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156912

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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	EU External Trade: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what occasions have (a) EU companies seeking to trade in the US and (b) US companies seeking to trade in the EU claimed to have been discriminated against by the courts of the host nation in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	215459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Claims made by EU investors in third countries or vice versa may be made in a wide range of situations in which the UK government is not involved and about which it does not have access to relevant information.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/12/2014 14:57:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

166518

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2014
	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	EU External Trade: USA
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in which countries in the proposed TTIP trading bloc domestic courts have failed to provide compensation to foreign corporations whose property has been unfairly confiscated or whose contracts have been unfairly terminated; and what the reasons were for compensation not having been given.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	216258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills does not routinely hold information on, or assess the fairness or otherwise of, the compensation decisions of courts in other countries except for individual cases that are brought to our attention by British companies.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/12/2014 16:30:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

92114

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	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	Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Government's representative at the meeting of the EU Trade Policy Committee on 12 September 2014 supported the European Commission's inclusion of the Investor-State Dispute Mechanism in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	209693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>BIS’s director with responsibility for trade and investment policy represented the UK at the Trade Policy Committee of 12 September 2014.</p><p>The Government supports the inclusion of an Investor-State Dispute Settlement clause in CETA, as part of a significantly wider trade deal which could deliver economic benefits to the UK of up to £1.3 billion. The Government believes the negotiated text strikes an appropriate balance, ensuring a level of protection that would support investment between EU and Canada while also preserving the right of EU Member State governments to regulate in the public interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/10/2014 13:39:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

347363

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Internet: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase disabled people's access to the internet.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone in the UK has digital skills.</p><p>The Government Digital Service (GDS), part of Cabinet Office, is working closely with organisations including RNIB, Abilitynet and Remploy. Some of these organisations are Digital Inclusion Charter signatories and research is underway to identify digital inclusion interventions that help people with differing needs.</p><p>The new Alliance for Digital Accessibility, supported by the Department for Culture Media and Sport, will ensure that no one is excluded from access to government digital services or the internet more broadly. All departments are committed to supporting activity under the Digital Inclusion Strategy to reduce the number of people who lack basic digital skills by 25% by 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/06/2015 11:28:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

513578

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will take steps to allow web-users to include honours when completing government online forms.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Will Quince
	uin	34465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for individual departments who are responsible for determining the level of information required for their online forms.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/04/2016 10:34:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

164311

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	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	Regeneration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what investment in regeneration projects the Regeneration Investment Organisation has secured in the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
	tabling member printed	Wayne David
	uin	215654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Having built up a ‘shovel ready’ pipeline of 41 projects within 12 months, UK Trade and Investment’s Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO) will shortly announce its first win for this financial year. RIO hopes to deliver two more project wins this financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Beyond this, RIO’s £112bn long-term pipeline has the potential to create 640,000 jobs. 41 out of a total 180 projects have undergone technical investment evaluation and this number will soon rise to 100 verified projects. RIO has prioritised its overseas investors from 7 key markets and continues to support investment and supply chain development into ongoing projects such as Manchester Airport City and Battersea Power Station.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 16:16:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 30716 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

436536

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve the morale of staff within the civil service.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	902481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>It should be a source of pride that the Civil Service has successfully changed the way it operates and become more efficient - it is now delivering far more, for less, than it did before 2010. It is a tribute to the dedication and work of individual Civil Servants that job satisfaction remains high and wellbeing has increased.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/12/2015 17:56:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

387779

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how members of the public can access Government-commissioned reports on the gov.uk website which have been archived.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	5759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>It is our policy to keep content published on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> available as a public record. Any content which is not current, or has been superseded, is clearly marked including Government-commissioned reports.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/07/2015 11:17:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

63226

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Citizenship: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students sat the Citizenship GCSE in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012, (e) 2013 and (f) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	201705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>Information on pupil entries in citizenship GCSE short courses is published in the “GCSE and equivalent results in England, 2012 to 2013 (revised)”[1] Statistical First Releases for each year. Information on the number of pupils entering citizenship GCSE full courses for 2010/11 to 2012/13 is provided in the following table. Prior to 2010/10, citizenship GCSE full courses did not exist. Provisional GCSE results for 2013/14 will be available in October 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">Pupils at the end of key stage 4 entering citizenship at GCSE<sup>1</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Years: 2010/11 - 2012/13<sup>2,3</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Coverage: England</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>Number of pupils</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td> </td><td>8,339</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td> </td><td>10,364</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td> </td><td>10,707</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>Source: Key stage 4 attainment data</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">1. Includes full course GCSEs only.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="13">2. Discounting has been applied so that only the best grade is counted where pupils have taken the same subject more than once, and only one entry is counted in these circumstances.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">3. Includes entries and achievements by these pupils in previous academic years.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] 2009/10 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-gcses-key-stage-4</a></p><p>2008/09 -<a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00196306/ks4-results-in-england-2008-09-(revised)" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/allstatistics/a00196306/ks4-results-in-england-2008-09-(revised)</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/06/2014 16:53:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

445856

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of ministerial letters have been signed on behalf of Ministers in their absence in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	23025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>In line with the guidance on handling Ministerial correspondence, the Cabinet Office ensures that all correspondence, wherever possible, is personally hand-signed by the appropriate responsible Minister.</p><p>Guidance to Departments on handling correspondence is available on Gov.uk - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441892/Cabinet_Office_Guidance_on_correspondence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441892/Cabinet_Office_Guidance_on_correspondence.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/01/2016 12:21:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 40564 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq