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386199

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Director of Public Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will make it his policy to enable a Select Committee to hold a confirmation hearings for the post of Director of Public Prosecutions.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	4608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <blockquote><p> </p><p>The post of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is a Civil Service appointment. The process is conducted by the independent Civil Service Commission in line with statute and the Government has no plans to change this. The Commission appoints a panel to carry out the process. In recent competitions, the panel has consisted of the Cabinet Secretary, a senior Civil Service Commissioner, a non-executive director from the relevant department and an external stakeholder - which in the case of the DPP might be a Court of Appeal judge.</p><p> </p></blockquote> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/07/2015 11:00:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

451691

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what planning his Department has undertaken in the event of the UK voting to leave the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	26617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 22/02/2016 16:39:34 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

175662

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost has been to the public purse of independent policy advisers across all government departments since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	221941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Independent policy advisers is not a category of staff or profession that is recognised in the Civil Service<strong>.</strong> Departments may commission policy advice externally including through the Contestable Policy programme. Comprehensive details are not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 02/02/2015 17:54:54 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

455210

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 22 February 2016, Official Report, column 35, on the European Council, whether his Department is undertaking planning in the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	28505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 02/03/2016 17:52:27 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose previous answer version 48403 answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

156777

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Small Businesses: Clacton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of his policies to support small and medium-sized enterprises on businesses in Clacton constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	215147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Small businesses are vital to our economy and our small business owners have driven this economic recovery. The Clacton constituency has benefitted from a number of support schemes. The Business Bank’s Start-Up Loan programme has already provided 26 loans, with a value of £99,230 to people starting a business in Clacton. And since May 2010, the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme has supported 14 loans in the area with a total value of £1.8m.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business, and are doing this in a number of ways:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>A more stable economic environment.</li><li>£10 billion of financing will be unlocked for smaller business over the next 5 years by our British Business Bank;</li><li>Government grants of up to £3,000 for better internet connectivity are available to small businesses;</li><li>The Business Support Helpline is available to provide bespoke information and advice;</li><li>Cuts to corporation tax from 28% to 21%; and</li><li>£2,000 cut from the National Insurance bills of small firms from the new Employment Allowance.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/11/2014 11:13:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

419146

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	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	European Court of Justice: Judgements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has for implementation of the ruling of the European Court of Justice in case C-266/14 of 10 September 2015, on justice and citizens' rights.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	10395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>This judgment of the European Court of Justice automatically became part of UK law on the date of its publication. It is not necessary to amend UK domestic legislation to implement the judgment.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/10/2015 14:06:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

390214

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	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	Social Rented Housing: Greater London
	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 estimate the number of social homes in London occupied by non-UK residents.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	7289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>In 2013-14, 15% of social renters in London were non-UK/Irish nationals.<br><br>If a tenant is not resident in the UK, we would expect a social landlord to take action to recover the property and allocate it to someone in need on the waiting list.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory guidance for local councils issued in 2013 will ensure that only people who have lived in the area for two years or more are able to put their name down on the housing waiting list.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/07/2015 15:59:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

391361

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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	Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of social housing in England which is affected by Stachybotrys chartarum and Aspergillus niger; and what steps his Department is taking to tackle incidence of such molds.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	7905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Housing Health &amp; Safety Rating System allows local authorities to assess properties against 29 different hazards, including damp and mould growth. If following an inspection a property is found to contain a serious, “category 1”, hazard, we would expect the local authority to take action in relation to the hazard. The assessment for whether damp is a hazard takes into account factors such as the state of repair of the dwelling, the extent of existing dampness and the effect it could have on mould growth, and the consequent potential for harm.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2010 the Decent Homes standard has been a regulatory requirement for social landlords. The Decent Homes standard was set as a threshold and the landlord must not allow a home to be below the standard. Most landlords are delivering works that exceed the minimum standard.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/09/2015 10:23:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

391363

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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	Troubled Families Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families are in the Troubled Families programme; and what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse for each family which has participated in that programme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	7919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>As was announced on the 22 June 2015, the original Troubled Families Programme (2012-2015) worked with and turned around the lives of 116,654 families. The new and expanded Troubled Families Programme was rolled out nationally in April 2015 and will reach up to a further 400,000 families with multiple problems. Details of how many troubled families are engaged in the new programme, in its first year of implementation, will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Research estimates that the cost to the public purse of the most troubled 120,000 families before engagement with the Troubled Families Programme was £9 billion in total; an average of £75,000 per family (DCLG: ‘The Fiscal Case for Working with Troubled Families’ (2013)). £8 billion of this spend was purely reacting to their problems. Information about the fiscal benefits resulting from that programme will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 07/09/2015 10:16:45 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

420617

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2015
	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	Housing: Jaywick
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the 30 September 2015 publication, English Indices of Deprivation, what plans his Department has to introduce specific measures to (a) improve the standard of housing, (b) improve the quality of life and (c) liberalise planning rules for house building in Jaywick.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	11444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>In March 2015, my Department announced that the Jaywick Coastal Community Team would be one of 12 pilots that bring local community, public and private sector delivery partners together to develop an economic plan for their area to help promote jobs and growth in seaside towns. The Jaywick Team is focusing on three key issues:</p><ul><li>Addressing housing and poor infrastructure provision for the existing community</li><li>Supporting the local economy by the location of care and assisted living provision – “Extra Care Village”</li><li>Creating local apprentice and employment opportunities</li></ul><p>My officials meet regularly with Essex County Council and Tendring District Council to discuss the regeneration strategy being prepared for Jaywick.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/10/2015 16:21:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell