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577433

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the resources for the Department for Exiting the European Union have been drawn from the administration budget allocated in the 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	45412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Detailed work is underway to establish the budget required to fulfil the department’s set-up and responsibilities. The budget of the Department will be set out to the House and approved as part of the supplementary estimates in the new year, as is standard practice.</p><p>The new Department for Exiting the European Union is appropriately resourced for its work.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 45413 question first answered 12/09/2016 12:33:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

577434

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Service: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to draw additional resources needed for the Civil Service to prepare and negotiate for Britain's exit from the EU from the administration budget allocated in the 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	45413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Detailed work is underway to establish the budget required to fulfil the department’s set-up and responsibilities. The budget of the Department will be set out to the House and approved as part of the supplementary estimates in the new year, as is standard practice.</p><p>The new Department for Exiting the European Union is appropriately resourced for its work.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 45412 question first answered 12/09/2016 12:33:28 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

577437

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to compensate Equitable Life policy holders who, to date, have not been eligible for compensation.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	45345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Equitable Life Payment Scheme was set up in 2011 to make payments to all those affected by the government maladministration of Equitable Life identified by the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman in her 2008 report.</p><p> </p><p>After making payments of over £1.1 billion to more than 900,000 policyholders, the Scheme has now closed.</p><p> </p><p>A final report on the Scheme’s achievements will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 12/09/2016 10:31:41 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

577478

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
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 Finance and Economics Annual Bulletin: Trade, Industry and Contracts 2016, published on 25 August 2016, what information his Department holds on the SME status of the suppliers who were awarded contracts in 2015-16 but whose SME status was not assessed by Dun and Bradstreet on behalf of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	45575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2015-16, the Ministry of Defence placed 320 new contracts with suppliers that were assessed through the Dun and Bradstreet process as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). These had a total value of around £206 million. A further 435 contracts, with a total value of around £8,748 million, were placed with suppliers whose SME status has not currently been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service contract that identifies and assesses the SME status of suppliers through the Dun and Bradstreet process expired in 2014. As a result, while we hold management information about our expenditure with all contracted suppliers, we do not currently hold accurate information on the SME status of the 435 contracted suppliers that have not been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions are under way with the Crown Commercial Service and across Government to re-introduce this service, with a view to retrospective assessments being completed. This means that the above figures are provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 45553 45574 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:43:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

577479

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
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 Finance and Economics Annual Bulletin: Trade, Industry and Contracts 2016, published on 25 August 2016, what estimate he has made of the total (a) number and (b) value of contracts placed by his Department with SMEs in 2015-16, including the 435 contracts placed with suppliers whose SME status was not assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	45574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2015-16, the Ministry of Defence placed 320 new contracts with suppliers that were assessed through the Dun and Bradstreet process as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). These had a total value of around £206 million. A further 435 contracts, with a total value of around £8,748 million, were placed with suppliers whose SME status has not currently been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service contract that identifies and assesses the SME status of suppliers through the Dun and Bradstreet process expired in 2014. As a result, while we hold management information about our expenditure with all contracted suppliers, we do not currently hold accurate information on the SME status of the 435 contracted suppliers that have not been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions are under way with the Crown Commercial Service and across Government to re-introduce this service, with a view to retrospective assessments being completed. This means that the above figures are provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 45553 45575 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:43:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

577483

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the SME status of suppliers awarded new contracts by his Department has not been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet since 2014; and if he will commission an independent assessment of the SME status of all suppliers awarded contracts by his Department in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	45553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2015-16, the Ministry of Defence placed 320 new contracts with suppliers that were assessed through the Dun and Bradstreet process as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). These had a total value of around £206 million. A further 435 contracts, with a total value of around £8,748 million, were placed with suppliers whose SME status has not currently been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service contract that identifies and assesses the SME status of suppliers through the Dun and Bradstreet process expired in 2014. As a result, while we hold management information about our expenditure with all contracted suppliers, we do not currently hold accurate information on the SME status of the 435 contracted suppliers that have not been assessed by Dun and Bradstreet.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions are under way with the Crown Commercial Service and across Government to re-introduce this service, with a view to retrospective assessments being completed. This means that the above figures are provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 45574 45575 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:43:28 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

577485

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 September 2016, on Defence Estate Rationalisation, HCWS133, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel are based at each site.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	45334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>SITE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MILITARY </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CIVILIAN PERSONNEL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF HENLOW (BEDFORDSHIRE)</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MIDDLEWICK RANGES (ESSEX)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AMPORT HOUSE (ANDOVER)</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LAND AT HARLEY HILL (CATTERICK)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CHALGROVE AIRFIELD (OXFORD)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COLERNE AIRFIELD (CHIPPENHAM)</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AZIMGHUR BARRACKS (CHIPPENHAM)</p></td><td><p>427</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRINCE WILLIAM OF GLOUCESTER BARRACKS (GRANTHAM)</p></td><td><p>928</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LAND AT OLD DALBY (MELTON MOWBRAY)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VENNING BARRACKS (TELFORD)</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>215 – across both sites</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>114 – across both sites</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PARSONS BARRACKS (DONNINGTON)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SOUTHWICK PARK (FAREHAM)</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROYAL MARINES STONEHOUSE (PLYMOUTH)</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/09/2016 14:48:15 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

577489

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the most recent version of The Army List has been published in error on his Department's website; whether that list includes details of service personnel ranking below one-star level; and what steps he is taking to improve the online security of personal details of serving members of the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	45387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The most recent publication of the Army List was published in accordance with processes in place at the time, which included officers below the rank of Brigadier.</p><p>The security of our people is our foremost concern and we keep the range of measures we have to address the threats to them under constant review. A revised policy was introduced in November 2015 restricting publications of such lists to senior officers, already considered in the public eye. The Army List 2016 will be published in accordance with the revised policy. The previous Service Lists published on the Gov.UK website have now been removed</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/09/2016 14:56:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

577493

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Children: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many diagnoses there have been of autism among pre-school children in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	45341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The National Health Service does not collect data on the number of children of pre-school age who have been diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 12/09/2016 13:14:58 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

577502

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Bovine Tuberculosis
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 criteria her Department used to make the decision on new licenses for badger culling in Cornwall, Herefordshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	45471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The criteria Natural England uses when assessing applications for licences for the purpose of preventing the spread of bovine tuberculosis under section 10(2)(a) of the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 can be found on the gov.uk website at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-natural-england-preventing-spread-of-bovine-tb" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-to-natural-england-preventing-spread-of-bovine-tb</a></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2016 14:15:13 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden