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524189

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how and why the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) joined the Metropolitan Police in announcing that retired police sergeant Gurpal Virdi was charged with misconduct in public office and with indecent assault on a person under 16 years; what publicity the CPS recorded as resulting at the time; when the memorandum of a conviction proved 1 April 1987 for offences on 7 November 1986 of a defendant born on 5 September 1970 with informant or complainant recorded as PC Markwick came to the attention of the CPS; what steps were taken to put right the effect of the wrong statement; when those steps were taken; and what the results of those steps were.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	40180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>A press release was issued by the Metropolitan Police Service which stated that the complainant was under 16. The CPS was not a party to this release and did not issue any other release. The CPS does not retain records of publicity resulting at the time.</p><p> </p><p>When the case was reviewed in 2014 for charging, the complainant and the witness clearly stated that the complainant had been 15 when the incident took place in 1986.<del class="ministerial"> In addition Mr Virdi also said in interview that the complainant had been 15 at the time of the incident.</del> The police summary stated that the complainant was 15. However the complainant’s date of birth and the date of his arrest were known and this mistake should not have been made.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS was supplied with the memorandum of conviction referred to on 17 September 2014.<del class="ministerial">The indictment was formally amended thereafter.</del></p><p> </p><p>No steps were taken to publicise the fact that the charge was later amended in open court to remove the assertion that the complainant was under 16.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 14/06/2016 13:53:54 question first ministerially corrected 24/06/2016 09:44:08 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright previous answer version 3723 answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

705510

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the procurement spend of the Law Officers' Departments was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	65676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The following figures, based on <del class="ministerial">published</del> accounts for <ins class="ministerial">the financial years from</ins> <ins class="ministerial">April</ins> 2010 to <ins class="ministerial">April</ins> 2016, show the procurement spend (all expenditure on goods, assets or services, not including expenditure relating to the remuneration of employees, non cash costs such as depreciation and local/national taxes such as rates and excluding any case settlement costs) for the Law Officers’ Departments. <ins class="ministerial">Figures for the financial year from April 2016- April 2017 are not yet available. </ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Value </ins> <ins class="ministerial">(£000s)</ins></p></td><td><p>2010<ins class="ministerial">-11</ins></p></td><td><p>2011<ins class="ministerial">-12</ins></p></td><td><p>2012<ins class="ministerial">-13</ins></p></td><td><p>2013<ins class="ministerial">-14</ins></p></td><td><p>2014<ins class="ministerial">-15</ins></p></td><td><p>2015<ins class="ministerial">-16</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2016</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLD*</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">52,300</del> <ins class="ministerial">49,533</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">49,533</del> <ins class="ministerial">52,426</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">52,426</del> <ins class="ministerial">47,070</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">47,070</del> <ins class="ministerial">60,167</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">60,167</del> <ins class="ministerial">70,649</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">70,649</del> <ins class="ministerial">68,804</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">68,804</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AGO</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,800</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,589</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,589</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,520</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,520</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,457</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,457</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,348</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,348</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,470</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,470</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,354</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,354</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMCPSI</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">821</del> <ins class="ministerial">893</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">893</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,032</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,032</del> <ins class="ministerial">417</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">417</del> <ins class="ministerial">409</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">409</del> <ins class="ministerial">388</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">388</del> <ins class="ministerial">419</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">419</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">315,581</del> <ins class="ministerial">307,168</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">274,816</del> <ins class="ministerial">270,597</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">269,612</del> <ins class="ministerial">255,429</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">244,121</del> <ins class="ministerial">252,916</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">284,482</del> <ins class="ministerial">289,727</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">347,658</del> <ins class="ministerial">258,876</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">325,560</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SFO</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21,696m</del> <ins class="ministerial">21,696</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18,968m</del> <ins class="ministerial">18,968</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17,884m</del> <ins class="ministerial">17,884</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31,689m</del> <ins class="ministerial">31,689</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26,887m</del> <ins class="ministerial">26,887</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22,358m</del> <ins class="ministerial">22,358</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21,904m</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The Treasury Solicitor’s Department until 31 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 06/03/2017 17:33:33 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2017 17:48:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 38730 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

541213

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many ministers (1) in the House of Lords, and (2) in the House of Commons, are presently unpaid.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL1376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2016 answer text <p>In the present Government there are five unpaid Ministers who are members of the House of Lords and three unpaid Ministers who are members of the House of Commons.</p> answering member printed Earl of Courtown question first answered 03/08/2016 13:48:50 question first ministerially corrected 03/08/2016 13:57:24 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown previous answer version 8779 answering member printed Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen answering member 4330
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

603990

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2016 to Question 37393, how many civil servants have had their exit payments capped at £95,000 prior to 1 October 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	48873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government legislated to end six figure exit payments in the public sector through the Enterprise Act and will lay secondary legislation to bring a £95,000 cap into force.</ins></p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 20/10/2016 16:10:50 question first ministerially corrected 21/10/2016 11:31:02 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 15558 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

657004

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2016 to Question 56146, how many people registering their identity have used the service to (a) report a medical condition that affects their driving, (b) renew a short-term medical driving licence, (c) check their income tax for the current year, (d) get a state pension statement, (e) sign into their personal tax account, (f) view or share driving licence information, (g) apply for universal credit, (h) claim for redundancy and monies owed, (i) file a self assessment tax return, (j) update rural payment details, (k) assist friends or family with their tax and (l) check or update company car tax details.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	57168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The number of new verified identity accounts used to register and access the following government services since <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> Verify went into public beta on the 14th October <del class="ministerial">2016,</del> <ins class="ministerial">2014,</ins> is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Government service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New verified accounts used to register and access a service (LOA2)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New basic accounts used to register and access a service (LOA1)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claim for redundancy and monies owed</p></td><td><p>42,875</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Update rural payment details</p></td><td><p>13,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>View or share driving licence information</p></td><td><p>24,482</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apply for universal credit</p></td><td><p>29,307</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Check or update company car tax details</p></td><td><p>49,088</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Assist friends or family with their tax</p></td><td><p>1,929</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sign into their personal tax account</p></td><td><p>43,539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>File a self assessment tax return</p></td><td><p>234,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Check their income tax for the current year</p></td><td><p>24,961</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Get a state pension statement</p></td><td><p>62,587</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Report a medical condition that affects their driving</p></td><td><p>979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renew a short-term medical driving licence</p></td><td><p>545</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/12/2016 17:28:31 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2016 12:34:59 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 26763 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

682932

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff have been seconded to Government Departments from (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Accenture, (d) KPMG, (e) McKinsey & Co, (f) Ernst and Young and (g) Bain & Company since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	62723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Secondments into government departments can be centrally arranged or arranged by individuals or their departments. The number of individuals with secondments arranged from the centre is 2. The number of staff on secondments which are not centrally arranged are not centrally held.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of Secondees Coming into Departments From Specified Companies</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Company</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Host Departments </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PWC</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>MOD / <del class="ministerial">HMT</del> <ins class="ministerial">CCS</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deloitte</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accenture</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPMG</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">0</del> <ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> DH/DWP/MOJ</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>McKinsey &amp; Co</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ernst and Young</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bain &amp; Company</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 06/02/2017 11:05:20 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2017 13:36:34 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer previous answer version 34145 answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

573962

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential for job creation in renewable energy sectors in the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
	tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
	uin	44433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The latest figures from the ONS suggest that, in 2014, 238,500 full-time equivalent employees were working directly in the Low Carbon and Renewable Energy sectors in the UK. This figure does not include additional jobs that have been created in the wider renewable energy supply chain.</p><p>The Low Carbon and Renewable Energy sectors will be at the heart of this Governments Industrial Strategy to support jobs and growth.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/10/2016 13:58:18 question first ministerially corrected 17/10/2016 10:05:24 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 13933 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991
	tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

658022

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for the implementation of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund; and how that fund will be funded.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	57486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Yes, employees are represented on the Department’s board. The Permanent Secretary is a standing member of the Departmental Board, and meets with the Departmental Trade Unions as staff representatives.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">There are several other ways in which the views of employees of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are currently already taken into account by the Departmental Board and its supporting committees.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Board regularly discusses staff related matters, such as the Civil Service People Survey results which reflect the views of the Department’s employees, including views on the transition programme to create a new Department.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Department’s governance structure includes a People and Operations Committee, chaired by the Directors General responsible for People, Corporate Services and the transition programme. This Committee has standing representation from the HR Director and staff diversity networks as full members. Recommendations from the Committee are routinely taken to the Department’s Executive Committee for endorsement and approval.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The composition of the Departmental Board is determined by Cabinet Office and HMT’s <em>Corporate Governance in Central Government Departments: Code of Good practice</em> (2011). Cabinet Office and HMT are currently in the process of refreshing this guidance to reflect current best practice.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Board also has external Non-Executive Board Members (NEBMs) as standing members. NEBMs provide external challenge and scrutiny and offer wider stakeholder views to the Board.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">A New Productivity Fund (NPIF) announced in the Autumn Statement will provide for £23 billion of spending between 2017-18 and 2021-22.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Through the NPIF the government will fund the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The fund will cover a broad range of technologies, to be decided by an evidence-based process. It will be delivered by Innovate UK and the Research Councils, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) when it is established.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We will begin to identify different challenge areas between now and the Budget in 2017. More detail on funding breakdown and proposals will be set out in due course.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/12/2016 14:33:05 question first ministerially corrected 19/12/2016 11:24:30 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 26999 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

541128

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to base staff of his Department working on industrial strategy in offices outside London.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	43632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department announced its decision earlier this year to create a combined headquarters and policy function in London, to deliver a simpler, smaller department that is more flexible and responsive to stakeholders and businesses by 2020. This involves basing all policy roles in London by 2018, which will include those roles working on Industrial Strategy issues. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Given the recent Machinery of Government changes, over the coming months BEIS will be considering what the right structure for the Department should be, in order to deliver its objectives.</ins></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 15315 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd 9321 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/10/2016 16:20:28 question first ministerially corrected 16/01/2017 16:20:09 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

706664

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2017
	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	Local Government: Dorset
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 1 March 2017 to Question 65075, what evidence he will have before him on the opinions and counter-proposals of the three councils which do not support the proposal.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	66169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>We are now considering carefully the unitary proposal on which the nine Dorset councils have been working, and which six of those councils have formally submitted, together with all the representations we have received to date, including the material submitted by East Dorset District Council under cover of a letter of 21 February from the Council Leader and by Christchurch Borough Council under cover of a letter of 22 February from the Council's Acting Leader<ins class="ministerial">,</ins><ins class="ministerial"> and from Purbeck District Council under cover of an email of 3 March from the Chief Executive</ins>.</p><p>Our intention is to reach and announce an initial decision as to how we are minded to proceed as soon as practicable. Once we have announced our initial decision, there will still be an opportunity for those interested to submit further representations, including any additional material which East Dorset District Council<ins class="ministerial">,</ins> <del class="ministerial">or</del> Christchurch Borough Council<ins class="ministerial">, or Purbeck District Council</ins> wishes to submit, before we take our final decision.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/03/2017 10:50:52 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2017 16:20:36 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 38406 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope