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348710

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Royal Mail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether Royal Mail staff will be able to buy shares during the sale of the Government's holding.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	1323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>As set out in the Secretary of State’s report to Parliament laid under section 2(2) of the Postal Services Act 2011 on 8 June, the sale of shares will be subject to market conditions and sensitivities and the Government will retain flexibility over the number of shares that are sold at any given time and the exact timing and structure of each sale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/06/2015 16:53:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

348711

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Royal Mail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason the public will not be able to buy shares in Royal Mail during the sale of the Government's holding; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	1324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The public can currently buy Royal Mail shares as they are freely traded on the stock market.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Secretary of State’s report to Parliament laid under section 2(2) of the Postal Services Act 2011 on 8 June, the sale of shares will be subject to market conditions and sensitivities and the Government will retain flexibility over the number of shares that are sold at any given time and the exact timing and structure of each sale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/06/2015 16:54:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

348713

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Submarines: Irish Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports he has received of submarine activity in the Irish Sea on 15 April 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	1312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Following reports of damage to the fishing vessel KAREN on 15 April 2015, Ministers were advised of the Royal Navy's confidence that no UK submarine was responsible. We do not comment in detail on submarine operations as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/06/2015 15:59:37 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

348714

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government will cover the costs of any bridging finance from commercial banks for farmers suffering delays in receiving support from the Basic Payments Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	1291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The RPA expects to pay the vast majority of payments early in the payment window which runs from December to June. As such we do not expect to provide cover for bridging finance from commercial banks for farmers</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 1290 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:29:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

348715

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
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	Agriculture: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Rural Payments Agency will cover the costs of any bridging finance from commercial banks for farmers suffering delays in receiving support from the Basic Payments Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	1290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The RPA expects to pay the vast majority of payments early in the payment window which runs from December to June. As such we do not expect to provide cover for bridging finance from commercial banks for farmers</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 1291 question first answered 10/06/2015 15:29:40 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

348722

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost is of (a) a reconsideration of and (b) an appeal against a decision on a personal independence payment.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	1297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Information requested is not available for Personal Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>For Employment Support Allowance the average cost of processing</p><p> </p><p>a Mandatory Reconsideration is: £108</p><p> </p><p>an appeal to the Department for Work and Pensions is: £135</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of processing an appeal to the Tribunals Service is £214.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1298 question first answered 10/06/2015 16:26:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

348723

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost is of (a) a reconsideration of and (b) an appeal against a decision on an employment and support allowance claim.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	1298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Information requested is not available for Personal Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>For Employment Support Allowance the average cost of processing</p><p> </p><p>a Mandatory Reconsideration is: £108</p><p> </p><p>an appeal to the Department for Work and Pensions is: £135</p><p> </p><p>The average cost of processing an appeal to the Tribunals Service is £214.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 1297 question first answered 10/06/2015 16:26:52 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

348724

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	RAF Boulmer: Rescue Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times RAF Boulmer has been called on to assist the North East Air Ambulance Service on emergency and search and rescue missions in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	1322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The number of times RAF Boulmer was called upon to assist the North East Air Ambulance is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The total number of annual Search and Rescue (SAR) callouts from RAF Boulmer for the last ten years is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>RAF Boulmer – SAR Callouts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,777</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 10/06/2015 15:58:51 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

348734

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library an itemised breakdown of the saving of £105 million in his Department's budget in the current financial year announced by the Chancellor on 4 June 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>£75m of efficiency savings will be made from the Department’s budget in 2015-16. A further £30m of income will be generated for HMT through an increase in Social Fund debt recoveries.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:42:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348737

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions:Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the additional £105 million in-year savings to be delivered by his Department in 2015-16 on delivery of key projects and programmes and its capacity to administer pensions and benefits and deliver employment services.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department will make £75m efficiency savings from its £6.7bn budget in 2015-16. A further £30m of income will be generated for HMT through an increase in Social Fund debt recoveries. The Department remains committed to delivering on all its projects, programmes and services.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/06/2015 16:43:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms