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442244

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Papers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to release Cabinet papers for the 1986-1988 period to the National Archives.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	20872
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet papers for the period 1986-<del class="ministerial">1989</del> <ins class="ministerial">1988</ins>have already been transferred to the National Archives. Transparency is at the heart of this Government's agenda and we are publishing unprecedented amounts of information.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2016 17:18:32 question first ministerially corrected 11/01/2016 10:35:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37839 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

442245

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Papers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a timetable for disclosure of Cabinet papers for the 1986-1988 period.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	20873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet papers for the period 1986-<del class="ministerial">1989</del> <ins class="ministerial">1988</ins>have already been transferred to the National Archives. Transparency is at the heart of this Government's agenda and we are publishing unprecedented amounts of information.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2016 17:18:32 question first ministerially corrected 12/01/2016 11:45:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37840 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

442246

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Papers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what communications his Department has had with the National Archives on the release of Cabinet papers for the 1986-1988 period.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	20874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet papers for the period 1986-<del class="ministerial">1989</del> <ins class="ministerial">1988</ins> have already been transferred to the National Archives. Transparency is at the heart of this Government's agenda and we are publishing unprecedented amounts of information.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2016 17:18:32 question first ministerially corrected 12/01/2016 11:45:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37841 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

455212

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in his Department are responsible for coordinating and developing international policy across Government.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	28516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Promoting diversity in the Senior Civil Service is a ministerial responsibility of the Minister for the Cabinet Office. I have had frequent such meetings, and details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published routinely and can be found on www. Gov.UK.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As part of this Government’s transparency agenda, twice a year all Departments are required to publish an organogram and structure charts that contain information about the roles performed by staff. The latest Cabinet Office organogram is available at <a href="https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office</a> and the latest structure charts may be downloaded at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cabinet-office-structure-charts</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/03/2016 13:50:32 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2016 16:23:22 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 49154 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

456020

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Lobbying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his oral contribution of 25 February 2016, Official Report, column 486, when he plans to bring proposals for an anti-lobbying clause in Government grant agreements to the House for debate.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	28850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The grants clause will help to ensure that grant funding is always used for the intended purpose. It will <ins class="ministerial">not</ins> prevent organisations from using their own privately raised funds to campaign as they see fit. Given the clear intention of the clause, To ensure taxpayers’ money is well spent, there are no plans to debate it at present.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock previous answer version 48997 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock 49287 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock question first answered 07/03/2016 08:52:42 question first ministerially corrected 09/03/2016 11:03:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

224658

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Wind Power: Noise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what guidance he has provided to planning authorities on the relevance of amplitude modulation in applications for land-based wind turbines in advance of the review of evidence on wind turbine amplitude modulation his Department is appointing acoustics experts to conduct.
	tabling member constituency	South East Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Sir James Paice
	uin	226005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>DECC officials intend to issue an invitation to tender shortly, in order to appoint acoustics experts to review the evidence on wind turbine amplitude modulation (AM) with a view to providing advice on how appropriate AM thresholds might be set in planning conditions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/03/2015 15:43:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 48370 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	124 label Biography information for Sir James Paice

224700

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Debts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average amount of outstanding prepayment meter debt for (a) electricity and (b) gas home energy customers was in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each year from May 2010 up to the most recent period for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	226044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the average amount of outstanding prepayment meter debt.</p><p>Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt, but they do not publish data showing the average amount of outstanding debt by payment method such as prepayment meters, or by customers living in Scotland, England or Wales. Ofgem does not monitor the gas and electricity supply market in Northern Ireland as it is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/03/2015 15:43:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 48372 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

226195

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which businesses are providing advice and support through the Growth Voucher scheme; and how many businesses have received such assistance from each such business to date.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	227104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The support is delivered at two stages within the Growth Vouchers programme.</p><p> </p><p>The first is an assessment, either face to face or online, that helps businesses identify their support needs and decide what advice they need to help them grow. The face to face assessment is delivered by advisers on behalf of the delivery partners Cavendish Consortium, Winning Pitch, and West Midlands Chamber of Commerce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since the Growth Vouchers programme began 15 months ago, there have been 31,513 applications of which 20,661 businesses have received the first stage assessment. After this assessment is completed, businesses are randomly selected to receive a voucher.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The second stage of support is in the form of vouchers to help pay for external advice from suppliers in the private sector. Of the 20,661 who undertook the initial business assessment, 15,600 received a voucher. This means that over £31 million worth of Growth Vouchers have been distributed, giving small businesses the opportunity to purchase advice at a subsidised rate. Those businesses that did not receive a voucher make up the control group of businesses that we will use to assess the impact of the advice being delivered as part of the research we are conducting.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Businesses with a voucher can then go on to select a supplier from the 3,424 Growth Voucher accredited suppliers listed on Enterprise Nation’s online marketplace (<a href="https://marketplace.enterprisenation.com/" target="_blank">https://marketplace.enterprisenation.com/</a>). 844 small business advice suppliers have delivered advice to 2,152 small businesses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are 8,103 businesses that have a valid voucher, who will have until the expiry date on the voucher to redeem the subsidy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 15:43:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 50321 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226214

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2015
	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	Small Businesses: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many valid Growth Vouchers have been issued that have not yet been redeemed.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	227102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>As at 19 March, 8,103 businesses have a valid voucher and they will have until the expiry date on the voucher to redeem the subsidy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 15:35:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 50323 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

228259

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Arms Trade: Export Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Government's response to the First Joint Report of the Committees on Arms Export Controls, Cm 935, published in October 2014, what progress has been made on the review of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Clarion Events and the Export Control Organisation; and if he will publish the (a) findings of that review and (b) revised MoU.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	228210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Discussions with Clarion Defence and Security Limited on the review of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) have commenced. These discussions have not yet been concluded and are unlikely to do so before the early summer of 2015. When complete, the MOU will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 15:28:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 52075 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas