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Spencer
	uin	201779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below shows local authority expenditure on fire and rescue services, as well as the number of fire incidents attended, over the last decade. It illustrates the significant fall in the number of incidents attended, whilst average spending has remained broadly the same over that long-term period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Expenditure per head</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Fire incidents attended</em></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>£31.98</p></td><td><p>£34.82</p></td><td><p>13,800</p></td><td><p>473,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>£35.83</p></td><td><p>£38.36</p></td><td><p>9,000</p></td><td><p>342,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>£35.40</p></td><td><p>£40.56</p></td><td><p>8,700</p></td><td><p>336,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>£36.85</p></td><td><p>£43.03</p></td><td><p>8,600</p></td><td><p>336,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£38.61</p></td><td><p>£43.46</p></td><td><p>7,700</p></td><td><p>293,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£38.61</p></td><td><p>£40.60</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>249,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£39.54</p></td><td><p>£41.71</p></td><td><p>6,200</p></td><td><p>241,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£38.48</p></td><td><p>£41.12</p></td><td><p>5,600</p></td><td><p>228,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£37.64</p></td><td><p>£39.87</p></td><td><p>6,100</p></td><td><p>223,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£36.98</p></td><td><p>£39.61</p></td><td><p>3,300</p></td><td><p>154,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>Sources: Revenue Outturn forms and Office of National Statistic’s mid-year population estimates. </sup></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Department does not publish statistics by the former Government Office Regions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Last year, Sir Ken Knight’s independent review of the fire and rescue services found huge variations in the way that local fire and rescue authorities operated. Services continue to spend according to the budget they are given, rather than to the risks they have to manage. Huge variations exist between how the 46 different fire authorities operate, with the cost per head of providing a service almost double in some areas to that of others. This did not seem to be related to whether they are large or small, rural or urban, deprived or affluent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sir Ken concluded that there were significant opportunities for sensible savings such as through: sharing of senior staff, reforms to flexible staffing and crewing arrangements, better procurement, shared services, collaboration with emergency services and other organisations on service delivery and estates, sickness management, locally-led mergers and operational collaborations, new fire-fighting technology, preventative approaches and working with local businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 09/09/2014 14:58:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

78397

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	Domestic Visits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which tourist and cultural attractions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department (i) have visited and (ii) plan to visit in (A) Preston constituency, (B) Lancashire, (C) North West England and (D) London in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	206325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/09/2014 11:48:39 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

78669

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2014
	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	Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has any plans to increase the number of replies within his Department's working day standard; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	206484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>This year to date the Department has replied to 90% of letters from Hon. Members within the 20 working day standard. We aim to improve still further during the remainder of the year.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/09/2014 11:47:30 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78891

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	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	EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within his Department's responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	206652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>There have not been any instances where the UK has lost infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters falling within DCMS’ responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 09/09/2014 11:46:20 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

79005

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Savings and Investments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each Scottish parliamentary constituency by sub-contractors or agencies working on behalf of National Savings and Investments.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Mr Ian Davidson
	uin	206752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>National Savings &amp; Investments employ 165 people, of whom 8 work in Scotland. National Savings and Investment’s (NS&amp;I) operational services are provided by Atos, with 1,528 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) people employed across the UK as of 13<sup>th</sup> August. Of these, 1,074 FTE are permanent staff, 430 FTE are agency staff (varied on demand) and 24 FTE are IT contractors from SOPRA. At present NS&amp;I and Atos work at one office in Scotland at Cowglen (Constituency: Glasgow South) but will be moving to two new offices: Capella (Constituency: Glasgow Central) &amp; Orbital (Constituencies: East Kilbride, Strathaven &amp; Lesmahagow) in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>The building at Cowglen is much larger than the current headcount of staff requires according to Government space standards. Our two new sites will provide for the anticipated future needs of NS&amp;I operations in Glasgow.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>With the introduction of the ‘Savings bonds for the 65s and over’ in January 2015 there will be a temporary increase in the number of staff to handle peak demand. Exact numbers are yet to be finalised and are still under discussion but some of these will be based in Glasgow Capella &amp; Orbital.</p><p> </p><p>The headcount and geographical breakdown as of 13 August 2014 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Scotland, by constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff (all numbers Full Time Equivalent)</p></td><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>Cowglen (Glasgow South) current</p></td><td><p>Capella (Glasgow Central) near future</p></td><td><p>Orbital (East Kilbride, Strathaven &amp; Lesmahagow) near future</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NS&amp;I</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Atos</p></td><td><p>1074 permanent</p></td><td><p>471 permanent</p></td><td><p>340 permanent</p></td><td><p>131 permanent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>430</p><p>agency</p></td><td><p>188</p><p>agency</p></td><td><p>168</p><p>agency</p></td><td><p>21</p><p>agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24</p><p>contractors (SOPRA)</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 206753 question first answered 09/09/2014 14:57:18 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	611 label Biography information for Mr Ian Davidson

79006

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	National Savings and Investments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are employed by National Savings and Investments in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) each Scottish parliamentary constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Mr Ian Davidson
	uin	206753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>National Savings &amp; Investments employ 165 people, of whom 8 work in Scotland. National Savings and Investment’s (NS&amp;I) operational services are provided by Atos, with 1,528 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) people employed across the UK as of 13<sup>th</sup> August. Of these, 1,074 FTE are permanent staff, 430 FTE are agency staff (varied on demand) and 24 FTE are IT contractors from SOPRA. At present NS&amp;I and Atos work at one office in Scotland at Cowglen (Constituency: Glasgow South) but will be moving to two new offices: Capella (Constituency: Glasgow Central) &amp; Orbital (Constituencies: East Kilbride, Strathaven &amp; Lesmahagow) in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>The building at Cowglen is much larger than the current headcount of staff requires according to Government space standards. Our two new sites will provide for the anticipated future needs of NS&amp;I operations in Glasgow.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>With the introduction of the ‘Savings bonds for the 65s and over’ in January 2015 there will be a temporary increase in the number of staff to handle peak demand. Exact numbers are yet to be finalised and are still under discussion but some of these will be based in Glasgow Capella &amp; Orbital.</p><p> </p><p>The headcount and geographical breakdown as of 13 August 2014 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Scotland, by constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff (all numbers Full Time Equivalent)</p></td><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>Cowglen (Glasgow South) current</p></td><td><p>Capella (Glasgow Central) near future</p></td><td><p>Orbital (East Kilbride, Strathaven &amp; Lesmahagow) near future</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NS&amp;I</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Atos</p></td><td><p>1074 permanent</p></td><td><p>471 permanent</p></td><td><p>340 permanent</p></td><td><p>131 permanent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>430</p><p>agency</p></td><td><p>188</p><p>agency</p></td><td><p>168</p><p>agency</p></td><td><p>21</p><p>agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24</p><p>contractors (SOPRA)</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 206752 question first answered 09/09/2014 14:57:18 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	611 label Biography information for Mr Ian Davidson

79215

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what arrangements his Department has put in place for the public recognition of acts of heroism by private citizens; if he will make it his policy to apply these to the women who confronted the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby and who sought to help the attacked soldier; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest East
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
	uin	206872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>Civilian gallantry awards were introduced in 1940 for acts of heroism and great gallantry other than in the face of the enemy. The majority of recommendations are made through official channels (for example from the Emergency Services) and all cases are judged on their individual merit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 09/09/2014 15:13:15 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

79286

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	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	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when his Department plans to make a decision about future funding of students and recognition of courses at the 23 private colleges which it suspended from recruiting further students in November 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
	uin	207043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department required all alternative providers to reapply to have their courses designated for student support for the 2014/15 academic year. All alternative providers, including those that had their designations suspended for the remainder of the 2013/14 academic year, are being reviewed against the new criteria, and have already received a final decision or have been invited to submit additional information.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 09/09/2014 16:15:12 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey