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506389

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	MOD Wethersfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Written Statement of 10 March 2016, HCWS605, on Air Cadet Aviation Re-launch, whether a decision has been taken to close MDP Wethersfield airfield; and if he will make an assessment of the potential contribution of that facility to supporting 614 Volunteer Gliding Squadron operations in the future.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	32981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Statement made by my hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans (Mark Lancaster) on 24 March (Official Report, column 75WS) which confirmed the release of MOD Wethersfield. It is intended that the site will close before this Parliament ends in 2020.</p><p>All units based at the site, including 614 Volunteer Gliding Squadron, will be provided for elsewhere.</p><p>Work to identify the potential future location for these units will be completed later this year.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 12/04/2016 16:33:12 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier attachment 1 file name WMS_Hansard_Extract_24__March_2016.[1].docx title WMS on Defence Estate Rationalisation
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

506452

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Animal Welfare: Convictions
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 bring forward legislative proposals to prevent any person convicted of animal abuse from owning an animal.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	33178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare Act 2006 already allows courts to make a disqualification order in respect of someone who has been found guilty of causing any unnecessary suffering to an animal. It is for the courts to decide whether to make such an order and, if so, for how long based on the individual circumstances of the case. If a court decides not to impose such an order, it must give its reasons in open court. I consider, therefore, that the courts have the necessary powers to impose appropriate penalties in relation to acts of animal cruelty</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/04/2016 11:23:30 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

486942

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
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: Export Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what applications for arms export licences were rejected by his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	32495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Information on military and dual use export licences is published as Official Statistics in the quarterly and annual reports on Strategic Export Controls which are all available to view on GOV.UK. 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>Data covers all years from 2008 up to 30 September 2015. Information covering the period 1 October to 31 December 2015 will be published on 19 April 2016.</p><p>Bespoke reports on the published data can be run via <a href="https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.exportcontroldb.bis.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/04/2016 16:16:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

486945

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
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	Small Businesses: Employee Ownership
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 has taken to promote the take-up of employee ownership schemes by small and medium-sized businesses in each nation of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
uin	32474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>In 2012, the previous Government asked Graeme Nuttall to advise on what more could be done to increase the number of businesses with employee ownership. The Nuttall Review identified 28 recommendations to address three main constraints: lack of awareness of the concept; lack of resources to support the model; and actual or perceived legal, tax and other regulatory barriers. The action taken to address the recommendations is explained in the ‘<em>The Nuttall Review of Employee Ownership - One Year On’</em> report published in November 2013 and available on the gov.uk website.</p><p>The Government now expects the private sector to make the business case for this model through organisations such as the Employee Ownership Association – the representative body for employee-owned businesses.</p><p>Ongoing encouragement for employee ownership is provided through four approved share schemes which have tax-advantages for both employees and employers. These are the Company Share Option Plan (CSOP), Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI), Save As You Earn (SAYE) and Share Incentive Plan (SIP) which are administered by HMRC. In 2013-14 the total value of shares and options awarded under these schemes was around £3.45bn with over £1bn of income tax and national insurance relief given.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/04/2016 16:17:30 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin

486968

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Energy: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.134 of Budget 2016, when HM Revenue and Customs plans to publish the technical note clarifying the interpretation of existing legislation on tax reliefs for decommissioning expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	32573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>A Technical Note was published on 16 March 2016 (Budget Day) to clarify aspects of HMRC’s view of the legislation that provides tax relief for decommissioning expenditure. This is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oil-and-gas-companies-tax-relief-for-decommissioning-expenditure/oil-and-gas-companies-tax-relief-for-decommissioning-expenditure" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oil-and-gas-companies-tax-relief-for-decommissioning-expenditure/oil-and-gas-companies-tax-relief-for-decommissioning-expenditure</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2016, the Government announced the extension of ‘relevant income’ for Investment and Cluster Area Allowances, to include tariff income (payments by a third party for access to infrastructure, including pipelines). By taking a power in Finance Bill 2016 to introduce the extension by secondary legislation, the Government will be able to take further representations from industry on how best to address issues of allocation and transparency.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 32584 question first answered 12/04/2016 13:46:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

486973

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.133 of Budget 2016, whether the adjustments to Investment Allowances for oil and gas production in the UK will extend to investment in pipelines.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	32584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>A Technical Note was published on 16 March 2016 (Budget Day) to clarify aspects of HMRC’s view of the legislation that provides tax relief for decommissioning expenditure. This is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oil-and-gas-companies-tax-relief-for-decommissioning-expenditure/oil-and-gas-companies-tax-relief-for-decommissioning-expenditure" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oil-and-gas-companies-tax-relief-for-decommissioning-expenditure/oil-and-gas-companies-tax-relief-for-decommissioning-expenditure</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2016, the Government announced the extension of ‘relevant income’ for Investment and Cluster Area Allowances, to include tariff income (payments by a third party for access to infrastructure, including pipelines). By taking a power in Finance Bill 2016 to introduce the extension by secondary legislation, the Government will be able to take further representations from industry on how best to address issues of allocation and transparency.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 32573 question first answered 12/04/2016 13:46:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

486978

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that consumers have adequate advice and information about the benefits and risks of investing in a lifetime ISA.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	32504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that people have access to affordable financial advice and guidance, at all stages of their lives. As announced at Budget 2016, the Government will take forward all the recommendations of the Financial Advice Market Review for which it is responsible, to support the development of a market which provides affordable, high-quality advice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 12/04/2016 13:43:48 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

486982

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
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	Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a national deposit return scheme as part of the Government's litter strategy.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	32465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>As part of its Litter Strategy, published in 2014, the Scottish Government announced that it had commissioned a feasibility study and a call for evidence investigating the implementation of a deposit return system for single use drink containers in Scotland. This valuable work, published last year, highlighted significant uncertainties regarding the impacts and benefits that a deposit return system would have, notably regarding costs, environmental quality and littering, and existing waste collection systems. The Scottish Government is doing further work on the topic and we will consider any new evidence arising from this in the course of developing our own National Litter Strategy for England.</p><p> </p><p>Defra analysed the costs and benefits of implementing a deposit return system for single use drink containers as part of the 2011 Review of Waste Policy in England, and to seek views in the 2012 consultation on higher packaging recycling targets. This work showed that introducing a deposit return system may increase recycling and reduce litter, but might impose additional costs on businesses, consumers and local authorities (which would lose revenue from recycling). However, we are lacking evidence to appropriately quantify these benefits and costs. The current approach has driven a significant increase in packaging waste recycling rates, from less than 47% in 2003 to nearly 65% in 2013.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/04/2016 14:39:27 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

486991

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Type 26 Frigates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what sites are under consideration for the shore-based testing facilities for the power and propulsion systems for the T26 Global Combat Ship.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	32496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Shore-based testing facilities for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship power and propulsion system will be established at General Electric's site at Whetstone, Leicester, and David Brown Gears Systems' in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.</p><p>General Electric will supply the propulsion motor and drive system and David Brown Gears Systems will supply the propulsion gearbox.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 12/04/2016 16:02:01 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

487004

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2016 to Question 30139, what steps she plans to take to expand grant funding projects to other local authorities to support young carers under the age of 16, similar to that provided by Suffolk family carers.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	32587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>My Department will make decisions about grant funding for further work to support young carers on the basis of:</p><ul><li><p>the quantitative research report on young carers in England;</p></li><li><p>the evaluation reports of the programmes of work carried out by Suffolk Family Carers and Carers Trust; and</p></li><li><p>evidence submitted to the Government’s carers strategy call for evidence <a href="https://consultations.dh.gov.uk/carers/how-can-we-improve-support-for-carers" target="_blank">https://consultations.dh.gov.uk/carers/how-can-we-improve-support-for-carers</a></p></li></ul><p>The research and evaluation reports are due this year.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 12/04/2016 11:01:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith