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518114

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many independent candidates were successfully elected to the role of Police and Crime Commissioner in 2016, and how that figure compares to the number of independent candidates elected in 2012.
	tabling member printed	Lord Condon
	uin	HL8274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>All information pertaining to the candidates who stood in the 2016 Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections, including details of those elected, is available on the Government website: <a href="http://www.choosemypcc.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.choosemypcc.org.uk</a>.</p><p>In the 2016 PCC elections, 3 independent candidates were elected to the role. In the 2012 PCC elections, 12 independent candidates were elected to the role.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/05/2016 13:11:19 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2171 label Biography information for Lord Condon

518083

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Financial Conduct Authority authorisation of insolvency practitioners on the size of the debt advice market.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL8244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The government consulted extensively on its reforms to the consumer credit market prior to the transfer of regulation from the Office of Fair Trading to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in April 2014. The result of that consultation included the exclusion for insolvency practitioners when acting in reasonable contemplation of being appointed as an insolvency practitioner (IP).</p><p> </p><p>It remains the government’s view that when an insolvency practitioner is no longer acting in reasonable contemplation of being appointed as an IP, they must be authorised by the FCA if they wish to continue providing debt advice. There are no immediate plans to review this exclusion. However, the government does maintain an interest in the impact of regulation on the debt advice market.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is thoroughly assessing every debt management firm’s fitness to trade as part of the authorisation process. The size of the debt advice market will not be known until this process is complete. The government will stay in contact with the FCA throughout the authorisation process to monitor the impact on customer journeys and capacity.</p><p> </p><p>For IPs concerned about the potential burden of FCA authorisation, the FCA has been clear that it takes a proportionate approach to setting fees. This includes imposing tiered fees based on the income a firm generates from its credit activities, ensuring that the smallest firms pay the lowest fees. There also remain other options for smaller firms to consider, including the appointed representative regime.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL8243 HL8245 question first answered 11/05/2016 16:10:03 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

518076

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed Two
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria are used by HS2 Ltd to challenge the locus standi of petitioners to the Lords Select Committee.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL8237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The rules relating to locus standi are set out in the Lords Standing Orders for Private Business 114-118 and the basis for our decisions was included in a note that accompanied the challenge notices sent to petitioners last week. The note explained that individuals or businesses whose property or interests are directly and specially affected by the scheme have locus. Therefore, petitioners who are listed in the Book of Reference, and whose property and interests may well be affected, have not been challenged. Local authorities on the route, who may have locus at the discretion of the Select Committee, have not been challenged, as they will represent issues pertaining to the inhabitants of their area. Individual petitioners have been challenged when their property or interests are not affected by the scheme or where this affect is not sufficiently different from that of the general public.</p><p> </p><p>Standing Orders also allow discretionary locus for groups representing amenity or recreational interests. Groups have only been challenged on the basis that they do not sufficiently represent amenity or recreational interests or other petitioners have a much stronger claim to represent such interests.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also chosen not to challenge members of this House, where they are not directly and specially affected, in keeping with the approach taken in the Other Place.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/05/2016 12:08:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

518106

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	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	British Home Stores: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the BHS pension fund has now transferred to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) or whether the owner, former owner, or secured creditors are still able to make a financial contribution to obviate a need to transfer the fund to the PPF.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL8266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The BHS pension schemes are in Pension Protection Fund (PPF) assessment periods. During this period the schemes are able to accept contributions from the sponsoring employer to cover its debts to the schemes. They are also able to receive recoveries as a creditor or through the use of the Regulator’s powers. If the scheme assets are shown to be sufficient to buy its members annuities at least as good as the compensation paid by the PPF, the scheme will not transfer into the PPF.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 11/05/2016 14:45:49 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

518082

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to review the Financial Conduct Authority authorisation exemption for insolvency practitioners.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL8243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The government consulted extensively on its reforms to the consumer credit market prior to the transfer of regulation from the Office of Fair Trading to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in April 2014. The result of that consultation included the exclusion for insolvency practitioners when acting in reasonable contemplation of being appointed as an insolvency practitioner (IP).</p><p> </p><p>It remains the government’s view that when an insolvency practitioner is no longer acting in reasonable contemplation of being appointed as an IP, they must be authorised by the FCA if they wish to continue providing debt advice. There are no immediate plans to review this exclusion. However, the government does maintain an interest in the impact of regulation on the debt advice market.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA is thoroughly assessing every debt management firm’s fitness to trade as part of the authorisation process. The size of the debt advice market will not be known until this process is complete. The government will stay in contact with the FCA throughout the authorisation process to monitor the impact on customer journeys and capacity.</p><p> </p><p>For IPs concerned about the potential burden of FCA authorisation, the FCA has been clear that it takes a proportionate approach to setting fees. This includes imposing tiered fees based on the income a firm generates from its credit activities, ensuring that the smallest firms pay the lowest fees. There also remain other options for smaller firms to consider, including the appointed representative regime.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL8244 HL8245 question first answered 11/05/2016 16:10:03 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

518108

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	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	Retail Trade: Voucher Schemes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will investigate the case for sales of gift vouchers by retailers to be backed by cash collateral held in independent escrow.
	tabling member printed	Lord Myners
	uin	HL8268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government has asked the Law Commission to consider the treatment of gift vouchers and pre-payments in the event of retailer insolvency. The Government will consider carefully any recommendations that may emerge on this question once the Law Commission’s report is published in the summer of 2016.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 11/05/2016 11:39:32 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

517930

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Business: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many reports of sanctions breaches were made to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) in each year since 2009-10; how many of those alleged breaches concerned businesses in HM Revenue and Customs' large business database; in how many such cases (a) the OFSI identified wrongdoing and (b) made a referral to the Crown Prosecution Service for prosecution in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation was established on 31st March 2016 however breaches of financial sanctions have previously been reported to HM Treasury. There are 441 records of alleged breaches reported to HM Treasury between September 2013 and December 2015. There are no records prior to September 2013.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not hold the requested information regarding HMRC's large business database.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not determine wrongdoing but works closely with UK law enforcement to deal with suspected breaches. It is a matter for law enforcement to make any referrals to the Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/05/2016 13:07:17 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

517925

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2016
	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	Shares
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2016 to Question 35753, how many and which companies have not confirmed to Companies House that they no longer have bearer shares; and what action he plans to take against such companies.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	36729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>As of 6 May 2016, 63 companies had not informed Companies House that they no longer have bearer shares.</p><p> </p><p>No action will be taken against these companies at the present time. There is no statutory obligation for any company that has converted bearer shares to registered shares to inform Companies House until it delivers its annual return or confirmation statement.</p><p> </p><p>I have requested the Registrar of Companies to write to the Hon Member with the list of the company names.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/05/2016 15:58:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

518176

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	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	EU Grants and Loans
	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 his Department has made of the amount of (a) regional development funds and (b) structural funds that the UK is due to receive in each year to 2020 under the current EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	36753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The amounts allocated by year for each operational programme for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) in the UK for the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework is set out in table 1.6 of the United Kingdom’s Partnership Agreement with the European Commission which can be found on GOV.UK at ‘European Structural and Investment Funds: UK Partnership Agreement’. The table is attached. Each annual allocation needs to be spent within three years.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/05/2016 09:24:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name Information from table 1 6_PA - final.doc title ERDF and ESF funding
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

518184

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Advertising Standards Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Advertising Standards Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Northampton South
	tabling member printed	David Mackintosh
	uin	36848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>This Government supports the system of co-regulation and self-regulation, overseen by the independent Advertising Standards Authority and underpinned by consumer protection legislation. This regulatory system is independent of the Government and is ultimately responsible for setting the standards in advertising, ensuring that all adverts, wherever they appear, are legal, decent, honest and truthful.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/05/2016 16:08:47 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4431 label Biography information for David Mackintosh