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166975

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date	01/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the disposal of his Department's surplus land; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>As part of the Government's housing target of 100,000 new homes, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a target to release sufficient land to deliver 37,634 housing units by 31 March 2015. To date the MOD has achieved 35,818 units and transferred 515 units to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 04/12/2014 16:42:18 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

167013

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dairy Farming
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce price volatility in the dairy industry; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>I had a constructive discussion on the prospects for introducing futures markets for skimmed milk powder at the Dairy Supply Chain Forum on 19 November. Members are exploring how this could be achieved and the NFU will report on progress in the New Year.</p><p>Through the joint Defra/industry Farming Resilience Group, which I chair, we are also considering the potential for the use of futures markets to manage volatility and risk. The next meeting will take place in January 2015.</p><p>On its website, DairyCo provides domestic dairy farmers with a range of educational materials and guidance on futures markets and other forms of price risk management.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/12/2014 11:16:17 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

167020

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Milk: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of the (a) Actual Milk Price Equivalent and (b) Intervention Milk Price Equivalent for the first quarter of 2015.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Actual Milk Price Equivalent and Intervention of Milk Price Equivalent indicators capture historic market trends and cannot be used to estimate future prices.</p><p>The EU Milk Market Observatory (MMO) provides a range of information on price trends and short-term analysis. Intervention prices for skimmed milk powder and butter are set out in EU Regulation 1370/2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/12/2014 16:44:52 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

167023

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dairy Products: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on marketing support for (a) milk and (b) other dairy products in financial years (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13 and (iv) 2013-14; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government offers no direct financial support to marketing of milk and other dairy products. The industry is doing its own work on promoting milk consumption across all age groups through campaigns such as “Make Mine Milk” which is part funded by the EU.</p><p>DairyCo is the levy funded body for the dairy sector. Their total annual budget is approximately £8m and £500,000 of this is spent on marketing development.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/12/2014 17:05:25 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

167066

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on the disposal of his Department's surplus land; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department is fully committed to supporting the Government’s programme to release surplus land for 100,000 homes by the end of March 2015. The Department has made a significant contribution to this initiative having sold land to support for more 3,000 homes. The Department’s ‘family’ as a whole, which includes NHS Property Services and the wider National Health Service, has sold land with capacity for more than 11,250 homes up to the end of September 2014.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/12/2014 13:37:48 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166706

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the date of contract signature was for the (a) A400M, (b) ASTUTE Subsequent Procurement (boats 4-7), (c) Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers, (d) Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme and (e) MARS Tanker.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Contract signature dates for the programmes listed are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Programme</p></td><td><p>Contract Signature</p></td><td><p>Type of Contract</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A400M</p></td><td><p>May 2003</p></td><td><p>Development and Production contract</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asture Subsequent Procurement (Boats 4-7)</p></td><td><p>November 2012</p><p>(Boat 4)</p></td><td><p>Boats 5-7 Whole Boat contracts have not yet been signed</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>QEC Aircraft Carriers</p></td><td><p>July 2008</p></td><td><p>Aircraft Carrier Manufacturing Phase Alliance Agreement. Amended and updated in May 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme</p></td><td><p>December 2011</p></td><td><p>Demonstration phase contract</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MARS Tanker</p></td><td><p>March 2012</p></td><td><p>Manufacture phase contract</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 04/12/2014 16:14:12 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166741

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with the governments of the British Overseas Territories on the establishment of beneficial ownership registers for those companies incorporated under their jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has made it clear that he would like a publicly accessible central register of company beneficial ownership to be the new international standard.</p><p>We have a regular dialogue at both Ministerial and official level with the Overseas Territories with a financial services industry on the establishment of company beneficial ownership registers. We are keeping them informed as the UK policy develops. I visited the British Virgin Islands in October and discussed with politicians and industry the importance of taking action on company transparency.</p><p>Territory Leaders are currently in London for the Joint Ministerial Council. I have discussed Financial Services, including company beneficial ownership, with leaders of all Overseas Territories this week.</p><p>Bermuda has had a central register of company beneficial ownership since the 1940s.</p> answering member constituency Rochford and Southend East answering member printed James Duddridge question first answered 04/12/2014 15:51:00 answering member 1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166744

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Turkish authorities on preventing the smuggling of oil produced in territories controlled by ISIL.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>We maintain a close and regular dialogue with Turkey about matters connected with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), including preventing the smuggling of oil. I visited Turkey 29-30 November and discussed issues related to ISIL with President Erdoğan.</p><p>On 10 November the UK convened a meeting of the Core Group of the Friends of Syria which includes Turkey. We reaffirmed our commitment to a genuine political transition in co-operation with the UN Special Envoy; supporting the National Coalition to deliver services and protect the Syrian people; and strengthening measures against the Syrian regime including restricting its access to oil and military hardware.</p><p>In New York on 23 September, President Erdoğan reaffirmed Turkey’s commitment to fulfilling its obligations in the fight against terror. Together we have endorsed recent action at the UN to tighten the net around ISIL’s finance and recruitment operations (UNSCRs 2170 and 2178).</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 04/12/2014 14:59:01 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166769

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police (a) constables, (b) sergeants, (c) inspectors, (d) chief inspectors, (e) superintendents, (f) chief superintendents and (g) ACPO-rank officers were compulsorily retired in each police force under Regulation A19 (Police Pension Regulations) in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Data on this specific issue is not held centrally. Police forces are permitted to retire officers under regulation A19 at their own discretion and are not obliged to provide any information to the Home Office on this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/12/2014 16:41:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

166770

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average annual capitation rate is for a police (a) constable, (b) sergeant, (c) inspector, (d) chief inspector, (e) superintendent and (f) chief superintendent.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	216460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>We do not use or compile &quot;capitation rates&quot; for the police but do produce estimates of &quot;on costs&quot; for the police which are used in published impact assessments and other analysis. The &quot;on costs&quot; estimate the full hourly cost <br>of using a police officer, this includes not just the wage per hour actually worked but includes expenses, tax payable, pensions, premises, transport, training and other costs. We provide estimates for police community support <br>officers (PCSO), sergeants and below and senior police officers (inspectors and above). The &quot;on cost&quot; of a PCSO per hour is £28.90, a sergeant and below is £36.51 and a senior police officer is £58.79.<br><br>The figures use publically available data from a variety of sources including the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), Office for National Statistics <br>(ONS) and the Metropolitan Police Service. The first step works out the number of annual hours available for work by subtracting absence, training and leave from contracted weekly hours. The second step totals the wage and non-wage <br>costs per head for the three categories of police officer. The total costs are then divided by the number of hours available for work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/12/2014 16:42:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching