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227686

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of employees in the Law Officers Departments identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	227952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>It is not compulsory for staff to declare their ethnicity and the following table therefore only provides details on the number of staff in the Law Officers’ Departments who have chosen to declare their ethnicity, and the proportions these represent of the overall workforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s </strong></p><p><strong>Department (TSol) *</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution </strong></p><p><strong>Service </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnic Origin</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian/Asian British</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>7.3%</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black/Black British</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed/Multiple Ethnic</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White/White British</p></td><td><p>883</p></td><td><p>44.2%</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>48.9%</p></td><td><p>4478</p></td><td><p>70.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Ethnic</p><p>Background</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* TSol data also covers the staff of the Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 25/03/2015 14:40:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227694

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT-registered property rental companies there were in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Supplies of residential property letting are exempt from VAT, so businesses that only make such exempt supplies are not entitled to register for VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In each of the relevant years, the number of VAT- registered businesses whose declared trade classification was Letting or Renting own or Leased Real Estate was as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p>Year</p></td><td><p> </p><p>No of VAT registered businesses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2005</p></td><td><p>4,089</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2006</p></td><td><p>4,997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2007</p></td><td><p>6,264</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2008</p></td><td><p>10,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2009</p></td><td><p>14,701</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2010</p></td><td><p> </p><p>18,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2011</p></td><td><p> </p><p>22,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2012</p></td><td><p> </p><p>26,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2013</p></td><td><p> </p><p>29,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p><p>2014</p></td><td><p> </p><p>32,502</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 228302 question first answered 25/03/2015 17:47:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227734

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of spending on adult social care in (a) Dorset, (b) Poole, (c) Bournemouth, (d) Hampshire, (e) Isle of Wight, (f) West Sussex, (g) Bracknell Forest, (h) Reading, (i) Slough, (j) West Berkshire, (k) Windsor and Maidenhead, (l) Wokingham, (m) Oxfordshire, (n) Wiltshire and (o) Swindon local authority areas in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	227764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Spending figures can be found in the revenue outturn returns published on the Local Authority Revenue Expenditure and Financing tables on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>Despite the need to pay off the deficit left by the last Labour Government, net current expenditure on social care has increased from £20.962 billion in 2009-10 to £22.089 billion in 2014-15 (budget).</p><p> </p><p>Government initiatives like the Better Care Fund are joining up the NHS and social care, so savings can be delivered through joint working and outcomes improved.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 228169 question first answered 25/03/2015 17:40:41 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 51963 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

227754

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which news applications staff in his Department are authorised to download and use on their work-provided phones and tablets.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	227821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The vast majority of Ministry of Defence (MOD) mobile phones are supplied via the central Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS). For standard issue phones, the downloading of external applications is not enabled.</p><p>There are a number of trials of Android devices (including tablets and smart phones) underway in the MOD. Users with devices supplied via the DFTS trial can download most applications as required, although security considerations prevent them from downloading some applications. Users with tablets supplied via the central Defence Information Infrastructure (DII) trial can download only a limited set of applications from an internal applications store.</p><p>Outside the provisions of the DFTS and DII arrangements, some MOD business areas have purchased devices (mobile phones and tablets) and associated applications independently. However, there is no business requirement to record details centrally; as a result, collated information related to these is not held.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/03/2015 16:00:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

227757

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	F-35 Aircraft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effects of buffeting and transonic roll-off on the ability of (a) the helmet-mounted display systems to display symbology and (b) gyroscopes in the inertial platforms to operate correctly on the Joint Strike Fighter F-35B.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	227874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Joint Strike Fighter programme has completed an extensive period of dedicated flight test to assess the impact of buffeting and transonic roll-off on both the helmet mounted display and gyroscopes in the inertial platforms. The conclusion of these flight tests, which have used changes in the flight control laws to mitigate both conditions throughout the flight envelope, is that the helmet mounted display and gyroscopic equipment meet the required performance specification and are fit for purpose to allow pilots to execute the mission. It is only in one area of the flight regime where buffet makes screen symbology difficult to read, and this is at the extremes of the envelope and extremely short lived as the aircraft manoeuvres, it is considered that they can be overcome by pilot training. These flight trials have included UK test pilots who have agreed with the conclusions of the US experts from government and industry.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/03/2015 14:36:35 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

227764

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	227956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the number and proportion of employees in the Ministry of Defence identified as white or white British, Asian or Asian British, Black or Black British, mixed or multiple ethnic group and another ethnicity is shown in the following tables:</p><p> </p><p>Service Personnel as at 1 April 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>All Personnel</p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Services</p></td><td><p>159,630</p></td><td><p>146,440</p></td><td><p>1,955</p></td><td><p>6,450</p></td><td><p>2,025</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>92.9%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Percentages are calculated from unrounded data and only include personnel with a known ethnic origin.</p><p> </p><p>2. Asian comprises: Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Pakistani, Asian Indian and other Asian Backgrounds, and reflecting changes made in the 2011 Census, now includes Chinese.</p><p>Black comprises: Black Caribbean, Black African and other Black Backgrounds.</p><p>Mixed comprises: Mixed Black African and White, Mixed Asian and White, Mixed Black Caribbean and White and other Mixed Ethnic Backgrounds.</p><p>Other is defined as “other ethnic background”.</p><p>Unknown includes those with an unrecorded ethnic origin and those who chose not to declare.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Civilian Personnel at 1 April 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Total Civilian Personnel</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>White</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Asian</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Black</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Mixed</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Other</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Unknown</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>41,400</p></td><td><p>39,780</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>6,570</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. The table above excludes Trading Funds, Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and Locally Engaged Civilians overseas (LEC) for whom declaration data are not available.</p><p> </p><p>2. Percentages are calculated from unrounded data and only include personnel with a known ethnic origin.</p><p> </p><p>3. Asian comprises: Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Pakistani, Asian Indian and other Asian Backgrounds, and reflecting changes made in the 2011 Census, now includes Chinese.</p><p>Black comprises: Black Caribbean, Black African and other Black Backgrounds.</p><p>Mixed comprises: Mixed Black African and White, Mixed Asian and White, Mixed Black Caribbean and White and other Mixed Ethnic Backgrounds.</p><p>Other is defined as &quot;other ethnic background&quot;.</p><p> </p><p>4. Ethnicity is a self declared characteristic on the civilian Human Resources Management System. As such, those personnel that have not declared at all and/or have chosen &quot;not to declare&quot; are reflected under the heading &quot;Unknown&quot; in the table above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/03/2015 15:57:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227773

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adults were enrolled on (a) Level 4, (b) Level 5 and (c) Level 6 courses in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	227916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1b of the Statistical First Release ‘Higher Education Enrolments and Qualifications Obtained in the UK 2013/14’ provides the number of enrolments at both Higher Education Institutions and Further Education Colleges by qualification aim.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/sfr210</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on how higher education qualification aims are ascribed to the National Vocational Qualification Levels is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=13051&amp;href=a%5e_%5eCOURSEAIM.html" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_studrec&amp;task=show_file&amp;mnl=13051&amp;href=a^_^COURSEAIM.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 25/03/2015 15:04:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 52018 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

227935

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Clacton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether central government funding has been made available to Clacton constituency for the repair of potholes.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	228003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Essex County Council is responsible for the maintenance of local roads in Clacton including repairing potholes. However, potholes are a menace to all road users and that is why this Government has taken action.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced in December 2014 that we are allocating just under £6 billion for councils in England to tackle potholes and improve local road conditions over the next six years. This includes allocating over £128 million, based on a needs formula, to Essex County Council.</p><p> </p><p>I am aware that the leader of the County Council has recently pledged to spend £5 million of this funding on pothole repairs in the Jaywick area of the Clacton constituency over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>This funding is on top of the £4.7 billion we have provided to highway authorities for maintenance in England since 2010, which is £1billion more than was spent in the previous Parliament, including over £118 million to Essex.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/03/2015 15:53:26 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

227964

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sudan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the number of (1) villages destroyed in Darfur in 2014, (2) people who were newly displaced that year, (3) displaced people in Darfur in total, and (4) Darfurians currently in refugee camps in Eastern Chad.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL5779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>According to the latest UN Panel of Experts report of 15<sup>th</sup> January 2015, 3,324 villages were destroyed between December 2013 and April 2014. The United Nations (UN) Sudan 2015 Humanitarian Response Plan estimates that in Darfur 430,000 people were displaced in 2014 resulting in a total number of 2.5 million people displaced. The United Nation High Commission for Refugees has a record of 367,229 Sudanese refugees in Chad of the 28 February 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/03/2015 17:36:25 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

227970

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Sierra Leone
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what long-term plans they have for health infrastructure developed as part of the response to ebola in Sierra Leone.
tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
uin	HL5785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Ebola crisis has demonstrated that it is critical to invest in national health systems in epidemic prevention, preparedness and response in order significantly to reduce the risk of a global epidemic. The UK will work with the Government of Sierra Leone and partners to improve systems and structures that will contribute to better future service delivery and infrastructure. This will ensure that should Sierra Leone be faced with a subsequent outbreak of Ebola or an epidemic of another disease, it is better able to respond effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/03/2015 17:38:27 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge