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100666

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	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	Acorn Agricultural Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2014 to Question 209889, how many complaints his Department received about Acorn Agriculture Finance (a) before and (b) after that company was granted licences.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Companies House does not have a company registered in the name of Acorn Agriculture Finance. A company in the name of Acorn Agricultural Finance Limited is shown on the company index of names and Companies House has not received any complaints against the company.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 15:40:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

174653

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	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	Land: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of land was registered in Wales in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	221369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the table below. Data for Wales has only been collected since September 2005. In addition, total area figures shown for 2006 and 2007 are lower than the rest and this is due to an issue encountered with the Powys Administrative Area where the data was not being stored. The remaining years are correctly shown and include Powys.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total area, ha</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Registered freehold, ha</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Registered</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Not registered</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - Sep 2005</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>879,153</p></td><td><p>41.42%</p></td><td><p>58.58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2006*</strong></p></td><td><p>1,602,838</p></td><td><p>789,231</p></td><td><p>49.24%</p></td><td><p>50.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2007*</strong></p></td><td><p>1,602,838</p></td><td><p>874,775</p></td><td><p>54.58%</p></td><td><p>45.42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2008</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,229,649</p></td><td><p>57.94%</p></td><td><p>42.06%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2009</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,329,394</p></td><td><p>62.63%</p></td><td><p>37.37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,418,316</p></td><td><p>66.82%</p></td><td><p>33.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2011</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,494,752</p></td><td><p>70.43%</p></td><td><p>29.57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2012</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,541,732</p></td><td><p>72.64%</p></td><td><p>27.36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,591,521</p></td><td><p>74.99%</p></td><td><p>25.01%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total - 31 March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>2,122,453</p></td><td><p>1,653,802</p></td><td><p>77.92%</p></td><td><p>22.08%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figures do not include Powys</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/01/2015 15:03:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

175651

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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	Land: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much and what proportion of land was registered in Wales in each year since 1985.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	221987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 27 January to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-20/221369/" target="_blank">221369</a>. Land Registry does not hold the requested figures on the proportion of land registered in Wales in each year since 1985.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 12:53:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

175652

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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	Land: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the ownership of unregistered land in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	221988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Land Registry figures show that on 31 March 2014 22.08% of the land in Wales was unregistered. Land which is currently unregistered will be registered with the Land Registry when there is a dealing with it. Land Registry continues to encourage and facilitate voluntary registration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 12:52:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

176329

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	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	Overseas Trade: Republic of Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value was of UK (a) exports to and (b) imports from Ireland in each year from 1985 for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	222618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Official (ONS) figures on UK trade in goods and services with Ireland are only available since 1999. These are shown in Table 1 below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: UK Trade in Goods and Services with Ireland, 1999-2013</strong></p><p> </p><p>£ billion, current prices</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exports</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Imports</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td><td><p>15.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td><td><p>13.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>23.5</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>24.4</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>26.7</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>28.7</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>25.1</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>27.4</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>28.9</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>28.7</p></td><td><p>18.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>26.7</p></td><td><p>17.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source: ONS Pink Book 2014 </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/02/2015 10:27:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

747654

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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	Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the proportion of people aged (a) 18 to 29, (b) 30 to 44, (c) 45 to 59, (d) 60 to 79 and (e) over 80-years old who have internet access in each parliamentary constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	2495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Whether a person has “internet access” can be measured in different ways, for example whether their household has a fixed broadband connection, or whether they own a smartphone. However, I am not aware of any estimates of the proportion of people who have internet access by age group in each parliamentary constituency.</p><p>Ofcom’s “Adults' media use and attitudes” reports also set out estimates of different types of “internet access”, including by age, and geographical location, but not at constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>Fixed broadband infrastructure is almost universally available across the UK, and we are bringing in a Universal Service Obligation to ensure everyone in the UK has the right to request an affordable connection to broadband of a minimum specified speed, from a designated provider, no matter where they live or work, up to a reasonable cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/07/2017 12:03:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760064

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many households received broadband speeds of less than 5mb in each constituency in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	10423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not have data on premises that receive speeds of less than 5Mbps. The Department has deposited in the House of Commons Library results of its modelling and analysis of broadband coverage by constituency, including figures for sub 2 and sub 10 Mbps premises. Similar information, by constituency, is also available from Think Broadband (http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/local/).</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 09/10/2017 12:19:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

786937

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Working Conditions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) physical and (b) mental wellbeing of staff employed in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	112404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Civil Service has set out five priorities for the health and wellbeing of its employees, including priorities in relation to physical and mental wellbeing. In addition, the Civil Service has also committed to being a leading employer on mental health support, in line with the recommendations set out in the recently published independent review Thriving At Work. We will benchmark our department to see how the support we provide employees currently measures up to the recommendations set out in the October 2017 Farmer/Stevenson review. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has also recently been awarded level 3 of the Disability Confident Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In DCMS dedicated Health and Well-being help is available on the intranet. This covers the Civil Service priority areas and includes information on how to cope with stress with frequent articles and blogs on mental health, musculoskeletal issues and embracing a healthy lifestyle.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Department provides information and support to help all employees to stay well and manage their health conditions at work. This support includes a variety of programmes like occupational health support, counselling support through the Employee Assistance Programme, HR Casework team and the Civil Service Workplace Adjustments Service which helps with adjustments for employees suffering from a mental health or physical condition. Line Managers also have access to a Stress Assessment and Reduction Plan toolkit for identifying and managing stress when required.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is a signatory to the Time to Change Pledge and raises awareness of the support available through national campaigns such as the “Time to Talk” day and the Mental Health Awareness Week.</p><p> </p><p>The Department supports the Employee Mental Health Network with a Senior Civil Servant Champion and has introduced Mental Health First Aiders and Champions who are trained to provide support and guide people towards appropriate professional help. The Network has had the visible support of the Department’s Permanent Secretary and Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>The Civil Service Unconscious Bias training is mandatory for all employees and the Department is working with line managers to support individuals with mental health conditions, part of which is encouraging line managers to undertake the Mental Health Awareness eLearning available on the Civil Service Learning Portal.</p><p> </p><p>The department participates in the Civil Service Workplace Challenges which promotes physical activities such as The Active Lunch Challenge, the Walking Challenge and the Physical Activity Week. We also promote national campaigns such as the One You campaign.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 20/11/2017 13:15:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

806066

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of her Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions have advised that the requested information was not available on the grounds of disproportionate cost associated with data collection and collation in the current Session.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	119164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As of 19th December, DCMS has answered 1,062 Written Parliamentary Questions, of which 12 or 1.1% were answered in such a manner. Pretty good I think.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/12/2017 17:25:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809696

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of her Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) collected or (b) collated centrally.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	120316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>As of 19th December, DCMS has answered 1,062 Written Parliamentary Questions, of which 19 or 1.8% were answered in such a manner. Also pretty low.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 21/12/2017 17:26:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane