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156912

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date	20/11/2014
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	EU External Trade: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, on what occasions have (a) EU companies seeking to trade in the US and (b) US companies seeking to trade in the EU claimed to have been discriminated against by the courts of the host nation in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	215459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>Claims made by EU investors in third countries or vice versa may be made in a wide range of situations in which the UK government is not involved and about which it does not have access to relevant information.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 05/12/2014 14:57:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

156940

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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	Floods
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 of the Business Rates Relief Fund for flooded businesses has been (a) allocated to local authorities and (b) received by businesses.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	215500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the flood recovery progress report published on 27 November, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 02/12/2014 16:40:45 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

156943

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
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	Floods
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 of the Council Tax Relief Fund for people whose homes have been flooded has been (a) allocated to local authorities and (b) received by residents.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	215506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>On 27 November we published the Winter 2013-14 Severe Weather Recovery Progress Report. This provides an update on the full range of support which has been provided to help communities, householders and businesses recover from last winter’s severe weather. The Report is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/winter-2013-to-2014-severe-weather-recovery-progress-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/winter-2013-to-2014-severe-weather-recovery-progress-report</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 02/12/2014 17:28:15 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

157016

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2014 to Question 213850, what estimate she has made of the total number of vehicles entering the UK which were not subject to screening by either body scanning machines or dogs in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	215376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>We have made no such estimate as the use of screening is conducted on an intelligence led basis as part of Border Force's multi-layered approach. <br><br>The screening of vehicles by Border Force is undertaken through a range of methods. These include Passive Millimetric Wave Imagers, carbon dioxide probes, body detection dogs and heart beat detectors. Border Force has investment in <br>detection technology over the last 18 months, includes a £2 million scanner upgrade, a further £400,000 committed to infra red camera technology, and a £1.3 million investment in specialist dog search teams, at the juxtaposed <br>controls.<br><br>The selection of vehicles for screening is made on an intelligence led basis. Border Force staff, their contractors and detection technology are deployed to meet the risk. <br><br>In 2013/14 Border Force and its contractors detected 18,000 clandestine attempts to enter the UK illegally at our juxtaposed controls. This represents an increase of over 60% from 2012/13. <br><br>The UK and French Governments have signed a joint declaration agreeing to work together to improve the quality of border controls. <br><br>Border Force deploys 7,500 specialist staff, five cutters at sea and spends £518 million a year protecting our borders.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/12/2014 12:19:13 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 29846 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

157025

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hindley Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the future of Hindley Young Offender's Institute.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	215510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Hindley’s role is to hold young adult men (aged between 18 and 21 years) and adult men (aged 21 and older). This ensures that the accommodation at Hindley is used in line with the National Offender Management Service’s Estate strategy, which is to provide the number and type of prison places required by the courts, configure the estate to give best effect to Ministry of Justice strategic policy priorities, support stakeholder objectives, and those of partner organisations and make the best use of taxpayers’ money.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 13/01/2015 14:36:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

157031

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Securities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Annex to the communiqué published following the G20 Summit in Brisbane in November 2014, what steps the Government is taking to implement the call for the inclusion of strengthened collective action and pari passu clauses in international sovereign bonds and for their use to be actively promoted by the international community and private sector.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	215372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government strongly supports the promotion of strengthened collective action and pari passu clauses in international sovereign bonds, and has called on the International Monetary Fund to take an active role in doing so. The Government hopes that the text in the G20 Communiqué will lend momentum to this process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2014 16:25:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

157060

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 17 November (HL2586), whether they will make available the customer research into the way data on public expenditure statistics were presented in the letters to taxpayers intending to show how income taxes are spent; and why no reference was made in those statements to indirect taxation such as VAT.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL3005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government introduced tax summaries to make personal taxes more transparent and easier to understand. Tax summaries do not include VAT and other indirect taxes as the Government does not keep records of these in relation to individuals. To do so would require costly and intrusive monitoring of an individual’s spending patterns.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC undertook extensive customer research of a range of tax summary prototypes to test whether taxpayers found the information clear and comprehensive. The research is available on the Gov.uk website<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-tax-transparency-customer-research-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-tax-transparency-customer-research-and-testing</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Deighton attachment 1 file name report269a.pdf title Personal tax transparency 2 file name report269b.pdf title Personal tax summaries 3 file name report269c.pdf title Personal tax summaries 2 question first answered 02/12/2014 16:47:03 answering member 4262 label Biography information for Lord Deighton
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

157062

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people in (1) the United Kingdom, (2) the South West of England, and (3) Bristol, are not in employment, education or training a year after having left (a) compulsory education, (b) further education, and (c) higher education.
tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
uin	HL3007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 04/12/2014 17:48:34 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL3007 Baroness Royall ONS Letter.pdf title UK Statistics Authority Reply
tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

157063

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Income: South West
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much revenue (1) the South West of England, and (2) Bristol, has been responsible for in real terms as a percentage of the United Kingdom’s gross national product since May 2010.
tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
uin	HL3008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 02/12/2014 12:28:12 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire attachment 1 file name HL3008 Baroness Royall ONS Letter.pdf title UK Statistics Authority Reply
tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

157067

registered interest
date	20/11/2014
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Acts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which are the oldest three Acts on the statute book; and what is the reason for their retention in each case.
tabling member printed	Lord Skelmersdale
uin	HL3012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Legislation.gov.uk lists all of the known Acts of the United Kingdom Parliament and its predecessors.</p><p>The three oldest enactments are contained in the 1267 Statute of Marlborough which contains four chapters from that session. The age of an Act does not always indicate its utility; legislation is only repealed where a clear case has been made to do so. The Law Commissions regularly produce reports identifying obsolete and unnecessary legislation.</p><p>The Law Commission for England and Wales have recently published a consultation paper proposing the repeal of chapters 4 and 15 of the Statute of Marlborough. The consultation can be found at the following web address:</p><p><a href="http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/consultations/general-slr-repeal-proposals.htm" target="_blank">http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/consultations/general-slr-repeal-proposals.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 03/12/2014 15:37:03 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
tabling member	3121 label Biography information for Lord Skelmersdale