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170234

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Eritrea
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether negotiations are taking place with the government of Eritrea about the number of refugees from that country coming to the European Union and, in particular, to the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
uin	HL3730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>There is an ongoing dialogue on migration related issues between representatives of the UK and Eritrean governments, including a recent meeting with my Hon. Friend, the Immigration and Security Minister (James Brokenshire)and the Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh on 27 November in Rome. This took place in the margins of a conference to launch the new European Union - African Union ‘Khartoum Process’.</p><p>The UK is playing an active role in this initiative which is bringing together EU countries and those in the Horn of Africa, including Eritrea, to support dialogue and cooperation to tackle people smuggling and human trafficking in the region. More recently, there has been a visit to Eritrea by a joint delegation of senior Home Office and Foreign Office officials on 9-11 December to discuss a range of migration topics, including the current drivers of irregular migration and ways to mitigate it, asylum and returns, and potential areas for joint co-operation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/01/2015 15:36:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3895 label Biography information for Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead

170285

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the savings to the Law Officers' Departments from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems the Law Officers' Departments have introduced or plan to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	218771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has made an estimated saving of £164 in respect of stationery costs since June 2014. There may also have been some savings in staff time but it is not possible to quantify this without incurring a disproportionate cost. There have been no other identified savings.</p><p> </p><p>There have also not been any modifications made to existing ICT systems that were dependent on introduction of the Q&amp;A system.</p><p> </p><p>One of the benefits of the new system is the possibility for the reporting of the timeliness of answers to Parliamentary Questions to be delivered with greater consistency and accuracy across all answering bodies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 05/01/2015 17:40:06 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

170290

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Apprentices: Minimum Wage
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 11 December 2014 to Question 217744, when his Department plans to write to level 2 and 3 apprenticeships in England informing them of their National Minimum Wage entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	218767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>A letter is issued to all new level 2 and 3 apprentices in England on Government-funded apprenticeships, setting out what they can expect from their apprenticeship. This includes information on their national minimum wage entitlement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 05/01/2015 16:41:25 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 35662 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

170350

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Broadband: Rural Areas
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 of the Rural Community Broadband Fund was (a) spent and (b) returned to the EU.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	218695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>As a result of the Rural Community Broadband Fund in England, the Government is expected to grant fund around £13.2 million for 22 projects. These projects are both community and local authority led, in areas not in scope of the current national superfast rollout programme. Of this, 17 local authority led projects are to be incorporated into current contracts under the main programme to increase coverage to harder to reach communities. Five further projects have been contracted under the Fund.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No money has been returned to the EU. Where possible, any remaining EU funds are being utilised elsewhere across the Rural Development Programme for England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 05/01/2015 14:26:54 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

170362

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems his Department has introduced or plans to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	218776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Savings to the Ministry of Defence in the 12 months since the introduction of the Q&amp;A system on 4 June 2014 are estimated to be £6,800, and in the five years from the introduction are estimated to be £34,000.</p><p>No additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems were dependent on the introduction of the Q&amp;A system.</p><p>One of the benefits of the new system is the possibility for the reporting of the timeliness of answers to Parliamentary Questions to be delivered with greater consistency and accuracy across all answering bodies.</p><p>It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/01/2015 16:29:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

170363

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Babcock International
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what arrangements he plans to put in place for monitoring the performance of his Department's private sector partner Babcock, the preferred bidder for the privatisation of the Defence Support Group.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Sir Menzies Campbell
uin	218714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Ministry of Defence (MOD) teams already monitor the performance of the Defence Support Group (DSG) Trading Fund. When Babcock, as the new owner of the DSG land business, commences operations on 1 April 2015, the MOD will review performance against a set of Key Performance Indicators and assure the quality of work on a regular basis against the agreed contractual performance measures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/01/2015 16:29:42 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	627 label Biography information for Lord Campbell of Pittenweem

170365

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of providing phase one basic training for the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	218705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 24 November 2014 to question number 214677.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 05/01/2015 17:16:48 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name HOC 218705 Monday 5 January 2015.doc title Hansard Extracts 24 November and 11 September 2014
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

170366

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tenders from (a) Capita Group plc, (b) Serco and (c) G4S for contracts let by his Department were successful in each year since May 2010; how much his Department paid to each of those companies for the execution of contracts in each such year; how many contracts which terminate after 2015 each company holds with his Department; and what the monetary value is of all outstanding contracts between his Department and each company.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	218637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts with Capita Group, Serco and G4S, and their subsidiaries, is in the tables below. It excludes the MOD Trading Funds and purchase orders drawn off from pan-Government enabling contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Number of contracts awarded in each year</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serco<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Under longstanding convention, the Serco total includes contracts with AWE Plc, in which Serco holds a third share.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Payment to suppliers are published on a monthly basis at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Number of contracts that terminate after 2015</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of contracts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serco<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total value of outstanding contracts<sup>2</sup></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Total value £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>1.1 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G4S</p></td><td><p>6.9 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serco<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>4.2 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>The Serco value includes the company’s third share in contracts with AWE Plc.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/01/2015 16:56:13 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170377

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Capita
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many tenders from Capita Group plc for contracts let by her Department have been successful in each year since May 2010; how much her Department paid to Capita Group plc for the execution of contracts in each such year; how many contracts which terminate after 2015 Capita Group plc hold with her Department; and what the monetary value is of all outstanding contracts between her Department and Capita Group plc.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	218605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information, in the form requested, is not held centrally and a full answer could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From the information the Department does hold, we have two main contracts with organisations in Capita Group, the Learner Support Contract which is due to expire on 31 August 2015 and the Teachers Pensions Administration, which is due to expire on 30 September 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Teachers’ Pension Administration and the Learner Support contracts are both fixed price, but could change over the remaining duration of the contracts. Therefore, at present, the remaining value of the two contracts is £66.97 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount paid to organisations in the Capita Group since May 2010 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p><em>Financial Year ending March</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Year</em></p></td><td><p><em>Amount</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£125,579,167.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£24,812,874.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£25,837,711.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£20,828,241.59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£13,215,946.64 <em>(up to end of November 2014)</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 05/01/2015 17:52:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170383

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department from the Q&A system in the (a) 12 months and (b) five years since 4 June 2014; what additional ICT systems or improvements to existing systems his Department has introduced or plans to introduce that would not have been feasible without the Q&A system; and what assessment he has made of the extent to which the system has made it easier to answer questions from hon. Members on time.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	218779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>No formal estimate of saving has been done since the Q&amp;A systems inception earlier this year. The main saving to the Department is in its annual contract for receiving the daily TSO feed of parliamentary questions at a cost of £5,000 pa. Other less tangible savings include administrative costs relating to the daily deliver of questions to the House by departmental staff, photocopying, envelopes etc. These savings will also apply with the introduction of the new Written Ministerial Statement System.</p><p>The introduction of the Q&amp;A system has not resulted in any changes to our current IT systems and it is not envisaged that changes will be made in the future unless there are upgrades to the Q&amp;A system that allow us to circulate questions within the department from the system itself.</p><p>One of the benefits of the new system is the possibility for the reporting of the timeliness of answers to Parliamentary Questions to be delivered with greater consistency and accuracy across all answering bodies.</p><p>It will be for the Procedure Committee to evaluate the effectiveness of the new system in improving performance when it assesses the evidence following the end of the session.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/01/2015 15:18:19 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah