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18743

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2013
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding was allocated from Homes and Community Agency to (a) develop new affordable housing and (b) bring empty homes back into use in Harrow in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	174351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Thursday 7 November 2013]</em></p><p>The figures for affordable housing are as follows for the London Borough of Harrow area:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£22 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£45 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£26 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£15 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£13 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since April 2012, allocations from the Affordable Housing Programme have been overseen by the Greater London Authority rather than the Homes and Communities Agency. There have been no specific allocations on empty homes over this period.</p><p>As outlined to the hon. Member in the answer of 7 January 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 121W, I would note that the new Affordable Rent model now allows for more affordable housing to be delivered with lower levels of taxpayer capital subsidy and lever in more private investment.</p><p>As the National Audit Office has observed: “The Department selected the best delivery model open to it for the funds it had available” and “The Department has so far achieved its policy objective to maximise the number of homes delivered within the available grant funding” (National Audit Office, “Financial viability of the social housing sector; introducing the Affordable Homes Programme”, 4 July 2012, HC465, pp.6-7).</p><p>I also note that the Mayor's proposed Housing Strategy states: “£1.8 billion of public funding has been secured by the Mayor which will unlock an estimated additional £3.7 billion of other investment for London to enable 55,000 affordable homes to be delivered between 2011-15” (Mayor of London, “The Revised London Housing Strategy”, December2011, p.35).</p><p>Across England, 170,000 affordable homes have been delivered so far since April 2010, and a total of £19.5 billion of public and private investment is being spent on affordable housing over the current Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

423840

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to promote the use of credit unions in the work of the Law Officers' Departments; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	13503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to question 13524 on the 2<sup>nd</sup> of November by my Hon. Friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 03/11/2015 15:15:12 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

599323

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, which agreed EU directives have not yet been transposed directly into UK law; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	48170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office does not have departmental responsibility for the transposition of directives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 20/10/2016 11:50:18 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

662784

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Law Officers' Departments permits its employees to join a credit union through payroll deductions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	58444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>I can confirm my department does have a facility that allows staff to join a credit union through payroll deductions.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/01/2017 11:51:28 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

90584

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (i) the Law Officers' Departments and (ii) its public bodies was in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	uin	208301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following tables contain details on the highest and lowest payments made to full-time equivalent civil servants in the Law Officers’ Departments between 2010-11 and 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</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 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£18,000 - £18,500</p></td><td><p>£18,000 - £18,500</p></td><td><p>£20,000 - £20,500</p></td><td><p>£21,000 – £21,500</p></td><td><p>£20,500 - £21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£155,000 – £159,999</p></td><td><p>£160,000 – £164,999</p></td><td><p>£160,000 – £164,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* TSol data also covers the Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</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 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£20,000- £20,500</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td><td><p>£19,500- £20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£165,000 - £169,999</p></td><td><p>£165,000 - £169,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td><td><p>£180,000 - £184,999</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution Service *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>FTE salary</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</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 (to date)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Lowest</strong></p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£14,500</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£15,000</p></td><td><p>£14,000 -£15,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Highest</strong></p></td><td><p>£210,000 -£215,000</p></td><td><p>£210,000 -£215,000</p></td><td><p>£195,000 – £200,000</p></td><td><p>£195,000 – £200,000</p></td><td><p>£200,000 -£205,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The source data for this question has been extracted from the CPS ‘Trent’ database using the base data report as of 05/09/14. Consequent change to data input may mean that this data could change at some point in the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In line with standard reporting requirements and for protection of personal data the salary for the highest paid individual has been shown within a £5K boundary and a £500 range has been applied for lower paid staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 09/09/2014 13:33:15 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

599355

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	European Regional Development Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the UK received from the European Regional Development Agency in (a) total, (b) each action region of the UK and (c) each local authority area in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	48165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK was allocated €7.8 billion from the European Regional Development Fund for the period 2007-16. This was broken down between the different parts of the UK for each year as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>€m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>545.3</p></td><td><p>515.9</p></td><td><p>485.2</p></td><td><p>453.0</p></td><td><p>414.6</p></td><td><p>427.7</p></td><td><p>436.3</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>985.8</p></td><td><p>507.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>177.9</p></td><td><p>181.5</p></td><td><p>185.1</p></td><td><p>188.8</p></td><td><p>192.6</p></td><td><p>196.5</p></td><td><p>200.4</p></td><td><p>189.2</p></td><td><p>193.0</p></td><td><p>196.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>80.5</p></td><td><p>77.6</p></td><td><p>74.6</p></td><td><p>71.5</p></td><td><p>68.1</p></td><td><p>64.6</p></td><td><p>61.0</p></td><td><p>64.1</p></td><td><p>65.4</p></td><td><p>66.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>41.3</p></td><td><p>42.1</p></td><td><p>42.9</p></td><td><p>43.8</p></td><td><p>44.7</p></td><td><p>45.6</p></td><td><p>22.5</p></td><td><p>41.4</p></td><td><p>42.2</p></td><td><p>43.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Within England, the European Regional Development Fund for 2007-2013 was administered on the basis of NUTS 1 regions (as defined by the European Statistical Office). The breakdown for each year was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>€m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>156.8</p></td><td><p>138.5</p></td><td><p>119.5</p></td><td><p>99.6</p></td><td><p>78.9</p></td><td><p>80.4</p></td><td><p>82.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>127.1</p></td><td><p>110.8</p></td><td><p>93.7</p></td><td><p>76.0</p></td><td><p>57.5</p></td><td><p>58.7</p></td><td><p>59.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>50.5</p></td><td><p>51.5</p></td><td><p>52.6</p></td><td><p>53.6</p></td><td><p>54.7</p></td><td><p>55.8</p></td><td><p>56.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>36.1</p></td><td><p>36.8</p></td><td><p>37.6</p></td><td><p>38.3</p></td><td><p>36.5</p></td><td><p>39.9</p></td><td><p>40.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>53.8</p></td><td><p>54.9</p></td><td><p>56.0</p></td><td><p>57.1</p></td><td><p>58.2</p></td><td><p>59.4</p></td><td><p>60.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.5</p></td><td><p>15.8</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td><td><p>16.5</p></td><td><p>16.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>24.5</p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td><td><p>25.5</p></td><td><p>26.0</p></td><td><p>26.5</p></td><td><p>27.0</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>16.8</p></td><td><p>17.1</p></td><td><p>17.4</p></td><td><p>17.8</p></td><td><p>18.2</p></td><td><p>18.5</p></td><td><p>18.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall &amp; Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>61.6</p></td><td><p>62.8</p></td><td><p>64.1</p></td><td><p>65.4</p></td><td><p>66.7</p></td><td><p>68.0</p></td><td><p>69.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the 2014-2020 period, England’s share of the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund was allocated across Local Enterprise Partnership areas (see list of allocations at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf</a>). Local partners decided how the total in each area should be split between the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/10/2016 13:01:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

599368

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Regional Growth Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward proposals for a further round of Regional Growth Funding; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	48163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Following the 2015 Spending Review no future rounds are proposed. The economic context has changed since 2011 when the first round of the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) was launched. The economy has recovered significantly and the employment rate has now reached record levels. The RGF is already achieving its task to deliver jobs and sustainable private sector led growth to areas previously dependent on the public sector.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/10/2016 13:07:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

599643

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which agreed EU directives have not yet been transposed directly into UK law; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	48169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.</p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is responsible for transposition of the following agreed Directives: 2013/30/EU, 2013/55/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/32/EU, 2015/13/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/68/EU, 2014/95/EU, 2014/104/EU, 2015/2302/EU, 2015/2436/EU, 2014/87/EU, 2013/59/EU.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/10/2016 13:10:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

632013

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Energy: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will require Ofgem to consult local authorities and mayors before changes to energy infrastructure in their area are agreed; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	52493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Ofgem is responsible for the independent regulation of energy network companies. Under the regulatory framework companies are expected to demonstrate effective engagement with stakeholders on their activities, including, where relevant, local authorities and mayors. This applies to agreeing funding with Ofgem for the current 8-year price controls and on an annual basis thereafter. In addition, for larger infrastructure projects network companies have to provide evidence of engagement with stakeholders, and how any concerns have been addressed, to Ofgem as part of the funding approval process. They also have to do so in their planning applications for development consent.</p><p>More widely, as part of the planning consent process, energy infrastructure developers who wish to make changes to their existing consents are required to consult with stakeholders and communities potentially affected by their proposals.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/11/2016 16:13:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

663069

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Credit Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department permits its employees to join a credit union through payroll deductions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	58443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created on 14 July 2016. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) were merged to create this new department.</p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not currently have the facility for staff to join a credit union through payroll deductions.</p><p>Some Government departments offer this facility and it is currently being looked into by the central civil service HR team. Once a decision has been made, BEIS will consider these recommendations as part of its ongoing work to ensure staff are offered a benefits package that is current and reflective of the wider Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/01/2017 15:01:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas