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458408

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date	08/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average cost is to a government department of replying by letter to hon. Members raising matters of policy or casework.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	30322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 7 March 2016 to UIN: 28897.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/03/2016 14:08:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

458481

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will extend her Department's OpenDefra initiative to the Rural Payments Agency and Land Registry.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	30216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The OpenDefra initiative extends to the whole of Defra including the Rural Payments Agency. The initiative does not extend to the Land Registry.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Rural Land Register, the Land Management System that has replaced it, or other systems maintained by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), do not look to establish land ownership. The RPA is required to maintain information on land use, in England because land use, and the entitlement to use it, is one of the determining factors in relation to eligibility to claim funds that RPA validates.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing, the Data Protection Act, confidentiality of information held and intellectual property rights to determine whether information on land use can be released under the open data initiative.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 30217 question first answered 10/03/2016 15:06:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

458482

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make maps of UK land ownership available as open data as part of her Department's OpenDefra initiative.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	30217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The OpenDefra initiative extends to the whole of Defra including the Rural Payments Agency. The initiative does not extend to the Land Registry.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Rural Land Register, the Land Management System that has replaced it, or other systems maintained by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), do not look to establish land ownership. The RPA is required to maintain information on land use, in England because land use, and the entitlement to use it, is one of the determining factors in relation to eligibility to claim funds that RPA validates.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently reviewing, the Data Protection Act, confidentiality of information held and intellectual property rights to determine whether information on land use can be released under the open data initiative.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 30216 question first answered 10/03/2016 15:06:01 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

457998

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Minimum 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 information his Department holds on the nationality of employers found to have failed to pay the national minimum wage in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	29981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>We do not collect information on the nationality of employers who have been found to have underpaid the national minimum wage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/03/2016 16:58:37 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

458006

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Arms Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what licences were granted for exports to Israel of (a) military use and (b) dual use equipment in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	30078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on military and dual use export licences (including Iicences for Israel) is published as Official Statistics in the quarterly and annual reports on Strategic Export Controls. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the period 1 January to 30 September 2015 is available to view at GOV.UK. Information covering the period 1 October to 31 December 2015 will be published on 19 April 2016.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/03/2016 16:39:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

458008

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2016 to Question 28328, what estimate his Department has made of the number of officials who will work in the unit dedicated to assisting negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement in each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	30080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. The number of officials working in the Transatlantic and International Unit will vary according to the state of the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. There is no predetermined staffing level.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/03/2016 16:36:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

458010

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Economic Growth: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to promote regional growth in (a) East Yorkshire and (b) North Lincolnshire.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	30049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>We are promoting growth in East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire by investing £240m through the Humber and Greater Lincolnshire Growth Deals. This includes up to £19m available to support growth projects in my hon. Friend’s constituency. We also announced at Spending Review 2015 an expansion to the Humber Enterprise Zone programme, including accelerating the development of employment land around the Port of Goole.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/03/2016 16:27:26 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

458012

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to promote trade opportunities for UK business in high-growth markets.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	30051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Solihull (Julian Knight) on 25 February 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-02-08/26214/" target="_blank">26214</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/03/2016 15:45:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

458015

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Appointments: Equality
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 4 March 2016 to Question 28518, on public appointments: ethnic groups, if he will publish the list of attendees at the event held by his Department in February 2016.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	30041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The Public Appointments event I hosted on 25 February was aimed at encouraging people from under represented groups to apply for Public Appointments. The Centre for Public Appointments at the Cabinet Office worked with a range of contacts and organisations that champion diversity in senior appointments to compile a guest list.</p><p>It would not be appropriate to publish a list of attendees as they have not consented to their details being published in this way.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/03/2016 14:10:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

458016

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of Senior Civil Servants in each department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	29944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of Senior Civil Servants serving in each department in each year from 2010 to date, is set out in the table below:</p><p><strong>Centrally Managed SCS by Main Department (2010-2015)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1 2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1 2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1 2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1 2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q1 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q3 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CO</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>281</p></td><td><p>284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DCLG</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DCMS</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECC</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DEFRA</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DfE</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DfID</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DfT</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>312</p></td><td><p>383</p></td><td><p>393</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DWP</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>259</p></td><td><p>266</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FCO</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMRC</p></td><td><p>391</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMT</p></td><td><p>159</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoD</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>266</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SG</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>222</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WG</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>477</p></td><td><p>329</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>309</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>456</p></td><td><p>463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4353</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3912</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3616</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3695</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3801</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3977</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4017</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: SCS Database</em></p><p><em>Notes: FCO does not include the Diplomatic Service as they are not part of the Centrally Managed Senior Civil Service</em></p><p><em>Figures also do not include a number of health professionals and military personnel that work at a senior level that are not part of the Centrally Managed Senior Civil Service </em></p><p><em>Caution is advised when interpreting changes at a departmental level due to the following Machinery of Government changes over the period that have moved into and out of departments:</em></p><p><em>Office of Government Commerce moved from HMT to Cabinet Office in June 2010</em></p><p><em>Government Equalities Office moved into Home Office in April 2011 and to DCMS in Q1 2013</em></p><p><em>Directgov transferred from DWP to Cabinet Office in June 2010</em></p><p><em>Buying Solutions moved from HMT to Cabinet Office in June 2010</em></p><p><em>Postcomm (BIS) were abolished in October 2011</em></p><p><em>The Better Regulation Delivery Office moved from the wider public sector into BIS in Q2 2012</em></p><p><em>Ordnance Survey moved from DCLG to BIS in July 2011 and left the Civil Service in April 2015</em></p><p><em>Land Registry moved from MoJ to BIS in July 2011</em></p><p><em>Met Office moved from MoD to BIS in July 2011</em></p><p><em>Fire Service College (DCLG) was abolished in February 2013</em></p><p><em>Standards and Testing Agency (DfE) was created in October 2011</em></p><p><em>Education Funding Agency and the National College and Teaching Agency (DfE) were created in April 2012</em></p><p><em>A number of Probation Trusts staff moved from the wider public sector to MoJ in June 2014</em></p><p><em>Public Health England (DH) was created in April 2013</em></p><p><em>Legal Aid Agency (MoJ) was created in April 2013</em></p><p><em>National Crime Agency was created in October 2013</em></p><p><em>Criminal Records Bureau (Home Office) left the Civil Service in December 2012</em></p><p><em>The Asset Protection Agency (HMT) was abolished in October 2012</em></p><p><em>Competition Commission moved from the wider public sector into the Office of Fair Trading in April 2014 to become Competition and Markets Authority</em></p><p><em>Part of the Defence Support Group (MoD) was privatised and left the Civil Service in April 2015</em></p><p><em>The Food and Environment Research Agency (DEFRA) left the Civil Service in April 2015</em></p><p><em>Government Internal Audit Agency (HMT) was established in April 2015</em></p><p><em>Highways Agency (DfT) left the Civil Service in April 2015</em></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/03/2016 14:10:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh