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42710

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	12/03/2014
	date tabled	12/03/2014
	ddp created	12/03/2014 20:10:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:36:53
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	191880
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential cost to the public purse of raising the income tax personal allowance for 2014-15 from £10,000, (a) £10,550, (b) £11,000, (c) £11,500, (d) £12,000, (e) £12,500 and (f) £13,000.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 191880
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	191880
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The cost of raising the income tax personal allowance may be approximated using the “Direct effects of illustrative tax changes” table as published on the internet at the following address:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/direct-effects-of-illustrative-tax-changes</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529
	creator	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

43124

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/03/2014
	date	13/03/2014
	date tabled	13/03/2014
	ddp created	13/03/2014 20:41:50
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 02:41:00
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	192033
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many exit checks were performed on passengers leaving the UK in each year since 2010.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 192033
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	192033
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of outbound passengers checked on Home Office systems for each of <br>the last 4 years is as follows:<br><br>2010 - 65 034 675<br>2011- 70 627 943<br>2012 - 67 960 290<br>2013 - 82 311 725<br><br>The figure for 2013 is more than the combined total of exit checks performed <br>between 2005 and 2009 inclusive (74 297 809) and more than twice the 2009 <br>figure (35 283 019).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530
	creator	533 label Biography information for David Hanson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

50274

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/05/2014
	date	07/05/2014
	date tabled	07/05/2014
	ddp created	08/05/2014 00:34:11
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:11:20
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6992
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, in the light of the answers on 6 May to written questions tabled by Lord Mendelsohn, what steps he will take to ensure that the replies to written questions answer the question which was put as fully as possible.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6992
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6992
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>As Leader of the House, I have a particular responsibility to encourage departments to be punctual in answering written questions, but the content of each answer is a matter for the minister concerned. The Ministerial Code says that “Ministers should be as open as possible with Parliament and the public, refusing to provide information only when disclosure would not be in the public interest”.</p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4144
	creator	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

49746

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/05/2014
	date	06/05/2014
	date tabled	06/05/2014
	ddp created	06/05/2014 23:12:41
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:42:12
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	identifier	197836
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many (a) men and (b) women have been (i) investigated, (ii) given an administrative penalty, (iii) given a caution and (iv) convicted in court for benefit fraud since the prosecution of such cases was transferred to the Law Officers' Department.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197836
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197836
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Allegations of benefit fraud are investigated by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Administrative penalties are financial penalties, which can be offered as an alternative to prosecution, where there has been no previous fraud penalty of any form. These are issued by the DWP and Local Authorities. Cautions are issued by the Police.</p><p>The records held by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) identify the number of offences in which a prosecution commenced and, reached a first hearing in magistrates' courts, rather than the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted or their gender.</p><p>No central records of the prosecution outcomes of offences are held by the CPS. To obtain details of the number of people prosecuted for and convicted of offences of benefit fraud, which can be charged under various sections of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, Section 35 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 or the Fraud Act 2006, including their gender, would require a manual exercise of reviewing individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Furthermore, cases of benefit fraud are also prosecuted by Local Authorities so any data the CPS can glean from a manual exercise would not provide a complete record.</p><p> </p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69
	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

49918

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/05/2014
	date	06/05/2014
	date tabled	06/05/2014
	ddp created	06/05/2014 23:18:50
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 18:09:44
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	2
	identifier	HL6889
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which official, with what job title, is responsible and accountable for departmental management information in the Attorney General's Office.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 HL6889
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL6889
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Attorney General's Office collects a range of performance data and management information, tailored to its different functions. This includes information for example about its litigation, casework, supervisory and advisory functions, covering timeliness, results and resources. This information is collated for management purposes at team level, and reviewed at Board level against business objectives and departmental priorities, as revised from time to time. Responsibility for collecting management information rests with teams. No individual official has exclusive responsibility for management information and the Executive Board has overall responsibility.</p><p> </p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 630
	creator	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

50542

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2014
	date	07/05/2014
	date tabled	07/05/2014
	ddp created	12/05/2014 23:10:32
	ddp modified	19/02/2015 16:47:54
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Crime: Nature Conservation
	house id	1
	identifier	904021
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he has taken to improve prosecution of wildlife crime.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	Mr David Heath
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 904021
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	904021
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The CPS views wildlife crime offences very seriously and will robustly prosecute cases referred by the police. In order to achieve this, the CPS has thirteen wildlife co-ordinators based in its regional Areas. They are supported by face to face training and legal guidance on wildlife offences, which is available to all prosecutors and to the public.</p><p> </p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 69
	creator	255 label Biography information for Mr David Heath
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	255 label Biography information for Mr David Heath

49744

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/05/2014
	date	06/05/2014
	date tabled	06/05/2014
	ddp created	06/05/2014 23:12:27
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:42:06
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	197818
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which organisations have received how much funding from his Department aimed at supporting access to short breaks and respite provision for children, young people and their families experiencing all types of disadvantage in each of the last five financial years.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
	tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197818
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197818
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Departmental records show that in each of the last five financial years, no funding was made in respect of supporting access to short breaks and respite provision for children, young people and their families.</p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497
	creator	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

49783

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/05/2014
	date	06/05/2014
	date tabled	06/05/2014
	ddp created	06/05/2014 23:13:41
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:44:45
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	197891
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to protect consumers from fraud and other doorstep crimes.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197891
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197891
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government takes doorstep crime very seriously and the issue has been identified as a top priority by the Consumer Protection Partnership (CPP) which brings together enforcement, consumer education, and advocacy partners to identify, prioritise and coordinate collective action to tackle the issues causing greatest harm to consumers.</p><p> </p><p>Both the National Trading Standards Board (NTSB) and Trading Standards Scotland (TSS), which are funded by BIS, are putting resources into tackling doorstep crime and Trading Standards Officers across the country are cracking down on these fraudsters. In Lincolnshire for example, Trading Standards has teamed up with the Police and Community Lincs to raise awareness of doorstep crime amongst professionals caring for the elderly, including awareness of bogus callers, rogue traders, distraction burglary, and scam mail. To date 330 health and social care professionals who work regularly with 4,300 elderly and vulnerable people have been trained in how to spot potential victims and how to intervene at an early stage of a scam.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Doorstep Crime will also be the focus on this year's National Consumer Week in November 2014, when CPP Partners and the Government will work together to in raise consumer awareness of how to spot a bogus salesperson and where to report it.</p><p> </p><p>We are also hitting the perpetrators of fraud hard. A recent operation involving Trading Standards companies across the country and 20 police forces brought down a trio of fraudsters targeting vulnerable caravan park residents across the country. This resulted in 6 years of custodial sentences being handed down and the recovery of £20,000 in cash.</p><p> </p><p>We encourage anyone who believes that they have been the victim of doorstep crime or fraud to contact the Citizens Advice Consumer helpline on 08454 040506.</p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497
	creator	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

50010

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/05/2014
	date	06/05/2014
	date tabled	06/05/2014
	ddp created	06/05/2014 23:23:08
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:52:34
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	197731
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people registered a business (a) online and (b) offline in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12 and (iii) 2012-13.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197731
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197731
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There is no register containing every business in the UK. The Companies House register provides information on a subset of businesses required to file information with the registrar of companies; for example, those businesses that incorporate as companies or limited liability partnerships or register as limited partnerships. Not all of the companies that register with Companies House are businesses or go on to becomeactively tradingbusinesses.</p><p> </p><p>Companies House statistics show that in the years in question the following numbers of companies were registered (a) online and (b) offline:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Online </strong></p></td><td><p>366,051</p></td><td><p>437,441</p></td><td><p>470,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Offline</strong></p></td><td><p>34,504</p></td><td><p>18,208</p></td><td><p>11,995</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>400,555</p></td><td><p>455,649</p></td><td><p>482,795</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88
	creator	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

50035

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/05/2014
	date	06/05/2014
	date tabled	06/05/2014
	ddp created	06/05/2014 23:25:30
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 04:53:58
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	house id	1
	identifier	197748
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/05/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will commission research into whether the rate of pay for apprentices under 18 years is a disincentive.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Mike Crockart
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 197748
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	197748
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The last Apprentice Pay Survey was published in 2012. The Government has recently commissioned a new Apprentice Pay Survey. This will provide a complete overview of Apprentice pay in Great Britain by autumn 2014. In addition it is now possible to specifically identify information relating to apprentices within the large Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.</p><p> </p><p>Apprentice pay is reviewed annually by the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC) as part of their review of the Apprentice National Minimum Wage. Since its introduction in 2010 the LPC has not found any evidence that the Apprentice rate damaged employment levels.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has recently accepted the LPC's recommendation to increase the Apprentice rate by 2% to £2.73 per hour. In the judgment of the LPC a higher rate would risk damaging employment of Apprentices. Research shows that in reality the majority of employers pay more – the average pay for apprentices in 2012 is £200 per week (England only).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Apprentice minimum wage recognises that employers invest significantly in apprenticeships and may be put off recruiting apprentices due to their lack of experience in the workplace and the additional training costs involved. Young people who complete an Apprenticeship derive significant long-term advantages and their investment in training has clear benefits.</p> question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1497
	creator	3967 label Biography information for Mike Crockart
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3967 label Biography information for Mike Crockart