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62551

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:29
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:48:31
	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
	hansard heading	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
	house id	1
	identifier	201394
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 14:41:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the budget for the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate is for 2014-15.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201394
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201394
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The budget for the Employment Agency Standards inspectorate is no longer devolved below branch level in the Labour Markets Directorate, and we are therefore unable to provide this information.</p> question first answered 25/06/2014 14:41:23 answering member 1497
	creator	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

62569

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:36
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:50:19
	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
	hansard heading	Minimum Wage
	house id	1
	identifier	201395
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 14:39:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Government spent on National Minimum Wage enforcement in 2013-14.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201395
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201395
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Final figures for the Government spend on National Minimum Wage enforcement during 2013/14 are not yet available.</p> question first answered 25/06/2014 14:39:07 answering member 1497
	creator	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

62782

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:52:25
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 10:11:31
	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
	hansard heading	Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	identifier	201365
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/06/2014 16:46:18
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the use of zero hour contracts on workers' wellbeing.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201365
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201365
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>No assessment of the effects of zero hours contracts on worker's wellbeing has been made by this Department. However the Workplace Employers Relations Study (WERS) found that overall well-being of employees increased between 2004 and 2011 despite the recession. Overall job satisfaction also increased and is very high by international standards.</p><p>Zero hour contracts have a place in today's labour market, supporting business flexibility, making it easier to hire new staff and providing pathways to employment for young people.</p><p>Following a public consultation, which closed in March this year, this Government has introduced legislation via the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill to ban the use of exclusivity clauses in contracts which do not guarantee any hours.</p> question first answered 26/06/2014 16:46:18 answering member 1497
	creator	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

62585

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:39
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:51:50
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Combined Authorities: Tees Valley
	house id	1
	identifier	201293
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 15:39:30
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions his Department has had with local authorities in the Tees Valley on the creation of a combined authority.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201293
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201293
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>On 16 June 2014 the Government signed a City Deal with the Tees Valley in which the local leaders committed to develop plans to strengthen governance, including progressing the idea of a combined authority for the area.</p><p> </p><p>It is for the local areas themselves to decide, given their circumstances, what governance arrangements will best enable effective and collaborative decision taking, which is transparent and locally accountable, thus delivering successfully the implementation of the area's Strategic Economic Plan. Where councils come forward with a proposal for a combined authority that commands wide local support, if the Secretary of State considers that the statutory conditions are met, he will invite Parliament to approve an Order which enables the combined authority to be established.</p><p> </p> question first answered 25/06/2014 15:39:30 answering member 4009
	creator	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

62588

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:52:10
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	identifier	201190
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/06/2014 15:02:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) homeless people and (b) rough sleepers in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201190
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201190
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>As outlined in the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 September 2012, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 32WS, my Department does not publish statistics by government office region.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>National and local authority data for homelessness are published in Live Table 784a which is available online 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>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National and local authority data on rough sleeping can be found in Table 1 of the Rough Sleeping in England statistical release which can be found on the department's website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2013</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We are investing over £500 million over the current spending review period to help local authorities and voluntary sector partners prevent and tackle homelessness, rough sleeping and repossessions. This includes £20 million to support the roll out of the ‘No Second Night Out' standard and protect vital front line services. We have also supported the voluntary sector to deliver 'StreetLink' a national rough sleeping hotline, website and app to connect rough sleepers to local services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 10 June we announced that over £65 million of additional funding across Whitehall is being offered to councils and other organisations to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping around the country and ensure that vulnerable people can access a range of support and lead independent lives.</p><p> </p> question first answered 26/06/2014 15:02:06 answering member 4043
	creator	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

62590

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:41
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:52:24
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Broadband
	house id	1
	identifier	201331
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 13:31:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 18 of Investing in Britain's Future, Cm 8669, produced in June 2013, how he intends to spend the £250 million allocated to broadband in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201331
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201331
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>With local match funding, the £250m allocated to broadband in 2015-16 and 2016-17 will enable superfast broadband coverage to be extended to 95% of premises by 2017. The Department announced indicative funding allocations for local broadband project areas in February 2014. The first procurements for projects using this funding are now under way.</p> question first answered 25/06/2014 13:31:41 answering member 1580
	creator	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

62582

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:38
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:51:34
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Public Libraries
	house id	1
	identifier	201277
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/06/2014 15:15:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of local authority funding for the staffing of libraries.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201277
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201277
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Public libraries are funded and run by local authorities and it is for each local authority to determine at a local level how much they spend on libraries and how to manage and deliver the service, including decisions about expenditure on staffing.</p> question first answered 26/06/2014 15:15:56 answering member 1580
	creator	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

62583

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:38
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:51:39
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Public Libraries: Lincolnshire
	house id	1
	identifier	201278
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	26/06/2014 15:16:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representation to Lincolnshire County Council on its decision to invite volunteers to run some local libraries in Lincolnshire.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201278
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201278
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has a statutory duty under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to superintend and promote the improvement of the public library service provided by local authorities in England. The Department is aware of the proposed changes to library service provision in Lincolnshire having received a number of representations from local residents. A legal challenge to the decision taken by Lincolnshire County Council to reconfigure its library services is to be considered by the High Court on 8/9 July and this Department will consider matters further in light of the outcome of the Judicial Review.</p> question first answered 26/06/2014 15:16:41 answering member 1580
	creator	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

62592

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:41
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:52:34
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Length of Service
	house id	1
	identifier	201309
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 16:06:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 363W, on army: length of service, if he will provide the full calculations used to produce that Answer.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201309
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201309
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The table included in my answer of 16 June 2014 included a column headed ‘Average Strength'. This was incorrectly labelled and should have been headed ‘Underlying Outflow'.</p><p> </p><p>The tables from my answers of 3 April 2014 (Official Report, column 809W) and 16 June 2014, (Official Report, column 363W) are re-produced below with the correct headings and to provide clarity.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Regiment/Corps</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Average Career Length</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Enlisted under 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enlisted 18 or over</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Underlying Outflow</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Household Cavalry &amp; Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>11 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>9 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>1,860</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Artillery</p></td><td><p>13 years,0 months</p></td><td><p>9 years,6 months</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>12 years,11 months</p></td><td><p>8 years,6 months</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Signals</p></td><td><p>14 years,5 months</p></td><td><p>10 years,1 months</p></td><td><p>1,830</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>11 years,0 months</p></td><td><p>7 years,9 months</p></td><td><p>8,700</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>14 years,1 months</p></td><td><p>11 years,3 months</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistic Corps</p></td><td><p>13 years,5 months</p></td><td><p>10 years,2 months</p></td><td><p>4,560</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>12 years,1 months</p></td><td><p>9 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>14 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>13 years,3 months</p></td><td><p>2,670</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General's Corps (Provost)</p></td><td><p>19 years,7 months</p></td><td><p>13 years,6 months</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support)</p></td><td><p>18 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>14 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Veterinary Corps</p></td><td><p>12 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>9 years,6 months</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Small Arms School Corps</p></td><td><p>23 years,0 months</p></td><td><p>21 years,5 months</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Dental Corps</p></td><td><p>13 years,7 months</p></td><td><p>11 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>22 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>14 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Physical Training Corps</p></td><td><p>22 years,0 months</p></td><td><p>19 years,11 months</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps</p></td><td><p>14 years,5 months</p></td><td><p>11 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps of Army Music</p></td><td><p>22 years,2 months</p></td><td><p>13 years,3 months</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Soldier Continuity Posts (Long Service)</p></td><td><p>34 years,11 months</p></td><td><p>30 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Source: Defence Statistics (Army)</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>An individual's Length of Service and enlistment age have been calculated using the current entry date recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system. There can be small anomalies in the data where personnel have transferred to the Army from another service, served under an alternative assignment type (e.g. reserve forces), are re-entrants or have transferred from officers to other ranks.</p><p> </p><p>The average career length is a simple calculation based on dividing the total length of service of all those personnel who have left the Army by Corps between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2013 by the total number of personnel leaving each Corps during the same period.</p><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p>Underlying outflow figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p> question first answered 25/06/2014 16:06:17 answering member 3938
	creator	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

62596

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/06/2014
	date	18/06/2014
	date tabled	18/06/2014
	ddp created	18/06/2014 21:50:42
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 09:52:54
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Training
	house id	1
	identifier	201351
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	25/06/2014 14:29:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the results were of the recent interoperability training between RAF 41 (reserve) Test and Evaluation Squadron training with Swedish Air Force and their JAS39C Gripen aircraft.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 201351
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201351
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The visiting Swedish aircraft were from the Swedish Air Combat Training School. This visit enabled both parties to conduct tactical development of our respective operational test and evaluation processes. It also provided a valuable opportunity to exchange experiences in this area.</p> question first answered 25/06/2014 14:29:20 answering member 1444
	creator	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson