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175210

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
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	Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will direct the Insolvency Service to reduce its fees in cases of insolvency.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service is required to set its fees in line with the principles laid out in HM Treasury’s “Managing Public Money” guidance, which specify that charges should be set to recover full costs. This approach is intended to make sure that the government neither profits at the expense of consumers nor makes a loss for taxpayers to subside. Fees charged are set out in secondary legislation and are reviewed annually.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 26/01/2015 16:03:23 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175250

registered interest
date	22/01/2015
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 15 December 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr A. Webster.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
uin	221743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>A reply was sent to the Rt. Hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 23 December 2014 (Defra reference MC366057/AB).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/01/2015 15:41:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

174957

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Shaker Aamer
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Prime Minister spoke personally to President Obama during his visit to Washington in January 2015 to seek the release of British resident Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL4336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister discussed Mr Aamer’s case with President Obama in Washington on 16 January. As the White House spokesperson subsequently confirmed, the President made clear that he understood why Mr Aamer’s case is of great interest to the United Kingdom, and committed to prioritise it, while making that sure any action taken is consistent with US national security.</p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 26/01/2015 17:40:29 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

174991

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept id	36
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
hansard heading	Councillors: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance his Department provides to Returning Officers on the eligibility of 18 year olds to stand for election to a local council in a ward in which they go to school but do not live.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	221492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission has published guidance for Returning Officers and people considering standing for election to local authorities in Great Britain which sets out the four possible qualifications to stand and be elected. These qualifications relate to candidate activity in the local authority area, rather than the specific ward in which they are standing. Candidates must meet at least one of the qualifications to be validly nominated.</p><p>One qualification is that the candidate’s principal or only place of work in the previous 12 months was in the local authority area. This enables those who work in the local authority area but do not necessarily live there, to qualify.</p><p>The Commission has advised that simply attending a school, college or university in the local authority area for the sole purpose of studying would not be sufficient grounds to qualify to stand for election under the principal or only place of work qualification, although an individual may meet one of the other qualification criteria. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that they are eligible and not that of the Returning Officer. In giving their consent to nomination, the candidate is confirming that they meet the qualifications to stand for election as stated in their nomination paper and are not disqualified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Devon answering member printed Mr Gary Streeter question first answered 26/01/2015 17:32:47 answering member 234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

175004

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the combined financial effect on (a) small and (b) all businesses of government policy on business rates (i) in cash terms and (ii) in real terms since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	221663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>To help support businesses and create jobs, the government has taken action to reduce the burden of business rates on ratepayers in every year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The total cost of these measures has been £4.1bn over this Parliament. This is a total of £4.2bn in real terms, based on 2014-15 prices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of this, the government has spent £2bn on reducing bills for small businesses through the doubling of Small Business Rate Relief. As a result, all businesses occupying a single property with a rateable value of less than £6000 have been fully exempt from business rates since October 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2015-16 alone, ratepayers will save £1.6bn on their business rates bills. This includes 575,000 small businesses, of whom 385,000 will pay no rates at all.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The government has also changed the law to allow business rates bills to be spread over 12 months rather than 10 months, to help with cash flow and affordability.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/01/2015 16:43:32 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

175006

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce fuel duty and VAT on road fuel; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	221667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Government has cut fuel duty by 1 penny per litre and frozen it until the end of the parliament, resulting in the longest duty freeze in over 20 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government supports the uptake of greener road fuels and technologies through a number of taxes, including zero rates of vehicle excise duty, preferential rates of company car tax and enhanced capital allowances for ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs), and reduced rates of fuel duty for road fuel gases. In addition to this, the Government is providing £900 million to position the UK at the global forefront of ULEV development, manufacture and use.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The actions this Government has taken on tax, spending and welfare reform have reduced the deficit, protected the economy, and restored stability. Any further tax changes would need to be considered in the context of the wider public finances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 221668 question first answered 26/01/2015 17:01:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

175007

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase tax incentives for the adoption of greener fuels and technologies.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	221668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Since 2011, the Government has cut fuel duty by 1 penny per litre and frozen it until the end of the parliament, resulting in the longest duty freeze in over 20 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government supports the uptake of greener road fuels and technologies through a number of taxes, including zero rates of vehicle excise duty, preferential rates of company car tax and enhanced capital allowances for ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs), and reduced rates of fuel duty for road fuel gases. In addition to this, the Government is providing £900 million to position the UK at the global forefront of ULEV development, manufacture and use.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The actions this Government has taken on tax, spending and welfare reform have reduced the deficit, protected the economy, and restored stability. Any further tax changes would need to be considered in the context of the wider public finances.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 221667 question first answered 26/01/2015 17:01:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

175008

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
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: Disability
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 homes were adapted for disabled tenants using the Disabled Facilities Grant in each year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	221591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect data on the number of homes adapted through the disabled facilities grant. The Department does collect data on the number of grants completed annually in England. Information on the number of grants completed and the average cost per grant for the years 2009/10 to 2013/14 is provided below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></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>No. of grants completed</p></td><td><p>44,102</p></td><td><p>45,383</p></td><td><p>43,986</p></td><td><p>36,874</p></td><td><p>42,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Cost per grant</p></td><td><p>£3,356</p></td><td><p>£3,724</p></td><td><p>£4,547</p></td><td><p>£5,966</p></td><td><p>£4,227</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The above data is provided by local housing authorities in their annual LOGASnet returns. LOGASnet is the Department of Communities and Local Government's web-based data capture and payments system. The data is not audited by DCLG.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2011-12 to 2015-16 the Government will have invested just over one billion pounds into the Disabled Facilities Grant.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Baseline</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</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£169m</p></td><td><p>£180m</p></td><td><p>£180m</p></td><td><p>£180m</p></td><td><p>£185m</p></td><td><p>£220m</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£20m*</p></td><td><p>£40m*</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*additional funding provided in-year by the Department of Health.<br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 221592 question first answered 26/01/2015 17:29:39 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

175009

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average cost has been of adapting homes for disabled tenants under the disabled facilities grant since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	221592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect data on the number of homes adapted through the disabled facilities grant. The Department does collect data on the number of grants completed annually in England. Information on the number of grants completed and the average cost per grant for the years 2009/10 to 2013/14 is provided below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2009-10</p></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>No. of grants completed</p></td><td><p>44,102</p></td><td><p>45,383</p></td><td><p>43,986</p></td><td><p>36,874</p></td><td><p>42,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Cost per grant</p></td><td><p>£3,356</p></td><td><p>£3,724</p></td><td><p>£4,547</p></td><td><p>£5,966</p></td><td><p>£4,227</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The above data is provided by local housing authorities in their annual LOGASnet returns. LOGASnet is the Department of Communities and Local Government's web-based data capture and payments system. The data is not audited by DCLG.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2011-12 to 2015-16 the Government will have invested just over one billion pounds into the Disabled Facilities Grant.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Baseline</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</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£169m</p></td><td><p>£180m</p></td><td><p>£180m</p></td><td><p>£180m</p></td><td><p>£185m</p></td><td><p>£220m</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£20m*</p></td><td><p>£40m*</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*additional funding provided in-year by the Department of Health.<br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 221591 question first answered 26/01/2015 17:29:40 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

175011

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
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	Devolution: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the super-affirmative procedure will be followed when the Government brings foward proposals to amend the Greater Manchester Combined Authorities Order 2011 to create an interim eleventh chair of Greater Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	221610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>On 23 January 2015 the Government launched the statutory consultation, required by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, on a proposed Order to amend the Greater Manchester Combined Authority 2011 to provide for an eleventh leader of Greater Manchester. This consultation closes on 13 February, and subject to the responses received, it is intended as soon as practicable thereafter to seek Parliamentary approval of the proposed amendment Order through the affirmative procedure as provided for under the 2009 Act.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 221424 question first answered 26/01/2015 16:40:25 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy