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78638

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:32
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:24:40
	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	Administrative Scheme for the "On the Runs" Independent Review
	house id	1
	identifier	206532
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 10:10:37
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will publish the advice the Law Officers' Department gave to Lady Hallett on the lawfulness of the administrative scheme operated for the benefit of on-the-runs.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206532
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206532
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The then Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, and a member of the Attorney General’s Office gave evidence to the Hallett Inquiry but did so as witnesses rather than legal advisers. Lady Justice Hallett reached her own view on the lawfulness of the administrative scheme.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 10:10:37 answering member 4106
	creator	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

78339

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	16/07/2014
	date tabled	16/07/2014
	ddp created	16/07/2014 22:10:38
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 17:55:39
	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	Takeovers
	house id	1
	identifier	206299
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 14:35:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions and meetings (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department have held with the European Commission on takeovers and public interest tests since 20 April 2014.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206299
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206299
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials frequently have conversations with the European Commission on a range of issues. Since 20 April 2014, this issue was discussed at a meeting between officials on 16 May 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 14:35:15 answering member 1513
	creator	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78342

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	16/07/2014
	date tabled	16/07/2014
	ddp created	16/07/2014 22:10:39
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 17:55:57
	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	Sunday Trading
	house id	1
	identifier	206300
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:24:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what studies, statistics or other briefings have been commissioned or purchased by his Department on the issue of Sunday trading in the last 12 months.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206300
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206300
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has not commissioned or purchased any studies on the issue of Sunday Trading in the past 12 months.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:24:08 answering member 1513
	creator	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78344

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	16/07/2014
	date tabled	16/07/2014
	ddp created	16/07/2014 22:10:39
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 17:56:10
	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	Post Boxes
	house id	1
	identifier	206301
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:45:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of post boxes that have been decommissioned since the privatisation of Royal Mail.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206301
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206301
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Providing Royal Mail maintains its network of access points in accordance with the framework set by Ofcom, the postal regulator, decisions relating to local post boxes are made on operational grounds by Royal Mail’s management. The company’s decisions are not subject to a consultation procedure though it does have a system of notifying and advising customers where the removal or relocation of a post box is considered necessary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following a consultation last year, Ofcom enhanced regulatory protection to cover all UK addresses. This was based on extensive market research to inform its understanding of the reasonable needs of postal users. Royal Mail is now required to ensure that there is a post box within 0.5 miles of at least 98% of delivery points (i.e. addresses) nationally; and for the remaining 2% of delivery points, Royal Mail must provide or procure the provision of access to the universal service by other means (for example, collection on delivery from very remote or isolated locations such as farmhouses) to meet the reasonable needs of users. Ofcom monitors Royal Mail’s national provision of access under this framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Royal Mail is currently exceeding the agreed level of provision on a national basis.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:45:33 answering member 1513
	creator	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

78346

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	16/07/2014
	date tabled	16/07/2014
	ddp created	16/07/2014 22:10:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 17:56:22
	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	Post Boxes
	house id	1
	identifier	206302
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:45:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the procedures for consultation before the decommissioning of post boxes by Royal Mail.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206302
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206302
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Providing Royal Mail maintains its network of access points in accordance with the framework set by Ofcom, the postal regulator, decisions relating to local post boxes are made on operational grounds by Royal Mail’s management. The company’s decisions are not subject to a consultation procedure though it does have a system of notifying and advising customers where the removal or relocation of a post box is considered necessary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following a consultation last year, Ofcom enhanced regulatory protection to cover all UK addresses. This was based on extensive market research to inform its understanding of the reasonable needs of postal users. Royal Mail is now required to ensure that there is a post box within 0.5 miles of at least 98% of delivery points (i.e. addresses) nationally; and for the remaining 2% of delivery points, Royal Mail must provide or procure the provision of access to the universal service by other means (for example, collection on delivery from very remote or isolated locations such as farmhouses) to meet the reasonable needs of users. Ofcom monitors Royal Mail’s national provision of access under this framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Royal Mail is currently exceeding the agreed level of provision on a national basis.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:45:33 answering member 1513
	creator	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

78348

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	16/07/2014
	date tabled	16/07/2014
	ddp created	16/07/2014 22:10:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 17:56:33
	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	Post Boxes
	house id	1
	identifier	206303
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:45:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make representations to Royal Mail on the need to conduct local consultation prior to the decommissioning of post boxes.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206303
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206303
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Providing Royal Mail maintains its network of access points in accordance with the framework set by Ofcom, the postal regulator, decisions relating to local post boxes are made on operational grounds by Royal Mail’s management. The company’s decisions are not subject to a consultation procedure though it does have a system of notifying and advising customers where the removal or relocation of a post box is considered necessary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following a consultation last year, Ofcom enhanced regulatory protection to cover all UK addresses. This was based on extensive market research to inform its understanding of the reasonable needs of postal users. Royal Mail is now required to ensure that there is a post box within 0.5 miles of at least 98% of delivery points (i.e. addresses) nationally; and for the remaining 2% of delivery points, Royal Mail must provide or procure the provision of access to the universal service by other means (for example, collection on delivery from very remote or isolated locations such as farmhouses) to meet the reasonable needs of users. Ofcom monitors Royal Mail’s national provision of access under this framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Royal Mail is currently exceeding the agreed level of provision on a national basis.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:45:33 answering member 1513
	creator	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

78349

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	16/07/2014
	date tabled	16/07/2014
	ddp created	16/07/2014 22:10:40
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 17:56:39
	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	Post Boxes
	house id	1
	identifier	206304
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:45:34
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library all data he holds on the effect of the decommissioning of post boxes on (a) elderly and (b) disabled people.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206304
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206304
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Providing Royal Mail maintains its network of access points in accordance with the framework set by Ofcom, the postal regulator, decisions relating to local post boxes are made on operational grounds by Royal Mail’s management. The company’s decisions are not subject to a consultation procedure though it does have a system of notifying and advising customers where the removal or relocation of a post box is considered necessary.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following a consultation last year, Ofcom enhanced regulatory protection to cover all UK addresses. This was based on extensive market research to inform its understanding of the reasonable needs of postal users. Royal Mail is now required to ensure that there is a post box within 0.5 miles of at least 98% of delivery points (i.e. addresses) nationally; and for the remaining 2% of delivery points, Royal Mail must provide or procure the provision of access to the universal service by other means (for example, collection on delivery from very remote or isolated locations such as farmhouses) to meet the reasonable needs of users. Ofcom monitors Royal Mail’s national provision of access under this framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Royal Mail is currently exceeding the agreed level of provision on a national basis.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:45:34 answering member 1513
	creator	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

78358

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	16/07/2014
	date tabled	16/07/2014
	ddp created	16/07/2014 22:10:42
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 17:57:32
	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	Royal Mail
	house id	1
	identifier	206362
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 14:54:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 9 April 2014, Official Report, column 292W, on Royal Mail, by what date he expects to make a decision on whether a discretionary payment will be made; and whether he expects this decision to be made after the report of Lord Myners on the privatisation of Royal Mail has been submitted.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206362
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206362
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>No decision has been made about the payment of the discretionary element of the fee and we have not set a timetable for making the decision. We will consider a number of factors when deciding whether to award this.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 14:54:53 answering member 4070
	creator	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78641

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:33
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:24:58
	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
	hansard heading	Sunday Trading
	house id	1
	identifier	206509
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 13:29:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the most recent impact assessment his Department has carried out on the issue of Sunday trading.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206509
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206509
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) undertook an assessment in relation to Sunday Trading legislation which was published in May 2012 alongside the Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill, though this was not a formal impact assessment. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) looked at retail trade evidence during the Olympics suspension.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to this BIS carried out a thorough review of the 1994 legislation (including a consultation and an independent economic cost benefit analysis) in 2006.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 13:29:51 answering member 1513
	creator	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78653

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	17/07/2014
	date tabled	17/07/2014
	ddp created	17/07/2014 18:50:36
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:26:17
	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	Coastal Areas
	house id	1
	identifier	206520
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 15:30:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the responsibilities of the Parlimentary Under-Secretary for Coastal Communities will be; and whether Hull will be classed as a coastal community for this purpose.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206520
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206520
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>My responsibilities are on the DCLG website and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/people/penny-mordaunt" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/people/penny-mordaunt</a></p><p> </p><p>Hull is classed as a coastal community under the Government’s Coastal Communities Fund which covers both coastal and estuarine settlements. It has received two grant awards from the Fund to date totalling over £700,000 to support projects promoting growth and jobs in the city.</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 15:30:51 answering member 4017
	creator	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson