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78870

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 16:20:18
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:45:06
	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	EU Law
	house id	1
	identifier	206649
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 14:02:07
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within the Law Officers' Departments' responsibility.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206649
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206649
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>None. The UK has not been subject to infraction proceedings, during this period, which relate directly to matters within the Law Officers’ Departments’ areas of responsibility.</p><p> </p> question first answered 01/09/2014 14:02:07 answering member 1560
	creator	14 label Biography information for John Redwood
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

78986

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 20:50:18
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:53:33
	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	Consultants
	house id	1
	identifier	206676
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 14:44:35
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 184W, on consultants, who the consultants were; what they were contracted to do; and how much each was paid.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206676
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206676
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested in respect of the Crown Prosecution Service was contained in an answer given to the Rt. Hon Member by the Attorney General on the 16<sup>th</sup> July (Official Report, Col 678W).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below contains details on the consultants used by the SFO since 2010-11.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Contractor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Work type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>PA Consultancy</p></td><td><p>Support work for senior management</p></td><td><p>986k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Corven</p></td><td><p>Development work relating to Deferred</p><p>Prosecution Agreements; coaching</p></td><td><p>480k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>SCC</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>60k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>DTZ</p></td><td><p>Preparation of Business case for</p><p>relocation and satellite offices</p></td><td><p>24k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Morland Consulting</p></td><td><p>Research &amp; Support Strategic</p><p>Risk Assessment</p></td><td><p>10k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Processflows Ltd</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>1k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>Ravn Systems Ltd</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>7k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>PA Consultancy</p></td><td><p>Support work for senior</p><p>management</p></td><td><p>208k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Corven</p></td><td><p>Consultancy work relating to</p><p>Deferred Prosecution Agreements</p></td><td><p>542k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>BNP Paribas</p></td><td><p>Lease surrender</p></td><td><p>61k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Ravn Systems</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>44k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>Hill and Knowlton</p></td><td><p>Communication advice</p></td><td><p>1k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>PA Consultancy</p></td><td><p>Late invoice for work in</p><p>2011-12 (as above)</p></td><td><p>31k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>SCC</p></td><td><p>IT consultancy</p></td><td><p>32k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>CIO Partners</p></td><td><p>Preparation of specialist</p><p>IT specification</p></td><td><p>2k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>Others*</p></td><td><p>Data management reviews</p></td><td><p>14k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Two individuals carried out some work relating to an incident of data loss</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Note 1:</strong> Records for this type of expenditure were not properly documented prior to April 2012. Available records are summarised above:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note 2:</strong> The combined total of costs for the year 2010/11 does not match SFO’s previously published figures. The previous figure was understated by £10k because of credits for late invoices relating to 2009/10 which had been incorrectly categorised as consultancy expenditure.</p><p> </p> question first answered 01/09/2014 14:44:35 answering member 4106
	creator	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

78987

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 20:50:19
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:53:39
	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	Buildings
	house id	1
	identifier	206681
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 14:13:01
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will review the Law Officers' Departments departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206681
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206681
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been engaged in a programme of estate reduction since 2010 which has reduced the annual running cost of its estate by £9.32m. This has been achieved by reducing the size of the estate from 95 buildings in 2010 to 59 sites, 15 of which are currently vacant or being used as storage and business continuity sites.</p><p>The CPS Estate Rationalisation Programme will continue into 2016 and by the end of 2016 the department expects to reduce the size of the estate to approximately 35 occupied buildings and 10 vacant sites with leases due to expire, reducing running costs by a further £10m per annum.</p><p>The other Law Officers’ Departments do not have sizable estates but have made significant efforts to reduce their estate running costs since 2010, including initiatives such as relocation to more cost effective properties and sharing premises with other organisations. The departmental estate costs of all departments are continually kept under review.</p><p>Full details on the size of the Government estate - including the Law Officers’ Departments - can be found in the latest State of the Estate Report (SofTE) which reports annually on progress made during the year in improving the efficiency of the Government’s Civil Estate. This is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/state-of-the-estate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/state-of-the-estate</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 01/09/2014 14:13:01 answering member 4106
	creator	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78359

	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 17:57:38
	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	206368
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	10/09/2014 15:38:49
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) meetings and (b) discussions on the privatisation of Royal Mail took place between (i) Ministers, (ii) officials, (iii) the Financial Adviser to HM Government, (iv) the banking syndicate working on the privatisation and (v) priority investors (A) ahead of and (B) since the privatisation of Royal Mail.
	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 206368
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206368
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were no meetings between Ministers or Officials and investors in the lead up to the IPO. Regular meetings and discussions took place between Minsters and Officials, and between Officials and Advisers and Glocos ahead of the IPO. Since then, officials have met with members of the banking syndicate and investors in relation to Select Committee hearings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 10/09/2014 15:38:49 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

78871

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 16:20:20
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:45:19
	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	Apprentices
	house id	1
	identifier	206597
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 16:29:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level apprenticeships taken up by people aged (i) under 19, (ii) between 19 and 25 and (iii) 25 and over in each year since 2009-10.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206597
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206597
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by Level and age group is published in Table 6.1 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p> question first answered 01/09/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3995
	creator	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

78872

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 16:20:20
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:45:26
	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	Apprentices
	house id	1
	identifier	206598
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 16:29:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level apprenticeships starts taken up by people aged 25 and under in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206598
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206598
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by Level and age group is published in Table 6.1 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p> question first answered 01/09/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3995
	creator	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

78873

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 16:20:21
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:45:32
	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	Cane Sugar
	house id	1
	identifier	206599
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/10/2014 13:04:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on ensuring that UK sugar cane refiners have improved access to cane sugar through free trade deals.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
	tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206599
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206599
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Colombia, Peru, Panama and the region of Central America have recently negotiated access to the EU sugar market through their Free Trade Agreements.</p><p>UK sugar cane refiners also benefit from duty free access to sugar imports from Least Developed Countries under the Everything But Arms Agreement (EBA) and the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. From 2009 these agreements have increased the quantity of cane sugar which can be imported duty-free.</p><p>EPA negotiations between the EU and Southern Africa were recently concluded and we expect this EPA to provide UK sugar cane refiners with improved access to cane sugar from Swaziland and South Africa. In addition, the recently negotiated EU-Fiji EPA should also allow UK firms to continue to buy duty-free Fijian cane sugar.</p> question first answered 01/10/2014 13:04:43 answering member 4070
	creator	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

78876

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	18/07/2014
	date tabled	18/07/2014
	ddp created	18/07/2014 16:20:21
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:45:47
	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	EU Law
	house id	1
	identifier	206648
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/09/2014 16:44:31
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within his Department's responsibility.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206648
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206648
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since May 2010 the UK has not lost any EU infraction proceedings falling within the responsibility of BIS.</p> question first answered 03/09/2014 16:44:31 answering member 4070
	creator	14 label Biography information for John Redwood
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

78988

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 20:50:19
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:53:46
	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	Buildings
	house id	1
	identifier	206680
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 15:48:11
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will review his departmental estate in order to reduce costs; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206680
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206680
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There has been, and continues to be, substantial investment in reviewing BIS Departmental Estates in order to reduce costs. We have made substantial investment which has proven most successful in delivering an Estates Transition Programme.</p> question first answered 01/09/2014 15:48:11 answering member 1513
	creator	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

78990

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	21/07/2014
	date tabled	21/07/2014
	ddp created	21/07/2014 20:50:20
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 18:54:32
	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	Regional Growth Fund
	house id	1
	identifier	206774
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	20/10/2014 15:01:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the total funds allocated via intermediaries as part of the Regional Growth Fund have been drawn down in each round and was allocated via intermediaries to date.
	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 206774
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206774
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>£1.64 billion has been allocated to intermediaries across Rounds 1-5 of the Regional Growth Fund and exceptional Regional Growth Fund. The tables show how much of that money has been drawn down to date. All data are correct at 15 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Round 1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Round 5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceptional</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RGF allocated to Programmes (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>452</p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p><strong>1,638</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RGF grant drawn down to date (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><strong>951</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the planned RGF grant draw down timetable which has been agreed with these programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>RGF Drawn Down by year (£ million)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Actual paid – year to date</strong></p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>286</p></td><td><p>175*</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Planned for whole financial year</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>675</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>1,621</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>*This is the actual amount paid to beneficiaries as of 15 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The difference between the totals in tables 1 and 2 arises because RGF applicants have not always claimed the full grant available to them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More detail on which RGF programmes are still available for SMEs to bid into is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/regional-growth-fund-programmes-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/regional-growth-fund-programmes-guide</a></p><p> </p> question first answered 20/10/2014 15:01:38 answering member 1578
	creator	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna