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628100

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date	03/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Company Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from the car industry on the proposals to increase taxation on company car drivers contained in the HM Revenue and Customs consultation on salary sacrifice for the provision of benefits in kind, published on 10 August 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	51812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>As part of the consultation on salary sacrifice for the provision of benefits-in-kind, officials have engaged with interested parties.</p><p> </p><p>Responses have been received from a wide range of representatives, including those from the car industry. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has also received correspondence from representatives of the car industry expressing views on the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/11/2016 15:32:03 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

628101

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-assessment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with HM Revenue and Customs on the accessibility of the online self-assessment tax returns service.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	51828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) monitors user feedback and research to make improvements to the Online Self-Assessment service. HMRC regularly updates Treasury Ministers on its performance.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/11/2016 15:32:58 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

628103

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Bank Services: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals for the Government to adopt the revised EU Payment Services Directive into UK law.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	51798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government expects to lay the implementing legislation to transpose the revised Payment Services Directive (PSDII) in Parliament in early 2017 and will be consulting on the draft legislation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 09/11/2016 15:41:57 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

628104

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2016 to Question 46911, what evidence base his Department used to inform the conclusion that cash bonuses have reduced significantly.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	51833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>Before the crisis there was no regulation of variable remuneration however it is widely acknowledged that variable remuneration was largely paid out in cash, The Bank of England, stated as such in their 2015 Q4 quarterly bulletin, “Aligning reward with risk in the financial sector”.</p><p> </p><p>Since the crisis, and the regulatory efforts that followed, the variable remuneration of material risk takers now has to comprise 50% cash and 50% non-cash which has led to a resulting reduction in the cash element. HMT analysis of tax receipts confirms a reduction in cash bonuses. Firms are also required to defer a greater portion of their bonus for a longer period of time, resulting in a fall in the value of bonus that is paid in any given year.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, the legislative impact has shifted the balance in remuneration packages towards higher levels of fixed pay, reducing the amount paid in variable remuneration across the sector, with a commensurate impact on cash bonuses. For example, Pillar 3 disclosures revealed that fixed pay as a percentage of total remuneration at the UKs five largest banks rose from 28% to 54% between 2013 and 2014 following implementation of the bonus cap.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 09/11/2016 15:37:03 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

628107

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Incentives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2016 to Question 46912, if he will make it a requirement for insurance firms to introduce similar policies on bonuses as the financial services industry.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	51853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to make it a requirement for insurance firms to introduce similar policies on bonuses as the banking sector. However, as part of the Government’s long term plan to build a resilient economy, the Government has reformed the way that senior managers across the financial services industry, including the insurance industry, can be held to account for failings that occur on their watch through the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification regime to all authorised persons.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 09/11/2016 15:54:54 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

627265

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on agency workers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	51627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The amount the department has spent on agency workers in the last five financial years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Spend (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>140,315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>321,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>188,302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>408,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>206,783</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 09/11/2016 15:27:29 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

627269

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he made of the potential cost to the public purse of subsidising tariffs for access to the single market for the (a) financial services, (b) insurance, (c) professional services, (d) food, beverages and tobacco, (e) machinery, electrical and transport, (f) chemical and pharmaceuticals, (g) metal, plastic and non-metal mineral products, (h) aerospace and (i) automotive sectors.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	51543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to undertake a range of analyses to inform the UK's position for the upcoming EU exit negotiations, to ensure the best possible deal for the UK. However, this does not extend to assessing the impact on the public purse of tariff subsidisation that would be illegal under international law.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/11/2016 15:30:20 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

627314

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
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 13 September 2016 to Question 44997, in what ways the Government is (a) encouraging a wider range of young people into apprenticeships and (b) increasing the proportion of BAME apprenticeship starts by 20 per cent by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	51574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that apprenticeships are as accessible as possible to all people from all backgrounds.</p><p>We are undertaking a range of activities to increase the awareness amongst young people of the available apprenticeship options, including the four-year Get In Go Far campaign that launched in May 2016. The campaign aims to influence public perceptions, awareness and attitudes towards apprenticeships as a route into a successful career, helping young people aged 14-24 to get the skills they need, and encouraging more young people to apply and more employers to offer apprenticeship opportunities.</p><p>As part of reforms to the routes from compulsory school to employment, we set out new professional and technical routes, which will all lead to employment or degree-level study. This aims to ensure that young people have the education and skills to get into higher paid, long-term employment, including apprenticeships.</p><p>We are increasing numbers of traineeships to further support young people, including those from areas of disadvantage, into apprenticeships and further work. Traineeships show good representation for both BAME and LDD groups (22.6% and 19.7% respectively).</p><p>We remain committed to increasing the proportion of apprenticeships starts from people from BAME communities and have already put in place measures to support this, including: encouraging more people from BAME communities to apply for apprenticeships through communications and marketing; providing BAME role models in the Get in Go Far campaign; helping BAME apprenticeship applicants to have better rates of success in applications; and establishing a network of employer diversity ‘champions’.</p><p>Recommendations from the LLD Taskforce led by Paul Maynard were accepted and published on 11 July, and will benefit a broader group of disabled apprentices. Work has begun on its implementation.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 09/11/2016 16:59:52 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

627417

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on agency workers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	51621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>DFID spend on agency workers for each of the last full 5 financial years is set below. Spend in the last year is at its lowest level for the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Temporary agency staff &amp; non payroll staff (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£0.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/11/2016 16:44:59 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

627420

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Department for International Development: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of women are employed by her Department on an inner London pay structure in the following pay grades (a) Administrative Assistant, (b) Administrative Officer, (c) Executive Officer, (d) Higher Executive Officer, (e) Fast Streamer, (f) Senior Executive Officer, (g) Grade Seven, (h) Grade Six, (i) Senior Civil Service Band 1, (j) Senior Civil Service Band 1A, (k) Senior Civil Service Band 2 and (l) Senior Civil Service Band 3.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	51558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The table below confirms the proportion of women employed in each pay grade for inner London in relation to the workforce that are in overall DFID inner London pay structure for that grade.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>CS Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of Female employees </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6</p></td><td><p>47.4 %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G7</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>57.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>62.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>65.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>59.25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AA</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/11/2016 16:43:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West