Linked Data API

uin

HL92

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

The House of Lords does not draw any of its food from organic sources nor is any of the food offered categorised as “whole-food”. Fruit and vegetables used by the House sourced from the home counties are set out in the table below. Free-range chicken served in the House is mostly from Gloucestershire and Essex. The Salt Marsh lamb is from the Romney Marsh in Kent. <table><tbody><tr><td>Produce</td><td>Source county</td></tr><tr><td>Asparagus</td><td>Hampshire</td></tr><tr><td>Beetroot</td><td>Bedfordshire</td></tr><tr><td>Bramley apple</td><td>Cambridgeshire</td></tr><tr><td>Cauliflower</td><td>Kent</td></tr><tr><td>Herbs (potted)</td><td>Hampshire</td></tr><tr><td>Jacket potatoes</td><td>Hertfordshire</td></tr><tr><td>New potatoes</td><td>Kent</td></tr><tr><td>Raspberries</td><td>Sussex</td></tr><tr><td>Red potatoes</td><td>Kent</td></tr><tr><td>Spring greens</td><td>Cambridgeshire</td></tr><tr><td>Strawberries</td><td>Kent</td></tr><tr><td>Tomatoes (gourmet)</td><td>Sussex</td></tr><tr><td>Vitelotte potatoes</td><td>Kent</td></tr></tbody></table>

question first answered

17/06/2014 16:40:59

answering member

2124

creator

2018

	label	Biography information for Lord Hylton

publisher

25277

	pref label	House of Lords

tabling member

2018

	label	Biography information for Lord Hylton

61253

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

24/06/2014

date

10/06/2014

date tabled

10/06/2014

ddp created

10/06/2014 23:19:27

ddp modified

06/02/2015 18:16:54

answering body

The Lord Chairman of Committees

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

200

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

Chairman of Committees (HoL)

hansard heading

House of Lords: Security

house id

identifier

HL213

legislature

25277

	pref label	House of Lords

parliament number

question first answered

18/06/2014 17:07:15

question text

To ask the Chairman of Committees whether he will initiate a debate in the House of Lords before any decision is taken to privatise the security arrangements of the House.

session

2014/15

session number

tabling member printed

Lord Stoddart of Swindon

title

House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL213

type

uin

HL213

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

The following information about decisions on the new security contract arrangements was published in March 2014:“In March 2015, the current contract with the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to provide armed protection, policing and security officer functions will expire. Over the last year, the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme (SARP) Board has been working to analyse options and make a recommendation on new contract arrangements to be introduced next year. That recommendation was endorsed by the Lords House Committee and the Commons Commission.The agreed recommendation is that the two Houses should renegotiate with the MPS to continue to provide security officer functions, armed protection and policing, whilst moving the provision of the search and screening function for the three main public entrances (Black Rod's Garden, Cromwell Green and Portcullis House) to a specialist commercial provider. The Clerk of the House and the Clerk of the Parliaments have now written to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner requesting new arrangements from 2015, and a commercial procurement for search and screening will start soon.This is a major contract for Parliament, both in terms of its financial value and its central role in ensuring the security of parliamentarians, employees and visitors to the Parliamentary Estate. As well as continuing to benefit from the expertise and experience of the Metropolitan Police officers and staff, new search and screening arrangements at the busiest public entrances will be better able to provide the greater flexibility and scalability needed to meet Parliament's changing requirements for public access”.Discussions with the Metropolitan Police Service on future arrangements are continuing. Security matters are not discussed on the floor of the House and the House Committee has agreed to the initial approach taken by the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme Board. That Committee will be further consulted during the process. I have no plans to initiate a debate on the floor of the House.

question first answered

18/06/2014 17:07:15

answering member

2124

creator

950

	label	Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

publisher

25277

	pref label	House of Lords

tabling member

950

	label	Biography information for Lord Stoddart of Swindon

26106

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

27/11/2013

date

22/11/2013

date tabled

22/11/2013

ddp created

22/11/2013 17:30:24

ddp modified

07/02/2015 00:03:45

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

177489

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

28/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which contracts his Department holds with (a) Capita, (b) A4E, (c) G4S, (d) Serco, (e) GeoAMEY, (f) Sodexo and (g) Mitie; when each contract started; how much each contract is expect to cost over its lifetime; when each contract is due to end; whether there are any options in the contract for extension; whether any financial penalties have been incurred by each contractor to date; and whether each such contract has a break clause.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 177489

type

uin

177489

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

I undertook to write to you when the information had been received. The table contained within Annex A details the live contracts that the Department holds with Capita, G4S, Serco, GeoAmey, Sodexo and MITIE. The table provides you with details on the start and end dates of these contracts, the estimated value of the contract as advertised when the procurement process was initiated, extension options and whether there is a break clause. Where information pertaining to any of these questions is already in the public domain, you will find for ease of reference links to the Hansard extracts. There are no contracts between the Department and A4E. The table within Annex A provides details on financial penalties where this information is already available in the public domain. To obtain this information for all the contracts listed would incur disproportionate costs. The details for the legacy Electronic Monitoring contracts between the Department and G4S and Serco have not been provided to you due to the ongoing criminal investigation into issues relating to these contracts.

question first answered

28/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

28185

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

09/12/2013

date

04/12/2013

date tabled

04/12/2013

ddp created

05/12/2013 11:01:23

ddp modified

07/02/2015 00:25:08

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

178604

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours per week was spent in (a) education or training, (b) work and (c) cells by prisoners in (i) each prison in England and Wales and (ii) each category of prison in each of the last three years.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Darlington

tabling member printed

Jenny Chapman

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 178604

type

uin

178604

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

The information requested in parts (a) and (b) of the question is set out in Tables 1 and 2 below for 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12, which are the last three years for which this information was collected. The information requested in part (c) was provided in my earlier answer to the right honourable Member for Tooting on 6 June 2013: (<a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130606/text/130606w0003.htm#13060674001141" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm130606/text/130606w0003.htm#13060674001141</a>). Figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. Purposeful activity was formerly a performance indicator for prisons, but was discontinued at the start of 2012-13. The indicator was not used in the day-to-day management of prisons and NOMS had concerns over the burden on the frontline of collecting the information. Indicators introduced into prison SLAs in respect of rehabilitation, resettlement and work in prisons provide a better demonstration of the efforts to equip prisoners to be less likely to offend on release. Work in prisons is a key priority to ensure prisoners are engaged purposefully whilst they are in custody. It also gives them the opportunity to learn skills and a work ethic which can increase their chances of finding employment on release, a key element to reducing reoffending. The number of prisoners working in industrial activity in public sector prisons increased from around 8,600 in 2010-11 to around 9,700 in 2012-13. This delivered an increase in the total hours worked in industrial activities from 10.6 million hours to 13.1 million hours. The average hours per week spent in education has increased since 2010. In addition there are substantial numbers of prisoners who work to keep prisons running on tasks such as cooking, serving meals, maintenance and cleaning. Our reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges national policy framework came into effect in adult prisons on 1 November 2013. Prisoners will be expected to engage in purposeful activity, as well as demonstrate a commitment towards their rehabilitation, reduce their risk of reoffending, behave well and help others if they are to earn privileges. Figures are published in the NOMS Annual Report Management Information Addendum: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/225225/mi-addendum.pdf</a>

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

3972

	label	Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

3972

	label	Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

31321

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

09/01/2014

date

07/01/2014

date tabled

07/01/2014

ddp created

07/01/2014 22:00:31

ddp modified

07/02/2015 00:53:22

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

182195

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with UKAR regarding the potential effect on customers of a rise in interest rates.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

tabling member printed

Cathy Jamieson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 182195

type

uin

182195

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

This Government's long term economic plan has kept interest rates at record lows for hardworking people across the country. Many lenders impose affordability stress tests on their mortgage lending decisions to ensure that the mortgage will remain affordable should interest rates rise. The Financial Conduct Authority's Mortgage Market Review rules, which came into force in April this year will require all mortgage lenders to conduct such a stress test. Although UKAR does not engage in new lending, UKAR runs a range of modelling scenarios to understand the potential effects of interest rate rises on customers. This work helps UKAR to identify customers who may be susceptible to higher interest rates and to engage with such customers at an early stage. UKAR assists all customers who wish to switch mortgage providers. NRAM and Bradford and Bingley are managed by UK Asset Resolution Limited (UKAR) which was established in 2010 to manage the disposal and rundown of outstanding assets at Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock Asset Management in an integrated way, with a view to creating value for the taxpayer. UKAR is managed at arm's length from Government, on commercial principles. It is therefore not for the Chancellor to discuss detailed commercial matters with UKAR.

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

4011

	label	Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

4011

	label	Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

31322

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

09/01/2014

date

07/01/2014

date tabled

07/01/2014

ddp created

07/01/2014 22:00:31

ddp modified

07/02/2015 00:53:23

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

182196

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of an interest rate rise on customers whose mortgages are held by UKAR; and what support is available to assist such customers to switch providers.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Kilmarnock and Loudoun

tabling member printed

Cathy Jamieson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 182196

type

uin

182196

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

4011

	label	Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

4011

	label	Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

31448

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

13/01/2014

date

07/01/2014

date tabled

07/01/2014

ddp created

07/01/2014 22:00:46

ddp modified

07/02/2015 00:54:48

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

181673

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-UK EEA nationals had dependants eligible to receive child benefit where the dependant is (a) in the UK and (b) outside the UK on 1 January 2014; and how much has been paid in such a fashion in each of the last three years.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Leicester East

tabling member printed

Keith Vaz

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 181673

type

uin

181673

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

HMRC are not able to provide the information in the manner requested. HMRC do not record the nationality of the claimant receiving Child Benefit for children living in another member state. Published Child Benefit statistics provide annual estimates of the number of families and children claiming. The latest available (August 2012) show that there were 7.92 million families, responsible for 13.77 million children and qualifying young people receiving Child Benefit.The main purpose of Child Benefit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules generally do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad. Nevertheless, Child Benefit is a family benefit under EC Regulation 883/2004. This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states of the European economic area, including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise their rights of free movement under EU law. HMRC holds information on the number of Child Benefit awards under EC Regulation 883/2004. As at 31 December 2013, there were 20,400 ongoing Child Benefit awards under the EC Regulation in respect of 34.268 children living in another member state. This is a fall of 3,682 (15.3%) awards in respect of 5,903 (14.7%) fewer children since 31 December 2012. The breakdown by member state is as follows: *We have withheld the number where it is fewer than 5, as there is risk that the information could be attributed to an identifiable person, which would prejudice their right to privacy and would therefore be a breach of Principle 1 of the Data Protection Act. Child Benefit<table><tbody><tr><td>Country of residence of children</td><td>Number of awards</td><td>Number of children</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Austria</td><td>23</td><td>37</td></tr><tr><td>Belgium</td><td>75</td><td>140</td></tr><tr><td>Bulgaria</td><td>186</td><td>245</td></tr><tr><td>Croatia</td><td>*5</td><td>*5</td></tr><tr><td>Cyprus</td><td>39</td><td>61</td></tr><tr><td>Czech Republic</td><td>124</td><td>203</td></tr><tr><td>Denmark</td><td>13</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>Estonia</td><td>45</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td>Finland</td><td>12</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>789</td><td>1429</td></tr><tr><td>Germany</td><td>283</td><td>495</td></tr><tr><td>Greece</td><td>44</td><td>69</td></tr><tr><td>Hungary</td><td>136</td><td>196</td></tr><tr><td>Iceland</td><td>*5</td><td>*5</td></tr><tr><td>Italy</td><td>156</td><td>273</td></tr><tr><td>Latvia</td><td>797</td><td>1091</td></tr><tr><td>Liechtenstein</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Lithuania</td><td>1215</td><td>1712</td></tr><tr><td>Luxembourg</td><td>7</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Malta</td><td>15</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>Norway</td><td>30</td><td>61</td></tr><tr><td>Poland</td><td>13174</td><td>22093</td></tr><tr><td>Portugal</td><td>202</td><td>309</td></tr><tr><td>Republic of Ireland</td><td>1231</td><td>2505</td></tr><tr><td>Romania</td><td>230</td><td>392</td></tr><tr><td>Slovakia</td><td>692</td><td>1232</td></tr><tr><td>Slovenia</td><td>11</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>Spain</td><td>600</td><td>1019</td></tr><tr><td>Sweden</td><td>49</td><td>95</td></tr><tr><td>Switzerland</td><td>77</td><td>150</td></tr><tr><td>The Netherlands</td><td>142</td><td>288</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>20400</td><td>34268</td></tr></tbody></table> As announced in the 2014 Budget, to prevent EEA migrants claiming benefits they are not entitled to, the Government will increase compliance checks to establish whether EEA migrants meet the entitlement conditions to receive Child Benefit Under domestic law, in order to claim Child Benefit EEA Migrants must be present in the UK, ordinarily resident and have a right to reside in the UK and their children must live in the UK. The recent changes to migrants' access to benefits announced by the Government sends a strong message that the UK benefit system is not open to abuse, as well as deterring those who may seek residence in the UK primarily to claim benefits.Strengthening compliance checks will help prevent EEA migrants from claiming, and continuing to claim, benefits they are not entitled to. Checks will be applied to both new claims and existing awards.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

338

	label	Biography information for Keith Vaz

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

338

	label	Biography information for Keith Vaz

32172

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

13/01/2014

date

09/01/2014

date tabled

09/01/2014

ddp created

09/01/2014 21:01:11

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:00:12

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

182696

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

07/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion and value of his Department's contracts have been let (a) under the restricted procedure, (b) by the open procedure, (c) via framework agreements and (d) via a tendering process involving the use of a pre-qualification questionnaire in each of the last three years.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Nottingham East

tabling member printed

Chris Leslie

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 182696

type

uin

182696

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

Since January 2011, central government departments have been required to publish on Contracts Finder information on the tenders issued and contracts they award with a value over £10,000 (excluding VAT) (www.gov.uk/contractsfinder). Public Procurement Regulations require that prescribed procurement procedures are used when procurements exceed the EU contract threshold values. This legal framework helps to ensure that public procurement is conducted in a fair and open manner both within the UK and across the EU. Less than two percent of all contracts were let under the restricted procedure in each of the last three years. In 2010/11 there was one contract let under the restricted procedure. This was for actuarial support to the independent commission on Equitable Life Payments that was set up by this government to recommend how best to fairly allocate funds provided for the Equitable Life Payments Scheme (ELPS) and had a contract value of £1million. In 2011/12 there were two contracts let under the restricted procedure. They were (i) Corporate Financial Advice framework contract (estimated contract value of £5 million over the 2 years but no guaranteed spend)and (ii) a contract for actuarial support for (ELPS) in making fair and transparent payments to Equitable Life policyholders who suffered financial losses as a result of Government maladministration which occurred in the regulation of Equitable Life. The contract value was £5.4 million. The information requested for the proportion and value of HM Treasury contracts that have been let via framework agreements and where a tendering process involving the use of a pre-qualification questionnaire in each of the last three years is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

question first answered

07/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

422

	label	Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

422

	label	Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

32412

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

16/01/2014

date

13/01/2014

date tabled

13/01/2014

ddp created

14/01/2014 00:30:42

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:02:03

answering body

Department for Communities and Local Government

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

182969

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

12/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding will be put in place to support local discretionary welfare provision after 2015.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Rochdale

tabling member printed

Simon Danczuk

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 182969

type

uin

182969

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

[Holding Reply: Thursday 16 January 2014]The nationally run Community Care Grants and Crisis Loans were poorly targeted and failed to help those most in need. So, in 2012 as part of wider welfare reform, the Department for Work and Pensions abolished these national discretionary schemes and transferred responsibility to local authorities so they could deliver and tailor new local support as part of their existing services to their communities.Councils can continue to provide support to those in their community who face financial difficulties or who find themselves in unavoidable circumstances, but there is no requirement to replicate the previous approach adopted by central government.In contrast to a centralised grant system that was poorly targeted, under the Department for Work and Pensions' reforms, councils can now choose how best to support local welfare needs within their areas – what is right for, say, Rochdale may not be for other authorities. Some councils have already chosen to wind down their dedicated schemes following underspends.In the next Spending Round period, from April 2015, central government continues to provide support to local authorities through general funds as part of the Coalition Government's commitment to reducing ring-fencing and ending top-down Whitehall control.The Department for Work and Pensions provided a separate fund for 2013-2015 and are carrying out a review of the provision to date.

question first answered

12/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

4059

	label	Biography information for Simon Danczuk

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

4059

	label	Biography information for Simon Danczuk

33120

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

20/01/2014

date

15/01/2014

date tabled

15/01/2014

ddp created

15/01/2014 22:50:42

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:09:34

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

183448

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate by country of residence of the child he has made of the number of migrants residing in the UK who claimed benefits on behalf of children living abroad during 2013.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Rochester and Strood

tabling member printed

Mark Reckless

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 183448

type

uin

183448

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

4049

	label	Biography information for Mark Reckless

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

4049

	label	Biography information for Mark Reckless

33137

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

17/01/2014

date

15/01/2014

date tabled

15/01/2014

ddp created

15/01/2014 22:50:44

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:09:44

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

183466

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

06/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) laundering plants and (b) millions of litres of fuel were seized in the UK by HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last 10 years.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

East Antrim

tabling member printed

Sammy Wilson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 183466

type

uin

183466

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

Figures are only available for the years 2010-11 and onwards. The number of laundering plants and millions of litres of fuel seized in those years was as follows. <table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Laundering Plants</td><td>Fuel (millions litres)</td></tr><tr><td>2010-11</td><td>23 (20 NI 3 GB)</td><td>2.74</td></tr><tr><td>2011-12</td><td>29 (NI figure only)</td><td>2.44</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13 to Dec 13</td><td>26 (22 NI 4 GB)</td><td>2.63</td></tr></tbody></table> HMRC fights fraud on a wide range of fronts, from special units performing thousands of roadside checks to raiding laundering plants. HMRC has also recently concluded the evaluation of a possible new marker for rebated fuel, which will make it harder to launder marked fuel and sell it at a profit. HMRC uses several avenues to tackle fraud: criminal prosecution, civil action (such as seizing fuel or pumps), civil penalties and strong regulatory controls.

question first answered

06/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

1593

	label	Biography information for Sammy Wilson

publisher

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23/01/2014

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16/01/2014

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16/01/2014

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07/02/2015 01:13:38

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Department for Communities and Local Government

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Tabled

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answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

183915

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25259

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question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on plans to increase house building by 2030.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Redditch

tabling member printed

Karen Lumley

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 183915

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uin

183915

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[Holding Reply: Thursday 23 January 2014]The Government does not have a Whitehall building target. The last Administration had a state target to increase house building to 240,000 dwellings a year, yet house building then fell to its lowest peacetime rate since the 1920s.By contrast, the Coalition Government has put in place a range of measures to get Britain building again, fix the broken housing market and help hard-working people get the home they want.Action taken includes wide-ranging planning reform through National Planning Policy Framework; new incentives to deliver housing growth through the New Homes Bonus; as well as the Government's broader long-term economic plan to tackle the deficit left by the last Administration and keep interest rates down. I would note:· We have already delivered 420,000 new homes since 2010.· New orders in residential construction have risen to their highest level since 2007 according to the Office for National Statistics;· Housing starts are at their highest since 2007 according to DCLG figures;· The number of first time buyers is at its highest since 2007 according to the Council for Mortgage Lenders;· Repossessions are at their lowest since 2007, according to the Council for Mortgage Lenders; and· New home registrations rose by 30 per cent in 2013 in England, the highest since 2007, and are up 60 per cent in London, according to the NHBC.In relation to specific programmes:Affordable housing170,000 affordable homes have been delivered in England since April 2010.Our Affordable Homes Programme will deliver 170,000 homes over the current spending review period (2011-2015) levering in £19.5 billion of public and private funding. We have announced a new ‘Affordable Rent to Buy' scheme which will deliver affordable homes through a recoverable fund. We have also published details of a new Affordable Homes Programme for the next spending period, which will lever in up to £23 billion in public and private funding to deliver 165,000 homes from 2015 to 2018.The Affordable Housing Guarantee Scheme is worth up to £3.5 billion (with further lending capacity held in reserve according to demand) and supported by up to £450 million grant funding in England. Up to 30,000 additional affordable homes will be underway by December 2017. Affordable Housing Finance Plc was awarded the licence for the Affordable Housing Guarantee Scheme in June 2013. The first eight housing associations to be approved to borrow through the scheme were announced in January 2014, who will raise over £400 million of debt to facilitate the delivery of over 4,000 new affordable homes. We also announced a European Investment Bank loan facility worth £500 million. More borrowers will follow.The Right to Buy Scheme, allowing eligible social tenants to buy their homes at a discount has achieved almost 24,000 sales since April 2010, with the majority (16,200) since we reinvigorated the scheme in 2012. A total of 2,845 council properties were sold between October and December last year, a 42 per cent increase on the same period in 2012. The reinvigorated Right to Buy ensures, for the first time, that the receipts from the additional sales, that is those over what was forecast prior to the change, are reinvested in helping to fund new homes for affordable rent. So far, £300 million has been generated from additional sales and already over 2,000 homes have been started on site or acquired since April 2012.Home ownership schemes (Help to Buy)Since April 2013, the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme has offered buyers a 20 per cent equity loan that can be used towards the cost of buying a new build homes, allowing people to buy with a 5 per cent deposit. There were over 30,000 reservations and 19,394 completed loans across England by the end of March 2014, with funding for up to 74,000 sales by March 2016. Alongside this, the Help to Buy: NewBuy scheme has so far supported a further 5,173 households purchase new build homes by the end of March 2014. The Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme was extended through the 2014 Budget announcement to 2020 to help 120,000 more households purchase a new build home.The FirstBuy scheme was announced in the Budget 2011 to help support 10,000 first time buyers on the property ladder. The scheme was replaced in April 2013 with Help to Buy. There were 11,590 FirstBuy sales to the end of March 2014.Since the end of last year, the Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee scheme is providing up to £12 billion of Government guarantees to support people to buy with a 5 per cent deposit, and over 2,500 homes have so far (by the end of January 2014) been brought through this route, and has helped lower interest rates for those with smaller deposits. The three Help to Buy schemes complement each other, and their success can be taken in the whole.Private rented sectorThe £1 billion Build to Rent programme, which provides development phase finance, is supporting new high quality development purpose built for private rent and is on track to create up to 10,000 new homes. The programme received £1.4 billion of bids under Round One, which is expected to support 15 developments which will provide over 2,600 homes across England in locations which include Durham, Liverpool, Manchester and London. Five contracts to the combined value of over £74.5 million have already been agreed which will deliver over 1,000 new homes for private rent; construction has already started in Southampton (Centenary Quay) and Manchester (Three Towers); more contracts will follow.Bidding for Round Two of the Build to Rent Fund was significantly oversubscribed receiving 126 bids to the value of around £3 billion. 36 projects on the shortlist from Round Two are now going through a competitive due diligence process, with successful bids receiving funding to deliver thousands of new homes. A list of all shortlisted bids has been placed in the Library of the House. The shortlist is over-programmed, meaning not all shortlisted projects will receive funding. Shortlisting and due diligence are the first stages of the Build to Rent approval process. The Homes and Communities Agency will continue to work with bidders until exchange of contracts in order to ensure value for money for taxpayers.In addition to direct funding, the Government's Private Rented Sector Taskforce is continuing to build the private rented sector as an investment market and have identified £10 billion of domestic and foreign investment available in the private rented sector.The Private Rented Sector Guarantees scheme will provide a government guarantee for up to £3.5 billion debt (with further lending capacity held in reserve according to demand) for borrowers investing in new build private rented sector homes across the UK. The guarantees will use the UK Government's hard earned fiscal credibility to help lower the cost of borrowing and incentivise investment in the sector. DCLG is open for business to issue direct guarantees and is actively discussing potential applications with a number of borrowers looking to invest in large scale developments. On 18 March, we also launched a procurement inviting bids from the market to be our delivery partner for Private Rented Sector Housing Debt Guarantees, with the aim of maximizing take up of guarantees including for small and medium enterprises. My Department will be evaluating bids to perform the role in due course.Infrastructure and development financeThe Get Britain Building investment fund has been provided over £500 million of finance to unlock smaller stalled sites. As at February 2014, it has helped kick start 11,893 new homes on stalled sites.The Growing Places Fund is providing £770 million to deliver the infrastructure needed to unlock stalled schemes that will promoted economic growth, create jobs and build homes. The fund has been fully allocated to Local Enterprise Partnerships and the devolved administrations to fund local projects. Progress updates in June 2013 reported that £652 million of capital funding had been allocated to 305 projects across England. Local Enterprise Partnerships expect these projects to create 4,900 businesses, 94,000 jobs and 27,000 houses. A further update will be published in due course.The £474 million Local Infrastructure Fund is helping to unlock large scale housing developments. To date, we have unlocked 15 sites capable of delivering almost 80,000 homes through a combination of financial and non-financial support. We are currently working to unlock a further 13 stalled schemes to deliver up to 40,000 new homes. In addition to the capital investment, we have made available £13 million of capacity funding to support local authorities in fulfilling their local housing ambitions.The 2013 Autumn Statement also announced a further £1 billion to unlock development on large housing sites and a Prospectus inviting bids was published on 14 April. During the Easter Recess, we also published the Local Growth Fund (Housing Infrastructure) prospectus. This sets out the detail on how to access the £50 million part of the Local Growth Fund in 2015-16. It is designed to help speed up and restart housing developments between 250 and 1,499 units that have slowed down or stalled.The 2014 Budget announced further funding for driving up housing supply including a £525 million Builders Finance Fund to provide development finance for small sites to support the construction of 15,000 new homes; the prospectus has also recently been published.The Budget announced the intention to create an Urban Development Corporation for the Ebbsfleet area to accelerate the construction of a garden-city style development which will unlock up to 15,000 homes – with up to £200 million capital being made available. We have also published a prospectus to support further locally-led garden cities.A new Estate Regeneration Fund of £150 million of recoverable investment will help kick start and accelerate the regeneration of some of our most deprived estates. And we will work with the Greater London Authority to support the regeneration of Brent Cross and unlock 11,000 homes at Barking Riverside.We have also taken steps to scale back economically unrealistic Section 106 agreements, such as from the last Administration's housing bubble, which result in no housing development, no regeneration and no community benefits.Self-buildThe £30 million investment fund for Custom Build Homes is currently assessing loan funding of £22.6 million with the potential to deliver 270 units. At the 2014 Budget, we announced that the Government will consult on a new ‘Right to Build' to give self builders a right to a plot from councils, a new £150 million investment fund to help provide up to 10,000 service plots, and announced will we look to extend Help to Buy equity to custom build. We have also exempted self-build from the Community Infrastructure Levy and we are consulting on a similar policy change for Section 106 tariffs.Empty homesThis Government has provided £235 million of funding which aims to bring up to 12,000 homes back into use by March 2015. This is part of a wider package of measures to get empty homes and empty buildings back into productive use, in contrast to the last Administration's policy of wholesale demolition. The numbers of empty properties in England have fallen to a 10-year low, and the number of long-term vacant properties has fallen by around a third since 2009.Public sector landThe Public Sector Land Programme has identified land with capacity for over 100,000 homes which we aim to release to the private sector by March 2015. At the end of December 2013, we had released land capable of delivering 68,000 homes to be built.Through the Strategic Land and Property Review we have identified scope to generate £5 billion of receipts from government land and property between 2015 and 2020. This will put land and property into the hands of those who can exploit them for commercial purposes – creating opportunities for housing and economic development.This was part of a series of measures to support brownfield development, as outlined in more detail in the answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, Column 780W.There is more to do, but I hope this illustrates how this Government's long-term economic plan is helping build more houses, help people move on and up the housing ladder and clean up the mess left by the last Administration.

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

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answer date

22/01/2014

date

20/01/2014

date tabled

20/01/2014

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21/01/2014 00:00:26

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:15:13

answering body

HM Treasury

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Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

184094

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers participated in the regional employer National Insurance contributions holiday in each region.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Cardiff South and Penarth

tabling member printed

Stephen Doughty

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 184094

type

uin

184094

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

This Government is committed to helping UK businesses grow and create jobs. The NICs holiday was a temporary, targeted scheme to help start ups take on new staff within their first year of trading. Although take up was lower than expected, the holiday benefitted over 26,000 businesses and supported over 90,000 jobs. Building on the lessons learnt from the holiday, we are taking action to reduce the employer NICs burden on small businesses and have created the new Employment Allowance which is simple to administer, permanent and available to all business and charities in the UK, this is reducing their employer NICs bill by up to £2,000 each year. As a result, 450,000 employers will pay no NICs at all in 2014-15. According to the latest available figures the break down of employers that applied for the National Insurance Holiday by region, throughout the scheme is as follows: <table><tbody><tr><td>Region</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>Northern Ireland</td><td>1265</td></tr><tr><td>Scotland</td><td>3975</td></tr><tr><td>Wales</td><td>1695</td></tr><tr><td>East Midlands</td><td>2645</td></tr><tr><td>North East</td><td>1840</td></tr><tr><td>North West</td><td>4840</td></tr><tr><td>South West</td><td>3975</td></tr><tr><td>West Midlands</td><td>3100</td></tr><tr><td>Yorks. And Humber</td><td>3265</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>26600</td></tr></tbody></table> The NICs Holiday attracted around 26,600 applicants over a three year period. Further statistical information on the scheme is available on a factsheet at: <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/nics-hol.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/nics-hol.htm</a>. The factsheet only covers periods from the start of the scheme to December 2012.

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

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4264

	label	Biography information for Stephen Doughty

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25259

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tabling member

4264

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published

registered interest

answer date

23/01/2014

date

21/01/2014

date tabled

21/01/2014

ddp created

21/01/2014 23:20:30

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:17:55

answering body

Ministry of Defence

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Tabled

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answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

184212

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

01/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's Costing and Cost Management Strategy.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Mid Sussex

tabling member printed

Nicholas Soames

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 184212

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uin

184212

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

Costing and Cost Management Strategy is an internal Ministry of Defence document and is not for external publication.

question first answered

01/05/2014 12:00:00

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1444

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116

	label	Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

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25259

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116

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published

registered interest

answer date

24/01/2014

date

22/01/2014

date tabled

22/01/2014

ddp created

22/01/2014 23:40:40

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07/02/2015 01:20:13

answering body

Department for Communities and Local Government

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Tabled

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answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

184627

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

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question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average proportion of market rent of all affordable housing is in each London borough.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 184627

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uin

184627

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Ordinary

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I have placed in the Library of the House, a table showing affordable and social rents as a proportion of market rents, for each London borough.The affordable rent model allows for more new affordable housing to be delivered with lower levels of taxpayer capital subsidy and by levering in more private investment. The programme is helping deliver £15 billion of private investment in new affordable housing over the current spending review, alongside £4.5 billion of public investment. Social rent and affordable rent go hand in hand; both help provide accommodation for those on low incomes.As the National Audit Office has observed: “the Department selected the best delivery model open to it for the funds it had available” and “the Department has so far achieved its policy objective to maximise the number of homes delivered within the available grant funding” (National Audit Office, “Financial viability of the social housing sector: introducing the Affordable Homes Programme”, 4 July 2012, HC465, pp.6-7).I note in his recent Fabian Society pamphlet, the rt. hon. Member has complained that affordable rent would result in rents of 80 per cent of market rents in London. Whilst it varies by borough, as the table shows, for example, affordable rent levels are 38 per cent of average local market rents in Camden, 48 per cent in Islington, 54 per cent in Southwark and 35 per cent in Westminster, reflecting local circumstances.I also observe that the housing policy announced at the Labour Party Conference in October 2012 also endorsed the use of affordable rents to build new homes; albeit this point is frequently lost on many Labour hon. Members who proceed to attack the basic principle of affordable rent in allowing more new affordable homes to be built using taxpayer capital subsidy.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

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25259

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tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

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human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

27/01/2014

date

22/01/2014

date tabled

22/01/2014

ddp created

22/01/2014 23:40:41

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:20:17

answering body

Department for Communities and Local Government

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Tabled

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answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

184755

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25259

	pref label	House of Commons

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question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families were based in temporary accommodation in (a) Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex in each quarter of the last five years.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Chelmsford

tabling member printed

Mr Simon Burns

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House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 184755

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184755

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[Holding Reply: Monday 27 January 2014]The Department does not collect constituency level data. A table has been placed in the Library of the House with data for Chelmsford City Council and Essex. To assist my rt. hon. Friend, I have provided quarterly data back for the last ten years; the table illustrates how there are fewer households in temporary accommodation than the average under the last Administration.This Government has retained a strong homelessness safety net protected in law, supported by £470 million in the current Spending Review period to prevent and tackle homelessness, rough sleeping and repossessions. We are seeing this investment making an impact with households now spending on average 7 months less in temporary accommodation than at the start of 2010.We have also made some changes to the rules under the Localism Act to enable local authorities to end the main homelessness duty by arranging an offer of suitable accommodation in the private rented sector. This means households are likely to spend less time in temporary accommodation waiting for social housing to become available.

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

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25259

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46

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human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

24/01/2014

date

22/01/2014

date tabled

22/01/2014

ddp created

22/01/2014 23:40:41

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:20:18

answering body

Department for Communities and Local Government

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Tabled

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answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

184631

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

09/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families were placed in temporary accommodation in each London borough in each of the last five years.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 184631

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uin

184631

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written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

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answer text

I refer the rt. hon. Member to Live Table 784 available on my Department's website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a>The numbers of households in temporary accommodation in London are still well belowthe level they were at their peak, under the previous Administration, when they hit more than 63,800. Councils have a responsibility to move homeless households into settled accommodation as quickly as possible and we made common sense changes to the law to enable them to use suitable private rented homes. Indeed, the average stay in temporary accommodation in England has been reduced from 20 months at the beginning of 2010 to 14 months now.We have also seen a 42% reduction in the numbers of families with children in Bed and Breakfast for more than six weeks on this time last year across the country. The seven local authorities that we funded to tackle families in Bed and Breakfast have made significant progress achieving an overall reduction of 96% since the funding began.

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09/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

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25259

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tabling member

1577

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human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

24/01/2014

date

22/01/2014

date tabled

22/01/2014

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22/01/2014 23:41:08

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:23:09

answering body

HM Treasury

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Tabled

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answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

184509

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many citizens of other EU member states currently living in the UK receive child benefit.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Romford

tabling member printed

Andrew Rosindell

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 184509

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uin

184509

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written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

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creator

1447

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25259

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tabling member

1447

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human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

27/01/2014

date

23/01/2014

date tabled

23/01/2014

ddp created

23/01/2014 21:10:35

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:23:53

answering body

Department for Communities and Local Government

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Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

184873

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in England received a weekly general, all-purpose, rubbish collection service in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Sheffield South East

tabling member printed

Mr Clive Betts

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 184873

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uin

184873

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written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

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answer text

Labour's legacyThe last Labour Government had a policy of actively pushing fortnightly bin collections and hitting hard-working families with new bin charges.Their ‘Household Waste Prevention Policy Side Research Programme' advocated “collection limitations in terms of rubbish bin size or the interval between collections”, and sought to “nationalise this policy among local authorities”. Cutting weekly rubbish collections was not a locally-led initiative, but an explicit Whitehall mission pursued with the zeal of a convert.Legislation in 2005 allowed the introduction of bin fines for minor breaches of complex and confusing bin rules; further legislation in 2008 watered down councils' legal duties to collect rubbish. Guidance issued in 2005 advised town halls that councillors should be bullied to stop them opposing the axing of collections or proposing to restore weekly collections. It also recommended that cutting collections should be done after local elections – to avoid the nuisance of democratic opposition. The Government funded the covert imposition of “bin brother” microchips into families' bins. The 2009 Pre-Budget Report made clear that a further wave of bin cuts were being planned. In short, the “Town Hall Talibin” doubled council tax and halved bin collections.We disagree. This Government believes that households deserve a frequent and comprehensive rubbish and recycling service in return for the £122 a month in council tax that a typical household pays (Band D), especially given the typical refuse collection service only costs councils £6 to £7 per month to provide.What we've doneWe have taken a series of steps to help households: · Issued the first ever Whitehall guidance on weekly bin collections, demolishing the myths that fortnightly bin collections are needed to save money or increase recycling; · Stopped the Audit Commission inspections which marked down councils who do not adopt fortnightly rubbish collections, and rejected the Audit Commission guidance which advocated fortnightly collections (Waste Management: The Strategic Challenge and Waste Management Quick Guide). · Abolished the Local Area Agreements and National Indicator 191 imposed by Whitehall which created perverse incentives to downgrade waste collection services; · Scrapped the Whitehall requirement for municipal Annual Efficiency Statements, which allowed a reduction in the frequency of a household rubbish collection service to qualify as a “valid efficiency” and allowed revenue from bin fines to classed as a “cashable efficiency gain”; · Scrapped the imposition of eco-towns which would have had fortnightly bin collections and/or bin taxes as part of the “eco-standards”; · Safeguarded weekly collections for 6 million households through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme as well as championing innovation and best practice; · Supported over 40 innovative reward schemes to back recycling through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme (as pledged in the Coalition Agreement); · Through the Localism Act, revoked the 2008 legislation that allowed for the imposition of new bin taxes; · Issued guidance to stop the imposition of illegal ‘backdoor bin charging' on households bins; · Stopped funding the ‘Waste Improvement Network' which told councils to adopt fortnightly collections as best practice; · Challenged the incorrect interpretation by some bodies that European Union directives require fortnightly collections, and resisted the imposition of bin taxes by the European Union; · Removing powers of entry and snooping powers from “Binquisition” inspectors and scrapped guidance telling councils to rifle through families' bins; · Changing building regulations to tackle ‘bin blight'; and · Changing the law through the Deregulation Bill to scrap unfair bin fines.In short, this has been a fundamentally different approach from the Labour Government: we are working with families to help them go green, but believe in proper, regular and comprehensive collections for taxpaying households.The configuration of services is complex. The table below, based on available estimates from WRAP, provide the most detailed information held on the breakdown of refuse and recycling collections of ‘smelly' rubbish across councils in England.Weekly collections of smelly rubbish <table><tbody><tr><td>Councils</td><td>Weekly Residual + Separate Weekly Food Waste</td><td>Weekly Residual + Weekly mixed food and garden waste</td><td>Weekly Residual + fortnightly mixed food and garden waste</td><td>Weekly Residual and no separate food waste collection</td><td>Weekly Food Waste + Fortnightly Residual</td><td>Weekly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual </td></tr><tr><td>Jun-11</td><td>33</td><td>11</td><td>19</td><td>189</td><td>45</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Nov-11</td><td>31</td><td>9</td><td>20</td><td>190</td><td>52</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Jan-12</td><td>33</td><td>8</td><td>20</td><td>189</td><td>54</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-12</td><td>33</td><td>8</td><td>17</td><td>182</td><td>58</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-12</td><td>39</td><td>8</td><td>21</td><td>181</td><td>61</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-12</td><td>39</td><td>8</td><td>20</td><td>179</td><td>62</td><td>12</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td>Households</td><td>Weekly Residual + Separate Weekly Food Waste</td><td>Weekly Residual + Weekly mixed food and garden waste</td><td>Weekly Residual + fortnightly mixed food and garden waste</td><td>Weekly collection and no separate food waste collection</td><td>Weekly Food Waste + Fortnightly Residual</td><td>Weekly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual </td></tr><tr><td>Jun-11</td><td>1,296,296</td><td>405,719</td><td>718,292</td><td>10,480,876</td><td>1,750,654</td><td>353,001</td></tr><tr><td>Nov-11</td><td>1,079,984</td><td>479,151</td><td>998,017</td><td>9,694,524</td><td>2,197,166</td><td>542,695</td></tr><tr><td>Jan-12</td><td>1,141,584</td><td>441,151</td><td>998,017</td><td>9,341,759</td><td>2,426,531</td><td>602,695</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-12</td><td>1,124,040</td><td>441,151</td><td>861,447</td><td>9,064,454</td><td>2,571,575</td><td>602,695</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-12</td><td>1,378,876</td><td>440,812</td><td>851,915</td><td>8,239,673</td><td>2,896,107</td><td>747,024</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-12</td><td>1,386,876</td><td>440,812</td><td>747,915</td><td>7,885,321</td><td>2,981,513</td><td>747,024</td></tr></tbody></table>Fortnightly collections <table><thead><tr><td>Councils</td><td>Fortnightly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual</td><td>Fortnightly residual and no separate food waste collection</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Jun-11</td><td>36</td><td>143</td></tr><tr><td>Nov-11</td><td>41</td><td>142</td></tr><tr><td>Jan-12</td><td>41</td><td>144</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-12</td><td>44</td><td>149</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-12</td><td>47</td><td>145</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-12</td><td>49</td><td>147</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><thead><tr><td>Households</td><td>Fortnightly mixed food and garden waste + Fortnightly Residual</td><td>Fortnightly residual and no separate food waste collection</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Jun-11</td><td>1,668,211</td><td>5,879,808</td></tr><tr><td>Nov-11</td><td>1,838,632</td><td>6,014,336</td></tr><tr><td>Jan-12</td><td>1,860,532</td><td>6,032,245</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-12</td><td>2,034,102</td><td>6,145,050</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-12</td><td>2,170,143</td><td>6,173,402</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-12</td><td>2,319,143</td><td>6,389,348</td></tr></tbody></table>Note: Some councils may have a combination of the categories in the table below and have been counted under each one that they provide.This shows that 14 million households in England have some form of weekly collection of smelly rubbish. Had the Government not taken the actions it had, weekly collections would have disappeared in England by 2015. This simple assertion can be illustrated by the extinction of weekly collections in most of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, which have devolved Administrations and policies of supporting fortnightly bin collections. Indeed, in Wales, the Labour-led Welsh Government now has a policy of supporting monthly bin collections (Welsh Government, Municipal Sector Plan Part 1, March 2011 and Welsh Government, Cabinet decision, Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development, Additional Funding for Zero Waste Gurnos, February 2012).We have stopped the rot, but there is more to do to support weekly bin collections. Many town hall jobsworths, over-zealous NGOs and vested interests in the waste industry remain blindly obsessed with restricting bin collections as a perverse policy goal in itself, and this is reflected in the figures in the table above. Indeed, even Keep Britain Tidy – which one would think would want regular rubbish collections to keep the streets clean – has been taken over by a NGO (Waste Watch) which campaigns for fortnightly bin collections. Bin collections are not viewed as a public service – but as a policy tool to deliver other arbitrary policy goals.More to doOne option which should be considered is a minimum service standard – for example, the Household Waste Recycling Act 2003 already lays down minimum service requirements for recycling, and indeed, the Public Health Act 1875 introduced a duty on local authorities to collect rubbish; this duty was enhanced by the Public Health Act 1936 obliging them to collect household waste weekly which existed until 1974.Moving forward, we are open to representations on how best to support frequent and comprehensive rubbish and recycling service; stand up for taxpayers' interests from arbitrary state charges and taxes; and protect the local environment, public health and local amenity from the nuisance of stinking rubbish.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

394

	label	Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

394

	label	Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

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human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

30/01/2014

date

27/01/2014

date tabled

27/01/2014

ddp created

27/01/2014 23:10:27

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:27:26

answering body

Department for Communities and Local Government

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

185294

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

12/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on the decision to withdraw the local welfare provision grant in 2015-16; and what consultation he undertook prior to making that decision.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Barrow and Furness

tabling member printed

John Woodcock

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 185294

type

uin

185294

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

[Holding Reply: Thursday 30 January 2014]DCLG Ministers and officials talk regularly to elected members and officers of local authorities about a range of issues.The nationally run Community Care Grants and Crisis Loans were poorly targeted and failed to help those most in need. So, in 2012 as part of wider welfare reform, the Department for Work and Pensions abolished these national discretionary schemes and transferred responsibility to local authorities so they could deliver and tailor new local support as part of their existing services to their communities.Councils can continue to provide support to those in their community who face financial difficulties or who find themselves in unavoidable circumstances, but there is no requirement to replicate the previous approach adopted by central government.In contrast to a centralised grant system that was poorly targeted, under the Department for Work and Pensions' reforms, councils can now choose how best to support local welfare needs within their areas – what is right for, say, Barrow and Furness may not be for other authorities. Some councils have already chosen to wind down their dedicated schemes following underspends.In the next Spending Round period, from April 2015, central government continues to provide support to local authorities through general funds as part of the Coalition Government's commitment to reducing ring-fencing and ending top-down Whitehall control.The Department for Work and Pensions provided a separate fund for 2013-2015 and are carrying out a review of the provision to date.

question first answered

12/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

3917

	label	Biography information for Lord Walney

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

3917

	label	Biography information for Lord Walney

36720

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

10/02/2014

date

04/02/2014

date tabled

04/02/2014

ddp created

04/02/2014 22:01:02

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:40:46

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

186697

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

07/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in his Department as paid the living wage or above.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Bradford East

tabling member printed

Mr David Ward

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 186697

type

uin

186697

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

100% of permanent and temporary staff at HM Treasury are paid the Living Wage or above. HM Treasury fully complies with EU procurement directives and awards contracts on the basis of the best value for money for the taxpayer. Nevertheless, we have encouraged contractors to commit to paying a living wage and expect all employers to pay at least the national minimum wage. The Government supports businesses that choose to pay the Living Wage however the Government's main policy on wages is the National Minimum Wage, which has continued to protect the relative wages of the low paid. This is independently set by the Low Pay Commission at a level that maximises their wages without reducing employment prospect. It is for workers and employers to decide the level of wages above the minimum wage based on current circumstances. This includes the Government as a procurer and an employer. Over 95%, around 20 million employees earn above the minimum wage and the majority of public sector workers currently earn above the Living Wage.

question first answered

07/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

3923

	label	Biography information for Mr David Ward

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

3923

	label	Biography information for Mr David Ward

37588

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

10/02/2014

date

06/02/2014

date tabled

06/02/2014

ddp created

06/02/2014 20:21:28

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:48:31

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

187126

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to increase the average hours a week of contracted education provided for 15 to 17 year olds in custody.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Hendon

tabling member printed

Dr Matthew Offord

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 187126

type

uin

187126

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

At present 15-17 year olds in young offender institutions (YOIs) receive an average of only 12 hours contracted education a week. We have recently set out our plans for transforming youth custody and putting education at the heart of detention, and at the same time launched a competition for new education contracts in public sector YOIs which will more than double the time spend young people spend in education. In addition, we are seeking to put education at the heart of the YOI regime by bringing the head teacher overseeing education into the senior management team of the establishment.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

4006

	label	Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

4006

	label	Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

37877

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

12/02/2014

date

10/02/2014

date tabled

10/02/2014

ddp created

11/02/2014 00:30:54

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:50:33

answering body

Department for Communities and Local Government

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

187486

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to promote gas safety among leaseholders in local authority-managed properties.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Huddersfield

tabling member printed

Mr Barry Sheerman

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 187486

type

uin

187486

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

The Department does not provide advice on gas safety specifically for leaseholders in local authority–managed properties. However, the lease of a property will set out the responsibilities of the freeholder and the leaseholder, including responsibility for maintenance of gas appliances.In the private rented and social rented sectors, landlords are required by law to: repair and maintain gas pipework, keep flues and appliances in safe condition; ensure an annual gas safety check on each appliance and flue; and keep a record of each safety check.For the social housing sector, the Homes and Communities Agency ‘Home Standard' says that registered providers must “meet all applicable statutory requirements that provide for the health and safety of the occupants in their homes”. The Homes and Communities Agency has recently issued three ‘serious detriment' notices against Gallions, Your Housing Group and the Guinness Partnership for failing to maintain gas safety and they have all had their Governance ratings downgraded partly based on that.The Home Standard is a ‘consumer' standard and therefore applies to all registered providers, including local authorities.

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

411

	label	Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

411

	label	Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

37915

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

13/02/2014

date

10/02/2014

date tabled

10/02/2014

ddp created

11/02/2014 00:30:58

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:51:00

answering body

Department for Communities and Local Government

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

187458

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

09/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of how many small businesses in Chelmsford constituency will benefit from the extension of the small business rate relief scheme.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Chelmsford

tabling member printed

Mr Simon Burns

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 187458

type

uin

187458

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

[Holding Reply: Thursday 13 February 2014]No estimate has been made of the number of small businesses in Chelmsford constituency that will benefit from the extension of the doubling of small business rate relief.The Government estimates around 540,000 businesses in England will benefit from the extension of the doubling of small business rate relief announced at Autumn Statement 2013.It is planned that next month some new local figures for small business rate relief by billing authority will be published.

question first answered

09/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

46

	label	Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

46

	label	Biography information for Sir Simon Burns

38564

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

24/02/2014

date

12/02/2014

date tabled

12/02/2014

ddp created

12/02/2014 23:00:48

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:56:22

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

188327

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the size, in square metres, of the offices assigned to each of his Department's Ministers is; and how many officials, at what grade, work in the private offices of each of his Department's Ministers.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

North Durham

tabling member printed

Mr Kevan Jones

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 188327

type

uin

188327

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

I can confirm that Ministers have a total of 256.08 sq m of office space currently assigned to them. In total, there are 35staff working in ministerial offices, compared to 38 members of staff in 2009. This is as follows: Range B: 6Range C: 8Range D: 13Range E: 5Range E2: 2SCS: 1 These figures are based on the latest data available for staffing numbers for HMT Treasury as of May 2014.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

1438

	label	Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1438

	label	Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

38613

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

24/02/2014

date

12/02/2014

date tabled

12/02/2014

ddp created

12/02/2014 23:00:55

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:56:55

answering body

Ministry of Defence

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

188387

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

12/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many nuclear-qualified Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel have been required by his Department in each of the last three years; and how many such posts were vacant in each such year in each location.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Moray

tabling member printed

Angus Robertson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 188387

type

uin

188387

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

The following tables summarise the number of civilian Nuclear Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (NSQEP) posts and the number of NSQEP vacancies by location:

question first answered

12/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1542

creator

1433

	label	Biography information for Angus Robertson

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1433

	label	Biography information for Angus Robertson

38759

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

24/02/2014

date

12/02/2014

date tabled

12/02/2014

ddp created

12/02/2014 23:01:11

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:58:21

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

188048

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the income provided to the Educational Testing Service for English language tests by (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) her Department in each of the last three years.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Delyn

tabling member printed

Mr David Hanson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 188048

type

uin

188048

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

On 6th February 2014 ETS were instructed to suspend all English language testing in the UK for immigration purposes and from the same date all immigration applications made in the UK that are supported by an ETS test certificate have been placed on hold. On 5th April the licence ETS held to conduct English language testing for immigration purposes expired and it has not been renewed. A criminal investigation, which began before the BBC Panorama programme aired allegations with respect to ETS testing conducted in the UK, remains ongoing.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

533

	label	Biography information for David Hanson

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

533

	label	Biography information for David Hanson

38760

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

24/02/2014

date

12/02/2014

date tabled

12/02/2014

ddp created

12/02/2014 23:01:11

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:58:22

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

188047

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the proposed (a) terms of reference, (b) method and (c) timescale of her Department's investigation into language tests organised by the Educational Testing Service.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Delyn

tabling member printed

Mr David Hanson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 188047

type

uin

188047

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

533

	label	Biography information for David Hanson

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

533

	label	Biography information for David Hanson

38810

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

24/02/2014

date

12/02/2014

date tabled

12/02/2014

ddp created

12/02/2014 23:01:19

ddp modified

07/02/2015 01:58:51

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

188279

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

28/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new criminal offences have been created in each year since May 2010; and what the predicted effect was on the number of prisoners for each such offence.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Tooting

tabling member printed

Sadiq Khan

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 188279

type

uin

188279

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

I have set out below the number of criminal offences in England and Wales created by government departments. The numbers are collated by the Criminal Offences Gateway which scrutinises proposals on new and amended criminal offences for England and Wales. The numbers are based on offences put through the Criminal Offences Gateway during the period 1 June 2010 to 31 May 2013 (the latest available data). Further information can be found in the New Criminal Offences England and Wales <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-new-criminal-offences-statistics-in-england-and-wales-june-2009-may-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-new-criminal-offences-statistics-in-england-and-wales-june-2009-may-2013</a> The numbers of new criminal offences, which include entirely new offences and existing offences which have been extended or amended in some way, are published annually by my department in the statistical bulletin New Criminal Offences. The new criminal offences enforce Government policy in a range of areas, including to contain the spread of serious animal diseases and to criminalise squatting in a residential building. <table><tbody><tr><td>Period covered</td><td>Number of legislative provisions (secondary & primary) containing new offences</td><td>Total criminal offences created</td></tr><tr><td>1 June 2010 to 31 May 2011</td><td>33</td><td>174</td></tr><tr><td>1 June 2011 to 31 May 2012</td><td>52</td><td>292</td></tr><tr><td>1 June 2012 to 31 May 2013</td><td>60</td><td>327</td></tr></tbody></table> 712 criminal offences were created during the period 1 June 2009 to May 2010 which was the 12 months immediately prior to the establishment of the Criminal Offences Gateway. New offences are needed for a number of reasons, for example, to update legislation that is now out of date, to underpin delivery of government priorities and to set out clearly what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour. The Government committed to putting in place a mechanism, an additional layer of scrutiny, for proposals to create new offences. This is the first time a Government has done so and committed to doing so publicly. The Government has repealed 140 offences in the 12 months ending May 2013. The information on the predicted effect on the number of prisoners for each relevant offence is not available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

question first answered

28/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

194

creator

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1577

	label	Biography information for Sadiq Khan

38947

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

26/02/2014

date

13/02/2014

date tabled

13/02/2014

ddp created

13/02/2014 20:20:47

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:00:16

answering body

Ministry of Defence

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

188564

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

12/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Question 187339 of 11 February 2014, where each vacancy is located; and what the role of each position is.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Moray

tabling member printed

Angus Robertson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 188564

type

uin

188564

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

Safety-Critical posts are fielded across the Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) organisation in a number of areas. The role of these posts is defined in DE&S policy as having specified safety-related, decision-making responsibilities and accountabilities, and must be filled by people competent to make such decisions. Should a post become vacant, priority is given to recruitment action. Until the vacancy is filled, the post responsibilities are either transferred to other competent people or, to ensure safety, related activities cease. Safety-Critical post data is reviewed on a monthly basis and as at 1 April 2014 there were 97 vacant Safety-Critical posts in DE&S out of a total of 1,321. The number of Safety-Critical posts and vacancies will change regularly to reflect project requirements and as the result of staff turnover. Current vacancies are located as follows:

question first answered

12/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1542

creator

1433

	label	Biography information for Angus Robertson

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1433

	label	Biography information for Angus Robertson

39114

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

25/02/2014

date

21/02/2014

date tabled

21/02/2014

ddp created

21/02/2014 18:51:49

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:01:55

answering body

Department for Communities and Local Government

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

188738

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

08/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect library services.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

South Staffordshire

tabling member printed

Gavin Williamson

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 188738

type

uin

188738

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

I have been asked to reply.Together with other public services, local authorities are rising to the challenge of delivering and developing the library service, with many reviewing and re-shaping their library offer. Some changes have been made in response to the on-going funding environment to which all public services are making their contribution to savings. But many changes have also been made because individual authorities are looking at better ways of delivering a range of services so that they are fit for the present and the future. Details of the various developments in library services in England, including a range of innovative approaches to the task of delivering a comprehensive and efficient service are set out in the annual report to Parliament during 2012/13 and can be accessed at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-under-the-public-libraries-and-museums-act-1964-for-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-under-the-public-libraries-and-museums-act-1964-for-201213</a>

question first answered

08/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1580

creator

4108

	label	Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

4108

	label	Biography information for Sir Gavin Williamson

39278

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

26/02/2014

date

21/02/2014

date tabled

21/02/2014

ddp created

21/02/2014 18:52:14

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:03:36

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

188790

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many places are available in mother and baby units in the custodial estate in England and Wales.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Darlington

tabling member printed

Jenny Chapman

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 188790

type

uin

188790

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

There is currently space for 64 mothers and 70 babies in mother and baby units in the custodial estate within England and Wales, which allows for multiple births.

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

194

creator

3972

	label	Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

3972

	label	Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

39612

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

27/02/2014

date

24/02/2014

date tabled

24/02/2014

ddp created

25/02/2014 00:11:46

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:06:59

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

189000

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria will be used to identify preferred bidders for probation contracts.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Dwyfor Meirionnydd

tabling member printed

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 189000

type

uin

189000

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

Under our Transforming Rehabilitation proposals we are opening up the market to a diverse range of new providers across the public, private and voluntary sectors to bring innovation to rehabilitative services and help deliver reductions in reoffending rates. We are currently engaged in a competition to appoint the 21 owners of the new Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) which will be responsible for the provision of services to all but those offenders which pose the highest risk. We will assess the bids we receive over the summer, and appoint CRC owners later this year. Offers will be evaluated using quality and financial criteria. We expect the new owners to implement their new operating models during 2015. We are taking a staged approach to implementation and are rolling out business readiness tests at key stages of implementation so that we can ensure we are managing the transition to the new system in a safe and measured way which maintains public protection.

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

549

	label	Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

549

	label	Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

39732

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

26/02/2014

date

24/02/2014

date tabled

24/02/2014

ddp created

25/02/2014 00:20:32

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:08:15

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

189239

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

28/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum cases were awaiting decision for travel documents on 1 February 2014.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Leicester East

tabling member printed

Keith Vaz

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 189239

type

uin

189239

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

We are unable to provide figures specific to asylum cases awaiting travel documents. This information is only held within paper case files, which would mean this question could only be answered through a disproportionately expensive manual case search.

question first answered

28/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

338

	label	Biography information for Keith Vaz

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

338

	label	Biography information for Keith Vaz

40314

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

03/03/2014

date

26/02/2014

date tabled

26/02/2014

ddp created

26/02/2014 22:52:08

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:12:46

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

189645

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces in England have signed local protocols for those detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Broxbourne

tabling member printed

Mr Charles Walker

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 189645

type

uin

189645

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

I understand that, as of 13 May 2014, 36 of the 39 territorial police forces in England - plus British Transport Police - are currently signed up to local protocols for those detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. The other 3 forces report that they are in the process of agreeing such protocols with local partner agencies. The agreement of mental health protocols by local agencies is promoted at national level, including through the Mental Health Act 1983 Codes of Practice and the new national Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, which states that: ‘Every area should have a local protocol in place, agreed by NHS commissioners, the police force, the ambulance service, and social services. This should describe the approach to be taken when a police officer uses powers under the Mental Health Act'. The Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/281242 /36353_Mental_Health_Crisis_accessible.pdf The Department of Health, supported by the Home Office and Mind, is encouraging local areas to sign-up to the principles of the Concordat, with the expectation that all areas in England will have signed local declarations by December 2014. The Department of Health will publish details of the areas that have signed such declarations.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

1493

	label	Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1493

	label	Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

40905

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

06/03/2014

date

03/03/2014

date tabled

03/03/2014

ddp created

04/03/2014 00:31:04

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:18:01

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

190311

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

01/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awards of tax credits there have been where the national insurance number of one or more claimants was identifiable as one issued to a person who was not a UK national at the time of issue of the number in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the total amount was of those awards.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Mid Sussex

tabling member printed

Nicholas Soames

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 190311

type

uin

190311

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

In March 2013, information was extracted from HMRC's tax credit system in respect of the number of families claiming tax credits where, if claiming as a couple, at least one of the family members was recorded as being a non-UK national when they registered for a National Insurance number. The extract shows that as at March 2013, 715,900 such families were claiming tax credits. If we assume no further changes until the end of the relevant year, the annual tax credits entitlement of these awards was £4.9 billion. The same extract showed that the total number of families claiming tax credits was 4,705,100 with an annual entitlement of £29.55 billion. For this purpose, as nationality was based on nationality at the time a claimant first registered for a National Insurance Number (NINO)the nationality of some of those claimants may have since changed. The information is not therefore sufficiently reliable to be used for formal statistical purposes. Based on this information the numbers of non-UK nationals claiming Tax Credits as a percentage of the entire Tax Credits population are broadly in line with the percentage of non-UK nationals in the UK workforce (according to figures in the 2013 Labour Force Survey complied by the ONS).

question first answered

01/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

116

	label	Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

116

	label	Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

41162

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

06/03/2014

date

04/03/2014

date tabled

04/03/2014

ddp created

04/03/2014 22:20:34

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:20:55

answering body

Department for Communities and Local Government

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

190554

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

28/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 694W, on polling stations, what assessment he has made of the effect of foreign language translation by local authorities on integration of non-English speakers into their communities.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Bromley and Chislehurst

tabling member printed

Robert Neill

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 190554

type

uin

190554

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

In March 2013, my Department published new guidance for local authorities outlining how councils should stop translating into foreign languages. As outlined in the Written Ministerial Statement of 12 March 2013, Official Report, Column 5WS, such translation weakens integration; discourages communities from learning English; undermines rather than strengthens equality goals; harms community relations; and is an expensive waste of taxpayers' money at a time when councils need to be making sensible savings. It is disappointing that councils like Tower Hamlets have disregarded that guidance, and reflects broader issues with the dysfunctional governance and divisive practices of the council.I would add that in light of previous instances of electoral fraud, including impersonation in polling stations, postal voting irregularities and allegations of improper influence, Ministers in this Department have concerns about the practice of allowing foreign language translators/interpreters inside polling stations. The privacy of the ballot must be protected and voters inside a polling station should not be subject to any pressure or influence to vote in a particular way. In that context, the integrity of the ballot box and of the local democratic process requires independent and transparent scrutiny in polling stations by polling agents, council staff, the police and, indeed, passing members of the public who are also voting. This is undermined by polling room administration being conducted in foreign languages.

question first answered

28/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

1601

	label	Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1601

	label	Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

41185

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

27/03/2014

date

04/03/2014

date tabled

04/03/2014

ddp created

04/03/2014 22:20:43

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:21:12

answering body

Ministry of Defence

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

190480

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the objectives are of Britain's Defence and Security Strategy.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Mid Sussex

tabling member printed

Nicholas Soames

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 190480

type

uin

190480

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

The National Security Strategy defines two strategic objectives. These are firstly to ensure a secure and resilient UK – protecting our people, economy, infrastructure, territory and way of life from all major risks that can affect us directly – and secondly, shaping a stable world – acting to reduce the likelihood of risks affecting the UK or our interests overseas. Taken together, the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review define the ends, ways and means through which Government seeks to strengthen our security and build our prosperity.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

105

creator

116

	label	Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

116

	label	Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

41405

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

10/03/2014

date

05/03/2014

date tabled

05/03/2014

ddp created

05/03/2014 22:41:16

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:23:17

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

190813

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency plans are in place for the future administration of Premium Bonds currently administered in Scotland and held by residents in England, Northern Ireland and Wales in the event of Scottish independence; and if he will make a statement.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Birmingham, Northfield

tabling member printed

Richard Burden

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 190813

type

uin

190813

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is a UK institution, operating from a number of sites within the UK and abroad. The powers governing NS&I products come from UK primary and secondary legislation. Only individuals with a UK bank account are eligible to buy NS&I products. In the event of independence, the current rules would prohibit individuals with only a Scottish bank account from buying NS&I products. Any changes to these rules would depend on negotiations between the UK and Scottish governments in the event of independence. Both governments have said that there can be no pre-negotiations on what the terms of independence might be before the referendum takes place. The UK government believes that Scotland is better off as part of the UK, and the UK is better off with Scotland in it.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1535

creator

301

	label	Biography information for Richard Burden

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

301

	label	Biography information for Richard Burden

41436

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

10/03/2014

date

05/03/2014

date tabled

05/03/2014

ddp created

05/03/2014 22:41:23

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:23:35

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

190684

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

06/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many fines have been issued to employers in (a) Leeds North West constituency, (b) West Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber for not paying the national minimum wage since March 2013; and what the total value of fines is in each such area.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Leeds North West

tabling member printed

Greg Mulholland

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 190684

type

uin

190684

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

The Government takes the enforcement of NMW very seriously and HMRC enforce the national minimum wage legislation on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and has done so since the introduction of NMW in April 1999. It does that by investigating all complaints made about employers suspected of not paying the minimum wage, in addition carrying out targeted enforcement where it identifies a high risk of non-payment of NMW across the whole of the UK. HMRC does not capture complaints or the outcomes of its investigations by reference to Government regions, constituencies or county. Its management information relates to the work of teams who are multi-located. Additionally, because it resources to risk, work relating to a specific geographical area is not always done by the NMW team based in that area. Prior to 6 April 2009, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) issued penalty notices to those employers who failed to comply, within 28 days, with an enforcement notice. A new enforcement regime, introduced in April 2009, saw the introduction of automatic penalties for employers who are found to have underpaid their workers. Between 1st April 2013 and 28th February, HMRC has issued 561 penalties for non payment of national minimum wage, with a combined value of £671,524.

question first answered

06/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

1529

creator

1540

	label	Biography information for Greg Mulholland

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1540

	label	Biography information for Greg Mulholland

41908

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

10/03/2014

date

06/03/2014

date tabled

06/03/2014

ddp created

06/03/2014 21:21:29

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:27:42

answering body

Home Office

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

191003

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of workers made unemployed, or displaced, as a result of immigration from countries outside the EU in the last year.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Bradford West

tabling member printed

Mr George Galloway

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191003

type

uin

191003

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

The Government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to "research the labour market, social and public service impacts of non-EEA migration; and to advise on the use of such evidence in cost-benefit analyses of migration policy decisions". The MAC's report published in 2012 called ‘Analysis of the Impact of Migration' (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/25723 5/analysis-of-the-impacts.pdf), suggested that "between 1995 and 2010 an additional 100 non-EU migrants were associated with a reduction in employment of 23 native workers". Recently, the Government published a report on the ‘Impacts of migration on UK native employment: An analytical review of the evidence' (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/28708 6/occ109.pdf). This report is a comprehensive review of the evidence around the displacement effect of migrants on UK native employment and builds on the MAC 2012 report. In addition, a report on the ‘Employment and Occupational skill levels among UK and foreign nationals' (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/28250 3/occ108.pdf) finds that over most of the last decade, employment levels in the UK rose faster among foreign nationals than among UK nationals. However, this pattern has reversed, and over the last year around 90 per cent of employment growth was accounted for by UK nationals.

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

609

	label	Biography information for George Galloway

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

609

	label	Biography information for George Galloway

41948

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

10/03/2014

date

06/03/2014

date tabled

06/03/2014

ddp created

06/03/2014 21:21:41

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:28:11

answering body

Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

191082

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 892W, on electoral register, if the Electoral Commission will set more rigorous targets for expected registration downloads in future registration campaigns.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Vale of Clwyd

tabling member printed

Chris Ruane

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191082

type

uin

191082

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

The Electoral Commission informs me that it always seeks to set stretching targets for its registration campaigns based on exceeding targets set for the nearest equivalent previous campaign. The Commission will be undertaking a thorough review of how best to increase voter registration ahead of the 2015 UK General Election. This will look at lessons from previous campaigns as well as exploring new and potentially more cost efficient ways of generating public awareness about voter registration, including how best to support the work of other organisations. Rigorous targets will be set to reflect the objectives of the campaign and the fact that it will be possible to register online for the first time in Great Britain.

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

534

	label	Biography information for Chris Ruane

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

534

	label	Biography information for Chris Ruane

41949

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

10/03/2014

date

06/03/2014

date tabled

06/03/2014

ddp created

06/03/2014 21:21:41

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:28:12

answering body

Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

191075

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2014, Official Report, columns 338-9W, on Parliamentary Advisory Group, on what date each member of the Parliamentary Advisory Group was appointed; and what the attendance record of each member has been at meetings of that Group since their appointment.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Vale of Clwyd

tabling member printed

Chris Ruane

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191075

type

uin

191075

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

The Electoral Commission informs me that its Parliamentary Advisory Group is made up of politicians whose expertise it uses to help it consider a range of different issues. The group has no formal status so there is no specific date of appointment for members. The minutes of each Advisory Group meeting, which includes a record of the attendance at each meeting, are published on the Commission's website here: <a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/who-we-are/governance-and-decision-making/parliamentary-advisory-group" target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/our-work/who-we-are/governance-and-decision-making/parliamentary-advisory-group</a>.

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

534

	label	Biography information for Chris Ruane

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

534

	label	Biography information for Chris Ruane

41950

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

10/03/2014

date

06/03/2014

date tabled

06/03/2014

ddp created

06/03/2014 21:21:41

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:28:13

answering body

Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

191081

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answers of 3 February 2014, Official Report, columns 59-62W and 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 892W, on the electoral register, what the average planned cost for each download target for each voter registration campaign was for each of the last five elections.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Vale of Clwyd

tabling member printed

Chris Ruane

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191081

type

uin

191081

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

The Electoral Commission informs me that it did not set specific targets for the cost per download of each registration campaign during the last five elections but that these campaigns were carefully planned to be as cost effective as possible.

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

534

	label	Biography information for Chris Ruane

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

534

	label	Biography information for Chris Ruane

42034

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

11/03/2014

date

07/03/2014

date tabled

07/03/2014

ddp created

07/03/2014 16:50:55

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:29:05

answering body

Speaker's Committee on the Electorial Commission

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

191114

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which local authorities in Great Britain failed the Standard Three performance standard for the completeness and accuracy of electoral registration records in 2013.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Vale of Clwyd

tabling member printed

Chris Ruane

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191114

type

uin

191114

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

The Electoral Commission informs me that this information was published and tabled in a written statement to the House on 31 March. The Commission has written to the hon. Member with a copy of the report.

question first answered

29/04/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

534

	label	Biography information for Chris Ruane

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

534

	label	Biography information for Chris Ruane

42124

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

12/03/2014

date

10/03/2014

date tabled

10/03/2014

ddp created

10/03/2014 23:31:05

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:29:37

answering body

Department for Communities and Local Government

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

191376

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

06/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on devolution of the Affordable Homes programme to (a) combined authorities and (b) local enterprise partnerships.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Newcastle upon Tyne East

tabling member printed

Mr Nicholas Brown

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191376

type

uin

191376

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

Housing policy and the provision of affordable housing is not a function of combined authorities or Local Enterprise Partnerships.Elected local councils act as both the local housing authorities and local planning authorities, and we should be cautious about any intervention which effectively transferred power upwards.Notwithstanding, in the recent Affordable Homes Programme prospectus, we have stated that local authorities will want to engage in strategic dialogue with their Local Enterprise Partnerships when identifying key areas for economic growth.

question first answered

06/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

523

	label	Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

523

	label	Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

42273

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

13/03/2014

date

10/03/2014

date tabled

10/03/2014

ddp created

10/03/2014 23:31:40

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:31:24

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

191341

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who (a) were given a non-custodial sentence and (b) were given their first custodial sentence in each year from 2004 had previously had (i) no criminal convictions, (ii) one criminal conviction, (iii) two criminal convictions, (iv) three criminal convictions, (v) four criminal convictions, (vi) five to 10 criminal convictions, (vii) 11 to 20 criminal convictions, (viii) 21 to 30 criminal convictions, (ix) 31 to 40 criminal convictions, (x) 41 to 50 criminal convictions, (xi) 51 to 75 criminal convictions, (xii) 76 to 100 criminal convictions and (xiii) more than 100 criminal convictions.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Hyndburn

tabling member printed

Graham Jones

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191341

type

uin

191341

version

written parliamentary question type

NamedDay

answer

answer text

It has not been possible to obtain this information. I will write to the Honourable member in due course.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

3999

	label	Biography information for Graham P Jones

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

3999

	label	Biography information for Graham P Jones

42277

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

12/03/2014

date

10/03/2014

date tabled

10/03/2014

ddp created

10/03/2014 23:31:41

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:31:28

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

191309

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2014, Official Report, column 641W, on reoffenders, what (a) offence type and (b) sentence length each offender with more than one fixed term recall is serving.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Shipley

tabling member printed

Philip Davies

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191309

type

uin

191309

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

It has not been possible to obtain this information. I will write to the Honourable member in due course.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

1565

	label	Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1565

	label	Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

42290

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

12/03/2014

date

10/03/2014

date tabled

10/03/2014

ddp created

10/03/2014 23:31:45

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:31:44

answering body

Ministry of Justice

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

191215

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of eligible (a) male and (b) female offenders were recalled on a fixed term recall instead of a standard recall (i) in 2008, (ii) in 2009, (iii) in 2010, (iv) in 2011, (v) in 2012 and (vi) since 3 December 2012.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Shipley

tabling member printed

Philip Davies

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191215

type

uin

191215

version

written parliamentary question type

Ordinary

answer

answer text

It has not been possible to obtain this information. I will write to the Honourable member in due course.

question first answered

14/05/2014 12:00:00

answering member

creator

1565

	label	Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

publisher

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

tabling member

1565

	label	Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

42365

human indexable

published

registered interest

answer date

13/03/2014

date

11/03/2014

date tabled

11/03/2014

ddp created

11/03/2014 21:30:40

ddp modified

07/02/2015 02:32:57

answering body

HM Treasury

question status

Tabled

answering dept id

answering dept short name

answering dept sort name

house id

identifier

191427

legislature

25259

	pref label	House of Commons

parliament number

question first answered

13/05/2014 12:00:00

question text

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department made before the 2012 Budget of the number of properties valued at more than (a) £2 million and (b) £5 million.

session

2013/14

session number

tabling member constituency

Dover

tabling member printed

Charlie Elphicke

title

House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191427

type