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606685

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date	20/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Home Ownership Incentive Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent from the public purse on advertising the Government's Own Your Home scheme.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	49581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting home ownership and the Own Your Home campaign is designed to increase awareness of government home buying schemes amongst first time buyers.</p><p>In 2015/2016 spend on the campaign has been approximately £4 million. Activity consisted of radio, press and consumer advertising, out of home on-street bus stop posters, digital and Facebook advertising and a series of 'How to' online videos promoted through You Tube.</p><p>On average around 140 people are helped through government home buying schemes every day and over 335,000 households have been helped to buy a property since 2010, through schemes like Help to Buy and the reinvigorated Right to Buy.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 25/10/2016 16:30:09 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

606686

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Developing Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of his Department are involved in the renegotiations of the UK's tax treaties with developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	49582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs’ Tax Treaty Team, which at October 2016 has 10.3 full time equivalent members of staff, is responsible for negotiating the UK’s tax treaties. The make-up of the negotiating programme will vary from year to year which means it is not possible to put an exact figure on the number of staff involved with negotiations with developing countries.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/10/2016 14:06:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

606690

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Concentrix: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many outstanding applications for mandatory reconsideration of a tax credit decision by Concentrix there are in Wales; how many people in Wales have had a tax credit claim stopped by Concentrix; and how many such claims were subsequently reinstated by HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	49593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs is currently focused on resolving the outstanding cases but will be preparing regional analysis, which will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 25/10/2016 14:14:26 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

606691

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Obesity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent from the public purse on purchasing (a) wearable fitness tracking technology and (b) diet pills for soldiers deemed to be overweight in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	49578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>Wearable fitness tracking technology equipment is purchased by individual military units. Records of the cost of these purchases are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>In accordance with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines, the Ministry of Defence prescribes the medication Orlistat for the management of obesity. The drug is prescribed to both UK military personnel and their dependants. In financial year 2015-16 the total purchase cost of Orlistat was £6,300.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/10/2016 14:40:58 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

606692

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Sixth Form College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual cost to the public purse is of sponsoring students at Wellbeck Defence Sixth Form.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	49596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The total annual cost to the public purse of sponsoring students at Wellbeck Defence Sixth Form College is £13million.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/10/2016 14:59:33 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

606693

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the results of his Department's survey on its Family Accommodation Model; whether he plans to publish the results to all questions in that survey; and whether any such publication will include all data from the comments sections of that survey.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	49597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Future Accommodation Model (FAM) Survey closed on 3 October, having received almost 28,000 responses from our Service personnel. These responses will help the Ministry of Defence understand what the FAM could look like. The Survey results, including all of the comments, are now being processed and will be subject to rigorous analysis in the normal way. The large number of responses means that this process will take longer than initially anticipated, although we hope to be in a position to publish the results in full in early 2017.</p><p>Qualitative analysis of the comments section will form part of the results and will be published in a way that protects anonymity.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/10/2016 14:59:05 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

606694

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
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	Angling: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much income has been received from anglers through the rod licence in each of the last five financial years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	49562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The income received from anglers through the rod licence for each of the last five years is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Income (in million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£21,083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£21,147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£21,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£21,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£23,742</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 25/10/2016 10:46:07 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

606695

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
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	Nuclear Weapons: Arms Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on eradicating nuclear weapons through multilateral disarmament by means of the international framework provided by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	49595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review restated the Government's commitment to the long-term goal of a world without nuclear weapons in line with our obligations under Article VI of the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). We firmly believe that the best way to achieve this goal is through gradual multilateral disarmament negotiated using a step by step approach and within the framework of the NPT. The Government sees entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and successful negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty in the Conference on Disarmament as key steps towards multilateral disarmament.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/10/2016 15:42:42 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

606696

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
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	Norfolk Island
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2016 to Question 47624, what was discussed at the meetings held between the Administrator of Norfolk Island and officials of his Department; and who proposed that such meetings should take place.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	49602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Australian High Commissioner invited an official from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to join a meeting at his residence for the Administrator of Norfolk Island at which the Member for Romford was also present and a wide ranging discussion on Norfolk Island took place. Officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office invited the Administrator of Norfolk Island to a further meeting to discuss, in the context of both countries’ relations with small island communities, our relationship with the Overseas Territories.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2016 15:33:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

606697

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
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	Norfolk Island
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 18 October 2016 to Questions 47623 and 47624, for what reasons officials of his Department met with the Administrator of Norfolk Island when the governance and administration of that island is a matter for Australia.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	49603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>Pursuant to the Answer to Question 49602, officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office met the Administrator of Norfolk Island to discuss , in the context of both countries' relations with small island communities, our relationship with the Overseas Territories. The United Kingdom and Australia are close partners and Ministers and officials from both countries regularly discuss a wide range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/10/2016 15:34:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell