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420424

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the Government's target of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	901501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/10/2015 16:04:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

528635

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons applicants are charged to apply for (a) naturalisation to become a British citizen and (b) registration to become a British citizen; and how those charges are calculated.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	41199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>Fees for applications for naturalisation and registration for British citizenship are charged to cover the cost of processing such applications and contribute to the wider costs of operating the border, immigration and citizenship system. Fee levels are set in accordance with sections 68 to 70 of the Immigration Act 2014, and take account of a range of factors including the administration costs associated with an application and the various benefits and entitlements that applicants may receive from British citizenship.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/06/2016 12:21:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

576474

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what number and proportion of (a) overall visa applications and (b) applications from Syrian passport holders have been rejected by her Department in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	45004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, April - June 2016’, available from the Home Office website at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/09/2016 14:43:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

533646

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	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	Sports: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representations to the International Olympic Committee on upgrading the medals of British athletes who were placed behind athletes found guilty of doping in competitions.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	42237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Recommendation 17 of the International Olympic Committee's Agenda 2020 seeks to honour clean athletes by awarding an Olympic medal following a positive doping case. This involves organising formal medal ceremonies for medal-winners who receive their Olympic medal following the disqualification of a competitor.</p><p><br>Last month Australian athlete Jared Tallent was presented with an Olympic gold medal for the 50km walk at the London 2012 Games following the disqualification of a Russian athlete for a doping offence. We expect the same treatment for British athletes.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 12/07/2016 14:22:35 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

79318

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	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	National Lottery: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much the National Lottery Distribution Fund has allocated to each parliamentary constituency in Scotland in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
	uin	206973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>Lottery distributors do not allocate their funding on a constituency basis. While they are required to ensure that Lottery funding is available to all areas and all sections of society, they make their funding decisions based on an assessment of applications submitted to each of their separate funding streams. A database of all Lottery grants is compiled by DCMS from data supplied by the various Lottery distributors. The database is available at: <a href="http://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/Search.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.lottery.culture.gov.uk/Search.aspx</a> and is searchable in a variety of ways, including by constituency.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 02/09/2014 09:24:59 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

177692

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on television advertising in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
	uin	223318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has spent the following on television advertising in each of the last three financial years:</p><p>2011-12 - The data is not held in the precise format requested.</p><p>2012-13 - £8.0 million</p><p>2013-14 - £8.4 million</p><p>This expenditure is for recruitment advertising. It is a key requirement for the Armed Forces to maintain a satisfactory balance of skills, experience, ability and seniority in rank to enable delivery of operational requirements. Despite the reduction in overall numbers of Service personnel, the requirement for the Armed Forces to recruit and train personnel to replace those who leave the Services remains. Audited figures for 2014-15 will be available after the end of the financial year.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/02/2015 17:10:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 44996 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

222902

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited to work for his Department as a result of advertisements placed online in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
	uin	224899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Armed Forces uses a layered marketing campaign approach to recruitment into the Reserves which includes television, social media, outreach events and other mediums. Marketing analysis shows that people who join do so as a result of a cumulative number of so-called “touch points”. For this reason, the information which you seek is not available in the format you have requested.</p><p> </p><p>Research carried out by the Navy in July – December 2014 suggests that around half of potential applicants to the Maritime Reserve said that the ‘top influencer’ in their decision to apply was internet advertising, whilst a third said it was television.</p><p> </p><p>For recruitment to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, television and internet campaigns combined represent over 90% of triggers to application. We do not have separate figures for the two categories.</p><p> </p><p>Research into which form of media is most effective is currently being carried out by the Army; this work will be completed within the next few months.</p><p> </p><p>Information on recruitment to the regular Armed Forces is collected as part of the Annual Recruit Trainee Survey, the latest version of which is available at the following web address:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 224898 question first answered 02/03/2015 17:29:25 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

222904

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited to work for his Department as a result of television advertising in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
	uin	224898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Armed Forces uses a layered marketing campaign approach to recruitment into the Reserves which includes television, social media, outreach events and other mediums. Marketing analysis shows that people who join do so as a result of a cumulative number of so-called “touch points”. For this reason, the information which you seek is not available in the format you have requested.</p><p> </p><p>Research carried out by the Navy in July – December 2014 suggests that around half of potential applicants to the Maritime Reserve said that the ‘top influencer’ in their decision to apply was internet advertising, whilst a third said it was television.</p><p> </p><p>For recruitment to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, television and internet campaigns combined represent over 90% of triggers to application. We do not have separate figures for the two categories.</p><p> </p><p>Research into which form of media is most effective is currently being carried out by the Army; this work will be completed within the next few months.</p><p> </p><p>Information on recruitment to the regular Armed Forces is collected as part of the Annual Recruit Trainee Survey, the latest version of which is available at the following web address:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/recruit-trainee-survey</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 224899 question first answered 02/03/2015 17:29:25 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

445664

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take fiscal steps to support exports by SMEs.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	903114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The government has provided significant support to first time exporters, many of whom are Small and Medium Enterprises.</p><br /><p>A significant package was announced at Autumn Statement 2014, and funding for this initiative was continued at Spending Review 2015.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 19/01/2016 15:17:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

524655

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2016
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons the income of the highest-earning parent is used to assess eligibility for child benefit rather than the joint incomes of both parents.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	40400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>If the Government were to use total household income as the criteria for the High Income Child Benefit Charge on households, this would require collecting information of the incomes of everyone in each of the eight million households receiving Child Benefit. This would effectively introduce a new means test. The Government’s approach withdraws Child Benefit from those on high incomes, whilst having no impact on the majority of claimants.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/06/2016 12:48:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows