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523655

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date	07/06/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on implementing the request by the governments of British Overseas Territories during the December 2015 Joint Ministerial Council on establishing parity of treatment between all British Overseas Territories on the uprating of pensions for UK state pension holders residing in those territories.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	39650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position which has remained the same for around 70 years and we have no plans to change this policy: UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and are uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so, for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating. Annual increases are paid to UK state pension recipients in Bermuda and in Gibraltar.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/06/2016 12:24:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

522940

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Land Registry: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) representations he has received from and (b) meetings his Department has had with companies based in the British Overseas Territories on the future of the Land Registry.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	39278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>A Government consultation seeking views on options to move Land Registry operations to the private sector closed on 26 May. We have received views from a large number of businesses and individuals. My department is analysing these responses and the Government will issue a response in due course. No decision has been taken on the future of Land Registry and, as such, no bids have been received.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2016 14:39:41 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

522941

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Land Registry: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the letter he received from the hon. Member of Tottenham of 2 June 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the privatisation of the Land Registry on the amount of money related to corruption entering the UK property market.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	39280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>A Government consultation seeking views on options to move Land Registry operations to the private sector closed on 26 May. My department is analysing these responses and the Government will issue a response in due course. Anti-fraud and corruption protections are amongst the factors being considered as the Government is committed to tackling corruption and increasing corporate transparency. No decision has been taken on the future of Land Registry.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2016 14:40:08 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

522942

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Land Registry: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the letter he received from the hon. Member of Tottenham of 2 June 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the privatisation of the Land Registry on transparency in the UK property market (a) in general and (b) with regards to public records of the corporate and beneficial ownership of properties owned by offshore companies.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	39281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>A Government consultation seeking views on options to move Land Registry operations to the private sector closed on 26 May. My department is analysing these responses and the Government will issue a response in due course. Transparency protections are amongst the factors being considered. No decision has been taken on the future of Land Registry.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2016 14:38:58 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

522943

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Land Registry: Privatisation
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 plans to take to ensure that Land Registry service fees do not increase in the event of the privatisation of the Land Registry.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	39282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>A Government consultation seeking views on options to move Land Registry operations to the private sector closed on 26 May. In that consultation, the Government set out its preference for a contract-based privatisation model, under which statutory fees would still be prescribed in fee orders made by the Secretary of State and set before Parliament. My department is analysing the responses to the consultation, including on the issue of fees, and the Government will issue a response in due course. No decision has been taken on the future of Land Registry.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2016 14:38:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

522944

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Land Registry: Privatisation
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 plans to take to ensure that information held by the Land Registry that is subject to Freedom of Information requests will continue to be covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in the event of the privatisation of the Land Registry.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	39283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>A Government consultation seeking views on options to move Land Registry operations to the private sector closed on 26 May. My department is analysing these responses and the Government will issue a response in due course. Transparency protections are amongst the factors being considered. No decision has been taken on the future of Land Registry.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2016 14:37:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

522945

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Science: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and UK Space Agency cross-boundary research proposals submitted through the Joint Electronic Submission System received funding in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	39309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the last financial year one cross-boundary research proposal was considered for co-funding by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the UK Space Agency. This proposal was discussed at the relevant EPSRC funding panel and was awarded funding. In the two years prior, no proposals were received which were considered for co-funding in this respect.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/06/2016 15:11:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

522951

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Sheffield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of his Department's staff based at St Paul's Place, Sheffield, have a length of tenure of (a) under one year, (b) between one and five years, (c) between five and 10 years and (d) over 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	39340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The length of service, within the Civil Service, of employees of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) based at St Paul's Place Sheffield, is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Employees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Less than 1 year</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1-5 years</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-10 years</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 10 Years</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This data is based on all people based in Sheffield as at 31 May 2016 and includes BIS employees and those currently on loan to BIS from other government departments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/06/2016 14:04:34 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

522952

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Reorganisation
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 Written Statement of 26 May 2016, on BIS consultation, HCWS30, how much vacant office space there currently is at the 1 Victoria Street offices.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	39341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills actively manages occupancy of its office estate to ensure that offices are used effectively, and commensurate with health and safety and other statutory requirements. Given the recent Voluntary Exit Scheme, and our plans to re-organise the building to increase capacity, the Department estimates that additional London staff could be accommodated in 1 Victoria Street over the next year and a half. Our plan to reduce to 1,500 policy posts overall by 2020 will also create some additional capacity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/06/2016 14:06:51 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

522954

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Science: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of research proposals submitted through the Joint Electronic Submission System which have been judged to cross the boundary between the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the UK Space Agency have gone through to peer review.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	39343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) runs a remit query service which enables researchers to discuss proposals in advance with the UK Space Agency (UKSA) should they consider their research idea to fall between discipline boundaries. This enables research council staff, and those from UKSA, to agree on which agency or council is best placed to carry out peer review to assess the merits of the proposal. Where a proposal is cross-disciplinary, UKSA and EPSRC work together to agree a leading council/agency to carry out peer review functions, with reviewers selected from both organisations. There has been one project in the last three years which was submitted to EPSRC through Je-S and was assessed by programme managers as cross boundary. The proposal went through the peer review process and was funded.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 09/06/2016 15:09:36 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan