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389451

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2015 to Question 2952, if he will make it his policy to secure accredited Living Wage Employer status for his Department from the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	6656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>We are the first Government ever to deliver a National Living Wage. Every employer in the country will pay the National Living Wage, including of course all Government departments.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 6547 question first answered 15/07/2015 16:54:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

389455

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will postpone any sales of shares in RBS by UK Financial Investments until all interest rate cases with sophisticated customers have been resolved or subject to an independent inquiry.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	6697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>As the Chancellor and the Governor of the Bank of England have said, it is in taxpayers’ interests for the government to begin now to return RBS to private ownership. The Governor has also said, there could be considerable net costs to taxpayers of further delaying the start of a sale. The government is clear that the mis-selling of financial products is wrong and those businesses affected should be appropriately compensated through the Financial Conduct Authority’s redress scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/07/2015 15:37:58 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

389456

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is towards any director of UK Financial Investments who had not disclosed a conflict of interest in relation to RBS customers.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	6698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>UK Financial Investment (UKFI) adheres to the Code of Practice as set out by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, which specifically addresses the issue of actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, UKFI is subject to the Companies Act 2006, which sets out in detail the legal obligations whereby companies have a legal duty to avoid conflicts of interest</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/07/2015 15:36:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

389461

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he takes to ensure that no conflicts of interest arise between directors of UK Financial Investments and customers of RBS.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	6701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>UK Financial Investment (UKFI) adheres to the Code of Practice as set out by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, which specifically addresses the issue of actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, UKFI is subject to the Companies Act 2006, which sets out in detail the legal obligations whereby companies have a legal duty to avoid conflicts of interest</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/07/2015 15:37:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

389043

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of whether the legal basis of the Low Pay Commission will need to be changed in order to set and implement the National Living Wage; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	6507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Low Pay Commission (LPC) continues to play a critical role in providing recommendations for the National Minimum Wage rates, and now has new responsibilities to help deliver the Governments’ ambition for the National Living Wage (NLW).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to set the remit for the LPC on the existing legal base.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/07/2015 15:32:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

389046

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of likely savings to the public purse in each of the next five years as a result of changed to tax credits as announced in the Summer Budget 2015; and if he will estimate what those savings would be if those changes were applied only to new tax credit claimants.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	6516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The estimated savings from the changes to tax credits announced at the Summer Budget can be found in Table 2.1 of the main document.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The removal of the family element of tax credits will apply to new tax credit claims from April-17. The limiting of the child element to two children will apply to new births from April-17. We do not hold an estimate of the savings generated if the changes to tax credits announced at the Summer Budget applied only to new claimants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/07/2015 16:32:30 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

389056

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure that war widows who remarried between 1973 and 2005 have their war widows' pension reinstated.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	6523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive Governments that changes or improvements to all public service pension schemes should not be applied retrospectively. Therefore there are no plans to reinstate war widows' pensions for war widows who remarried between 1973 and 2005. However from 1 April 2015 those who have already surrendered their pension due to remarriage or cohabitation can apply to have their pension restored for life should that relationship end.</p><p> </p><p>The Department regularly receives representation from the War Widows Association as they are members of the Central Advisory Committee and the retention of war widows' pensions on remarriage or cohabitation is one of the issues we have engaged on in recent years.</p><p> </p><p>The change, as announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 8 November 2014, which allowed widows, widowers and surviving civil partners of all members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme and the War Pensions Scheme to retain their pensions for life came into effect from 1 April 2015. This harmonised the pension rules for Armed Forces widows with effect from the introduction of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2015.</p><p> </p><p>War Pension Scheme records that are readily available for the period from 2005 to March 2015 show the number of war widows/ers who surrendered their War Pensions due to remarriage or cohabitation as 145.</p><p> </p><p>Under Armed Forces Pension 1975 readily available information ranges between 1983 to 2015 and shows pensions surrendered by Widows/ers due to remarriage or cohabitation as 1,863.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 6509 6522 question first answered 15/07/2015 15:47:44 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

389057

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
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 number of women in receipt of the war widows' pension who remarried between 1973 and 2005.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	6522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive Governments that changes or improvements to all public service pension schemes should not be applied retrospectively. Therefore there are no plans to reinstate war widows' pensions for war widows who remarried between 1973 and 2005. However from 1 April 2015 those who have already surrendered their pension due to remarriage or cohabitation can apply to have their pension restored for life should that relationship end.</p><p> </p><p>The Department regularly receives representation from the War Widows Association as they are members of the Central Advisory Committee and the retention of war widows' pensions on remarriage or cohabitation is one of the issues we have engaged on in recent years.</p><p> </p><p>The change, as announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 8 November 2014, which allowed widows, widowers and surviving civil partners of all members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme and the War Pensions Scheme to retain their pensions for life came into effect from 1 April 2015. This harmonised the pension rules for Armed Forces widows with effect from the introduction of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2015.</p><p> </p><p>War Pension Scheme records that are readily available for the period from 2005 to March 2015 show the number of war widows/ers who surrendered their War Pensions due to remarriage or cohabitation as 145.</p><p> </p><p>Under Armed Forces Pension 1975 readily available information ranges between 1983 to 2015 and shows pensions surrendered by Widows/ers due to remarriage or cohabitation as 1,863.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 6509 6523 question first answered 15/07/2015 15:47:44 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

389058

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department has received from the War Widows' Association of Britain on war widows' pensions.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	6509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>It has been the policy of successive Governments that changes or improvements to all public service pension schemes should not be applied retrospectively. Therefore there are no plans to reinstate war widows' pensions for war widows who remarried between 1973 and 2005. However from 1 April 2015 those who have already surrendered their pension due to remarriage or cohabitation can apply to have their pension restored for life should that relationship end.</p><p> </p><p>The Department regularly receives representation from the War Widows Association as they are members of the Central Advisory Committee and the retention of war widows' pensions on remarriage or cohabitation is one of the issues we have engaged on in recent years.</p><p> </p><p>The change, as announced by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 8 November 2014, which allowed widows, widowers and surviving civil partners of all members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme and the War Pensions Scheme to retain their pensions for life came into effect from 1 April 2015. This harmonised the pension rules for Armed Forces widows with effect from the introduction of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2015.</p><p> </p><p>War Pension Scheme records that are readily available for the period from 2005 to March 2015 show the number of war widows/ers who surrendered their War Pensions due to remarriage or cohabitation as 145.</p><p> </p><p>Under Armed Forces Pension 1975 readily available information ranges between 1983 to 2015 and shows pensions surrendered by Widows/ers due to remarriage or cohabitation as 1,863.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 6522 6523 question first answered 15/07/2015 15:47:44 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

389073

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Answer of 10 July 2015 to Question 2952, if he will make it his policy that all Government departments pursue accreditation from the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	6547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>We are the first Government ever to deliver a National Living Wage. Every employer in the country will pay the National Living Wage, including of course all Government departments.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 6656 question first answered 15/07/2015 16:54:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law