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424189

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Volkswagen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, whether the Serious Fraud Office is undertaking an investigation into defeat devices used by Volkswagen in emissions tests.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	13688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text As and when matters are brought to the attention of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) they are assessed in the context of the SFO's remit to investigate fraud, bribery and corruption. If appropriate, relevant matters will be considered for criminal investigation in line with SFO internal procedures. The SFO does not comment on its assessments or their status at any one time but does publish on its website details of those cases formally adopted for criminal investigation, when this is possible without prejudice to the investigation. answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 30/10/2015 14:51:18 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

424190

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Volkswagen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Competition and Markets Authority is undertaking an investigation into defeat devices used by Volkswagen in emissions tests.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	13687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>The Competition and Markets Authority has been considering this issue carefully since it first emerged, including in liaison with government and other agencies nationally and internationally. It has not opened a formal investigation, but is continuing to assess in cooperation with government and other agencies what action it would be appropriate to take and who would be best placed to take it.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/10/2015 11:28:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

424201

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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: Croydon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of (a) current and (b) forecast adult learner demand in Croydon.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	13679
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>Our policy is to support the growth of high quality apprenticeship places available in Croydon and across the country as a whole. Apprenticeships are the best form of adult vocational education because they bring together in one coherent experience formal learning and personal development in the workplace. The number and nature of the apprenticeship opportunities available depends on what employers offer, but we are supporting this by doubling public funding for apprenticeships since 2010, supporting employers in developing clear new apprenticeship standards, and introducing a levy on employers to fund further growth. Our aim is that there should be three million new apprenticeship starts by 2020.</p><br /><p>Across adult education as a whole, it is important that there is the right supply of places to meet future demand. Determining what this supply should be is not something central government can take the lead on. In September the government announced a programme of area reviews, which will be locally led and will involve key stakeholders. They will be based on the best available evidence of skills requirements and establish a local post-16 education and training offer which is high quality and responsive to employer need. The reviews will support local involvement in the ongoing commissioning of provision, putting responsibility in the hands of people who are best placed to tailor provision to local economic needs. Croydon will be included in the area review process, which is due to be completed by March 2017, and an announcement on the date for the review will be announced in due course.</p><br /><p>There is also a role for Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) in ensuring that adult education reflects future economic development. LEPs are working in collaboration with local authorities, colleges and providers in the area to jointly agree key local skill needs and develop a local skills offer that responsive to local labour market conditions and contributes to improving our productivity. LEPs are responsible for decisions about capital allocations for adult skills projects, and the Skills Funding Agency requires colleges to engage with LEPs as a condition of its grant funding.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 30/10/2015 11:25:42 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

424204

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Green Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how the Green Investment Bank has been classified in the Government accounts since its creation.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>UK Green Investment Bank plc has been treated as a central Government body since its establishment in 2012.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/10/2015 11:27:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

424205

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Kids Company
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made in retrieving the £3 million grant to Kids Company made by his Department immediately before that charity went into administration.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	13576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>We are currently in discussions with the Official Receiver regarding retrieving the grant Government recently provided to Kids Company.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 30/10/2015 11:41:58 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

424207

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which public organisations are currently holding discussions with Saudi Arabia on carrying out work for that government.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	13619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not collect data on all discussions between public organisations and Saudi Arabia. More broadly however, the British Government cooperates with Saudi Arabia in a large number of areas such as education, energy, security, defence, trade, culture and the challenges facing the Middle East.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 30/10/2015 16:45:17 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

424211

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Relations: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many occasions in each of the last five years officials of his Department have contacted representatives of a foreign government to ask for an account of private meetings or discussions held between representatives of that government and Scottish Government ministers.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	13634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>Details of discussions with foreign governments are not usually disclosed.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2015 12:34:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

424219

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to lines 41 and 42 of Table 2.1 of the Summer Budget 2015 Red Book (HC 264), page 73, what the savings to the public purse would be if those measures were to be applied only to households that are not currently in receipt of tax credits or universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	13719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to moving from a high welfare, high tax, low wage economy to a lower welfare, lower tax, higher wage society. As the Chancellor made clear on [Monday / 26 October], the Government will set out at Autumn Statement how we plan to achieve the same goal of reforming tax credits, saving the money we need to save to secure our economy, while at the same time helping in the transition.</p><br /><p>The Summer Budget offered a new deal for working people. A new National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and above, initially set at £7.20 per hour from April 2016, will directly benefit 2.7 million low wage workers, and up to 6 million could see a pay rise as a result of a ripple effect up the earnings distribution. The new National Living Wage will boost pay for those currently earning the National Minimum Wage by £4,800 a year by 2020 when the National Living Wage is expected to rise to over £9 per hour.</p><br /><p>To help working families keep more of what they earn, the personal allowance will increase to £11,000 in 2016-17 and £11,200 in 2017-18. The government has committed to increase the personal allowance to £12,500 by 2020 which will mean that a typical basic rate taxpayer will see their income tax cut by £1,205 a year compared to 2010.</p><br /><p>The government set out its assessment of the impacts of the Summer Budget policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July 2015.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 13527 13610 question first answered 30/10/2015 14:20:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

424220

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of households in receipt of tax credits in each of the last five tax years for which figures are available had not made a claim in the preceding tax year.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	13728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 13729 question first answered 30/10/2015 13:43:31 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

424221

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of households in receipt of tax credits in each of the last five tax years for which data are available did not make a claim in the following tax year.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	13729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 13728 question first answered 30/10/2015 13:43:32 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck