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628933

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Business: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to issue Economic Operator Registration Identification scheme numbers to non-VAT registered traders.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	51941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The current UK registration process for non-VAT registered traders to obtain an Economic Operator Registration Identification scheme number (EORI) takes on average 19 hours for the EORI number to be issued and ready for use. Applicants are advised to allow 3 working days for an EORI to be granted. This timescale is based on HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) being provided with all the information necessary on the application form and this information being validated successfully. The application form is accessed through the Gov.uk web pages, which hosts all the information related to Customs activities, and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/economic-operator-registration-and-identification-scheme-supporting-guidance.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is also developing a new Customs Declaration Service which should significantly reduce the time taken to finalise an application for an EORI.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/11/2016 17:03:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

628934

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Corporation Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the economy of replacing corporation tax with a legal persons tax based on the Estonian taxation model on profit dividends paid out.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s approach to taxing corporate profits is in line with other major advanced economies and raised £44.4 billion in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken significant action since 2010 to ensure the UK has a competitive and fair tax regime, including by reducing the main rate of corporation tax to 17% in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor keeps all taxes under review, which includes balancing objectives around competitiveness, simplicity, and ensuring the sustainability of the public finances.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/11/2016 17:04:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

628935

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Care Workers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2016 to Question 50160, if he will maintain the data relating to arrears owed and paid to care workers so that the information is easily accessible to (a) other government departments and (b) the public.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	51913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answers given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 31 October 2016 (Written Question 50160), and by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 22 September 2015 (Written Question 10153).</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW or NLW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HM Revenue and Customs reviews all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 51914 question first answered 14/11/2016 16:59:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

628936

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Care Workers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2016 to Question 50160, if he will provide HM Revenue and Customs data on how much of the £981,514 found to be owed in arrears to social care workers between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2016 was subsequently paid to the workers affected.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	51914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answers given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 31 October 2016 (Written Question 50160), and by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 22 September 2015 (Written Question 10153).</p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) receives it. Anyone who feels they have been underpaid NMW or NLW should contact the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100. HM Revenue and Customs reviews all complaints that are referred to them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 51913 question first answered 14/11/2016 16:59:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

628937

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will bring forward provisions in the Digital Economy Bill to protect mobile telephone customers in the event that service is below the standards advertised.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Digital Economy Bill will help consumers receive compensation when they don’t get what they’ve paid for. Clause three of the Bill makes explicit Ofcom’s power to require communications providers to adhere to defined automatic compensation regimes.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:27:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

628938

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Film: Working Class
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve working-class representation in the film industry.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	51898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Government has been clear that more needs to be done within the creative industries - including the film industry - to improve diversity, and create a country that works for everyone. The Creative Industries Council (CIC) has developed its strategy for diversity and the British Film Institute (BFI) has introduced a range of measures to support diversity, such as diversity standards to improve the representation of diverse groups across all BFI Lottery funded activities; the BFI Film Academy, funded by the Department for Education (DfE) and the National Lottery, to help young people from diverse backgrounds develop a career in the film industry; as well as supporting over 9,000 school film clubs across the UK.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:28:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

628939

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Exchange Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of recent changes in the currency exchange rate on professional sport in the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	51890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 14/11/2016 16:51:11 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

628942

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has set up a team in her Department to examine the potential effect on the creative industries of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	51893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has a dedicated media and creative industries team working on a range of policy issues affecting the creative industries, including both the potential effect and opportunities presented by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU).</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:29:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

628943

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials in her Department are working on preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	51894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>All policy teams within DCMS lead on preparations for the UK leaving the EU for their area of expertise. An EU team works predominantly on coordinating these preparations and on day-to-day EU business.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:12:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

628944

registered interest
date	04/11/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of improvements made to mobile infrastructure as a result of the £5 billion investment programme that was announced by her Department in December 2014 to improve that infrastructure by 2017; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	51886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The investment made by the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) as a result of the December 2014 landmark agreement, is delivering improvements in mobile connectivity as operators upgrade their networks to 4G. According to Ofcom nearly 98% of UK premises had 4G mobile coverage from at least one MNO in May 2016 (up from 72% in 2014). We will see further improvements in coverage as MNOs continue their rollout of mobile infrastructure between now and end 2017, to deliver their licence obligations, that will be enforced by Ofcom.</p><p> </p><p>To support industry the Government is reforming the Electronic Communications Code via the Digital Economy Bill that will significantly reduce the cost of providing digital infrastructure. The Government's reforms to the mobile planning laws to provide greater freedoms and flexibilities in England for the deployment of mobile communications infrastructure, will also be in place by 24 November.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/11/2016 17:14:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps