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91337

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Youth Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to maintain the level of youth services provision.
	tabling member constituency	Gateshead
	tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
	uin	905304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>We are working to offer practical support to the youth sector at a time when local authorities continue to make difficult decisions on how to deliver services. This support focuses on promoting delivery models for innovative services, including mutuals, and better measurement of the impact of youth services on the lives of young people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 10/09/2014 15:47:48 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

90613

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) child tax credits and (b) working tax credits claimants in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England were paid in error in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
	uin	208172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available for i and ii.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated number of tax credit claims paid out incorrectly in the claimants favour, due to either error or fraud, in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years is provided in Table 2 in:</p><p>2008/09: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121103084242/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtcredits-error0809.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121103084242/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtcredits-error0809.pdf</a></p><p>2009/10: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121103084242/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtcredits-error0910.pdf</p><p>2010/11: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130414062148/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-error-stats/cwtcredits-error.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130414062148/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-error-stats/cwtcredits-error.pdf</a></p><p>2011/12:</p><p>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140206214602/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-error-stats/cwtcredits-error.pdf</p><p>2012/13:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-error-and-fraud-statistics-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-error-and-fraud-statistics-2012-to-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/10/2014 14:10:20 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

90647

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	War Graves
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 613W, on war graves, what further progress has been made on discussions with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the transer of graves maintained by the Ministry of Defence to that Commissioner.
	tabling member constituency	Colchester
	tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
	uin	208305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>Discussions between Ministry Of Defence (MOD) and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) are continuing regarding the transfer of maintenance responsibility for the graves of military personnel buried in the UK since 1945. Furthermore, during the most recent discussions the CWGC has indicated a willingness to take over the maintenance work. <br><br>The MOD is now in the process of compiling specific information to assist a detailed analysis by the CWGC and we are striving to reach a conclusion at the earliest possibility.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/09/2014 16:47:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

91339

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Voluntary Work: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the summer 2014 National Citizen Service programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
	tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
	uin	905305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>National Citizen Service has grown significantly this summer with the programme seeing its 100,000th participant.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed Mr Brooks Newmark question first answered 10/09/2014 15:49:13 answering member 1488 label Biography information for Mr Brooks Newmark
	tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes

90727

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) the French government, (b) local government in Calais and (c) ferry operators regarding illegal immigrants at Calais since 1 August 2014; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	208169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Home Office Ministers have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private <br>sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. Details of these meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website: <a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</a></p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/09/2014 17:18:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

90588

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of potential GDP growth resulting from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	208268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Independent analysis shows that an ambitious, comprehensive TTIP agreement could be worth up to £10bn annually to the UK in the long term. This translates to additional disposable income of around £400 per year for an average UK household.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/09/2014 15:49:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

90801

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent per head on training staff of his Department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	208357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>The Department is fully committed to the development of its staff by investing in learning to create a highly skilled, motivated and flexible workforce. The Department fully supports the Civil Service Reform Plan commitment to provide at least five days a year investment in learning and development for all Civil Servants. Further learning activity has been generated by the DWP Annual Skills Review, the development of a departmental Capability Plan and an increased training requirement necessary to support the DWP Welfare Reform agenda.</p><p>The Departmental spend per head is shown below and has been calculated by dividing the total annual spend for DWP by the staff in post figure for the years in question.</p><p>a) 2010-11 £110.40</p><p>b) 2011-12 £ 85.27</p><p>c) 2012-13 £ 58.80</p><p>d) 2013-14 £ 91.32</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/09/2014 15:37:07 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

90630

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Trade Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the representations he has received on his proposal to end check-off for trade union subscriptions for staff working in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	208160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>As was the case under previous Administrations, we do not publish internal correspondence with our trade unions.</p><p> </p><p>Notwithstanding, as my hon. Friend, the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth (Brandon Lewis), stated in his answer to the rt. hon. Member of 13 September 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 882W, the subsidies and support given to the trade unions by the public sector are poor value for money and represent an unhealthy relationship between the state and voluntary sector. Trade union activities and campaigning in local government, and indeed our Department, should be funded by members' subscriptions, not bankrolled by the taxpayer. Greater freedom from state dependency will help ensure that trade union bosses better reflect and respond to the wishes and views of the grassroots members who pay the bill.</p><p> </p><p>As the previous answer stated, our reforms to trade union facility time are estimated to save up to £400,000 a year of taxpayers’ money.</p><p> </p><p>In the age of direct debits, it is not appropriate or necessary for public resources to be used to support the collection and administration of trade union membership subscriptions. It is also unsatisfactory that trade unions like PCS continue to collect a political levy, but make no attempt to inform would-be members that the political levy exists, that it is optional or mention the right to opt out on their membership forms. This is a misleading and dubious marketing practice through omission.</p><p> </p><p>The decision by the last Labour Government to embed check-off in contracts has acted as an obstacle to ending this outdated practice. But I can confirm that my Department has ended the check off facility to new employees as the first step in phasing it out.</p><p> </p><p>We have also recently suspended check-off for all staff during the current industrial action by PCS. In turn, PCS have asked their union members to switch to Direct Debit noting in their literature “the process takes less than five minutes” and is “very simple”. This somewhat proves our point.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 12/09/2014 13:23:41 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90770

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her press statement of 29 August 2014 on the threat level from international terrorism, what options will be available to staff at border control to deal with UK citizens refused re-entry to the UK because they are suspected of involvement in terrorist activities in Iraq or Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	208161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Prime Minister's statement to the House on 1 September 2014, referred to a targeted, discretionary power to prevent certain British nationals from <br>returning to the UK. We are working closely across government to work up proposals in line with our international obligations. <br><br>In the case of dual nationals and naturalised citizens in certain circumstances, the Home Secretary may be able to deprive these individuals of <br>their British citizenship and subsequently exclude them from the UK. These decisions are taken personally by the Secretary of State, reflecting how <br>seriously the matter is taken.</p><p /> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/09/2014 10:58:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

90755

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the terms of reference adopted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to review on-the-run cases under Operation Red Field; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	208228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Policing in Northern Ireland is devolved and independent of Government. In that context, the terms of reference for policing operations are a matter for the police.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 11/09/2014 14:50:37 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon